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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1899
Page
2
Two men, Luke Northern Jr and John Parker, were dynamiting fish five miles north of a town in Indiana when a cartridge exploded. Northern reportedly lost an arm and eyes, with possible death. Parker is said to be killed, and full details remain unclear.
Washington July 12 The Republican Party may avoid a single gold standard in its platform Senator Thurston of Nebraska who has twice led national conventions says many Republicans in the west favor moderate silver views and would leave the party over a rigid gold plank He notes western Republicans fear losing votes to bimetallism while Britain India and Europe watch the situation as speculation grows on the party line decision
Chas L. Kurtz, a Republican national committeeman from Ohio, says Secretary Alger has been unfairly treated and should not retire from the cabinet. He contends McKinley would have acted similarly if given the chance and expects McKinley to be renominated and reelected. No other names are discussed as contenders.
Washington reports President McKinley rejected any plan to have Cubans vote on annexation. He said no such course is contemplated though it would not be unwelcome, and independence for Cuba would be the outcome.
Chicago July 12 peanut quotations show a 100 percent rise for cleaned nuts and 75 percent for those in farmers hands. Talk of a bust and unusually large demand drive the surge in prices.
John A. F Readle, 51, former Rushville city councilman and noted manufacturer, died July 12 after a runaway事故 July 3. He never regained consciousness.
John Bris ben Walker of Cosmopolitan plans a $100000 suit against Paul R Reynolds Tolstoi agent over the novel The Awakening. Delays caused abridgements excised by editors to avoid mail issues, angering Tolstoi who demanded further publication. Walker withdrew the story from the magazine.
Readable fragments describe stabbings and killings: Alvin Applegate of Poplar Flat Kentucky stabbed Jos Humphes through the heart. Joseph Karts of Chicago stabbed by worker Frank Kartis. Henry Jetery, a state representative from Lacross, slain Tuesday night. Stanton Neb. bears brains cut with an iron bar then kills himself.
Gen Woodruff imposes a strict quarantine in Santiago with military headquarters moved to Cristo and troops to Songo. No soldiers remain except at the custom house. American hotels and saloons are closed and Americans barred from entering the city.
Capt Thomas M. Woodruff of the Fifth Infantry died of yellow fever near Santiago de Cuba on Tuesday night. A New York native, he entered West Point in 1867, was commissioned in 1871, became a captain in 1891, and served as major in the inspector general's corps during the Spanish American War.
The medical department will not adopt SanareHi's serum after exhaustive tests. Surgeon General Sternberg and assistants concluded the serum is not the specific germ of yellow fever and is therefore valueless.
In Omaha area, Fritz Pries exhumed his brother Adolph's remains after ten years to reuse his coffin for his sister Mrs. George Nelson. He repainted the coffin in a barn and laid the sister to rest, saying the body is mere clay and showing no disrespect to the brother's memory.
In Chicago on July 12 the early round of the Hamilton trophy event finished the twenty fourth deal. The seven low teams were ousted leaving the seven winning squads: Indianapolis Buffalo Heyes of Racine Toledo Cleveland Oaks of Austin C and Philadelphia.
Martinsville dispatch reports Anna Cain and Essie St. John who ran away from Morgan county to Indianapolis due to family interference eloped with Fred Perry and Albert Carroll. Perry has a hip wound from a bullet, which he refuses to explain.
THORNTOWN Ind July 12 Henry Hanlon 65 long time resident here died Tuesday evening. He suffered with a growth in his side recently a surgical operation was performed Greenbury Buntin 83 died Tuesday evening after suffering from fever many weeks.
The Indianapolis News, owned by Wm. J. Richards Delevan Smith and Charles R. Williams, is to be sold after a court order. Bidders include Ferdinand Winter Maj. W. J. Richards Nathan Morris and A. J. Potts. The receiver Hilton A Brown set sale at 3 p m with bids reaching 626000 as Morris Winter and Dowling remained in.
The Chronicle reports Secretary Alger’s resignation of the war portfolio is now with President McKinley. The move was not voluntary but came at the executive’s request, with an official announcement expected weeks later.
Col Moore of Chicago reports ex congressman William R Moore Tennessee is seriously ill at Windemere hotel after heart failure last week. He is described as the most picturesque Republican in the south born in middle Tennessee and long active in Memphis dry goods trade.
Senator M. A. Hanna arrived in Markannah Paris on July 12 suffering from rheumatism. He says he has set politics aside for the time being and that the president has examined every phase of the Philippine situation, adding he will not discuss the Alger affair or take advice from newspaper correspondents.
A picnic train on the Monon derailed at Auburn Park Wednesday morning. John Kane aged 56 was killed instantly and Thomas Newell suffered serious injuries. Several others sustained cuts and bruises.
The grand lodge of colored Knights of Pythias meets at Castlehall Pride of the West No 2. Six lodges from Noblesville Richmond Irvington and three Indianapolis lodges send two delegates each. Supreme Chancellor Ross of Savannah Ga attends on official business and speaks in the forenoon. Officers were elected in the afternoon and an all night smoker is planned for Wednesday at the Oddfellows hall.
Annie Williams, held in the Woman's prison for burglary, was declared insane on Wednesday. She claims a black hand passes before her face. She was sent from Linton, Greene County. Mrs. Drusia Wright, 30, was also declared demented and imagines she is already confined in the asylum for experimental science.
Sloane won the selling plate race for 40 sovereigns on Mr Barnato's Iliogic as only two horses faced in the Zetland plate of 500 sovereigns. He also captured the Swapp ham welter handicap stakes of 200 sovereigns aboard Lord Beresford's Doric.
Bicycle policemen Strett and Lancaster arrested Bernie Cheesand and George Sullivan at 510 and 531 South West street on Wednesday over a caddy of tobacco. The tobacco was traced to be stolen from in front of M. O'Connor & Co.
CHICAGO July 12 Tokuma Katayama imperial architect of Japan is at the Auditorium annex with assistants visiting to contract for the structural steel in the Tokyo palace for the crown prince. The cost is estimated between 4 000 000 and 2 050 000 yen.
American cruiser Olympia reaches Suez with Admiral Dewey aboard. He is in good health and the ship enters quarantine in the harbor.
City life notes report Essie M. Gray filing a divorce complaint against John Gray accusing him of drunkenness. A damage incident at Henry N. Spaan's barn on Meridian Street notes $50 loss with origin unclear. Mrs. Jake Rosenberg and two daughters visit sister Mrs. S. S. Selig on Capitol Avenue and plan a summer stay with a trip to St. Louis before returning east.
Dr. McAbee state factory inspector prepares a brief on Indiana inspection law for the Paris exposition in 1906. The state board of pharmacy held its first examination in room 12 at the state house on Wednesday.
Attorney-general Griggs rests in Pater son New Jersey for two weeks while a contest for the superintendent post at the city hospital for the insane unfolds with a $4000 salary. Brigadier general Asa B. Carey retires as paymaster general. Gen. Alfred E. Bates takes his place. President McKinley pardons W. D. Westmoreland for a 1897 Virginia case. Mrs. McKinley’s illness may delay the western trip, possibly combined with Chicago travel. Births report two girls and a boy. deaths list multiple ages and causes across several addresses. Marriage licenses granted for six couples.
A Chicago syndicate plans to post 10090 as good faith and raise 75000 to stage the Jeffries Sharkey fight in a roofless arena on the South Side if fighters and police agree.
The Board of Works adopted resolutions for cement walks on Pratt Street and Brookside, and brick road work on Hudson Street. Bids for brick alleys were deferred for testing of brick quality. A local brick yard owner withholds product from others to underbid, but has won no contracts.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Thomas Electric Coil as a household necessity for burns wounds sore throat croup catarrh asthma and other ailments. It also claims Dean’s Ointment relieves piles and promotes swift cures available at drug stores for 50 cents.
New York on July 12 reports writer Bernard F. Gilmore has produced a play titled Kidnaped centered on the abduction of Baby Marion Clark. He hopes Baby Clark herself will appear as the central figure in the production.
In Chicago on July 12 indications point to a possible amalgamation of big job printers into a trust if Cincinnati promoters succeed. Chicago concerns show little enthusiasm, while assurances from large printers elsewhere bolster the project.
In New York on July 12 the well known gambler and social figure known as Smiling John Kelly is dying of Bright's disease. He was famed for his perpetual grin and was a friend of Jay Gould Boss Tweed and Richard Croker. He enjoys wealth and renown among the sporting set.
James O Hea aged 73 died Wednesday morning after a residence at the poor farm since July 18 1893. He left no record of relations.
The nineteenth infantry sails from Fris co for Manila July 22. Genessee of Chicago competes in Canadian international races. Burglars steal 300 from Holly post office. Conductor Parlor fatally shot by a tramp in Thacker W Va. Mrs Chauncey Talbot drowns herself and her 2 year old in Putnam Conn. Frewsburg business district destroyed by fire. losses around 10 000. A woman believed to be Mrs B I McClure killed by an electric car in Pittsburg. New York board of arbitration to probe street railway labor troubles. 9-year-old Roderick Adam found in Lincoln Park. explains nothing. Rev Henry Cunningham arrested for a 15-year-old robbery case. Steamer Horatio Hall with 300 aboard runs aground off Notka Mass. refloated and continues voyage.
Advertises a woodenware sale with drastic price reductions to make room for carpenters. Mentions staple articles offered at cost or less and highlights remarkable price reductions to draw customers.
Short dispatches report J M Anderson located in Glasgow after vanishing from St Louis with blank memory attributed to sunstroke. a horse race off Arverne ends with Miner chased by a sea bound animal then returns to shore. John B Fisbee faces grand jury for dissecting a living dog before Ellington class. Mrs Vandyke Allen goes insane after encounter with a snake in her home and yard.
Clarence W. Hargitt a prominent Hamilton Ohio businessman married Nora Crabb of the Indiana dental college at the Crabb home 1309 Bellefontaine street. Rev Burris A Jenkins conducted the ceremony Wednesday at the residence of the bride's parents.
Anderson Indiana July 12 drainage tile manufacturers with a gas belt organization meet to plan a statewide reorganization of the tile industry J H Zehner Windfall is named as president to steer the effort bringing all Indiana tile makers into the new group.
Indianapolis stock market notes for July 12 show cattle receipts at 550 and hogs at 5 500 with active markets and higher prices. Lists price ranges for steers, heifers, feeding cattle, cows, veal calves, hogs, pigs, and sheep with several per 160 lb tallies and market emphasis on good to choice and medium quality stock.
Grain prices show Wheat No 2 red at nine cars and No 3 red at ten cars with several unmerchantable and rejected lots. Corn lists No 1 white firm and No 4 white with several mixed color grades, oats firm with thinly traded No 2 and No 3 white and mixed grades, hay prices for timothy range from 8 to 9.50 dollars per unit.
R. R. Shiel & Co. reports a wild market with good receipts in Indianapolis on July 12 1899. Prices show 120 to 140 average at 4.2215 425, mixed 166 to 190 at 4.1714974.20, and mixed mediums and heavies at 4.16 to 4.70. Cattle market described as slow.
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