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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
3
In broad daylight a 16 year old bandit known as Barns robbed Jackson Ireland, 40, of Toledo, Ohio, of 338 at a Marion Indiana business district alley crossing. Ireland chased the thief but he escaped, then police captured the suspect and recovered the money.
August Muhler son of former mayor and Minnie Kraft, daughter of a builder, disappeared with a two thousand dollar shortage from Eckert packing. Located in Omaha living in luxury. claimed marriage in Chicago. Muhler previously short in Hamilton National Bank accounts. relatives declined to cover losses.
Reports of a large Loogootee gas well, deaths in Bloomington and Evansville, a $10,000 sanitarium planned for Crawfordsville, and interurban car service planned for Anderson to Muncie. Also notes on population in Warsaw, a Columbus public park bid, cantaloupes from Vincennes, and various local incidents including drownings, accidents, legal notices, and civic plans across multiple Indiana towns.
A brother in law to John Clarie of Bedford paid a fine and fare after a Tuesday incident. Clarie said he was robbed of $60 and fined for drunkenness in police court. Mrs Stokes of Wiwood lost her mind as her army son in the Philippines was ordered to China. A Central Union lineman at Elwood was badly burned when a wire strand fell across a trolley line and caused his fall. Monuments will rise in Sullivan county for Capt Fairbanks and eight men massacred in 1812, and for Lieut Morrison and five men massacred in 1815 on the Fort Knox route.
Lincoln dispatch reports Bryan will face a fierce 1900 campaign led by Democrats and Republicans alike. McKinley pictures flood Lincoln windows as 63 electoral votes loom in the West while Bryan seeks 147 doubtful votes in Illinois Michigan Indiana Wisconsin Ohio New York Maryland and West Virginia. Kentucky remains certain to back the Democratic cause.
A Denison Hotel test of Glazier nozzles on building standpipes drew a crowd as water streamed from rooftops and into open rooms. Chief Barrett and Capt. Glazier directed the test while Indianapolis fire inspectors, led by Goodloe, observed the apparatus may allow rapid, directed drainage from any part of the structure. Pedestrians sheltered from a rainlike spray, mistaken for a cloudburst as water flooded corridors due to open windows and incomplete pipe closures.
Promoters raise 4000 for a yearly fall festivity in Indianapolis to open Oct 9 12, with Tecumseh returning, a civic parade and elaborate electrical displays. Prominent businessmen gathered at Albert Lieber’s home pledge funds, aiming to raise 11000 more. committees named with Parry Lieber Chapman McGowan Hymah to manage operations.
The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. transfers the old Bullock block at New Jersey and Chiosts to C. L. Hutchinson for 23000. Hutchinson will run the apartment house on the site. The ground was bought in 1846 for 500 by Henry Ward Beecher, pastor of Plymouth Church, who lived there for years.
J. J. W. Billingsley, 67, editor of the Drainage and Farm Journal, was seriously injured Wednesday morning when he fell from a College avenue car at Pratt street. He was striving to catch a train at the Massachusetts avenue depot. his hand slipped and he hit his head on the pavement. An ambulance took him to his son in law T. A. Handell’s home where Dr. George treated him. Concussion fears kept him from returning home, about a mile north of Indianapolis.
Terre Haute Ind July 18 Eugene V Debs rejects any plan to withdraw as presidential candidate of the social democrats and urges party members not to consent to fusion on local tickets.
In Baltimore on July 18, fifty iron workers at R I Dougherty’s shipyards collapsed from extreme heat after shop fans failed. The overheated shops reached about 185 degrees, leaving most workers with large white blisters on their skin.
Edward M. Shephard of New York signals support for Bryan while opposing imperialism. Bryan skips the Kansas fusion convention next week. Senatorial candidate Jerry Simpson seeks the US Senate seat. The convention lasts three days. Towne, if Bryan wins, would be attorney general to attack trusts. Kentucky Republicans in Louisville nominate John W. Yerkes and denounce the Goebel law. Kentucky Democrats meet in Lexington with Beckham and Black contending for governor. Beckham expected on first ballot.
Report from Casey Indiana notes Mary Shafer and W W Morris injured in the I D and W wreck on St Mary bridge Tuesday five in Indianapolis but not listed in directory. Morris an insurance agent slightly cut. Shafer thrown against car top, arm broken and shoulder dislocated. James Pool of St Mary injured back. Dr Fowler of Dark Bend Ill spine hurt. Supt Graves of the L D and W went to the scene for investigation.
The Democratic state committee plans a Thursday gathering with Chairman Martin urging every committeeman to attend. The body is expected to consider candidate assessments amid the session.
Charles Kelley, staying at the Barnum hotel, dreamed of a fire and jumped from a fourth-story window onto a skylight. He was saved when his body hit electric wires, breaking his fall, then returned to continue his nap. The notice pitches Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for nervousness.
Dora Traster sues Harry Blosier alleging breach of promise after he allegedly promised to marry her in February with plans for March. She states she remained willing throughout.
L. W. Tewksbury vanished after closing his business drawing New York concern. Agnes Schultz, 18, of Chicago, died by carbolic route. J. S. Beach, missing cashier for Postal Telegraph, Chicago, reportedly drowned at Milwaukee. Fred Haldermann of St. Louis faced bank distrust after thieves stole $800 from his room. Capt. Lemley, wounded at Tien-Tsin, engaged to marry a St. Louis girl.
The American Public Health Association will convene in Indianapolis from October 22 to 26 with about 400 members expected to attend. Clinton T. Lowes sues his wife Mabel for divorce claiming she persists in keeping company with a married man. A Fellowship church lawn social was postponed due to rain. John Bible and William Jarbey wrestled. Bible was seriously injured. Journeymen barbers formed a new group selecting J W R Allen as chairman and O Berry as secretary to aid boss barbers in endorsing the eight gay-cloring law.
Progress laundry announces neckbands put on free and promotes fast express steamers to Paris with Atlantic Steamship agency booking through P Pfisterer, agent at 26 Virginia-ave. Telephone 1961. Also a removal notice for Dr B F Bye moving to 403 N Illinois St at the northeast corner of Vermont with telephone 1925.
A detailed market list from Indianapolis dated July 1 presents wholesale prices across provisions, meats, vegetables, fruits, nuts and candies, groceries, canned goods, fish and game, canned oysters, seeds, and other staples. It enumerates items such as hams, bacon, lard, dried beef, pickled meats, and fresh produce with multiple grade markers and per unit figures.
A dense price list from a long advertisement item detailing jobbing flour and feed prices per barrel and ton, including flour grades, bran, corn meal, meal prices, hog prices, eggs, butter, and various coal types with multiple regional price references and units.
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