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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1899
Page
3
Key figures including Tarvin Goebel and Warne r arrive for the Chicago gathering as Altgeld Harrison splits widen. The national committee and platform fights loom with resignations and power shifts in play. Bryan may face a party split as Chicago tensions mount.
Mike Riley a cowboy courier arrived in Chadpron Nebraska with an unconfirmed tale of a Sioux attack on a roundup 50 strong facing triple the cowboys in the Badlands of the Cheyenne river South Dakota. He fled to seek aid after being surrounded until he escaped.
On Sept 5 last the Army and Navy League of Portsmouth sent two large boxes of hospital stores to Company H of the Fourth Ohio in Porto Rico. The boxes were never received and efforts to trace them failed. They were found aboard the hospital ship Relief in Manila. All but the private packages will be used.
Plans are set for an October 8 banquet at the Auditorium honoring President McKinley. Selected speakers include President Diaz of Mexico the Earl of Minto Governor General of Canada Secretary of the Navy Long Justice White of the Spanish court Mayor Harrison Governor Tanner and ex Governor Stone of Missouri.
Mrs. Guy V. Henry wife of Gen. Henry United States army addressed downtown business men at the Merchants' association on Porto Rico needs. She said island commerce was at a standstill many inhabitants starving and instant relief was necessary.
A blazing fire in Quebec destroys eighty homes, rendering about a hundred residents homeless in the city’s densely populated suburbs. Fire crews fought the blaze through Tuesday, with authorities investigating the cause as residents began to assess their losses.
Firemen fought the flames at the Hotel Grace in Milwaukee when the building collapsed trapping 20 firefighters. One man died Edward Haley pipeman others wounded include Chief James Foley Capt John Wolf and Pipeman Michael Quirk with 11 hospitalized and several in critical condition. Losses to building and contents estimated at 15060.
Chicago officials report a death certificate naming the kissing bug as contributing cause of death for Mary Ste ger. The record cites tonsillitis and a sting from the insect as factors, marking a historic instance in medicine.
London reports Mary Ansell an 18 year old who killed her sister last March by sending a poisoned cake through the mails. She was hanged at St Albans Hertfordshire Wednesday amid a sensational trial noted for her stoicism. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as a health aid.
A historically marketed teething product for children noted as soothing gums easing pain and colic. The ad claims it calms the child, cures wind colic, and is the least remedy for diarrhoea with a price of twenty five cents per bottle.
Lawrenceburg Indiana July 19 David Pierson 74 captured by a sheriff s posse after fatally beating Garrett Bentley 17 the widow s only support. He was armed but surrendered in nearby woods. Pierson shot at John Sicking and Josh Gardner and faces murder charges. the boy died on Wednesday. The mother of the boy is prostrated.
In Fort Wayne Indiana on July 1 two sons of George Nebar and Isaac Levine fought over a 50 cent felt hat. Their parents intervened and a civil assault and battery suit was filed in a justice court. The case has been continued multiple times with costs reaching about $200 and no settlement in sight.
Ray Morris threshing wheat near Flat Rock Shelbyville Indiana admitted feeding railroad spikes into his machine. A bundle contained three one pound sticks of dynamite and a buggy spring. Rivalry suspected as motive. The threshing machine was completely wrecked.
Nimrod H. Johnson son of ex Congressmen Henry A Johnson now of St. Louis and Josephine Hunt eloped to Newport Kentucky Tuesday and were married. They asked secrecy about the marriage.
An explosion of gas in the roast kiln ignited a fire at the Fairmount zinc smelter works in Marion on Tuesday. The blaze caused about $10,000 in losses.
A small epidemic of diphtheria is reported in Richmond Indiana as Heverna Messrs Kepler and Kenney, who secured electric franchise rights at Cambridge City and other towns, have not progressed on their project. No factories have been located and public faith wanes.
Judge Neal granted a restraining order preventing Boone county commissioners from awarding a contract for a new courthouse until the September term when the case will be heard. The ruling was issued in Noblesville Indiana on July 19.
Anderson Ind July 19 options closed by which New Yorkers pay James Dennis 100000 for a new process converting crude oil into rubber goods. The process claims production at 22 cents per unit.
Thousands of fish are dead after refuse from the Empire-American nitroglycerin factory was dumped into the Wabash River at Bluffton Indiana. Fishing is spoiled for the season and local authorities investigate the pollution.
In Peru Indiana on July 19 reports say waste from oil wells drained into the Wabash river is killing sycamores along the banks and harming aquatic life. Bass reportedly taste of petroleum.
Indiana obituaries report Mrs. Albert Shields of Bedford and a man named Thomas Thompson dying. a second annual street fair in Portland. Brazil's sixth annual cycling meet. a New Albany trades and labor council forming. Harry Sherman of Evansville running a hat store. Winona hosts a pronunciation contest. New England sugar beet company to build a $460000 plant at North Judson. Glass trades unions defer amalgamation. evangelists affect Indiana politics. Arcadia Christian and Methodist churches play baseball. Crescent gas tests a 205 psi well in Hartford City. Near Washington Carl and Samuel Smith discover 42 snakes under wheat shocks. Elmer Roberts of Miamistown amputates a toe to cure an ingrowing nail. threatens lockjaw. Marion’s Henry Pugh dies after throat cut at soldiers home. White River rail crossings noted as the world’s most frequent. Autopsy shows Isaac Daniel of Wabash had a heart twice normal size. Captain Ritter organizes a Muncie national guard company from secret-order drillers. Will Waybright sets fire to Connersville jail. inmates nearly suffocated before rescue. A man who robbed a farmhouse near Portage is pursued by bloodhounds.
A street excavation in Brownstown uncovered an Indian bone structure believed to be the native who shot a white man in 1818 and was later killed. The report notes several local incidents and ongoing court actions across Indiana towns.
Three New York newspaper men tried to photograph William K. Vanderbilt Jr his wife and Mrs Herman Oelrichs as they left Bailey Beach Newport R I Tuesday Vanderbilt became angry and tussled with the photographers The trio persisted and Vanderbilt hurried home with the ladies in a bad humor
About 20 messengers at the American District Telegraph Company in Cleveland struck Tuesday night for higher pay shorter hours and to avoid providing bicycles. They returned to work Wednesday after manager Dodge promised that workers could take time to pay for wheels. The calloused skin mentions itchy skin and a “horrible plague” with Bean's Ointment advertised as a cure at rag stores.
In a Yukon era dispatch from Seattle dated July 19, 12 Elk expedition members perished from scurvy starvation and frost between Selawick and Keokuk rivers. Mrs H W Bens of Bay City Michigan survived after being stranded and saved by prospectors near St Michaels. Several named men died including Capt H W Bens Capt Chas Smith Frank Calder Joe Reinhart and others.
Five hundred fifty passengers brought eight million dollars in gold dust aboard the Garonne from St Michael's to Vancouver. Passengers report bloodshed narrowly averted at Pawson during late June closures of Bonanza Eldorado and Hunker creeks over royalty disputes. Gov Ogilvie halted work, citing high duties, halting activity on the Klondike creeks amid a clash between claim owners and officials.
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