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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1901
Page
8
A trolley car with 80 passengers ran out of control on a Philadelphia hill route, crashing into a heavily laden car and injuring at least 20 people, 13 seriously. In New York, two crowded Coney Island trolley cars collided on the bridge near midnight, with eight seriously hurt.
The funeral for Orison P. Jee, drowned in the China sea June 10 1900, was held Sunday at 11 a.m. from the Seventh Christian church in North Indianapolis. Rev. J W Coombs officiated, assisted by Rev. N A Sheppard. Gov Durbin, Secretary Wilson, officers from the fair grounds camp, and four Indiana national guard companies attended. Pallbearers included Maj J J Blackman Maj J R Harrison Capt G W Beigler Lieuts C S Taunton G A Boyle IE W Mumford.
L G Smock aged 68 of 456 West Market Street died at City Hospital at 9 05 a m Monday from complications after a horse kick. He suffered a leg fracture and an above knee amputation after the incident while driving an express wagon on Massachusetts Avenue.
Fragmentary OCR shows team names and partial scores including Boston Cincinnati and Chicago area lines. Appears to be a sports scoreboard with wins losses and percentages but readable details are limited and unclear.
A compact recap of Sunday and Saturday games detailing team results, runs, hits, errors, and key matchups including Chicago New York St Louis Cincinnati Philadelphia Pittsburg Brooklyn and Boston with league standings notes and game-by-game lines for Milwaukee Baltimore Chicago Philadelphia Boston Detroit Washington Cleveland Milwaukee and Detroit results.
The article notes the Indians’ attempt to dive and their double canoe entry, outclassed by white competitors. Guy Robbins and Elliott Davis won the canoe race and Gavin Payne earned long diving first prize, while Robert Scott Jr. dominated the swimming events. A gayly dressed crowd watched from the houseboat and canoes.
A Paris dispatch says Jim Corbett dismissed two Frenchmen who challenged him with duel cards. Corbett overpowered them, sent them home in a carriage, and then bought 200 bottles of champagne after the crowd cheered. He reportedly paddled the Frogeaters to enforce their penalties for fighting in France.
Rock Island R 11 and Davenport R 35 versus Hot E 4. Terre Haute R 7 and Evansville Ro HG E 3. Bloomington R 5 and H 11 with BE 2. Decatur ALHA EL Rockford R 10 and H 15 BE 1. Cedar Rapids ids R 5 and H 10 BE 2.
City pairs and scores listed include Rock Island seven teen Davenport five Decatur seven Bloomington Cedar Rapids eight Rockford seven Terra Haute sixteen Evansville eleven.
Pinkcoat wins Wheeler handicap in Chicago. Vesper crew troubles cost Philadelphia entry. Cracks quarreled over dinner plans. Crescens faces possible last season per George Ketcham. Sharkey and Maher draw in Philadelphia. Dr John Bryant becomes yacht Independence manager. Milwaukee leads trials for Canadian yacht cup. Independence to be rebuilt before August trials.
Saturday games across multiple towns yield varied results with Crawfordsville Brazil and Indianapolis teams posting wins while Fort Wayne and Richmond teams also notching scores. The Indianapolis Reserves defeated the Marions at Brighton Beach 7 to 3, with a Cincinnati Shamrocks matchup set for August 7 against the Reserves.
Carl Fisher, the sole Broad Ripple man in stockings, impressed spectators at the Aquatic club regatta with his high dive though judges denied him first prize. Harry Hammond earned the best dive, while Big Wave and Little Bear, members of the Winnebago tribe, joined the raft event.
A San Francisco strike begins with 800 wheelers fired for refusing to haul non union cargo and more than 1,000 others expected to lose jobs. A total of 4,000 union teamsters may be affected with support from longshoremen and 18,000 other workers signaling a wide freighting shutdown.
Fort Worth July 22 trains bound for El Reno were filled as crowds surged for housing drives. Gov Richards boosted police in anticipation of trouble while registration momentum grows.
About 75 molders and helpers at the American Steel Castings plant in Sharon walk out after refusing to work with 32 imported replacement workers. Deputies keep order as the strike cripples the large facility and officials report no work with new hands.
Grain crop in the south portion of Lake Erie faces total destruction without rain in the coming days. Thousands of tons are at risk as dry rot sets in. Backward spring and abrupt heat waves worsened the crop condition, diminishing chances for an early harvest.
A slight but distinct earthquake shock was felt in Cairo Illinois at 11 25 Sunday night. The tremor lasted about five seconds with waves moving from southeast to northwest.
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