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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1901
Page
3
A dust cloud at noon Thursday in Petersburg formed a funnel ten feet wide at the top and rising 100 feet above two story roofs. It stayed six minutes with burning straw at its base. After it collapsed a smaller column followed, making 65 revolutions. Residents link the event to drought breaking superstition.
In Knox Indiana two leading Starke county lawyers clashed during trial with Robb ins calling Courtright a liar. Courtright struck Robbins above the eye and clerks prepare contempt fines. Also reported an electric railway company organized in Chicago to connect Michigan City Indianapolis via Laporte Bass Lake Knox and more.
Edwin P. Beeson and Ida E. Warner of Peoria Illinois eloped to LaPorte Indiana on Thursday and were married. They plan to go to Tipton to await a telegram from home informing them of forgiveness.
Norris Pallissard, 18, faces trial in Knox Indiana for the alleged rape of 15 year old Lela Lohse. The case was learned on Thursday and has caused notable community agitation.
In Terre Haute Indiana on July 26 Mrs E E Glover received a bath scratch from a hard substance in the soap which proved to be a fine quality diamond of good weight.
The report lists diverse Indiana events and crimes from multiple towns. Fort Wayne switches to canal water while a Salem farmer falls from a tree. a 14 year old and a 16 year old fight over a girl in Boonville ending in a stabbing. a Muncie man identified as Daniel Butler is buried in potter's field. other assaults, a death from a beef hide weight dispute in English, and a railroad expansion with 700 new freight cars. Also noted are a Vanderburgh ex-coroner named deputy marshal, a Kokomo boy's fatal eye injury, Kokomo landing a large steel and nail plant, a Huntington teen's death from septic infection, purse snatching at Washington, Richmond business impacts from a tin-plate strike, and a Baptist youth convention heat impact in Chicago.
Mrs. Martin Freese shot and killed William B. Gray in Shelby county Indiana near Franklin. The couple said the act avenged an insult by Gray, who had allegedly harassed Mrs. Freese on several occasions. Police arrested the Freeses after they drove to the county jail.
At the Union Stock Yards Indianapolis July 26 receipts total about 1 000 cattle and 3 94 shipments. Quotations list weights and prices for steer and heifer classes, cows and calves, and hogs with prices ranging from 1 35 to 6 00 per 100 pounds for various grades. Sheep and lamb markets show hundreds of head with prices around 3 76 for light stockers and 4 50 for prime fat lambs.
A report from Pekin says Li Ching Fang, adopted son of Li Hung Chang, is likely to be named ambassador to Washington replacing Wu Ting Fang. The empress is said to have ousted Pou Thyn, heir apparent to Emperor Kwang Hsu, making his succession doubtful.
July 26 hog receipts at Interstate Stock Yards Indianapolis totaled around 700 with mixed shipments. Quotations ranged from common to good lights and midweights to heavy, prices listed from about 4.90 to 6.75 per hundred pounds for roughs and mixed lots.
Rapid-fire notes report Seventh National Bank of New York will undergo a reorganization. Chicago Texas Oil Company with capital of 1,000,000 dollars is incorporated in Austin Texas.
Wheat and corn prices listed by grade and delivery, oats and hay quotes, inspections totals by commodity, and Chicago Markets update with wheat and corn futures, oats, provisions, eggs, butter, cheese, and live poultry prices for July 26. Includes variety by grade such as No 2 red wheat 68c and No 1 white corn 57c, with car counts and totals.
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