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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1899
Page
6
A quirky reminiscence recalls a 90 year old Maine resident recalling her 1824 trip to Lafayette in Bangor. She lacked money for travel yet walked home after the encounter, claiming the journey kept her young and sparked lifelong walking and pencil collecting.
A Bangor-born speaker recounts a perilous journey to New York where she avoided illness, asked for shelter at night, and was aided by magistrates and court clerks who raised 3.80 for a stock of pens to sell on her return journey. She comments on aging and potential future travels.
Advance summaries from the Interstate Commerce Commission report on the year ending July 30, 1898, show 47,741 railway casualties. Killed 6,859 and injured 40,882 overall, with 1,958 workers killed and 31,761 injured.
July 29 details of Luetgert confession to Palmist Pratt are revealed. Pratt describes Luetgert’s impulses and claims of brutality linked to his sausage business past. Luetgert admits guilt and mentions dying suddenly. Pratt notes mental strain and nine as a key number.
An escaped bear from Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago caused 45 minutes of panic on July 2 as pedestrians and cyclists fled through flower beds and verdant areas. The bear was finally captured after a half mile chase. a gypsy helped subdue it by grabbing its nose with ice tongs, with no injuries reported apart from the animal.
The Moana brings word of unsettled conditions in Samoa with several native clashes and more anticipated. Chief Justice Chambers is aboard the steamer. Hawaiian volcano activity intensifies with eruptions increasing violence and a dense volcanic cloud covering the island and extending offshore.
Telegram from Jasper County Georgia reports three Mormon elders fled from a mob and escaped with their lives. The dispatch notes all three were safe after narrow escapes in the night.
A company of 35 to 40 will debut The Fall and Rise of Humpty Dumpty at the Park theater next Monday afternoon. James B. Dickson organized the troupe in New York summer, with scenery and properties completed. Six large sets and numerous stage pieces will create a lavish transformation scene and keep audiences engaged during the production. Many specialty players and a strong cast including Burt McDonald DeVoe the Millers Hemmelia Harrison and Eddie McDonald are featured as the show opens next Thursday morning at the box office and matinees.
Twenty council members dodge a contempt summons as Mayor Van Wyck signs a bond resolution amid a legal clash over funding the new hall of records. The council faces possible jail time up to 36 days and fines up to 250 dollars for failing to obey the supreme court order.
Senator Hanna plans to give full attention to politics after selling his mining interests and fleet of lake vessels. The disclosures show his former holdings were absorbed by trusts, leaving only the Little Consolidated Street Railway in Cleveland, freeing him to pursue McKinley’s renomination.
Jim Garlington, a train robber, was hanged at Fort Worth after noon on Friday. Alfred Beam and William Redden of Cen ter Alabama were killed Friday when a house was moved and collapsed burying them. Ed Biddings, 17, of Williamsport Pennsylvania, suffered a concussion from a knockout blow during a sparring match Thursday night.
Washington notes report pensions of thirty dollars monthly will be granted to widows of Col. Harry C. Egbert and Col. John M. Stotzenberg who died in the Philippines. The Marquis Romano travels to New Orleans on government instruction to investigate the Tallulah lynching. A Friday conference among Meiklejohn and Senor Quesada with Merriam and census statisticians discussed the Cuban census.
A black Spanish rooster owned by Willard Ross in Plainfield New Jersey has begun sitting on a clutch of 13 eggs. The fowl displays persistent maternal behavior, returning to the nest twice daily, prompting local poultry enthusiasts to watch for hatching on Sunday and debate whether the rooster or the hens are the true mother of the chicks.
Griffin of Cincinnati answered a want ad and received a postal card from James L. Scott of Lair Kentucky offering pay for engraving. Secret Service agents conducted the case, with Donella meeting Scott and resuming correspondence. Scott was arrested Friday at Lair after writing acceptance of the engraving proposal.
The War Department announced deaths of service members including Commissary-sergeant Martin Fogarty in Ponce Puerto Rico from apoplexy and Albert B. Ruin of the Tenth Cavalry in Holguin Cuba from typhoid fever. Acting-assistant-surgeon John V. Hamilton died at Matanzas on the twenty sixth from uremia and chronic nephritis.
In Chicago on Friday police recovered 6900 of 7000 dollars stolen Thursday night from George Edwards a Denver merchant. Two panel workers hid the money in the safety deposit box of the keeper of an immoral resort where the thieves had left it. The remaining 100 was taken by the panel workers to aid their escape.
HALIFAX N C July 28 four men were killed when a construction train jumped the track near Little River Hart's county and rolled over an embankment. Several others were seriously injured in the midafternoon wreck.
St Louis July 29 Circuit attorney Eggers plans suits against league baseball magnates under the amusement license law. The statute requires outside organizations or corporations giving exhibitions for gain in Missouri to pay state and city taxes.
Harry Siebert, 39, a New York book keeper, is insane and imagines he is Capt. Dreyfus. An important debate began in the house of commons, London, Friday, over the Transvaal situation. A robber struck Mrs Effie Dugan in Manchester, C., with a knife, as she awakened, and escaped.
A. Sanders of Conconut Grove, BPia., describes a diarrhoea epidemic in the area and credits four doses of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with his recovery. He has recommended it to others who likewise praise the medicine. For sale by all druggists.
Central Standard Time shows arrivals and departures for all trains from Indianapolis Union Station. Details include frequencies and times for the Wincennes Express Cairo Express Martinsville Ace Chicago Express and Chicago Express with car types and dining services noted.
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