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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1899
Page
3
Greensburg Indiana reports Cuff Crume jailed Sunday for failure to pay a judgment of 150 dollars to Mrs Laura Riley. He was released on his promise to pay 25 dollars monthly. Crume, engaged to Kokomo Miss Ramsey, waited to marry him in jail as she rushed to Greensburg upon hearing of his arrest.
In Evansville Indiana representatives of trade organizations plan to call all union men out in a week if coal operators refuse miners demands. Deputy sheriffs were present at mines with no disturbance. National committeeman Fred Ditcher travels to Indianapolis to seek governor Mount's help to disarm non union miners.
Old settlers from Blackford, Jay, Randolph and Delaware counties gathered for a picnic in Wilsons Grove. Attendees included Noah Reasoner, the first white child born in Blackford County. Scott Richardson, the first in Delaware County. Mrs Edmund of Muncie claiming the title. and Samuel Peck of Blackford, who first voted for Andrew Jackson and says he has never belonged to a church, secret society, or political party and has never signed his name to anything except a letter.
Lagro, the oldest town in Wabash county, founded in the 1830s and once thriving with canal trade, petitions the town council to call an election on surrendering the town charter. Population about 800.
Huntington North Manchester and Logansport seek the big national drunkards' convention with a joint trip planned for Aug 3. Logansport appears out, leaving North Manchester and Huntington as likely contenders. A decision is expected within a week.
In Posey county near Oliver two men died and two were fatally injured while threshing wheat as a storm moved in. The dead are William Pitcher and James Barnett. The injured are Ben Davis and Joseph Wilson. They sheltered under the separator when lightning struck the machine.
An unknown tramp staying at the Garrett jail in Auburn Indiana on July 31 cut his throat with broken tin cup edges. Doctors sewed the wounds but he reopened them and died within minutes. No identification was found.
In Anderson Indiana on July 31 a cow belonging to Frank Johnson reportedly gave birth to a remarkable calf with humanlike facial features a pig nose dog ears a monkey teeth and goat whiskers. The animal's body and legs resemble a calf.
Wm J Bryan told Lagrange something again on Sunday. John Wyler a 16 year old drowned in the St Joseph river near Fort Wayne. Honey Creek township Howard county will ship 2 000 000 quarts of blackberries this season. Samuel Gamble of near Wabash trimmed a corn too close his leg amputated. Sanford Carter 80 fell downstairs at his Orleans home and died he could not explain how it happened. James E Stevenson Shelbyville miner slept on tracks near Sullivan left leg mangled and head injured. Franklin police entered a poker room early Sunday morning via a fire escape some prominent citizens are said to be in the case. HL Wilson and William Darbyshire burned in a natural gas explosion near Muncie flesh on their faces and hands cooked. Jett Nichols attempting Erie cracks near
Ir D P Erwin president of Interstate Stock Yards Company denies any negotiations for a merger of the new and old yards. He doubts the rumor, attributing it to rumor and interest in capital profits. Work on the new yards progresses and is slated to begin operations between August 15 and September 1.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on July 31 C C Bice a white iron molder was arrested in Memphis on charges of criminal assault against Adelia Lincoln sixteen daughter of Mrs Ida B Lincoln If the allegations by the girl and her mother are true authorities label it the worst crime in the region The mother says Bice as well as his wife aided the act and she will be arrested The crime occurred July 9 Mrs Lincoln widow of Dr J H Lincoln a second cousin of President Lincoln Bice and his wife had been boarding with Mrs Lincoln but left early last week
Charles Temple ton, 45, a New York artist with a commission to paint Vice President Garrett Hobart, was arrested on a petit larceny charge. Complainant and fellow artist W. J. Dozier says he took a satchel worth eight dollars and did not return it. Both men are prominent in New York art circles.
Morning View Kentucky resident Benjamin Finnells was shot and killed by his son in law Austin Stevens in a jealousy incident. Chicagoan Giovanni Chelline wounded his wife with four shots and then attempted suicide. Near Middlesboro Kentucky William Smallwood killed his uncle Clelland Smallwood and was fatally wounded by him. In Omaha Nebraska a saloon brawler named John Shananahan killed proprietor Joyce and mortally wounded Ed Callahan.
Two killed and 28 injured when the Cleveland & Buffalo express wrecked near Red Rock between Lauckawoxen and Shohola after a landslide caused by a Delaware river cloudburst. Engineer Benjamin Shea died at his post. several passengers and crew struggled through fire as trains piled and flames spread. Commander Boothsucker of the Salvation Army aided the wounded.
A Jersey Central coal train stalled near Springtown New Jersey Sunday afternoon. A flagman’s signal was missed when wind tangled the flag and the passenger train No 11 struck the freight engine. Both crews escaped injury but passengers were shaken and several injured. Publisher S. B. Smith of New York may die.
Parry & Co. shifts a plant to a new site near Keggstone Avenue and Prospect Street, building 30 cone story glass structures 60 feet wide and 400 to 600 feet long with concrete foundations. The operation employs 1,800 workers now and will add 300 more from Connersville, Ind. over an estimated three year period.
Plague reports surge at Poonah with 317 deaths and 360 new cases in 48 hours. Notable victims include four Europeans among them English Lieutenant McLeod.
Justice Smock rules in favor of John Owens the colored man who bought the mare at auction from Host Ice and Cold Storage on foreclosure. The liveryman A B Gates had sued to replevin. Owens proved the mare was bought back by the ice company and not by him, and she had never been in his possession. The ruling does not bar a similar action against the ice company.
The Tribune reports all Joliet penitentiary guards carry Mauser rifles loaded with Gum-dum bullets. The bullets flatten on impact causing horrific wounds, raising questions about their use and safety.
The note highlights widespread August absences among cabinet members and a large Washington recruiting total of 7,500. Postmaster General and Mrs. Smith depart for Hotel Champlain as President and Mrs. McKinley stay nearby. Navy cruisers New Orleans and Machias sail to Caribbean ports while Samoa and Justice Chambers reports are pending at the state department.
A brief invitation appears on page seven inviting readers to engage with the Sun Sliners feature. The notice emphasizes reading and participation, signaling the column’s ongoing presence in the newspaper.
At Sing Sing on Monday two men were executed by electric chair. Lewis Pullerson, a Black man, was put to death at 8 22 a m for choking to death his white mistress Kate Smith on March 10 1885. Michael McDonald, who killed his paymaster Stephen Titus at Eastman's slaughterhouse on May 4 1898, followed at 8 42 a m after demanding wages.
Four people were killed and nine injured by street cars on Sunday and Sunday night in New York. Victims include Frank Bonner, 77, struck on Jerome Avenue. a sister Mary Simpson and brothers Charles and Waller, hit on Clinton Avenue. Frank Stanton, 28, on Third Avenue. Philip Schnell, 34, driver of a pedlar’s wagon. John Mulady, driver of a coupe. and Frank Conklin, 6, fatally injured by a Grand Street car.
Saratoga N Y July 31 Alderman John Coughlin of Chicago known for dress reform for men wore a mountain green suit to a full dress ball at the Grand Union. His unconventional costume drew attention but he ignored it and danced many numbers with Mrs Coughlin.
Helen Breedlove an employee of the Central insane hospital lies at City hospital with an arm broken just above the wrist. She fell while alighting after the car halted. She says the conductor signaled the motorman before she had cleared the steps on Washington Street.
About 200 people packed Yuryie hall on July 31 to hear Wm. Frank of Boston summon Col. Robert G. Ingersoll's spirit. Frank denied hell, then failed to contact Ingersoll and instead called up George N. Chapman. The séance ended abruptly as Chapman spoke and Frank fled the stage.
Washington reports Mayor Jones of Toledo has declared as an independent candidate for Ohio governor, altering expectations among Buckeye politicians. Democrats and Republicans weigh the impact as John D. McLean’s allies consider his possible response if Jones remains in the race.
New York anticipates over 2,000,000 visitors for the Dewey blow-out as President McKinley plans a reception for Admiral Dewey upon his return to Washington.
In Fort Dodge Iowa eleven of thirty eight cows tested for tuberculosis in a local dairy are infected. The test results come as authorities investigate herd health and dairy practices amid ongoing livestock disease concerns.
The steamer City of Seattle arrived at Vancouver with 29 Dawsonites and 0 excursionists from New York Chicago and Toledo. Among the Dawson passengers was J. K. Smith an Englishman who warns that British capitalists are buying up Klondike claims and that English capital will soon control the region.
The Harriman scientific party from New York returns to Seattle after a 9000 mile trip to Alaska. They collected vertebrate and invertebrate specimens and report glaciers are retreating. An unnamed field with a fine stream was named for Mr. Harriman. Many animals once thought rare were abundant in Alaska.
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