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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1899
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates for outside-city readers and provides contact information for the business office and editorial staff. It identifies The Sun as a Second-class matter and notes delivery and advertising communications procedures.
The piece argues for track elevation to reduce crossings and accidents, noting factories favor the plan and flagmen may be insufficient. It criticizes county officials, politics, and local infrastructure including N. Pennsylvania street paving, while hinting at mayoral race developments and candidate discussions.
Greenfield Democrats deny that William Jawings Bryan received $500 for speeches and blame Republican chairman Hernly for starting the report. They suggest Bryan may have received less than 3500 and accuse Hernly of fabrication.
A northern city letter argues conductors should have life lines to snare passengers unable to grasp the car as it passes. Separately the Fourth Church Christian Endeavor Society backs a proposal for a Saturday half holiday, calling the cause worthy.
A remark suggests no discredit to Indianapolis if the common council undergoes an all-around upheaval, reflecting political discourse about city governance and leadership changes.
Private H. FE. Redmond of Company C First Colorado volunteers, famed for stutterer status in the Eighth army corps, reports being cured by a Mauser bullet after being wounded at Marquina on March 31. He left the first reserve hospital near Manila with a small scar above the lip.
Leslie's Weekly credits Joseph Henry as a pioneer of the electric telegraph and notes Cyrus Field opened transatlantic cables in 1866. It observes 1,500 submarine lines totaling 170,000 miles, 6,000,000 annual messages, and world trade rising from 783 million to 1.847 billion dollars. It cites Daniel Drew’s watering stock term and a bibliophile’s tale of a Goode Huswife's Jewels volume amid a shopyard anecdote.
Miss Marietta Kies of Butler College dies in Pueblo. Harry Essman returns from the Philippines after a year’s service. Gas belt visit results to be reported. Adams & Williamson vein works valued at 151038.77. New telephone directory issued with long distance work. First Indiana regiment to hold Broad Ripple park field day on Aug 9. Mary Conley, 72, dies after residence at House of the Good Shepherd. Gas tank from Paul Jones disaster found intact. Marion county charity board flags fire escape inadequacies at the poor farm and calls for level openings.
About 6,000 visited Bethany park on Sunday as enthusiasm revived this season. Stock sales total several thousand dollars since opening. The state Christian Endeavor convention ran from Monday through Wednesday with Epworth League day noted at Acton. O. H. Palmer of Indianapolis, state league president, spoke in the afternoon. The first Sunday drew a large crowd with many arriving by train from nearby areas.
Grape crop risks in Michigan from dry rot. Glass price rise by five percent. New York Mazet committee to resume Tuesday investigations. Minnesota lumber dealers plan a fifty cent per thousand increase. Dewey to stop at Naples and Gibraltar on way home. Oklahoma reports hundreds of cattle dying from a mystery disease. Walter Nash and Victor Arnold die in a Wilcox Wyoming wreck. six year old George Dunn fatally shoots his sister near Findlay Ohio. A T Atkinson named Hawaii census supervisor. Dr James McKenzie of Muniwane Kansas dying after wife sues for divorce. London reveling in influx of American visitors spending freely. A M Bannister and sons arrested for whisky theft in Kentucky. Derby Connecticut reports man arrested for harassing girls. Edward Marshall, NY newspaper correspondent, wounded in Cuba, loses leg. Edward Gottfried seeks $100,000 from Peru amid revolution turmoil.
A collection of humorous and satirical clippings on topics from church hats and political conventions to career choices and national identity. Remarks on yellow fever, postmaster appointments, and the eagle in the Philippines appear alongside witticisms about genius and overwork.
C C F Smith of the Indiana bicycle company urges elevation of railroad tracks to cut long delays and protect pedestrians. He notes two watchmen at the Easy crossing cannot prevent injuries and that street traffic can halt for 15 minutes. He favors initial use of elevated tracks for passenger and through freight, while admitting coal unloading costs would shift. He predicts North siders would reconsider if they did business on the South side.
The Belt moved 18,832 cars last week with 1,072 cars of live stock at stockyards. B. and O. S. W. west of the Wabash becomes St. Louis Springfield and Vincennes. P. A. Bonebrake shifts to Logansport division with W. C. Loree succeeding him. Local freight totals reach 27,643 with notable gains over prior years.
Mr and Mrs Frank Burke attend West Baden events. Mrs Daniel Stewart Mrs Scott and Miss Grace Wasson return from Europe. D M Ransden family to Atlantic City this week. Ada V Colvin and Elbert C Booth engagement announced. Hines couple back from world tour residing in Millersville. Daughters of the American Revolution plan lawn party Monday at Mrs HE Atkins home in Meridian street. Frances Ruddick with Miss Bessie Shaffer visit northern Michigan to the Pottawattomie Indians.
Col Bryain travels to Indiana to rally party members as editor Morss once consul general to Paris under Cleveland is accused of sowing anti silver ideas. Indiana democrats stay loyal. they never bolt and heed the convention.
Police halted a group of women visiting West-end beer gardens on a Saturday night. Sergeant Corrigan questioned the women as they were accompanied by men and sought explanations. The scene grew tense but quieted when the patrol arrived. Tears were shed at the station and women spoke of husbands who would be shocked by what they called an expose. They were released with pointed, admonitory comments.
A man, son of former police chief Irvin Stobbins, heard a strange noise at 11 after a Sunday night ride. The family went to the barn and police, including Bike-cops Holtz and Bray, arrived as an old tom-cat sprang from the loft, then nothing more.
Pop June hosted a Sunday clam bake in a grove near Central ave and Thirty fourth st. Fourteen friends attended a feast including roasting ears clams three kinds of fish potatoes crabs lobsters and chicken baked on hot boulders. The meal was described as a feast fit for any king.
Jacob Boeeckel is at St. Vincent's hospital with a broken rib and leg and a dangerous cut in his side after being struck by a Pennsylvania train on the Belt Saturday night while walking toward his home on Shelby Street near Southern.
Youngstown report states Willie Landers was injured July 4 while pulverizing powder in a coffee mill. Treatment turned his hair green and his body yellow, with doctors noting unusual discoloration during recovery.
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