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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1899
Page
3
In Corydon Indiana June 7 trustees near a free-for-all after the vote for county superintendent. I L Neely spat in John Windell s face and Windell fought back. the disturbance arose over an alleged broken promise.
Henry Curtiss, a noted hotel thief, dressed as a minister, entered the Kirby house in Muncie Indiana and was pursued by two men in night shirts through the halls. He attempted to escape police by claiming the pursuers were crazy and gave the name John Moore. Detectives later identified him.
BRAZIL Indiana June 7 Will Wilson four is jailed for allegedly stealing a horse and buggy from in front of a Carbon church Sunday He reportedly drove into Parke county and tried to sell the rig to a farmer Peru Indiana Jane 7 Hiram Bearss first lieutenant of marines home for a short visit and will return to duty The Peru fair grounds mile race track slated for destruction as the grounds sell for a new manufacturing suburb
Miss Kathleen Carter traveled to Cleveland on Tuesday to marry Edwin Fee of Youngstown. Fee formerly taught in Plainfield’s schools and now holds the science chair at Northeastern Ohio College.
Muncie Indiana June 7 Marion was selected as the next meeting place for the Indiana elks. Officers for the coming year were selected from that city.
In Evansville Indiana June 7 a funeral procession honors Jacob Arnold and his horse that he used for many years drawing his empty buggy the hearse followed by mourners and the horse led the tributes to a life spent in faithful service
A mixed Indiana notes column reports Tipton smallpox ended, Anderson measles outbreak, deaths of Isaiah Haas and James Wilkinson, robberies in Anderson, and college graduations at St Marys. Other items include taxable value hikes in Johnson county, Epworth League in Greenwood, ill ex commissioner Wiley, Parke county wheat frost, Greene county pests, Montpelier hotel owner dead, carbole acid death in Martinsville, Daughters of Liberty convention, cyclone fatality in Morgan county, Otto Kolb candidate for secretary of state, Richmond insane hospital inmate, Blackford county superintendent to be chosen by supreme court, Johnson county work house petition, Morgan county matron appointment, and the incomplete item Miss Mamie Cock.
Physicians of the day state their gratitude for health and would use Warner's Safe Cure immediately if kidney trouble afflicted them, praising its precious value and suggesting trust in the remedy.
The report lists a string of local incidents and notices: anti saloon league requests police enforcement in Terre Haute. Hanover college trustee election to replace the deceased John R. Cravens. Neal Thurston injures his knee while pole vaulting at ranklin college. various arrests, lawsuits, and civic actions across Indiana including electric rail franchises, farm labor, and municipal cases.
There have been 178 cases of small-pox in Indiana this year and one death, an infant at Evansville. Of these cases 101 were colored. Affected counties include Hancock, Jefferson, Floyd, Greene, Jennings, Marion, Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Vermilion, Union, Tipton, Cass, and Ripley.
Hamilton, Ohio. On Tuesday night police chief Peter A. Clair was instantly killed when the Indianapolis Express struck his carriage at Schenck's Station, four miles south of Hamilton. His wife was fatally injured and their 1 year old daughter Margaret died an hour later. The survivor's life hangs by slender threads.
At Poplar Grove two infants aged 3 and 1 were killed when a carriage on a station platform was blown onto the tracks by a gust of wind as a fast freight pulled in. Mrs Destloff had stepped inside the depot on an errand leaving the carriage unattended. Both babies died instantly.
Washington special reports Senator Hanna plans to retire from active leadership and will not head the Republican National Committee during the forthcoming presidential campaign. He will seek recovery in southern France, suffering from indigestion and rheumatism of the heart.
Cleveland. June 7. Ernest Griswold, 7, was struck on the Cedar avenue track while crossing on a tricycle and killed instantly as a car traveling at frightful speed hit him. Eyewitnesses report the automobile’s speed as excessive, reviving public concern over frequent motor accidents.
Ambitious Hammond A. T. Knotts met with the attorney general on a bid to force railroads between Lake Michigan and Hammond to remove piling and build navigable bridges. The aim is to dredge the Calumet River to allow boat passage and attract government harbor funds, with the Jnickerboeker ice company already dredging. Knotts doubts the exact legal route but says stream obstruction can be stopped under common law and the state must open the river.
In Santiago de Cuba rumors circulate of a Cuban gang resembling the Italian mafia aiming to remove Americans deemed offensive to its aims. Officials note several recent disappearances may be linked to the group. A $1,000 reward is offered for Charles Ting of New York who vanished two weeks ago.
A June frost in Salt Lake Valley chilled ground below freezing and killed crops. Meteorologists warn of another frost likely, threatening further agricultural damage in Utah.
An extreme heat wave blankets the Midwest and Northeast with 95 to 98 degree readings. Prostrations and fatalities are reported in Pittsburg and New York City while Chicago and Youngstown see workers quitting. Soda water demand soars as night production is needed. Bee Hive savings and loan pays a 1 percent dividend per Allen order. Burdock Blood Bitters marketed as health tonic.
In Elizabethtown Kentucky on June 7 David Rider a former Glene Gale merchant was seized from Mrs. Lucy Thompson s home by regulators and tarred and feathered He was then rode on a rough wagon Abs Thompson 22 is described as pretty The husband Mr Thompson sues for divorce The same night in Levant Maine Elder Geo Higgins leader of Holiness disciples was mobbed by 200 masked men ridden out of town undressed tarred and feathered and told to leave Higgins seeks church control and alleges religious fervor tore at family relations
Indiana cities along Lake Michigan threaten protests against the Chicago drainage canal arguing that the lake water would be lowered by carrying sewage to the Illinois River harming lake town commerce. Missouri seeks to enjoin Illinois authorities over pollution risk to the Mississippi River from canal waters.
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