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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1899
Page
6
A public discussion touches trusts, state versus federal control, and legal remedies. Quotes address combinations that curb competition, effects on labor, and Standard Oil practices while noting wages and price reductions in oil.
Rock Creek and Roaring Fork rivers tumble past Carbondale as a cow town of 250 thrives on cattle farming wheat potatoes and alfalfa. The region yields 16 400 dollars in crops from 430 acres and sustains trout fishing deer bears and occasional mountain sheep. A Denver Rio Grande ride from Pueblo to Glenwood Springs offers Alpine scenery with cliffside towns reached by burro trade.
Gov Say of Illinois and other state leaders urge anti trust conferences in St Louis to curb rising corporate power. Governors from Illinois Kentucky Michigan Nebraska and others discuss forming a united front to crush the growing octopus of trusts and protect public rights.
In Ville Indiana on June 14 Alexander Tyrell of this city is linked to the strange fortune tale of Alexander DeWitt the old man who died in Poughkeepsie New York. DeWitt a pauper left a will worth forty thousand dollars though reportedly living with a friend. The story centers on whether the old man’s signature and will were genuine and later whether the bank could verify the details.
Chief constructor Hichborn confirms vessels New Orleans and Albany are defective in design. They risk turning keel upwards in heavy weather unless kept constantly loaded with coal, and no fixes exist beyond keeping them full of coal.
In Paris on June 14, Piatti Pazzo an Italian has invented a diving machine in Cherbourg. He plans a practical test by exploring the wreck of the Confederate cruiser Alabama sunk 35 years ago by the Kearsarge off Cherbourg harbor.
A digest of scattered items notes Gold discovery in New Castle Pennsylvania. Mystic Shriners meet in Buffalo. A. Pratt killed by a train near Florence Louisiana. Lexington Hotel Chicago sold for 354600 to bondholders. Daily newspaper circulation managers meet in Chicago. Osage tensions feared in Oklahoma. Charles A Gardner, Chicago actor, files bankruptcy. Col Picquart in Paris exonerated. Venezuelan arbitration committee to hold first session in Paris. Wyoming governor sends militia to aid train-robbery search. Labor and smelter leaders in Denver wage-scale talks. Robber kills Herman Sheffield near Toledo. Paymaster W B Wilcox of Mare Island faces court martial for drunkenness. Twenty-fourth annual session of the Knights of Athemy chain in Lancaster.
Starvation diets are wrong for dyspepsia. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets aid digestion by enabling the intake of ample wholesome foods. One tablet digests 3,000 grains of meat or eggs, with the remedy sold 50 cents per full package and a free booklet offered by F. A. Stuart Co.
At the Pennsylvania Lines annual meeting in Pittsburg on June 14 the company reported total income of 2,680,970.18 and a profit of 682,504.58, down 327,316.65 from the prior year. A. J. Cassatt was elected president of the road.
Washington June 14 the cabinet met for 45 minutes the shortest on record No business was trans acted and the time was taken up reading press dispatches from Manila and discussing the Philippine situation.
Report from London confirms Luna assassination and ties to Thomas Paulson of Cleveland. Evidence searches extend to Des Moines with speculation the missing man’s body was located. Thieves captured after road robberies in Tennessee. Cholera infantum and dysentery threaten ababy, treated with Wilder Strawberry extract per Dr. Fowler.
Special train to Dayton and Dayton Soldiers' Home via C., H. & D. runs Sunday June 18. Depart Dayton 7:15 a.m. return from the home at 7:00 p.m. Round trip fare $1.25.
Vandalia Line starts Sunday June 4 with daily departures from Indianapolis at 7 10 a m arriving Kansas City Missouri at 9 15 p m the same day and Denver Colorado at 6 20 p m the following evening Tickets available from the ticket agent at corner Washington and Illinois streets and Union station.
The National Educational Association convenes in Los Angeles July 11 to 14, 1899. Union Pacific offers a greatly reduced round trip fare of one fare plus $2. Travel via Omaha or Kansas City features Palace Sleeping cars buffet smoking library cars dining meals a la carte free reclining chair cars and ordinary sleeping cars. The Crow Pacific route is recommended for summer travel.
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