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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1899
Page
4
The Sun announces delivery details six cents per week by carriers and post office registration. News dealers may obtain sale terms at the office. Advertising rates via the manager. Communications for publication addressed to the editor. The Sun will forward rates to agents in towns.
The Indianapolis Sun comments on the Supreme Court decision upholding the few fish law. It notes farmers largely oppose the law while towns and cities favor it, and it praises the court for clarifying section 4. The editorial urges the decision be printed plainly and celebrated across the state.
The Chicago Journal urges immediate deployment of Gen. Miles with enough troops to crush Filipino resistance, arguing for a swift victory in the Philippines. It cites Otis or Lawton as alternatives with sufficient forces and warns of danger in the war department under Alger.
Dispatches report General Aguinaldo assassinated by friends of General Luna but no confirmation. Belgian consul and others on the ground dispute the claim. The note links the rumor to peace talks and notes ongoing political commentary in Indiana papers.
The text predicts ongoing resistance by asphalt interests after their latest plan fails. It suggests new tactics will arise to block creosoted blocks in popular street paving, warning the Board of Works to stay vigilant against continued schemes.
The piece rails at misuse of petty power by public officials and questions Governor Mount's accountability for a janitor's conduct. It cites a $5,000 bond for Vest and asks what Prosecutor Pugh will do about a charter violation by the Board of Public Works.
The Sworth league convention approves the News as official, recognizing the pauper Ned as sufficient to justify the leaguers in this designation.
Geographers discuss how a Tahitian crew aboard a two pound schooner drifted about 2400 miles to Hawaii, crossing south and north equatorial currents, challenging beliefs about stable ocean flows. The tale is paired with a Norway avalanche fish-flood oddity and a railroad telegraph incident near Paris.
Fragmentary text describes a cannon discharge in a province near Colepio with two storm visits. About 40 discharges at first, 30 at second, clouds disrupted and storm driven back while hail fell elsewhere. Cannon loaded with powder, fuse ignite, smoke column rose high.
A collage of editorial quips and opinions from multiple papers. Topics range from Aguinaldo as a dictatorial ruler in the Philippines to Paderewski’s marriage, trust meddling by Gov. Mount and A G Taylor, attitudes toward capitalists and trusts, Cuban revolt against U S authority, and summer climate control ideas.
A Philadelphia Item dispatch reports a major agreement to connect Indianapolis by trolley with many towns within six months. Fares target one cent per mile with frequent car service, threatening steam railroad lines which now charge about three cents per mile. Steam lines may struggle to compete and may eventually switch to trolley transit for short trips.
June 16 price list from Indianapolis shows varied gains and declines across vegetables fruits and staples. Notable entries include green beans 75c per bu green peas 50c per bu new potatoes 2 75 per bbl sliced lard and cured meats with prices for hams bacon and sausage, and canned fruits and vegetables with standard and price ranges for several brands. Prices cover meat products lard canned goods and fresh produce reflecting a broad city market snapshot.
A birthday reception for Mer Bessonies on Friday night at Bishop Chatard's residence is announced. Miss Marie Thomas of Spencer visits sisters Mrs Walter Stoneman and Mrs John Allison and will stay some time. County and city health officers plan a joint session next Wednesday and Thursday at the state house to discuss enforcing the pure food law. About 60 Benton county former residents picnicked in Garfield park with speeches by Leroy Templeton J B McKinney and Peter Zinn. Catherine C Clark claims injuries from a car forward jerk totaling 15000. Frank Nelson is at home after being slashed and bumped by two unknown men at Washington and Nobles. He says they mistook him for someone else.
No. 1 pickerel and other fish prices, shell oysters, and various seeds with per pound, per bushel, and per ton rates. Also includes hives, salt, oats, flour and feed, oils, drugs, cheeses, butters, eggs, live poultry, and coal pricing with multiple regional lump and coke options. Entities include Clover seeds, English recleaned clover, Timothy, Orchard grass, Rye, Hungarian millet, Green salted, Tallow, Dry flint, Water white refinements, and locations implied by lump coal varieties.
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