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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1899
Page
2
Petition documents reveal a murder on January 24 involving a 40 year old man and a 22 year old suspect named Hicks. Mrs Gertrude, related to the murdered woman, signed the plea while Hicks, jailed, claims self defense after shooting Mrs Whilt twice in a hotel laundry and entering another room through a window.
Violent seismic disturbances shake Iloilo and Panay in the Philippines with heavy shocks and a Negros eruption reported. Despite the tremors, peculiar building construction limits property damage as the account balance hinges on payments from America for indemnities and from Germany for the Caroline islands.
A parcel containing dynamite was found on a track of the Southern railroad on Friday near Ayres. Officials believe conspirators placed it to kill President Roca as a train carrying him passed the line shortly after discovery.
A dispatch from Pretoria reports British warships arriving at Myack near St Mary's and at the entrance to Delagoa Bay. The information is unconfirmed and not believed by semi official circles.
Chicago reports a maid shortage blamed on a surge of marriages among servant girls. The note cites employment agents and a widespread trend across the city as households scramble to fill domestic roles.
A reader notes a peculiar fish law claim by John Reardon. He asserts a discrepancy between a Sunday paragraph and another stating fishing is allowed in July and August under a power for good historian reference. The text blends unclear terms and names.
Joseph Grant, a glass cutter, filed suit against James G. Torrence and Florence Grant for $2,500 alleging misused funds in a china business started during the panic. He claims his wife Florence organized the venture and Terrence joined as a traveling salesman and investor.
David A. Coulter of Frankfort, cashier of the Farmers' bank, was named to Indiana's Board of Monument Regents by state officers. He fills the seat vacated by Jasper Packard, who becomes commandant of the Lafayette soldiers’ home. Packard starts July 1. the board allocates $100,000 for the monument. The attorney general ruled Packard cannot hold both posts.
Louis Larson, worker on the Columbia club building, fell 12 feet from a temporary platform on June 5 hitting his head on iron. He was hospitalized unconscious and has since shown incoherent behavior, imagining himself a great pugilist who has defeated Corbett and Fitzsimmons, becoming violent and requiring restraint.
Martha Washington camp No 4 of the Patriotic Order of Americans was installed Friday night in Shover's hall by State district president A R Seward. Mrs Sophia Westfall led initiatory work and officers were installed by Retta St John with Post-president Susie Hillis assisting. Guests from other camps attended and refreshments were served.
Broad Ripple streetcars will start Sunday to run along Central avenue easing congestion on N Illinois street caused by sewer work. General manager McGowan said a faster schedule will be used on completion of the new cars in July.
Births list includes D and L Dudley boy. Oscar and Clarence Adams girl. Slinger boy. Clayton girl. Donahue girl. Champion boy. Davidson and Mantain girl. Frattmer and Pyke couples. Deaths list names with ages and causes such as pneumonia dysentery drowning consumption hemorrhage shot mitral regurgitation diphtheria. Births and marriages update. licenses show Buck, Reardon, McIntire, Cox pairs.
Co F Weather custodian Mr Wappenhans questions a Chicago inventor RE Betts cyclone annihilator. He notes sailors have shot water spouts to dissipate them and argues breaking a cyclonic cloud could cause collapse, though he admits cyclones are nearly as tough as steel.
An advertisement notes a full dinner for 15 cents at Plaza Cafe located at 38 and 40 Monument Place. The line includes references to a tea and talking machines at Wulschner's, and mentions a veterinary term and pews in the context of the listing.
John R. Pearson of the Indianapolis gas company refutes a Cincinnati editorial arguing residuals like tar coke and sulphate of ammonia yield net profits. He cites internal figures for the year ending June 1 1897 showing expenses 202 253 45 with by product sales 65 365 92 leaving net operating cost 136 887 58 and warns bids for tar at 1 1 2 cents per gallon would cover little of expenses.
State geologist Blatchley explains gas from coal costs and by products such as coke and ammonia. He notes early prices 35 cents per thousand, later 60 cents after consolidation, and asserts gas can be profitably sold at 50 to 73 cents with by products adding value. Indianapolis electricity reduces gas use in newer homes and buildings.
A string of 200 boys and a brass band led a downtown parade on Saturday afternoon wearing union cups bearing the cigarmakers label. The display drew attention as newsboys carried placards urging the public to prefer homes made goods and to support the cigarmakers union.
Judge Carter appointed a special master to hear the Vandalia railroad case rather than a jury trial. The suit seeks about 32 million dollars alleged due to the state school fund under the railroad’s former charter. The decision rests on the belief that jury note taking would be inadequate to follow the testimony.
The article describes a dramatic wild animal hunt at the Hagenbeck show with a trainer entering a roaring cage as rifle shots blaze and flames cast a crimson glow. Audiences feel intense excitement though danger remains real as trainers sometimes are injured or killed. The piece also highlights the wrestling lion, the intelligent elephant, and Chiquita a refined entertaining young lady.
Song of the reaper echoes in the suburbs as a Young men's orchestra plans a concert at Garfield park at 8 p m Sunday. Dr Joseph Gardiner to address Red Cross at St Pauls parish house Wednesday. Cyrus C Nixon former Indianapolis railroader buried in Spokane relations at 2335 Ash St. Flora Sullivan Wulschner poem Our national welcome set to music by William J King to appear in Epworth souvenir. Missouri Pacific train from St Louis to Denver shows faster travel by Great Rock Island route.
The supreme roster lists H. C. Session Sioux Falls S D past supreme master workman John C. Bickford Manchester N H supreme master workman W A Walker Milwaukee supreme foreman A C Harwick Buffalo supreme overseer M W Sackett Meadville Penn supreme recorder John J Acker Albany supreme receiver Alex Pratt Winnipeg Man supreme guide A B Jones Wilmington Del supreme watchman Dr D H Shields Hannibal Mo supreme medical examiner W D Hare Hillsboro Ore A C Bishop Salt Lake City Thomas Ligget Montreal elected supreme trustees Saturday morning’s session focused on legal status and the incorporation of the supreme lodge.
The gunboat Napidan patrolled the Pasig river and opened fire as Gen Wheaton’s forces fought natives near Taguig. The vessel’s guns drove insurgents from their positions, annihilated a supply train, and destroyed a new barracks with 509 insurgents. A landing party reported nearly 60 dead and many wounded.
Testimony Saturday focused on Carl Leonard Price aged six and his suitability for guardianship. The boy’s sister, 15, testified their father William Price lived with another woman. She recalled the father proposing a visit to his dead mother’s grave, which the boy objected to if the woman joined. The alleged companion was known to police as The old blue hen.
New York June 17 Jim Jeffries world heavyweight champion and Tom Sharkey California sailor were matched Saturday afternoon for a 25 round bout in October before the club offering the largest purse.
Wire notes report Dreyfus to be tried on July seventeenth. Other items list Silver workers in Niagara returning to work, various deaths and accidents, political moves, and assorted incidents across the globe.
The Marion club Board of trade and city leaders witnessed the laying of the corner stone for the new Columbia club at 4 p m Saturday. Speakers included Congressman Jesse Overstreet and John B Cockrum who praised the club's 650 members and expansion plans led by Dr Franklin W Hays. The stone lists members past and present, city papers, club history, and speeches.
New York reports an outraged husband, Gottlieb Schellheimer, scaling a wall to shoot his wife Marie and her lover George Nackawyck. Mrs Schellheimer was shot twice and may die. Nackawyck was slightly wounded and held as a witness.
Dispatches from Constantinople report the sultan in Vienna is increasingly anxious over assassination fears, a condition described as severely undermining his health and causing a rapid decline.
Schooley, a farmer from Gallaudet in Marion County, filed for bankruptcy on Saturday showing liabilities of 72383 and no assets. Forty six thousand dollars is due on others notes, with debts dating back to 1816. Once a notable local politician, he faded from public life as the town marked Bunker Hill Day in Boston with pomp.
Classified item notes a barn for rent for three months at 50 North Alabama Street with terse rental details. A second entry lists a nice front room for rent at 526 Massachusetts Avenue, showing brief availability and location.
The Tinker homestead at Pennsylvan ia and Sixteenth streets is to be torn down for a syndicate led by A. B. Gates and William E. Stevenson to build a double row of brick flats around a central courtyard with trees and flower beds. The current occupant is artist T. C. Steele. The house, built by Samuel Henderson about fifty years ago, stood on Henderson’s 49 acres and is now owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Talbott, daughter of Capt. Tinker. It is noted as a picturesque, weather-beaten spot shaded by giant trees and shrubbery.
Cattle receipts light on Saturday in Indianapolis with market described as steady and prices varied by grade. Good to prime steers 1,350 pounds and up quoted overall strong, while heifers and cows show mixed quotes. hogs and sheep volumes noted with moderate activity and price adjustments.
Wheat and corn prices edge firmer with No 2 red wheat at tentative gains while No 3 white corn and several mixed lots show varied grades. Oats firm with No 2 white and No 3 white listings. hay prices climb for No 1 timothy at $9,009.59 and No 2 timothy around $8.50.
R. R. Shiel & Co. reports fair receipts and steady markets in Indianapolis on June 17 1899 with Chicago showing heavy receipts and slightly lower prices. Prices cover hogs pigs light Yorkers and cattle with notes of expectation for strong light weights and steady heavy weights.
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