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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1890
Page
1
The city faces a late enumeration as most enumerators quit amid low pay. Supervisor Conger defends the effort, noting high costs, while Moores complains of unremunerative duties and exhausted funds. Arrests and a liverymen’s exchange are mentioned alongside scattered international briefs.
Crowds of children and adults gathered along Illinois street Wednesday night as electric cars stopped after a leather belt in the power house stretched and failed. Workers labored from 1 AM Thursday to daylight but the repair kept many spectators at the park late, with hundreds stranded until the early hours.
Miss Rose Farwell wed Hobart Chatfield Taylor at noon in Chicago. Bride, 19, daughter of U S Senator Farwell and sister of Reginald DeKoven’s wife, graduates recently from college. Groom, 25, is nephew of Wayne Chatfield, noted society leader and editor. Two thousand invitations issued for this famed social affair. Special trains ferried guests to Senator Farwell’s Lake Forest summer mansion.
Harry Smith Wade, manager of Bocek Tear, releases Powers amid criticism of his leadership. John Martin visits Noblesville to check on Healy the pitcher. Cincinnati catcher Lucky fails to appear. Martin pursues Hol Reeder from Texas league and Miestar from Grand Rapids, plus others. Team heads to Naw Castle, then Paoria for games on Thursday.
Charles Haltmeyer foreman for a Lilly and Company construction gang fell forty feet through temporary second floor flooring to the ground on Wednesday. He sustained severe internal injuries and was transported by Flanner's ambulance to his home at 63 Weisers Street.
Washington waits as the House and Senate committees advance the federal election law and tariff bill. Debate set for July. Bland loses a free coinage bid after Read's party discipline. Indiana figures Michener and Dudley form a Washington law partnership and Str. Michener contemplates Senate plans while George W. Robertson seeks a Washington post and a 높은 paying bureau chief slot in the currency division, with an appointment effective July 1.
Farmers gathering led by Robi Mitchell and W. W. Prigg at the state house debated representation and reform. Kingsbury urged action against taxes, railroad and bond issues while reporters were barred, and the convention wrestled over 30 resolutions and 60 wrangles as night fell.
A New York public bath association plans a vast brick and stone complex covering nearly a block. Three stories high with first floor baths for all, gymnasiums and libraries above, plus an enormous central swimming pool. Proposed cost under seven cents per person, with prominent backers including Bishop Potter Hale Lowe Wiman Vanderbilt Astor Hewitt Choate and others.
A Western North Carolina coal train of 12 cars driven by two engines plunged down Sainda mountain near Melrose after the track gave way Tuesday night at 72 miles an hour. Engineers D. J. Sonyra and Lewis Tunstall and Fireman W. G. Taylor were killed. Flagman C Bowcock Conductor George Ricketts Fireman Wm Hoe and two colored brakemen were injured. Property loss set at 676000.
Washington dispatch reports President Harrison says he is sick of ingratitude from friends and office seekers. He will retire after his term, return to Indianapolis, practice law, and avoid personal political aims. New York notes Herald assurances he won’t seek a second term and signals Republican candidates, including Allison, prepare to announce.
ATLANTA Ga June 1. Harris and Miss Susie Walker both of Spartanburg were wed in Greenville by Rev Bass after eloping. They had faced age issues and parental opposition, with the bride briefly kept from her husband. They traveled by train to Atlanta the same day. Nearby, Judge Sullivan presided over cases including a drunken husband who whipped his wife, and a ballroom squabble ended with injuries as three men fought over a waltz.
Mrs Harrison Mrs McKee and Mrs Dimmick of the president's family left Washington at nine o clock Thursday morning in a special car for Cape May where they were due early in the evening.
Special dispatch from Washington reports Gen. A. J. Warner of Ohio stating the Senate silver bill equals free coinage and expresses belief the House will pass it. He comments on future congressional action and the measure's implications for coinage policy.
The free Coinage silver bill was reported to the house at noon on Wednesday. The house refused to take action at present. Includes note on consigment sale of shoes and a promotional line for Buffalo Shoes House at 46 E. Washington.
The cholera crisis reaches London stirring financial fears and drug shop shortages as Italy and France quarantine. Reports say cholera appears near Naples at Villa Constans and Valencia province suspends all business amid mounting deaths.
In New York on June 18 a Suffolk county teacher William Merriam left his entire $40,000 fortune to the United States government. His four sisters contest the will claiming mental unsoundness. Evidence shows a habit of drafting wills for girls and pupils, nightly humpback performances, and hidden funds found in ceilings and corners. The case seeks to overturn Surrogate Tribill's probate decision.
Cincinnati June 19 dispatch says the C and GP F Y train was ten hours late Thursday. A disastrous wreck in the West Virginia mountains was reported with no further details available.
The itemized wire includes player releases, signings, and rosters across teams in Pittsburg Muncie Goshen and Indianapolis. It reports attendance figures and upcoming regatta prize money while noting potential salary shifts and league results alongside humorous incidents and a sensational divorce tale from Detroit.
In Hampstead a rejected suitor, Lockwood DeMott Jr., tried to force entry at the Griffin cottage after Ida Griffin refused him. After a self harm episode and a knife attack on himself, DeMott and Ida’s encounter led to a rescue. a subsequent suicide attempt and medical intervention followed. Weather notes and local items fill the rest of the column.
In Marion County courthouse colorful chatter about proboscises but the talk centers on judges and officers, noses are praised and mocked as a parade of features. Supt Ed Labbe and a stranger exchange a sharp aside while other officials are described by their facial structures in a humorous column. The piece wanders through court lobby chatter, officer counts, and a Paris Portugal loan note, ending with a brief foreign brief and a shoe sale notice.
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