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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1899
Page
3
Lawrenceburg Indiana June 2 two men Hatch and Powell were trapped on a Honeycreek bridge as a Baltimore and Ohio Southern fast train approached. The engineer reversed the engine and applied brakes stopping the engine just over the men. They were pinned but escaped with minor injuries and ragged clothing.
In Washington township Shelbyville Indiana on June 2 50 year old John Youngman killed his 17 year old son Roy during a farm incident. An argument over a horse at a watering trough led to the father striking Roy with a club after the son tried to aid the animal. Roy died and John Youngman was arrested.
Charles B. Houser of Chicago died in Marion at City hospital after a week of illness. He was unconscious for two days before death, with no known relatives. A sister in Kansas City sent a telegram about her husband’s suicide, her dying child, and Houser’s dying mother. Found in his effects were papers showing him as a knight of Pythias in a Chicago lodge and a Sir Knight and captain of the uniform rank of Sir Knights in Denver.
Evansville June 20 The coal miners strike grows tense as Sunny Side mine operators plan a restart with a large force of colored miners. Union men oppose the move and a fight broke out Monday requiring police intervention. Scott Steepwall, colored, was struck on the head and seriously injured. State labor commissioners have been appealed to.
In Kokomo Indiana on Friday a man who shot and nearly beat Luther Sampson to death was identified by letters threatening Sampson to keep quiet about the barn burnings before the grand jury. The suspect is a well known local businessman, though some fear exposes his name.
In Richmond Indiana on June 20 authorities announced the gas rate increase battle is set for the supreme court after a two year court fight. The case centers on whether the utility’s attempted higher rates were justified.
MARION Ind June 20 The Union traction company closes its deal with the Marion street railway company to form a single system. The consolidated line includes the city to Summitville and connections to Anderson and Blwood via Traction lines.
John Bolin and Miss Dennie Rudst, both of Spencer county, were married in Jeffersonville by Justice House. Both hailed from prominent families and tied the knot on Thursday morning.
A collage of brief items: Dr R D Raynes 71 of Kokomo is dead. Marion sees a new window glass company. Michigan City enforces bicycle rules. Mrs William Mohler of Muncie bitten by a mad dog. Mrs Harry Corder of Hartford City takes paris green. Herbert Thompson 19 of Columbus dies, appendicitis listed. Rockville Methodists dedicate a $4000 church. Wabash and Kokomo to be linked by a trolley. Millers of America grinding grain in Evansville. A cow attack kills a frightened cow in Eaton. Three men rob an umbrella mender of 45 cents at Shelbyville. Clyde Benadum 14 of Muncie injured by a cow. Michigan City laments no street lights. Compressed air to power the Michigan City Laporte line. Capt Coghlan of the Raleigh and wife visiting Terre Haute. Mrs William Miller of New Albany may take a trip after laudanum overdose. Brice and Ransome Powers of Delaware county noted as oldest twins.
A collage of brief items from Washington and Indiana recounts unusual crimes, civic notes, and human-interest vignettes. Reports include a dying veteran in the woods near Alexandria, civil service exams in Bluffton, a confluence of legal and social misdeeds in Rushville and Noblesville, a supposed postman boy, and a green remark at a state Sunday school convention in Columbus.
Runners from Liberty warned Martinsville of a notorious Romani band moving from southeastern Indiana. Authorities allowed the caravan to halt briefly in transit to buy provisions as they approached Indianapolis, described as the worst thieves crossing the border.
Theodore Karcher five year old son of Charles Karcher of 1187 Bismarck avenue Haughville was severely burned Sunday morning when scalding water spilled from a chicken cleaning at the table He died Monday night after lingering in agony.
The Hartwig Kalley home for aged women will have its formal opening on Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Prospect street and Wheystone avenue. A full program is planned with Mayor Taggart delivering an address and other prominent speakers. Indianapolis Conservatory of Music and the Indiana Boston School of Elocution and other artists will participate. Rev Dr Conger will preside. Public invited.
Battery A received new uniforms Monday night from the state. Members say they care the best, lot of dress-up clothes, and the gear boosts morale and appearance.
Chicago on June 20 reports Mayor Harrison cycling at night when he swerved to avoid a woman. He landed hard, saving the woman but injuring a leg and crushing his bicycle wheel. The ice man retrieved the damaged wheel as the mayor limped home.
In Chicago on June 20, Congressmen Henderson of Iowa Babcock of Wisconsin and Tawney of Minnesota met to talk over the makeup of future House committees. They agreed aside from Ways and Means the chairmanship will not be assigned by Henderson, and Payne of New York is expected to head the committee.
In Bryan on Sunday night the home of J A Myers burned and the body of Annie Brigance the colored servant was found. Andrew Dozier was arrested and confessed to striking her with a hatchet during a quarrel and then setting the fire to hide the crime.
Panic on the Union traction line in M'Keesport Pennsylvania injures seven passengers Monday night. A controller burned out as the car moved about ten miles per hour and those who stayed seated escaped serious harm. Alice Cavanaugh aged 16 is in critical condition.
John Henry Collins, a Kansas penitentiary death row inmate and divinity student, writes about prison life. He describes life in the pen with stories of notorious criminals, opposes lock step discipline, and urges parole for deserving convicts and allowing smoking in prison.
A wrangle on the secretary's salary dominated Monday night. the finance committee will decide the final figure. The year’s standing committees were appointed. President Lazarus will appoint a committee to arrange the Greensburg odd-fellows' home.
Three enormous fires burn across Buckskin mountains straddling northern Arizona and southern Utah. More than 100 square miles of Grand Canyon forest reserve timber have been destroyed.
The Animal Show continues this week at Pratt and Illinois streets drawing good crowds and offering entertaining performances.
Births list many couples with addresses and newborns including Leon and Elizabeth Reid girl at 433 W McCarty, Thos and Margaret Cain boy at 831 Paca, others with addresses and children. Multiple deaths reported with ages and causes and home locations including Frances Zearing railroad injury and Nick Brookside spinal meningitis at St Vincent's. Marriage licenses issued for several couples including George Neukom to Hannah Rowe and Napoleon Price to Sophia Price.
A fall left the narrator with a worsening left hip ailment after a heavy box incident. Initial diagnosis of a slight strain gave way to rheumatism, making movement hard and prompting a visit to a druggist for treatment recommendations.
In Victoria B C on June 20 Professor Franz Mueller of Munich reports finding numerous geomet rically planned mounds on a Ladrones island. He argues the same race that built Ohio and Central American mounds inhabited the southern seas long before today’s aborigines arrived. He collected weapons, copper, stone, mica implements, carved pipes and ornaments resembling Aztec relics in the Smithsonian.
In Danbury Connecticut a man attempted to blind Miss Millie Richmond by throwing cayenne pepper mixed with sharp steel needles at her as she neared her home. The pepper blinded her temporarily and the needles grazed her skin. Dr Zelleck removed two needle pieces from her eyes as police search for the attacker.
In Pulaski Virginia two 19 year olds John Raines and Madison Wratt fought a naked gun duel after an accident in the Waggals Bridge area. Raines fired hitting Prater in the neck and Raines in the abdomen both dying.
Four soldiers from Troop H and a Gardiner posse captured three men linked to the Union Pacific flyer robbery. The suspects named Phillips Roberts and Martin. Roberts matches the killer of Sheriff Hazen in West Casper Wyoming and is sought as the infamous Montana Raider with one life to account for.
Norman Williams a prominent Chicago financier and father in law of Gen Wesley Merritt died Monday afternoon at his Rye Beach summer home after a serious illness. Born February 1 1835 in Woodstock Vermont he moved to Chicago in 1856 and became a leading lawyer in the city.
The Chicago women's athletic club will be opened to members on Wednesday morning. It is the first organization of its kind in America.
For the National Educational Association gathering in Los Angeles July 11 to 14 1889 the Union Pacific provides a greatly reduced round trip fare of one fare plus 32 cents. The carrier highlights palace sleeping cars dining cars free reclining chair cars and extensive services via Omaha or Kansas City. Contact A G Sherman Cincinnati or J H June Indianapolis for tickets overs and the illustrated Overland Route book.
Travel rates offered by a railroad ad list Denver Pueblo Colorado Springs Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden and return trips with one fare plus two dollars for round trip. Tickets available from St Louis June 3 to July 1. Inquiries directed to G A A Deane Mo P R y Indianapolis Indiana.
The Denver & Rio Grande offers two mountain routes across the Rockies with a Scenic Line option between Denver and Grand Junction via the main line or Marshall Pass. Connections with the Rio Grande Western railway extend to Ogden, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco, encouraging travelers to buy round trips in both directions.
The Sun reports Eau Claire ministers debated if the New Richmond cyclone was Providence. Rev. Milburn urged silence on divine causation while C F R Wappenhans call it a atmospheric disturbance caused by heat contrasts and electric potential, noting the vacuum expands air and wrecks structures.
Edward McAfee, jailed with John Parker for murder of druggist Charles Eyster at Senateuve and Twelfth streets, has been paroled by Gov. Mount for 20 days. McAfee is dying from consumption and not expected to live. Parker died in prison from consumption after a second trial. The men were initially sentenced to hang, then a new trial was granted. A store robbery led to Buster being shot during the incident.
Grand Lodge B P O Elks St Louis June 20 23 1899 Round trip 7 50 sale June 19 20 return to June 25 Special train Indianapolis to St Louis June 20 11 43 a m open to public Tickets June 18 19 at Big Four offices Washington St No 1 or Union Station H M Bronson A G P A
A public notice presents financial figures including paid up capital 600 600 and surplus 150 000 for the Union Trust Company of Indianapolis. An expert letter from Hon. J G Woerner endorses corporate trusteeship as safer and less error prone than individual executors or guardians.
A fragment lists officers for the Beet Building offices on East Market Street. John HM Holliday is named as President and Harris appears as a board member or officer. The text is incomplete but indicates official roles tied to the building’s offices.
In Parkersburg West Virginia June 200 A a mob attempted to drive C E Edwards from his St Marys restaurant for hosting Black customers He obtained an injunction against Pleasants County officials restraining interference with his business and filed a federal suit for 10000 claiming authorities failed to protect his property and rights
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