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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1899
Page
6
A daily stream of patients arrives at area hospitals with stings that cause upper lip swelling and distorted features. Victims report sudden facial swelling lasting up to two days, affecting both white and other persons, with pain and fear mounting as officials seek the source of the stings.
The Ohio attorney general cites the Standard Oil trust and its plan to leave Ohio. He insists the state will not tolerate unlawfully earned profits and will seek penalties and damages for Civil and criminal offenses. The message underscores Ohio’s readiness to enforce court orders and punitive damages to remedy harms to consumers.
A fragmentary passage notes Wednesday remarks by a former Jersey institute head about agricultural labor by Hungarians, Eoles, and Germans. It argues freight-rate cheapness undercuts small farmers, leaving New Jersey land value only a fraction of previous levels and harming local landowners and wheat raisers in the West.
On Wednesday afternoon fourteen yellow fever cases are reported with four deaths. Dr K reports American troops evacuated the barracks and bidding and baggage are being disinfected aboard the marine transport Bark Rough Rider.
A fishing party of six drowned when their duck boat capsized during a Monday storm on the Holmes River, 20 miles from here. Wm. Sahuble, two men and a daughter, Chas. Andersen, Gus. Frederickson and others were aboard. the boat overturned and the bodies were recovered Tuesday evening after search efforts.
In June to be hosted by Mayor Van Wyck a committee will organize arrangements for a national event. Dewey and Hines are among those coordinating efforts to finalize resolutions and details for the reception.
A search party captured a suspect after an attempted assault near Edenwald. He was arraigned and held for the grand jury. The report also notes retirements and promotions in the Army, including Col. David B. Van Valzah and Lt. Carpenter House promotions in June.
Fragmentary OCR lists prices and names with errors. Mentions soldiers home and several sellers with prices ranging from 4 to 12 dollars. No clear event, date, or complete entities identifiable.
Gen Otis reports additional casualties including four killed from the Fourteenth and Fourth infantry near Las Pinas and Das Marinas, with numerous wounded across many regiments. The long casualty list names soldiers by unit and injury, detailing head, leg, arm, and other impacts from actions near Zapote river and San Fernandino.
A jury bribery syndicate is to be exposed as Dan Coughlin and bartender William Armstrong face indictments. The grand jury, begun Tuesday, has voted two bills against Coughlin and one against Armstrong with three more indictments expected for alleged membership in the jury-bribing combine serving several large corporate damage cases.
After 30 years of detective work in Chicago the man alleged to have killed Gilbert Gates, brother of John W. Gates, will be arrested in Oklahoma. The murder occurred near Warrensburg, Missouri in 1871 when the killer Alex Jester shot Gates and burned the body. Mrs. Cornelia Street of Shawnee, Oklahoma, the killer’s sister, provided the information.
John K. Van Ness, who halted a Plainfield street railroad extension for two weeks by occupying land and placing a brass cannon, retires in triumph as the company pays $1,500 for the right of way.
Harrisburg June 22 report fears Private Murphy of the Fifteenth Infantry may be losing his reason over the accidental shooting and killing of two corporals at Camp Meade.
Street car employees won the victory and AJ] men returned to work in Akron Ohio. Belief grows that Colorado smelter workers will soon resume duties. City improvement projects stall as contractors refuse to grant ten hours’ pay for eight.
John Echols, a young farmer near Chatta nooga Tennessee, was beaten nearly insensible and robbed. Rumors of an impending strike on the D L and W persist. Pinkerton Brothers wholesale grocers of Zanesville Ohio were assigned Wednesday. Secretary Long called for bids on a new timber dry dock at Philadelphia. President McKinley and party left Holyoke Massachusetts for Springfield on Wednesday. A Wichita Kansas mill and elevator plant burned Wednesday causing thirty three thousand dollars in losses. Levi Mann, 76, of Eaton Ohio was killed by lightning Tuesday night. his son was badly shocked. Assistant secretary of war Meiklejohn denies Gen Miles will be sent to the Philippines. Sherman Ink and Son of Hemlock Delaware drowned after the father attempted to rescue the boy. All prisoners in the Columbia South Carolina jail escaped Tuesday night. Three murderers in the bunch Mary Cauldwell and her son James and John Cody of New York were badly burned during a fire Wednesday. Jack Bonner a Newark New Jersey middleweight pugilist suffers a dangerous abscess and will undergo an operation. Malcolm Thompson of 26 mysteriously disappeared from the boat City of Louisville Tuesday night feared he was thrown off. Heavy rain and hailstorm at Pataskala and Kirkersville Ohio Tuesday night destroyed crops and bridges with many windows broken. Mrs Susan Gifford of New Bedford Massachusetts dreamed she was going to die prepared for the final an she still enjoys al Thy
A poetic tale of Sir Guy stealing a rival’s bride and a siege ending with a fatal leap. The bride follows and the scene ends with a silent kiss as fate unites them at the battlement. Also includes testimonials praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for childbirth and health.
A lengthy feature extols heroic motherhood and marital devotion. It recounts a dramatic scene of a wife clinging to her husband during a perilous leap, then argues that modern heroism lies in patient, healthy motherhood. The piece promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as essential for female health and fertility, citing testimonials and urging consultation with no charge. The tone blends moral exhortation with medical advertising.
Notice advertises the Common Sense Medical Adviser a 1008 page cloth bound volume available for 31 stamps or 21 one cent stamps for postage. It claims no opium nor narcotics and says it is free from syrup or sugar and retains healing virtues in any climate. Send requests to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, New York.
Departures show Cairo and Vincennes Express daily with times around 8% am and 3 pm. The Vincennes Express and Chicago Express are noted with various car types and marked symbols including sleeper dining chair parlor cars. Zion, Superintendent.
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