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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
2
Catherine Thomas filed for divorce in Richmond Indiana alleging cruel treatment and seeks 30000 alimony plus custody of four children. Her husband William E. Thomas a prominent dry goods merchant left for Dakota days earlier to pursue divorce proceedings and she acted upon receiving the summons.
Gypsy the killer elephant and a baby elephant from the Harris Nickel Plate show escaped Thursday night and roamed the colored districts of Kokomo Indiana devastating gardens and entering homes. Mrs Willis White fled a knock at her door and jumped out a window escaping injury but badly hurt jumping a fence. The elephants were driven back to the tents with pikes and Harris paid 25 damage for violating the livestock law.
In Lapel Indiana in June union men gain recognition as participants in a demonstration regret their action. It is alleged that operators persuaded citizens that the union crippled factories and harmed the town. Union men are now gaining audiences with business leaders.
Vandalia engineer F. W. Crookshank was killed in a wreck at Rosedale at 3 a m Friday. Fireman Charles Holland was badly hurt. Both men lived in Logansport. The engine and nine cars overturned due to a car door lying on the track.
The Winona Indiana gathering opened with Benjamin S. Parker sketching, Mrs. EB Thompson spoke on Robert Burns and his country, Idell Makeover read a Nebraska poem, W. W. Pfrimmer gave a dialect sketch, and Dr John McGoverns discussed Jean Jacques Rousseau. The last regular session followed with Rh B Heiney poem and Jennie Ray Ormsby paper on French literature.
Perulets Peru, June 20. Reports mention plans for another street fair this fall. Mrs. Samuel Dice underwent finger amputation due to cancer. The Aeta club, a fashionable ladies organization, hosted a unique picnic at Wallace's circus headquarters.
Malcom Nelson son of Joseph Nelson a Covington druggist drowned in the Rio Grande river New Mexico on Thursday and will be brought here for burial per this service report.
Kokomo News reports a morning edition with diverse items from many towns. Crimes and accidents include a thief targeting an umbrella and chair in Shelbyville, a burned M E church in Winchester to be rebuilt, and Logansport police raiding gambling houses. Other notes mention a vaccinated Laporte student body, a lunatic’s arrest in Kokomo, and a fatality in Porter County. Reports of fires, injuries, and odd happenings populate the state short items page.
A Bloomington Progress milestone as William A. Gabe transfers control after 82 years to Dennis B. Haungs. The mocked town notes piece covers local mischief, theft, court antics, and social ridicule with a string of quirky items from nearby towns and officials.
Births list multiple families with names and addresses, producing a girl and a boy. Deaths include several individuals with ages and causes. rivers of names, addresses, and health notes. Marriage licenses show pairs including Murtaugh Bright and Trester Plummer among others.
Rushville Indiana June 30 jury acquitted Abner and John Leonard after a night of deliberation. They had faced charges of killing George Palmer and pleaded self defense.
A syndicate led by Eugene Zimmerman buys the Talladega furnace and 2000 acres of iron ore lands in Alabama. The Cripple Creek Kikton gold mine sells for 1,875,000 to London capitalists. Elkton pays 1,060,000 in dividends. Greater New York traction firms plan a 150,000,000 capital alliance. Russia orders 150,000 worth of government machinery.
The Central insane hospital will install spiral steel fire escapes resembling augers. Each four stories high with an escape at every floor, the devices will cost between 900 and 1 000 dollars each and be ready next week. Inmates will be trained to slide down for rapid evacuation.
Hundreds on Young's pier in Atlantic City were startled when a cry for help came from under the pier. Dunn Alger forced open the floor with a crowbar and rescued E. W. Carter of Cincinnati, who had been knocked about by waves and left unconscious on the water's edge. He regained consciousness after being pulled to shore.
Eliza Kimbrow an elderly Black woman pleaded guilty in police court on Friday to selling liquor without a license. She was fined 320 and costs paid in cash. Report says she operated a cave near Brightwood selling various liquors and held a government license she believed sufficient. She had steady patrons.
Primaries Friday will select delegates to a convention for city chairman. Joseph T. Fanning is presumed the leading choice, with Albert Sahm and W. W. Spencer named in some precincts without owner approval. Boundaries stay as in the old ward and precinct divisions. Delegates meet Saturday morning.
Mrs Annie Wood and Carrie Beles, both described as colored, fought Thursday night over Wood's husband. Beles allegedly admitted possession of the man and authorization to whip his wife, then struck Wood with a glass bottle, causing a deep head gash. Police seek Beles.
Supt. Zion orders a shift from blasting whistles to electric signal towers. The new system will transmit signals between towers and yards along Union Company tracks, reducing the current loud whistling in central city areas.
Bicycle patrolmen Holtz and Bray arrested Washington S Thompson on Friday for propelling a traction engine by steam down California street. He was caught while the engine ran. His employers posted bond. The steam was shut off and horses pulled the outfit away.
Remonstrances lead the Board of Works to reverse brick road work on Elsworth street and other blocks. New resolutions authorize cement walks on Indiana Avenue and Thirteenth Street, plus gravel roadway on Reynolds and a brick road on Tstackford. Petitions seek openings and graveling on several streets. The Tacoma Avenue assessment totals 36 47 62 with 2 23 per lineal foot. Week end figures show street repairs sewer gang and bridge work expenditures. City engineer department reports June totals and staff counts.
Benjamin Glauder and Oliver West fought over a name and were punished by Acting judge Collier. Glauder was cut and West stabbed. Harry Goodman received 25 dollars and 0 days for copper wire theft. Maggie Laird intoxication cases led to release and later confinement. John Wilhelm, with long jail history, received 129 days, then additional penalties for deadly weapon use and assault. His son’s blind eye, caused by shooting, was noted. John Sherman admitted gambling room operation and paid fines. four men at the Manila saloon were fined 30 each.
Marion, Ind June 34 SalijJ H O Py Chine department commander announces staff officers. Capt Rev David Blankenship Bloomfield adjutant KE EB Keidline Jonesboro inspector Charlie Scott Matthews muster ing officer N M Fouch Windfall judge advocate E M Walker Anderson quartermaster sergeant Sid Conger Shelbyville committee to visit soldiers orphans home Wrightstown J Hi Davis Portland James F Merton Jerome Naviland Geneva Ira W Christian Noblesville L C Reid Clayton William Wells Marion Charles Dehaven Kokomo.
A Thursday night blaze in the laundry of the four story Sacred Heart Convent in New Haven killed Sister Mary Aloysius Kennelly. Seventeen sisters were inside. all but one escaped. The victim died shortly after rescue as firefighters fought the flames. Damage pegged at $2,000.
At the monthly meeting Controller Johnson reported the first installment of taxes brought in 462 185 97 for the city. The second installment remains unpaid at 851 679 41. Delinquent taxes due total 459 202 24.
Riverside park officials received two bids Friday for building two suspension footbridges over the White River in Riverside Park. Bids were not opened while other bids are anticipated.
In Chicago on June 30 a federal court filing by John J. Albright of New York seeks damages totaling two million dollars from the Western pany of Chicago. The action, filed in the United States circuit court, alleges substantial losses and names the defendant in a major Chicago business dispute.
Health officials issued notices to wholesale grocers and liquor sellers under the new pure food law. Vinegar pepper and catsup are flagged for impurity and prosecutions may follow continued violations. Charles G Dameyer and Theodore Dameyer were adjourned in the police court to July 7 as the Retail Grocers' association weighs the matter.
The Indiana Supreme Court reversed Hendricks county court regarding John Miles property line. Miles willed to his daughter Martha Walker with reversion if she died childless. Walker and husband adopted Hilorence Q Bray who did not receive her foster mother’s share after Walker’s death. Executors refused payment. lower court ruled against Bray. Supreme Court sided with Bray. Judge Wilsey dissented strongly.
The park board requests the Board of Works to order the street car company to extend lines to Garfield Park immediately. The Shelby Street line should run to Southern Avenue and then west to behind the park, with space granted for a loop. This will provide access to both ends of the park and a Board of Works order is to be issued soon.
In Jeffersonville Indiana on June 30 two Black men arrested for shooting craps were fined five dollars. The mayor offered solitary confinement on bread and water if they refused to weed. They chose to work and are under guard with a policeman and revolver nearby.
A snake slithered into Har grove church in Hanover township near Shelbyville last Sunday night and wrapped around a farmer's leg. After a commotion the reptile was killed and services continued.
Junius Foote aged 17 and Mary Simmons aged 16 wed in Jeffersonville Indiana after running away from Kentucky. They married secretly on Thursday and fear returning home.
Boys on the Kentucky Avenue river bridge on Friday found a box with the undeveloped body of an infant. The corpse was badly decomposed and police notified the coroner.
Anthony Beres a 58 year old man six feet four inches tall and weighing 485 pounds is dead and buried beside his eight wives in a cemetery on the farm.
City life item notes seven fresh smallpox cases filed with the State board of health from Rockport. A car breakdown near Stone and a wrecking car from Indianapolis are mentioned along with Tipton in the Panhandle area. Hillen Gaylor sues Daniel for divorce over money issues and support. Celery-Vesce advertised as a harmless headache and neuralgia cure.
The new home for Andrew Carnegie on Fifth Avenue between Ninetieth and Ninety-first streets will start in a few days. The 150 by 200 foot grounds will feature an ornate ecompurite design with steel, marble, onyx, bronze and costly woods, plus an Italian garden with fountains pavilions and terraces.
Nellie A. Burford was granted a divorce from Miles Burford on Friday afternoon citing cruelty and neglect. Evidence described neglect during illness and absence at night, with accusations of siding with servants in domestic matters.
Assistant superintendent Grant states the street car company will ship twenty new cars from St Louis on Saturday for delivery on Sunday. The cars will have eleven seats with greater seating capacity than the old fleet. Grant notes that working hours will not be cut and wages will not be reduced.
The Kissell contempt case was called in Noblesville Indiana on Friday morning. The defendant filed a plea challenging the jurisdiction of Christian claiming separation from the original case. The plaintiff denies this and the matter was argued Friday afternoon.
Brief items report varied events: a New York visitor at a Saengerfest in Buffalo, Maj. Gen. Miles enjoying Pittsburgh hospitality, six Denton prisoners escaping, McKinley’s health, Parliament fights in Australia, miner–operator pact in Chattanooga, Brussels rioting over electricity, a poisoning tragedy, Andree’s balloon message may indicate loss, a large Clyde ship order, a balloon message off Iceland, Ted Sloane paying 200 pounds, dead children and mysterious poisoning, tin plate factory closures, McKinley orders nine new regiments, negro miners in Evansville, Frank Cook’s execution in Birmingham, crop damage from cold, the czar’s disarmament plan at The Hague, and Alger’s Philippines force forecast.
Wm Alden Doyle a U S land office agent returned from the west after touring the Philippine and Hawaiian islands He says loyal citizens should settle these possessions through a special homestead plan not covered by existing laws A new act would need passage by Congress He mentions encouraging American negroes to take homesteads where natives will learn improved farming methods and model towns and cities would be built.
Market active with firmer feeding cattle prices and steady sheep values. Friday shipments show good to choice weights, with steers around 1350 pounds and heavy calf categories. pigs and sows quoted with moderate ranges, while lambs and yearlings reflect steady demand and mixed weights amid continued receipts.
Friday June 30 at City Grain Market shows Wheat No. 2 red and No. 3 red steady dull. Corn No. 1 white and No. 3 white mixed with several cents range. Hay prices for No. 1 and No. 2 timothy listed. oats and other grain quotes varied with color and grade notes.
R. R. Shiel & Co. report heavy receipts and a stronger market with prices for various weights of bacon and cattle about steady to higher. Numerous wanted notices seek a girl, a widow, housework, a cook, and general labor. rentals for furnished rooms and a seven room house. and a second hand sewing machine offered for sale.
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