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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1900
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR describes a coast from Acapulco to additional areas swept by a disaster. Mentions people drowned and buildings destroyed along the shore. Details are incomplete and unclear due to garbled text.
Washington March 2 The Clark investigation released a statement detailing money spent by Campbell on opens. The disclosure follows bribery exposure and ties to the legislature. Editors report partial quotes and seek full accounting from officials.
The transcript shows Taggart and other witnesses testifying about Grider and an alleged theft of a chamber. The Mayor and several locals speak to character while Plumber notes Holt as a longtime associate. Daly questions Grider’s tale as suspicious amid the era’s partisan tensions.
De Ross, secretary of the Jay county health office, reports Robert Han of Dunkirk has a typical case said to be contracted from a tramp who stopped two weeks ago asking for water. Hardwick in Posey county notes a vaccination doctor warns against poisoning public water as delirium tremens looms.
Mount has been sidelined by grippe and is now confined to bed at the Denison under Dr. Runnels care. He has been away several days recovering from illness.
M Parry told the Board on Friday of a frame building behind 165 South Illinois Street that sits ten feet from Parry Manufacturing Company main structures A stove pipe runs through a dry hole on the building side with no barrier risking fire to the house and possibly the carriage factory The building inspector will investigate
Charles Burns aged 38 of Dong belonging to the Ancient Order of Hibernians M.S.I. funeral services will be held at St. Bridget's Church at 3 p.m. Sunday.
A March report from Vancouver notes fires in Australia near Melbourne during the first week burned over 1,000,000 acres. Two small villages were swept away and one family cremated. Damage estimated at 1,000,000 dollars.
Unclear plans for Lake Erie passenger service changes remain unsettled as authorities study potential adjustments. The proposal aims to affect excursion itineraries and align schedules with existing Erie routes, but specifics and approval timelines are not yet decided.
March 2 AC II reports two cases of smallpox found in the Tidels reformatory and officials state every precaution is being taken. The number of inmates in the facility is listed.
Two men Powers and W A Fuller clashed in Brewersville street Friday. Both were wounded in a close range exchange. Powers was hit twice and Fuller three times. Four bullets reportedly went wild. The incident left both men in critical condition.
March 1 report from Lorenzo Marquez notes Majuba day observed in Transvaal and Orange Free State as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. President Kruger told a large Pre toria Baptist church gathering that dark clouds remain but faith in the Almighty and justice will carry the federal forces to victory.
London reports General French is in touch with Boer forces on Roberts front east of Bloemfontein. It is believed the main British column is already advancing eastward.
Jeremiah Griffin, a former policeman, is named by City Attorney Kern as entitled to pay starting November 1, 1895. The claim was dismissed without trial.
The Hanna subsidy bill is criticized for a clause that bars vessels stopping at any intermediate Atlantic or Pacific points in South America from receiving subsidies. This provision excludes the Colombian Steamship Company, the sole rival of Huntington's Pacific fleet.
Grover Cleveland dismisses New York illness reports as a grim joke. Seen Friday at his Princeton home on Bayard Avenue, he appeared in good health and said he has not felt better in a year. He noted rheumatism in the fall but now fully recovered.
A. A. McKain, who handled the sale of the Indiana Ber Mudez asphalt company and believes it was bought by the asphalt trust, says he is confident the plant will not be shut down. He declines to discuss the proposed thresher trust he has promoted.
Attorney-general Taylor, visiting southern Indiana on a political and business trip, asserts district 1 backs Frank B. Posey for governor and Judge Foster for the supreme court. He also says Congressman Hemenway has a dead certain renomination next Thursday.
Tug and vessel owners plan to appeal to the war department for aid due to the Chicago river current. They claim the flow endangers property and hampers handling large boats, urging action if the current does not decrease.
Six Butler College students I A Hill Walter Lybrand Willie Huffman James Cunningham Walter Butler and J Kirkpatrick were suspended for a week for unsanctioned revelry during chapel. Rumors say some young women were also suspended. President Jenkins urged adherence to rules as a mass meeting backed the De Pauw Butler debate with 200 expected attendees. Butler basketball to face a high school team at the M C A before the debate.
A 1200 strong Yaqui army nears Guaymas with 300 Mexican troops on guard. Two Mexican gunboats provide limited defense as Gen Lorenzo Torres faces rapid action. Indians may join the Yaquis if the city falls.
On Friday March 21 in California 23 organizations filed a protest against ratification of the Jamaica reciprocity treaty. Pettigrew offered a resolution urging the president for Manila saloon counts while the president’s duties on Puerto Rico imports were read and referred to the appropriations committee. Hoar spoke in Quay’s favor as the case was called.
In Snubbed Min, British Columbia, Lieut Governor McInnes faced a derisive reception as members of the legislature deserted their seats and crowded into the corridors while he read his prorogation speech to an empty chamber after dismissing the Semlin government and inviting Jos. Martin to form a new ministry.
Short news notes from Columbus Savannah Chicago Cleveland Philadelphia Bowling Green Arlington and other places report strikes, sentences, burials, storms, votes, and legal actions. Reprieve for a hangee, Keeley burial, glaziers quit, electric outages, fundraising, severe snow, boundary line death, embezzlement arrest, plague reports, and soldiers detained amid wartime aftermath.
Judge Leathers heard several divorce cases with Dunn Levey and Kathryn Levey, Lula M Neller seeking divorce from Harry Neller, and John Costello accusing his wife of debt and drinking. Trials included retrievable property deeds and postponed testimony as parties await further court action.
James Johnson former justice of the peace appeared in Squire Smock's court on Friday and paid 300 for a bond. He is charged with forging his niece Jennie Johnson signature to a 600 mortgage release in Dearborn county. Johnson faced probate court over a 1200 shortage in guardianship accounts and was removed. He resides at 1211 Unicnst.
Leonard was hanged Friday morning in Talbotton Ga for the murder of his wife and mother in law on December 24. His wife had left him after cruel treatment. He broke into her home, killed his wife and mother in law with an ax after finding his wife in her mother's room.
Hazel Rogers, 12, a bright child, died by self inflicted gunshot to the heart Thursday in Fort Madison Iowa. Authorities believe she mourned over a childish love affair.
Squire John Hay asserts his union army record as a basis for sheriff nomination. He recounts three years four months service, imprisonment in Belle Isle and Libby, escape with his brother, and a vote for Lincoln. He notes past experiences and a campaign stance amid local primaries and credential committee meetings in the courthouse.
Gmin C Koehne member of George H Chapman post G A R camp 8 U V L and a thoroughbred Republican Wayne township democrats select ticket Trustee Frank McCas on assessor G O Shafer supervisors Newton Kuckis W B Blackwell G W Stout and John Kraft advisory board Archibald Winings Furman Eteut and Henry Pence
Cecil Leslie, sought in New York on a Frank Mn syndicate swindle charge, was arrested at Valley depot in Cleveland. He claims to be only an employee and not liable for illegal acts. He was taken to New York on Friday after arrest Thursday night.
The 15 foot drift in the Peoria division forced Union station to stop No. 9 after two days of attempts to clear the line. Snow piles reached 15 to 20 feet in spots while three mail trains waited within two miles. Over 100 men are clearing the track to resume service.
Charles Foerster aged 72 died at 736 West New York Street Thursday. Born in Zlichau Silesia he came to the United States young and lived in New York before settling in Evansville shortly before the Civil War. He was a candidate for state statistician in 1882 but lost the nomination to William F. Peele and later served as deputy. He served as consul to Eberfeld Germany from 1882 to 1857.
Mrs E Knight to build a handsome $6,000 home at 1909 N Delaware St Judge Alford released 13 year old Charles Moore until further orders Friday Montpelier Red Cross Medical Association capital stock $5 000 incorporated Friday Girls Industrial School to meet in court base at 2 PM Saturday Terrendute Pipeline Service Company cap 300 000 formed to manufacture fluids for refrigeration preservation and fire protection Thomas Jackson tried before Judge Daly for stealing a ring at Jordans saloon 117 N Alabama St Hopwell character witness arrested. jurors and local incidents described
Dennis Jacobs and Henry Lamping were discharged Friday in federal court after paying 200. The men owned a clear factory in Irvington where 200 worth of revenue stamps allegedly burned. The cigars were later found in a cellar. They faced charges for failing to cancel the stumps.
St. Paul Minnesota March 2 Rt Rev M N Gilbert bishop coadjutor of the peecene diocese of Minnesota died today in St. Paul after long service. His pastorate spanned decades shaping regional church leadership and parish life.
Spofford fails to complete naturalization process as of 2 45 p m Friday. Thomas Spofford, a commissioner candidate, had not filed second papers for naturalization by the stated time.
President McKinley departed Washington at 11 a.m. after an informal cabinet meeting with all members present. The trip to New York was arranged for him to deliver a speech, with sources noting a tight schedule and high expectations for the address.
A Wheeling source reports a $2.06 billion iron and steel combine planned to form within six months from April 1. Entities include American tin plate, National steel, American hoop and wire, National steel sheet, with one formers and an additional firm kept secret for economic reasons. The group aims to control most outside Carnegie and Standard Oil interests through a new $1 billion trust. A separate foreclosure suit seeks payment on a church contract. Also included are mixed stockyard cattle, hogs, sheep receipts and prices from Indianapolis and surrounding markets.
A man calling himself Capt. Clark, in New Orleans, obtained a coffin and undertaker then demanded Lieut. Col on's body aboard the battleship Texas before being sent ashore as officers judged him unbalanced. The crook, J. J. Moyse of Greenville Mississippi, had just married Bertha Warren of Dayton Ohio after a two day acquaintance and left a flurry of messages including one to Secretary Corbin claiming a wedding happiness aboard the ship.
In Redding California on March 2 eight miners were trapped by a cave in. four died from injuries by Wednesday and hope of rescuing the remaining four was abandoned.
In New Iberia Louisiana at noon Ruben Cately and Hypolite Brown were hanged before a large crowd for the murder of Martial Serrel a glove maker at Oliver during a robbery last August A fourth man Fleury Green and Charles Brown were granted respite by Gov Foster to prevent street trouble and avoid Friday execution. one man confessed.
Chicago trading opens firm as Liverpool resilience against Chicago losses sparks fresh buying. May wheat at 614 65c, July at 65% to4a, corn May 34% 35c, oats May 234 23lse, Provisions soy pork and lard quoted. dressed poultry notes and butter and cheese prices. Red City Grain Market reports mixed wheat and corn quotes with No 2 red around 69c and No 2 white corn around 50c to 35c in various lots.
Cattle receipts total 160 head with prime to fair steers 1,250 to 1,350 pounds and up. Prices quoted for good to prime steers around 490 dollars per head and 1,150 to 1,300 pounds. Heifers and cows shown with varied grades from good to common, and veal calves and bulls listed with price ranges. Hogs receipts 1,170 with mix to choice packing and shipping hogs priced around 4.70 to 5.00. Sheep receipts small with lambs and ewes priced from about 4.50 to 6.00. Overall, market reports show mixed lots across cattle, hogs, and sheep with standard regional reporting.
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