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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1891
Page
1
In Aurora a chaotic final session of the legislature ends with a veto of the fee and salary bill amid jest and collapse of papers. The day closes with lawmakers leaving a pile of bills and souvenirs, while reporters recall past scorn but face little personal consequence.
In various cities authorities seek capable leaders for all city offices. Buffalo protests street railroad issues seeking 26500 dollars to repair 65th regiment arsenal. Chicago shelters unemployed amid hunger. Detroit’s streets offend. horses suffocate in a sink. Cleveland notes gas company profits and a 30000 building project while meters study continues. Philadelphia old families protest nude female art on canvass.
The article outlines Lent Sundays with their names and meanings. March 8 marks Mothering Day Mi Careme and Mid Lent, noting feasts for the devout and contrasts with lax observance. It recalls abstinence rules, fish substitutions, and old customs including simnel cakes and Carlisps Sunday beans, with a humorous note on tastes.
President departs at 2 30 PM via Pennsylvania Railroad for duck shooting in Benzies Maryland. Doorkeeper Loeffler accompanies him. Pan American interview notes no senate extra session and no immediate nine new circuit court judges, likely not until December. The Band Played Annie Rooney at Dr Sheatly’s funeral in Edgerton with a dying injunction against mourning and $25 bequest to the band if followed.
Samuel Beacham, described as a brutal negro, faced trial Monday morning in Lebanon Indiana for the murder of 70 year old George Warburton. Warburton, once a prosperous farmer, died after Beacham struck him with the crutch he used as the weapon on January 18 while Warburton was a resident of the local poor house.
The Bennit ter manufacturing company assigned Monday morning due to inability to collect on outstanding bills. Liabilities total $60,000, assets $110,000. Five thousand dollars in cash would have saved the company.
Maud 5 to be bred to Angel. Ella Wheeler Wilcox praises baseball. Buffalo hosts a Pointer versus Johnston race talk. Baltimore’s Charles Carroll has gone insane. Ashinger wins 48 hours Detroit bicycle race by one lap, 783 miles total. Win English of Ontario dies. New York baseball club assets sold for 4200 by sheriff. Teff Wall seeks match with Fitzsimmons for 600 pounds and Police Gazette title. New Orleans newsboy Charlie Mason spends his baseball fortune. Ed Jeffries and Tommy Hubbard scrap for 250 a side at Anderson. Jeffries awarded on a fourth round foul. plan a $500 rematch.
A proposition states the Indianapolis Sun will pay Plymouth church charity society 250 dollars if the Indianapolis News proves conclusively its circulation is larger than the combined circulation of the Sun, Sentinel, and Journal. This is presented as business, not a bluff.
A Chicago to St Louis through train derailed on a Jacksonville Southern line near Havana due to a broken rail and caught fire. Fireman James W. Sadler died. ten passengers were badly hurt, with several others injured or burned. Reports blame the crew for not using fire extinguishers and note the track’s good condition and the embankment that worsened the crash.
Rio Grande railroad train robbery near Brownsville involves Juan Benites a wealthyElsauz rancher and merchant who confessed. Chief Brito traced blacksmith and carpenter who aided the gang and the money recovered. Leader Simon Garcia, a famed smuggler, fled to Mexico with horses pursued by cavalry. Gang members, ranchers in the county, split spoils with varied amounts.
Sanitary officer Sanborn traced a man selling adulterated coffee at the east market for 15 cents a pound. The brew contained peas beans peanuts bran starch molasses and baked dough. A sample found 15 percent flavoring from pure coffee. City attorney Bailey said no ordinance allowed charges, hampering health board efforts.
A jury in Judse Taylor's room Monday awarded Harry Springer $1000 after he testified about injuries from an elevator incident at Byram and Cornelius. The case spanned much of last week as the boy presented his injuries before the panel.
An item from Toledo reports a sensational rumor that Father Quigley was to be murdered by a stranger named Edwards who then killed himself. The claim Edwards was commissioned by masons over anti magical remarks is doubted by clergy. a pastor called it unreliable and said Edwards was a monomaniac. Nearby, Wilbur Ellinger, a Monon engineer, died of heart disease in his cab near Broad Ripple. He was 60 and survived by a family. A separate note from Shelbyville says Easton Daniels was arrested for forging bank che ers and jailed after failing to post bond. his cousin was imprisoned last court for another offense. Jerome Napoleon II has been given up as dying today. A blizzard stalls Dakota traffic in St Paul.
The three day spring opening of the dress department in New Yor tore featured a cold clear dawn as women browsed silks crepes and Indian silks from Shanghai Indias priced 75 cents to 2.25. Shoppers admired endless varieties amid lively chatter and window displays while gentlemen purchased for spouses. A separate item notes John C Robinson of Kingston Indiana named special agent for Kiowa lands allotment in Oklahoma.
Reports from Washington Detroit and Glendale warn of tremors and suicides. In New York a Sherman statue fund grows to 2500 dollars. Colorado snow 20 feet deep in San Juan county. Violent deaths include Dr Garrison in Wheeling and Dr Baird, and a Toledo suicide by laudanum. Texas lawmakers honor Jefferson Davis. A Newport cyclone wrecks homes, killing a colored woman and Samuel Sellers while saving a child. Wm L Elders introduces patrol reforms.
Mayor Sullivan faces a pending police court matter while Controller Woollen begins reorganizing the administration. Bonds for Sterling Holt and public safety appointees are filed as the city clears the deck for a new regime. A boycott from Cincinnati affects Kingan meat sales, with local leaders denying a local strike.
Three thousand people have been driven from their homes by the sudden rise of the river Mon day morning. Merchants move goods to high ground as reports show a rising water line across the area. Lumber yards are submerged and local weather notes mention Indiana clearing, colder conditions with occasional snow flurries and cloudy intervals.
A fragmented Ohio era report notes William Shope was arrested Sunday in Cincinnati for pension law violations, brought to the Napelsville jail. Also, the Prohibition state central committee purchased J A Pollock’s Phalanx. Edward Shields will edit hereafter amid losses. Grand juries indict Lattipee Howard Parker Jackson and Miller for petit larceny. McMeehan charged with embezzlement.
Mrs. Tillie Mowry, earlier a detective, was seized on a crowded street in Chicago but escaped. She had shadowed Robert Secord for a Wisconsin agency and endured a mock marriage before returning to her parents. Sheriff protection sought as investigation reveals her English fortune from a prior marriage.
Kansas editor Peffer, facing a precarious beet and fuel cost life, signs for his first monthly salary of 116.66 dollars as 5000 dollars a year fate looms. A hotel corridor moment and a clerk’s joke frame a quirky, satirical scene about a new tenure.
A sensational suit filed against Mrs C P Huntington by a beauty specialist who improved her neck and face. Huntington refused full payment, offering 100 then 800 more demanded, leading to legal action. Also notice of broker Charles D Rhodes, a leading stock broker, dying of pneumonia.
Cromwell's lecture on Italy and the Money Fad headline a busy program. A Chicago critic invites actress and manager to supper after a show. He orders lavishly, leaving Morris to pay. The critic later praises the actress in a lengthy column, while the manager jokes about the bill. Moral: insure in the Traveler's.
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