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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1900
Page
6
The Cincinnati baseball team learns Bid McPhee will retire after 18 years at second base. McPhee cites arm troubles and a wish to let new blood help the club, insisting he will not play if it harms the team. Manager Allen lauds McPhee as an honorable, indispensable figure.
The Monitors and the Marions led by Gardner’s butchers bowled a hard fought series on the Turner alleys Monday. First two games both surpassed 800 as Marions edged with 17 and 33 to spare. Final totals show strong scores from all players, with Monitors 810 and Marions 821 across the listed lineups.
The Washington Juniors won three straight games on Monday night at Kits Alleys. High scores included Koller with 191, Brinkmeyer 179, Bock 173, Os 171, Fuehring 157, Nieman 158, Schowe 137, Rademacher 152, Zitzlaff 122.
Jia Roberson rails against past restraints while pursuing bouts in Indianapolis. He awaits word from Eugene Bezenah about a possible April clash in Greenfield, with local bout options in the works. He also eyes a fight with Jack Prinz and states Indianapolis is his home for future rings.
Herman McFarland, after seasons with the Indianapolis outfit, accepts Comiskey’s terms and signs for the Chicago American league team. He will train in Indianapolis until reporting time, then move to Champaign, Illinois, for the team’s preliminary work against the University of Illinois.
Westchester Athletic Club may host the Sharkey Fitzsimmons bout after two bids were opened. Seaside club offered 50 percent of receipts and profits plus a 2 590 dollar deposit while Westchester proposed 7 percent of nurture profits with a 5 000 dollar deposit. A decision was not made and another meeting is set for Tuesday night.
Hot Springs Arkansas dispatch says Jack O'Brien aims to travel to New York by Friday night to witness the Erne Gans bout and then challenge the winner for the world lightweight title. O'Brien reports good condition and readiness for the challenge.
In Chicago on Monday Capron defeated Jevnhe 50 to 40 over 78 innings in a three cushion carom tournament. Tuesday will feature Sutton versus Carter with potential final between Catton and Capron if Carter loses.
Maud 5 the famous trotter is buried on the Bonner stock farm beside Dexter 2174 percent. A fine monument will probably be erected over her grave. Nearby are buried Peerless Flatbush Maid Pocahontas Lady Palmer and others famous on the turf.
A Symnasium opens to the world at the Paris exposition except for professionals who exhibited publicly. July 29 and 30 host contests. Frank Erdlemeyer moves from L A W district referee to N G. Maud S queen of the turf buried at Bonner farm East View New York beside Dexter. George Seidensticker rolls five ten pin games totaling 1102 in Indianapolis. Marion baseball league manager Frank Brosier signs 15 players as season nears. Kokomo to host a Sunday meeting to set the schedule. Cicero Reds manager Ernest Tucker says team organized and open for dates with grand stand erected and grounds enclosed.
In Niles Ohio Bobby Dobbs knocked out Charley Burns in round nineteen after a tough bout that stayed even until the 15th when Burns was saved by the bell. Matty Matthews stopped Eddie Connolly in round fourteen at Hercules Club Brooklyn, saving Connolly from a KO. Patsy Haley agreed to Oscar Gardner replacing Eddie Gardner in Shawnee match on March 27 as Gardner cannot make 127 pounds. Haley and Gardner drew twenty rounds in Buffalo two years ago. Billy Madden warns top heavies will not face Gus Ruhlin. Maher is ill and may be replaced by Ruhlin for a big four clash with Fitzsimmons on March 27. A contract is signed for Jeffries at Detroit’s Light Guard Armory on April 6 likely facing John Finnegan or Stockings Conroy. Joe Gans defeats Frank Erne in a notable bout.
Rosa Burke, 30, world champion female boxer, died in Parkersburg West Virginia on Monday from consumption. Eight: a Friday night sparring partner Jimmy Murray travels with him on the road as a sparring partner.
Miss Lucille La Verne of the Grand stock company is gravely ill with a nervous breakdown following a violent fall during Arabian Nights performances. She collapsed at the theater Saturday night and was aided by medical staff. Monday she refused to miss the show but was bedridden and will not perform this week.
In Hetlerville area near Bloomsburg, Calvin Stout and his wife were killed when a vicious bull attacked in the barn yard. Mrs Stout ran to aid him and was gored to death. The bull then killed Stout and badly mutilated both bodies as snow delayed discovery for days.
Democratic members of the Commercial club appoint J P Dunn J T Fanning A M Sweeney A G Smith J W Holtzman and J E Mc Cullough to formulate a protest against the clubs assistance in the banquet for H H Hanna. A report will be made Thursday night.
Yokohama reports the Japanese navy will begin important secret naval maneuvers at the end of March. The rumor fuels speculation that Japan expects war with Russia soon.
Twenty five peasants perish when crossing the Danube at the village of Paks. The disaster occurred Tuesday near Vienna with details reported from the Danube crossing tragedy.
The steamer Dutch reports nine Indians arrested in Vancouver British Columbia for a October assault that killed Mr and Mrs Frank Worthing. The couple were shot at their outdoor fire and their bodies hidden in a cave, allegedly in retaliation for a prior white man killing an Indian.
A. W. Johnson of Greenwood was robbed of nine dollars and badly beaten after visiting town on Monday. He was taken to police headquarters early Tuesday and said he met a man at the Spencer house, then walked toward a Greenwood car and a saloon on Kentucky Avenue before being found by a messenger boy.
Ships from Costa Rica and Nicaragua report surface calm in Central America while defense preparations continue. Indications suggest the war scare may pass without incident.
Mary E Rusie mother of baseball pitcher Amos Rusie died at her home 317 Walcott street after months of spinal illness Funeral will be held at 2 p m Wednesday from the residence Burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery
Mrs. Harry Kahlo of 925 North Meridian reported losing a gold purse at Tabernacle Church Sunday. The engraved initials read H. Cc. K and the job tag shows A C. K. The purse carried 12 cents and detectives seek the finder.
Word from army headquarters says the Fourteenth United States infantry, returning from the Philippines, probably will be sent to Fort Wayne, Michigan.
In Charleston on March 20 J Addison Porter the private secretary to President McKinley is reported to be ill with acute indigestion at the Hotel Charleston.
Paris dispatch reports the French minister to Morocco has left his post on March 20 without any disclosed reason. No official explanation was provided and the move was sudden.
Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch of Chicago lectures tonight at English’s Opera House under the Y M C A course. Introduced as the country’s greatest orator he is known for extensive Palestine travel and authority on Jewish topics. His lecture titled Facts and Fictions concerning the Jews discusses progressive ideas and Sunday services with fellow rabbis to keep the community united.
Washington dispatch reports rising demand for new bank notes strains on Comptroller Dawes. National bank notes issued last week totaled 5,641,960 with 1,183,220 destroyed, lifting Saturday’s circulation to 257,098,687 and adding 10 million since Jan 31.
Fire swept the W. P. Orr linseed oil mill owned by the American Linseed Oil Company in Piqua early Tuesday, destroying the plant and stock. About 200 tons of cake, nearly 2,000 barrels of oil in the cellar, and total losses estimated at 5500,000. Adjacent Piqua Milling Company plant also burned with losses near 50,000. Emergency aid came from Troy, Sidney and Covington fire departments.
New York March 206 The warehouse of the National White Lead Company at Port Richmond burned Tuesday morning with its contents. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars.
Washington report notes minority critics mock Senator Mason after he failed to move to discharge the foreign relations committee over a Boers sympathy resolution. Doors were closed to public debate amid GOP leadership discipline claims, provoking remarks from Senator Stewart comparing Mason’s reaction to being struck in the abdomen with a red sandstone.
Seven druggists appeared in criminal court on Tuesday morning and pleaded guilty to selling liquor without license. Each faced raid fines of a stated amount plus costs. William L. Baker 2315 E Michigan St Jesse L Stowers Udell and Clinton Sts North Indianapolis David J Fastburn 723 EK Eleventh St John C Clark 648 E Washington St Charles C Hahn 1187 Kentucky Ave West Indianapolis George C Morrison 349 S East St Edward M Crawford 40 N Pennsylvania St
A Washington dispatch indicates Gen. Joe Wheeler is likely to command the Department of the Lakes with headquarters in Chicago. No action has been taken on his resignation. The president expects Congress to pass a bill retiring Wheeler with the rank of major general.
The Metropolitan street railway company gains a controlling interest in the Third Avenue railroad. The deal covers 16 million dollars in stock 50 million dollars in bonds and a debt of 23 million pounds. In Chicago James Moss 17 says John McKenzie forced him through hypnotic control to rob at the Gault house.
The steamer Naomi and the car ferry Muskegon are trapped in ice off Grand Haven Michigan. An ice field about 20 miles wide markets the hazard and the wind is driving worsening conditions for navigation.
In the senate on Monday a bill was introduced to pay M. M. Defrees four thousand four hundred ninety four dollars for sewerage construction adjacent to the arsenal grounds in Indianapolis.
In Brunswick Maine President Hyde denounces Roosevelt for removing Dr Backus from Long Island hospital trustees and accuses McKinley of dangerous character traits. He cites Roosevelt's past record as potentially redeeming while warning McKinley's fall from public trust and possible defeat in November.
Rev Samuel Dickie condemned President McKinley at a Boston Methodist meeting for weakening the church stance on the liquor traffic. He charged the president had echoed popular distiller views and failed to declare a total abstinence policy, criticizing his leadership.
Washington report says under a new currency law subsidiary coins will rise to 160000.02 across circulation from 80000.60. Mint officials move to expand space for coin presses at Philadelphia as Director Roberts orders vault clearings to prepare storage.
The Advertisers' guarantee company files suit in Chicago naming the Inter Ocean publishing company as defendant for 50000 damages. It alleges misrepresentation of circulation and that false figures misled advertisers and others, while the Inter Ocean claims the action is prompted by malice.
San Jacinto California reports a mountain section slipped into a subterranean cavern after a Christmas earthquake. A 600 acre tract at 4000 feet elevation slid about 150 feet, forming a new valley marked by fissures and cracks too wide to sound or probe to the bottom.
Dredging of the canal for Miss Sel vage was resumed Tuesday morning. Crews plan to dredge north for about a mile, following reports of her from the northwest.
Hastings Neb March 19 Viola Horlocker choir leader at All Saints church stands trial for poisoning Mrs Anna Morey and five other women with felonious intent. The defense will seek a not guilty plea and a sanity question. The case is described as highly sensational in state history.
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