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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1899
Page
3
Union City Indiana reports Miss Susan Witham 5 0 suffered mental breakdown after deafness treatment by a Missouri faith doctor. She twice tried to kill herself by beating her head with a club and by dousing herself with coal oil then striking a match. A 103 year old man seeks a divorce.
Edward Tank, veteran gunner on the Oregon, is home on leave. He wears several marksmanship medals including one for shooting off a flag mast at the castle at Santiago bay. He notes the crew learned their route only as they neared the Cuban coast during the voyage around South America.
George Eagleton, ditch commissioner of LaGrange County, vanished after four years without reports. A suit sought his accounting, a settlement was scheduled, he was fined for contempt, and he left for the west before the second citation could be made.
A cooperage plant and stave factory owned by George Schimnerer in Columbus was set on fire by an incendiary, burning completely and causing about $20,000 in losses. Coal oil was poured around the building and matches used to ignite the blaze.
George Wray 103 sues his wife, 40, for divorce alleging infidelity. Married in 1890, separated in 496. Six children born to the couple.
Five meningitis deaths occur in Vincennes while Rush county reports horses dying from a strange disease. A Pa oli farm residence suffered arson. Wayne county issues over 1 200 mortgage exemptions. Wabash teen Glenn Millican drowns in the Wabash river. Eddie Bush a Kentucky runaway is held in Madison. Bedford council opposes electric light plant purchase. J H DeHarity of Elwood and Swayzee banks dies. Crawford county taxpayers seek public records probe. William B Smith and Mrs Pruella Kelsey wed. it is his third marriage. Rev J D Williams in Muncie notes eggs donation after lecture on Catholicism. Wayne county county council appointed. three Democrats four Republicans. Body of Kraut found in Ohio river near Utica after jumping from a wharf boat. Jerome Kennedy, 52, Kokomo, a Civil War veteran, dies. George Green of Jeffersonville faces shooting charges.
In Evansville an inmate at the insane hospital imagined himself the president. St Stephen's hospital in Richmond will open a two year nurses training school with diplomas awarded after completion. Auditor's office in Terre Haute stayed open Saturday night to aid taxpayers in mortgage exemption law. Terre Nlante cigar dealers protest paying revenues and costs for cigars with counterfeit Jacobs stamps. Rockefeller offered 15000 to Franklin College if Indiana Baptists raise 60000. the offer was accepted. Catherine Graham of Evansville believes David M. Gilbert can heal a breach of promise case with 25090. Detective Oscar Welty of Kokomo appointed deputy fish commissioner and may use bloodhounds. All saloons closed in North Terry Hult. saloonmen fund legal challenge to highest court. Dr. Cronin of Company F 160th Hartford City says Col Gunder faced false charges from disciplined men. Irvin Devers from Rushville sent to Michigan City for horse stealing. four trips to penitentiary include two daughters jailed. a tragedy followed. George W. Thomas and allies in murder prosecution now defendants in a suit. Maggie Shanks damages sought at 350000. Mary and Lizzie Otto of Johnson County eloped, were pursued, then returned to Columbus after an extended search. Amish split in Decatur county grows over modern farming and sewing machines. differing factions threaten permanent church division.
Paris Kentucky reports a human eyed colt, Texarkana Arkansas notes a man masquerading as a groom by Lula Shaw marriage, LaSalle Illinois covers Violet Niccum 17 dying by suicide after fortune teller prophecy, Utica death linked to imagined foreigner. A stray Norfolk Pine Syrup ad lines wrap the page.
In the Coeur d Alene district union miners seize a Canyon Creek train to Wardner Idaho. They plant 2000 pounds of powder under the Bunker Hill mine buildings and destroy the mill valued at 250000. A picket named Jack Smith is killed afterward. Further trouble feared.
Thirteen Northwestern University students were subjected to a hazing ceremony on a Sunday night. Faculty will be informed due to the nature of the rituals. The candidates were stripped, bound, blindfolded, beaten with sticks, and pushed into Lake Michigan before being dragged back to the pier and battered again, then finally admitted as members.
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Sampson’s squadron due Tuesday at Tompkinsville for survey, repairs, and summer maneuver planning with the navy department. Aims include boosting apprentices to 2500 under naval appropriation. Commander Gottfried Blocklinger to command Isla de Cuba, raised from the Dewey action and sent to Hong Kong for repairs.
Treasury figures show April receipts at 41,611,587 with expenditures at 65,554,000, creating a monthly deficit over 24 million and a year to date deficit of 100,300,288. March had a one time boost from Pacific railway settlement and April saw warrants drawn for 20 million to Spain.
A minister publicizes a letter sent to General Weyler in which the writer threatens to shoot him and calls him cowardly and incapable. The missive follows Weyler’s recent conferences with Carlists.
Atlanta May 1 prominent Georgians including Judge Geo Hill yer announce a convention will be called to discuss the crime of assault and seek a remedy to prevent lynching following the mob burning of Sam Hose at Newnan.
The almost nude body of a young woman was found in a shallow grave at the Robinson cemetery in Virginia Illinois. The body was uncovered while workers were digging for Richard Walker remains to relocate them. Authorities believe the victim was placed there by outsiders from a distance.
Dick Wilson of 72 S Minors St was fined by Judge Cox after police found African American musicians hiding behind an ice box, playing guitars and mandolins in violation of local law.
Miss Lucille La Verne who stars in A Woman in Politics at English's was forced to skip dates in Terre Haute Columbus and other towns last week due to a sore throat. Her doctor expects full recovery by Thursday evening and Mr Platt has altered the play, with Indianapolis likely to see a stronger performance that night.
May Day dawned frosty across England with widespread chill. Reports say frost lingered in Perthshire as temperatures dropped, casting a cold start to the spring holiday.
Charles Kimmell Big Four machinist was reported to have attempted death by poison Saturday afternoon near his cottage at 1863 Dugdale street. A SUN reporter found him Monday morning mixing plaster and laughing at the rumor. He cited sunstroke and illness as cause and spoke in a jovial German accent.
An earthquake was distinctly felt at 5:05 p m Saturday in Indianapolis and across the state. Desks shook chandeliers rattled windows rattled, with motion lasting about six seconds. Chimneys fell in Vincennes clocks stopped in New Albany items toppled in Borden and people fled churches in Shelburn. Cities including Greencastle Terre Haute Salem and Bloomfield reported tremors.
The headless body of Guarro F. Feo, an Italian from Williamstown New Jersey, was found near Blue Anchor after he disappeared April 22. Two hours later his head was recovered in a nearby field. Francisco Abbatto, another Italian, is jailed with Feo’s wife also detained. Feo reportedly carried $600. Italians fear lynching amid the case.
Copenhagen dispatch reports a bottle containing a note from explorer Andree recovered on the ice near Husavik, Iceland, confirming the lost expedition remains.
Fire likely started by a firebug destroyed a house belonging to James J. Detlind at 41L S Missouri and damaged seven stables. Stables owned by Charles Velan and occupied by several residents on Henry Street and South Street suffered losses totaling around 0. The blaze caused total losses to the property and authorities investigated the cause.
Controller Johnson states all park revenues from refreshment and boating licenses and other sources will flow into the general city treasury. He estimates about 100 dollars monthly on average.
Rev W A Quayle announced the installation of Charles Ford Dr Fred M Charlton and Claude M Parker as deacons at Tabernacle church Sunday night. St John s German evangelical church Dayton Ohio burned. Dewey day observed at First Baptist church. Rev Villers said God directed the United States during the Philippines acquisition and urged expansionism.
Willis Lees, a black man, was dragged from the Osceola Arkansas jail by 366 men and lynched. He confessed to burning Farmer Quinn s barn after two hangings. A placard on his body declared the punishment for burning. Lees wife provided the arrest tip.
Private letters from Apia describe discontent and intrigues against German authorities amid rising hostility from many quarters. The British consul Maxse faces strong opposition due to his past as a German citizen and former Uhlan regiment service in Potsdam, intensifying German mistrust.
Fragmented report details James Harvey in Elkhorn West Virginia killed by James P McClure under rock. A body of an unknown man found in Chicago opium joint. Malone Thomas Ne ville Tennessee mortally wounds Pol Dan Summit after dog attack. An unnamed Italian in New York stabs Michael Quigley. Captain W A Brown of Ogden City Utah killed while pursuing bandits after a town hold up.
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