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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1899
Page
3
Evansville Indiana May 3 The body of Mrs Mary Ann Storck found in an open field near the city was exhumed Tuesday. A heavy cord twisted two or three times around her neck was found during the examination. Authorities have no clue and seek the mysterious lover as they consider dismissing the county commissioners.
Lebanon Indiana May 32 The grand jury did not indict county commissioners but impeachment proceedings started against John A. Dulin and James A. McLean. Dulin allegedly solicited a bribe from Dr. N. Q. O. Redden to influence a poor practice in Worth township. The grand jury urged removal of the commissioners and ordered an investigation of the recorder's office books during J. M. Dye's term.
In Peru Indiana on May 3 artist William N Fisher displayed a fine colored portrait of Admiral Dewey for the circuit court. A freight wreck on the Detroit line near Peru injured no one fatally, but three cars burned after a wreck train collided with a wreck train at the Peru gun club grounds during a trapshooting event led by Jack Parker and J L Head. Judge Cox ruled in a hotel bill case that debt nonpayment alone does not prove intent to defraud and jail cannot be imposed without evidence of defrauding intent.
A windstorm overturned the house on John Eckelbarger’s farm near Somerset Indiana Tuesday evening. The family was inside and escaped with a few cuts and bruises as the structure did not completely collapse.
May 3 report from Greenfield Maryland notes Stella Newheus of Juiberty Indiana has a well developed small pox case. The house is quarantined with no danger of spread. The State Health Board secretary inspected, exiting in a disinfected linen robe. Citizens lined up outside as the investigation concluded amid local excitement.
The Paul Reising brewing company of Louisville purchased the Mew Allking brewery inWiantsenn for 509 dollars. Senn recently acquired the plant for 91,900. The facility was erected eight years ago at a cost of 75,080 dollars.
In LaPorte Indiana on May 4 a badly decomposed man’s body was found 12 miles east of Chesterton near Hudson Lake. Identified as J C Fredericks, a Chesterton blacksmith who disappeared April 5. He carried substantial money and had traveled to buy supplies.
In Browntown Indiana an unidentified man about 30 was found dead Wednesday morning beside a railroad track with an 88 caliber bullet wound. He had no money and no identifying marks. Local authorities investigated the scene and are seeking clues about the victim’s identity and circumstances.
A. W. Breeden of Columbus named county clerk. Rural mail delivery starts May 15 in St Joseph county. Lebanon bars end tree lunch with each schooner. Soybean farming gains front-page attention in country papers. Building in Muncie halted due to a carriers strike. Richmond repeals a $500 cigarrette dealer fee ordinance. Two glass plants added to Daleville in a week. Good gas supply noted. Muncie women's conversational club mentioned. Spencer graduates and speeches by W R Halstead and Charles Adams. Spencer death near Lake Erie tracks with suspected foul play. McKinley invited to Evansville blue and gray reunion on Oct. 1 to 8. Auburn hardware dealer John L Davis faces $19,000 liabilities and $160 assets. Sassafras trees said to resist lightning. Brown county reports a case. Rushville beer war talks between Cincinnati and Indianapolis breweries fail. Michigan City papers push smokers to homemade cigars. St Louis insurer George G McAuliffe loses sanity in Bedford. Avery Hutchinson, Marion inmate, injured by Panhandle wreck.
A roundup of Indiana items includes Judge A. D. Thomas Crawfordsville tapped as Wabash College trustee candidate. W I Sample named architect for Noblesville High School. a Noblesville church call. crime reports from Anderson and Connersville. a Fort Wayne voter contest. and varied local developments from Eaton to Evansville.
Wilson Starry and Mrs. Mary Greeger were arrested in Illinois street on charges of improper relations in Pennsylvania. They had just completed ten days in Marion county workhouse for the same offenses. Starry, reportedly worth $20,000, deserted his wife for Greeger. Gov. Mount approved a requisition to transfer them to Mechanicsburg. They were found at the earlier arrest house.
Tim Hogan, known mail box robber, escaped from the Columbus Ohio penitentiary Tuesday by concealing himself in a cigar box. He had been serving five years after arrest for mail box crimes, carrying 324 keys and 94 letters. Previously he escaped from Stockwell Island after shooting a policeman.
In Manhattan the Standard Gas Company led a price cut to 65 cents per 1,006 feet, a 45 cent reduction, after a move by Consolidated and Mutual Gas Company, with Rus sell Sage as president.
In Columbia on May 3 General Wade Hampton and his daughter narrowly escaped death as their home burned. A diary of about 6000 volumes was destroyed and Hampton suspects a recently discharged Black worker started the fire.
Building inspector Robinson drafts a council communication urging action against the dangerous habit of leaving cellar and sidewalk extending elevator doors open. The issue endangers pedestrians and must be addressed promptly to prevent accidents.
WIRE WHISPERS reports St Joseph Missouri based lead company Bonne Terre increases wages by 10 percent. Also notes a New York pickpocket stealing 1100 from Louis Weiss on a streetcar. Trial of John Moore for killing his five children begins in Hutchinson Kansas with insanity plea. Gardner Badger of Panama Steamship Co New York drew 1100 and vanished. The White Elephant New York resort closed for lack of license. Thomas McInroy and John McFadden jailed for accidentally killing a man. both Americans seeking relief from Minister Clayton.
Buckeye briefs report in Cincinnati that Louis T. Rebisso, born Genoa April 23, 1837, famed for the Gen McPherson statue in Washington and Gen Grant in Chicago, has died. Also notes Sheriff Senfert seizing Hotel Victory at Put-in-Bay Island for $41,000 and Andrew Weschler, son of Erie brewer, fined $15 for peering into a female seminary window and ordered to leave town by the first freight.
Labor commissioner McCormack travels to Evansville to inspect the coal miners strike. The state auditor’s office works on blanks for county and township business under the new laws, studying a uniform system.
Indiana volunteers return to Indianapolis after long rail delays. Col Durbin notes railroad fault, soldiers praise health and looks, and a breakfast welcome precedes departures for Shelbyville and other posts. Governors and ladies aid celebrate end of service.
James Mullen of Mer Till and Missouri Sts was fined in police court for selling beer all day Sunday to his nephew Tom Mullen and cousin Jas Mullen. They testified against him. Witness James Mullen claimed the judge initially opposed the ruling before Cox changed his mind.
In Rome on May 3 the Pellorx ministry resigned amid heavy parliamentary opposition to its China policy. Violent chamber attacks reflected the crisis over San Mun bey lease in Che Kiang. Rudini's ex prime ministerial faction urged inquiry into Italy’s station plans while crispi and di Dudini denounced foreign minister Canevaro for using a secret state document for political ends.
Mrs Lois Hufford of the high school argues children need fiction and should read fairy tales voices to the local councils of women in a paper on influence of fiction on character. She notes many women oppose fairy tales but contends fiction fosters education. A new president will be elected at the Monday meeting to replace Mrs K J Troster who cannot serve. Troster was in Texas.
In Fredericksburg on May 3 Gen H T Collis and 29 ex-members of the 14th Pennsylvania attended a dedication ceremony for a monument to the regiment’s fallen officers and men. They paid homage to Stonewall Jackson by decorating his monument before their own.
In Portland on May 3 a suit against Western Union seeks 26000 damages for allegedly failing to deliver a warning telegram to Mamie Small of Gardiner. Small was killed Feb 13 at about 7 p m. Branford Knights is jailed awaiting trial for her murder. A sister reportedly sent the warning, but the telegram was not delivered.
A Brussels session of Parliament discusses methods to settle the coal strike. Reports from Madrid note the treaty with the United States has been ratified and more officials are cashiered for conduct in the Spanish-American war. A riot near the frontier triggers troop calls.
A fragmented line suggests someone asking to sell three units, with unclear context. The text is incomplete and lacks identifiable dates people organizations or locations to confirm details.
Chauncey M Depew backs a government commission to regulate trusts saying the system should self correct and that some trusts may be reorganized while others dissolve. He criticizes pace of reforms and calls for native leaders in the Philippines to be told what to expect from the United States and for broad amnesty and freedom.
Paris May 13 The Journal reports a witness named M Dection claimed he forged several documents for Dreyfus under Col Henry's orders and broke into Dreyfus' parents home to obtain handwriting samples. The Figaro notes Dreyfus' testimony has been discontinued.
A Brandon Wisconsin resident credits a new nonoperative rupture treatment as curing his condition for over twenty years. The system, promoted by Dr W S Rice, involves no operation and promises muscle regrowth and complete immunity. The article cites nationwide interest and offers free information to all readers.
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