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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1899
Page
3
In Browns Town Indiana on May 6 a stranger, shot and thrown from a train, was found dead and buried in Potter's Field. Delirious Will Hancock claimed a poor fellow was shot by two men during the incident, adding confusion to the case as authorities seek identification.
In Tipton Indiana 337 witnesses gathered Friday to oppose granting a license to Frank Monahan after a Windfall temperance clash. The mass remonstrance caused business to halt as Monahan's lawyers pursued a new tactic under the Nicholson law seeking continuances to deter further signatures. The town nearly emptied as every vehicle was pressed into service.
Hartford City Indiana May 6 Navier Lattern after his divorce and 72250 monthly alimony earned contempt through nonpayment and a jail sentence. He vows to never pay while claiming ignorance of the law. The court offered remission for payment but he refused. Two daughters, once teachers, are disowning him as a petition seeks their removal.
Eastbound B&O commuter train from Bedford was wrecked near Leatherwood bridge on Friday. Fireman William Lucas of Mitchell was instantly killed after being caught under the boiler. Engineer Harry Deputy was seriously scalded but is expected to recover. the engine had been running backward.
Greensburg Indiana May 6 192? The death of William Newberry after a home dance leads his administrator to sue William Tresler for 5000 dollars. Newberry survived to testify while his brother died from a gunshot near a straw pile.
Seymour inaugurates a boom with a new glass works incorporated at Sims. John Hart of Decatur dies at the table. Goshen hosts a C E meeting. Laurel’s third high school commencement. Crawfordsville debates admitting girls to Wabash College. Elks lodge founded at Crawfordsville with 34 members. J W Lovett spoke to Culver cadets on trusts. Encaustic tile works at Anderson faces trust actions. DePauw may host a class on counterfeit money. Winchester awards water works contract and electric plant. Charles Corklin of Fort Wayne dies after falling from a fifth story. Edward Collier of Lobster, Matthews, inherits 80 000 from English ancestors. Fred Miller of Evansville contracts smallpox. 20 cases in the pesthouse. An old Seymour resident, 80, bikes as briskly as a 40 year old. John Holzeer, who beat his wife to death in 1895, paroled from Michigan City prison. Indiana spiritualists prep for a large annual seance. Independent phone companies form a state-wide combine against the Central Union. Mont Casey, a fallen newspaperman, jailed at Terre Haute as a tramp, escaped custody. Elmer Meredith of Greensburg, reported killed on the Southern Indiana road, denies it. Towns organize summer bands with horns and drums. James Aitkens, 58, a Stinesville contractor, killed by a Monon train. Terre Haute street railway sold to Boston interests. Claude McGahan of Terre Haute says he was not dishonorably discharged. Brookville opens a new paper mill. Earlham College awards Harvard scholarship to James Hiatt of Richmond and Bryn Mawr to Miss Florence Henley of Carthage.
A jumble of local lore and incidents from Indiana towns. A 220 year old account hints at Morgan raiders and a will probate in Elwood dividing real estate and securities among four children. Reports mention a Tipton blacksmith now a skilled foot artist, a 13 year old girl in North Manchester weighing nearly 200 pounds, and a 6 year old boy in the same neighborhood weighing 104. A Franklin man, Sam Lagrange, owns a Cuban parrot that sings Yankee Doodle and spins tall war stories. Other items claim vast property trusts, a Windfall street find of 450, and Greensburg youths witnessing a snake mimicry. Joseph Balinger of Company K in Indiana, 55, attempted suicide then walked barefoot and hanged himself in Morgon county eaphng. Deaths include Mary Rogers, Elizabeth Bager, John T. Holsinger, George W. Cramer, John Lindsay.
E. Haigh, superintendent of the Ross textile company in Madison, was found dead in his bunk on a Panhandle train east of Greenfield about 4:30 am Saturday. An autopsy in Indianapolis followed. He had been in Philadelphia on business with John T. Ross. He leaves a widow and five children and was formerly a newspaper editor in Madison and Columbus.
Geo W. Julian of Irvington celebrated his eighty first birthday with friends at home. An abolitionist who spoke with Henry Clay in Kentucky, Julian once faced threats as the Kentucky crowd pressed for him to speak. He served fourteen years in Congress and married the daughter of Congressman Giddings. he notes a long Democratic alignment since Grant’s second presidential run.
Albert Dinning, a colored resident, won a $50,000 verdict against a mob that attacked him in his home. Dinning killed one attacker during the incident and had been sentenced to the penitentiary but was pardoned immediately. The all white jury and judge’s favorable charge marked the trial, with defendants facing over $8,000 each in costs.
Tod Sloane fell from Esmeralda II at Kempton Park in the Hamp ton handicap and was bruised but uninjured enough to ride later. He returned for the Jubilee handicap on Lord Beresford's Knight of the Thistle, which won in handsome style as seventeen horses ran with odds 13 to 2.
Capt Coghlan and Raleigh officers were feted in Wilmington on May 6 at James Sprunt's home. The highlight was a handsome silver dinner service presented to the cruiser. A Nordenfeldt and a three pounder were also formally presented to Raleigh by Capt Coghlan.
In central Spain on May 6 the locust plague worsened with ground cover up to two feet in places. The insects stalled railroad trains, heightening alarm across the region near Madrid.
Washington May 6 bids opened Friday for supplying furniture ice at the South Omaha public building with L. Indianapolis listed as the lowest bidder amid the bid results.
President McKinley, facing a nervous condition needing rest, has cancelled nearly all engagements for two months and will seek quiet at Hot Springs Virginia. Physicians advised against invitations including the HartRanft statue unveiling in Harrisburg. While the vice president shows daily improvement, officials will handle matters in his absence.
Frank Spelz, a street car conductor, and his wife Maggie Spelz fought Friday with sticks, knives, and fists. Maggie appeared in court with a bruised eye while Bertha testified for the defense. Judge Cox found Frank not guilty of the charges.
A trunk at the King's Cross freight depot contained the body of Jimmy Green a music hall artist. The corpse labeled theatrical properties was carried for 16 shillings as baggage and shipped to London to his manager after he died on the road. Police indicated no murder. the body would have cost 12 pounds if shipped as a corpse.
Theodore Dickinson, an employee of the Indianapolis lumber and veneering works, was seriously injured Saturday morning near Twenty third Street and the L E B W tracks. He suffered a compound fracture of the right leg below the knee after being thrown from the buggy while attempting to stop the runaway horse. The female driver, unnamed, was uninjured and drove home. Dickinson was taken to City hospital. He resides at 2020 Lewis Street.
A Chicago area advertises Morrow's Kid-ne-oids as a scientific kidney and urinary aid. It claims gentle, thorough action on kidneys and nerves, with a testimonial from Miss H Hooker of 1308 East Michigan Street describing relief from kidney and bladder problems after use. Boxes cover two weeks and sell for fifty cents.
James Hough, a mall carrier for the I. D. and W., struck saloon keeper William Treiber with a rock wrapped in a handkerchief over a 70 cent debt dispute. Treiber, a Tenth Street saloon owner, suffered a badly damaged head. Hough, already jailed for fights, claimed Treiber struck first. Court fined Hough five dollars. He denied knowledge of the rock and handkerchief
Chauncey M Depew reports that Democratic leaders from the West and South favor William Jennings Bryan. He says they want Bryan to shape his own platform, Seelye will be renominated, Roosevelt would not seek the vice presidency but may run in 1904 amid a Roosevelt wave.
Dr. Wm. Whitney Goodin, 63, longtime superintendent of the government hospital for the insane, died Saturday morning at the institution of heart disease. He was regarded as a leading medical expert and alienist in the United States.
Indiana won second honors as Lyman Teleit of Wisconsin received first and George L Farrar of DePauw University Greencastle Ind earned second while S M Holliday of Simpson College received third at Lincoln Nebraska during the twenty sixth annual contest Friday night.
Judge Cox administers order in police court with a mahogany gavel presented by John Ludwig of the 161st Indiana. Ludwig carved the instrument in Cuba.
Prisoners at the workhouse seek reading matter and Bibles. Supt. Essman asks the public for cast-off literature not too lurid.
Walter B. Beel editor of the Elkin Times says a measles attack left him with a bad cough. After using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the cough disappeared. He praises Chamberlain's medicines as the best on the market. For sale by all druggists.
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