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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1901
Page
2
Washington May 5 reports China must raise a loan to cover the indemnity demanded by the powers. Russia and Germany would receive the largest shares under plans to issue nation specific loans, while the United States would obtain an estimated 15 to 320 million dollars depending on ministers final division of the total indemnity.
A series of brief notes covers extraordinary medical cases and legal rulings. C M Garrett survived a skull injury from a revolving saw and remained conscious after brain surgery. The Marion-Indianapolis case affirmed a hospital liability denial. R N Pollock’s suicide was linked to a life insurance payout. Salt Lake theater walls collapsed but caused no injuries and required demolition.
HOUSTON May 9 H Baldwin Mice administrator of the estate of WM Marsh Rice must give bond of 1 000 000 the heaviest ever existed in this state New York initials indicate the large bond follows the death of Rice who was linked to major oil interests and philanthropy in the era
City Board of Health approves three applications for school attendance without vaccination due to ill health. John H. Moore sues Conrad Draut Milledge pA Baker for 5000 damages over a ruined scaffold. Hawkins Patterson sues Charles W Morbach for 210000 after his child Mary burned to death by fire while warming hands. Butler Franklin debate canceled. Notre Dame vs Butler planned for May 23 at Irvington on the Philippines debate.
Real estate men say property owners are overvaluing values, with a few early-year deals raising what buyers consider high. A notable sale of three 40 by 120 foot lots south of Indianapolis store company’s foundry on Malotrave brought $2,500 for the trio. Demand remains steady for North-side residences and acre properties around Meridian street and Central avenue, though prices deter some investors. Suburban activity is quiet, while cheap residence property and investment lots show interest, including a Fulton and Spring streets sale of 80 by 107 feet with three houses for $3,000 that rents for about $360 annually. A Newman street five-room cottage sold for $1,500 and a Belmont avenue four-room cottage for $800.
In Mishawaka Indiana on May 9 a veteran Chas Mattus was found dead in his room believed to have committed suicide. The following day Mrs William Ravenscroft was found dead in bed. Edward Ham an elderly veteran fell from a bridge and drowned the same week. Ham's daughter had killed herself last week.
President McKinley led the floral parade in Los Angeles on May 9 as part of La Fiesta de las flores. The streets were decorated with Spanish colors and evergreen arches while his carriage moved past many floats. Hundreds of school children threw flowers at the president’s carriage.
A dense list of births naming parents and addresses appears alongside multiple deaths and unrelated name pairs. Included are numerous entries with child genders and several medical conditions noted. readers may need local context to parse the scattered details.
A freight conductor was shot while ejecting a gang of tramps from a freight train near Benton on the Wabash railroad. The hobos fled into the countryside as the sheriff, without a posse, pursued them in a manhunt.
Alfonso Manuel Sancho a wine grower from southern Spain travels with New York importer George C Howell in Indianapolis on a sight seeing trip. Sancho says Spain’s educated oppose the war and regrets losing Porto Rico while praising freedom from the Philippines and Cuba. He notes his friendship with Admiral Cervera whose fleet was destroyed at Santiago by Sampson.
Chicago on May 9 faces a possible stoppage by machinists that could halt operations in 30 major plants. Workers demand a minimum pay rate of 28 cents per hour, signaling a major labor dispute and potential plant shutdowns.
Classified ad notes widespread sales on babies and ladies footwear including 50c items, 1.00 Oxfords, 8c children’s shoes, lace and button styles, opera slippers, sandals, and boys’ box calf shoes up to 2.50. Also umbrellas for gents with 28 inch Union silk taffeta handles and silk case.
The item lists Wheat and Corn futures with grade numbers and bid prices including No 2 red wheat at 69 cents and various No 1 to No 4 white and mixed colors. Oats show No 2 white at around 3 ¾ cents, with inspections by car counts for corn, yellow, and mixed grades. Hay timothy transactions appear with a single car noted.
Washington May 9 Minister Conger visited the state department meeting officials but gave no report on Pekin conditions He will remain in town for several days for further talks and observations.
A dated notice lists multiple residents with home projects and costs including J N H Jones cottage on LaSalle near Twenty third at 750 dollars, C J Huber addition on Beville avenue at 50, A Chenoweth repairs at Belt line and Worth avenue for 300, James Fulton repairs at 904 Minerva street, E B Woodruff addition at 194 Ingram street for 90, M A Schooley frame house at Illinois and Twenty fourth for 2900, G Hasty remodeling on 9 W Michigan street for 975, Horace Parrott repairs at Delaware street for 600, H M Claypool repairs at 2034 N Illinois street for 75, W A Purey frame house at Woodside avenue and Trowbridge street for 600.
A scattered заметки summary notes Pittsburg cave-in kills Michael Flaherty, 33, and Boston firms J G Small and others burned with $200,000 loss. Mentions Bradford fires, disease recovery in Salisbury, Italy's king to czar visit, pension attorney crackdown, Cunard White Star denial of merger, and other brief items.
Chicago markets show May wheat down 1 cent and July off 0 9 amid late shorts cover. May corn up slight, July corn down 3 cents. oats small declines. Provisions slip with July pork at 14 95 to 14 70, lard 7 90 to 7 85, ribs 7 87 to 7 82. Butter cheese and eggs varied by creamery and dairy class. Live poultry items include chickens roosters and turkeys with per dozen prices listed.
The shorthorn sale at Union stock yards on Wednesday yielded low prices with the top noted at n dollars for a cow sold to Fletcher Hines by W. W. Walker of Andrews. Thursday's auction will feature the fancy Aberdeen Angus breed.
In New York on May 39 an announcement reports the suspension of several consolidated exchange houses but states none of the failures is regarded as serious.
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