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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1899
Page
6
A dramatic experiment used a smokeless power 100 foot deep gun site to explode gun cotton soaked in mercury and wet sand. A massive sand and timber mound formed a 6 foot high pit as an electric button triggered the blast. Pieces of gun cotton and rod fragments littered the crater, with officials noting much remains in the pit and promising scientific interest from the test.
Chicago May 11 Dr Cyrus Teed s Heaven at Washington Heights comes again into publicity. Shoemaker B Lewis and his wife with three children accuse Teed and the queen Annis Ordway Victoria Greta of breaking contract and starving colonists while spending money and eating well.
Drake University in Des Moines faces a religious controversy as Prof Oscar W Morgan of biblical languages and history is accused of doubting scripture inspiration. He questions divine authorship and warns that Jewish history may reflect human agencies without direct divine writing. He remains in the Hebrew and Greek chair amid the dispute.
In Allegheny County, during the Bertha Beaststein murder trial, a dense crowd surged corridors to view the defendant as she prepared to testify. Judge Frazier remanded deputies to guard entrances, restoring order while District Attorney Haymaker argued insanity in the case.
Investigation into Dr Laforest, a prominent physician at Choisy le Roi near Paris, reports disgraceful conduct charges. He and his wife discussed avoiding scandal by suicide, sealing himself in a gas chamber where he died after two hours of silent communication with his wife before police arrived.
A fragment outlines 15 medical cases associated with Dr Cervello and mentions Enformalina in relation to the treatment. The readable text is sparse but indicates a study or report focusing on drug effects and patient outcomes.
Trenton New Jersey May 11 reports the American Brick Company incorporated here to control Hudson brick concerns increased its capital from ten million to fifteen million dollars. The Electric Storage Battery Company of Philadelphia raised its capital to four and a half million dollars, totaling eighteen million. The Atlantic Brass Company and the Cuban Land and Steamship Company were incorporated with one million dollars each.
R G Brooks mine owner from Scranton testified before the industrial commission on May 1. He argued miners in his district receive fair treatment and that operators gain only 1 to 7 percent on investments. He dismissed claims of operator tyranny as exaggerated.
In Chicago on May 11 men and women gathered for the National Christian Association's twenty-fifth annual meeting. The group aims to keep church members from joining secret societies or secret organizations.
Kansas City May 11 The committee of law of the Catholic Knights of America reported Wednesday in favor of admitting women to the order and establishing permanent headquarters.
Judgment for $500000 was rendered Wednesday afternoon against the stockholders of the defunct People's Savings Bank of Denver. The stock is largely held by M J Lawrence and others of Cleveland Ohio.
Items from the wires report American ticket brokers and mechanical engineers meeting in Chicago and Washington, Germany seeking auto coupler laws, and President McKinley inviting Hobart to Hot Springs. News mentions the Republic Steel Trust, a Duluth grand jury probe into a streetcar strike, a Lancaster homicide-suicide, a New York attorney bound over, and labor leader Gompers touring the Pacific coast. Other notes cover coal dock ambitions on the Great Lakes, West Virginia coal operators forming a combine, a Presbyterian missionary session in New Castle, and a financial disbursement total.
A full dinner for 15e offered at Plaza Cafe located at 38 and 40 Monument Place includes multiple courses and beverages.LOCAL patrons can enjoy a complete meal in a historic setting with standard pricing.
On account of the General Assembly meeting in Denver May 18-26 1899 the Chicago and North Western Railway offers excursion tickets at one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip with favorable return limits. Tickets on sale May 15-16 1899. For rates and information contact your nearest ticket agent or A H Waggener 6 Jackson Place Indianapolis Ind.
A daily business lunch priced at ten cents runs 10 am to 2 pm. A ladies’ lunch is available on the second floor at Ormonde located at 16 West Pearist.
Old advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming to ease teething pain for children and cure wind colic with soothing gums and diarrhoea relief. Price listed as twenty five cents per bottle.
Upright pianos offered with 310 down and a monthly payment plan at Wulschner's 128 130 North Pennsylvania Street. Includes price and installment terms framed as a sales pitch.
The fastest Big Four path to Denver and the Pacific coast departs Indianapolis at 7 28 a m daily except Sundays and reaches Denver at 6 20 the next morning. Passengers change cars once at Union depot in Peoria for the onward leg.
The Chicago and North Western Railway offers low fare tickets to Minneapolis in honor of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Tickets are valid May 16 to 18 with return by June 3, 1899, at one fare plus two dollars. Travel on the North Western Limited is electric lighted, with daily Chicago departures at 6 30 p m and other trains at 9 00 a m 10 00 p m and 10 15 p m. For full details contact any ticket agent.
H. L. Shute advertises rock faced stone facade for brick structures in the Talbot block, promoting durable exterior makeovers for historic or aging properties.
A well known New York specialist on rupture offers a free home cure book by Dr. W S Rice of Adams Nebraska. The ad features Mr F L Willey of Shelton Washington who was cured and urges readers to request the free book by sending name and address.
City Markets dispatch lists prices for turpentine provisions meats vegetables fruits and groceries in Indianapolis on May 11. It covers smoked hams bacon sausage pickled meats lard beans onions celery cranberries and various canned vegetables along with fish and seed prices reflecting regional supply and demand.
A dense OCR of prices for commodities such as oats flour oil drugs cheese butter eggs live poultry coal and related goods. Entries note common salt salt pork various oils linseed and other market items with per unit rates and tonnage or per hundred weights. Prices reflect a bustling general store or wholesale market Catalog style with many line items and unit prices.
Train timetable fragment lists arrivals from Chicago and Cincinnati routes and departures for Peoria Western and Columbus lines. Notes express, mail and local accommodations, with times around 6 and 11 PM, plus connections to St Louis and Indianapolis.
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