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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1899
Page
2
An obscure note from Trenton hints at a forthcoming plan related to a new bicycle trust. The item references a capital figure and suggests ties to retailers and manufacturers, with ambiguity about its exact nature and timing. The readable fragments imply corporate or industry coordination but lack concrete details.
In Falgs N Y May 13 the scooper dispute may be settled if W J keeps his word but he now withdraws from a compromise. About 800 workers including engineers firemen dock handlers and coal heavers quit to aid the Belopers. If Conners persists, a sympathetic strike could paralyze Buffalo’s largest industries.
Jeffersonville Indiana was gripped by a terrifying storm on Friday morning. For about half an hour dark skies caused widespread fear as people fled outdoors amid rain and lightning. Buildings shook and horses pulled free from hitch racks as cries and prayers filled the streets.
In Dillsboro Indiana on May 13 Howard, who broke his ankle two years ago and has stayed indoors, was plowing when lifting a heavy stone caused his ankle to pop. A revolver was fired and instantly the pain subsided, leaving him unharmed.
A wind and rain storm swept Owingsville Kentucky on Friday afternoon causing fence and crop damage near Salt Lick. John Mynhier driving through the G A RK encampment grounds was struck by a falling tree limb and killed.
In a low framed warning hung at Union Station visitors are told that sputum or spit is dangerous. The notice cites sections 1 and 2 of the recently passed law against promiscuous expectoration. The public guidance aims to deter spitting in the transit hub.
The New York weekly bank statement notes reserve increases of 1 780 659 and declines of 5 956 700, deposits rising 1 926 990, circulation down 53 700, and excess reserves at 27 137 625. A separate brief reports a deputy killed a suspect resisting arrest after a bank theft chase. Other items cover a failed aviation experiment by Smithsonian expert S P, an Indiana assault with a fatal weapon, and a note on John Campbell a teacher slated as leading feature for a local program.
A fragmentary roster lists Frank Wright Warren Lotshaw of Indianapolis joined with Leroy Hemlock J McKay Thomas J Cole and others among the Friday enlistments. Capt. Hunt leads the recruiting party with Americus Noble Charles Tyson Harry Yeager and additional recruits en route to Frisco early.
Attorney Oran N. Muir proposes a reform to police court to let attorneys with offices finish small cases quickly. He compares police court to higher courts on rule days where first attorneys file pleadings, suggesting the first lawyer call his case first. He argues prisoners without lawyers would not be harmed and lawyers would avoid wasting a half day on trivial cases.
James Whitaker a small carpenter of 1436 Woodlawn Ave defended himself against Peter Boone in a Thursday assault. Boone, described as burly, charged Whitaker who used a scantling and a hatchet during the confrontation. Whitaker was discharged in police court on Saturday.
County commissioners instruct County Attorney Brown to confer with the attorney general over a construction of the law that would cut off county aid for the 25 cents daily support for children in the Indianapolis orphans home the Colored orphans home and the German orphans home.
Crown Point Indiana May 13 What is claimed to be a vein of silver has been discovered on the Emil Knoblock farm near Deep River in this county The vein is ten feet wide and three feet deep The rough material resembles coal When melted the silver separates in large quantities Chicago men have investigated the find Tests reportedly show six per cent silver.
A jury awarded Barnard Pollard 2500 in a suit against A A Butterfield and Patrolmen Streit and Liancaster. The group arrested Pollard on alleged chicken theft but Pollard was acquitted.
Maud Gondn case enters trial Monday after attorneys fail to agree on a special judge. Judge Alford appoints Charles I Coffin to preside. expected duration spans ten days to two weeks.
Annie Moore, 45, a widow declared in sane, was reported praying and singing on Saturday. Charles A. Wreeman, 47, a gardener, sought a hatchet to break out of the police station alleging he was tricked out of a police job.
Several divorces were granted this Saturday including Mattie from George Rithmeyer for cruelty, William KE from Malga Tyers for infidelity, Maggie from Rufus Long for abandonment, Emma from Uriah Corn for abandonment, and Nettie from Orlando Nichols for cruelty.
Births list multiple couples with addresses and newborns including boys and girls. Deaths report Jno Reicer 24 tuberculosis and Isabelle Dunlap 51 gastritis with residences. Marriage licenses show Albert Southern with Daisy Harsin Eugene Western with Irene Pettiford and Berton Driskell with Gracie Roszell.
Berlin May 13 Emperor William sent a dinner invitation to Baron de Schmid a Reichstag member and ex soldier in the French army The gesture hints at an imperial flirtation with France and potential thaw in relations.
A fragment notes the incorporation of Puget Sound Copper Company at Trenton with capital of 500000 and 55 sash door and blind mill operations. further line mentions capital 4000. This item records corporate formation and capitalization.
In Allegheny county a jury found Bertha Beilstein not guilty by reason of insanity for the October 2, 1898 shooting of her mother in their Spring Garden Avenue home. After the trial she showed no emotion. She, 22, will be sent to an asylum as her family life unraveled with multiple tragedies surrounding the case.
Rev R C. Ransom formerly of Cleveland urged colored audiences to keep dynamite at home and learn to use it for protection He called the race question the era s top issue and criticized Atlanta press coverage of Sam Hose lynching He claimed Hose could not have assaulted the farmer s wife with expert anatomy testimony from Chicago university and said the south aims to enslave Negroes again
Harry Burgess 19 Senate age was tried Saturday on assisting a criminal to escape. Detectives Stout and Kinney testified Burgess tripped and grabbed Stout in Zimmermann's saloon while pursuing Lawrence Corrigan wanted in Ferre Haute. Judge Cox ruled the state failed to prove pursuit of a felon or warrant for a misdemeanor, and Burgess was discharged.
William N. Hecker and a companion hired a rig at George's stable on 27 E. Wabash and rode through the town until Capitolar and Washington streets. Harry Murphy stopped the rig, a fight followed, and Becker was held after officers arrived. Becker fined $1 for drunkenness and $10 for cruelty to animals.
A Stansfield, linked with Abe Rothschild in a southern Indiana arrest, is turned over to federal authorities after a daring escape with Roths child and an indictment for violating postal laws in Cincinnati.
James Jordan Albert Heins Ernest Alexander and Henry Smith colored were found asleep in the Franklin block early Saturday by Patrolman Bray and arrested for loitering. Alexander had skipped the workhouse 25 days before time. He was sent back and Jordan and Smith were fined. Heins was given another show for his alley.
Chesterton Indianapolis May 13 A P Anderson a man of substantial wealth has vanished. This marks the second disappearance in Chesterton within a month as EF C Frederickson remains missing and is believed murdered.
London May 13 Sloane finished second in the princess handicap of 1000 sovereigns at Gatwick aboard Jiffy. In a 100 sovereigns match race between Rowan Berry ridden by Loutss and Co EF Dwyers Shepperton with Sloane, Rowan Berry won by a neck.
SEATTLE May 13 Advices from Skagway report Kotzbue Indians dying off like sheep as last summer's salmon crop failed, threatening food supply.
Chas. Co. Clarke of Peoria Illinois testified before the industrial commission about a whisky pool formed to raise prices for consumers. He traced the rise and fall of the big distilleries joining in 1892, the Illinois supreme court voiding the trust, and notes of later incorporations in New Jersey and Kentucky with large capital.
In a Rhode Island police court Saturday a bevy of grinning witnesses testified in the David Hart assault case. Judge Cox questioned late arrival witness Mary Kelley as she joked about borrowing shoes. Hart was fined ten dollars on each affidavit and given 30 extra days to laugh for drawing a deadly weapon. Nannie Buchanan testified with amusement, and Hart smiled in the chair before confinement.
In the sheriff's office on Saturday afternoon Deputy Jim McNulty received a tin medal as a reward for bravery. On Thursday he pursued a boy named Charles Kiehl who leapt into a river to flee. McNulty followed, and the boy swam toward the middle where the officer ordered him to return with a revolver drawn.
Kern City attorney J. W. Kern travels to Chicago Sunday to review Chicago charter and compare with Indianapolis charter to determine if state power can force elevation of railroad tracks. If identical, Kern will assess legal avenues and implications.
Tax commissioner Buskirk spoke in Indianapolis on Saturday about the political scene. He said southern Indiana supporters back Taggart for governor and expressed belief that Thomas could be nominated by acclamation.
Police were alerted Saturday morning to a man in a basement at 445 Ulinging Street cutting up a human body. Bike-cops Schrader and Hauser found medical student Harry Jacobs cleaning a skeleton amid much neighborhood excitement and bloody speculation.
Factory Inspector McAbee surveyed budget hotels and found many hallways do not extend to outer walls with exits, ending instead in rooms. He plans to order openings to improve safe egress and ventilation.
In a March letter to his father from the Philippines Dr W Krider of the Third artillery recounts 26 wounds from war service six in the left leg one in the right leg two in the left arm and 17 in the back hips and shoulders He recalls being shot at 1 20 p m and not dressed until nine that night with hopes of a life of disability but relief at surviving He notes heavy casualties in his battery and that officers cannot control the men after the black devils fire a shot.
In Cleveland on May 12, anti-Hanna factions plan a large petition to President McKinley urging him to halt Hanna from Ohio politics. They warn McKinley of fallout in the 1900 elections and blame Hanna for potential disasters. Kurtz forces claim 12 counties and Daugherty forces 50. Leaders expect 62 counties to send resolutions. remaining counties face alternate moves.
Reports note oil found in Lewis County Kentucky stirring interest amid local industry. Other items include a fatal buggy accident in Bellazire Ohio. a Cincinnati man acquitted in infant death. Duluth streetcars running normally. Bellaire workers strike for 70 cent raise. ships Amur and Eliza Thompson arrivals. Samoa and Sa moa tensions. numerous crimes and investigations across Kentucky and Tennessee. Chattanooga river improvement protests. town riot and muster details in Savannah.
The state finance board awarded a $75 contract to J. F. Isensee to repair the time lock on the treasurer’s vaults as the doors had been tardy to respond.
The quickest way to the Denver and Pacific coast is via the Big Four Peoria division. Depart Indianapolis daily at 7 25 a m except Sundays, arriving Denver at 6 20 the next morning. One car change permitted at Union depot in Peoria.
Advertises upright pianos with ten dollars down and monthly payments at Wulschner's located at 128 130 North Pennsylvania Street.
Sleeping Cars will run from Indianapolis over Pennsylvania lines via Richmond and Dayton to Detroit with no change at Toledo. Service follows the C. H. and D. Railway to Detroit, connecting Michigan Central. For details contact W. W. Richardson D. P. A.
Mrs Ella Crewett of Sahm street fell ill with small-pox followed by her daughter Adelia. Friday, Mrs Miles, mother of Mrs Crewett, also developed the disease. They reside in the same house. grandmother and child not severely affected.
Excursion to Union Bridge Maryland and Roanoke Virginia by Pennsylvania Lines with tickets at one fare round trip May 16 19 20 returning until June 24. Through coaches Friday May 19 to avoid changes. For details contact local agent Pennsylvania Lines or W W Richardson D P A Indianapolis Ind.
William J. Roseberry and William C. Mitchell will appraise land around the Lafayette Soldiers Home for sale. George Wolf and Horace McKay have joined the commission to fix land values at the Deaf and Dumb Institution. If not sold as one piece it may be parceled out.
An old newspaper blurb mentions Grand Hotel Cafe and Progress laundry with collars and cuffs priced at 14c each. It also touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children at twenty five cents per bottle, describing soothing effects and alleged cures.
A concise promotion for Progress beer from the Indianapolis Brewing Co. urging readers to choose locally produced I. B. C. beer for guaranteed purity. It advertises home delivery by calling telephone number 573 and highlights avoiding beers from abroad.
A cryptic line suggests fatigue from environmental factors or close focus on labor. The fragment hints at testing remedies like a bottle of something to restore energy or ease weariness, reflecting a consumer or medical note in a condensed notice.
An advertisement promotes Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a healing tonic. It urges readers to take it as directed to improve strength and mental health and asserts government and medical authorities recognize it as the sole medicinal whiskey. It warns against neglecting its use when ill.
Mrs Kate Ferris widow of the famed wheel man collapsed in an open car Friday night in New York, suffering an epileptic attack that sent her into the street. She died two hours later at J Wood Wright hospital from a fractured skull.
Damaged, Sem Weley, a colored driver for Ben Frye, was swept from his wagon at New York street and Indiana avenue Saturday afternoon and sustained a fractured arm. The leaning tree over the street has caused several minor accidents.
Mrs. L. Brown of Austin Pennsylvania seeks two children left by her deceased sister Mrs. Stollicker. A Wisconsin murder trial in Forest County involves the father of the children, linking the case to a broader custody question.
Indianapolis stock market notes cattle receipts light Saturday shipments none Market remains steady with prices quoted for various classes Good to prime steers mixed weights 1 320 lbs and up 1 350 1 306 lbs ranges for fair to medium cows calves and veal Market for hogs shows receipts 500 Saturday shipments 1 000 prices higher for good to choice medium and lighter weights Also quotes for butchers carts heifers cows light and common stockers and sheep lambs with common to good stockers and roughs noted Market steady overall with specific bids for lambs and sheep cited including common to medium lambs and sheep indices
Wheat prices mixed with No 2 red at seven cars and No 3 red at four cars in a total eleven car lot. Corn bids show No 3 white seven cars No 3 yellow one car No 2 mixed one car No 5 mixed one car No 4 mixed four cars with unclear totals. Oats and timothy prices noted with dull trading for oats and No 1 timothy at 1.2509.05 and No 2 timothy at 8.25 78.75.
From Indianapolis on May 15 1839 light receipts pushed a 216c gain. Quotations ranged from 250 to 330 weighing $3.95 to $4.00, 200 to 23 at $3.80 to $5.05, and 160 to 19 at $3.82 to $3.90. Pigs and light workers sold $3.62 to $5.80. Cattle market was about steady.
Sunday May 14 at Hartman’s Grove welcomed all residents with a community picnic. Numerous rental listings and employment notices appeared in the public notices column including furnished rooms, stoves repairs, and job wants for housekeepers, chambermaids, and nurses from several addresses in town.
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