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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1899

Page

8

Hoosiers Hit Ten Inning Win Over Columbus In Indiana Game

In Columbus May 15 Jack Sharrott starred with two runs on base plays and a key late double steal as Indianapolis beat Columbus in 10 innings. Phin held Columbus to scattered hits while Sharrott, McFarland and Flynn made several sparkling plays in the field. Final score 5-3 with Indianapolis securing the extra frame victory.

Columbus Jack Sharrott Mac Harrott Sharrott McFarland Motz Newton Husky Phin Ehoth Buckley Flynn Indianapolis Abr A. EE Tadie Tebeau Lewee Meind Cross Ewton Genius Cross Sheridan R. H. E. Columbus Metz Hogriever Waddell Foreman Levee Bierbaner Teliceau Ralk—Foreman

Hoosiers versus Columbus fall in tense baseball clash

Columbus scores in late innings to defeat Indianapolis 14 to 0 as Foreman pitches four strong games with one victory. Flynn shines at short and a double play by Lewee Bierbauer and Vebeau kills a seventh inning threat. Other scores across leagues include Detroit over Milwaukee and Brooklyn dominating Washington.

Foreman Flynn Lewee Bieerbauer Vebeau

Western league roundup and trades in the city

Monday games in the Western league featured Detroit at Indianapolis Milwaukee at Kansas City and Columbus at Buffalo with Detroit one game behind Indianapolis. Manning bought Hulen and Reilly Newton and Kellum won their spurs Dibby Flynn made 20 chances at short with no errors Vaughn and Wilson officiated an umpiring absence St Louis set a record crowd 24000 Sunday Columbus traded Jack Crooks to Buffalo for Pickering Kokomo sold to A L Goble Young Hustlers beat Shafer Reserves 15 8 Woodside over Eastern Stars 23 21 Alfred Doebber advertised 19 Temple Ave New York May 15 the Coney Island club will get a license and Fitzsimmons Jeffries will fight as planned.

Detroit Indianapolis Milwaukee Kansas City Columbus Buffalo Manning Hulen Reilly Newton Kellum Dibby Flynn Tao St. Louis Vaughn Wilson Breitenstein Muncie Bowen Jack Crooks Pickering St. Paul Minneapolis Mannassau Kokomo A. L. Goble Grand Rapids Hustlers Shafer Chapman and Wagner Burns Batteries Woodside Eastern Stars

Battle in Africa French lose officers and men

Mail advices report a general revolt on the Ivory Coast. Rebels bought rifles in Liberia and attacked French troops 25 miles from Tabou. Serious fighting followed with three French officers and 40 Senegalese killed or wounded. Several hundred rebels were killed.

Marseilles Ivory Coast Africa Liberia Tabou

Local woman fined for assault and profanity at station

Mattie Young, reported as a colored Amazon, was fined ten dollars for beating Esther Holland and one dollar for profanity. She raised Cain at the station and was placed in the dungeon.

Mattie Young Esther Holland Shidy Cain

Fire destroys Indianapolis desiccating plant on Sellers farm

A $30,000 blaze gutted the Indianapolis area desiccating plant on the Sellers farm near Indianapolis Sunday morning, causing $50,000 in damage. Six workers fought the fire but the flames overwhelmed them. The plant, owned by S. E. Raun, Henry Raun, Albert Elbrecht and F. M. Bachman, housed costly machinery and will be rebuilt. Bachman said destruction will halt for ten days as the site is sanitized and the city refuse will be burned again. Fire insurance coverage was $13,000.

Indianapolis Sellers Farm S. E Henry Raun Albert Elbrecht F. M. Bachman

Armor bids around 49 and 400 dollars a ton eyed

Navy department reports two firms, Carnegie and Bethlehem, will bid for ship armor. They supply all armor for new ships. Expected minimums are 49 dollars per ton for Krupp armor and 400 dollars per ton for others. Government price caps are 300 and 350 dollars respectively, hindering awards without Congressional increase.

Navy Department Carnegie Bethlehem Congress

American products expo planned for St Petersburg or Moscow

American officials report plans to stage an exhibition of American products in Russia after Paris. The Russian government pledges transportation, site relief, and customs duty advantages. If realized, nearly the entire American exhibit will move from Paris to Russia.

Washington St. Petersburg Moscow Paris Russia

Ex-Major Esterhazy's Dreyfus Claim Sparks Murder Theory

Paris May 15 ex Maj Esterhazy's latest Dreyfus claim alleges Lemercier Picard, real name Lehman, was murdered rather than killed by own action. Three killed in a wreck near Las Palmas Mex near Tampico on May 15. Fireman and two passengers die, engineer injured. Train dispatcher fled toward US border. pursued by rural police.

Paris Lex-Maj. Esterhazy Dreyfus Lemercier-Picard Lehman Tampico Mex Las Palmas United States

Wages Raised Amid Belmont Mills Tie to Wheeling Works

In Bellaire Ohio on May 15 workers at Belmont mill Top mill and La Belle mill in Wheeling West Virginia and the Benwood blast furnace at Martins Ferry Ohio, all part of the Wheeling steel and iron company, received a 10 percent wage increase that took effect Monday.

Bellaire, O Belmont Mill Top Mill la Belle Mill Wheeling W. Va Benwood Martin’s Ferry Wheeling Steel and Iron Company

Man Hunts Mob Near Slidell for Fatal Attack

A mob near Slidell Maryland hunts a Black man who fatally harmed Louis Rosenstein and then tried to kill his wife, with robbery named as the motive. A Dayton Tennessee posse and bloodhounds pursue the suspect who allegedly attempted to assault Miss Bessie Sparks.

Slidell Louis Rosenstein Dayton,Tenn Bessie Sparks

Ohio Briefs Mansfield National Synod Meeting

The National Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church will meet in Mansfield on May 61 with over 200 delegates expected to attend.

Mansfield National Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church

Wage World Sparks Labor Tension Across Regions

Boston pattern-makers press for a nine hour day threatening strike. In Pennsylvania a four hundred miner group near Soddy Mires Chattanooga area refuses to work until wages are uniform across the industry.

Boston Chattanooga Penn Atric

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