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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1899
Page
3
Lawranceburg report recounts Louis Munier who feeds a dog and follows its lead to a creek where the dog retrieves a large fish. The dog then guides Munier to a second fish as onlookers witness the unusual scene.
Evansville Indiana May 22 Wm Orwick 70 a farmer near West Franklin shot and killed his son in law Thomas Sanders on Sunday Sanders had come for his children after his wife left him The man fired twice with a shotgun in the doorway and Sanders died ten minutes later in view of Mrs Sanders and the three children
A stallion escaped its handler at a Plainfield horse show on Saturday and charged through a crowded street, tearing clothing and prompting a rush to safety. The two horses were separated before any serious injuries occurred and no bystanders were hurt.
Aunt Peggy Bailey of Huntington Indiana died at her home Saturday aged 112. Born in Kentucky she reached 112 last March. She had smoked a pipe since youth and kept her faculties until two months prior when she suddenly became deaf dumb blind and partially insane.
In Bloomfield Indiana on May 2 1932 Dr B B Ray was found guilty of murder in the slaying of Miss Malissa Skinner last December. The jury sentenced him to life imprisonment at 2 45 p m on Sunday.
In Muncie on May 22 Mrs Elena Hart found her mother Mrs Thomas Slater unconscious from morphine after a dance. She died at 7 a.m. No motive is stated for the death.
A mosaic of brief items from Indiana towns notes graduations, deaths, church work, street improvements, and local events. Mentions South Bend graduates, Montpelier families, Terre Haute parades, and a planned electric railroad. several deaths and marriages. school and church developments. local disputes and curiosities across numerous counties.
Halifax May 22 The season sees 4000 Galicians from Austria head to the Canadian northwest. 1300 aboard the Hamburg from Sunday, while the Phoenicia carried part of the group. The Canadian government offers a per head bonus to the steamship company for gathering these immigrants.
In Morgantown West Virginia on May 22 a year ago a gypsy woman asked permission to tell family fortunes at Mrs Mary Callahan’s home in Berkeley county. Mrs Callahan refused and the gypsy warned that her husband would die in two months. He did die, and Mrs Callahan, convinced the readings caused his death, became severely insane and was committed to an asylum on Saturday.
Report from the British steamship Garona describes a ranchman’s wife killing her late stepdaughter with a club in Waimea Hawaii. A boy who witnessed the crime alerted a nearby woman who seized the killer’s child and threw it against a wall, breaking its neck. The two women buried the children in one grave and hid the crime until neighbors learned the truth and they were arrested.
A well informed Republican member predicts Col Henderson of Town could gain surprising strength for speaker among eastern congressmen, especially the Pennsylvania delegation, if Pennsylvania does not nominate its own candidate amid Republican disunity.
Gideon Hogg, a leading logging man, was robbed of $5,650 after a trip to Ford, Kentucky, and murdered south of Serijent. His watch and revolver vanished, with no clues forthcoming. In Chicago, Burrill Douglas was shot dead in a saloon quarrel sparked by a card game, his son Frank mortally wounded by George Allen. Both incidents involve Black victims and assailants.
New England hotel men en route to Chicago halted in Indianapolis Monday. Bates hosted a luncheon at 11 and the visitors toured the city. The governor appeared in his parlor to deliver a welcome speech that drew hearty applause.
Miss Grace Hess wed in a ceremony at Wabash Hall with her parents listed as the former clerk of the sui. State-house officials were invited to the event, marking a notable social occasion in the community.
The May 22 report from Custer S D notes Lee and Charles Carr, two ranchers, struck free gold nine miles southwest of the city last Friday. Nuggets as large as hickory nuts and rock with gold stringers were recovered. Stampede to gullies grows as news spreads.
The famed Japanese actor Otto Kawakami arrives in San Francisco with Mine Yacco, a leading Tokyo geisha, and two accompanying persons. They plan a brief season before touring Chicago and New York then proceeding to the Paris fair.
Gen C Dr Wolff aged 78 died at his Clayton home in St Louis County on Sunday. He served in the Mexican and Civil Wars and was made a brigadier general before the Civil War ended.
A camping capitalized at 35 million dollars formed to construct a three mile tunnel near Chihuahua Mexico under a group of mines.
In Marion Indiana plasterers and trimmers walked out in sympathy with carpenters who began a strike four weeks ago. Contractors state they will not meet the wage demands.
Samuel Sonondy died near Covington Indiana at age in early day he built a fortune and became Fountain county's largest taxpayer. The pneumonia death occurred Saturday and marked the passing of a wealthy resident who migrated to Indiana long ago.
Assistant zoologist Ashley receives two pamphlet reports on Indiana wells from Frank Leverett of the U S Geological Survey. Northern and southern Indiana coverage includes almost every county, with material gathered by Leverett’s extensive travels. The reports, introductory to glacial movements in the state, are available through congressmen. E M Windle, a Franklin native bound for Yale, will study southern Indiana devonian limestone for State geologist Blatchley this summer, as Kindle’s Yale thesis focuses on southern Indiana and northern Kentucky devonian rocks.
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