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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1899
Page
2
On April 18 1890 M De Staal delivered a speech at the session addressing growing ties binding the Family of Nations. He warned that whenever two powers clash a third party arises ready to mediate for practical application of the said sought aims.
Indianapolis residents witnessed a brilliant meteor drop to earth just after 2 a m on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses described a night bright as day for an instant before the object descended. In Indiana, a separate report from Anderson notes a meteor fall near Middletown with shell-like fragments and a large hole in a corn field two miles from town.
Franklin Ind May 24 A one year old boy the son of Archie Mitchell living near Samaria was caught in a roller and decapitated while the father was away getting a drink. The head was found about fifty feet from the body in the incident reported by Sps.
General Gorsex plans a Washington visit while national Baptists meet in San Francisco. Alaska natives hunt otters for $600 skins. Sixth Ohio mustered out at Georgia camp. Chicago reports Evelyn Curran found dead in River Forest. Berlin hosts International Tuberculosis Congress. Smallpox cases rise in Nicedon. Dawson fire relief funded by Bank of England. Rodbourn mill fire in Kentucky causes $57,000 loss. Clau de Branton hanged in Wasine for murder. Various regionalNotes on anti trust talks and local industry prospects emerge as fires, arrests, and court actions unfold.
New York May 24 The Evening World reports Senator Platt declares for McKinley and Hobart as the Republican standard bearers. He praises the party strength and President McKinley's conduct of the Spanish War, argues for Anglo-Saxon unity and expansion for American commerce, and pins the Democrats to silver as their sole issue.
Representative Sherman of New York notified President McKinley of his candidacy for speaker and sought administration support after an hourlong meeting. Representative Cannon of Illinois, who withdrew for Hopkins, also met the president to press his friend’s bid.
Belmont denies vice presidency bid despite Bryan as a preferred head of the ticket. He releases a bold, public gospel of democracy advocating an income tax franchise tax inheritance tax a levy on churches public ownership of franchises destruction of the national bank system a condensed army and an expanded navy and direct senatorial elections.
Two bandits boarded a caboose at North Marion water station Tuesday night, overpowering brake man Benjamin Prescot and robbing him of 30 dollars. Prescot was thrown from the train but not seriously hurt. his absence was not noticed until the train reached Marion.
The Mannnerchor ladies society invites children to a festival on Sunday afternoon at Sixteenth Street and Senate Avenue after 1 p m. If weather is bad the event moves to the following Sunday. Members should bring lunches.
Deird Lewis and Miss Mars Iarman married after two years of family opposition. The ceremony took place on Tuesday in Crown Point, ending a period of troublesome interference by the couple’s relatives.
An onlooker reports Michael Mackey and Janes ile engaged in a dispute over a Cerep game when Riley intervened and struck Mackey with a club and fired shots at him with a revolver. The incident occurred in Mis 24 amid tense confrontation.
County officers and others indicted for alleged maladministration in county affairs will be afforded the last two weeks of the present term for their hearings. The date window follows ongoing legal proceedings and aims to resolve the cases.
Births list multiple families including Ante Mitchell Grueb Brill Farb Budd. deaths note Ella Murphy Jennie Solenberg Greer Jentry William Fitch. various marriage licenses published for Gates Weaver Crowley Corrigan Berg Dunica Johnson Armstrong Baker Early Gramiing West Wilson Ensslin Schultz.
Frank and Charles Whitney drowned while shooting the Palouse rapids near Grange Washington. The body of an unknown man was found in a canal near Brighton Ohio.
In the old world the United States minister to Spain Bellamy Storer is expected to arrive May 30 and preparations are under way for a reception in his honor. In Copenhagen a Danish gunboat captured the British trawler Admiral for trespass. A Spanish clerical bid to suppress Protestant schools is noted. A large lock-out hits Iron trades workers. In Pekin Russia refuses a Chinese railroad concession but will send engineers to survey a line to Pekin. White Star Teutonic reports sailing past the Siddharta abandoned and waterlogged with masts gone.
Reported shift in control of the Seventh National Tank includes Mark Hanna as a major buyer. Perry S. Heath, first assistant postmaster general, purportedly represented Senator Hanna in acquiring the stock.
In Red Bank New Jersey masked men bound gagged the watchman at the Red Bank and Long Branch trolley company car barn poured kerosene over the cars and burned them. The busi ness is suspended with no clue to the perpetrators. Separately in Portsmouth Ohio workers at Burgess steel and iron works went on strike after another wage cut for heaters amid two new furnaces and a plan to divide wages. The plant employs about 750 men.
CORK May 24 The Examiner announces the retirement of Justin McCarthy from parliament and public life. Mr McCarthy is 6 and has sat in parliament for 20 years representing County Longford and Kerry City. He began his career as a journalist in Cork and has won distinction as a writer in history and fiction.
In HARDY Arkansas on May 24 Mrs W S Morgan wife of W S Morgan editor of a populist paper and her sister used blacksnake whips to thrash Ida Hall a compositor on the paper The fight stemmed from a belief that Morgan favored his compositor Morgan had run for governor on the populist ticket last year.
Abraham Gripliven of Tulton county was abducted from his home Tuesday night by a band of men who forced him into a “scrubbing bee.” He was then dressed in new clothes and warned to obey the death laws in the future or face harsher punishment.
In Minneapolis on May 4 the Presbyterian general assembly held talks on foreign missions. Several addresses discussed the subject and the assembly sent econgratulations to Queen Victoria.
Tacoma May 24 The largest stamp mill in the world at the Treadwell mine on Douglas Island Alaska began operation ten days ago. All stamps on the Treadwell properties now output about 14000 dollars worth of ore daily.
In Philadelphia May report says several ships including the burkenting Anita Berwind, the Portuguese hark Industria and the Allegheny are feared lost. The Berwind with one crewman is believed missing. Allegheny with two crew may also be in distress.
New York May 24.8 T Buckhurst a mining expert from Miontinea reports gold outcroppings in Central Park yielding from 4.53 to 4 pounds per ton under state and federal laws claims could be located and mined.
Judge Leathers grants Stela N L Bryan a divorce from William Bryan. Alimony set at 590 dollars plus 100 dollars for her lawyer Lewis A. Coleman. The case was tried weeks ago and showed Bryan had been unfaithful.
Frederick May 24. John Fox 46 who wed Miss Kittie Zimmerman a week ago has filed a bill for divorce. He names his farmhand Anderson as the co respondent.
In Muncie Indiana on May 24 a quarrel between liveryman Joseph Reardon and three men who brought a bogey back to the stable ended with Reardon beaten with a club and kicked until unconscious.
The Bessemer association met in Cleveland on Wednesday and boosted pig iron to 17 dollars per ton. A further price rise is anticipated.
Mayor Taggart and President Downing of the Board of Works rode to inspect bridges Wednesday afternoon, traveling by carriage to view the sites and assess conditions.
The appellate court issued sixteen decisions on the first day of the May term. Chief Justice Comstock led the rulings involving Lawrence county Barrett law challenges and a major case, Helen Lewis v Albertson et al. The court affirmed lower court liens on property after contested assessments and allowed Walter Hopper $2144 from the Columbian relief association for illness nonpayment of dues. Maud Bailey won $1000 damages from John M Gaston for a fall in a coal hole at a business block corner New York and Delaware streets. Adela Armstrong received a verdict against Railway officials accident association after her husband’s death in Ohio.
Controller Johnson faces counting a large forfeit from the New Telephone Company after a bank withdrawal dispute. He notes about 9000 dollars in ragged $2 and $6,000 in smaller notes may be in the vault awaiting audit, a process expected to take a month.
Backers of a new stock yards scheme reviewed multiple sites Wednesday afternoon and announced the project a sure thing with incorporation and $500,000 capital stock to be issued this week.
George Murphy jailed for concealed weapons refused a pardon on record. City court judge McGee will rule Thursday on whether a prisoner can be forced to accept a pardon.
Property owners who opposed the street improvements near Kokomo Indiana have nearly all withdrawn their remonstrances and the work will be resumed.
Joe Sharkey aged 12 of 3121 W Washington Sr was thrown from a horse near Eagle Creek on Wednesday morning and lay unconscious for a long time but was not seriously hurt.
The American Ginning Company is incorporated in Trenton New Jersey with a capital of five million dollars to gin cotton burn wood spin threads and nap goods. In New York on May 24 a tin can trust is formed with capital stock of ten million dollars.
Hogrever argues no retrial for six days on the same offense and claims any man who plays Sunday baseball for a fee can be arrested at any time. The remark reflects legal contention over retrial limits and policing of league participation.
An 1898 trade blurb touts Celery-Vesce as curing headache and neuralgia and claims 2,328,250 Tish-I-Mingo's sold. It notes women finding work by filling wants in ion Ga SLiv's liners, ending with a skeptical “No, doubt” claim.
RB R Shiel and Co notes strong cattle market and mixed hog values in Indianapolis on May 24 1899 with receipts good. Prices cited include 250 to 300 at 3.95 to 4.00, 200 to 210 at 3.90 to 3.95, and pigs at 2.75 to 3.34 with red Yorkers. Chicago prices were slightly lower.
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