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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1899
Page
6
Judge Leathers issues injunction and grants divorce to Justus from his spouse after she failed to appear. Public summons followed as the couple lived separately during business trips, with orders keeping Justus single amid unclear court records.
John D. Collett seeks $45 from Union Trust as repayment for income tax deducted from his late father’s estate. He argues the administrator overpaid by withholding tax from all heirs pro rata rather than letting each heir pay individually. The issue is delicate and may require higher court review.
A New York firm claims a machine will predict stock market trends like a weather barometer. The American Commercial Corporation plans a 1 million dollar capitalization and 25.2 percent yearly profits. Inventor Mr Ford is said to have the device in Europe after 15 years of work with professorial endorsements.
The steamship Haveline reached New York with word that Benjamin Franklin Clark United States consul at Pernambuco died aboard the steamer May 19 and was buried at sea. He had Brights disease and was returning to his Manchester New Hampshire home with Mrs Clark.
Labor commissioners Schmid and Mc Cormack returned from Cayuga where they settled a strike of 35 brick makers. One worker faced trouble with his employer, while the others walked out in sympathy. The Cayuga factory mines were used in brick burning and employed 75 men.
At a Tuesday meeting of the Board of Safety Mr Mitchell of Chicago aerial truck manufacturing urgedIndianapolis needs another truck amid fears of being unable to operate if the current unit fails. Members said finances are too low now and will discuss purchase next year.
TERRE HAUTE Ind May 24 W L Duinlap candidate for command of the GAR was a member of the Seventh Indiana the first regiment to leave the state and first in the nation to fight a battle Capt BB Campbells regiment the Thirty fourth Indiana was the last to return and the last to stop fighting
A Muncie evangelist named Williams who lectured on Catholicism here a month ago has returned to Selma. He plans to resume preaching and says those who attacked him will face consequences.
Durbin visits Indianapolis and Terre Haute for Republican discourse on trusts. He notes potential foreign market expansion for large enterprises and highlights over capitalization as a key issue, while declining to detail a plan for the trust bill.
Assistant secretary Meiklejohn received a letter via Secretary Hay from Consul Dubois in St. Gall Switzerland. It reports Swiss merchants praise for U S trade in Manila and Iloilo and optimism for a prosperous era once peace returns. It also cites a son’s letter praising U S soldiers for discipline bravery and valor in battle.
The Hague May 24 delegates learned the three sections or committees and their chairmen for peace talks. Disarmament discussion chaired by M De Beenaert with honorary presidents Count Von Muenster and Andrew D White. Humanizing war chaired by Prof Martens with honorary presidents the duke of Tetuan Turkham Pasha and Count Wessersheimh. Arbitration chaired by J Bourgeois with honorary presidents Count Nigra and Sir Julian Painecrote.
Announcement by Mrs. Havemeyer reveals the engagement of her daughter Dora Havemeyer to Lieut. Cameron McR. Winslow U S N. The Havemeyers are prominent in society and Winslow earned distinction at Cienfuegos last summer for a calve under fire. No date is set.
Harvard students found the John Harvard statue at Memorial Hall painted again on Tuesday. Large ten inch letters read Med. Fac. The Med. Fac. society had awarded an honorary degree to the czar of Russia, who sent a set of surgical instruments in gratitude.
Paris on May 2 reports Sarah Bernhardt’s Hemlet sparked a quarrel between critics Catule Mendes and George Levaner. The men dueled with swords near Pierrefond, north of Paris, Mendes wounded in the arm Tuesday.
All city lodges will join in annual memorial services on Sunday June 18 at Tomlinson Hall with a splendid program arranged.
Rainy season begins in Manila. New York stock exchange to close Monday May 23. Former Secretary Sherman and wife in Mansfield. St L P N sale to C A J A Blumer Co with liabilities 224254. Rear admiral Schley praised in Council Bluffs. Parisians split on Sarah Bernhardt Hamlet. Chicago hotel men meet. Cliff Shears elected president. Five miners killed at Siegen Germany. Peace parade in Washington canceled due to rain. Wm Beahan confesses striking the man who caused Henry Reitz’s death. Zanardelli expected to resign in Rome. Sarah Barber dies after jumping from fourth story in Brooklyn. War secretary approves football at Annapolis and West Point. Geo T Parsons dies. wife suspected of poisoning him. Adrian Braun to be electrocuted at Sing Sing. Nine murderers awaiting execution. Harry Robinson missing from Toledo with $1000. Malden parade stand collapse injures 360. reps Harvell and Chasse hurt. Distribution of $3,000,000 to begin Thursday. Cuban soldiers may refuse pro rata pay and keep arms. Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup advertised as cough cure.
A terse fragment from a newspaper page suggests a promotional line about telling seven people you have something to share. The source text is incomplete and lacks clear event, place, or identifiable organizations.
A report extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a simple sleep aid after a Massachusetts woman with six years of insomnia and nervous prostration found relief. The testimonial notes she followed physician advice and remained a temperance adherent while recommending the product to others needing a gentle stimulant.
In Buffalo on May 24, George H. Kinter and Elizabeth L. Kinter were arrested on warrants by U S district attorney Emory P Close. They face manslaughter charges following the death of Ralph I Saunders, 7, son of Mr and Mrs James C Saunders.
A London dispatch reported Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia won the first locomotive contract for Zionist development in Palestine. It also said Herr Herz and Dr Nordau secured 1,259,000 dollars toward a 5,000,009 dollar Zionist funding goal.
New York May 24 Lothario a 3 year old horse owned by Rogers and Rose was sold at Morris Park Tuesday afternoon to George Smith Pittsburg Phil for 10000 dollars Col Roosevelt a 2 year old from the same firm brought 7600 dollars John Madden bought Newton Benning's Tillo for 5000 dollars.
VIENNA May 4 Count Joseph Hoyos, a key witness to Crown Prince Rudolphs death by his own hand in 1889 and the messenger who conveyed the news to the emperor, died suddenly Tuesday.
The aggregate balances of New York associated banks at the clearing house on Tuesday totaled 19,540,997 dollars, a record high for the entity.
Amusements outline final matinee and evening performances of Minister Extraordinary by Barclay Walker for the author’s benefit. The Prisoner of Algiers, with Frank Lindon, at the Park until Thursday, followed by The Signal of Liberty about the Spanish war. Indianapolis military band concerts Friday night and Saturday matinee in Tomlinson Hall attract liberal patronage.
May 24 market update from Indianapolis details price lists for vegetables fruits and groceries. Included are beans peas potatoes onions strawberries oranges bananas and standard canned goods along with meats lard bacon and pickled products and a wide range of staples and chemicals.
A concise yard, stable or house message to The Sun states a factual notice. The sender seeks a response or outcome by conveying a straightforward fact in a short liner.
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