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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1899
Page
2
The Indianapolis team faces a pivotal moment as a critical game could drop them to sixth place. Local observers note potential shifts in standings if a loss occurs, while the squad prepares to refocus and aim for a needed win.
The big Minneapolis pitcher Phillippi, signed by Louis Vili, set the mark as he blanked New York with almost a perfect game. His season has surpassed Western league recruits like Taylor Phyle Phillips and Hahn, yet earnings remain modest. Indianapolis clings to sixth while only two games separate Minneapolis from top, and a three-game Milwaukee loss belies the team’s recent hitting woes.
Readable fragments show multiple battery pairings and officials across Indiana locales including Muncie Kokomo Terre Haute and Danville with names such as MeIntire Kellner Rutherford Kennedy Jarvis Abbott Fisher Mitchell RH E Anderson Summers Teal. The text appears as a garbled score or listing of matchups and officials without a coherent single event.
Indianapolis and Minneapolis postponed due to wet grounds. Wa bash to be strengthened with Whissen Brodie and a Notre Dame player. Goble plans a Bluffton semi pro team after selling the iXokome franchise. J-league rumored near end. new State league proposed with Elwood Richmond and Alexandria in, Anderson Terre Haute Danville out. Interstate games note Wheeling over Dayton 8 5 and others. Buffalo trip cited as unlikely to three wins. Milwaukee buys Danny Friend for 500 dollars. Dayton to protest Wheeling game over farm hands ineligible players. Monkey Foreman of Indianapolis now a softer option this season. Milwaukee’s hitting slump noted.
The article notes Jean Beraud winning the Belmont stakes at Morris Park on Thursday, with a purse of 9 680. It mentions Fitzsimmons’ contingent eyeing bids on Sydney Paget’s grand colt and discusses the Louisville pool rooms reopening plans. Also reported are a six‑round boxing match between Stockings Conroy and Frank Childs at Fort Dearborn, Childs’ prior win, Harry Gibson’s fast one third mile unpaced time, and Star bowling club beating North-sides with scores 672 698 777 to 589 606 727.
Mrs Alexander Lanier aged 73 died Friday morning at her daughter Mrs Charles Walcott’s home 902 North Meridian Street after two months illness and a paralytic stroke a year earlier She moved to Indianapolis from Madison five years ago upon her husband’s death He was a member of Winslow Lanier Co a wealthy New York banking family Surviving: two brothers Charles Godman Madison and Jefferson Godman Haverhill Mass and her daughter Mrs Walcott.
Levi Moore, a Kansas City fishmonger, shot three women in a rooming house last Sunday. Mrs. Nellie Campbell died Friday morning, completing the deaths. Mrs. Anna Mesh and Mrs. Ella Landis had died earlier. Moore was jealous of Campbell and fired on the two women he did not know.
Charles Gray of the northwest part of town kicked his wife Viola and a boy in the railroad yards on a recent evening. The incident prompted a court appearance, but the judge ruled the husband acted justifiably and declined to impose a fine.
City engineer Jeup said iron prices rise makes current bridges likely to use non iron materials. He suggested concrete where metal is required and promised bridges built now would avoid iron.
The park trustees advertised for bids on a dam across White River near Emerich’s bridge and for a road through the new park running north about two miles, outlining the proposed infrastructure project and route.
Frank Thiene was arrested Friday for the alleged theft of brass and lead from Moses Saphie at 1 E Washington St. John Holmes of 2126 Arsenal Ave. faced an assault and battery charge involving his wife Josephine. Bert Williams, cab driver for the Irwin transfer company, was charged with embezzling fares. He is said to have "copped out" considerable sums.
Henry Nichol, trusted employee of jeweler George Dyer, was fined five dollars by Judge Cox on Friday for stealing gold chippings from his employer. Nichol, who lived in Dyer's shop rooms in the Waverly building, swept and saved dust from the floor and melted out the gold particles.
School children and orphans will fill Tomlinson hall Saturday afternoon for a concert with tickets at ten cents. The Big Four office reports brisk seat sales and a large young audience including kindergarten pupils.
Western trains brought 62 carloads of corn and 10 carloads of livestock into Indianapolis on Thursday. The Big Four will soon complete its new tracks at Anderson, enabling all freight trains to bypass the Belt. Pennsylvania is constructing spur tracks on land recently bought for a freight depot between Pennsylvania and Delaware wards.
A 50 year life stock yards entity is formed in Indianapolis with directors D P Erwin Frank E Humphrey Freder ick E Squires Henry L Miller Alvin S Lockard and Simon O Donnel. Other Indiana incorporations include Goshen gas company with 60000 capital Diamond Flint company Hartford City capital 15000 Crystal chemical works Alexandria capital 10000 and Anderson Red Cross Medical Association capital 5000. Mineral wool manufacturing is noted.
Mrs Sarah Ling, 52, of East Boston, burned in Friday morning incident at Regia Cuba electric plant. Two Cubans killed and three wounded in the blaze, details incomplete.
A diagonal cyclone hit Adams county near Hastings Nebraska around midnight damaging homes and farms. Two children were hurt on John Hall's farm, H W Giles broke his back nearby, and the St Joseph and Grand Island railroad suffered several building destructions. No confirmed deaths yet, with remote country districts still unreported.
A veritable Klondike excitement spreads in Cerro Pinto lower California as prospectors rush to the new diggings. Reports say gold assays range from 13 to 20 dollars per ounce. The steamer Pacheco departed Ensenada Thursday night with a crowded deck. Large Santa Rosalia copper mines shut as workers join the Cerro Pinto rush.
Carl Johnson a colored man arrested in Jackson township for assaulting the 13 year old daughter of white farmer John Miler faced a lynching mob in a five mile pursuit. A constable pursued with Johnson to Springfield where the mob fired repeatedly but retreated without seizure.
A steam drying cylinder exploded at the James Martin & Co dyeing and finishing mill in Philadelphia killing Daniel Huston and William Lang. Three others Mike McDonough Mike Carlin and Robert Underwoth were badly injured with McDonough possibly dying. The building suffered heavy damage.
In Cardwell Arkansas on Friday morning a clutch pulley at the Decatur egg case company plant burst loose tearing through a heavy partition and killing Samuel Smith instantly. His head was torn from his body and carried with the pulley more than 100 feet.
Harisson Reed, Florida's first carpetbagger governor, died in Jacksonville at age 73. Born in Littleton, Massachusetts in 1813, he edited the Milwaukee Sentinel and other western papers and founded Neenah, Wisconsin. He served as governor for about four years amid storms, and faced three impeachment attempts, all unsuccessful.
Health officers declare the Sahm street smallpox quarantine lifted after a second removal of the house from the pesthouse. No quarantines remain and no patients are left, signaling a believed eradication of the disease.
George Petrie of 1882 Highland place faced two affidavits charging assault and battery and fast driving. He ran over Alma Bernd and Sophia Zorn in Garfield Park two weeks ago and did not stop to check the damage.
State geologist W. S. Blatchley will conduct extensive field work this summer and fall including a trip to the Brown County gold field to assess the extent of gold deposits and map potential prospects.
Mrs Ay ses Cook Sr files for divorce from Peter Cook in Lapayette Indiana claiming he runs around after the girls. The complaint outlines alleged infidelity and marital strife as the basis for the action.
The Board of Public Works passed a large batch of improvement resolutions Friday. The measures include brick and gravel roadways and numerous alley projects across streets such as Michigan, Delaware to Alabama, Chestnut, Meridian, and Capitol. Declared vacatons include Northwestern avenue between Thirty-second Street and Fall Creek, with a uniform width of 60 feet.
New York on May 26 reports the Marion Clark kidnapping mystery deepens as police widen the search. Chief Devery orders monitoring of Second Avenue letter boxes between Houston and Sixty Fifth Street with officers armed and scrutinizing notes. A young newspaper woman’s resemblance to missing nurse Carrie Jones is noted, suspicion of a staged story for exclusive paper sale. Captain McClusky says the crime may be planned by someone connected to a newspaper office.
Representatives from DePauw Hanover Purdue Earlham Butler and Indiana universities met at Butler tennis grounds Friday in a quiet, spirited series. Smith of Indiana defeated Boisen of I U in singles while DePauw’s Pierson easily defeated Watts of Butler. Doubles saw Hanover edge Butler in a tight finish as Oldfather and Walton fell to Hanover after deuce twice. DePauw must beat Hanover or Purdue to claim singles title. doubles hinge on DePauw Hanover matchups with Butler sidelined.
Havana dock men strike continues with threats of sympathy action. Over 83 coal miners in Bevier and Ardmore Missouri plan a Saturday strike for a per cent wage rise. Wheeling streetcar strike lasts seven weeks costing the company about 50 000 though regular service remains. Polish freight handlers in Buffalo strike over working with Italians leading to a fatal shooting of a Pole. leaders arrested and others return to work.
Wire whispers report six new mail cars for Louisville Kentucky and ongoing race losses for Tod Stoan. Epidemic typhoid in Danevan Alaska. Public funeral for Emilio Castelar in Madrid. New York clearing house may add armor plate vaults like Pittsburgh. Havana seeks prompt sewer construction. Exeter wreck blamed on railway workers to be arrested. Yale elects Arthur T. Hadley president. Royal Arcanum meets in Montreal for next year. Horace Morane arrested in Waynesboro Maryland claiming wealth. Benedict Boardman fatally stabs Elizabeth Berkeley in San Diego for refusal to marry. Presbyterians of Minneapolis conclude business and delegates head home. Mrs. Durant travels to Berlin to join daughter. Immense rod mill planned at Jotvet Ti by Garrett of Cleveland. rods from old rails. General Shafter plans model camp at Presidio for 4000 Philippine volunteers. Reina Mercedes to be docked at Norfolk. danger of yellow fever feared. Alexander Skanadore, Oneida, marries Mabel Bennett in Chicago.
Washington May 26 cabinet meeting final touches on the long delayed civil service order. The plan exempts about 4000 of 65000 currently covered, mainly United States deputy marshals and trusted positions. Government printing office employees likely exempt. The Cuba shipowners issue was sent to the attorney general for opinion. They currently fly no flag and lack a government, with questions on flag authorization.
New York May 26 Interest in the Fitzsimmons Jeffries mill grows as bettors record wagers. Meehan bets 1400 on Fitzsimmons against 1000 on Jeffries with Bert Tucker. Lam ery bets 400 against 500 on Jeffries with Jack Bowers. Burgess lays 500 against 1000 on the Californian with A Riley of Providence. Jeffries trains at Asbury Park and Bath Beach sees Fitzsimmons refine wind and weight readiness.
Evansville Ind May 26 The Hall & Lawrence mine company signs the Chicago scale. Miners arrange a large June 11 picnic. All mines expect representatives to hear Mineworkers union officers address the situation. National president John Mitchell and others will speak.
B F Shaw, 63, died Thursday night at his daughter Mrs Lee Wellys home 1267 Fletcher Ave from Brights disease. A former prominent Odd Fellow in Lafayette he worked in the oil business until three years ago. Survived by his wife, two daughters Mrs Kelly and Mrs Lon Akers and his daughter in law. Funeral set for 2 p m Sunday.
Guthrie Ok May 28 The smallpox quarantine of the Sac and Fox Indians has been raised. Every Indian was stripped naked and forced to run a quarter mile to a new village where they were supplied with clothing blankets tents and supplies by the government The old village and its contents were destroyed by fire During the smallpox epidemic 67 Indians died.
Marion Indiana hosts a regional gathering from May 26 to June 23 with Indiana and Ohio participants. Prominent speakers include Rev. A. W. Mann of Ohio, noted as the country’s only preacher in sign language.
Wayre township farmer J P Farrington was released from bond by Judge Leathers after an understanding with lender John J Cooper. Cooper agreed to accept a note signed by Farrington and Farringtons father in law William Watt in place of the debt of 400 dollars, preventing county departure.
A group of gypsies in English, Indiana, on May 24 competed with a blacksmith to save their horses and then looted a local store, according to report.
Two doctors were seized in Cologne on a charge of helping men dodge army service by giving pills that caused heart palpitations. Four pill takers died, prompting an official probe.
Weekend sale listing hall runners in multiple sizes from 3x9 to 3x32 feet with prices around 5.99 to 8.98. Ingrain art squares, yard Union carpeting, linoleum, oil cloth, cocoa matting, screens, hammocks for children, Nottingham curtains, and window shades offered in assorted designs. Includes stock numbers and sizes for Saturday purchases.
Hugh McGowan of the Indianapolis street railway company announced Friday that starting June 1 all conductors and motormen will receive a wage increase of one cent per hour. For the first three months, raises rise to 15 cents, then 16 cents for the next three, and 17 cents thereafter. Street car wages had held at 11, 14, and 16 cents under the former regime. The advance was granted without a request from employees.
The defense opened its case in the Maud Goodin trial over alleged complicity in acid throwing on Aimee Haskinson. Witness Mrs. Loder stumbled under cross examination in prior proceedings, but improved as Judge Coffin sustained fewer questions. She testified that Mrs. Goodin was in her Empire block rooms when Klein claimed spying on Dr Haskinson and urged her to kill.
The Board of works and safety and the mayor will visit Shelby st barns on Saturday to arrange conversion into a market house. The street car company will cooperate and cover the costs regardless of city plans. The barns effectively became city property in the recent street car deal. Newspaper Suppressed. Wardner Idaho May 26 publication of the Mullen Mirror halted and editor W H Stewart arrested for publishing seditious material. All saloons in Mullen Berke and Gem closed by military authorities. Gen Merriam left for Denver leaving Maj Smith in command.
Classified fragment shows job ad for a sales or agent position at New Home sewing machine office at 126 Virginia Ave and a dishwashing post in a hotel or restaurant at 52 Summit Street. It also lists multiple rental notices including large front room for men at 2 N What last Delaware, furnished or unfurnished above rear room at 722 N Delaware, lovely summer rooms with bath at 627 N Dividend, and housekeeping rooms lower part at 5B Okie.
Indianapolis observers report cattle receipts at 900 and hog receipts near 1000 on Friday. Cattle prices show activity with good to prime steers around 1,250 and varied bids for other classes. hog prices generally lower with 4,100 shipments and mixed weights. sheep and lamb markets also active with spring lambs and ewes listed in ranges.
Friday price report shows Wheat No 2 red mixing 73 cents and 7 1 2 cents for May 3c wagon. Corn weak with No 1 white 32 7 cents and No 3 white 38 cents. Hay No 1 timothy 9.25 9.75 and No 3 timothy 8.25 8.75. Gats dull with white and mixed grades listed.
R. R. Shiel & Co reports heavy receipts with overall market down about 5 to 70 cents on all grades. Chicago prices fall from Monday levels. Prices quoted range from 2.30 to 3.50 for various hog and pig weights, with receipts described as heavy and declines anticipated.
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