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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1900
Page
4
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A sweeping critique predicts post election prosecutions and ongoing corruption chatter as the new president faces office. It imagines Bryan taking a Lincoln home, McKinley’s fate, and warns of renewed corruption charges, while lampooning platforms and political figures of the era.
The council shows resolve Monday night as it embraces an anti Higgins measure amid tense times. The grand jury faces the greedy Commodore on one side and a council investigation on the other, with Richard Croker of Crokerville, NY labeled as a leading advocate of lawlessness. Early forecasts suggest a tight race forthcoming.
The article surveys telegraph diplomacy’s impact and the Franco Prussian War, notes Thiers’s skepticism about the device, then details the National Magazine’s feature on double tracking Chicago to Council Bluffs, Boone’s new Des Moines river bridge, and a colossal Russian 12 wheel locomotive with advanced articulation and boiler power practices shaping future railway development. It also discusses modern engine heating surface gains across England and main lines in Europe.
Miss Jessie Izett shines in Diplomacy with Dora in strong turns alongside Linthicum Denithorne and Flood. matinees set for Wednesday and Saturday. Andrew Robson's Royal Box draws sparse crowd despite praise. Hyde’s comedians at Park theater deliver gilt-edged bill with Coghlan and Louis Massen, plus Colbys and Nicholls sisters. Beloved Be hman show to follow at Park. Empire hosts Rice Barton troupe amid mixed reception. Dewey Theater presents Dobie extravaganza with Barkers and Barton antics. Bryan Zoo coyote stirs laughs as lions scratch. Modjeska mounts Mary Stuart and King John with Seligman and Williams. Mme Herrmann clashes over tights with Pittsburg Duquesne manager.
Engineering Magazine reports a shift from earlier doubts to high pressure. By 180 a large share of engines at Vincennes exceed 200 pounds per square inch, with newer French locomotives like du Bousquet’s Atlantic No 2642 and Salomon’s eight wheeler No 2411 reaching at least 228 psi.
On the Ellen Read arriving from Manila a mongoose was said to have cured dysentery among sailors after six men tried to drown it. Capt Clark died from dysentery earlier. the crew claimed the creature is immune to malaria and swamp fevers and that mongoose oil is prized in the Philippines for swamp rheumatism.
A collage of quips from various papers. Jabs at Roosevelt Woolley Bryan and others reflect press mood ahead of campaigns. Witty takes note the New York Sun’s early stance and Washington Post predicts American railroad zeal in South Africa as conflict subsides.
A collection of Indiana newspaper clippings criticizes trusts pressuring workers, laments Bryan era policies and revenue stamps, attacks political machines, and argues prohibition as a central fiscal issue. Warnings of wage-earner suffering under syndicate control appear alongside partisan jabs.
The Flower mission fair will open next Tuesday. Mrs. Mary Mueller hosts the Holy Cross social club on Wednesday at her home on East Washington Street in Richmond. Miss Mary Henchman and Rev. B. F. Ivey of Ambla Indiana were married Monday at the bride's home by Rev. F. M. Kemper.
A friend of James W. Vaughn, an Indianapolis saloon keeper, phones THE SUN to deny reports he switched to the Republican Party. The caller asserts Vaughn remains a Democrat amid lingering speculation. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup promoted as a remedy for coughs and colds.
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Big Four president M. E. Ingalls will stay at the helm and not move to the Southern Pacific or the New York Central. Indiana business leaders seek a liberal legislature appropriation for an Indiana exhibit at the Buffalo Pan-American exposition. A Greenfield car collision injures Mrs. Harry West. her son escapes. Patrols to curb liquor sales. armed with uniforms and civilian clothes. Conrad Cline, Connersville, falls from an Irvington car and is revived. Walter K. Landis, former Indianapolis journalist, now San Juan postmaster, visits home. Porto Rico tariff cited as vindicating.
Peter Crane, buried Monday at Crown Hill, was one of the oldest locomotive engineers in the United States. He entered service with the L. S. & M. S&S more than 50 years ago and hauled the train that startled Union Pacific officials when the lines connected. He never had an accident and, after retiring about ten years ago, lived with his daughter Mrs Edward Kittenbach in Irvington. His son Charles A Crane was foreman of Santa Fe engines at Fort Madison Iowa.
A fire Tuesday morning in St. Louis destroyed the Weissert Bros tobacco factory, a four story building. Losses on buildings machinery and stock exceed $100,000 as the structure lies in ruins.
Paris on November 6 reports the death of Jeanne Beaupre once famed as a Napoleon III sweetheart and later a friend of Dumas Pere. She claimed she wrote part of Dumas novels. death attributed to starvation in a garret.
Fears for the Samoa transport carrying 600 horses to the German army in China after its departure from San Francisco on September 26. The vessel sailed November 6 is reported in dispatches.
Horace Mann aged 49 a street car conductor on the Haughville line died Monday at midnight at his home 18 N New Jersey street He leaves a wife and is survived by no other immediate relatives named in the report
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