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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1899
Page
3
A strike begins at Princeton coal and mining company mines with 125 men out. The dispute centers on coal weight measurements, as the company and the road weighings disagree on tonnage.
Brazil Indiana November 7. Operators in the Brazil district consider a miners request to share in the higher profits from coal price increases.
Miss Ira Orr aged 19 of Mooresville died after her parents refused medical aid and neighbors failed to summon timely care. Local authorities report neglect linked to treatment by self-styled divine healers and a physician arrived too late to save her.
Brother Crispinian John Devanney of the Holy Cross at Notre Dame died here after a long career. He came from Ireland as a boy and first worked in the household of Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, serving as his valet until Douglas's death.
In Peru Indiana Perry Himer aged 15 died from a skull fracture a week after being struck by a freight train. Roy Dawson was sentenced to two to fourteen years for larceny and is also wanted in Michigan for a jail break and man-cutting incident. A granitarium was started to use water from two deep oil wells.
Reports from Evansville to Richmond describe new initiatives and troubles. Fort Wayne budgets to fight small pox and pave streets while Wabash districts face manufacturing halts. Valparaiso notes higher milk prices and Laporte adopts a new water system. Oil drillers seek higher wages as national markets strain, and towns consider gas and electric upgrades.
Reports detail multiple tragic deaths and suicides including a 2-year-old killed with a Winchester, a teen’s self-inflicted wound, and a woman found shot in her room. Other items note unionizing efforts at western glass factories, high school Halloween prank, and graft rumors about electric franchise deals. plus assorted deaths and a Hartford City burglary case involving youths and a pair jailed.
Gas meters were tested at Tipton but failed to save money. Holmes & Shultz, local goods merchants, report heating their store now costs $150 a month compared to $20 with previous fuels. Tipton laundry also dropped the meter plan after three days, finding costs nearly four times those of wood or coal.
A garbled excerpt extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a mother’s aid in sudden coughing fits at night and a safe resort for youths and adults when ill, reflecting archaic ad copy tone and fragmentary OCR text.
The St. Louis announcement recalls a divorce case filed in Indianapolis and bigamy actions in Allegheny City. Mrs Sadie Hirschberg Meidner and Louis Meidner reconciled at his brother William Meidner’s apartment in St Louis. The couple have since moved to Philadelphia.
Esterhazy was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 50 francs for swindling his cousin Christian Esterhazy. He is also ordered to pay 33,500 francs. Letters read in court included advice to fatten up and dye hair to win an heiress worth 820000 to 1000000 dollars. He remains in London with little prospect of paying the fine or serving prison time.
Paris reports Lt Col Du Paty de Clam was arrested Monday night on charges of assault after an argument over a railway compartment and a dentist's mention of the Dreyfus affair. He will be tried for assault.
J S Cruse as administrator sues Indiana National Bank to stop payments on funds from the estate of Sarah Newman. The complaint accuses John Stuck, her confidential adviser, of fraudulently guiding a transfer of ten shares of building and loan stock worth 2000 dollars and of obtaining a watch and rings after her death.
Chicago November 7 municipal pawn shop authorized by the legislature opened Monday. It offers loans at 1 percent a month versus 5 to 10 percent by private pawnbrokers. There were many applicants. J. W. Farewell is president of the society.
The postoffice department reports year end figures with offices increasing from 72 976 to 74 384 and money orders totaling 442 483 354 up 41 369 636. Revenues grow to 95 021 384 while expenditures reach 101 692 160 a deficit of 6 413 885 remains after treasury support.
The city council committee on contracts and franchises led by Evans Negley Billingsley Keller Knight Monro and Bernauer plans a gas rate scheme tied to pressure gauges from 3 to 0 ounces per square inch and a consumer rebate when gas fails. Mentions two new bond and fund transfer ordinances and South-side market hours.
Albert Sahm of the committee files a minority report arguing meters won t solve the gas supply problem and urging more gas mains instead. He returns the report unsigned as the board receives it and takes no action.
An attempt was made by The Sun to meet gas company representatives Tuesday morning regarding a council ordinance. John R. Pearson, assistant to the president of Indianapolis Gas Co, was unavailable. A Consumers' Gas Trust secretary declined to speak, citing busyness and requesting a Wednesday discussion.
At the Methodist Episcopal bishops conference in Philadelphia the board named Indianapolis as the next meeting location. The conference will begin on the last Wednesday of April with the next northern Indiana conference set for Elkhart on April 4, 1900.
In Chicago on Tuesday morning Leona Lay former wife of August Wischman shot him and his wife Rose causing serious injuries. Lay was arrested as the motive appeared to be jealousy.
Mrs A A Spruance serves as secretary and Mrs Grace Julian Clarke chairs the local Woman's Suffrage Committee. The group promotes the national meeting of the American Woman's Suffrage. The gathering is set for December 7 in Indian Opel.
A noted physician claims Warner’s Safe Cure guards against many kidney and liver disorders. The ad touts it as an infallible preventative and specific remedy for all listed ailments of those organs.
Lycurgus Harry Wright a 52 year old insurance agent is under arrest in Evansville charged with having two wives and deserting both. He also is suspected of a third marriage while state agent of Home Mutual Benefit Association. Two wives pursued him across Indiana while a third relation emerged. Police report multiple ceremonies and correspondences in Noblesville Cicero Knightstown Indianapolis and Evansville as detectives piece together a web of bigamy. Both wives remain at the Door of Hope awaiting further action.
In New York on Fifth Avenue Admiral Dewey and Mrs Hazen encountered a flaxen haired three year old, George Anthony, carrying an admiral flag and wearing a flag pinned to his sailor jacket. Dewey halted to salute the boy and praised the display as a worthy salute to the flag and the navy.
A printed notice from Sheriff Wratton of Navajo County Arizona invites the public to a December 8 1899 hanging in Holbrook for George Smiley accused in a serious case. It promises the latest methods of scientific strangulation and a cheerful atmosphere, noting Smiley fatally injured Section foreman Sweeney after he was discharged by the Santa Fe Pacific line.
W C R Hazzard is named special rural free delivery agent for Indiana succeeding Hathaway. Maud Whetsell, 25, colored, found dead in 231 Toledo street. coroner rules heart neuralgia. Anti-trust baking powder firm leases Fort Wayne avenue building for a temporary factory. Martin Igoe, 73, returns from abroad and jokes of Rip Van Winkle. Letitia Enders seeks $1999.99 from L B & W railroad for ankle injury. Lewisville Evansville & St Louis receivership may end soon. Jarvis named president. George Hail, 3202 W Michigan St, injured in Monon railroad wreck near Frankfort. Indiana law school students form a 75-member Democratic club. officers listed and two speakers to be appointed for national campaign.
Douglas Barnes gives notice to Voters of Fourth Ward Marion County Indiana of applying to the Board of County Commissioners at December term 1599 for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking rights. The business front room at southwest corner Third and West streets in Drake Mayhews first addition Indianapolis Center Township. A pool table will also be in the same room.
Voters of the Fifth ward and Center township commissioners at the December term, 1899, consider a license for Hugh Barnes to sell spiritous and malt liquors on premises at 1515 W Ohio, in a first floor room fronting north on Beacon st near Piercerts, in Drake’s sub of Outlet 14 west of White River, Indianapolis Marion County Indiana.
Supt Wilson reports the state institution for the blind spent 30840.79 with 289.75 returned to the treasury from the appropriation. Per capita cost was 205.60 and the pupil count stood at 150 with an average attendance of 123.7. Sarah Stark took over sewing duties while Charles Keeler leads the broom department.
Notice of application for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking. Establishment at east front Wear street Indianapolis Marion county Indiana in Mitchells addition lot 5 and south side lot 4 vicinity known as 32 N West St Ward 4. Also applies for pool table privileges in same room. J K Gates.
Voters in multiple wards of Center township Marion county Indiana announce petitions to Marion county Board of Commissioners at the December 1899 term for licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premise drinking privileges. Locations include 1108 E Twenty second street and 302 S New Jersey street. notices also request pool table privileges in the same rooms. Applicants named include George Ohrl and Charles A Kuhn and Fred W Kolb.
A notice to voters of the Thirteenth ward Center township Indiana states the applicant will seek a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking rights at a room facing east on Sh street first floor in a one story building on lot 98 in Weiletier's subdivision Indianapolis Center Township. The applicant also gives notice of applying for pool table privileges in the same room.
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