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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1900
Page
2
In Lincoln on November 12 W J Bryan Bays shows no immediate plans and hopes for sleep as rumors spread of a book The Second Battle. Friends deny a campaign end and note he is in good health.
Col John I Martin of St Louis, sergeant at arms for the Kansas City Democratic convention, says the party needs no reorganization and that changes will await the next national convention. He notes Mayor Taggart could have been national chairman in the recent campaign and might become so in 1904. In Louisville, the Republican state committee concedes Beckham’s election and says the governor’s race will not be contested.
Dublin reports the Irish league leaders John Redmond and John Dillon denouncing the government of Charles Wyndham. A Ballindarrig meeting in County Wicklow was barred as a provocation to disorder. Redmond and Dillon had spoken in Wicklow prior, leading a crowd to Ballindarrig where police used batons and several men were injured before the meeting moved indoors.
Mit Sells former showman sues for divorce from Mary A Sells charging adultery with William Bott Harris Lyons and another dentist named in a linked report. Mrs Sells counters with alleged infidelity by her husband. The dispute over alimony centered on an offered settlement of about 50 000 versus a demanded 100 000.
Police visited 15 alleged gambling premises Saturday night and found gaming at Tobe Howes and Hobson Hall. Five men were arrested at Howe and ten at the hall as Superintendent Quigley noted no active ruses remained, though raids would continue. Nears or suffering relieved in a night. Dean’s Ointment advertised with curative claims for display.
The Indianapolis gas company presses for meter installation at School 54 on E Tenth Street. Business manager Cleland seeks gas despite no bill received and questions whether coal heating will shift to steam. New steam heating devices will replace stoves in Nos. 10 and 29. bids for the apparatus open Wednesday.
Eugene Water's dry goods store in Muncie was robbed of 2000 dollars worth of fine silks Sunday at midnight. Thieves climbed an outside stair, burst a door, and used an elevator rope to haul patterns to the first floor. The incident, described as the largest in city history, involved professional thieves and tight police patrols.
In Goshen Indiana on Saturday night the Republican event featured fifteen bro Roman candles creating a grand display. Multiple accidents occurred including severe burns to R Binkley of Goshen who faces possible loss of sight.
Rev John Holden was shot through the breast by Robert Bostock in Mattewan West Virginia. Bostock, who found Holden in his home, fled with a niece. Holden swam to the river and is hospitalized in Huntington. Bostock fled and vowed to pursue Holden. No arrest reported.
Sheriff Scott and a 15 man party were escorted from Grimes county by Adjutant General Scurry and militia after a deadly election dispute. Two men were killed. Scott’s group took refuge in the county jail until safe passage was arranged. The party moved to Houston for protection.
The secretary of state’s office in Columbus Ohio was burglarized Sunday. A forced door with a jimmy sparked fears the thief aimed to tamper with close congressional district returns while abstracts were stored in another room.
London reports that Lord Kitchener is to be named secretary of war while Lord Cadogan remains lord lieutenant of Ireland. The move would delay the duke of Marlborough from a top salaried post in the British government.
The executive committee of the United Mine Workers of America met Monday but refused to disclose details, stating nothing of importance had been accomplished.
Baltimore minister Rev. Oliver Huckle, preaching at a fashionable Congregational church, described Christ as an imperialist whose mission was conquest. He argued the church grew through expansion and that politics should engage patriots, tracing Christianity’s history as expansion across the world.
Walter C. McAlister and his wife Jennie Hilger face trial after the killing of her husband John Hilger. Authorities expect an insanity defense, citing prior mental impairment and an expert in New York who may testify. Neighbors reported the crime and the wife’s arrest after a statement from the victim.
Washington reports a War Department order placing Porto Rico on a peace basis and recalling 1500 American troops. Porto Rico will join the Department of the East based in New York, with Brig. Gen. G W Tavis transferred to Manila. The order leaves about 4500 Americans on the island.
Four hundred miners walked out on Monday at the Colbert colliery after Walter Shumanski, a union man, was discharged. The company cites repeated absences for union organizing, while the miners demand reinstatement. The colliery remains completely tied up with no violence reported.
The Philadelphia firm with three local offices and about 60 additional offices collapsed Saturday amid a bullish stock market. It was incorporated with $100,000 working capital, wiping out the firm and the private fortunes of its members.
A man named Joseph Malet leaped from the top of a furnace at the Edgar Thomson works in Braddock after an explosion. Clad in flaming clothing and splattered with molten metal, he fell 9 1/2 feet to the ground and died instantly.
The grand jury returned indictments Monday naming Julia Garten for grand larceny Richard Parker for assault and battery with intent to kill Josh Smith for carrying concealed weapons Jno Tansey for grand larceny Joe Lawson for bigamy Frank McGarrahan Chas Williams for house breaking Archie Young for burglary and grand larceny. It recommended discharge of Jenks Swails murder Wm Sinker assault and battery with intent to kill Edward Emerick grand larceny William Chapie petit larceny Earl Schloss petit larceny Wm Minor procuring abortion Geo Harris swearing in illegal voter James Cage assault and battery with intent to kill Edward M Thompson illegal voting. The prisoners were arraigned at 1 30 p m.
The piece notes the Prince of Wales wearing spectacles and Miss Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain, planning a professional singing career. It mentions Emperor William scolding his barber for a China remark, Queen Victoria restricting docked horses, and a London church threatened without £200 for repairs. It also covers a New York prisoner claiming Blythe’s will, imported snakes in Ireland, and police blocking a play by Italian anarchists for license reasons.
A vintage advertisement touts Stops the Cough and Works of the Cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Claims cold relief in one day and offers a No Cure No Pay guarantee with a price listed in cents.
The Federal Circuit Court in New York postponed deciding whether the U.S. Constitution extends to the Philippines in a case involving Mmile J Pepke, a discharged soldier who paid duty on 14 diamond rings from Manila. The court reassigned the cases for December after extensive argument.
Chairman Hyde of the Board of Public Safety stated Emanuel Collins, a colored fireman on bond for alleged election violations, will stay on duty until trial unless charges are brought. Chief Barrett cannot press charges, awaiting action. Collins allegedly helped bar colored voters from a poll by serving beer at a Sixteenth Street club. He has $1,900 bond for a federal grand jury appearance. Hyde cited a rule preventing action without formal charges. Green, a patrolman, is accused of entering a liquor house in disguise to enable black patrons and other patrons to enter Dickinson Polster’s saloon on election day, despite laws closing the place.
A long obituary style notice lists numerous births and deaths with ages and addresses. It also records marriages between multiple couples such as George Clark and Anna Hartman and Thomas Hinshaw and Anna Hinshaw. Several cases mention hospital, cerebral hemorrhage, pneumonia, and other causes with street addresses and city blocks.
With all but five counties certified, Durbin’s plurality stands at 23 056 and is expected to reach about 26 000 as final returns arrive. The secretary of state awaits remaining counts to finalize totals.
Mrs. James F. Fargus reports loss of a pocketbook containing 15 cents at the Park theater Monday morning after purchasing tickets at the box office. She noticed the loss when she searched for the pocketbook after leaving the theater.
Reverend C. C. Edwards and Edwin Raychurch read the paper at a pastors meeting Monday. Edwards urged natural preaching focused on congregants needs and sincere hearts. He said God favors sermons that move souls over ornate rhetoric and the discussion was notably tame and well received.
Gov. Mount's private secretary Col. Charles Wilson is notified by wire of his appointment to the same post under Col. Durbin. He was not an applicant and had planned to return to newspaper work, not having discussed the Durbin appointment with the governor-elect.
Chicago on November 12 reports the death of W. H. Turner the oldest Scottish Rite mason in the United States. He was a wealthy retired merchant who died Sunday night from paralysis of the brain.
Howard A Adams of New Jersey street between Twenty first and Twenty second streets offers a veneer dwelling valued at 6000 dollars. C A Hedges of Osage street between New York and Vermont streets lists a brick dwelling valued at 500 dollars.
Gov Mount set Thursday November 29 as Thanksgiving day. Labor Commissioner McCormack went to Washington to testify before the industrial commission. Wyatte N Clift of Henry county seeks bankruptcy with debts of 3741.42 and assets 1645. A council panel will meet at 7:30 pm Monday at the city clerk’s office to study the Consumers gas trust. The women’s home missionary society plans its fourteenth Fletcher Ave M E church convention on Wednesday and Thursday. A federal grand jury convenes Tuesday and will hear twenty one counterfeiting cases Wednesday and Thursday. Dr Hurty left Monday for Danville to study diphtheria and prescribes examination rather than school closings. The state board of tax commissioners reviewed recommendations for the legislature Monday. Judge Buskirk of Paoli may resign at week’s end. A wagon carrying hay owned by Frank Wallace tipped near the fair grounds, blocking street cars briefly. Probate Commissioner Walker was at his office Monday then ill with a sever cold but worked the polls. Barney Osborne, injured at Chandler Taylor’s machine shops Saturday, is improving in St Vincent’s hospital. police guard his condition as he is a key figure in the Wilhelm murder case. Oxborne Malady, Hedges and Mrs Wilhelm near the river saloon are mentioned in connection with Sunday’s events.
At Indianapolis Union Stock Yards a Monday report shows cattle receipts of 250 with mixed quotations for steers ranging good to prime at 1,150 to 1,350 pounds and up, heifers and cows in various grades, veal and heavy calves listed, hog receipts 2,500 with prices from 4.73 to 4.95, and sheep 100 with good to choice prices around 3.75 to 4.00 for lambs and 2.50 to 3.75 for ewes and lambs, all based on condition and weight.
Wheat and corn futures rose with December oats and January pork and lard shown at higher prices. The report notes Chicago market quotes for wheat at 734 to 744c for November and 731 for December, corn up, oats firm, and provisions set with pork at 11.57 to 11.79, lard around 6.23 to 6.27, ribs about 6.15 to 6.27.
The Market lists prices for live poultry including chickens hens roosters ducks turkeys and geese with per dozen figures. Wheat corn oats and hay futures and inspections are given with No 2 red No 1 white No 3 white timothy and other grades showing steady to firm values and car counts.
Interstate Stock Yards on Monday reported cattle receipts of 60 head and hog receipts of 1,000 with ship ments noted. Prices ranged for various classes including good to prime export steers 55 to 59, heavy heifers 41 to 45, cows 25 to 41, veals 5 to 7, bulls 40 to 46, and light hogs 4 to 6 per hundredweight with mixed lot quotes for feeders and calves. Sheep and lamb offerings were described as fair with no shipments reported.
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