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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1895
Page
1
Massachusetts- or Illinois-based readers hear chilling claims from former Koreshan Unity members about Cyrus Teed. Victims allege hypnotic control, starvation, confinement, and enforced labor while Teed and Victoria Gratia Horesh enjoyed luxury. Plaintiffs vow to seek settlements before his Florida move.
After annexation North Indianapolis residents push for free letter delivery. Petitions circulated to keep North Indianapolis post office and postmaster, with opposition over carrier location. A third petition gathered 1,008 names. Senator Turpie signed and sent to Senator Vorhees. Relief appears likely soon.
The Pembroke arcade will open to the public Saturday with a glass and front building on view. A band concert will run from 2 to 5 pm and flowers will be given to visitors as an excellent musical program is planned.
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity through 8 p m November 16 calls for fair conditions. The text includes an ad fragment for Lemon Tonic Laxative and a local contact listing Frank Butta and Steve Connected ABY Part with a phone number, suggesting a city notice mixed with weather data.
Jeup inspected Cedar Block paving on Central avenue and Fort Wayne to Seventh to Tenth streets. He rejected rotten blocks, had sections removed and replaced, and ordered 200 to 300 feet of curbing reset. He blamed recent rains and frost for faults and said repairs would not delay work. Browder and Shover contracted, and work will continue with more crews.
A gale drove the Britannic and Lucania on Tuesday morning to seek harbor from New York to Liverpool. authorities arranged transfer of mails and passengers after entry.
Oysters are puny this season due to drought with fishmongers lamenting cries from lobsters and crabs. A stream of varied local notes follows from fashion trends to court cases and civic matters. The report covers a proposed Vandalia schedule, a graft case, a laundry fire, a prison labor contract, and a political luncheon among GOP figures with no policy decisions.
Rumors in Wasardton say Whitney may be Cleveland's choice for next year’s Democratic nomination after the president attended Whitney’s New York wedding. The story coexists with third term talk and a split within the party over foreign policy and insurgent rights in Cuba. Senator Quay questions Republican gain from a Senate organization, and silver faction hopes hinge on committee chairs.
Seymour Matthews son of Indiana's governor died Thursday evening in Atlanta at 7:45. He had been ill four weeks with typhoid fever and suffered hemorrhage and bowel perforation before death. He was 25, studying to be an electrician, connected with the Smithsonian Institute, and long a bird lover. The governor and family faced the tragedy as plans for funeral arrangements awaited arrival of the governor.
Loxpon Nov 15. The steam launch of the British cruiser Edgar sank near Nagasaki on Nov 13. It is believed forty eight occupants were drowned.
A resident at 553 Ash Street had water tested showing clear water with slight dirty precipitate and no nitrites. Sanitarian Ferguson calls the water passable but inland pollution indicated. he urges bacteriological tests and a citywide sand filtration system to secure safer drinking water.
In Wratvinnr Florida on November 15 George Phillips and John McLain, both prominent farmers, fought a duel to the death after Phillips betrayed John McLain's nephew, John Walker, who had fled Alabama after killing a man. They met near Wetappo in Washington County, each armed with a Winchester. Both were mortally wounded as they closed to twenty yards. Phillips died instantly from brain-penetrating shot, McLain died later. Both left large families.
The British steam ship Leo foundered off Loxpon on a voyage from Odessa to Copenhagen. The mate, engineer, and six crew were rescued. the remaining crew were drowned.
New York cabmen union ordered a sympathy strike to aid Sealach's livery stable but about a thousand men were called out only to return to work by Friday morning. In Indianapolis the Benevolent Society elected Rev M L Haines president with Mer August Bessonies as vice president Volney T Malott treasurer and Chas W Moores secretary. The annual report lists 10558 lodgings at the Friendly Inn and 6728 used along with 2933.99 spent aiding unfortunates and 23.78 in the bank.
Officials dismiss a Cincinnati originated claim that the American Express division of the Big Four was robbed on Thursday night for 850000. The item is declared false by authorities. The fragment mentions unrelated products and names not corroborated by any official source.
The Denver healer Schlatter vanished from his hotel room during the night amid a growing frenzy of an estimated 5,000 followers. Lawman plans to interview him as a key witness in lawsuits against faith healers. Ranchers later reported spotting him heading toward the mountains, deepening the mystery.
Miss Marjorie Rhoades of Stockton, California testified in EWO Wai ES Rocumston that Willey M. P. Burdick married her after meeting in California. Burdick then deserted her and was found working on a Tremlock Lake area farm. Burdick’s first wife produced a certificate and divorce notice, and annulment and divorce actions were begun.
The civil service board remains unappointed as Mayor Taggart delays until his cabinet meets and selects candidates. He cites time to choose capable members and notes a late November deadline. A clerk may be filled by month’s start with a young candidate in view.
Mrs. Jacob Mountford of CuMberland fights off Bob Blackwell a known local negro who forces entry into her home. She wounds him and he flees toward the state line into Pennsylvania. The incident alarms the neighborhood amid ongoing tension.
A 51 member North Indianapolis Church of Christ fights over leadership and property as 25 members lock out 26 in a dispute over original church status. The 26 plan to seek court action next week to decide which faction constitutes the true church.
Mrs. Poteat, wife of Rev. R E Poteat of Calvary Baptist Church, denounced Yale College during a convention address saying she would rather send a son to hell than Yale. She claimed many Christian youths are ruined there, while other speakers avoided endorsing the remark and urged comparison with other colleges.
The report notes a taxi workers strike in New York while international affairs press on. It mentions the Cuban rebellion costing Spain 125000 daily and Chicago anticipated to host the republican national convention as part of a broad, unsettled news cycle.
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