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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1900
Page
2
Vienna reports the czar’s illness is due to poisoning with Nihilists said to have gained entry to the imperial kitchen and mixed poison with the food. A Sebastopol dispatch notes the czar’s condition remains critical and authorities are investigating.
The Supreme Court ruled that Dr. John M. Rhodes must pass an examination to obtain a pharmacist license before operating his S. West Street drug store. Rhodes argued he was in the drug trade before the law, seeking a license without testing.
In Kasper Illinois a train strike on Thursday killed Brakeman Campbell and injured Engineer Niemann Fireman Schuster Brakeman Chilvers and Conductor Wight. The engine and nine cars were ditched after the collision with a cow.
Police said picture machines missing from the station were later recovered after court began. They had been taken to be used as evidence and contained alleged indecent pictures. The machines were returned to the galleries and both cases against Fred Warner and William Everly were continued.
Grand jury report filed Thursday afternoon omits John Banks fueling belief he faced bribery charges tied to the election. William Taylor, jailed on alleged illegal voting, was not indicted according to the document.
Gerry Sanborn an electrical contractor was fined in criminal court on Thursday with costs for working on Sunday. The prosecution by the union electricians said he refused to compel his employer to join the union.
Several more coal operators signed the engineers scale on Thursday, seen as the likely start of the end of the Indiana coal strike. The move signals waning Union pressure and pace toward settlement amid ongoing industrial tensions.
A Thursday blaze in Rochester, New York caused 420000 in damages. Other items note J Ti Harriston becomes Cuba posts director, Philippines to buy 3000 more horses, crusades against vice in New York and Paterson, census of WC TU expected at 150000 members, Rockefeller denies cattle trust ties, Garrity of Chicago rumored to be insane from exercise, Appleton company grant at Geneva Jr burned, and a Boer sniper attack on a British convoy near Standerton during the Transvaal conflict. Surgeon General Sternberg cites fewer army personal crisis reports, while a New York cable car incident claims a death.
The Mascotte reports natives on the Admiralty Islands last summer killed and eaten trading agent Herman Matzke. At Whemali island a landing party found a cauldron with bones boiling. Sailors repelled the attackers with a fusillade. The Zeadler then destroyed villages, killed natives, and captured prisoners.
Canton, Nov 13 James Barber assistant United States paymaster on the Don Juan De Austria died of typhoid fever Thursday He was the son of Dr Barber of Canton and a nephew of the president President McKinley wired the news here.
ANDIERSON Ind Nov 15 F L Maynard formerly a prosperous business man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for obtaining 17 under false pretense He then shot himself in the temple Thursday noon and is expected to die
An officer in Rochester shot during a hay robbery at a store, leaving hay badly wounded. Bloomington man John Schovel fleeced Cox of Eaton, Quebec for his wife's affection, netting $1,500. Bloomington mourns 90 year old Uncle Tommy Spicer, longtime state university janitor. Hugo Whupferschmid of Dillsboro debuts at St James Hall in London with the Juondon Orchestra. his violin valued at $10,000.
In Chicago on November 15 wheat futures edged up three sixteenths, December contracts at 214 and 240, corn for November and December trading around 394 to 420, pork futures 6.85 to 6.97 per hundred pounds, and dairy items including butter, eggs, and cheese showing varied gains across grades. Livestock prices for poultry and turkeys ranged from 6.00 to 6.50 per dozen, with eggs around 27 cents per dozen.
Philadelphia Nov 15 The Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley railroads plan to acquire many anthracite collieries in the upper Lehigh country in a deal that may require about 10 million dollars.
Pirates seize the French river steamer Nanehau near Tacoma Washington. They kill two crew members then flee with 14 boxes of specie valued at $50,000 along with the ship’s cargo of cotton yarn and equipment.
In Minneapolis on November 15, silver Republican leaders debated strategy and agreed on outright union with democracy. A. Pawne and other leaders will send a letter outlining the plan to consolidate the silver Republican faction with the democracy side.
Fire insurance bureau head T M Goodloe urged the next Legislature to leave insurers alone and to defer rate decisions in Indianapolis until near the new year. In Vienna, five Armenians said to be from New York were arrested for alleged revolutionary plots, found with American citizenship documents, and reportedly hung for three hours before imprisonment.
In a scanned sale column a caution prompts buyers to distinguish Bromo from Bromide in Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, followed by dense market listings for wheat, oats, hay, and cattle at Indianapolis Union Stock Yards dated November 15. The page also advertises a Rear Main Floor Bargain Table with fabric yardage and sewing notions.
Cattle receipts 400, Thursday shipments 500. Prices quoted for various grades: good to prime export steers 1,350–1,500 lbs. fair to medium export steers 1,200–1,400 lbs. good to prime butcher steers 1,100–1,250 lbs. fair to good feeders 900–1,100 lbs. light stockers and heifers in mixed ranges. prime to fancy export cows and other cow classes. light veals and heavy veals price bands listed. Hogs receipts 1,260, Thursday shipments 1,170 with ranges for good to choice heavy, fair to best, mixed, and pigs. Sheep receipts 200 with lamb and sheep pricing bands. Stockers and feeders sheep and bucks listed per 100 lbs.
Fort Wayne reports Frank Alderman a wealthy manufacturing figure aged 60 died Thursday by a self inflicted gunshot. No motive or cause given in the brief notice.
Mrs L S King of Concord California state organizer and Lecturer for the W C T U discusses severe indigestion and dull memory before using Grape Nuts. She reports gaining four pounds in two months and notable improvement in memory and mental clarity while handling demanding work days and nights.
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