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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1899
Page
3
Florence Wolfe of Albany Indiana injured by a nut pick while removing kernels for a cake. She pricked her fingers and developed swelling that spread to her arms and shoulders from blood poisoning. Doctors fear she will not recover.
Unknown persons broke into Mount Hope Methodist Church in Wabash on Thursday night. They smashed windows and doors destroyed pulpit chandeliers and furniture tore the testaments to bits smeared walls and floor with mud leaving interior a ruin. no clues to wreckers. In Richmond notices announce marriage plans for Col Kemp of Indianapolis and Miss Mattie Jones of Cambridge City for November 30. Diphtheria reported at Springport with potential school closures. Hessian fly damages wheat. Stannard Manufacturing may relocate to Cambridge City. Edward Holder of Cambridge City plans to tour with trained dogs and pigs.
Rev Daniel Hill, 82, died Friday in Richmond Indiana. He served as secretary of the Peace association of friends of America and was a former Indiana state legislator. Hill was long the editor of the Christian Worker and the Messenger of Peace.
Reports from Maysville Allen county and several Indiana locations detail civic and social events. A Muncie trades council plans a free library. Cambbridge City reports youth trouble. Terre Haute and Hartford City expand industry. several towns face fires losses and public health issues including smallpox and vaccination concerns.
In Lafayette, Judge Wallace rules on a special contract life insurance case. The State Life Insurance Co of Indianapolis sues E Mueller for past due premiums. Mueller counterclaims that the policy was illegal and void upon the company’s 1899 reincorporation, seeking to withdraw and recover premiums. the court ruled for the company.
The Broad Ripple town board unveiled a new hand powered red and gold fire engine with a trial on boxes and a barn near the canal. A large crowd watched water spray, hose issues, and a torch set incident while officials tested pump output amid excitement and mixed results.
The tempestuous and rapid musical farce Who is who was revived at the Park on Thursday to finish the week. It features quick paced specialties, good scenery and costumes, lively music, and a military finale. Matinees run daily all week alongside nightly performances.
Ex Captain Dreyfus is traveling in Switzerland. It is understood he intends to go to Alsace, the province of his birth. The report places him on a journey away from Paris dated November 17.
Off the wires report crop damage in Diamond Iowa from droughts. National Hardwood Lumber Association active in Memphis. Cincinnati Republicans report a $15000 campaign deficit. J C R Greathouse former U S consul to Japan dies in Seoul October 21. Conductor Wood of New York dies from injuries in a wreck. Senator Cullom to propose a White House expansion bill. Queen Victoria to send Christmas gifts to British soldiers at front. A shell kills James Shaughnessy at Troy Arsenal. Zola trial in Paris postponed for government amnesty talks. Christian endeavorers in Mount Vernon wage war on saloons. Pilot William Durham of the ferry Chicago held liable for a fatal collision in New York. Waldeck-Rousseau ministry in Paris wins confidence vote by 125 majority. Fifteenth biennial convention of the International Board of W C & YW in Atlanta. Southwestern Presbyterian University receives 370,000 donation from James Jennings McComb. President McKinley delays civil government action in Cuba and to appear before Congress. IoD Bridges of Lancaster NH promotes One Minute Cough Cure for respiratory illnesses.
In Colorado the ruins of ancient cliff dwellers are mapped over at least 20 square miles. Prof. George H. Pepper sent one carload of relics to the New York Museum of Natural History and predicts a city larger than New York and London combined may yet be uncovered.
In New York on November 11, two jurors were secured for the trial of Roland B. Molineux but many failed to answer the roll call. Recorder Goff fined the jurors $100 for not serving as required as talesmen entered court Friday morning.
Local notes report the German-American club pressing the mayor to allocate spaces per German population. Other items include a teen in the workhouse suffering cataleptic fits, court arguments in Stevens versus Leonard, and Adjutant-general Gore opening physician examinations for unmustered guards. Government bids for the old post office site set at 400000, and a disinfecting squirtgun invention uses formaldehyde.
Chicago November 17 John B Spreckles the Pacific coast politician travels east to push new mail contracts for his San Francisco to Australia steamship line He opposes Hawaii annexation and warns of labor troubles and alleged slavery like conditions in Hawaii where employers can impress and punish workers, challenging American ideals.
A New Jersey electric railroad trolley derailed at Clifton and plunged into Weasel Creek. Eleven aboard, only a 5 year old boy escaped unhurt. several seriously injured and one or two possibly fatally. Conductor Charles Ladder sustained a broken back and motorman Michael Momrissee suffered a crushed right arm.
Enoch Wishard, famed western horseman, buys King's Courier, a top two year old, for about 25000 and will ship the horses to England. The purchase underscores Wishard's ongoing racing ties with England and the colt's noted value.
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