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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1899
Page
2
On November 23 crowds filled Carroll Hall for private and public services honoring Vice President Garrett A Hobart. President and cabinet members attended along with Supreme Court justices, senators, and congressmen as the city closed in mourning.
The Striking Printers Union No. 6 and officers argue the decision is a victory as Judge Bookstaver finds the Sun injunction only grants partial relief. He states boycott is unlawful only when tied to force threats intimidation or fraud and that lawful efforts to benefit oneself may continue unless they cross that line. This limits the injunction and preserves future freedoms for past conduct.
Sunday at 2 50 p m Rev Harry J Moore of Muncie weds Miss Bertha M Sheneman of Indianapolis in Shover hall 428 EE Market St Prof W M Lockwood conducts ceremony and delivers a lecture on human love from mental and cerebral physiology Mrs A L Gillespie offers clairvoyant spirit descriptions First public spiritualistic wedding in Indianapolis welcomed to the public
Manchester and Salford notes show the wind up of the season with L Reiff winning the farewell handicap on Boris and Seville Llanas taking the stand plate. Tod Sloan captured the November handicap on Proclamation.
Ww Springer of Gill township won a corn shucking contest Friday driving in 50 bushels. Fifty bushels marks a solid day’s work in the informal event held in LILIVAN Indiana.
A lone note mentions securing $260 from Cleare bank Friday night. The fragment cites a Ringgold Texas scrap merchant and a Seattle link with an AWARD noted for hotel dealings.
Private secretary Damen testified he drafted a letter dictating Rolanda B. Molineux tying the case to the private letter box setup by Jos. Koch. The box name H. Cornish was used, and Koch identified Molineux as the man known to him as Cornish. Juror James J. Hynes was added to the panel on Friday.
A. T. Frenzel, trustee of the Methodist church at Horton, Kan, had his home sold for 600 to satisfy a 121 judgment on a 100 note given to help pay church debt. Costs totaled 20, with the balance returned to Frenzel. Church members feared the case would brand the church a soulless corporation.
Mrs. Joseph A. Curtis formerly Stessie C. Smith claims about 4000 dollars held in trust by an Indiana institution. She married under age, remarried after, and the trust company refuses to release the money, citing her husband as a spendthrift. Attorneys say recovery requires a court suit.
Fulton Kentucky November 25 mail clerks John Moore and F W Goldsby fought in the mail car of the Illinois Central Saturday Five shots were exchanged Goldsby was killed Moore surrendered both men lived in Fulton Urban area and were employed by the railroad agency involved in the incident remains under investigation by local authorities
Marion club members to hear Hon John Griffiths Tuesday at club rooms. Shiney building and loan association Shirley filed incorporation papers. Third recital of Students' musical club at Plymouth church Friday. Colonel Hogeland addresses 150 newsboys at Miss Graydon's school. Metropolitan school of music holds fiftieth recital at N Illinois street Friday. Merchants' association meets at Commercial club. Fire damages H L Dickerson home on Lexington Avenue $300 loss. Eva May McFarland Webster seeks bankruptcy listing $2173.21 debt. Josh Wood sentenced to six months for dress theft from Anthony Ward’s saloon. Hogeland to address newsboys Sunday night. Matilda Halli declared insane morphine dependent threatens daughter. Pp J OConor Catholic Knights of America leader addresses Sacred Heart church. Tank burst at Kingan & Co packing plant flooding nearby. no injuries. Rev Carlos Rowlison speaks on Bible value to young men. Henry Blume fined 30 and 30 days works for malicious trespass. University of Indianapolis vesper services at First Baptist. Englewood church plans Esther sacred opera Nov 30-Dec 1. Frank Hendricks seeks new trial for Henry Whitney shooting case. motion overruled. Mrs J S LaVerne to arrive for winter with daughter Miss Lucille LaVerne. Deputy U S Marshal Branham returns from Scotland with Joseph E B Kern indicted in mail fraud. Judge Leathers grants three divorces: Eliza Burley vs Andrew. Lyda Schwab separation from Charles W. Propy concert Dec 12 with list of participants.
The supreme and appellate courts start the November term with 423 undecided items on the supreme court docket and eight petitions for rehearing. At May term close 36 percent of cases remained unfinished. since Oct 3, 35 have been decided. Appellate court shows 373 undecided cases, up from 349, with 45 decisions since Oct 3 and ten rehearing petitions pending.
John Bevish a Toledo hobo refused to work after striking Fort Wayne. He was sentenced to 56 days with bread and water until he agreed to work, released after 11 days, and later returned demanding confinement and food, ending with officers unsure how to proceed.
Blanche Ellis and Maude Hughes inmates from Clarksburg were dragged from a buggy by a crowd in What Next, tarred and feathered, beaten, and left on the road. They were hospitalized after physicians removed the tar and the hair burned. women of What Next allegedly aided the attack.
New experts Lesley and Ayres lead an effort to overhaul six years of Marion county tax duplicates. Ayres says the expanded list is larger than many counties have total in their records. He doubts when the work will end. Commissioner Greer expresses enthusiasm that the project has finally begun.
R H Hoag, cousin of Mrs Collins widow of the late Twenty third infantry captain who died at Manila, claims neglect caused her death on the transport Tartar. He says her arms were gashed by broken bottles in her berth and notes a military probe may lead to a coroner inquiry and possible exhumation.
Charles L. Hernly, chairman of the Republican state committee, will travel east for a week or ten days. He expects the doors of Congress to open and plans an early committee meeting on return to share political morsels with workers.
A New York store installs furnaces arranged to prevent smoke. A brick partition separates fires and boiler with air drawn above the partition to absorb heat. Openings in the partition feed the fuel and facilitate complete combustion of volatile gas with an automatic coal magazine supplying the fire box.
Mary J. Crider sues the estate of Noble Warrum for a $41,000 note. Warrum, a Hancock county farmer, faced a $9,500 verdict in federal court Saturday afternoon.
Smallpox has developed at Marion and Owensboro with active precautions. Union county fiscal court bought property for a nesthouse and allocated $5,000 for disease fighting. Guards guard roads in infected districts enforcing quarantine. Twenty new cases reported in Nicholas county.
Admiral Dewey holds investments totaling 100000 yielding about 6000 annually and a salary plus allowances around 17000 per year. Ex Senator John M Palmer believes Democrats could win in 1900 if free silver is eliminated. Senator Beveridge is expected to address Senate soon on Philippines conditions.
A circuit court jury awarded Jerome B. Coffman $4,500 after he sued for $20,000 for injuries from an engine collision that smashed his coal oil wagon at Fletcher Avenue in December 1898. He was seriously injured in the accident.
A young woman, traveling from Danville, alleges Mrs. Graham of Indianapolis lured her with promises of a domestic position. They traveled to Indianapolis with two men, the woman refused the arrangement, and Mrs. Graham paid a week’s rent for a room at 302 North Illinois Street before sending her to Pendleton. The landlady says no such Graham or tenants exist at her house.
The Ubero plantation company announces a 10 percent dividend payable December 31 with a high stock price rise. Officers report rapid sale of shares with only 209 of 2,000 remaining unsold. Former Secretary of State W. D. Gwen and ex-State auditor A. C. D. lead the venture on Tehuantepec isthmus where 60,000 pineapple, 125,000 rubber, and 250,000 coffee trees are growing. Owen shows a sample pineapple weighing TM pounds.
In Nelson county the court of appeals affirmed counting 1197 votes cast for W. P. instead of W. S. Taylor due to a printer's error. The ruling substantially assures Taylor's election and marks the major post election dispute outside Louisville.
Louisville observers report Goebel supporters may seek to overturn enough Louisville votes to produce a Goebel plurality after the court of appeals allotted Nelson county ballots to Taylor.
Rumor says Alen Patton of the Grand stock company has resigned effective next Saturday and may leave to manage his own stock venture. Wright Kramer of the Pike company in Cincinnati could replace him, though Patton indicated the decision was not finalized and he was only exploring options including leasing another theater in a nearby city.
The American Woman Suffrage Association business committee plans a convention at Plymouth Church on December 7 with a state conference for Indiana suffrage supporters. Noted attendees include Susan B. Anthony as president, Carrie Catt as committee chair, and Harriet Taylor Upton as treasurer, with a reception committee featuring many prominent local women.
Creditors seized a trunk of Mrs. H. J. O Neil revealing finery valued around 10600. The first compartment showed 14 silk parasols with imported lace, appraisers estimating 1450 for some. Hidden shelves contained 20 boxes of hosiery, 6 pairs per box, with prices from 10 to 45 dollars each.
At Yale Field on November 23 Princeton and Yale battled for the sundiron title. A crowd of 24 000 watched as Rower of Princeton scored a touchdown and Wheeler added a goal to make it 6 0 Princeton. Yale answered with a touchdown but Brown missed the kick, leaving Princeton 6 Yale 6 at halftime. Yale then kicked a goal to move ahead 10 6.
The Russian government has asked Duluth-Smith, McMillan & Co. of Philadelphia to consider building a large locomotive works near the Trans Siberian railroad. A steel-rail plant is also proposed with American capital to be sought. It is believed at least 5 million dollars will be needed.
Lon McLellan is arrested on contempt charges for not appearing before the grand jury to testify about the street car deal. He is released with a hearing set for next Thursday.
Births list: Christ and Mabel Lowes girl, Charles and Mrs Benedict girl, George and Minnie Saddler girl, Preston and Margaret Richey boy, Gotlieb and Mary Gubier girl. Deaths include Ellen Eler cancer at 54, Mary Edwards convulsions, Phoebe Bartlett paralysis, Evaline Blackburn consumption. Marriages listed for Clarence Jacks and Mary E Stack, George W Church and Josephine Ackren, Rev Harry J Moore and Bertha Shearman, J Arthur Steele and Christina Moldihan, Charlies E Brown and Emma R Hail.
Brownsville Indiana reports a Friday night collision at the bridge two miles east. Engineer Keefe says he struck a man but workers searched two hours Saturday without finding a body. This is the third time a supposed death near the bridge in three years.
A United States circuit court awarded the Pennsylvania Railroad Company $2700 on Saturday in its suit against the city over damages from the 1994 strike. The trial centered on losses alleged by the railroad during the prolonged industrial action.
Santa Barbara news reports the death of Henry H. Hall a longtime treasurer figure connected with Lincoln era affairs. The terse notice notes Hall's death and his role as treasurer in historical contexts.
Dr Joseph J Slater the eminent spiritualist medium will appear in Inatanapollis Sunday night at English s opera house. He will present a series of manifestations on a fully lighted stage with tests for unveiling his work. Witnesses say his feats seem aided by the spirit world and his work contrasts with other mediums relying on dim rooms. He comes endorsed by leading theosophical societies.
Albert Blake, agent for Bird transfer, was tried in police court on a charge of soliciting business within 15 feet of Union station. Henry Spaan defended the company against A Ilaas for the independents. Judge Daly reserved decision after debate on the depot solicitation ordinance’s validity.
Dr. Hurty receives Copy G of Kentucky health board proclamation placing Uniontown and 1800 inhabitants under quarantine until smallpox is stamped out. Uniontown records 460 cases as indifference grows, with cross river spread into Posey County Indiana threatening regional health.
August Cliff, a Chicago commodity dealer nicknamed Horseradish Jack, has received notice from London attorneys that he is the heir to the baronetcy of West Shore, England. He is described as wealthy and prominent in his trade.
Cincinnati congressman W B Shuteu states Roberts, the polygamist elected from Ohio's first district, will be unseated. He asserts the Ohio delegation will unite to remove Roberts from Congress after an interview on Saturday.
The lekes of Ki larney were sold privately in Dublin. The price and purchaser are not disclosed.
Advertisements claim Kid-ne-aids cure kidney and nervous disorders and restore balance. Mrs. J Rinkle of 1275 Noble St reports relief from chronic back pain and insomnia after using the product. Boxes are sold for 50 cents and a descriptive booklet is available from John Morrow & Co Springfield Ohio.
Classified column lists multiple listings including three rooms for rent on West Street for six dollars, furnished rooms with housekeeping at 219 E. South, a nicely furnished private family room on 307 N. New Jersey, two front rooms on 13 E Ohio Street, plus several wanted ads for a shoemaker at 423 Massachusetts Ave a cook in a private family on Indiana Ave and housekeeping for a widower. Also sale ad notes two lathes two drill presses a gas engine and blacksmith tools at 7 N Senate Ave.
Advertised as the only pile remedy with a national reputation the Pyramid Pile Cure is praised for rapid relief and a cure with regular use. Boosts safety painless operation avoidance and low cost with druggists selling it nationwide from coast to coast and beyond.
Market note lists medium and heavy packing cattle with mixed grades and good choice lightweights. Includes 80 common lightweights and 3 sets of sheep receipts and shipments for Saturday with no other details.
Reports show light cattle receipts with export and shipping cattle quotas. Good to prime steers 150 lbs up to 16 6 45. medium steers 1350 lbs up. good to choice heifers 3 90 to 4 40. cows and calves priced 0 50 to 5 50. Hog receipts 5 500 with good to choice weights 3 87 4 10. Sheep and lambs light receipts with good to choice prices 3 25 to 4 75.
Chicago reports a quiet session in honor of Vice-president Hobart with curb trading active. Liverpool prices fell 4 1 4d and local grain declined about 4 1 4c while December wheat traded around 665% to 651 4c and May near 70 1 4s. Puts on May wheat for Monday at 69 4 to 69 3 4c and calls at 70 4c. Corn eased slightly with December 31 1 4c and May 32 1 2c.
B F Gresh offers dancing classes in Fitzgerald building rooms 9 and 10 with daily hours from 10 a m to 10 p m residence 315 E Ohio Indianapolis Ind Attention Royal neighbors and Modern Woodmen meet at Odd Fellows hall 822 Virginia Ave at 12 3 Sunday for Nancy M Lund funeral at 2022 Prospect St AH camp M W A invited to meet with Center camp Frances Heitkamp oracle and dda M Derick records
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