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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1900
Page
2
Constantinople November 27 Turkey declines to purchase a cruiser in the United States. Relations between the two governments grow tense as Charged Affairs Gris of the United States confers with the Turkish foreign minister on successive days.
The district heard arraignments before Judge Baker on Tuesday for a group of defendants held in jail. Trials start December 37. Robert C. McKee and son Howard denied counterfeiting charges. several others pleaded guilty to similar crimes. Additional defendants faced charges of impersonation, illegal liquor sales, and mailing threats as part of the federal probe.
William Fortune relinquishes the editor post at Municipal Engineering with Charles Carroll Brown to succeed him. Fortune will stay as company president and retain his magazine interest, noting reduced workload. The publishers argue Indianapolis can sustain a first class municipal engineering publication and promise further improvements under new management.
W A Ferguson, 59, arrested in New York on charges of swindling doctors across the United States. He claimed to be a physician and traveled with tales of a sick wife and two children. A Galveston loss story and a list of flood charity contributors were found on him.
London dispatch reports Commandant Delarey with 1000 men and three guns clashed with Gen. Clement near Rietfontein. The Boers were routed and British casualties totaled six killed and several wounded.
The cases against John T. Brush and T. J. Cullen for violating the smoke ordinance were continued in police court Tuesday. Both cases will be contested on the same grounds as the Stevenson building company. Building inspector Bedell says affidavits will be filed soon against other owners of buildings.
Berlin report says Empress Augusta Victoria has grown pale and gray with age, her hair thinning and forehead furrowed. She obeys the Kaiser, showing distrust of new faces and reliance on longtime lower-servant staff.
Workmen clearing debris on Thirteenth street and Avenue S unearthed ten bodies from two collapsed houses. Six victims were women and children trapped beneath wreckage after the disaster.
A Bucharest report to Expresa says Standard Oil secured permission to mine petroleum in all Roumanian government tracts for 2,000,000 dollars.
Havana reports Tuesday marks the Twenty-ninth Special as Cuban students are shot, described as the greatest holiday in the calendar. The account notes the date November 27 and the unusual celebration surrounding the incident.
A garbled OCR passage references bromide and laxatives with irregular spacing and stray letters. It appears as partial notes or a medication reminder, lacking clear names, dosages, or a coherent event to report.
Police report a telegram from Marion accusing Drs C Fuller and J R Stout of Indiana of defrauding people by taking hand-impression cards read by Dr J J Kelsey in cities Paris New York Indianapolis. Kelsey’s office found. doctor fled with belongings.
Washington reports show a cabinet meeting focusing on the Chinese settlement with key discussion on proposed punishments for 11 princes and mandarins, indemnities, and fort destruction. Officials seek modification as the U.S. argues the court is dominated by those rulers and questions punishment feasibility.
The jury found Warrum's signature genuine and awarded Mrs. Mary E. Crider judgment of 11 364 76 against William C. Barnard as administrator of Noble Warrum's estate after a prior trial awarded about 21 000. Separately, Henry W. Bigler died at 75 in St George Utah, famed for California gold discovery in 1848, and Robert East Aphthorpe Dorr, publisher of the Mail and Express, died in New York.
Receiver Tucker reports to the comptroller that Newport Kentucky's German National Bank has cash and assets sufficient to pay depositors over 90 percent. The defalcation is $191000. Efforts continue to resume operations.
A reader’s column lists births including Albert and Mary Dehler's boy at 714 Russell Ave and several other families with newborns. It also notes infant Dehler with water on the brain and illnesses like typhoid and tuberculosis among residents such as Ruby McDonald and Amy Edwards. The entry extends to marriages and pairs of residents across multiple addresses.
London reports the funeral of Sir Arthur Sullivan in St James's Chapel with imperial tributes from the queen and Emperor William. The service featured relics of sarcients and gold and music from Sullivan’s oratorios, with interment at St Paul’s Cathedral.
GOEHEN Ind Nov 27 The deal transferring the Ariel cycle company plant to the Puritan cereal food company of Jackson Mich for 15000 was closed Tuesday One cent will be in operation Dec 10 Another bold robbery occurred here Tuesday morning Frank Cole relieved of 70 and a gold watch The police warn citizens against keeping money about.
Councilman Higgins told investigators at the jail on Tuesday that he did not receive any money for the ordinance granting the street car franchise. He said he never heard of other councilmen taking money either and noted he has remained close to the councilmen since. Higgins also reported good health and recalled a disputed restaurant service incident.
In Carbondale Pennsylvania on Monday editors Lathrop of the Leader and Munn of the Review fought on the street after a feud over a nickname. Lathrop posted $500 bonds to keep the peace.
The transport Thomas from Manila carries the remains of Col. H. Liscum who fell at Tien-Tsin and his wife Mrs. Liscum. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The ship also carries several hundred sick aboard.
Albert Sahm and Charles Maguire of the Board of Works urged county commissioners Tuesday to cut city office rents. The commissioners favored the reduction and a conference is set for Friday.
Indianapolis and Lebanon transit company wins a franchise to build an electric line along the Lafayette pike through Marion county. The road to Lebanon must be completed by May 1, 1902. Promoters include J. N. Manker A. A. Mckhain Ernest Dawson William Helfenberger J. S. Holliday and A. M. Glossbrenner.
Ex governor William S Taylor will practice law in Indianapolis. J N Richie named receiver for the Indianapolis buggy company. A fire at W R Wands oil store caused by a defective flue with no loss. Funeral for Thomas T Williams at Olive Street home. Benjamin Givens to retire to Marlboro, Jas. Commercial club to review water contract. Oscar Sherman named superintendent of National Railway News Co. to operate in Tipton for L E W district. Mrs R A Crossfield to lecture in Indianapolis on Sweat shops and Union Labels. Federal cases set for Fort Wayne December 4. Manual training high school to perform Vanity Fair concert December afternoon. Christmas booths selling gifts. William Logan fined for stealing from employer. Noblesville canning co directors sue over fiscal disclosure. Protestant churches elect officers Monday night. Petrified body found at Jerome A T.
Listing of individuals and firms with addresses and job types including repairs frame house and frame cottages, remodels, verandas, and shops. Amounts range from 15 to 4400 dollars for projects at multiple streets and intersections.
Ex mayor Leeper aged 70 of South Bend dies Tuesday from acute indigestion. A prominent writer of state history and a wealthy Democrat, he was an Argonaut of 189 and among the last survivors of that band.
The report lists diverse incidents including a $25,000 fire in Cross Forks Pennsylvania, fraud and crime updates from Chicago and Ohio, a $50,000 lumber fire in Kansas City, a Chicago jewelry robbery, a bigamy sentence for Yd Holden of Tiffin Ohio, a suspected murder of the Keating girl, and notes on President McKinley meeting irrigation delegates. Additional items note the Keating case development, a South African police context, a fatal shooting in Marysville Iowa, a Pittsburg gas explosion injuring five, and remarks on composer Henry Russell’s health and Zimmerman’s remark on the Manchester dukedom.
Dr Hylande MacGrath of 96 Fifth Ave New York reports using Grape-Nuts with cream to fuel long walks and mental tasks. He cites improvements in nervous or delicate individuals, civic-minded hopes for school use, and observations of weight and vitality in women and anaemic girls.
The Fanciers' association plans a combination show in Tomlinson Hall from December 10 to 15, promising to be the largest ever held in Indiana.
Cattle receipts Tuesday at Indianapolis and Interstate Stock Yards numbered 460 and 2300 respectively with mixed classes. Quotes covered good to prime export steers 1,350 to 1,500 lbs at 5.10 to 5.25, heftier heifers around 400 lbs 4.95, cows 2.70 to 3.50, veals 5.00 to 6.00, hogs 4.60 to 5.00, and lambs 4.50 to 5.50. Chicago corn and soy markets also noted with modest gains and declines.
A fragmented price sheet lists wheat types and corn varieties with cents per bushel, including No 2 red wheat, No 1 white corn, and assorted white mixed grades. The text mentions November timing and wagon freight terms in a damaged OCR extract.
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