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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1900
Page
3
Three masked highwaymen robbed Dr. Isaac Berman in Hartford City Indiana on Monday night. The victim was stripped of six dollars in cash and five hundred dollars worth of jewelry in the daylight hours of November. Police investigated the incident as a highway robbery and sought suspects noting the bold nature of the crime and the value of the stolen items.
A fragmented Indiana news roundup notes gambling restricted in Elwood, fire losses near £10,000 at Kokomo, a fatal hunting accident by John Kipper, and a suicide by Mrs. Louise Spanwick of Anderson. Additional items cover bank prospects for Thorntown, paving near the courthouse, a sleepwalker in Evansville, and local political and civic curiosities.
The report describes assailants fleeing after Lindsay fired a revolver during a botched robbery on Monday night in the suburbs. Lindsay’s watch and money were dropped in the fray as the robbers disappeared. At a later funeral, Mrs. Malinda Bock’s relatives mourned without detailing her death.
Official state count shows McKinley defeating Bryan in Indiana by 26 479 votes with Durbin ahead of Kern by 25 163. First electors tally lists Zollars 309 584 Hanna 338 063 Clark 18 718 and other minor candidates. Durbin tops Kern for governor by 25 163 in total results.
Salford health officer reports 58 deaths from arsenic poisoning traced to Manchester toro beer. About 100 more cases treated. Epidemic extends across Salford, Manchester, Liverpool, Birkenhead and smaller towns.
From Manila dated October 20 Panay reports prolonged rice transplanting season causing starvation and widespread beggar hardship. Officials strive to aid while volunteers nearing US departure face 24 regiments to return in arrival order.
The will of Charles H. Hoyt the playwright leaves ten thousand dollars in cash and a thirty five percent stake in all plays in which he was interested to Elwood M. Dasher of Indianapolis. Dasher formerly worked with the Grand and English opera houses and later served as Hoyt's advance agent. He is now in New York City after a trip to London.
Charles Major's novel adaptation When Knighthood Was in Flower opened at the Olympic theater in St. Louis with Julia Marlowe in Mary Tudor. The packed house overflowed with hundreds turned away. Marlowe received repeated curtain calls as Major and Kester praised the performance. Major attended but did not appear.
New York November 27 Mijame Bernhardt and M Coquelin starred in Edmond Rostand's L Aig jon at the Garden theater before a large first night crowd. The audience was warm with hours of standing room outside and tickets bought by speculators for up to 15 dollars. An estimated 10000 or more was paid by first-nighters for the performance, and a remarkable six year old girl played a boy and earned praise for her bold, convincing turn.
The Grand stock company will withdraw from Indianapolis in three weeks due to poor business. The season ends December 15 and the company may relocate to another city. George Dickson and D. H. Hunt oversee the move and theater plans, with options under consideration for future use of the Grand theater.
New York on Tuesday saw all high hotels and fashionable cafes in the theater district close their rooms at 1 a m and not reopen until 5 a m. The enforcement of the law marked the first time in years that police chief Devery ordered the curfew as part of Tammany’s anti vice program.
George W. Wilson, commissioner of internal revenue, died in Washington on Tuesday morning after bronchial trouble. He rose from the revenue service, coming from Kentucky during Cleveland's first term as deputy commissioner. He was appointed to succeed Senator Scott in 1899 by Secretary Gage.
St Paul Minnesota report on Tuesday morning says Senator Davis remains alive but is “slowly sinking” and cannot live more than two days. His family has lost all hope and prepared for his passing.
Judge Baker appoints W H Hawkins secretary of the democratic state committee as receiver of the R M Quigley stone crushing plant in Polk county Arkansas. Bond set at 5000 dollars and bids to be advertised. Hawkins to inspect plant next week. Reinhard to move to Rockport Indiana to resume law practice. formerly partnered with Seidensticker and McCullough.
Attorneys for William Miller, a colored man, plan to move to quash a federal indictment for alleged voter coercion. They contest the charge claiming the statute lacks a penalty clause since the related section was repealed, arguing the cited provision is invalid.
Newport Ky Nov 27 Receiver Lynch of the German national bank states Brown the defaulter stole 3200,000 in six months. Of $500,000 in assets only $20,000 is worthless and plans are under way to reopen the bank.
A Shanghai dispatch to the Post reports Li Hung Chang is very seriously ill. The notice provides few details and states the complaint is not specified.
London reports latest bulletins from Livadia say the czar is improving, with physicians hopeful for his recovery.
Public health warning cites red flag skin signs as possible torpid liver and poisoned blood. Cascarets Candy Cathartic advertised as solution, with druggists selling at 10 cents.
John W. Gates, the western speculator, withdraws about 2,000,000 from Wall Street in a year and heads to Port Huron to shoot ducks. Wall Street remains wary though not uneasy, as Gates has mastered the game and earned a strong reputation.
Hoboken police receive warning of an anarchist plot to kill President McKinley. A mailed letter names a suspected leader, a fugitive with prior anarchist imprisonment, and cites Paris police verification. Secret service in Washington is informed, but the name remains withheld.
Storms caused widespread damage in Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia New York and New England. Floods and snow swelled destruction as bridges were carried away towns inundated and rail traffic interrupted. Dozens of vessels wrecked along the coast and coal mines paused operations.
The Treasury Department will admit lace makers and their families sent by Dr Dowie now in Europe. The lacemakers will move to Zion City Illinois as immigration officials reverse prior denial. Albert Goodrich of Boston seeks bankruptcy with debts of 2391.31 and assets of 528.
Chicago November corn opened with bids at 49.5 cents and surged after shorts bought heavily. By early trading the price touched 51 cents before retreating to 50 cents for November as Phillips, known as the Corn King, had fulfilled his forecast and earned a sizable gain.
Four men fell from a scaffold at a new blast furnace in Chicago on Monday. Stephen Anderson was saved when his coat caught on a post, hanging for 20 minutes before rescue. Three others were seriously injured with skull, rib, leg, and internal injuries. Velcheck is deemed fatally injured.
New York reports Miss Helen M. Gould bought 3300 worth of toothbrushes, combs, and toilet articles to ship to soldiers in the Philippines for Christmas, with plans announced Monday.
Advertises lemon and vanilla wafers made with choicest creamery butter and fig and raspberry turnovers as ideal accompaniments to meals. Encourages readers to ask grocers for York Butters.
Indianapolis November 27 pricing lists show Rams sugar cured hams and Reliable bacon with precise weights and percentages. Vegetables fruits nuts canned goods and dairy priced by the bushel crate barrel or dozen with items from potatoes to cranberries apples bananas lemons and butter listed alongside meats and fish.
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