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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1900
Page
1
Cincinnati reports a missing sum near 100000 dollars tied to George R Griffiths longtime clerk of the board of education. Investigators found two ledgers, one for the public and one for personal use, with forged receipts to cover the embezzlement before Griffiths’ death.
New York wires report a nearly $79,000 shortage attributed to E. D. Lukenball, agent at Fernandina Florida, for the Sea para Air Line. The figures reflect a significant financial discrepancy in the company’s regional operations.
Chief Barrett of the fire department favors a merit based reorganization but says the scheme should be started by authorities not within the department. He argues merit gives workers motive yet opposes paying expenses to lobby the legislature. Capt Petty declines comment while a lieutenant notes promotions depend on pull.
Susan Harlan 84 dies at 3 a m Thursday at 222 N Capitol Ave Indianapolis from exhaustion. Widow of George Harlan who died in 1867. Born in Germantown Pa she moved to Indianapolis at 18 and joined Second Presbyterian Church. She lived 36 years in the house of death and owned a rocking chair once belonging to Henry Ward Beecher.
Auditor Hart welcomes Attorney General Taylor's Wednesday opinion on the Fraternal Cooperative Association. He says it will help him identify similar groups and vows to sue all such associations found in the state unless they cease operations.
Congressman Watson heads to Washington for a naval affairs committee meeting and says the panel will likely back more battleships and cruisers. He notes armor plate at 443 dollars per ton could make vessels cheaper than anticipated.
A Pacific typhoon near Guam sinks the American cruiser Yosemite after it drifts 100 miles offshore. Sixteen officers and 267 men aboard, five boat crew drowned, Coxswain F. Swanson and Seaman Anheil recovered, Justin rescues the remaining crew and scuttles the ship. Paymaster Ballard saves 68000 Mexican dollars.
Anxiety mounts over the navy store ship Alava which sailed from Guam on November 17 and is feared to have met a typhoon during its voyage. The report notes concern among authorities as a Pacific weather hazard threatens the vessel and crew.
Fire chief Barrett warns many flues in Indianapolis are damaged or mere openings between bricks. Gas heat has aged flues and coal conversions worsen risk. Firemen maintain readiness with biweekly water tower drills. Barrett and State inspector Hyde finish inspecting state buildings.
State mine inspector concluded a planned explosion killed 14 miners at Berryville. The perpetrators, angry at their boss, lit fuses and were themselves slain in the blast as they returned to the powder house. Explosives and dynamite wrecked the plant, killing nearly every man inside.
Michael Davis proprietor of the Black rabbit den in New York was sentenced to eight months after pleading guilty to keeping a disorderly house as part of the anti vice crusade. Pauline Shelben an inmate received eight months and Jules Davis floor manager fourteen years. Edith Lynch performer seven years. Billy McGlory's dance hall was closed that night.
Mayne C. Parker discovers a new cave on southern Indiana land with saltpetre, quartz veins, and possible silver and gold. A exploration company forms to probe the cave while Parker advances granite deposits and plans a five story hotel in Frankfort using the stone.
Louis O. Rasch chairman of Vanderburgh County Republican Committee faced a dire night in a Drew Mississippi forest. While hunting a terrific storm swept the woods leaving him lost and near unconscious from exposure and exhaustion until he was found the next morning.
In Logansport Indiana on November 29 Judge Horace Biddle once of the supreme court died last year without a will police say a will was found by his niece Mrs Eva Reynolds. The document leaves all property to Mrs Reynolds and five other heirs in equal shares and forbids a grave monument. It is said Logansport will not receive nine thousand volume library.
A Crawford county report says Miss Draper accidentally shot Miss Emma Baker while visiting at the home of Baker's brother. Both were engaged to be married and were to wed soon.
Seattle report states Nellie McKay Humphreys known as Nell Humphreys wed Count Tanterri of Genoa, Italy on Wednesday night after meeting him in Nome where she sought to regain her fortune lost in cattle dealings.
In jail John Higgins tells a reporter he is thankful as townspeople show sympathy with him. Mrs Higgins accompanies him with dinner from the hotel while he plans to attend a prison dance in the corridors with an orchestra by Sheriff Clark.
Indiana notes report a L. E. and W. railroad interruption to local freight on Thanksgiving, 44 Laporte county youths in a Panay battle, deaths from diphtheria and measles in Muncie, a 98 year old Crawfordsville death, a Fort Wayne wedding of Congressman Robinson and Miss Lily Deihl, and various local incidents including accidents, missing youth in Shelbyville, and a Petersburg pensioner.
The Iron moulders union netted about 400 dollars from its annual ball held Wednesday night in Tomlinson hall. A large steel range was auctioned to No. 351 but the owner was not found.
Washington reports indicate Germany may abandon its blood for war stance in China and accept the U.S. peace conditions. Most powers back the moderated program. Gen. Tung Fuh Siang likely to escape punishment while Prince Tuan and other princes face life imprisonment under the imperial edict.
The Wall Street Journal notes Southern Railway aims to obtain the Afonon and secure a direct line from New Orleans to Chicago. Panhandle Railway spent 40000 dollars for land beside its Richmond tracks for a new freight house and expanded yards. The Pennsylvania fast runs 444 miles between Pittsburgh and New York in eight hours three minutes, with a schedule time of ten hours and 15 minutes.
Emma Shafer known as a police character was arrested by Detectives Dugan and Wallace. She was identified as the woman who held up Henry Dickinson four weeks ago at Kentucky and Senate avenues in West Indianapolis, taking $26. She went to Fowler that night and did not return until Wednesday.
Charles R. Holmes arrested at a post office under the alias A B Cross and sought in Windsor Ontario for robbing his bride of 700 dollars her life savings. The wife says he married drank drugged and deserted her within 24 hours after meeting through a matrimonial paper.
36 hour forecast ending 8 p.m. November 30 calls for cloudy skies in Indianapolis with a Thursday night and Friday morning mix of clouds and sun. Temperature at 7 a.m. Friday is expected to be 29 degrees. Uncle Billy Jackson, 92, longtime Union Railway Company secretary, is bedridden from age related illness. He has lived in Indianapolis since 1853 and is the city's oldest longtime employee of the Union Railway. He founded Twelfth Presbyterian Church.
A fire of unknown origin damaged a two room cottage at 1205 Villa Ave owned by Edward Evans, a Big Four engineer, and occupied by his elderly mother. Mrs. Evans left at 9 am Wednesday. blaze found at 12 30 am Thursday, no fire in the house and furniture saved. Logs valued at 500 dollars.
Auction notices list 25c and 10c sterling silver thimbles offered at 20c and 12c 40c and 15c 60c and 25c each. Thimbles described as heavy and well finished. P. Mullaly, diamonds and jewelry, Circle 2.
Indiana soldiers aid society meets at 10 am Friday in the Indiana trust building. High school pupils compete for medals for a best essay on revolutionary war topics. Park board plans a standpipe at Riverside park as first step toward private water plant. Phi Kappa Psi held its annual banquet at the Denison. Adam W. Sheer reports estate matters. Marie Gibson, 30, arraigned for loitering and alleged desertion. she also enticed a 16 year old girl to Indianapolis from Terre Haute.
Elijah Maiden of Knox county lies jailed on a charge of impersonating his brother to obtain a pension. The evidence is strong and Maiden will likely plead guilty.
Coal and Coke. The Malott Coal and Lime Co. Mass and Peru aves. Phones: 23.
Local ad copy touts deals on box couches and skirt boxes from MAHORNEY at 249 Mass ave. Mentions up-to-date patterns and a new piano for 163 dollars at Wulachner's.
Descriptive piece depicts Indianapolis poverty on the south side with a one room cottage housing a Black man and four children, ailing elder women, a barrel house resident, an Italian family delaying feast for money, and river dwelling men who live frugally and rely on salvaged meals.
Lieut Francis Joy Haeseler of the Kearsarge died November 20 at the Brooklyn navy yard after typhoid fever was allegedly treated as malaria. The case prompts talk of reform in the naval medical service and criticism of physicians. Rear Admiral Jack Phillips praised Haeseler’s contributions to the Texas during the Santiago battle.
Mr and Mrs Martin Mock celebrated their golden wedding with a 9 am Catholic mass at St Marys church. A large parish turnout joined processions by church societies and a high mass with choir. An evening reception followed in Reichwein hall, honoring their family members.
Bernard L Holl aged about 60 died from a hemorrhage of the lungs at 6 a m Thursday after delivering bread for Henry Krauss. He collapsed at 100814 E Washington and died shortly after at home. Mrs Holl his widow and other relatives are named in the notice.
Yonkers dispatch reports Halcyon Skinner, noted inventor of looms for tapestry, maquettite, Axminster and chenille carpets, was killed when stepping aside for one train and struck by another. His reputation as a worldwide innovator in textile looms is confirmed by decades of work.
Frank Spangler and his wife Carrie were arrested by Detectives Dugan and Wallace for allegedly running a long practiced badgering blackmail scheme. They were seen with a traveling man near Circle street and Pearl street where the wife flattered and lured, then the husband demanded payment for supposed harm.
E. E. Benjamin traveling passenger agent for the Canadian Pacific railroad recounted a Baltimore to St Louis elopement story on a Terre Haute to Indianapolis train. A dark haired young woman claimed she fled Baltimore with a married man and sought his wife’s husband’s acquiescence.
Congressman Landis fresh from Kansas and Missouri says the main topic out there is the clash between Senator Baker and lawyer Burton for Baker’s Kansas senate seat. Baker is linked to Judge Baker of Indianapolis, while Burton is an Indiana man who graduated from DePauw and started his practice in Indianapolis.
Ollie M. Alien son of ex Councilman John R. Allen wed Miss Terrie Dwyer on Wednesday afternoon and departed for a wedding trip to New Orleans. The ceremony was kept secret and Mr Allen was informed by a newspaper man on Wednesday night. There will be no opposition.
An old advertisement promises cure for a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It states all druggists refund the money if it fails and includes E. W. Grove's signature on each box.
A terse classified fragment urges immediate contact regarding a wet nurse service in Pennsylvania. The brief text hints at liberal fees but provides no fuller details or names.
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