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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1899
Page
6
An elderly couple Ferdinand and wife Riggs in East Hartford refuge in their home. They killed their sick horse for food and remain inside despite authorities. Neighbors report the couple own their house and have bank funds. A visitor was struck by a horse whip. a passerby was fired upon.
On request of the attorney general instructions have been sent to the U S district attorney in Savannah Georgia to obtain evidence against contractors who conspired with Capt Carter to rob the government and to present it to the federal grand jury. Sensational developments are expected from this move.
The War Department release from Manila enumerates deaths since the last report. Entries include soldiers from the Twenty-third and Twelfth infantry, the Sixth artillery, and other units, with causes such as tuberculosis dysentery cirrhosis typhoid fever nephritis and gunshot wounds.
Fragmentary notes mention Cuba and New York with reference to individuals R. K. and Edwin E. Blouch and a Chinese author. The text is garbled, referencing employment, consumption, infantry, appendicitis, and a publication in the native language.
Three Scotsman survivors from Hagerstown Maryland and England recount suffering after the Dominion liner wreck. They accuse crew of selfishness seizing blankets and food while passengers, including women and children, faced hunger.
Frank Lawrence faces trial in Rombe for the 18 04 murder of government spy Mack Johnson. Prosecutors say Paul Stewart confessed to plotting the killing with six other moonshiners, Lawrence firing the fatal shot and disposing of the body in a disused well.
Louisville October 3 Judge Evans in U S court issues a ruling in R F Balke v Whisky Trust. The decision asserts the court’s jurisdiction and requires the trust to deposit warehouse receipts or $100 or face a receiver for the Mellwood distillery property. The stance is not final but marks a strong setback for the whisky trust.
The Detroit cruiser that reached Charcoa from Puerto Cabello Venezuela last week has returned to Puerto Cabello. Observers believe Venezuela's revolution necessitates a U S presence to safeguard American interests.
Bristol Tennessee records four cases of smallpox. McKinley plans no political speeches in Ohio. Charles Frederick Hamden Central killed night watchman William Lively Monday night. Bloomington DC suffers soft coal famine. Lins Com missie advanced prices fifty cents per ton Monday. Pan Presbyterian congress to meet in Liverpool five years henceYo. Old Gold Made Tate new designs at Gamdner's 59 Coymercial club building.
Charles A. Hinckley alias Charles S. Morris arrested near Princeton for grand larceny. Former West-side Bank teller, 1868 to 1884, fled after $75,600 vanished, later found in Columbia as a town site official. extradition ordered for trial in New York.
Poughkeepsie article reports E. L. Cowden a Fastman college student from Texas died on Monday from peritonitis caused by injuries sustained during a football game last week.
Vandalia Line offers seven fifty round trip to St Louis for the fair with tickets on sale October 1 through 6 and good for return until October 9. Five trains daily provide service to the event.
The notice explains that travelers may shorten their return to Indianapolis by using Frank Bird Transfer at the main station. Passengers are advised to obtain railroad checks through this service to streamline baggage delivery.
A new color printing device developed by Ivan Orloff of the Russian government printing works prints all colors simultaneously in one revolution. The system uses a large cylinder with color blocks, an ink transfer roller, and a final impression form to produce about 1000 finished impressions per hour, originally designed for bank notes.
A brief notice indicates time standard changes effective Sunday October 1 1899 with reference to central standard time terms and implementation in local schedules. The fragment notes a time shift impacting daily timetables and public clocks.
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