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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1900
Page
9
Ferenci won the Kentucky Futurity at Lexington meeting earning $16,000 and broke the futurity mark with a 2 10 4/5 performance. Extasy had set the prior record at 2 11 4/5 last year. Fort Erie races and a Cleveland workout noted fast times as Beau Gallant captured the Matron Stake in New York and The Rush won in Chicago.
Boston beat Brooklyn 7 to 6 in a brisk matchup as St Louis struggled to solve Callahan until the seventh inning. The Yankees defeated Philadelphia 6 to 2 with Mercer preventing rallies, while Chicago and St. Louis combined for a quiet 3 to 0 game. The National League considers Patterson from Chicago American. draft results list A D Davis Minneapolis William Conroy Milwaukee J D Dobbs Utica Hoke Ferris Norwich F Morton New London Bergen Fort Wayne E Beck Toledo Patterson Chicago. Chicago drafts Roy Patterson. Pittsburg selects Charles Buelow Cleveland. Boston picks Hoke Ferris Pat Dogherty J Connor and Patterson Chicago.
Johnny Nelson and his trainer F Ed Bpooner travel from the east to Indianapolis where a 25 mile race with McDuffee is set for Monday night. Nelson, untrained for ten days on doctor orders, has gained 11 pounds to 148. He logged a 1:45 mile Tuesday while two motors and an extra wheel will be on hand Monday in case of an accident.
Lake Forest University football team has been disbanded after the death of Pierson, a team member. Parents of six top players have forbidden their children to play, preventing participation amid tragedy and discipline.
A New York paper reports on signals used by batters and a catcher's request, noting an electric wire in the park installed by an amusement company. Washington Post editor Joseph Campbell comments on past friends. Terre Haute will host a green horse record meet next week.
Capt William E English, returning from eastern resorts with wife, backs McKinley and Roosevelt. He cites gold democrat logic, predicting about 90 percent will vote for McKinley, and plans to join Roosevelt’s Chicago train and tour Indiana. He improved the Scott County homestead at a cost of 10,000 dollars and will use it as a summer home.
Augustus Regula, 24, lay unconscious at 3 E Nebraska st after a beating with a fence picket. Doctors say he may not survive as George Manshardt and William Kehm faced police court for the alleged crime. Mrs. Regula heard a Sunday night brawl and identified William Meyers, who lives with them, as part of the incident. Regula was struck while reclaiming a ring dropped during the scuffle.
Delegates from northern Indiana to the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias compare notes on railroad pricing. They report the one fare rate for the National association of democratic clubs and a one and one third fare for the K P rate on the same dates. Many bought at the one fare before it expired October 3 as the celebration began. The original rate allowed reading through October 5.
Ex congressman James Campbell of Illinois joins McKinley ticket claiming Bryan prolongs the Philippine insurrection. A southern Illinois Democrat, Campbell was elected in 1896 and 1898, resigned to form the Ninth Illinois infantry, served in Cuba, then became lieutenant colonel of the Thirtieth volunteers now in the Philippines, and is on furlough at home.
London dispatch reports Boer forces derailed a train at Pan east of Middleburg Tuesday night. Five persons are dead and 19 injured. Commandant De larey reportedly surrounded as Delarey harasses British west of Pretoria and Grobeler retreats northward.
Paris on October 3 reports remarkable performances in the long distance balloon race starting from Vincennes. Two competitors reached points near the Russo German frontier traveling far faster than an express train. News of other competitors has not yet been received.
The government will open a new Oklahoma settlement strip around April allowing any American citizen to stake a claim in Kiowan and Comanche counties. The move invites new settlers to pursue lands through the first come, first served process.
A tramp-like man was found dead on the Union railroad outbound track near Delaware street Tuesday night. He had severe injuries including a crushed head, amputated right leg below the knee, and left big toe lost. No witnesses. Body moved to City hospital. trains passing east between 6 and 7 pm did not stop. Descriptions include blue eyes, various facial features, and a railroad guide found in his pocket.
Herman Sander a blacksmith at 2001 Madison avenue testified in the coroner s office that the Madison avenue and Belt road accident last Wednesday caused the death of flagman Richard White age 70 and injuries to Richard and Roscoe Smithey. He says White did not wave until the Smitheys were on the track and that the old man rushed toward the farmers yelling to back off. The wagon could not be moved in time and a wagon bed fragment struck the flagman, killing him.
The Brass Manufacturers' Association, once capitalized at 30 million dollars, has failed as all pliants withdraw. A price war is expected to follow after the collapse of the paternal trust, with American Brass Company rising as a dominant force and shrinking the old firm's influence. Charlotte Maconda and Joseph Baernstein will perform at Amphion club concert on November 2 at the German House.
Two more Dowie elders were deported from Mansfield Ohio on Tuesday. Cornelius Vanderbilt leased the Collins P Huntington mansion in New York for an annual rent of fifty thousand dollars. Rev Axtell of Royal Oak Michigan, once famed for a televised five round bout with a saloon keeper, started a barber shop and drove rivals out of business. He may preach for the Royal Oak Baptists. Henry Schmidt of Chicago confessed to robbing mailboxes. Rich gold mines have been found in South Kordofan Sudan.
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