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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1900
Page
3
Shanghai Times correspondent says Beijing issues inflammatory edicts in secret while Empress Dowager and Emperor show no move to return to Pekin. Other dispatches report harsh Chinese casualties in Pekin and Tianjin as Russian actions are described as brutal.
The Chinese minister in London received a dispatch announcing Li Hung Chang left Tien-Tsin for Pekin on October 4.
The high school senate debated a referendum to elect United States senators by direct vote. Senator Baker James Nimal argued that people’s will is not carried out in lawmaking and that trusts could be curbed by submitting laws to the people. Senator Pritchard praised the bill’s aim to curb moneyed influence and require public approval.
News from Port Stanley Falkland Islands reports the American ship P. N. Blanchard, sailing from Baltimore to San Francisco on May 4, caught fire after twenty days of rough voyage. Captain Courtney divided the crew into three life boat groups. he and his party reached Cygnet Bay. The American consul sent a schooner to search for missing crew members.
The steamer Centennial rescued Samuel Dutton and John Bowers, two shipwrecked miners from Nome. They sailed in a small boat, rode a great storm, and drifted eight days with food but no fresh water, nearly driven to madness by thirst.
The Morris st and Blaine ave church will be dedicated Sunday with Rev. 7 T. Sweeney delivering the dedicatory sermon at 10 30 am. Ministers will assist at a 3 pm communion service. Sweeney also speaks Monday night on The golden age for church benefit.
Police were summoned to 641 Virginia Ave to remove a man in a drunken stupor who had fallen inside Salvation Army headquarters. A woman knelt and prayed, warning officers she would call for help if prayers failed in an hour. she did not call.
In Chicago on Oct 6 a local officer and Crown Point detectives pursue a Cedar Lake head mystery. A driver who ferried a couple from Crown Point to Cedar Lake reports a quarrel and the woman’s disappearance after a boat ride. Harold Wheeler, Lake County clerk, says he was asked to destroy or return the coroner verdict declaring murder.
Jeffersonville Ind Oct 6 George Fuller a fisherman and expert river man drowned Friday afternoon at Willow Point He was noted for saving 32 people from the treacherous big eddy and knew the river falls well
The clipping recounts Mrs Emma Husted suing Aaron Masters estate for compensation for house care over 11 years, notes a Pittsburg glass company training young workers, McKinley fights off a highwayman with iron, and Lafayette editor attacked after political disagreements. It also reports a Philippines veteran mauled by Filipinos and a Lafayette man horsewhipped over journalism.
Judge Gooding of Greenfield and N W Wilson of the democratic state committee rode a runaway Lombard building elevator Friday. The car lurched between floors as bystanders urged reversing the lever and leaping to the top floor before the conductor regained control.
Thomas Tolliver, a gambler, was shot dead on Main St in Washington Ind during a crowded street fair after a dispute over a crap game with loaded dice. Joseph Slawson was wounded in the shoulder. Police seek Thomas Gleason of Cincinnati as a suspect. another man, Mathey of Indianapolis, is in custody.
Sophia Choate cousin of Joseph H Choate ambassador to England died in Valparaiso on a Saturday. A woman of refinement and education she lived as a recluse and departed in abject poverty.
Reports from Kokomo to Muncie list deaths including stock man J. K. Kelly and Rev. Samuel W. Miler, with others such as John Arnett and Meg Johns noted. Local politics show a Democratic poll lead. industry updates cite a 2600 worker Elwood tin-plate plant restart and an oil well near Berne. Also mention offenses, marriages, elopements, and arrests across White, Laporte, Cass, and surrounding counties.
Report from Fort Worth says Wakefield's cotton gin near Flatonia exploded killing five children and fatally wounding Henry McMiken the fireman and the owner Wakefield. One victim was blown into a hog pen and mangled remains were eaten by hogs.
Wayne McVeagh former ambassador to Italy announces support for McKinley in a Philadelphia Ledger letter. He says McKinley’s re election does not endorse the Philippine war and that both parties share responsibility. He cites the president's China policy as the true American stance.
Webster Davis, in Kansas City, says he did not accept any money from President Kruger or the Boers for his testimony on British treatment of the Transvaal. He states his position remains unchanged and there is no financial incentive behind his stance.
The document from the Gold Democratic National Organization reviews the Chicago and Kansas City conventions and stresses the urgency of defeating Bryan, noting McKinley’s name is not mentioned.
The committee to investigate the Consumers gas trust company decided to hold open meetings and employ no expert unless the books prove complicated. Manager Bement Lyman told members they couldn't have the books until the directors act.
The state election board decided that this year’s tickets must share the same order on ballots as they did two years ago. This maintains a uniform placement for candidates across party lines and regions.
In Sarasota on October 6, Dent Winter, an intoxicated Black man, rampaged through Turtlehead camp slashing residents until killed by returning fire. A dozen men were wounded or gravely hurt. In Greenville an unknown Black man tried to enter a farmer’s daughters rooms and was hanged by the farmer and his two sons.
Ex governor W S Taylor of Kentucky has given a deposition for Henry Youtsey's case in Frankfort Kentucky. The nature of the evidence cannot be revealed. Two questions were asked and Taylor prepared the answers carefully.
Gov. Roosevelt's voice was only slightly better after a long trip and he still spoke in a whisper. Officials decided to cancel the East St. Louis meeting to allow him rest on Sunday and Monday.
Railroad men and travelers forecast Indianapolis will host the biggest crowd in history next Thursday for Roosevelt Day. Republicans are encouraged as Col Harry B. Smith heads a parade with assurances of many uniformed Rough Riders from around the state. Roosevelt's train from Richmond will stop at the Southeastern Ave crossing around 4 p.m. A military escort will take the party to the stand by the courthouse yard. Maj Harold Megrew invites Spanish-American War veterans to march.
Col Theodore Roosevelt will be a guest at the home of Harry New in Indianapolis next Thursday after his Tomlinson Hall speech. The dinner at Capitol Ave residence will be elaborate, with Mrs New canceling floral parade plans to devote full attention to the event.
In September the movement reached 111 95 cars with 88 739 loaded, a small drop from the same month in the previous three years. The Lake Erie line reported its best business ever.
The case against W. E. Stevenson of the Stevenson Building Company was continued in police court Saturday morning so the prosecutor can further prepare himself.
An article extols Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a quick, effective remedy for nasal catarrh coughs colds and bronchial catarrh. It touts the tablets as non addictive cocaine free and portable with rapid relief and potential permanent cure unlike washes or inhalers.
Indianapolis market report lists smoked meats and bacon prices, dried beef hams, lard, and fresh pork cuts with varied grades. Also shows fish and game, oysters, salt, oats, flour, vegetables, fruits, nuts, confections, sugar, butter, live poultry, and coal retail prices alongside drugs stocks for Oct. 6.
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