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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1900
Page
3
Shanghai reports say Field-marshal Von Waldersee demands Prince Tuan and other Boxer leaders surrender before peace talks. Moscow dispatches note July and August sieges by Russia yielded 144 Chinese guns 480000 pounds of powder and 26 flags as results of the campaign.
John G. Woolley, running as the Prohibition party candidate for president, spoke for 50 minutes at a Monday night rally in Tomlinson hall to a packed audience. Volney B. Cushing of Maine and Samuel Dickie of Albion, Mitch., plus Wilson Dean of Indianapolis, addressed the crowd.
Chicago authorities shut down gambling venues that were briefly allowed to reopen until after the election. The mayor cited a brutal incident involving a player who lost 55 dollars by unfair play as the trigger for enforcing the closure. A second item notes a marble grave marker in Dillsboro Indiana for Philip Love son of Samuel and Hannah Love who died at 12 in 1855 with a sentimental epitaph.
A gang of Bungaloos attacked a colored man on Monument place Monday night. The victim pulled a knife and, with back up from nearby firemen, kept the attackers at bay until authorities intervened. Tenants had earlier been sent to the workhouse.
The B. & O. has ordered 2,500 box cars and 500 flat cars from Pullman. Southern Pacific ordered 50 locomotives from Brooks Works in Paterson New Jersey. Pennsylvania started two new postal cars six baggage mail and express cars and 150 flat cars at Columbus shops.
Gerry Sanborn of Sanborn Electrical Company and seven employees were fined one dollar and costs each in Judge Stout's court on Tuesday for working on the South-side Turnverein on a recent Sunday. The electrical union supported the case. it was appealed.
The listing advertises a full regular dinner and a business men's lunch offered at the St. Charles hotel in Charleston. Proprietor McCrea Street opposite Union station.
Two hundred motormen conductors engineers and linemen struck Terre Haute electric company for shorter hours and higher wages. No cars move and city offices and plants relying on electricity are crippled affecting a busy street fair and local commerce.
Gov Mount rebuffed Fort Wayne police control saying the city’s separate charter keeps police appointments locally. He noted saloon gambling laws appear loosely enforced and argued governor appointments of police boards apply elsewhere, not to Fort Wayne.
St Louis dispatch reports Thomas Gleason, who shot and killed Thomas Tolliver after a dispute in a Washington Indiana saloon, is hiding in Washington and plans to turn himself in when court convenes, claiming self defense while Tolliver pursued him with a revolver. Tolliver's shot killed an innocent bystander.
Reports say glass bottle manufacturers will form a pool to maintain glass prices while Indiana sees reduced drilling as crude prices fall. Smooth shift in industry amid rail and public notices across towns from Richmond to Terre Haute, including a bridge collapse in Geneva and a motorized accident near Windfall.
The Message to says Field-marshal Count Von Waldersee and allied admirals invited civil and military authorities in Pechili to submit within 48 hours. Most Chinese in question agreed, leading to general disarmament. About 8,000 workers on the great wall fortifications fled after the submission request. Pechili includes Pekin Tien-Tsin and Pao-Ting-Fu and endured major Boxer confrontations.
The Indianapolis military band presents a program titled Carnival and Tannhauser selections with Wagner pieces and other overtures. A procession forms at Meridian and Sixteenth streets, travels to New York East and Washington, then to Capitol and disbands. An exhibition, illumination, and high wire act accompany the event with a grand parade illustrating Indiana growth.
News from Moscow reports the Egyptian mail steamer Charkieh foundered after an explosion in its boilers near Piraeus. About 200 passengers are reported dead with few survivors.
Frank Smiley and co defendants Dr. Augustus M. Unger F Wayland Brown held on 15000 bail each in murder and insurance fraud plot tied to Miss Marie Defenbach. Authorities expect one or two to turn state's evidence while Brown denies guilt and Unger contends some alibis. Bodies cremated complicating proof. Defenbach from La Porte Indiana and Chicago upbringing noted. surveillance suggests Mooney Boland agency already has a written confession from Smiley.
Jenkins Swails of Acton faces murder charges for the shooting of Fleming Alkern during a seven up game dispute over a 40 cent stake. A coroner's verdict is pending after a partial hearing before Justice Lockman. Witnesses describe Alkern as carrying a knife. Swails claims self defense amid a tense, crowded courtroom scene.
A mob attacked a Republican marching group after a Chauncey Depew meeting. Michael Ward suffered severe injuries including loss of front teeth and a broken nose. George Hughes Maurice Woolman and Robert Lang also wounded. The assailants used stones and clubs. police arrived but no arrests were made.
Tuesday morning the coroner's verdict found the shooting was in self defense and Swails was sent to the grand jury. He posted a $1,000 bond with his father and brother furnishing the surety.
The case against W. E. Stevenson of the Stevenson building company for not using smoke consumers was continued in police court until next Tuesday. Building inspector Bedell did not subpoena his witnesses but promised to have them summoned next Tuesday. The company intends to challenge the ordinance's legality.
Oren Cutrell, who posed as a federal officer at Goshen, was declared insane on Tuesday after being released in federal court due to his mental condition. Dr. Dunlavy identifies him as epileptic and Cutrell expressed intent to go to a hospital for treatment.
Gov. Mount will address residents in Linton on Friday morning while Roosevelt is slated to speak in the afternoon. A delegation of district Republicans urged Mount to visit and he plans to rejoin the Roosevelt party at Linton.
John A. Kirk, a carpenter, sues Maurice Moyer for $1,000 damages after stepping on a nail in Moyer's store. He alleges the wound caused tetanus and seeks compensation.
A Toronto dispatch reports G A Harper a chief forester official doubts Miss Defenbach is dead. Local attorneys suspect she may be alive and a corpse substituted for cremation. The case hints at Dr Unger murder amid body disposition secrecy. Authorities search Brown's effects and exchange tense private talks after morning interrogations. Mr and Mrs Fred Gwynne visit sister Mrs F D Hester in Illinois.
Provisions list from Indianapolis market shows smoked hams sugar cured 10 12c per pound, California 8c, dried beef hams Reliable 11 13c, shoulders 8 9c, breakfast bacon varies, bacon clear sides 30 lbs av 13 to 16c per lb.
A brief classified note states elegant cabinets are available at The Modern in Washington for one dollar per dozen.
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