310 Tom Wins The Battle By Close Shave
Tom wins a tight contest in a close battle with a narrow margin. The outcome follows a tense campaign featuring sparse doubt about the police judge and city clerk.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1899
Page
1
Albert Sahm Confirms Safe Nine Councilmen
Complete unofficial mayoral returns show Thomas Taggart leading Chas A Bookwalter by 310 votes. At 5 a m Taggart had 19 827 and Bookwalter 19 634 with two precincts missing ward 8 and ward 13. in those areas Taggart gained 306 votes to solidify the margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Taggart
Taggart
Bookwalter
Boookwalter
Fraud Charged and Republicans Fight to Contest
A Republican City Committee leader asserts fraud and vows court action after voting irregularities surface in multiple precincts. He says judges were instructed to protest every questionable vote as canvassing continues, with reports of votes thrown out and shifting returns stirring tension ahead of final results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logsdon
Republican City Committee
Taggart
Ward 1
A. Bookwalter
Nat
Arong
Nine Councilmen Comment on Taggart Victory in City Election
Albert Sahm speaks after a long canvass night praising Taggart as winner amid opposition from Bookwalter and strong gas meter opposition. He cites trust and brewery allies as factors and notes nine wards lean Democratic with Horan Perrott Riley Moriarity Kelly among winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sahm
Taggart
Bookwalter
Sahm
Horan
Perrott
Riley
Moriarity
Kelly
Democratic council slate hinted by Sahm and sources
Mr. Sahm indicated the full list of democratic candidates for councilmen at large would join the ticket. He added Geck ler and Daly are likely in with Taggart, suggesting a consolidated party slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. McGrew
Banauer
Knight
Higgins
Sahm
Geckler
Daly
Taggart
Canvassing Board Clash Over Meeting Room and Ballot Returns
The canvassing board met in the police court room against council chamber rules. Judge Cox refused to relocate as Republican and Democratic inspectors debated election validity. Mayor Taggart and officials pressed to verify returns with Ward 2 precincts 14 and 16 pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police
Council Chamber
Cox
Taggart
Spencer
Fred Joss
Pyrtle Herod
Bookwalter
Bookwalter vows to contest election as steal claimed
Candidate Charles A. Bookwalter says the election was stolen and vows to contest. He asserts contested votes were pro tested by a republican judge and explains the timing and process for filing with the circuit court within 20 days. The Marion circuit court is in session and could hear the case promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Bookwalter
Circuit Court
Marion Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Taggart
Election results show Elliott and Wall lead as missing precincts loom
Reported returns from precincts 10 and 3 in wards 1, 8, and 10 were not yet received. With these gaps Elliott and Wall appeared to lead over Geckler and Daly, giving Elliott a 249 vote edge and Wall 117, while Taggart and Bookwalter trended closely in the questioned precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Bookwalter
Logsdon
Bowlus
Elliott
Wall
Geckler
Daly
Taggart
Wail
Sloan Leads School Board Ticket by Thousands
George W. Sloan heads the school board slate with a large early lead, estimated at 6 000 to 7 000 votes. Partial returns show the first five names may win: Sloan Sweeney Moores Sickles Bamberger, with uncertainty around Russe and Goss. Sloan, Moores and Sickles oppose Goss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Sloan
Goss
A. M. Sweeney
C. W. Moores
Henry Sickles
Herman Bamberger
Henry Russe
Bamberger
Sloan
Moores
Sickles
Johnson Thinks First Four School Commissioners Elected
City controller BE M Johnson believes the initial four candidates for school commissioners and the final seat are elected, naming George W Stoan and Andrew M among those considered.
Boer War Escalation Shocks Cape Town With Martial Tension
Cape Town reports heightened war fever as Orange Free State forces move into Natal and Transvaal troops mobilize north of the Buffalo River. Proclamations threaten treason for aiding the enemy while leaders like Hofmeyr and Schreiner face pressure as pacific efforts collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Free State
Natal
New Castle
Transvaal
Buffalo River
England’s Reply to Boers Likely Brief and Dignified
London reports England will merely acknowledge receipt of the Transvaal note. A cabinet is summoned for Friday to decide but plans for imminent hostilities in the Transvaal are already prepared. The Boer ultimatum is seen as Chamberlain’s diplomatic win.
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London
Eengland
Transvaal
Chamberlain
Laurier Called Home From Chicago Banquet
Sir Wilfrid Laurier premier of Canada could not attend the Commercial club banquet in the Auditorium Tuesday night as he hastily left Chicago bound for Canada likely due to the Boer ultimatum seeking urgent duties or response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurier
Chicago
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Commercial Club
England will not declare war over Kruger ultimatum
The Times reports England will not recognize Pretoria dispatch as a formal war declaration nor issue a formal declaration itself. It states that declarations of war are only between sovereign states and denies Transvaal status as such.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
The
Times
Kruger
Pretoria
Transvaal
Western league pennant presented to W F C Galt
At a Western league directors meeting in Chicago on October 11 the pennant was presented to Indianapolis owner W F C Galt. President Johnson and Mr. Galt spoke as the fall meeting opened at 3 o'clock. A Chicago club addition to the circuit will be considered amid a strengthened league stance with the American association rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Baseball League
Wrednesday
W. F. C. Galt
Indianapolis
Johnson
Mr. Galt
American Association
National League
Weather forecast for Indianapolis area October 12
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending 8 p m includes cloudy skies and occasional rain expected Wednesday night and Thursday. Temperatures were 60 at 7 am, 63 at noon, and 65 at 2 pm.
Stops at the Fifth Peg in St Louis Cincinnati Tilt Off
The St. Louis and Cincinnati game at St. Louis on Wednesday was declared off due to wet grounds. The cancellation ensures St. Louis clinches fifth place in the league race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Local Business Notes and Patents Mentioned
Incorporated notices list Century Oil Company of Wabash with capital stock $20,000 and Junior Oil Company of Petroleum Wells County with capital stock $1,600. An advertisement claims Seaton the Hatter offers the best and cheapest hats in the city at 29 North Pennsylvania Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Oil Company
Wabash
The
Junior Oil Company
Petroleum
Wells County
Capital
Discharged Soldiers Bitter Over Philippine Return
Emaciated dispatch recounts Fourteenth Infantry men arriving from Manila aboard Newport and reporting harsh treatment, mutiny fears, and a mutiny arrest. They claim pay forfeiture and embalmment of comrades’ bodies on dining tables. Twentieth Kansas regimental welcome follows, with honors at the presidio. Two captains in the Thirteenth Infantry were killed in battle recently.
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San Francisco
Fourteenth Infantry
New Port
Manila
Philippines
Beloit
Cleveland
Otis
Pearson
Newport
Nagasaki
Kelly
IX Battery
Third Artillery
Presidio
O'Keefe
Twentieth
Kansas
Funston
California
Shafter
Gov. Stanley
Sunlower
Fumston
Ntne
Washington
Thirteenth Infantry
Marion Safford
Woodbridge Geary
Geary
West Point
The Sun Rated Premier Want Ad Medium in Indianapolis
An evening contemporary claims exclusivity in want ads but The Sun counters with weekly figures showing 2048 ads over seven days. It notes The Sun publishes 275 to 400 ads daily, varying by season, and remains the recognized medium for want advertisements in Indianapolis communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUN
Indianapolis
THE
Indiana Baptists Hold Sixty Seventh Annual Session
The Indiana Baptists opened their sixty seventh annual meeting at First Baptist Church with welcome addresses from Rev. Thomas J. Villers and Hon. John L. Griffiths. Rev. D. R. Landis of Lafayette gave the response, and Rev. Co. D. Case of South Bend preached the annual sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Thomas J. Villers
John L. Griffiths
D. R. Landis
Lafayette
Co. D. Case
South Bend
T. C. Probert
Petersburg
J. L. Matthews
Salem
J. R. Henry
Southport
N. Harper
Martinsville
J. K. Howard
Livonia
BE. M. Ryan Gosport
A. Gyle
Indianapolis
A. D. Berrs
W. J. Miles
Newmarket
State Mission Board
Goldie Watson Held for Grand Jury on Larceny Charge
Goldie Watson was turned over to the grand jury on a charge of grand larceny. She reportedly resided at an FB Court Street resort and stole an $18 hat and other clothes from her landlady. Lieutenant Parker Hitt departed Wednesday to report to the commanding general in California, with eight companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry in Manila and four in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie Watson
Grand Jury
FB. Court-st
Lieut
Parker Hitt
Department of California
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Manila
Texas
Schwan Returns to Santa Cruz Column
General Schwan's column in Manila occupied San Francisco de Malabon on Tuesday without opposition, withdrew on Wednesday, and moved back to the Santa Cruz position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwan
Santa Cruz
Manila
San Francinco de Malabon
Running Fight Near Mantla Engulfs Filipinos
Troops under Gra and Schwan moved from San Francisco de Malckon to a point two miles south along a river on May. Budd's battalion covered the right bank as Filipinos laid ambush fire. The enemy withdrew with many casualties. 25 were captured including three officers. A field gun was captured. American loss was nine wounded including one officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco de Malckon
Gra
Schwan
Budd
Bank blown up at Reynolds Indiana by dynamite
Robbers dynamited the Reynolds Bank in Reynolds Indiana at 3 a m destroying the frame building and taking an estimated 10000 from the safe. Two men were seen fleeing toward Lafayette after the blast and police, aided by bloodhounds, pursue them from Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Reynolds
Delphi
Murdered Louisiana Judge in New Orleans Political Row
Judge Basi Laplace, a leading Louisiana political figure and longtime head of the Democratic Party in St. John parish, was found shot to death on a public road Wednesday. He had long campaigned for re election to the state senate and was a multimillionaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Basi Laplace
Louisiana
St. John Parish
Boer War Era Debate Spurs Global Involvement
Canada plans to equip 20000 men for service by October 31 as Melbourne backs sending troops to the Cape. Gen Prinsloo named commander of Free State forces. A Chicago-bound Cape Colony envoy says the English will soon finish the Boers. London ships to sail October 20. Garibaldi followers may join Boers. New York rally at Carnegie Hall with Bourke Cochran. Assistant secretary Allen says no US ships to Delagoa Bay now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Melbourne
Cape
Prinsloo
Free State
R. Croshe
Cape Colony
Chicago
London
Rome
Garibaldi
Carnegie Hall
Bourke Cochran
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Chas. A. Bookwalter
Tagegart
Ross Hawkins
Harding
Billy Schmidt
Frank Richardson
Schmidt
Tageart
James Moriarity
Grand Hotel
Congressman Overstreet
Cape Town
Conyngham Greene
Freteria
Amercan
Marcrum
Sir Alfred Milner
Hofmeyer
Cane
Schreiner
Kruger Willi
Galt
Damble
Marla
Indiana Baptists
City Life
Monticello
Monticello, Ind
Judge Laplace
Allen
United States
Delagoa Bay
Marcy
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