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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
6
New Jersey’s lax chartering rules spurred a boom in trusts and corporations. The state issued charters for vast capitalization with low filing fees and minimal scrutiny, enabling overcapitalized ventures and dummy incorporators to operate freely. Franchise taxes depend on issued capital, while stockholders face limited liability.
Rumor swirls that the government intends to impeach several fictional MPs for high treason over alleged aid to the Transveal. The rumor stirs a lively sensation in London.
The first international commercial congress opens in Philadelphia with the diplomatic corps and presidents of many trade organizations in attendance. The ceremony marks a historic moment in global commerce as officials gather for the event.
Paris Oct. 13 The corpus delicti will be proved in the Jester murder case as a key witness testifies she saw Jester driving one team and leading another after the murder and that a body was found with a gust of wind revealing it. Witnesses recount a large blood pool on the Paris road and Mrs Street’s sensational anticipated testimony about multiple killings.
Postmaster General Smith returned Thursday from a western trip with the president. He said he was delighted by the warm receptions and the visible prosperity, and that people generally enthusiastically endorse the administration policy.
Rome reports the Italian government seized church temporalities after an archbishop criticized a priest. The pope sent funds to the archbishop. Berlin notes a German missionary Zabr injured by robbers in Sahn Tung, China, with a possible punitive expedition. In Constantinople the sultan restricts Armenian movements.
Acting secretary of state Atlee disclosed that American consular representatives in the Transvaal, plus Dutch republics and Orange Free State, are already handling British interests. Estimates put about 3,500 Americans in the Transvaal and possibly twice that in Cape Colony and Natal, totaling over 10,000 affected by hostilities.
Private letters report a British and a French war vessel patrolling the New Hebrides to suppress unruly natives. Robber bands and pirates have been crushed, a convict group from New Caledonia attacked and defeated, several convicts killed, and missionaries were seized before the ships secured their release.
A Chihuahua dispatch reports the war department orders an immediate decisive engagement with the Indians. About two weeks earlier General Torres notified chiefs that unconditional pardon would be granted to those who surrendered within ten days. Fewer than 160 surrendered.
Washington October 13 Col A S Frost of the First South Dakota volunteers has been promoted to major of the Thirty-ninth volunteer regiment. The move aligns with the president’s policy to appoint field officers from volunteers who served in the war with Spain.
Washington report states 12 new regiments for the Philippines are practically filled. Only the Fifty-ninth colored regiment remains short of 500 men, while the Eighth colored regiment was filled on Wednesday.
An 1890s notice claims Joseph Stockford of Hodgdon Maine healed sore running for seventeen years and cured piles by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, a remedy said to cure all skin diseases and sold by druggists.
The court quashed Edward Miller's indictment for obtaining $10 by false pretense to own a horse, citing failure to state ownership and lack of link between pretense and payment. It also upheld 1897 mortgage receipt rules requiring date amount lent paid charges interest total due and due date. noncompliance voids the mortgage. Turkey Foot rock stolen in Toledo weighs seven tons, historic site marker of chieftain death removed by unknown thieves ahead of Ohio centennial plans.
London October 12 Maudslay Sons Field engineers sign. The firm is said to be hopelessly in solvent. The shops were famous as a leading European engineers school with pupils paying from 1000 to 5000 dollars for a year or longer of training.
The item cites three short notices from October reports. Geo W Shipp of Missouri married Irene Heyman of New Orleans after a brief acquaintance. Arthur Manzigger’s inquest was postponed when his father misidentified a dead man as his son. Walter Lawton, linked to a Chicago banking raid, was said to be from a prominent Chicago family and later tied to a New York background.
The new city school board to organize at noon on January 1 1900 in the current board room. A week later they will arrange terms by lot with three members serving until December 1901 and two until December 1903. Beginning 1901 three members are elected every four years and in 1903 two members. the board reorganizes each January. A business director will act as executive officer, with bonds signed by president and secretary. The director handles contracts and property, serves four years after a year in office, while the superintendent and librarian, elected in April 1900, serve one year each but four years if re-elected. The superintendent appoints all teachers. Textbooks and maps are chosen by a committee led by the superintendent and principals of the high school, manual training, and normal schools. The superintendent can discharge principals or teachers, unless blocked by four-fifths board vote. The business director may be ousted unless four-fifths of the board sustains the decision on appeal. The business director earns up to 3000 dollars annually and must bond for 10000. The school debt is fixed at 800 dollars, with potential refinancing by ten-year bonds.
Albert Williamson age 35 and Henry Underwood age 19 were arrested in Atlanta on an alleged counterfeiting charge. Detectives found molds and gilding gear hidden throughout a small cottage three miles from the city as counterfeit dollars, half dollars, and quarters had circulated in the area.
In Washington on October 13 Col W J Bryan wrote to a personal friend here warning against entering the Kentucky campaign. He said his decision was deliberate and purposeful and urged readers to assess his first speech to understand his reasons for going into Kentucky.
Partial OCR notes show a railroad time card from Union Railway Station with terse details. The readable fragment indicates a station timekeeping record for train schedules and personnel.
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