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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1899
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR mentions a morning scene and a bicentury style phrase. readers see a stray reference to a wall or wallet and a brain phrase, suggesting a diary like note or truncated report lacking clear context.
PERU IND October 14. Kennedy L Norton a longtime railroad passenger and engineer with Lake Erie and Western and Wabash lines lies near death at a lodge in Indianapolis. Norton, once a conductor, served through years of railroad history in the region.
In Frankfort Indiana Joseph Cheneworth and his wife members of Dowies sect prayed in court as police charged them with murder for letting their baby die due to no medical care. Mrs Cheneworth had the charge dismissed earlier. Five lawyers volunteered for the defense. In Richmond Indiana a Catholic church group contracted a monument for priests Jiundt and Seitbertz buried in the local cemetery.
Indiana items note Goshen mutual training schools, a Delian veteran bean dinner in Monroe county, and a Richmond sidewalk repair scare. Nashville seeks a hotel and sanitarium while Winamac closes schools for diphtheria. Oil investments flood the eastern capital scene as Ninety Indiana cavalry reach Fortville for a reunion. The Mishawaka News debuts under W P ONeill. accidental shooting claims a Greenfield youth. Local politics, sewers, parks, and a brick plant contract in Anderson mark the era, with numerous brief incidents across towns from Cicero to Decatur and Elkhart to Evansville.
A train derailment occurred near Muncie when the locomotive struck a switch engine, causing four cars to derail and damaging both engines. The incident involved horses and a plume of pipe debris amid the wreck. No further details on injuries or casualties are provided.
Lizzie Mason of Flat Rock Kentucky says two white men surprised her in a pasture near her home, threatened to spill her blood, and stabbed her in the neck and breast before fleeing. Bloodhounds are scouring the countryside as residents seek suspects.
The Jewish temple at N Delaware and EB Tenth Street will soon be completed. It measures 99 feet long with a wide frontage, pressed brick exterior, and a 70 foot high dome. The auditorium seats 540 with a 200 capacity gallery, and a 2300 word pipe organ sits behind the pulpit. Vonnegut & Bohn are the architects.
First Baptist Church hosts the Indiana Baptist convention with committee reports on obituaries missions and women’s foreign missions. The mission board cites 13 103 baptisms in the best year and notes self supporting missions in Burma and Africa while Assamese missions largely self reliant. A Filipino convert will preach in his country. Indiana fell $1 03 short in its annual action leaving four cents per member.
After last Tuesday's defeat Republicans blame their own party for failing to mobilize voters. Precinct committeemen are singled out for selling out to Democrats and hindering turnout. Marionette workers advocate changing how precinct men are selected to reduce Democratic advantage. Democrats favor their established system as safest.
Siemi Chi fraternity members Joseph Sweeney Shirley Walton and Ebbet Ayres obtained a temporary injunction Friday to stop owner Robert E Moore from ousting them claiming they paid a year’s rent. Rival fraternity members John Cunningham Carl McGaughey Pierre Van Sickie Raymord Lenegler Walter Lybrand and Harry Heinrichs allegedly removed furniture in preparation to take possession.
Major General Wesley Merritt reports in his annual department of the east overview that infantry and cavalry units have been assigned to foreign service, leaving only four cavalry troops and three infantry companies. He says the infantry and cavalry are modernly organized and ready, while artillery shows major deficiencies due to leadership gaps and worries a new artillery bureau would not help.
Henry O'Donnell a New York man with artificial feet undertakes a wager to walk from New York to New Orleans a distance over 1200 miles in five months. He began October 2 and has already covered 36 miles in five and a half days aided by a companion who watches for errors.
The article reports that burning leaves in Anderson is not connected to diphtheria though some districts face outbreaks. Authorities have ordered police to arrest leaf burners while the secretary of the State board of health reiterates the disease originates from a germ and not from leaf smoke.
Herbert Wilkinson, a Black man, faced charges of stealing bed clothes from a rooming house in Chicago. He conducted his own defense, scorned the state's testimony with laughter, and the judge instructed the jury to find him not guilty, sparking laughter from spectators and officials.
Scout reports Yaqui braves assembling in large numbers at Sahuripa in the mountains near Torino. About 8,500 Indians are present, with daily arrivals. 6,400 Mexican troops mobilize nearby in anticipation of a clash. Mexican officers estimate 4,900 Indians in revolt and warn the next engagement may be bloody.
Exhumation at Palatine Illinois identified the body as Dr William L Lewis who disappeared on the day of the attempted robbery at Cashier Filbert s bank The report says Lewis a morphine addict likely attempted the robbery to replace misused funds The incident occurred during an attempted robbery at the Palatine bank in Illinois.
Trenton New Jersey October 14 The Federal Telephone Company with capital stock of 20000000 and the Investment and Improvement Company with 1960 capital filed articles of incorporation on Friday indicating expansion plans and corporate structuring in the region.
A well dressed stranger rescued from quicksand near Hegewis gp was driven insane by hours of terror and taken to an asylum nearly a year and a half ago. He succumbed Friday night to exhaustion after ravings. He was found buried up to his neck and was rescued after about two hours of arduous labor.
The September report from medical examiners cites 51 cases of loathsome contagious diseases among immigrants landed. Of these, 33 were deported, six permitted to stay with proof of citizenship, and six remain in hospitals.
New York October 14 reports Mr and Mrs William K Vanderbilt Jr will visit the Nile aboard a brand new and luxurious dahabeah. They have engaged the vessel for an Egyptian outing and invited several friends to accompany them, sparking social curiosity.
Elizabeth Farson a Chicago educator in an interview alleges Rudyard Kipling Recessional borrows from Ralph Waldo Emerson citing lines from Woodnotes and Monadnoc with changes she says.
A fire at the East Buffalo transfer house of the Lehigh railroad company on Saturday morning destroyed the building and contents, with two men reported burned to death. The total loss is estimated at about 75000 dollars.
Mrs. William Fuller of Abbott Street visited police headquarters to report her husband missing since Wednesday morning. He worked at Moore's packing establishment and did not arrive for work. She said he was elated over Taggart's re election and might be celebrating.
A bubonic plague case from Bombay arrived in Plymouth on Saturday aboard the Peninsula steamer. Reports from Suez note the plague has broken out there, signaling a spreading health concern in the region.
Cairo Illinois reports the death of King George an Australian street fair snake charmer after a rattlesnake bite. The incident occurred Friday night as the snake, recently received from Weiner Arkansas, struck.
An Indianapolis citizen quotes relief from kidney trouble after using Dean's Kidney Pills purchased at Henry J. Huders drug store. The speaker claims back pain lessened and large gravel passed after one box, praising the product's effect compared to previous medicines and physician treatments.
A blaze at the Bush warehouse in Brooklyn destroyed 000 bales of cotton with losses around 200000 dollars. Earlier on Friday another fire in Kansas City damaged the Baker Tent and Owning Company buildings with about 80000 dollars in damage.
Union Broom Supply Company based in Evansville seeks $40,000 in capital. The request outlines funding needs for expansion and inventory replenishment at the regional supplier.
Social calendar notes a Denison dinner for the Indiana Society of the Sons of the Revolution and multiple brides to be events. Mrs Aurelia Hale hosts the Over-the-teacups club. Mrs John Heidlinger plans a Chapel club gathering. Miss Gail Smith hosts for Ethel Smith and Esther Jordan. a Propylaeum reception is set for Indianapolis women. several state weddings are listed in Crawfordsville Kokomo and Wabash with engagements including Julia Mertz and Jacob Memmer. marriage details follow for Miss Eva Brandon and Will Davis and others.
Vice-president Mariscal of Mexico visits New York as Southern stove makers add a 5 percent price rise. A 100-year-old Louisa Harriday dies in Baltimore and Lena Beres, 19, from Berea Ohio, hangs herself over a friend’s insanity. Uruguay may reestablish its Washington legation with Jose Battey Ordoes as minister. A Peoria mail courier Harry Adair, 24, kills his wife and then shoots himself. Campaign managers send wheelmen through Ohio for Mayor Jones.
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