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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1899
Page
8
Three major upsets shock college football with Carlisle Indians crushing Penn 16 to 5, Chicago defeating Cornell 17 to 6, and Indiana routing Illinois 5 to 0. Wisconsin, Purdue, and other teams face shifting fortunes as key matchups loom and coaches plan for upcoming contests.
The National League race ends with Brooklyn well ahead and teams like Baltimore Chicago and Cincinnati underperforming. Mentions John McGraw and Ewing as notable figures amid a season of dissensions and surprises.
George S. Thurston full back for Delphos Kansas died in a Topeka game. Indianapolis and DePauw meet on Greencastle campus Monday as DePauw defeats Indianapolis high school and shuts out U I. Indiana rugby league forming in Anderson. Columbia’s first eleven in 15 years, Princeton 0 0 tie, Yale eyeing Rev. Cutten, Purdue loses to Oberlin.
The report names top finishing clubs Minneapolis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo St Paul Kansas City Indianapolis Grand Rapids in batt ling. Fielding order places Milwaukee Indianapolis Minneapolis Grand Rapids Kansas City Buffalo Detroit St Paul. Individual leaders include Dungan .347 batting average Carey .991 at first base Motz .988 second base Hallman .955 second base Stewart .937, Allen .931 shortstop Coughlin .962 third base Hickey .875 catcher Goading .883 Kahoe .963, Waldron .962 outfield, Hogeber .939. Selbach slumps for Cincinnati. Bancroft plans Cuban invaders. Bergen caught 122 games for Fort Wayne. Wagner trial set for Boston. Magee not listed as NL reserve. Tucker says he quit the diamond. Louisville road wins lead league. Philadelphia mulls post-season with Brooklyn for 2500. New York players reportedly unpaid since Sept. 15.
News notes McCoy has found formaldehyde beneficial for hand hardening. Jeffries to decide Tuesday morning if he can continue with the Sharkey bout planned for Oct 27 after bandages are removed from his strained arm. Possible McCoy Maher bout set for Dec 14 in New York for $26,000.
The christian women's board of missions elected officers at the national convention in Indianapolis. Lois A. White was succeeded as corresponding secretary by Mrs. Helen E. Moses of Missouri. New officers include President Mrs. O. A. Burgess Indianapolis and Vice President Mrs. A. M. Atkinson of Wabash.
A. M. Atkinson of Wabash died of heart failure at the Grand hotel Saturday evening as he finished an address at the business men's session. He had appeared in good health in Indianapolis the previous Tuesday and was a prominent Christian church member and liberal donor, founding the Ministerial relief association.
The June 10 clash between Greek Italian and Italian groups in Niles Ohio ended with Dominick Tauro fatally stabbed. Before dying Tauro named Frank Augusta as his killer. Augusta and six others were arrested but not indicted by the grand jury. On Sunday Augusta sat at his boarding house when Mrs Tauro, baby in arms, shot him in the temple saying You killed my husband. She surrendered and is jailed.
Fragmentary report notes a lynching at Wilson Louisiana with May involved. Other readable names include White and New Orleans reporting. Details unclear due to damaged text but indicates a violent act and local attention.
Rear-admiral Sampson voiced doubt that Admiral Dewey would seek or accept a presidential election. He argued Dewey has reached the pinnacle of his ambition and would remain an admiral, though he could be a popular figure if offered the chance.
The traveling man S F Leggett was discovered dead in his Spencer house room on Saturday and later sent to Big Rapids. An autopsy disclosed fatty degeneration of the heart as the cause. A copy of the Proclamation, a camp paper from Otterville Missouri dated December 13 1861, was found among Leggett’s papers along with humorous soldier poetry.
Woodruff Place Baptist Church won all banners at the Indiana Baptist Association meeting, with the senior and missionary society banners going to Woodruff Place and the junior banner split between Lebanon and Woodruff Place. The session drew 622 registrants and pledged about $200 for missionary work. next meeting set for Fort Wayne on October 10, 1900.
Perry Heath visited Indianapolis on Friday to discuss extending local mail service to the suburb Irvington. After talks with Postmaster Hess and an investigation, Heath voiced strong support for the scheme and indicated Irvington would likely receive free delivery.
Patrolmen Slate and Larsh arrested Orlando Boggs on selling railroad tickets without a license. Ticket brokers complained he sold on the curb. Attorneys in police court failed to agree on the ordinance and Boggs was turned out.
Closing out a few shop-worn wheels cheap at White and Featherstone located at 332 EB Washington Street. The ad notes discounted bicycles as they liquidate stock.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims the remedy soothes the child softens gums and relieves wind colic. The bottle is priced at twenty five cents.
Reverends from several churches in Indianapolis comment on the Boer War. They debate whether English action is justified to defend outlanders, lift laws, or expand control in Africa, with opinions ranging from support to skepticism.
The Arthur Jordan company reports the eastern market flooded with chickens driving prices down to about 15 cents per pound, close to steak values. Regular beef cuts from cattle raised on western prairies fetch lower prices, while milk fed Hoosier cattle and especially fat cattle fetch high prices and are sent east.
Chicago dated note reports steers and dressed beef down about 2 cents per hundred and pork products slipping 15 to 20 cents while overall prices show a notable drop due to unusually heavy shipments in recent weeks.
The Wabash Portland cement company, a new $600,000 corporation, filed articles with Indiana secretary of state. It plans a Milford township plant in LaGrange county with initial output of 6 1/2 barrels daily, rising to 1 200 barrels as demand grows. Detroit financiers Albert L. Stephens Emil Stroh Berthune Duffield Eber W Cottrell James Ti McMillan James B Book and Charles A Rathbone serve as directors. James H McMillan is son of Michigan senator.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease addressed Shover’s hall Spiritualists on Sunday, discussing the embalmed beef affair. She accused Army contractors of selling rotten meat to soldiers, criticizing a later whitewash and claiming the culprit will dine on putrid beef after death.
A fire at the Bed Spring Factory on St. Clair street and Big Four tracks caused substantial damage to the storage building with about a 50 percent loss. The blaze started from an outside source and follows the previous year’s destruction of the main plant. Two mules burned in a stable behind Sidney Perfick’s residence after a lamp upset by boys feeding the animals. John Bennett, 35, a Teamster, was declared insane after confinement at the workhouse, claiming he is a saloon keeper and a butcher who hangs imaginary sausages on walls.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a brick building coating method using rock-face imitation on a Talbot block. Mentions ventilation and page references, with unclear company or product names.
Clara Morrison sues Frank Morrison for divorce claiming violent objections to her dancing with other men, daily cursing and threats, including threats to destroy furniture and to death by self harm. She notes the marriage lasted only weeks and cites ongoing persecution.
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