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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
3
News from Hong Kong reports Sun-Yat-Sen forces capture Mu-Chau amid fears Hui-Chau resistance may lead to Canton becoming practically defenseless if it falls. The report underscores rising rebellion and strategic risk in the region.
Allied discovery in Chou-Choon reveals fourteen Boxer heads displayed on walls. Report notes seven imperial troops killed at the same location. Count von Waldersee has arrived in Pekin.
Ex-Controller Eckels of Illinois spoke at English’s on Wednesday night at a gold Democratic meeting with Republicans. He praised McKinley and condemned the Democratic platform and Bryan, attacking him for free silver and currency policy. He argued labor benefits come from larger business and condemned Croker as a symbol of Bryan’s stance.
Mrs. Theo Duncan reports her daughter Helen missing after a Wednesday afternoon disappearance from school. Neighbors note prior family trouble and a Sunday fight. Edward Tomlinson, believed father, a trick rider and river steamer worker, is suspected. search extends to Tomlinson residence and step mother’s home. Helen, last seen in a black cloak, auburn hair, blue eyes.
Tim Harrington says no union committee report reached Mark Hanna in Chicago. An attempt to unionize the New York Ban failed as the New York union passed resolutions boycotting the Republican party. Local unions sent three men to hear Hanna who reportedly said he could do nothing for them. A formal report will be made.
Mrs L D Tyler and two children barely escaped injury when a 500 pound marble mantel toppled at 1015 N Alabama. Hobart Dressendorfer, 3, was bruised on the foot. Birdie and Marie, ages 2 and 2, were shaken but unharmed. A clock weighing 40 pounds fell nearby. doctors treated Hobart’s foot and all were shaken by the accident.
Gen Harrison addresses the Loyal Legion banquet in Bates house with Admiral Brown presiding. Speakers include Maj Ostrander Maj Lambert Capt Parker and others as over 200 veterans, many 65 years removed from war, reflect on Civil War and reunion.
Six people are injured after a Vandalia passenger train collision at Vernon station near Logansport Indiana. An open switch caused the wreck delaying north and south bound trains. Injured include Mrs E H McKeehy of Logansport and engineer Charles Schrier with internal injuries.
A Frankfort soldier in China recounts the brutal battle at Tien-Tsin with vivid, graphic scenes. He notes mass deaths, a crying baby attached to its dead mother, and a river filled with corpses as the fight lasts twenty hours.
Reports describe several deaths including Isaac Lewellyn a miner in Brazil fatally injured by falling slate Calvin Van Skite near Hartford City fatally kicked by a horse and Erwin Guldin Huntington county farmer who died after two days exposure in a straw stack. Other items note Richmond traction company expanding fleet and labor actions by Marion central trades council boycotting Union traction company.
Mrs James McCormack presented a 31000 check to Muncie banks not cashed. President Cooley of Hartford City National Bank believes the check is a forgery. The woman claimed real estate sale involvement. Democrats held a large barbecue in Logansport with speakers including Carmack Keefe Burke Houck Ralston Ryan Cochran and Senator Daniel. Striking engineers at Elwood posted placards urging engineers and boiler men to boycott work for union recognition.
The Board of Works and Indianapolis Water Co approve a ten year franchise. Key terms cut hydrant and fountain rates and provide free monthly allowances for park fountains Tomlinson Hall market houses City hospital park lawns and roadways. Excess city water priced at five cents per 1000 gallons. 40 000 feet of mains yearly to be laid. Meter and private lot rates adjusted and church water reduced by two dollars yearly.
Berlin Oct 18 The emperor appoints Count Von Buelow as chancellor and Prussian minister, succeeding Prince Hohenlohe who resigns. The change is praised as due to Hohenlohe’s age with focus on Von Buelow’s stance on more commercial treaties. Hohenlohe awarded the order of the Black Eagle.
The Fall carnival society faces uncertainty about its financial success after Chairman Scholz, who heads the finance committee, is away. His pen used for auditing was left to Hugh McGowan, who is ill and cannot complete the work.
Erastus Warfield a 23 year old Black man was seized from the county jail by about 150 armed men and hanged after an attempted break in at a white farmer’s home near Peleton Kentucky. He had earlier threatened the farmer’s wife and was captured Wednesday.
Josep Lawson a checkman at Union Station faced bigamy charges in police court after his wife Grace Turman revealed his prior marriage to another woman. Grace Flory had sued for divorce, and Lawson later married Turman. He says he has not lived with Turman since learning the prior marriage, was bound over on a $3000 bond, and defense cited a grand jury same case.
The smoker event for the Pennsylvania railroad inspection party has been called off after the death of S. E. Burke of Akron Ohio. Burke, an engineer for maintenance of way on the C A C railway, reportedly died in an accident, possibly after a fall from the train. The inspection train was to reach Indianapolis Friday afternoon.
Senator Fairbanks plans a farmers rally in South Bend on Monday with Hanna speaking in Goshen and South Bend on October 31. Stewart L Woodford to speak at Bluffton October 25. D B Hill of New York addressed Evansville meetings after a parade, then Lafayette Thursday. Mrs C V Swan of Fort Wayne Avenue has a Grenadian editor's letter about Wade Crowder, an alleged former slave impostor from Grenada Mississippi says Crowder left Grenada for liquor-law violations.
A Chicago marketing pitch promotes Prof. Rice’s method for quick easy piano and organ learning. It claims a few days suffice for sacred and popular melodies, saving teachers' fees and appealing to all ages to entertain friends, with address at 4 Kimball Hall Chicago.
Montpelier Vermont October 18 Former governor W P Dillingham was elected United States senator by the Vermont legislature to succeed the late Tustin M Morrill.
Chicago voters rejected a proposal to admit the Bible for use in public schools. Trustee Keating argued religion should be taught at home or private schools and that public schools cannot satisfy all faiths without offending some. The decision was announced by the board of education on a Wednesday night.
Readable fragments show city markets listing groiked meats and sugar purée hams with prices in a local market column. Mentions California and Uke bone.
A long list of wholesale and retail prices for dried beef hams shoulders breakfast bacon and various sausages and cured meats. It also covers lard fresh pork loins ham butts tenderloins and different cuts, fresh produce like potatoes green beans onions cabbage and apples, canned vegetables, fruits, seeds, flour and feed, dairy, butter, live poultry, coal prices, and drugs with specific per unit and per bushel rates.
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