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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
4
Fragmentary text shows postal matter rates and a Sun Telephones notice for Indianapolis. Mentions Second-class matter, monthly and yearly advance payments, and a request to notify THE SUN office of delivery issues. Contains garbled segments and incomplete lines.
The piece parallels Mark Hanna leading McKinley with Dick Croker guiding Bryan, damning Croker as Tammany boss and corrupt financier. It questions Bryan’s association with Croker, arguing it taints his image and questions the purity of his candidacy. The Sun condemns Hannaism and warns against Croker’s rise to national politics.
Deputy city attorney Bell says Councilman Higgins can be impeached under the charter. The piece questions council action, urges decisive steps, and accuses the body of passivity and corruption ahead of an election. It warns against Croker methods and notes Democratic funds and recent political turmoil.
The passage exposes heated rhetoric from Mr Bryan and attacks on using biblical rhetoric in politics. It argues a council failure to act against Protector Higgins would fuel a view that the chamber shelters wrongdoers. It suggests reform via the blue pencil by opposing the Republican county ticket.
A brief jab at Hanna and Crokerism terms the current campaign as dominated by ism rhetoric. The row mentions Hanna run against Aberdeen and warns of cold weather could nip if not prepared.
Passages recall Manning’s lifelong flowers from East Lavington Sussex where he served as rector 1833 to 1856 and enjoyed a four year marriage. He read sermons beside his wife’s grave, and George Richmond noted him composing sermons there.
Pendleton dominates the scene as chief figure with prime powers while Apolo Belvedere embodies grace. A grand speech proclaims the importance of public praise, praising a speaker whose one line inspires a boy for 37 years and elevates the speaker to spellbinding power.
A compendium of editorial quips from papers like the Minneapolis Times Detroit Free Press St Paul Dispatch New York Evening Sun Boston Transcript Topeka State Journal Nashville Banner and Cleveland Press reflecting on Bryan candidacy party leadership mob tactics and the daily duties of presidents in early political discourse.
A collage of editorials comments on election issues and national figures. The Indianapolis treasury critique and quotes from Harrison and Beveridge reflect partisan tensions. The clippings mention Aguinaldo reports via Marconi influence and debates on Porto Rico policy.
Col George Warmouth and Miss Clara Hess wed in Wabash. State weddings listed include Mary Hutton and William Smith in Richmond, Maude Gateline and Frank Louis in Bluffton, Frank Neely and Kitty Kehoe in Danville, Nettie Householder and Frank Hoftmer on E South St, Vernon Weaver and Rev George Graff in Denver, Elizabeth Brown and Herbert Adkinson in Fletcher's Place church, with multiple bridesmaids and details of gowns and receptions.
A fragmented poem scene features a kitchen scene with Sallie at the griddle, Buckwheat aroma, and Johnny joking about batter. A visitor quotes Captain Scoggs about Bucks as a varsity kicker. Vivid rural imagery follows hayride, duck hunting, and fishing, contrasting with Mac and Billy Bryan’s lack of leisure due to cold, toothache, and stomach ache.
A narrator recalls meeting Mose Rosenstein and joining a one night Faust company. He lands a $500 weekly contract after a witty exchange and plays the devil until a later shift to The Foundry. A grave scene with Helen May’s headstone and a falling dead leaf prompts reflection on beauty in death and the meaning of a life.
Amusements note the comic opera Royal Rogue and Mary Mannering’s Janice Meridith in advance sales. Local favorite De Angelis and entertainers James and Flora Simpson highlight the Empire program, with a unique closing act.
In Nashville area Professor J G Godfrey was shot and killed by John H Thomas amid a business dispute. Thomas was arrested. Mrs Godfrey had been widowed previously at the same location by a separate shooting. A mob hanged the black assailant. Another report from Leavenworth notes Oberlin M Carter, ex engineer captain, seeks habeas corpus to contest his New prison detention after allegedly embezzling over 1,000,000. hearing set for Oct 26.
Minnie Maddern Fiske defeats the Denver theater trust over contract rights. The injunction blocking cancelation of her signed Fiske date remains in effect after the demurrer and dismissal application were denied.
Congressman Overstreet addressed the C. P. Morton and Southside Republican clubs on Wednesday night and spoke to farmers at Traders Point Wednesday afternoon. He emphasized the imperialism issue, arguing Alaska’s acquisition mirrors how the Philippines were obtained, and highlighted the trust question at the farmers’ meeting.
James Battan 35 died at his home 620 East Ohio Street Indianapolis after months of fever and a relapse following exposure while watching the Roosevelt parade last week. He lived in the city most of his life and his funeral will be from the residence Friday at 2 p.m.
Harvard University students returning from Labrador report discovering a previously unknown mountain over a mile high named Mount Eliot in honor of President Eliot and a second peak named Mount Faunce in honor of Brown President Faunce.
Friederichshaven dispatch reports Count Zeppelin's airship rising successfully with four passengers. It reached 400 yards, circled, and then drifted six miles with the wind. The experiment is described as highly successful.
The Kits Bowling Alleys have been handsomely refilled with the finest in the city. Second floor E. Kitz & Co features props. at 127 E Court Street. Fine California wines brandies bottled goods. Schuller's at 710 N Meridian Street offers similar selections.
Damages suit against New Light Christian Church noted while a separate case accuses Police Captain Dawson of striking a man with a whip during a parade. National officer nominations are set for a January Indianapolis convention. Other items include a $5,000 damage suit over a 1900 vehicle collision, a death at the poor farm, 1900 money order totals, a bicycle lamp dispute ending with a blank-loaded revolver, a Chicago professor slated to lecture in Indianapolis, and the Sons of the Revolution annual meeting with a notable dinner lineup.
An old advertisement describes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe the child soften the gums allay pain and cure wind colic and diarrhea. A bottle is priced at twenty five cents.
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