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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1899
Page
6
A Manila war department report notes deposits by soldiers exceed 560000 for the year, with expectations near 2000000 as more regulars and volunteers join the depositing class. An allotment option for monthly pay to dependents could curb future deposits, though interest on deposits remains a benefit.
In Denver Judge Beimet rules against Atlantic and Pacific tunnel Co and Mark Pomeroy, Whitaker, George and others in a fraud case over a tunnel and mining properties. The scheme involved back taxes, tax deed purchases, and bondholders, with Marie Hoyt contesting. Court finds tax deed holders not absolute title against mortgage bonds. appeal likely.
A 1900 census preview notes changes in questions to improve accuracy. It details adding birth month day, counting births per mother, and omitting highly invasive health inquiries due to low response and legal concerns. It discusses mortgage questions dropped and army census logistics in Cuba, Porto Rico, and Luzon.
A Thursday session led Judge Daly to fine William Dohn thirty dollars plus costs for wife beating after Dohn complained his wife was quarrelsome following beer. Jessie Price cried in court as Matron Gregoire jailed her in the dock for loitering, receiving twenty five dollars and thirty days. Frank Elwood and Ida 338 Capitol-Rave faced disturbing the peace with a neighboring crowd. Mrs Ella Gaynor spurred their arrest, the neighbors forcing the mother into the quarter’s court previously. A girl named Mabel Moore paid fifty dollars and three days for loitering, sentence suspended if she behaved. Night watchman Gatensy Woods at the creatine mills faced assault charges. Woods denied the claim and fled town as witnesses said he ordered him away from mill property. Woods was found not guilty.
Laura Howard and SvirTs. Sewallace Foster sued the city claiming injuries from a hole at Market and Hill. The case alleges negligent conditions and seeks damages. Names appear in fragmented OCR, but the core claims allege a dangerous public site and resulting injuries.
Jud Flall returns from the Klondike after 1898 residence now at his brother’s home 35 N. I Minoisst. He notes rapid improvement and signs of civilization. A narrow gauge railroad connects Skaguay to Bennett City via White Pass with daily mixed trains and five hour runs. Prices fall with better transport sugar 35 cents a pound, provisions ample, and living costs modest in Dawson City and Skaguay restaurants offer meals from 25 to 50 cents.
The jury awarded Tillie Myers $4000 against Wm. C. Schofield and associates, owners of a Cleveland oil business, after a runaway wagon struck her buggy in Greenwood, throwing her out and causing permanent injuries.
Burgess E Parrott is set to own the Ballard apartment house at Ohio and Delaware, with W H Battara expected to net about 85 500 for the building erected a year ago. The property fronts 78 feet on Delaware street and 101 feet 7 5 inches on Ohio.
Mrs. Cora Bryant of Buchanan Virginia visiting Anderson Indiana was arrested on a murder charge for administering arsenic poison to her 12 year old stepson. The boy died from convulsions on September 15 after which the widow disappeared and later was located in Anderson. The warrant was sworn by her husband Merbert Bryant and she remains jailed.
Oct. 19 Bryan Washington reports Senator Deboe of Kentucky predicts Republican success after a Bluegrass tour. He warns that any attempt to steal the victory by unfair means will provoke bloodshed as voters declare war on Goebel. He singles out Bryan as intensifying tensions and deems him a failed harmonizer.
Gen. Harrison and family have reached Brussels from Helland. They were greeted at the station by the American minister the consul and the military attache. They plan to sail for America on October 28 aboard the St. Paul after leaving Brussels on Friday.
Judge Alford overruled a motion for a new trial by L. J. Isenhour accused of selling adulterated milk. Attorney Horace Smith began preparing a transcript to take the case to the Supreme Court, contending the law is unconstitutional. Isenhour was fined.
Indiana items report Mrs. Josephine Dickerson suing for a $1000 life insurance policy from her former husband who remarried before final divorce. Bluffton notes a street accident leaving Mrs. B F Kain badly bruised with facial injuries after a run away. Cromwell sees a 16 year old Dayton woman and Charles Hamnaford arrest. Logansport court orders Tom Reed to pay $16.7 for a subscription he used to line shelves. Muncie reports Mrs. Mary MacNichols visiting after inheriting a Scottish estate.
City markets list smoked meats dry salt and pickle products with prices per pound and per barrel. Includes hams shoulders bacon lard fresh pork and sausage with figures in cents and dollars for various weights and packaging. Vegetable line shows green beans and herbs with pricing.
A dense catalog of produce and goods with prices for peaches, apples, berries, strawberries, citrus, canned vegetables, fish, seeds, hides, tallow, salt, oats, flour, oils, drugs, cheese, butter, eggs, live poultry, and coal. Numerous entries show unit sizes and per unit costs, reflecting a retail market ledger style from the era. Specific items include three-pound peaches at $1.09, Standard apples at 95c, two-pound blackberries at 61 70c, canned tomatoes s8685c, and various seed and feed prices among others.
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