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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1899
Page
3
A near Marengo religious sect the Anointed Saints refuses medical aid in sickness relying on faith. Four deaths from typhoid fever in three weeks hinder death certificates and prompt health officials to investigate after 31 cases. names of other victims unavailable. State health board orders county inquiry.
In Syracuse workers at the Wabash Portland cement plant strike for a daily wage raise from 1.25 to 1.59 dollars. Masons and stone workers join in sympathy and building activity is suspended until the dispute is settled.
Plainfield man Holtsclaw possesses the regiment flag of Company A Fifty third Indiana Infantry. Governor Mount orders its transfer to the state to join Vestal flags already kept at the state house for preservation.
In Hartford City Indiana a woman selling bachelor buttons uses a bold tactic. She unbuttons a man's vest and trousers top, clips the button, and replaces it with a patent button. Whether alone or in company, the method is described as effective, with men paying for a box of buttons to avoid further exposure.
Friday-October 21 five tramps arrested after they terrorized locals in Evansville. They tied up traffic in the Ville and Nashville railroad yards for an hour. Brakeman William Davis was beaten into insensibility and may not recover. Sheriff Keepe led the posse that captured five. the rest dispersed.
A fragmented Indiana column notes a treasurer ouster and salary suit after a city board vacancy. Goshen high suspends five football players for discipline. Princeton man Thomas Skelton faces murder arrest over a 15 year old ax attack. A Morton statue debuts in Anderson schools as the first public school statue in Indiana. A 217 million dollar window glass trust plan is delayed to consolidate local plants. A Daviess county farmer returns after disappearing with cash claiming hypnosis. Loogootee burglars caught near Seymour after a shootout at Mitchell. Shelbyville's Michael Sullivan shifts from revenue service to political pressure from Ohio. Indiana deaths include Stewart, Hewitt, Connell, Hulfmet, Davidson, Reymon, Cain. A Washington county wife lifts funds via petty theft. husband traps purse in a mouse trap to curb access.
A compilation from Tipton area reports an poor apple crop and various local items. Greensburg revival of kissing bug. La Porte reports Buffalo bug sightings. Indiana towns note school closures, curfew talk, tax deadlines, and local court actions.
Fireman William Torenz and William Farrington saved Annie and Joseph Schwartz from a blaze at 78 Riverdale Avenue early Saturday. The two younger sisters and their mother escaped as the father Samuel Schwartz was away. Firemen crawled to reach the unconscious children and revived them.
Large forces pursue about 100 desperate convicts who fled by raft from a Siberian penal settlement. The escapees, a band of armed cut-throats, may clash with troops in boats as the chase continues.
Grand Rapids Michigan reports Ira C Hatch known as the peach king shot Miss Ruby Herman after a lovers quarrel and then killed himself. The woman died instantly and Hatch perished a few hours later.
Sunday evening program features Ida Sweenie singing The Holy City Frank Taylor performing King David's Lament Daggett presents Nothing to Pay. The chorus will perform three anthems and Ed Igelmann plays a cello solo.
SAN DOMINGO reports Gen. Jiminez won the district elections on Friday. Congress will meet on November 10 and the new government is to assume duties on December 1.
W W Massingill of Beaumont Texas thanks manufacturers for bringing Chamberisin s remedy to market. He notes thousands of mothers report children saved from dysentery and cholera attacks in Zantur and beyond.
A major oil combination is said to be near completion with large purchases in the Tindsay Lima and Indiana fields. Reported participants include Emery Northern Palmer Southern Elcho McCormick Fearless Bradford Deburnsdall Amos Steel Smith Hazelwood and Cudahy Bros of Chicago. The group is described as a principal rival to Standard Oil.
Frederick Reed files a $5,000 damage suit against the street car company claiming a Fairview car crowding pushed him from a crowded platform between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets. He alleges narrow inner wire screening allowed a trolley pole to injure his left hand and hat loss occurred during the lurch.
Springfield Ohio October 21 Gov Roosevelt arrived at the Big Four depot to a crowd of about one thousand and a band. He thanked soldiers wearing Civil War buttons and spoke of his pleasure in Ohio and the Republican cause. He praised Ohio's great men and noted three cheers for him as a future president and three for the flag. He later addressed a large Dayton audience.
Dr John Alexander Dowie skips his West Side lecture drawing about 1000 medical students to gather outside the hall. The crowd, angered by his no show, pelting era eggs and poultry, and malodorous substances, spills into the street as police intervene and disperse the demonstrators.
Large crowds have attended the Cyclorama skating rink since its opening about two weeks ago. Management reserved Friday night for couples, drawing around 100 young men and women to the event.
In Birmingham Alabama on October 21 a surge in demand for southern iron was reported. Inquiries exceeded 100000 tons and furnaces are targeting higher production by next July.
New York October 29 A postrace scene aboard Corsair and Erin featured hugs between J Pierpont Morgan Oliver Iselin and Sir Thomas Lipton as they congratulated each other Lipton pledged to lift the cup while criticizing Lord Dunraven for perceived 1893 unfairness and expressed satisfaction at English sportspersons being welcomed in America.
Glasgow papers comment on Lipton's conduct in New York and note American yachtsmen won fairly in the international races. The phrase nation of shopkeepers is used to describe Britain in response to Lipton's actions.
John Cooper a colored servant in County treasurer William H Schmidt's household became seriously ill from ptomaine poisoning after eating ham. Several relatives including Mrs Elizabeth Schmidt Mrs Wm H Schmidt niece Bertha nephew Arthur and visiting Matilda Ott and Elizabeth Ott fell ill. Edward Schmidt also sickened. Doctors found decay in the meat and rushed treatment.
Gen Miles urges reviving the general of the army rank and adding two lieutenant generals in his annual report. The plan has Secretary Root's approval and will be pressed before Congress to grant the necessary authority.
Gen Harrison and his wife from Indianapolis arrived in London on Friday. A banquet in his honor will be hosted by the Chamber of Commerce on October 2.
The high school senate discussed the Philippine question with speeches praising patriotism and comparing Aguinaldo to Washington. President Pettijohn is praised as an effective presider. A long roster lists many student senators from numerous states, noting more senators than the national body required using former senators' names.
Washington reports from the comptroller of the currency show national banks as of Sept 7 with loans and discounts totaling 2,496,731,251 and individual deposits of 2,450,725,595. The average reserve stands at 29.38 percent, indicating a very satisfactory condition.
Alex Jester was sent to jail to await the grand jury's action meeting Monday. He is charged with killing Gilbert Gates, son of a Chicago millionaire, in 1871. The preliminary trial lasted ten days.
Prof Bergman reportedly performed trepanning on the czar in Darmstadt in October. The czar is said to be recovering but ordered to remain for an extended stay at Darmstadt.
The report describes a street fight near Pearl Street as a New York store contingent battles a rival group labeled A. D. T. Hustlers. The clash ends with a New York store victory and a planned follow up engagement thwarted by two bicycle police officers.
Local Democrats join the Cook County Democratic Marching Club and Mayor Harrison of Chicago for a late night gathering after the Kentucky-Ohio trip. They will march in escort from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. with a luncheon at the Grand Hotel following a parade. The Tammany Club and Marion County Democracy plus the German American Democratic Club participate.
State geologist Blatchley returns from northern Indiana with news of a valuable deposit beneath Lake Loon near Columbia City. The 50 acre site runs 10 to 40 feet thick and ranks as the second best in Indiana.
Milwaukee officials report bicycle manufacturers and parts makers outside the trust have organized the Cycle trades protective association for mutual protection. It is to be a national body with $100,000 stock subscribed and includes some of the best known manufacturers in the country.
The Ninth annual convention of the regular army and navy union concluded Friday night in Washington. Daniel Driscoll of Rochester was chosen grand commander to succeed Henry Schindler. John Duffy of Annapolis was elected vice commander. John Schumacher of Brooklyn became national adjutant general and R. J. Fanning of Columbus was named chairman of the executive council.
Fragmentary notice shows incorporated entities in Indiana with capital amounts for New Albany Fort Wayne Hoosier poultry Logansport and an 200000 figure for A Stein company. The text reads as a corporate registry snippet without clear events or outcomes.
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