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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1900
Page
6
ED L KEEN describes life in a damaged Pekin, living in a Boxer chieftain’s abandoned villa. Five residents including three missionaries and two correspondents cope with looting, Cossack guards, scarce supplies, and a sewer view as they rely on commissaries and foreign aid for food and light.
Eva Cavendish, long mourned as dead by Springfield parents, returns to her birthplace with two children and as the wife of Henry Potter who made a fortune in the Klondike. The couple eloped in 1880, endured hardship in Idaho, then Alaska where Potter struck a rich vein and sold out for over 100000. Eva comes home welcomed, their past forgiven.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a curious incident in Princeton where James K. McGuire of New York and Charles F. Croker provided $2.83 for a hopeful meeting with Grover Cleveland. A gatekeeper misdirected the request as the ex president was away fishing. Partisanship and personal motives mingle in this odd encounter.
Attorney general Taylor explains the prohibition covers only inspectors and two judges, not the clerk and sheriff. Blood cousins cannot serve, while relatives by marriage are allowed. Those who have married sisters face restrictions, and a candidate with a spouse who is a sister of another officer is barred. Also promoting Dr Bull's Cough Syrup with claims of many cures.
Indiana Dental College at 8 West Corner Delaware and Chiosts accepts patients from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for all kinds of dental work. Fees are stated to cover only the cost of services.
Moy Chong a 42 year old Chinese laundryman and merchant from Muncie died of heart disease Sunday. His body lies in Kregele's chapel Indianapolis and will be buried at Crown Hill Tuesday. Chinese funeral rites included incense, a Chinese band, paper offerings, and a Christian burial context. Moy's family lives in China and C. E. Kregele has buried about 150 Chinese mourners in Indianapolis and Los Angeles.
Augusta tale of a man who discovers his fiancée is nearly bald and cancels the marriage with license in hand. Names withheld. Also brief notes: Binghamton police arrest Nancy King, a centenarian, for arson and she confesses. Hanover couple wed in an automobile outside their new home and depart for Buffalo by train.
In Hot Springs Virginia on October 30 Charles L. Tappin and companions found a sizeable cave on a hilltop hidden by bushes. They lowered an engineer with a rope who crawled into a narrow opening, then walked upright in larger caverns with stalactites and stalagmites. The cold damp cave hosts bats and drew hotel talk for further exploration.
Russell Sage, at a New York Democratic meeting, found Bryans eloquence persuasive but his logic weak. Sage criticized David B. Hill as overrated for delivering notes, and Bourke Cockran as catchy but not convincing. He spent five hours listening at Madison Square Garden to Bryan Hill and Cockran.
In New York a rising number of cases like Louis J. Fairchild, found on Broadway unable to recall his identity, are diagnosed as embolism or aphasia. Physicians cite blood clots in the brain causing temporary paralysis and note heredity and life factors affect diagnosis. Fairchild’s name was recovered from his keys.
Mrs Samuel Simmons of Allegheny hamlet in Cattaraugus County died saving her two year old daughter on Erie railroad tracks near Olean as train No 18 approached. The child, pulled from danger, survived briefly but severely injured with uncertain fate.
Gov Ahumada of Chihuahua issues an order banning gambling in the city and likely to extend to other towns in the state. Three years ago M L Detouchée, a penniless Turk, was granted the exclusive right to operate gambling establishments in Chihuahua, earning great profits that reportedly alarmed the governor.
Alvin Strong, a noted Stockton farmer, raced his team on the Cherokee road as a sudden cloudburst formed a wall of white water along the Calaveras river. The storm chased him, but the course of the river spared him, leaving his horses foamflecked and panting after a tense sprint.
A professor claims nerve paralysis causes impotence and offers a 30 day free trial of a new electric belt and suspensory claiming instant nerve awakening and complete muscular strength. He asserts cures for rheumatism backache kidney trouble early decay night loss of nerve force and lost vitality and invites letters to Prof A Chrystal Marshall Michigan with a money back after trial.
Standing by their father David Driggs as he lay dying, his four sons were baptized into the Methodist church. The ceremony, led by Rev. C. F. Haggerty, was performed after the father urged them to wait until he could sit up. He died with peace, and mourners filled the Driggs home as tears flowed.
Card Ticket Office lists Chicago night express and local services with multiple departure and arrival times. Includes connections to Anderson, Union City, Cleveland, New York, Boston, and various named trains such as Knickerbocker, with quoted times across daytime and overnight schedules.
Benton Harbor express departs 6.43 pm with the 2.50 pre Benton Harbor service. Alia 8.35 pm Wabash accommodation at 45 pm 0.2 percent am St. Louis accommodation Wednesday 3.35 pm. St. LS. W. Lim ds 6 am .%.10 pm St. Louis limited ds 32 pm %2.50 pm T. H. and Mattoon accommodation 5.00 pm 9.45 am St. Louis express ds .000. WM pm 6 am
Fragmented timetable notes show Lafayette and Chicago services with times such as 1.4 am 3.45 pm and 240 pm. Mentions fast mail, west coast express, night express with early morning arrivals. Details are partial and unclear but indicate multi city rail connections and a Chicago departure pattern.
A dense list of train timings and connections across Cincinnati, Greensburg, Peoria, Bloomington, Springfield, Columbus, Dayton, Xenia, Logansport, and Chicago. Includes express, accommodation, and mixed services with specific arrival and departure times and route pairs such as Springfield and Columbus Line and T. H. West lines.
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