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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1888
Page
1
A huge oil tank holding 25 000 barrels exploded in Cygnet Ohio causing a massive fire. Buildings burned rapidly as flames spread through the town. At least eight people are reported dead and pleas for aid were sent to Lima Toledo and nearby fire departments.
Assurances that the Labor Day event will be a major celebration meet criticism from some papers. The committee pushes ahead, with 2000 workers expected in line and several hundred at the industrial display. The parade starts at 10 o clock along the published route, with Plank and McClevey of the International Typographical Union as guests of the local union.
Olive Anderson Douglass files in superior court alleging Walter Barkley his wife and Lydia Harrison benefited from Douglass will. She claims the late James G. Douglass owned county property and that transfers and a $10,000 mortgage were made to evade creditors and encumber assets before marriage.
The jury convicted Hartpence in a Saturday verdict after about two and a half hours of deliberation. He received a two year prison term with evident satisfaction. Initial jurors favored acquittal by seven to five before a later ballot produced the guilty verdict.
Cincinnati report says H L Collins, 20, traveled to Newport Kentucky and married Sadie Lipman, now facing a warrant. Earlier he wed a Vincennes Indiana woman in June and brought her to the city. Separate dispatches note Wilson retaliation talk and a Chicago sweets business failure trailing in the same column.
A Niag ara like cloud burst drenched Hot Spaines on September 1 causing swift destruction. The storm struck around 10 pm from the northwest with a cool wind. Torrential rain continued 11 pm to 1 am as lights flashed and a flood transformed Central avenue into a fifty yard wide torrent. Barrels boxes and parts of houses washed away. several hotels flooded four feet deep. Dozens were missing and five bodies found. later reports put thirteen drowned with remains recovered by Friday midnight, mostly colored people. The property damage reaches about one hundred thousand dollars.
Washington reports Surgeon General Hamilton defends quarantine conduct amid yellow fever fears referencing the 1878 outbreak that killed 6 000. Florida congressmen and Gov Perry back his stance as Jacksonville records 23 new cases and four deaths in 24 hours, 211 cases and 30 deaths to date, with refugees barred from Waycross amid public anger.
Daniel Martin a Chicago plumber drowned early Saturday in the Wabash river while fishing for turtles. It is reported his net caught him and dragged him under. He leaves a family.
State vet killed two horses at Monticello on Friday. A merchants tailors league forms to promote mutual protection. Citizens street railway lowers Washington street track and lays new rails. Warden Murdock reports a warrant for 21341.67 as earnings. Councilman Cummings warns sugar inquiry may leave little behind News. A drunken Gibney hits an old man at Illinois and Georgia on Saturday. Felot waives examination on time piece theft and awaits grand jury. Gibney & Co. faces fourteen charges over red lights and street conditions. Hendricks club departs for Columbus to meet Thurman, with stop in Dayton on return. James C Rutan, James Murison and William H Turner of Chicago eye Indianapolis for a steel railway car plant. Big Four and G H & I run special trains to Cincinnati Sunday morning.
The plan to play a ball by natural gas light game with Pittsburg or New York is delayed after failed arrangements with the Chicago club. Exhibition to be held next week if Pittsburg can be arranged, or with New Yorks later. Hoosier catcher George Myers says pitching will be slower and the ball harder to see, predicting 18 to 20 runs due to fielding errors and frantic lunges at swift pitches.
The Coffey case in Crawfordsville recalls confessions implicating others in the McMullen murder. Coffey hanged three years earlier. Rev. J T Phillips preached the funeral and later claimed Coffey confessed sole guilt before death. A grand jury inquiry triggered new statements about the night of the murders and a fear of lynching.
Sam Niback and his brother John were arrested after confessing to a yearlong wholesale tea store robbery at Chaify's. The theft totaled over $10,000 in stock. Several prominent wholesale grocers are expected to be arrested for receiving the goods.
Cincinnati business news reports Snyder & Kolberg, the city’s largest carpet dealers, failed Saturday with liabilities around 40000 dollars. The item also notes a contested electric street railway franchise and several large real estate transfers, plus the Labor Day publication schedule for The Sun with editions at 10, 4, and 6:30 PM to support workers’ demonstrations.
The Bloomingdale Grey’s East Excursion is set for Sunday September 9 with a round trip fare of $1.60. A special train will depart from Union depot at a.m. and return the same evening. Tickets are sold at I. D. W. ticket office 99S Minno inst and Union depot. Telephone 1026.
Cincinnati report says Mrs. Chris Stanley and one child were found dead in the river after she vanished with her two youngsters. Dementia plagued the woman six years ago, and authorities fear the other child also perished. A sad, shocking case has stunned the town.
A wholesale produce dealer shares views on cultivating vegetables year round in a heated ground plot resembling a floral conservatory fueled by natural gas. He predicts vast wealth for pioneers but warns widespread entry could overdo the market. He notes current prices for onions, beans, corn, celery, potatoes, peppers, squashes, tomatoes, mangoes, peaches, apples, pears, grapes, cantaloupes, nutmegs, and watermelon, with stock and price observations amid cool weather.
Perkison O Connor and Johnson, ages 12 to 14, were fined 1 and costs each in a Saturday morning police court for stoning a carpenter shop near Mississippi and Georgia streets. The trio, part of a rough crowd, caused fear in an old man employed there. Their mothers witnessed the verdict as the mayor seeks to curb such behavior and prevent further intimidation. Grain shipments rise with 1,226 cars of wheat inspected in a month, nearly double last year. In August 341 cars of corn were inspected, up 80 from last year, while total cars inspected fell to 217, down about 99.
The divorce case of King Milan against Queen Natalie began on Saturday. The king has converted the queen’s palace apartments into servants rooms, prompting questions about courtroom and royal residence arrangements.
Rev Father Schock reports from Rome that the pope and papal authority will be removed from the city in two years and that the pope will be killed. In New York a wagon driver named John Pope killed Mrs Rose Servins, 70, by running over her. John H Newnan, 76, a wealthy Lafayette brewer, died Saturday in Lafayette Indiana. Weather indicates cooler conditions for Indiana.
At Athletic Park Indianapolis, Aug 31, only 500 fans watched a Chicago Indianapolis series game. Healy and Daily backed Hoosiers as Tener pitched for Chicago and Anson led Chicago bats with key plays. Final score shows Indianapolis dominance, with Seery, Denny, Bassett and Glasscock contributing multi base hits and runs.
Boston managers under discussion fades as John Morrilt seems satisfactory. McGeachy sacrificed hitting Friday while aiding two runners. Mrs. John Ward tutors wealthy New York ladies in the national game. Schoeneck described as a mountain howitzer by the Chicago Herald. his weight and delivery noted amid Hoosier fielding remarks. New sideboards at Wm. L. Elder's.
Sun correspondent reports in English Crawford county that the White Caps terrorize the town near Marengo with brutal lashings. Sheriff Cummins recounts William Toney, a respected lumber dealer, suffered 180 blows tied to a telegraph pole, while townsfolk fear nightly violence and cover ups.
Charles Baxter arrested on grand larceny charges after being accused of stealing carpets. He testified the carpets Baxter sold were not his property. Mayor Denny took control of the police court after a vacation period and discharged Born & Co. 5 was discharged Saturday morning.
Charity trips to Cincinnati offered by Old Reliable C H & D for Indianapolis German charities. Roundtrip 2.50 with tickets valid on regular trains Saturday and Sunday and a special fast train leaving Indianapolis 6:45 am Sunday Sept 2. Returnvalid until Sept 5. Remember the route and aid a worthy cause.
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