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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1899
Page
6
The dispatches claim Menelik, Abyssinia’s absolute monarch, plans a state visit to Rome to meet the pope. The article notes his grand court, lavish dress, and a heavy crown, with Queen Taitou pursuing modernization and church ties.
Washington Sept 4. In official circles Perry S Heath first assistant postmaster general is praised for alert management and department development He rose from printer to journalist to newspaper manager and Washington correspondent before entering politics and the post. Heath recalls rapid type setting feats and a South Dakota boom town experiment that boosted a weekly paper into a regional success.
Capt. Clark recalls the Battle of Santiago while commanding the Oregon at sea. He notes shells traveling faster than sound and a high volume of shots but minimal damage to American ships with only one crewman hurt and one fatality aboard the Brooklyn. He cites Spanish gunnery errors and Providence as factors in the Oregon’s safety.
New York news reports that the late Judge Hilton bequeathed only 25000 to his son Henry G Hilton from a vast estate. The son rejects the amount and seeks a friendly settlement with other heirs amid a large family division.
Washington Sept. 4 Secretary Root has issued an army regulation raising the reward for deserters from $10 to $30. The new rule sets higher pay for officers involved in the capture and return of deserters as part of a broader effort to enforce discipline.
The National light and power company, incorporated under New Jersey laws with capital of 15 million dollars, owns patents on a chemical electric battery claimed to be ideal for automobile use and to lower building lighting costs.
In Elizabeth New Jersey on Saturday night Chester Temple aged 13 died after a stage prop musket fired blank cartridges tore the chest while he crouched as an Indian in the Northern Lights production at the Lyceum theater. He collapsed behind the scenes and was taken to General hospital. The audience remained unaware of the tragedy.
A Journal correspondent reports whites push a suffrage amendment to bar 160,000 incompetent Negro voters in North Carolina. The plan requires registrants to read and write any section of the federal constitution, aiming to secure white supremacy by disfranchisement.
Announcement of the marriage of Jean Sears Millard and Miss Mary Wilworth Edwardes of Cambridge, who eloped to New York. The bride is sister to Mrs. Rose Lincoln Sloan, famous for eloping with Wm. W. Sloan Jr., once slated to be an usher.
President McKinley and party reached Washington at 1 p m Saturday. Mrs McKinley shows slight health improvement but remains in frail condition. Floyd Wolfe and Alex Fisher, alleged murderers of Bob Gregory, fled London City with his family from Clay county to hinder testimony.
An Indianapolis portrait of chemists and their laboratories, highlighting T. W. Smith's facility on West Christopher and their diagnostic methods. The article describes stomach analysis, arsenic testing, formaldehyde use, and public misconceptions about lab work, with anecdotes on milk tests and curiosity seekers. It also promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and mentions local practitioners like Dr. Hurty.
Advertisement notes a premier office property in the city offering fireproof construction and rapid elevators with modern conveniences. Applicants are directed to apply to the listing, but no contact details are provided in the fragment.
Central Standard Time timetable lists arrivals and departures for Vincennes Express Cairo Express Indianapolis Mail and Express Toledo Express and Chicago Express with service types including chair car sleeper dining car and parlor car. Zion superintendent signs the notice.
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