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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1899
Page
3
A months-old infant named Sem died on a Monday after a six week illness described as scular pneumonia. The parents, followers of Dr Dowe the Chicago divine healer, sent money for long distance prayers and medical attention.
A collage of Indiana items reports missing persons Dy Rahl of Michigan City and Eddie Bush of Madison, union actions in Terre Haute, gold thefts in Marion dentists, a Kokomo carnival on October 5, and prospectives for IU football beginning practice. Reports of fires near Milltown, wrecks in Muncie, legal notices and civic meetings across towns, and various accidents, arrests, and community happenings fill the page with brief, unsorted notes.
President Schurman of the Philippine commission argues for full facts on the islands. He supports home rule under a general government, citing vast geography, multiple languages, and Tagalo resistance while emphasizing American sovereignty as the path to peace and national honor.
A pay train from Pittsburgh collided with a coke train near Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Wednesday night, killing two and injuring five. Engineers Picard Rohrbecker and Richert died after leaping from cars. the injured include J. M. Crispin, Lewis Johnston, Joseph Aiken, Kirkpatrick, and others.
Mrs Catherine Thomas secures divorce from William F Thomas citing cruel treatment and gains custody of four minors plus substantial alimony and monthly child support until age 21. She sought 45000 alimony. Thomas, a prominent merchant, previously sued for divorce in Fukota but the case未 tried.
Boston financier W A B Bos tany represents a syndicate planning to buy 40.4 acres in Clay City for a French colony of 500 families. The $1,000,000 investment aims to bring colonists directly from France with experts for diverse industries.
New York September 14 Henry H Bliss eight son of a Wall Street real estate broker was struck by a cab near Central Park after alighting from a street car. The collision crushed his skull and chest and he died Thursday morning. The cab driver was arrested.
Horace Brothers is jailed without bail after a post mortem verdict finds Mrs. Ross Gilliland died at his hands. He protests his innocence and says he will prove it at trial in Gallipolis Ohio.
In Bowling Green Ohio on September 14 a large local posse captured a reported wild man near North Baltimore. Detained, he calls himself Timothy Hurley of Chicago and claims to be a blacksmith. Authorities describe him as demented and nearly feral with ragged clothes.
Chicago reports W Bourke Cockran defended sending an op ed to President Kinley urging mediation between England and the Boer government. He framed the idea as testing cordial US Britain ties and cautioned that an alliance could threaten war if it promotes territorial aggression.
In Jackson ward of Richmond Virginia residents live in fear as a violent assailant described as a colored Jack the ripper targets people with a razor. James Anderson was slashed ear to ear on Second Street, escaping after the attack. Edward Harris was struck at Third and Duval Streets, bleeding heavily and likely to die.
The steamer Nelson arrived from St Michaels with over 400000 dollars in gold dust. About 200000 dollars came from Cape Nome. Gold is stored in pans and buckets across the camp as 46 men work the beaches for all they are worth amid Klondike style boom.
In Thomson Georgia on Tuesday H B Battle a colored preacher was shot dead by an unknown white man. Battle had preached at a White Oak camp meeting where some whites were present and his Tuesday attack followed a prior indecent tirade on lynching and assault topics. His wife reported a white assailant fired at him in a field then fled.
Four Ashland Wisconsin men Jim Brewer N G Nelson J N Bagger and I Calberg started for the Klondike in 1898 on the Edmorton trail reaching Vancouver after 20 months of travel and repeated missing persons reports. Bagger slept little and shaved nothing for nearly two years. The party described their trek through water deep as their knees and thighs while pursuing wild prospects.
Private Johnson of Battery B Sixth Artillery reports from a Cavite outpost dated August 9. He describes a lengthy war ahead and mentions his brother Edgar Johnson as the sender of the letter. The piece notes the line of work at 1300 yards and reflects cautious optimism about the conflict’s duration.
Harlem South Carolina man Charles E. Smedes killed a vetoee on a train near Chicago. Boss Shell of Hayden Kentucky killed Bud Lewis after remarks to Schell's daughter. Constable Hixon of Cold Point Kentucky killed Joe Dodsat while resisting arrest. Eugene Bremmall killed his young wife in Newark New Jersey when a gun exploded during loading.
In Richmond Mrs. Mattie W. Davis loses voice use but still sings clearly, while in Portsmouth mayoral succession falters as Mayor Gillett’s absence leaves James A. Oursler in place but blocked by a Democrat council, exposing Ohio statutes loopholes in transfer of power.
U S marshal Branham in Ripley county serves summonses on the men named in Mrs. Lulu C Jenkins suit for damages over her husband’s lynching. Defendants must appear in Indianapolis within 15 days. Merrill Moores states Mrs Jenkins lived in Chicago before the lynching and moved there afterward. Moores disclaims case involvement. Crawford the attorney aims for judgment through his handling.
A native police unit consisting of 50 men was formed in Manila on Wednesday. The new constables are armed with clubs and revolvers and are issued 15 cartridges each, creating a compact force for local security.
Charles E. Cook aged 51 died suddenly at 3 a m at his home 60 Patterson. He retired Wednesday night seeming well. his wife waked by heavy breathing and could not rouse him. An autopsy by Deputy-coroner Dunlavy found heart trouble. Cook once held Indiana marksman championship. he was a bricklayer and contractor who joined the Bricklayers' Union two weeks ago.
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