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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1899
Page
3
Mrs. Schetz, 18, gave birth to twins in a buggy on the way home from Bremen to Woodland Indiana. She died six hours later and the babies also perished. Husband William Schetz rushed home after the event and the mother was the daughter of prominent farmer Valentine Glassman.
The Peru Presbyterian church passed resolutions denouncing street fair management for allowing gambling and questionable side features. Police halted the games and cut out the shows Friday afternoon. Nellie Berger, abducted by Clyde Jones weeks ago, is seriously ill and unable to attend the trial.
In Vincennes Indiana on September 16 Perry Horrall files a $10,000 damage suit against Dr Joseph A Swartzell claiming alienation of his wife’s affections. Mrs Horrall then files for divorce from Horrall and Mrs Swartzell sues for divorce from Swartzell. The families are noted as wealthy and prominent in local society.
A lengthy list of local and regional incidents follows, including burns of effigy in Wyatt, oil discoveries at Marietta and English, crashes, deaths, and legal actions. Reports cover Goshen, Anderson, Fort Wayne, Goshen, Lake Wawasee, and more with arrests, accidents, and court matters noted.
New York dispatch reports Arthur E Cobb son of an English baronet and life guards officer found shot at Mrs Bertha McKibbons Rye cottage. Witnesses note a romance affair with McKibbon, two letters left by Cobb blame a woman for ruining his life and reputation. One message directs a telegraph to Mrs McKibbon via J C Osgood in Denver Colorado.
Frank Trotsky and George Morgan faced the grand jury after police court on Saturday charged with burglary and grand larceny. Detectives said they robbed Harry Miller's tailor shop at 432 Massachusetts Ave. The stolen overcoats and suits were found piled at 1209 E Nineteenth St. Morgan allegedly transported them there after Trotsky's arrest. A woman named Nsaae Langtry was arrested and sent to the workhouse for immoral character.
Thomas A. Baldwin and William B. White filed separate bankruptcy petitions on Saturday with combined debts near 190000 and assets of only about 50 each. They operated Baldwin & Co. with Cephas Atkinson, who also sought bankruptcy, and Lersey Templeton of Indianapolis holds company notes. Debts are mostly open accounts.
Probate commissioner Waller to remove Cora Suing from guardianship once a marriage date with William Kiefer is fixed. Indiana Trust Co holds about $3,000 of her funds from a court order after she was declared insane three years ago. Kiefer says she is cured and he bought 18 acres with plans for remainder after marriage. The prospective bride is 30 and the groom 33.
Broadway will have no part in the Dewey parade. The plan and scope committee decided the land parade would run along Fifth Avenue from Twenty Fifth Street to Washington Square to spare sailors from Broadway cobblestones. Fifth Avenue is asphalt-paved.
U S attorney Wishard to commence condemnation of Block 36 after Treasury Department directive. Abstracts for all parcels are to be secured, followed by suits against each owner. Judge Baker will appoint a board of appraisers.
In Peru Indiana on Saturday a father Thomas Keenan aimed an apparently unloaded pistol at his 16 year old son and fired. The ball tore through the boy’s leg causing a painful wound.
Austria and Russia warn Servia government against executing 28 radicals on trial for treason, warning such a move could spark a revolution. Notes from Vienna and Petrograd carry identical language.
In Warren Fatout vs Lilly Fatout the suit seeks annulment of a deed amid claims of abandonment. The Sun reported Fatout alleged his wife drove him from home through mistreatment, while Mrs Fatout denies desertion and says he left her.
The Navy orders Admiral Schley to command the South Atlantic station, though he had previously declined. He prefers shore duty but would take another sea command. If he protests the order may be withdrawn, yet he would likely remain on shore duties for an indefinite period.
D J Small of the Wilson block N Delaware street faced police court on assault and battery counts from Sadie Ofer and Gladys Hiatt both 10. He requested a venue change and the case was continued to Tuesday. accusers say he gave money after improper liberties and waited near the girls homes. He has prior similar accusations and past arrests including theft and a wartime era court sentence.
Providence R I Sept 16 The American Woolen Company which absorbed many large mills has announced that orders cannot be taken for worsted goods from 13 mills because all production for the next six months is already contracted. Mills making worsted and woolens are running overtime some day and night as business is at its best since 1893.
Geraldine Schweinfurth, oldest of the Welden farm Holy Ghost children near Rockford Newfoundland and Labrador, fled Friday afternoon seeking refuge in Rockford. Angels were said to scour the area but the girl was found by her mother at midnight and returned to the farm where she alleged overwork and abuse.
Explosion of a gasoline stove at the home of John Shrenk a dairyman on Reading road Cincinnati leaves a 14 month old boy dead and his mother fatally burned after inhaling smoke and gas.
The report states Melissa Snyder, colored, was fined 3 and five days in the workhouse by Judge Cox on a Saturday for stealing 20 cents from dra Scott, colored. The account claims an encounter with the woman and notes a beating administered to the man, resulting in a $10 fine and an additional $19 for his association with Miss Snyder.
John Maloney custodian of the city yards at Pine and Market streets was stricken with apoplexy Friday afternoon while at work and was removed to his home at 1221 North Senate Avenue. His condition was much improved Saturday morning.
Learned It Here reports Abraham Dunbrouge a Syrian under arrest in Cincinnati says the man who tried to kill the sultan with dynamite is in this country. A R Chet Jean learned to make explosives in Indianapolis under Dr John F Geis and hurled one at the sultan. he is expected in Indianapolis soon.
City report from Mexico City states Charles Paul Meltie representing New York capitalists is negotiating with the Mexican government to build the Chiapas railway a 274 mile line planned at a cost of 4 000 900 in gold amid talks of foreign investment and national infrastructure.
Labor commissioner Schmid will visit southern Indiana mines next week while Commissioner McCormack travels into the gas belt. Gov Mount and Private Secretary Wilson attended a reception at the Lafayette soldiers home Friday night. Steel fire cases for the clerk of the supreme court office have arrived in the state house, an improvement provided by the last legislature.
Six men are under arrest at Halifax charged with wrecking vessels and defrauding insurance companies. A freight train on the Migadori Pacific derailed on a burning bridge, killing engineer Cillian, brakeman Foster, and fireman Miller. Vice president Hubbard remains in poor health at Long Branch New Jersey. An annual meeting of the National Red Men will be held in Milwaukee in 1900. Ohio Republicans urged to go home to vote with J Brigham serving as president of the Ohio Republican organization in Washington.
A. J. Criss of Canton Ohio reports starting Paine's Celery Compound last spring and using two bottles with almost immediate relief. He says many other remedies failed and claims the product quickly rebuilt his weakened system.
John A. Howe, a clerk, was sentenced by Judge Cox after assaulting his wife Lydia Howe. He received a $1 fine and ten days in the workhouse for the attack as she cared for a newborn baby. He protested the court’s severity.
Hackman Lake Morrison claims an investigation will prove the outside hackmen are innocent and places blame on Birds men. He says he can identify a large Black person or two whose voices are audible from four blocks away.
Mrs. Mary A. Sellers, 77, died at her son in law J. Q. Van Winkle’s home at 1414 Central-age. She lived in Indianapolis all her life and was the daughter of Alexander Morrison a former editor and politician of Jelly. Mrs. Van Winkle, Robert A. Allison, and Houston P. Allison are her children.
Local ad promotes family washing services by Enterprise Steam Laundry offering convenient pickup and delivery through phone number 901. The message emphasizes household garment care and prompt service for households.
A string of brief notices from New York Chicago Bloomington and St Louis details an eight pound baby named Ephiaricsumum at Bellevue hospital a $2500 cache of coins found in a barn a pedestrian fatality in Bloomington a grieving mother and flowers and a starved Norwegian man in St Louis whose employer fell ill leaving him hungry and isolated in a city ward hospital conditions.
Due to increased business and injuries to Engineers Jenkins and Gipe in the Harvey crossing wreck, the Panhandle railroad is short on engineers. It has called firemen to prepare for a promotion examination, a process it undertakes about twice yearly as promotions arise.
Deputy U S marshal Branham returned from Ripley county after serving 67 summonses in the Versailles lynching case. He found 57 men in Holton Versailles Correct Milan Napoleon Greensburg and surrounding areas. The rest may be summoned from outside the state with two weeks to appear.
The Manual Training High School assigns students to rooms for Monday morning reporting. Grades VIII and VII go to room E, VI to room G, V to room 9, IV to room.
A notice advises mothers that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy suits children with croup or severe colds. It contains no opiate and may be given to babes as to adults. The remedy has gained wide approval in the United States and abroad, and is sold by all druggists.
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