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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1901
Page
3
James Carver a jockey sues horseman John Bronnenberg for 10000 in damages after a Middletown fair race. Carver alleges Bronnenberg ordered his son to win at any cost causing a collision that left Carver with lifelong injuries.
A Butler man gains favor by throwing a party and cooking all the arables himself. The report lists various local incidents including crimes, fires, and odd happenings across Indiana towns, from Fort Wayne to Anderson, Elkhart, and beyond.
Prohibition workers mobilize at Kingan plant and other factories with songs and speeches. Edward W. Clark assigns noon speakers as state and local managers push the drive. Meetings attract workers including at Malleable and Brown etham foundries. Oakwalter slated for Atlas engine works but delayed. State chairman Hall reports amid internal tensions and a spouse illness.
Bets at Harry Walker's Crystal Palace Saloon show scant activity on Bookwalter's race with even money and small odds. A 200 to 150 wager that Bookwalter's plurality stays above 50 cents drew no takers. Genevieve Williamson seeks a free from Harry B. with $500 to cover alleged swearing. Julius Ybert seeks separation from a drinker who allegedly stays out with other men nightly.
Mrs M J Danley of Minneapolis writes that after years of kidney trouble Peruna cured her in under three months using ten bottles claiming permanent relief. A common claim is that many kidney problems stem from catarrh of pelvic organs and Peruna treats catarrh wherever located. Laura Hopkins of Washington DC also endorses Peruna for indigestion and general tonicity.
Washington dispatch reports a large funeral procession reaching Capitol grounds at 10 37 am after the hearse ascends the steps. A woman’s voice leads Nearer My God to Thee as the marine band plays the president’s favorite hymn, the nation joining in a rising flood of song.
Canton school children petitioned the Board of Education to create a fund for a monument to the late President McKinley. Four hundred students urged inviting schoolchildren nationwide to join. McKinley was closely linked to Canton. his sister Anna taught there for over 30 years and a tablet honoring her was placed after her death.
A report from the 123d Indiana chapter in Indiana describes a room 12 gathering at the state house on Tuesday with 46 arrivals by noon. Col J C McChristian absent, president Charles A Woodward and secretary W S Kaler present. Kaler mailed 68 letters with many undelivered follows. many members likely deceased. The group traces through Atlanta campaign to Nashville and North Carolina.
Pittsburgh, Sept 17 A purge against Italian anarchists in Guffey Hollow leads to a midnight raid by 30 armed men. An advocate of murder chased by an official, shouting Czolgosz, escapes unharmed as shots miss. Workers at Westinghouse push for suspensions and terminations over anarchist views.
Ayres Jones and Hollett represent Mrs Clara T Searle in a new $15000 damages case arising from the same gas explosion that wrecked Bert B Adams home on North Alabama Street two years ago. Searle suffered spinal injuries and lifelong invalid status from the blast. The Adams suit previously settled for $12000, covering injuries and house damage.
In Chicago on September 17 a recess until Monday was taken in the habeas corpus hearing of nine anarchists charged with conspiracy to assassinate the president. The delay was at their request citing the state of public mind.
Wilbur Grider, a waiter at the Columbia club, faces a preliminary hearing on September 26 in police court charged with bigamy. He admits marriages to Virgil Kelly in Washington and Eva Winn last April. Wife No 2 received a letter from wife No 1 but did not tell her father, hoping Grider would obtain a divorce. He is a colored man.
Banks and trust companies will close at 1 p m Thursday in observance of Memorial Day. Retailers expect a heavy business day and bankers urge merchants to note the early closing hour.
Dr J A Swartzel of Vincennes on Monday night formed a herd of Noble buffaloes at 274 S Delaware street. The order began with 130 members and is led by officers A G Lites W H Keys C W Denny S A Sherman Dr B G Prawl Frank Shellhouse H A Hancock G C Steellhorn W A Carson and Dr Irick.
The Sixty-eighth Indiana met in room U with 73 members by noon. J. H. Mauzy of Rushville was elected president, W. F. Gordon vice president, and G. W. Foreman of Napoleon secretary and treasurer. The next reunion will be in 1902 at Napoleon. The group voted to buy badges and collected 10.53 in hat funds. The regiment fought at Chickamauga and made the last stand at Snodgrass Hill where 110 fell. Col J A King commanded a brigade and was killed Sunday evening.
Hogs sold up to seven dollars ten cents per hundred at the Union stockyards on Tuesday as 3,500 head arrived and 1,000 were shipped. Hope Hospital Fort Wayne will graduate trained nurses October 3.
An old medical advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm and Satanic Blood Balm as cures for blood poison cancer ulcers eczema and related symptoms. It claims to purify blood and relieve pain offers a free trial by writing Dr. Gillam at 156 Mitchell St Atlanta Ga and notes nationwide sales and prior cures through doctors and surgeries.
Cincinnati citizens set a public memorial at Music hall on Thursday morning honoring the late president. Senator Foraker will deliver the oration, a fitting choice since he nominated McKinley for president.
Pretoria dispatch reports Col. Allenby surprised Commandant Preeler's laager and captured 21 men in a brief engagement.
Thos. R. Ridgaly, Adams Express agent in Parkersburg West Virginia was found unconscious in his office at 11 p m Monday. He said an unknown man sandbagged him while counting cash and before placing it in the safe and stole 140 dollars.
William Million, hardware and implement dealer of Monticello, filed a bankruptcy petition Tuesday. Assets reported at 1 049 37 with 600 exempt. liabilities listed 1 513 28. Herman Boyd of 26 Trowbridge Street will testify to a Saturday judge Daly about a charge of stealing a harness from William Beck, operator of an Washington Street meat market sold to Sam im by detectives.
Engineer Schutt and custodian Krei tenstein announce the state house will be lit and open to the public from 8 to 10 p m on Tuesday Wednesday and Friday with 2800 colored electrical lights enhancing the corridors.
A crowd of 20 burned Czolzosz in effigy in Kokomo Indiana Monday night and suspended another effigy from Mrs Fay Byers veranda after she allegedly clapped when news of President McKinley being shot arrived The card on the effigy warned Mrs Byers to keep silent about Mrs McKinley or face punishment as an anarchist The note urged action against Roosevelt and warned of violence by Americans
Wade Able of Southern Avenue found Emory Bates of Daisy Street talking to Able’s wife. Able returned with a gun, Bates faced him with a revolver, neither fired. They will be tried in police court on September 26 for drawing deadly weapons.
A cyclone struck Walnut Springs on Monday evening causing heavy property damage. Two buildings were demolished and a dozen blown off their foundations. Cars were lifted off their tracks and several people were injured but not fatally.
Hogs receipts were 400 with shipments of 400. Quotations list good to choice assorted prices and lightweights with common to good pigs and roughs priced in a range from 5.25 to 6.25 per cwt.
Union stockyards Indiana Sept 17 Cattle receipts 1000 shipments 400. Quotations show good to prime export steers 1350 to 1500 lbs average 0.85 to 0.60. Fair to medium export steers 1200 to 1400 lbs average 0.525 to 0.60. Good to prime butcher steers 1100 to 1250 lbs average 0.475 to 0.52. Good to choice feeders 0 to 1188 lbs.
Livestock receipts and price quotes for sheep hogs cows and calves dominate the page. Grain and feed notes alongside varied wholesale prices for drugs alcohol and a long list of imported and domestic food products fill the remainder.
Detailed listing of prices across poultry meats dairy and produce including old turkeys hens toms and young turkeys, fowls ducks geese and spring chickens, cheeses butter eggs hides tallow coffee sugars flour molasses rice beans and canned goods with per unit and per ton pricing for regional buyers and merchants. Includes coffee blends, sugars by grade, and assorted fruits vegetables and coal and coke rates.
Market notes show Wheat steady with No 2 red and milling freight prices. Corn mixed with multiple white and yellow grades listed. Oats and Hay also steady with timothy prices. Inspections record car-by-car totals for Wheat Corn Hay Rye across grades.
Chicago markets closed strong with December wheat at 72 cents, corn September 56 percent, oats December 36 cents, and January pork at 15.55 to 16.02. Lard reported at 9.20 to 9.32, ribs 8.17, butter ranging from creamery extras to firsts, and cheese with a mix of full creams and Swiss drum. Poultry prices listed for chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and related stock prices per dozen.
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