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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1900
Page
2
A Western Union bulletin reports a cloudburst near Fort Worth Texas on Friday. The Trinity river bottomlands flood with a 30 foot rise reported. Three bodies recovered at Fort Worth. Many reportedly drowned as waters flood Trinity River bottoms toward Dallas.
Galveston Texas reports the first train since the storm arrived Friday over the Santa Fe bridge where repairs linked all roads. Three trains, filled with refugees, also departed Friday. Regular schedules will resume from now on.
Mid road populists push county ticket nominations across Indiana counties with district by district activity. District 2 reports six of eight counties with tickets, district 3 plans nominations in all but one, district 4 shows rising enthusiasm, and district 5 has three counties already naming tickets. Walters notes fusionists collapsed, mid roaders gaining momentum, and Charlton Bull of Howard county a former old line populist now active in this push.
In manufacturing districts Republicans post large bills claiming to keep the mills open by upholding the gold standard and wider markets. They challenge opponents on how free silver and abandoning our islands would sustain mill operations.
The Fall festival society committees met at the Commercial club on Friday afternoon and began the monument work. Wires will be strung at the base and workers will hang the lights as the parade preparations proceed. Frank Bostock of Bostock shows is detained in Louisville but will arrive days before the carnival.
An insanity commission ruled Friday that Ben Gentile, long a police concern, is not fit for the insane hospital and will likely be sent to the Julietta home. Witnesses described him as an instrument of a thief ring. Mrs. Mary Mitheefer, near Cumberland, fears her husband will harm her and was sent to the hospital.
In the Caucasian frontier a clash between Turkish and Russian troops left four Russians wounded. The Russian government protested to the Porte while Turkey claimed the Russians provoked the trouble.
In a Friday morning incident at Market and Hinds streets a colored garbage hauler killed several large rats using a black snake whip. He claimed he could drive a tack with three cracks of his whip and offered to demonstrate.
A state board of health report says a Posey county health officer condemned two mules afflicted with glanders. After the owner killed the animals and sold the hides, the officer seized and burned the hides. The county prosecutor says the officer is liable for damages.
Eddy Hadden six colored stood on Big Four tracks at Chrest when a passenger train neared noon. The pilot struck him hurling him into the canal before passersby and Holt cold storage workers rescued him. Doctors found no injuries and he was sent home near Blake and North streets.
Indiana Democrats at state headquarters refuse to reveal meeting details. The national committee reportedly blocked many requests for national speakers. District 6 chair Stokes Jackson laments the lack of high profile names, while Helen Gougar is promised to speak in Greenfield on October 23.
Fire destroyed the steamers War Eagle and Carrier early Friday, wrecked the wharfage between Olive and Locust streets, scorched the tug Ida Patton, with a total loss around 100000 dollars. Five people missing or presumed dead, including four colored firemen. Cabin watchman William Kirchner credited with saving passengers by waking clerk Charles Williams and alerting others. The fire likely started from a lantern on the War Eagle.
The state executive committee met at the YMCA to discuss the prayer letter chain aimed at defeating McKinley. Members include Mrs. Mary E Balch and Rev. A L Orcutt, with Miss Marie Brehm endorsing the scheme. Local prohibitionists set committees for Oct 8 rally as the national prohibition nominees’ train stops locally.
The Fanciers association of Indiana held its annual meeting in the State board of agriculture rooms Thursday night. William Tobin was re elected president amid calls for a successor. Frank R Hale was elected secretary treasurer. The executive committee named Haas Hoff Murphy Lane Jones. The annual pet and fancy stock exhibit was decided for Tomlinson hall December 10 to 15 with cups for specialist clubs.
New York sept twenty first. Kid McCoy and his wife will not sue for divorce. McCoy's absolute divorce action was dismissed by agreement. Friday, Mrs McCoy's counter suit was withdrawn the same day, though no reconciliation was reported.
John Lyons of 972 Bates Sr was fined one dollar and costs and given ten days by Judge Daly on Friday for assaulting his wife while intoxicated. He dragged her through a muddy alley near his home as bystanders watched and when bicycle police arrived she was kneeling at his feet while he cursed and threatened her.
County commissioners prepare to review a September illuminating gas bill as boiler heating runs nonstop in multiple courthouse areas due to an unfinished heating plant.
The Board of Works on Friday approved bids for sidewalk and street work. J D Hoss took cement walks on Martindale to Sheldon for 67 cents, J D Joss on College Ave for 69 cents, Julius Keller on Massachusetts Ave for 1.71 dollars, Warren Scharff on New Jersey to Walcott for asphalt 6.13 dollars, BE W Seamons on first alley west of Delaware for 55 cents, Capital Paving on Watbash to Nobis for brick, and W C Allen on Bust to Nobis for brick and cement 3 dollars.
Fireman John O'Brien of St. Louis died when a roof collapsed Thursday night. Seven others were injured. A separate suit by RE. J. Gueringer of St. Louis against the Pullman Co. seeks $150. he says he was robbed in a sleeper. An enteric fever outbreak grows in South London with cases reported. Steel price reductions loom as manufacturers meet in Chicago. Work on the Chicago federal building to resume Monday.
Three colored men from Richmond Va. jumped from a tank car on a stolen ride in Baltimore on September 22. In the dark they struck a paling fence between the tracks, killing Charles Pitman and Gordon Brown instantly. James Jones died 23 minutes later from injuries.
In a craps game on Indiana Ave three weeks ago Ben Perry shot John Banks in the arm. Judge Alford fined Perry one dollar and sentenced him to 20 days in jail, to begin Friday.
Birth notices list Daniel and Abby Donahue son. Otto and Jennie Harris daughter. John F. and Mary Obergfell daughter. J A and Effie Pettett son. Carl and Mary Dickson son. Henry and Louisa Nikoll son. J I and Lillian Vesper twin girls. John and Kate Rice son. Also infant deaths and illnesses: Thomas Foxworthy at Central hospital for insane pulmonary hemorrhage. Mary Reddington tuberculosis. Kate Callihan consumption. Mrs Anna McLaughlin apoplexy. John Smith heart disease. Johann Riegel intestinal catarrh. Additional marriages or pairings noted: Lee Swisher and Flutie Olvey. Charles Pursell and Leota Withem. John Anderson and Lillie Lacy. Edward Beles and Margaret Rierdon. Ross Dyer and Jessie Hadley. John Huffman and Belle Rhoades.
Frances Cohen at 6 N East street repairs a frame house for 760 dollars. Mrs. Anna E B Downey at Elder avenue between Vermont and New York streets repairs a frame house for 760 dollars. Elizabeth F Messer at 412 W Norwood Street ownership repairs a frame house for 500 dollars. Louisa Hecker at 529 Leon Street repairs a dwelling for 150 dollars.
In Hazleton on September 21 1901 President Mitchell Rev Phillips and Henry George Jr reportedly conferred with Archbishop Ryan in Philadelphia. D and H presidents Olyphant and Trueadell agreed to meet Ryan to present their position. The magnates had refused to meet miners or disclose their case to others and Ryan aims to broker common ground for a meeting.
Philadelphia dispatch reports that 10,000 additional workers joined the P and R strike on Friday raising the number of strikers and signaling wider labor action across the firm.
In Ashley the railroad shops suspended 20 men and the Wilkesbarre shirt waist factory shut down due to coal shortages. Strikers and wives sought fuel, while companies guarded coal heaps preventing pickup. Families appealed to humane society and Mayor Nichols for aid.
President McKinley and William Jennings Bryan favor arbitration to settle labor disputes. In Congress in 1898 McKinley stated that arbitration reflects a higher civilization and should prevail over war in resolving differences between labor and capital.
Washington on Friday the cabinet decided to withdraw troops from China and leave indemnity for American losses to diplomatic settlement. The policy is expected to be announced on Saturday as officials move to hand the field to other powers.
The Street car company let shop and office men off Thursday and all state house offices closed Friday afternoon so officials and deputies could attend the fair. Several local business actions noted include land sales on Meridian Street for 5000 dollars each to Alfred Holberg and William E. Stevenson. A Canadian, Wm. J. Hay, renounced Queen Victoria becoming American after a circuit court hearing.
Vies of the Arthur Jordan company said on Friday the firm may stop court battles and sell Jordan poultry in New York. He claimed the poultry would be sold on railroad tracks and accused others of preventing it.
Fire department responded to three stills and three bell alarms Friday morning. A noon blaze at 1239 N Capitol Ave Barn caused 25 dollars loss with occupant Mrs G Barker. Fire spread to 1109 N Capitol Barn owned by J H Greenstreet incurring ten dollars loss and then to 1112 N Illinois St Barn with ten dollars loss. A vacant house at N Alabama St suffered about two dollars loss, and a rag fire at 2924 W Michigan St caused a small scare but no loss. An old lounge in a rear barn at 12089 S Delaware St burned mysteriously with slight loss.
A Springfield veteran recounts a 40 year smoking habit and coffee use that worsened his digestion. After failing tobacco cures, a friend suggested coffee was the culprit and stopping coffee ended vomiting. He later used Postum Food Coffee and praises its coffee-like results, asking to omit his name from the notice.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure the cold in one day with no cure no pay and price of 23 cents.
Rev. George F. Wright of Oberlin College, an authority on geological history, travels through Siberia to test the biblical flood claim. He disputes the submerged Palestine theory and insists the Pentateuch means the waters covered the entire earth. Wright will search mountain regions for ancient sea remains to support his view.
Interstate Stock Yards September 21 report lists Caitie receipts 72 and Friday shipments light. Prices shown for export steers 1,250 to 1,600 lbs and various classes of cows calves veals and bulls. light stockers and feeders quoted with ranges. Sheep and lambs receipts noted with prices for good to choice lambs and sheep. bucks traded per 100 lbs.
Market quotations for wheat corn oats and hay with No 1 2 3 4 grades and mixed stocks. Inspections list car counts by grade with rejections noted and dates and totals for wheat and corn small lots.
William Birchman also known as William Linneas, an electrician at 1117 Cornell avenue, will wait until September 26 to be heard on a charge of stealing a horse and buggy from George Bradley of 425 West Marrland Street.
Wheat closes higher with September at 78 1/4 cents and October near 81 1/2. Corn gains 4 1/2 to 5 cents with September around 29.55 and October about 38 3/4. Oats rise about 1/4 to 1/2 cent. Provisions show October pork at 12.40 to 12.50, lard near 9.15 to 9.20, ribs around 7.42 to 7.31. Butter and cheese prices move up with varied grades. Live poultry and eggs show mixed readings, hens and springs varying with market demand.
Indiana cattle hogs and sheep receipts for Friday show varied quotes. Good to prime steers 1250 to 1350 pounds around 5.05. heavy calves at 3.28. good to choice feeding steers 435 with 475 for fair to medium. cows and bulls priced per category. hogs heavy to lightweights 4.45 to 5.70. yearlings and spring lambs listed with price ranges.
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