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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1900
Page
3
A lone bandit robbed the west bound Northern Pacific Overland Flyer near Athol Idaho shortly after midnight stealing about 500 in cash, watches and jewelry. Conductor Deering fired twice, the robber returned fire, injuring nothing major, and fled at Rathdrum. The robber stands about five feet tall.
Four masked men stopped the St Louis Portland express at Woodlawn early Saturday. They forced the messenger to open the local safe and took a small sum of money. The through safe, containing several thousand dollars, was left untouched.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on Friday night Mother Jones urged women to press for better labor and home conditions as villagers prepared to march at dawn to Coleraine and Beaver Meadow mines. Deputies accompanied the march and a meeting was held amid warnings of potential clashes with authorities.
A farmer’s hay load caught fire from a hot box at the yellow bridge on Indiana avenue Friday. Firemen from engine house No. 3 put out the blaze. Fire crews also responded to Louis Rook’s on Delaware Street and to 317 Jefferson Avenue with small losses. A shed behind Martha Lander’s home on Meridian Street and a barn at OConnor’s on Alabama Street were set ablaze Friday, with investigators suspecting arson by fire bugs.
The school board raised salaries for Estelle Adams Kate Walton Jean Rankin Jane B Smith Flora Fletcher Clara Leonard and Margaret De EBruler on Friday night while refusing to allocate 400 for Girls' industrial school supplies. The money would come from the Manual training school fund which is already short. Henry C. Riggs was appointed teacher at Shortridge high school and Ursula Daggett cadet teacher at school No 9.
The Board of Trade reports slow contributions to the relief fund for Texas storm sufferers with only $2 received by Saturday, bringing the total to $3,501.28. Gov Mount also received $8.50 from Warsaw Presbyterian Church and sent it to the Texas governor.
Union electrical workers have resumed work on affected sites after scabs were removed and merchants agreed not to hire non union labor. A settlement is expected soon, likely by the next free day.
Dra V. Pogue editor of the Tribune shot Wood Torrence three times on Main Street Fortville Ind Friday evening. Torrence was wounded seriously after an article in the Tribune charged him with taking part in an assault on Brt Morgan during a boxing match disruption. Pogue surrendered to officers.
Dr. James R. Powell was found dead by the roadside south of Tipton Indiana on September 22. Officials say he likely took his own life after the death of patient Mrs. Albert Stewart during an operation. The tragedy is attributed to mental strain following the operative death.
Miss Flora Farlow of Milroy sues Yeonsday Be Mull of Manila for breach of promise alleging a January previous agreement to marry in fall followed by postponements. She says Mull paid 359 dollars for education but later altered the contract to release him from marriage. Mull denies the suit and vows to fight.
Noblesville Ind Sept 22 The Kettlehake murder case will go to the jury about the middle of next week. Drs Lash and Wynn pronounce him insane. He killed Grocer Simons in Indianapolis. The defense has made a good showing on the insanity plea. No one is willing to venture a guess as to what the verdict will be.
In Muncie Indiana on September 22 the fruit jar manufacturers and President Hayes of the Green bottle blowers association reached a settlement Friday night. The terms mirror last year and plants are to resume operations immediately.
In Madison Indiana on September 22 Bennie Saberton aged 17 died instantly when a beam broke during a house move. Henry Hopkins aged 16 was fatally injured with a crushed skull.
Natural gas at Frankton will cost twice last winter as a mass meeting in Muncie protests new rate hikes. A Frankfort gasoline car fire injures two. a Goshen Lake Shore collision kills a horse. Reports cover legal actions, wrecks, and local economic shifts across Indiana towns.
A roundup of Indiana incidents includes a woman resisting arrest after concealing stolen goods tied to Frank Powell and Frank Darst, a Kokomo professor burned by an explosion, and the death of Chicago-born Democrat Crittenden A. Cox. Other items mention a Bedford man sleeping in a trench, Anna Davis in Kokomo declared insane over a West Virginia romance, Wabash College president Kane protesting a street fair, Brazil unions accusing contractors of unfair labor practices, a Lake Erie & Western wreck near Redkey with contested switch details, seventh day Adventist camp meeting instrument debate, and Rose Polytechnic Institute freshmen and sophomores staging the annual pipe rush with pipe-centered contests.
President McKinley departed Friday evening by train over the Pennsylvania Railroad to his Canton home. If nothing urgent calls him back, he may stay in Ohio until after the election. It was unofficially stated he would not make campaign speeches and will not welcome visiting clubs from his front porch.
Grand secretary Leedy of the Indiana Odd Fellows announces the sovereign grand lodge meeting will be held in Indianapolis in September 1901.
Christian and Anna Luebking of Sherman welcomed a girl. Augustus and Annie Coburn announced a girl born at 181 N Pennsylvania st. William S. and Hattie Adair reported a boy at 815 Union st. F A and Maud Ledworth had a boy at Deaconess hospital. M T and Emma Mullis welcomed a girl at 2546 N Capitol ave. Henry and Rose Winters reported a boy at Home and Yandes corner. Charles and Ida Copeland had a girl at 722 N Meridian st. Frank and Grace Patterson announced a boy at 14 Randolph st. Mary F Shortridge noted a dysentery case at corner Station st and Massachusetts ave. Elizabeth Manning, 7 months, at 2946 Parig ave., enterocolitis. Andrew G Richwine, 80, 913 Wacker st., apoplexy. Myrtle Wall, 6, 915 Bates st., congestion of stomach and bowels. George A Otis, 87, 2500 Sherman ave., senile exhaustion. Hiram B Howland, 46, Howland ave., gall stones. Annie Cover, 60, Thirty first st and Northwestern ave., tetanus. Jesse Elbert and Mary A Ninness. John C Hunt and Jennie Anderson.
John H. Dittman at 1430 Capitol Avenue lists repairs for $15. Wilhelmina Schmertz of Highland Avenue has a frame house valued at 980. Cy F. Molt at 222 Broadway shows a frame house with $3,000. M.A. Downing sits at corner B Meridian and POU Avenue for repairs.
A compact roundup notes Wm S Mead of Spencer seeks bankruptcy with assets of 430 against debts of 4346.02. Gov Mount aides attended Hiram Rowland funeral and adopted resolutions. Terre Haute incorporated with 20000 capital stock. Edna McGinnis returns from Williamsport. US civil service exams set Indianapolis Oct 28. applications due ten days prior. Gov Mount seeks Charles J Williams from Illinois on rape charge. held in Hammond. The Sun: Liners beat Young Nationals 4–0, then face Young Imperials. Mayors Taggart and Kern expected home. Johnson to seek opinion on Galveston relief appropriation. Sunday school training Sept 24–28 at Roberts Park Church under Marion County association. Alpha Council raises about 30 for Galveston sufferers and will host chosen friends at Union Trust Building hall next Thursday with Miller company entertainment.
The Indiana state treasurer reports that the United States government has reimbursed Indiana with $44,302.50 for equipping Indiana troops in the Spanish-American War. There remains an outstanding balance still due to Indiana on this account.
Decatur Ellis, who slashed the throat of his landlady Mrs Lucy Clark, 28 S Illinois, was bound over to the grand jury under a $2000 bond in police court Saturday. Ellis appeared pale and nervous while Mrs Clark and her son George, stabbed over the heart, attended the hearing.
An old belief that piles require surgery is challenged by Pyramid Pile Cure sold by druggists in suppository form. It promises immediate relief and potential complete cure, with no cocaine morphine or metal poisons, and is claimed effective for itching bleeding or protruding piles. A Baltimore man endorses its effectiveness and offers to share a pile cause book.
Indianapolis can raise up to 2 percent of taxable property for bonds. With 1900 taxables at 123,777,495, the constitutional limit is 2,475,549.99, existing debt 2,135,800 leaving 339,749.90 more that could be issued. Controller Johnson suggests using surplus to fund fire department improvements and several bridges, depending on council decisions.
Indianapolis market page lists smoked meats and prices for Rams sugar cured hams at 12 to 13 cents per pound, dried beef hams at 9 to 10 cents, breakfast bacon at 14 cents, various bacon cuts, sausage types with prices, pickled meats in 200 lb barrels, family and rump pork barrels, lard in tierces and kettle rendered forms. Prices reflect a Sept 2 market report with many line items and unit prices.
A dense catalog of canned fruits, vegetables, fish, seeds, and laundry items with varied prices. Items include beans, corn, peaches, lemons, strawberries, oysters, and assorted legal tender like hides, leather, and tallow. Also lists seeds, flour, oats, oils, and dairy with bulk and retail pricing across departments.
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