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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1900
Page
8
Bettors favored Pittsburg over Brooklyn with wagers of 16 to 15 as final standings showed Pittsburg needing 10 wins in 16 games while Brooklyn must drop eight in 17. A clothier in downtown held several such bets amid a 17 point gap and concerns over Brooklyn’s late-season travel and recent rowdy tactics.
Hans Wagner led the scoring with a decisive triple as Pittsburg posted a 3 4 2 line and St Louis tallied an 8 2. Chicago produced steady offense in a 6 9 5 showing, while Cincinnati managed 4 6 4. In the rematch Chicago claimed 8 12 0 and Cincinnati 1 3 2.
Scattered lines show results for matches between New York Brooklyn St Louis Pittsburg Philadelphia Boston Chicago and Cincinnati with separate rails for home and away teams. Scores listed include R H E and HY HU markers, suggesting incomplete box score data across multiple venues.
The article highlights millinery by world renowned artists including Virot Linn Faulkner Caroline Rebous Camille Roger and many top Fifth Ave New York shops. It promises a Paris by storm style hat L Aigion worn by Bernhardt in Rostand's Napoleonic play soon to be produced in America by Maude Adams and urges readers to see it.
A new dress fabrics department boasts a radical facelift and peerless standing among middle west stores. The autumn and winter selection features more patterns, colors, and exclusive novelties, with hundreds of cloths, twice as many pieces as before, and affordable fabrics for all.
A department dedicated to displaying fine fabrics for evening wear has been prepared for Indianapolis women. The exhibition promises delicate filmy laces, embroidered robes, shimmering silks, brocades, rare satins, and Paris exposition influences including Louis XIV and Napoleonic patterns in L Aiglon robes. The piece invites ladies to view and select from these elegant garments from two hemispheres.
Tuesday specials feature 100 yard spools of sewing silk stamped sale price two cents. bleached sheets large size 69 cents. towels blue white check. fine torchen laces varying widths. canvas-600 boys reefers trimmed with black braid. boys school suits. ladies flannel waist outfits. men’s undergarments socks and shirts. dress goods camel hair all wool for 1.49 and 0.98 and 0.23. curtains 3 yards long. ladies fleece underwear and hose.
Hartford reports a 25 round boxing match set for Monday night at the Charter Oak club featuring "Mysterious Billy" Smith against Joe Walcott with the bout slated in Hartford Connecticut.
Mayor Taggart declares Sunday wheel racing at Newby Oval forbidden, stating it will not be permitted and shall not be allowed, signaling the death knell for Sunday racing at the venue.
A stream of short notices lists multiple crimes and incidents. Marcus Daly, ill in New York, expected to recover. Morris C. Curtis of Berea Ohio slain at a dance. George Noble, 75 near Powell Ohio, found murdered. Ed Gwiley, an Algiers Louisiana man, killed his roommate before mob beating. Capt Liddle aboard the Bleddyn reports a submarine volcano near Campeche bank. Homer Goodhart shot by Harry Weller at Minnie Davis’s house. Goodhart engaged to Miss Minnie Davis.
Mabel Dillon, 15, was found barefoot and scantily dressed at UlMnois and Maryland streets Sunday by Counciman Higgins who sent her to the police. The State board of charities placed her in John Hardwick's Martinsville home. She previously lived with Holmes Cretsinger in Marion and walked to seek adoption. Her father is dead and she does not know her mother's whereabouts. She complained of her Martinsville treatment.
Big Four section foreman John Van Gorder of New Augusta was instantly killed at 2 05 Sunday afternoon after resting on a track tie with companion Patrick Forester. Forester woke to see a locomotive strike Van Gorder, who suffered multiple injuries and died at the scene. Van Gorder leaves a widow and five children.
George Truasch ir 3 died Sunday from injuries after slipping while helping his mother lift a pall and fell into a pail of boiling water on Saturday. He was assisting when the accident occurred.
In Narragansett bay during North Atlantic fleet drills, the Holland submarine will test a new feat by approaching warships at night to place a buoy and slip away unseen. If successful, it would prove the craft can single handedly threaten a major fleet and torpedo the whole formation. Lieut. Caldwell commands the test. Lieut. Holland navigates the vessel.
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