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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1901
Page
8
The Pittsburgh Pirates clinch the National League pennant as the best team of the season. Barney Dreyfuss praises manager Fred Clarke for his leadership and the club’s clean, fast play throughout the year, securing the flag even if no further victories occur.
The Indy season heat rises as W H Watkins lines up a cross country exhibition with top American and National league teams. Captains McGraw and Donovan among stars slated for Oct 12 in a bid to prove Indianapolis is a thriving baseball city and deliver a dream lineup.
Readers discuss potential leagues with mentions of a Western league revival and Denver as a ball city. Indianapolis and Grand Rapids show as money makers, while Loogootee resident Westhater notes Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a preferred remedy costing five dollars a bottle for joint and muscle pains.
Fragmentary notes hint at a possible league plan. The text references a proposed structure and unnamed parties considering a formal arrangement but offers no concrete details or dates.
Alderman Thompson's ordinance to appoint an athletic committee regulating contests of skill became law after Mayor Harrison did not veto. The move signals possible revival of pugilistic events in Chicago, where no public boxing has occurred since the McGovern Gans incident in December.
The Shamrock TI repaint and cleaning are finished and the Columbia receives final touches. Yachts will be measured Tuesday and towed to Sandy Hook to await the Cup races starting Thursday.
In Greencastle on Monday the De Pauw varsity football team lost 17 to 12 to the alumni who showed strength in experience and balance. The varsity squad lacked practice and tackling, while the alumni demonstrated cohesion. The next game schedules for Saturday against M. T. H. S. of Indianapolis. London Cup race excitement grows as Shamrock II may win with tower signals and rockets planned by Thames vessels.
The log details teams such as Chicago Boston Detroit Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Cleveland Milwaukee and more with win loss records and batting batteries across multiple games. It notes second games with battery pairs including McGinnity Robinson Hastings Maloney Naps Foreman Bresnahan Reidy and others along with scorelines and percentages.
Evansville hosts the tristate fair with races featuring Anaconda and Joe Patchen set for Tuesday and Thursday. The Richmond race meet for Wednesday to Friday is canceled due to a shortage of entries. A fire at Marion Brisco’s stables near Evansville destroys buildings and kills several fine horses, with tramps blamed for the loss.
A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, reportedly threatened to cut Western Union telegraph lines from the Pennsylvania system and Vanderbilt lines unless Gould surrenders the Wabash railroad and the Wheeling and Lake Erie at a profitable price. The Inquirer calls the move a war rivaled only by the 1885 Beech Creek and South Pennsylvania conflict, risking Western Union profits and shifting lines to Postal.
Southern Pacific directors meet but no major developments expected. Treasury surplus about 150 million for the year. Insiders buying Big Four on March dividends. Americans weak in London. Copper stocks slump and rumors swirl. Montanas landslide halts Neversweat mine. various Indianapolis securities quoted. utilities and banks listed amid a broad market movement.
Julia Sypher a 16 year old girl explains she mixed carbolic acid with her mother's medicine by mistake while serving as nurse and factory worker for Ann Sypher at 555 West Forty Fifth Street New York. The mother remains in danger and the girl is overwhelmed with guilt.
Louisville reports Mrs Lizzie Cecil wife of Joseph Cecil sues Richard Langan a noted local figure for five thousand dollars claiming he hugged her against her will. In Phillipsburg New Jersey a 10 year old Frederick Beeman died from a peculiar illness and another son Walter J H followed in death from blood poisoning linked to cornsilk and dried grape leaves. In New York Miss Helena Bloodgood an heiress left home over sorrow at funeral decorations amid McKinley mourning, then returned with her mother.
Emma Goldman is released after conspiracy to assassinate the president charges are dismissed at Buffalo informant notice. Chicago courtroom packed with anarchists. crowd cheers and jeers as she heads to Isaaks home for a banquet and planned lectures before traveling to New York.
Ward Dean and Ernest Holdson, high school football hopefuls, endured a strenuous summer journey to England aboard a cattle boat. They labored from 4 a.m. to late at night on scarce rations and returned with only five dollars from eleven.
Boston Mass September 24 Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter of the president will receive 100000 by the will of Nathaniel Hawthorne Cusack who died recently in Washington Cusack and the president were close friends
McKinley Park 17 year old Marie Stevenson of New York is reported missing. The item notes four dozen Beynolds gang members on trial for Widow Hall’s murder in Kentucky, with Sol Fleming already serving life. Also mentions cable plans from San Francisco to Manila and the death of Secretary of State J L Power.
The Berlin institute of physical diagnosis reports that pure oxygen cures many poison cases. In experiments, oxygen administration produced unqualified cures where given. About ninety percent of poison crisis reports relate to morphine dyspnea, where antidotes fail.
An advertisement argues Alma-Bromo Salt treats the cause of skin trouble by cleansing the bowels and improving digestion. It claims internal cleansing relieves liver and kidney disorders, removes toxins, and improves complexion more effectively than external cosmetics. The product is described as effervescent Alma Bromo Spring water from Alma Michigan.
Secretary Cortelyou is expected to arrive in Canton on Wednesday or Thursday with President McKinley’s will. It will likely be offered for probate within a few days. Mrs McKinley visits the cemetery daily.
The Central Labor Union formed a committee Monday night to press the Board of Safety for an immediate statement on its plans regarding police powers granted to the new Indianapolis police dispatch company. The union seeks revocation of these powers, arguing the firm is linked to the Pinkerton detective agency of Chicago. The board has sent the issue to the city attorney, whom the union condemns as slow to act.
George Butler, formerly with the B. and W. in Indianapolis, has secured a good position in Washington. The Big Four is erecting towers at major stations as risks of accidents are addressed.
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