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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1901
Page
7
Jere Kudler Peter Locke and Jas Speare, veterans at the Soldiers Home in Indiana, kept in the guardhouse since the McKinley assassination night, face public degradation and dishonorable discharge. The board of managers ordered removal of uniforms and expulsion from grounds.
Noted author Edward Eggleston and his wife stayed at the Denison hotel on Friday en route from Joshua's Rock New York to Madison Indiana his old home to visit and plan winter work in the east finishing a new United States history for the American Book Company He fears age and gout may keep him from completing a seventeenth century project begun with Beginnings of a Nation Eggleston best known for Hoosier Schoolmaster He offered a harsh view on anarchists noting sharp criminal law enforcement as the likely remedy and that death is not a better option than punishment
Kirkland B Armour president of the Armour packing company is rapidly sinking with the end believed imminent in Kansas City Missouri on September 27.
Springfield reports the Lincoln coffin encased in an iron cage within a cement block beneath the monument. Thirteen removals have occurred. Eighteen prominent observers viewed the remains as positive identification was confirmed noting beard chin and hair changes. In New York Standard Oil shares fall while copper slumps weigh on markets.
Canton Ohio September 27 Secretary Cortelyou arrived with word that McKinley’s will may be brought to the capital. Mrs McKinley’s condition showed no change from Thursday and she appeared to improve marginally.
The Indiana yearly meeting of Friends released a statistical report showing 20,224 members, down 320 from the previous year. The document details membership declines across the Quaker community in Richmond and surrounding areas.
Indianapolis figure George Knox plans 20 to 300 lectures in the fall and winter across southern states addressing the status of the negro and future outlook.
Indianapolis citizen Herbert Mertz testifies to backache and nocturnal kidney weakness improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He bought them from Henry J. Huder's drug store, noting strong relief after the first box and continued benefit over four years. Sold by all druggists. Doan's Doan's milburn buffalo. United States name Take.
W S Harter of Nevada Missouri describes his past weakness and drain from nocturnal emissions. He says a brother lodge member led him to a cure, and after one month his vitality returned. He now offers the remedy free to all sufferers, claiming to help many, including patients at State Asylum No 3. Send name and address to 675 Ash St Nevada MO for access.
Washington September 27 morning session of the Schley court of inquiry featured key testimony about a picket line at Cienfuegos and whether Schley overstayed there after orders to proceed to Santiago. A heated exchange followed over a dispatch Schley intended to report the Santiago victory, with accusations and denials from Lemly Rayner and Parker before the scene cooled.
The Indianapolis Southern railway issue sits idle in the city engineer’s office as officials avoid stirring politics. It was sent back for a plan to integrate the line without extra crossings, but the engineer is too busy to address it. After the election the Board of Works would likely act, and Jeup is not expected to report before then.
Washington Sept 28 Friday's cabinet meeting concentrated on routine departmental duties. Secretary Hitchcock Secretary Wilson Attorney General Knox and Postmaster General Smith were the only members present.
Cincinnati newspaper reports Maj. John Loree of Ohio close to finalizing a deal that would transfer 4,000,000 acres of land in West Virginia and Kentucky valued around 15 million dollars to the United States Steel Corporation. Promoters claim coal reserves could power the nation for a century. Loree, a Lincoln confidant and early Indian agent, was known in Ohio and Indiana as a traveling liniment peddler before the Civil War.
In a waterfront riot on Friday two special police were attacked by a mob of strikers and shot Herman Kanlete and Jack Wilson, both seriously wounded.
War ren Ohio Sept 28 While Marshal Albert Thayer of Newton Falls examined an antique horse pistol it discharged the 44 bullet striking Addison Allen in the left leg and shattering the bone Allen may die The incident occurred during a casual examination by the marshal and is being investigated as a possible fatal injury.
New York report says United Mine Workers president John Mitchell is bedbound at Ashland due to grip. He has not prepared a reply and no committee has been appointed to inquire into Shaffer’s charges, according to Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association.
Washington reports a large box sent to Mrs. McKinley containing campaign badges and ribbons. The items are keepsakes from every campaign in which the president was a candidate, and it is said he kept every badge that was pinned on him. The collection is described as very valuable.
Samuel Conner, a farmer near Ladoga, vanished after leaving in a buggy. The buggy was found hitched to a tree in his wooded pasture. He leaves a wife and three children. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Chandler of Anderson, widow of James H. Chandler, claims they were married in the White House during Lincoln's presidency and now draws a widow's pension.
Describes the graphic race of the Australian-London Mail in New York Central’s Four Track Series. The piece urges readers with an interest in commerce growth to study the account, noting it is sent free on receipt of a two-cent stamp from the General Passenger Agent in New York.
Schuller's at 210 N Meridan Street offers fine California wines and bottled goods including brandies.
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children. It claims to calm the child ease gums relieve pain cure wind colic and diarrhoea with a price of twenty five cents per bottle.
Indiana Dental College and W Cor Delaware and Chiosis operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. receiving patients for all kinds of dental work.
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