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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1902
Page
8
The Havana supreme court on April 2 admitted Estes G. Rathbone to bail but set the sum at 100000 dollars, a figure seen as unlikely to be raised in cash. The court will decide this week on a possible new trial, while Rathbone remains in prison.
South Bend reports President Morrissey of Notre Dame near death from pneumonia but now able to take daily walks. The health scare prompted concern as the university awaited signs of recovery and stability amid the illness.
Valparaiso Indiana April 2 The Valparaiso Daily Journal has given up the ghost and suspended publication Tuesday night leaving the community without the newspaper source.
In New York the National League, split since December, works calmly toward a season. Spalding resigned as president after a split with Freedman and Brush, while N. E. Young chairs a meeting that avoids war clouds and drafts a schedule likely to be adopted amid hopes for peace.
A gloomy morning at Washington park delayed training as a ray of sun briefly appeared over baseball headquarters. Watkins sent 15 players outdoors for a walk despite the cold, with new arrivals Frank Killen Thomas Williams George Kihm Harry Teal and Charles Davis joining the squad amid heavy baseball talk at the Occidental hotel.
An April 7 basketball game is advertised between Yale and the YMCA. The YMCA first team beat the German house team Tuesday night, and the second beat Anderson, both clean and lively games. Lowell polo champions were detained in Muncie on arrival as an April fool joke, bailed out, and released after court.
There were 82 high guns to share the purse of 4190 in the nitro powder handicap the feature of the Kansas ity tournament Tuesday. Gilbert was more the number who failed to make a sight score.
Fragmented report describes racing discussion and a camel race feature for midweek. It mentions Abe Frank as a notable entrant, a two year old horse from Memphis, and the possibility of gate entries at Charleston with management weighing outcomes.
A brief notice notes that the park would be closed and immediately caused a crowd as a number of horses appeared at once, signaling an abrupt or unexpected event attracting animal activity.
Louisville reports Tommy Ryan delivered the championship papers for a 20 round middleweight fight between Jack O'Brien and a Southern athletic club challenger. Ryan says the forfeit is paid, training will be in Kansas City, and a special train will transport fans to ringside at the Auditorium.
One bid opened in New York on Tuesday for the Jeffries Fitzsimmons bout. Charleston submitted the sole bid and received Fitzs approval after he wired opponent Jeffries. The city would provide a 26000 dollar guarantee plus 75 percent of gross receipts and picture privileges. Remaining bids will be opened in San Francisco.
A banquet in Cleveland on April 2 featured prominent citizens backing the congressional committee on buildings and grounds. Congressman Minor praised McKinley and Wisconsin’s 1900 plurality, urging support for Hanna as the next Ohio candidate in 1904. Cheers and applause followed. A separate St Louis note reports a painting found in a Market Street cafe, likely a Carle or Horace Vernet work, depicting Arabs fighting a lioness, hung for years in the Speck establishment.
200 blue and oxford gray cheviots with Eton jackets and flare skirts priced at 5.00 to 10.00. 175 tailor made outfits in varied tones and styles, originally 12.50 to 16.00, offered Thursday. Also 22 styles in coverts and cheviots with silk linings and jackets, Thursday sale. 8 all wool dress skirts with flare, taffeta trim, Thursday price 3.98.
Two linen lots offered at about one third to half regular price. Lot 1 contains imported damask pieces from 11 to 50 yards with slight soiling. Lot 2 features odd lots of high grade linen napkins, bleached to half size, with some slight wear making prices as low as one dollar twenty five per dozen.
William Pittser was acquitted by a Clinton County jury after five ballots in a murder trial over Clem Pruitt. The judge instructed the panel, and Pittser broke down in tears as his family and the courtroom reacted with elation and relief. He had spent two and a half months in the county jail before the verdict.
Block coal miners in Brazil Indiana have laid down their picks and will not return until an agreement with operators is reached. Both sides remain in conference as talks continue. In Kokomo Indiana Mrs Lottie Hollingsworth of Russiaville was fined for assaulting Walt Ammon with a poker.
Father Dhe of a catholic church in Hartford City Indiana has been compelled to give up his parish for now due to health. Indianapolis reports banks may close at noon on Saturdays during the summer.
Advertisement notes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best physic and available for sale by all druggists. Includes emphasis on universal availability and trusted remedy stature.
Deputy Marshal H P Wright shot and killed Jesse Miles a Black man during a disturbance in Rockport Indiana on Tuesday Miles who was drunk had threatened to kill the marshal Wright plans to be exonerated on a plea of self defense
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