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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1910
Page
7
Reports from Trenton on the closing scenes of the one hundred thirty fourth New Jersey legislature describe drunken revelry and dissolute conduct. Pulpits demand an extra session to investigate the acts, with Governor Fort backing a full inquiry into whereabouts of notorious women and champagne drinking during the closing session.
The 69 year marriage of Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, presiding bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church, and his wife was celebrated at their son Edward Huntington Fallows’s Dobbs Ferry home. The bishop spoke on love as a principle guiding marriage, essential and capable of growth beyond passion.
The Commercial club, by board directive, will ask city controllers, the Traction and Terminal company, and major stores to include monthly courtesy requests in employees pay envelopes. The note urges courteous treatment of visitors, especially convention delegates, to promote Indianapolis as Convention City.
Atlantic City reports Roberta de Janon, once eloped from Philadelphia with a waiter, offers to return to performance. She has written to Charles Frohman and another manager saying she is willing to go on stage in any refined and moral capacity after considering the publicity she has received.
Thaddeus Taylor of Lynn died after a brief illness. He was the original of the village smithy in Longfellow’s poem and a close friend of the poet. The reference ties his life to the early 19th century Boston area.
Chicago April 11 Mrs John W Jenkins wealth fuels public curiosity about her husband whose identity remains unknown though seen by many. The intrigue centers on her purchase of the Louis V Bell mansion for 225000 paid with a certified check signed John W Jenkins.
William W. Foster, a retired merchant, filed a $10,000 lawsuit against the merchants who sold his wife bed sheets after a needle remained embedded in his calf. The needle caused blood poisoning, required hospital treatment, and left him lame. Attorneys Levine & Friedman of 150 Nassau Street represent Foster.
Near Cheboygan Michigan on April 12 Fred Barber a early rising farmer found a newborn baby girl wrapped in a blanket in the barn stable after hearing a kitten like cry. The incident was discovered in the morning chores routine.
Millbury Mass April 12 Aunt Delia Torrey 84 reveals the apple pie recipe loved by Willie Taft and the President. She favors sour apples lemon zest nutmeg and a crust with half pound shortening per pound flour using butter and lard.
Boston April 12 Mayor Fitzgerald appointed former Mayor George A Hibbard to the city collector position. Hibbard who beat Fitzgerald in the December 1907 election was defeated this year by current rivals.
The Financial World says Samuel Gompers has abandoned hopes Taft will curb the United States Steel corporation. Gompers urged Indiana Governor Marshall to dissolve the Gary plant charter over peonage and stifled competition. The Steel Trust counters by raising wages and cutting hours, betting public support will counter labor pressure.
In Findlay on April 12 a six year old girl protected her sick baby brother from a bed fire. After a neighbor failed to arrive the girl moved an oil lamp under the bed to warm him, then carried him to safety and alerted neighbors. The fire was put out with little damage.
Carl Dinkle aged 16 died at Christ hospital from a bullet wound fired by Stuart McEwan 14. They lived on Zabriskie street. McEwan climbed a fence with a rifle pointed at Dinkle when his finger on the trigger fired. McEwan is held on a manslaughter charge.
The advertisement touts Poslam as a new treatment that rapidly eases itching and clears eczema and skin disfigurements. It claims overnight results for minor skin troubles and offers 30 cent, 50 cent, and 2 dollar packages at H. J. Huder and Weber Drug Co. Free samples are available by writing to Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
Special to The Sun. In Bedford Indiana Edward Graves of Terre Haute died after jumping from a Monon passenger train near the coal chutes to catch a southbound train. Rank Pierce 11 was crushed under a freight train wheel and is not expected to survive. Ralph Shortly escaped death by leaping from a moving box car and walking home after a thirty foot fall.
J. M. Lennon grocer at 1446 Roosevelt Avenue was burned about the hands and face this afternoon when a gasoline tank exploded after an oil stove too near the tank started a blaze in his store. He tried to extinguish the flames and received burns while doing so.
Nicholas Derbeus was fined 350 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail in police court today for running a blind tiger at 28 West Washington street. He also paid 25 dollars and costs for giving away liquor on Sunday.
Senator Daniel’s condition worsened after midnight in Daytona Beach Florida. About 2 o’clock he sank into a heavy sleep as his health deteriorated, reported April 11.
The body of Casimir Ambrost, 19, entombed in a West Frankfort mine for 14 months, began to petrify after recovery this week. His hands and feet had turned to stone. an explosion trapped him with three other workers in February 1909, followed by fire and flood that filled the passages.
Claude Bowers of Terre Haute spoke at the Daviess county Democratic convention in Washington Indiana denouncing the national administration the Payne bill and Beveridge. Delegates were instructed to back a governor planned senator and Marshall's administration was endorsed. Shively and Cullop urged David J. Herron for the supreme bench with nominations in the afternoon.
The annual state peace oratorical contest will be held in Crawfordsville next Friday evening with participants from Notre Dame Purdue Barlham DePauw Goshen Franklin State Normal and Wabash. Dr George TL Mackintosh president of Wabash college will serve as chairman.
Terre Haute Indiana police report a 16 year old boy Damon Burlington killed his playmate Ferma Duncan Young also 16 while playing burglar. The revolver believed empty. Young died almost instantly at the scene last night.
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