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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
2
Mrs Myrtle Schultm of Tuxedo dropped her purse containing two $3 gold pieces and other currency in front of Sears store on Sunday at 7 pm. A tall well dressed Black man fled the scene and vanished into the darkness of 3 Pennsylvania Street.
A shark caught at Boue Bluffs by Charles and Morey Watts yielded a stomach containing a meal estimated at 300 pounds. The discovery followed the fish being opened. In a separate note, W. J. Bryan survived a railway wreck near Mount Vernon and continued to Sycamore.
Martin of 10 West Delaware and Samuel Hayes of 416 Toledo fought at Fairview Sunday evening sparking a near deadly incident. Maggie Sayers of 7 King Avenue reportedly attempted self harm with furniture polish Sunday night and is out of danger.
Atlanta dated story details an investigation into Miss Mauric De Crist being whipped on the bare back at Milledgeville prison. Warden Alagood, urged by his wife, allegedly ordered the 40 lashes with a cowhide, then forced her to work in the field. she was later moved to hospital care and described as hysterical with fear of further harm.
Police report no trace of the perpetrators who grabbed Ethel Denker from her Holton Place home on Sunday. The child cried out, drawing a crowd. had they been captured, lynching fears ran high as authorities struggle to identify the suspects.
A dime novel style crime at Guy's hotel Seventhand Chestnut in Philadelphia. Night clerk Thomas Deerwood allegedly chloroformed Miss Wells and stole about 500 dollars from proprietor Harry Newman, who lies delirious and near death weeks after the incident.
In Tacoma J B Brown shot Thomas Turnbow a Garfield based agent. Reports say Brown faces possible lynching. Other items note a girl burned by tea in Loganport and a three trainmen injuries in Dallas. A Monon train fatally struck George W Jones near Carmel. Italians Teastro and Cristitt fought over a woman in Cincinnati. Shamrock II hulls Lipton cap race details.
Pope Pius X was crowned at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as Christ's vicar on earth. Cardinal Macchi placed the triple crown amid a crowd of about 70,600, with cheers, hymns, and bells signaling the historic ceremony.
Governor Odell returns from a six week western tour saying there is no panic and money is plentiful. He argues hysteria grips the east while the west enjoys plenty of capital, crops, and business, noting Omaha bankers sending funds to New York while railroads handle heavy traffic.
Vernon Illinois reports a Fairview band concert with an Indianapolia military band style program featuring a Wagner selection, Overture, cornet solos, a parade song, and a mix of marches and tunes. Also notes Uncle Frank Binton’s birthday celebration and Mrs Noll’s recovery after a foul ball incident at Washington Park.
An Indiana egg producer enjoys favorable prices due to strong demand from New York and Boston. Shippers pay up to 13 1/2 cents, with regional supply normally sufficient but eastern markets drawing eggs from Indiana Ohio Illinois and Missouri. Weather and quality differences between eastern and western flocks are noted as factors in price variation.
Delegates gather for the largest convention in printerdom history in Washington at the Columbia theater with welcome remarks by Henry B. F. McFarland and remarks from James M. Lynch. The union reports 45 000 members, 39 locals formed this year, and plans for St. Louis to host next.
A crowd of returning excursionists attempted to rush the traction company's turnsifie at Union depot in Kansas City. Herman Rosenblatt and Edward Sneed were wounded by bullets fired by James Britt, a special policeman, who was arrested.
A Vienna sourced dispatch from Salonica states Sunday night insurgents blew up the custom house at Ziedeyche on the Albanian frontier. The Berlin note says the Balkan situation is not serious. Four men drowned near Rockland Maine after a boat collision on Sunday. John W Kern announces arrival of a new Democrat candidate, awaiting weigh in.
Chartes Is mond a barber, stabbed Arnold Mc Leod in the jugular while he was with his wife. McLeod died from the wound after effort to escape. McLeod had long suspected Ismond’s alleged intimacy with his wife.
Twenty five female campers at Nagawicka lake in Waukesha Wisconsin captured Eugene Lupkow a Milwaukee tobacco wholesaler during a ceremony called meeting the totes. They bound him to a tree and a leader in male disguise threatened to singe his beard as onlookers cried for mercy. Steamboat Inspector Lee Whitney intervened cutting the cords and Lupkow escaped with another camper in a rowboat.
Somerset Ky August 10 A spring created a lake near Faubush in which water has widened a 10 acre swag into a growing lake over 59 feet deep. A hollow sinkhole once fed the stream but was blocked causing the area to fill and expand toward the mountain foot. Trees in the surrounding woodland died leaving a silent scenic fringe as the shore encroaches on roads and hunting grounds. The lake hosts fish and attracts thousands of wild ducks each year.
Baratua, of Pittsburgh, offers to bet $25 that his horse Broomatick will beat J. H. Madden's Aristocracy, who finished ahead in the Saratoga special last Saturday.
Pittsburg on August 1 reports work resuming in the bulking trades with 2,000 men back on the job. Strike and lockout orders have been withdrawn, signaling a return to normal operations in the city.
Births list names and addresses for Wes and Bertha Hays Henry and Jennie Thomas J Sherer Ed and EMa O'Donnell Fred and Cora Darby. Deaths list Inez St Clark 1 months enterorcolliis Harry Bpeneer 7 months and other causes. Marriages include William Shortridge Montle Ae Connell Frank A Davenport Ada Snyder and others. Building permits note repairs at 89 W Protest. Mothers love their dread for that terr ble second summer with Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry. The Sun offers help and notices at 121-138 H. Obie phone 68 old main.
Aug 10 Marseille a Italian anarchist Sanvaire Picolo fired two shots at Premier Combes. bullets missed. Crowd watched as police restrained the would be assailant and companion.
New York reports former police chief Anthony J. Allatre dead. He served decades in the city police force and held a prominent role for many years.
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