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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1902
Page
8
Milwaukee beat Columbus 4 to 1, Toledo defeated Kansas City 8 to 2, Toledo also won 8 to 6 over Kansas City. Cincinnati and Pittsburg tied 2 to 2. New York lost to Chicago 3 to 2, then 3 to 1. St Louis and Brooklyn tied 7 to 7. No American League games were played Sunday.
In American Association action Indianapolis beat St Paul 8 to 1 while St Paul later toppled Indianapolis 4 to 2. Milwaukee outscored Louisville 4 to 8 and Minneapolis defeated Louisville 13 to 2. Kansas City routed Toledo 17 to 10. National League games saw Boston win 3 to 1 over Cincinnati and New York 6 to 3 vs Chicago with Pittsburg 4 Philadelphia 2. American League results had Philadelphia 2 Chicago 1 and Boston 7 Detroit 1. St Louis tied Baltimore 12 to 5 and Cleveland 4 Washington 4.
The Minneapolis team hosts a three game set starting Monday at 3 45 with Williams set to occupy the box for the Indians in the opener.
Early reports suggest Young Corbett may select West Basten for training before the Mc Govern clash. Meanwhile horse racing notes show Lord Derby’s wagon trotting mark trimmed to 2.05% at Brighton Beach.
A letter from Miss Gladys Deacon to the Daily Telegraph calls for a retraction of Paris Le Matin's quotes about the German crown prince and Deacon. She declares the statements false and requests emphatic contradiction in the next issue.
In Forest Park Sunday, Joseph Light superintendent and Secretary Orlando Winks clashed, chairs and bottles flying as Light beat Winks and Hess joined outside in a second assault. Arrests followed on assault charges. Light sought use of a company horse and buggy during a Commercial League game, provoking the incident.
Joseph Moran a foundryman drunk entered Oak Hill M E church Sunday night and attempted to hug Miss Sarah Moreland 2121 Fountainst. A scuffle occurred and Rev James P Masson adjourned services. Police arrested Moran for drunk and disturbing the peace after a pursued trail.
San Francisco reports Herman Ogelrichs states there will be no contest over Chas L Fair's will from Mrs Oelrichs and Mrs Vanderbilt, with possible contest only from other relatives. He says there will be no compromise and the interests of Mr Fair will be safeguarded.
The only musk ox in captivity in the United States died Sunday at the New York Zoological Gardens. The female was a gift from Wm. C. Whitney on March 26. Captured near Great Bear Lake, it had shown illness and pneumonia. A coral snake seven months old and two feet long at the park is starving itself and may die.
The shah of Persia reached London on Monday afternoon and was greeted at Victoria station by the prince of Wales. He travelled in a state carriage to Marlborough House as troops lined the route and a large crowd gave a cordial welcome.
New battleship Maine, commanded by Captain R. D. Bookman, arrived at the Brooklyn navy yard from Cramps shipyard in Philadelphia. She made 16 knots on the voyage and builders expect over 48 knots on her off trial trip scheduled for Thursday.
One man was killed and four injured when a Monon passenger train and an Erie freight train collided near Hammond Indiana. Victim is George W Ferris 21 of Melrose Illinois. Engineer Thomas E Kline and fireman Frank Lewis were injured. Conductor Morton Mason and baggageman J C Miller uninjured. Lewis may be seriously hurt.
In Fordsville Kentucky August 18 detectives claim progress in the fraud case against J H Boatner and A B Schuetzbaum charged with conspiring to defraud the American Express Company of twenty eight thousand dollars. Pinkerton supervisor J H Schumacher and American Express detective J W Hartshorn investigate with Floyd Keown identifying the suspects. A Postal Telegraph lineman reports wires cut under a table at Deanfield. Hollenbeck Press beat Vories Business College 21 to 1 with Fincher Fletcher Essig Corne lus in action.
Rosa Hartzog, 15, fatally stabbed William McCown, 40, at the Mint restaurant where he worked as a porter. McCown allegedly struck her with a knife during a potato paring incident on a back porch. he died en route to hospital after postmortem showed the knife pierced his heart. Rosa is jailed awaiting coroner’s ruling.
In Queens county on a Sunday morning a bare fists bout between Joe Tuhts and Kid Coffey drew a few hundred spectators. A $100 purse was at stake. In the eleventh round Coffey struck Tuhts with a powerful right. Tuhts fell unconscious for 45 minutes and could not be revived. He was taken to New York City for treatment.
About 100 former Dearborn county residents met at J. J. Roach's Irvington home Sunday for a county reunion. Retail Grocers' Picnic prizes will be shown in the Rhodes Burford window from August 22 for the August 27 fairgrounds event. Thieves entered W. G. Schneiders tailor shop on Monument Place Sunday morning stealing about 100 dollars in clothing. Two men named Ernest Fross and John Dupree were caught near the Big Four tracks with large bundles. Peter Holt, colored, was arrested for alleged complicity Sunday night.
John Stage of the Stage farm near Middletown leaped into danger to roll Miss Annie Kelley from a trestle onto rocks 15 feet below as a fast Erie freight passed. Kelley suffered a fractured hip and facial gashes while Stage was severely cut but escaped the wreck. Both were taken to a nearby house for medical aid and expected to recover.
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers spoke en route to Spring Valley Illinois to visit family. He said strikers remain determined to win and reported no change in the anthracite situation in Pennsylvania.
J P Morgan announced before leaving London that the shipping combine will issue return tickets valid on any vessels controlled by the trust beginning this week. The move aims to facilitate travel for interested parties and promote confidence in the shipping group.
Special train from Indianapolis at 7 30 a m to Madison and return at 6 p m. Steamboat excursion on the Ohio river from Madison twenty miles and back for 25 cents. Fare for Madison and return $1 25, Sunday August 24th.
A special Sunday service departs Indianapolis at 7 am to Terre Haute with a return option. Train leaves Terre Haute at 7 30 pm, fares listed as 1.00 for Terre Haute and Return and 75c for Greencastle and Return.
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