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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1910
Page
7
B H McAndrews from Indiana en route to Lafayette after a rooftop man supposedly intent on killing him. He hired a taxicab for $4 an hour, showed cash, and fled with officers watching as he rolled away.
Fires along Big Creek and in Wallace bury eleven identified victims with many more unnamed. Eighteen injured men travel by pack horses to Wallace as forestry officials warn of heavy losses. The blaze threatens Burke and the Hercules and Hecla plant, with Idaho militia called up and Taft promising troops without police duty. Thompson Falls faces a wall of flame, while Paradise and Lead Tooth forests stay perilous and light rains offer cautious relief.
Rain and snow fall over the fire zone as foresters report improved prospects if the downpour continues. Total property losses in Montana and Idaho are estimated around 20 million dollars. War Department orders a grain pack with medical corps to Belton district. Interior directs funds to pay men fighting fires on the Fort Head reservation.
Washington August 24 The National Bank of Spokane Washington issues the first antisptic germ proof national bank notes. The treasury experiments with laundering dirty notes while Spokane prints sanitary money. Fifty thousand dollars in bills were signed with carbolic ink, a result if the bills are saturated.
Wilkingon Call of Florida died in Washington at Emergency hospital after apoplexy struck him at his home Saturday. Born January 9, 1834 in Russellville Kentucky he practiced law most of his life. Call was elected to the Senate after the Civil War but did not take his seat, later serving from 1879 to 1897 before resuming law practice in Jacksonville.
Maurice Donnelly of Indianapolis is pressed for the presidency of the Ancient Order of Hibernians by Indianapolis delegates at the state convention in Terre Haute. W. H. Foley of Indianapolis may become state secretary. Indianapolis sends twenty five delegates from eight divisions, while county officers Bert Kavanagh president Bernard Kelly vice president Frank E. McCarty financial secretary Martin Lynch recording secretary and Patrick Gallagher treasurer attend the gathering.
Complaints were raised at the board of works meeting against the streetcar company and the Pennsylvania railroad. M S Huey of Capitol lumber company condemned the Massachusetts avenue blockade, noting wagons take fourteen minutes to travel two blocks. La Sallie street residents protested Pennsylvania refrigerator cars blocking crossings at the icing plant, left all day and night. Workers and residents say girls must crawl under the cars to reach and leave their homes, and fire engines could not pass in emergencies.
Pittsburg Pa Aug 24 Official notification sent to members of the Amalgamated association of iron steel and tin workers in Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio and Indiana that the strike against the American sheet and tin plate company will be called off Saturday as a result of the executive board meeting President McArdle said the strike will end Saturday but the return date for workers is not yet known About 7000 men are affected.
Sylvester Johnson an 84 year old horticulturalist in Irvington walks his vineyard near Audubon road praising fruit life. He preaches healthful living and claims eating one or two apples daily keeps him youthful, a rule he credits for longevity. Johnson, a noted state fair exhibitor, plans another strong showing with his grapes.
Residents on Thirteenth Street filed a remonstrance with 1066 names against a proposed car line from Central Avenue to Riverside. Mayor Shank, detained by a welcome address, sent a letter urging board review. The opposition cites recent street improvements, narrow width, and Riverside park access as reasons to reject Thirtieth Street for the line. the city board plans an inspection with the city engineer and council rep George Denny.
Indictments charging grand larceny in the first degree were returned Wednesday against Harvey Wiley Corbett and John A. Qualey. They were held on $10,000 bail on the complaint of Mrs. Mary Nevins Blaine Bull, widow of a celebrated surgeon, who alleges they obtained $35,000 by fraud to invest in the Magnesia Asbestos company of Newark.
A blaze that began at 3 AM Wednesday engulfed Carmichaels Greene County destroying fifteen buildings before any effective defense could be mounted. Appeals for help went to Washington and Waynesburg as water supply ran short, leaving the town seemingly doomed.
Fifty members from Indianapolis posts of the G A R travel by special car Thursday to Lafayette for the Indiana state soldiers association picnic. The event occurs at the soldiers home with an afternoon visit to Tecumseh Trail park and the Tippecanoe battleground.
English financier Sir Ernest Cassell plans a one million dollar foundation in memory of King Edward. Income will aid Germans seeking work in England and British subjects seeking jobs in Germany. Cassell was among the late king's close associates and spoke with him shortly before Edward's death.
Sol Orton a colored man from 1544 Ogden street was bound over to the grand jury on a robbery charge at the home of Mrs. Margaret Noon 532 North Pennsylvania street. Detectives Mullin and Hauser traced him by insect powder on his feet and a powder print at the house leading to Crawford's drug store where he was found still wearing powder on his shoes. A Crawford's waiter testified Orton had been in the store during the time of the alleged crime. Orton denies the robbery.
A fragment notes a 500 foot mark atop the Washington Monument associated with Big Ed Walsh, pitcher of the Sox club, hinting at a historic or anecdotal event without full context.
Attorney General James L. Bingham described opposition in Washington as a piece of nonsense as he pursued facts on the benzoate of soda case. He believed Dr. Wiley's tests would bolster the state's position that benzoate of soda is harmful. McCabe had restricted witnesses, preventing their testimony on depositions in the matter.
The court ordered Attorney General Bingham to testify, stating the required testimony was not expert and resembled a street fight account. The court refused both an appeal and any delay.
Cardinal Rampolla directs Vatican strategy from Rome on August 24 signaling a waiting policy in the fight with Spain. The church readies for a major struggle and hopes the Canalejan ministry will fall.
Kansas City report says fireman William Mayer died and another man was seriously injured when a storm sparked lightning striking the Jenkins music company building, which suffered about 200000 dollars in losses.
Aug 24 Billy Sullivan star catcher for the Chicago White Sox duplicated Charley Street of the Washington club by watching eleven baseballs thrown for the ...
Mayor Shank revoked the liquor license of Thomas Glenn a salads keeper at 144 Gelsendorff street after his arrest for violating the closing law last Sunday. He was fined $25 and costs in peice court and said he believed friendship with the mayor and measures taken after arrest to remove keys from his bartender would help him.
Josephine Bagiacomi twelve year old slept through an early morning bomb blast in her home in New York. The explosion shattered windows doors and ceilings but did not wake her and authorities suspect involvement by black hands.
Grant Mitchener a prominent Republican politician died at City hospital Tuesday morning. He served as secretary of the Lincoln League during the 1898 campaign and supported the Republican ticket then. Previously he worked in newspaper circles at Valparaiso Indiana and was a member of the Elks lodge.
Cincinnati reports President Fett will press an electric button next Monday morning to officially open the Ohio Valley Exposition in the city. The announcement was made Wednesday in Cincinnati, dated August 24.
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