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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
1
A heavily loaded passenger car and trailer crashed head on with an express car on a sharp curve. Twenty people were killed and sixty others injured as crowds traveling to the county fair were involved.
A noon collision near Charleston on the Mattoon Charleston interurban line killed eleven and seriously injured about sixty as a passenger car and trailer collided with an express car. Medical aid rushed from Mattoon and Charleston. many victims were treated in Mattoon hospitals.
Town ship Assessor Michael Jefferson released Marion county totals showing Indianapolis property valued at 156,551,000 with outside city 27,788,000. Railroad property 11,200, electric railway 5,268,500, telegraph and telephone 2,649,900. County assess ents total 206,842,980 with mortgage exemptions 5,413,515 reclaimed leaving net tax g 201,424,08.
Brief items gathered in Indianapolis city life note changes in police shifts beginning September first, courtroom crowd, horse and car use, candidates for county prosecutor, theater crowds, Riverside park bridge progress, bull pups for sale, telephone etiquette at police, summer end reflections, local publishers and school life, penmanship improvements, a dog license quip, teeth and brain growth remark, choir bass resignation, last garden concert, foresters lawn social, sixteenth Indiana reunion, temporary sidewalk order, streetcar accident.
United Press reports mystery over the murder of Lizzie Shrader a nine year old girl in Gary Indiana may be solved with the discovery of a man’s body near East Chicago. The corpse shows a bullet wound to the head and a revolver nearby with scratches on the face and hands.
Robert Thomas of W Twenty sevenths street was to appear in police court Friday on a cruelty to animals charge but did not show up. His $50 bond was forfeited.
The State Board of Medical Examination and Registration will hold an examination at the statehouse next Tuesday for graduates of noncommissioned high schools who wish to enter medical colleges.
A blaze in Cincinnati today destroyed the Farrinkom Lumber company plant. The loss is reported at $100,000. Fire officials are investigating the cause as local businesses assess the aftermath and insurance adjusts claims.
William D. Green a 77 year old seller of feather and wool dusters was fatally struck by a Lake Erie train at Newman while crossing tracks about 10 am Friday. He was walking north as the switching crew tried to warn him. Green’s left foot and head were crushed. The accident blocked transport while officers and the city ambulance moved the body to the morgue. Relatives in Indianapolis were not yet identified. Conductor G L Rosas and brakeman C S Sanders were aboard the passenger train.
New York August 30 Stuyvesant Fish remains enraged after his fifth encounter with Illinois Central President Harahan during a board meeting. He expects the next session in a week or ten days and predicts it will be exciting. When asked about his earlier actions he replied that he accepts certain names and will not tolerate insults from anyone.
Mr and Mrs John B Risk charged with aiding Goldy Perceval and Dora Kintz escape seek venue change from Judge George W Stubbs. Request granted. cases to be tried in criminal court. Other defendant Hoyt Cline also granted venue. judge notes transcript fee dispute with Benedict.
Former Kentucky governor W S Taylor says he received immunity terms from Commonwealth Attorney R B Franklin and replied by sending his own published statement. He asserts the attorney would see the question was answered days before the letter was written as cited.
A series of water polo events is announced at the Taylor free bathhouse for all of next week. The baths open Monday afternoon and evening with an exhibition in the afternoon and visitors welcome each evening.
Mont Johnston, a colored man aged about 1, testified recently on a charge of visiting an opium den. He pleaded guilty in police court Friday and was fined a sum plus costs.
The Chicago congress of the National Prison association runs September 14 to 19 with sessions mostly at the Annex hotel. Featured speakers include Mayor Fred A Busse Governor Charles S Deneen E J Murphy Joliet prison warden Maud Ballington Booth Judge Frank S Roby Attorney General Charles J Bonaparte and W H Whittaker along with other noted prison reform figures.
Three rooms furnished complete for 125 dollars, value 175, and four rooms for 155 dollars, value 225, offered by The People's Outfitting Co and Denison Barber Shop. Also advertised baseball shoes and prices 2.09, 2.75, 3.75. Gus Habich located at 131 West Washington Street.
Officials state no street railway worker union was formed Thursday night despite claims at Maccabee hall. Edgar A. Perkins says a nucleus formed Friday night, while Reeves and Miller deny a second meeting and say sufficient men were recruited to start an organization.
A special inspector from the city health department will monitor typhoid fever cases this September. City Sanitarian Eugene Buehler explains most cases come from vacationers water and milk sources. He notes city water is currently good but wells are dangerous and will be investigated.
George J. Linder of 409 S. Alabama Street was arrested Friday morning by Detectives Duncan and Askins and Patrolman Deiner on charges of passing fraudulent checks. Linder, claiming to teach foreign languages, allegedly visited three typewriter shops, offered two checks for a cheap machine, then pawned the items for cash.
The city clerk’s report for the year ending Dec 31 1906 shows 739 liquor licenses issued at $20 each, total $184,759. City debt stood at $4,140,300 with $2,929,500 bonds and $1,210,600 school bonds. Receipts reached $2,313,914.85. expenditures totaled $1,726,847.97. Tax levies totaled $2.20 per $100, with 2,295 fire hydrants at $45 each. Total assessed property value was $158,037,310.
Renowned actor Richard Mansfield died at his New London summer home after a prolonged illness following a collapse in Scranton. He had been treated since returning from Saranac Lake and Europe, with his death attributed to liver disease and complications. Mansfield, born 1857 in Helizgotland, rose from studying art to a storied stage career in New York and Europe, known for Cyrano de Bergerac, Beau Brummey, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and many other roles. He left behind wife Beatrice Cameron, brother Felix, and son Gibbs.
At a Friday session Mayor Charles A Bookwalter pressed the Board of Public Works to set a firm deadline for telephone companies to remove wires from above ground in Indianapolis fire limits. The order, repeatedly delayed since Chief Coots requested it, aims to ease fire fighting and to allow locating a fire escape at the Grand Opera House amid tangled overhead wires.
Indianapolis theatergoers revered Richard Mansfield as the actor par excellence and the city's best of the modern stage. His eccentricities and temper did not taint local praise, and his appearances at the Grand and English were season highlights, including a noted Don Carlos in 190.
The funeral for Dr. K. D. Hawley an early Columbus physician who died in Indianapolis of heart disease was held at the Central Christian church in Columbus on Friday He served in the Civil War with the Eighty second Indiana regiment and is survived by three children Dr Max Hawley Mrs Gustave Schiller and Mrs Whittier R Pentzer
Lost cab sighting note refers to Harrod's Studio at Virginia Avenue with a price likely several dollars. The fragment mentions a cab and location but lacks clear event details or names to confirm a full news item.
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