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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
1
Major Escott of the Salvation Army says after next Tuesday there will be no time to investigate cases, urging those in need to report early. Dinners will be given on Thursday Christmas Eve. tickets were distributed in advance. An elderly woman who hasn't had a Christmas dinner in five years is singled out for help.
Harrisburg judge Kunkel sentenced Sanderson Snyder Matthues and Shumaker to pay a 500 dollar fine and to serve two years in the penitentiary for graft related to the furnishing of the new state capitol.
In a severe storm all Greater New York transit routes were crippled. Elevated rails iced over. third rails coated with sleet hindered service. Snow turned to sleet, crippling subways especially the Lenox avenue division. Brooklyn bridge line riders flooded into subways, prompting rioting scenes. Surface lines suffered widespread disruption.
The sister of Mrs. Waldorf Astor, Miss Norah Longhorns, is to be presented to King Edward at Buckingham Palace in February during the first court. Her photograph appears here accompanying the notice of the royal audience.
Dec 17 1908 The Sun prints praise from Rev H C Clippinger pastor of Edwin Ray M E Church for the Salvation Army. He lauds its world wide influence unselfish ministry to the poor and urges donations to fund the annual Christmas dinner. He commends The Sun for calling public attention to the cause.
Judge Clarence E. Weir commends Salvation Army relief efforts after Army officers and soldiers investigated 40 cases with Friday listing 50 appeals for Christmas dinners toys and other aid. He notes some applicants do not need charity while praising the thorough practical work and broad citizen support for the program.
Immediate relief was needed for many families lacking fuel and food as Dr. Calvin I Fletcher agreed to address children at the Auditorium on Christmas night. His illustrated walk through Egypt follows an appeal to the Salvation Army from a parent seeking shoes and warmth for four children.
Judge Merle Walker endorses Salvation Army Christmas efforts as year round and holiday charity work. A letter from Mrs S asks for aid for her children pointing to a five year silent Christmas dinner shortage, requesting a Christmas pocket delivery to Mrs A on Linden Street.
Harry Gannaway, a negro lawyer, jailed for contempt, seeks habeas corpus in circuit court. He was previously charged with loitering, which was dismissed, and his defense argues the contempt charge was a maneuver to block appeals. Friends, white and black, push for his release as police judge Whalton defends the ruling. The case was delayed until after noon Friday due to circuit court duties.
Richard Taylor who gave the name of Robinson and Charles Barrett were arrested at Union station Thursday afternoon by Detectives Dugan and Hoarse. In police court Friday they were fined ten dollars and sentenced to ten days in jail. Taylor, known nationwide as a pickpocket and grafter, had previously been arrested here eight years ago. Martin Lang told officers he was on a train from Louisville and played cards with the men. they took $29 from him.
A partial grand jury report results in many defendants freed. Indictments total twenty seven with discharge orders for Joe Richardson Cecil Wooda Paul Doerband John Graves Bart Whiteford Ben Hatfield Julia Powell Bernard Rider Grant Dorsey Fred Rabey Edgar Morris Hiram Gibbs Richard Taylor Michael Welch and Charles Wickens.
Engineer W. M. Webb of Indianapolis was bruised about the head and body and Engineer John Stacker of Urbana, Illinois was fatally scalded when two Big Four passenger trains collided in fog near here last night. None of the 200 passengers was hurt.
London reports the English freighter Lindholm was sunk in a morning collision in the channel amid fog and snowfall. The vessel ran between Cardiff and Sweden. Many crew are feared dead due to limited details available from the incident.
Thomas W. Tomlinson, convicted of selling a diseased horse to Mrs. Demna Harding, sought a new trial. Judge A Z Wiley overruled the motion and imposed a $75 fine plus costs. a 3 day workhouse sentence was suspended on good behavior.
In Rome on December 18 Count Mouravieff Russian ambassador to Italy died after visiting a mysterious young woman at the Hotel Splendid. Authorities investigate possible poisoning though physicians found no poison. sons summoned to Rome and a postmortem exam likely.
An indictment charging Jack Shipley with petit larceny was sustained in criminal court Friday but resulted in a not guilty finding on entering a building to commit a felony and failure on attempted theft. Shipley was released.
Andrew Hansing, 24 years old, a Big Four brakeman, slipped on the first car as a locomotive pulled a four car cut toward Beech Grove Friday morning. He was crushed beneath the cars and killed instantly. His body was returned to Indianapolis and laid to rest at his home, 134 Shelby street, son of Christopher Han eing, a merchant policeman.
Patrolman Wright fired a warning shot into the air as Jack Bell and a intoxicated woman friend staggered across Pennsylvania and Ohio streets. Bell lurched toward a pistol gesture, prompting the officer to draw and discharge the revolver, sparking considerable excitement.
Chicago December 18 Mrs Lillian Mee Dowell will be taken back to Pittsburgh as an alleged accomplice of her husband James McDowell in a ten thousand dollar diamond robbery. The diamonds are said to have been taken from a display window.
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