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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1901
Page
10
Second choices appeared at Oakland on Friday as only two favorites won. Clear crisp conditions drew a Charleston society crowd to the course, keeping event ambiance lively.
The Marions won six games from the Turners while Canstal Citys took five from the S. B. C and the Washingtons beat the Ko-we-bas four times. Frank Ayers and Miss Daisy Penne led the Avolante club with top scores of 160 and 192 at Pastime alleys. The University of Michigan football squad departed Ann Arbor Friday for the Pacific coast to face Stanford in Pasadena on New Year's Day.
On Wall-St. reports indicate Standard Oil is dominant in copper with strong buying in high grade stocks. Bull coalers and utilities like People's Gas and Wabashes show bullish sentiment while some copper mines face trouble. Morgan and First National Bank interests led large coal stock purchases. Weather-driven demand supports coal, sugar and refinery sectors show strain and light commission business.
Gov Durbin refused to approve the Lafayette soldiers home annual report citing printed sketches and pictures of board members. Names listed include James R Carnahan Indianapolis W S Haggard Lafayette A M Scott Ladoga I B McDonald Columbia City and L B Fullwiler Peru.
Directors overhaul the Friendly Inn labor system to employ older and slightly crippled men in a laundry carpenter shop and a cobbler department to cut wood and unload coal. The inn will add more industrial departments later as hoboes dwindle. Rev. R. V. Hunter resigns as board chair and plans to leave the city soon.
A crowded courtroom waited for the judge to resolve a property dispute where neither man has rightful possession until the court decides. The general consensus said the worst outcome for Spalding would be to send the affair back to the twenty seventh ballot where he was declared the winner.
Young Corbett counted his first benefit at 52 dollars and later 8000 dollars in Denver as several boxers fought Friday night exhibitions. Peter Jackson stopped O Rourke in Baltimore while Gardner knocked out Carter in San Francisco. Hanrahan and Sharkey are set for a likely classic slugfest. Lavigne posted 1000 for a potential match with McGovern and Gardner. Whitaker and Maher results noted in Omaha and Philadelphia schedules.
Base ball item notes Coal Miner Brown signing with Omaha after a standout season as star pitcher in the Three I League. Terre Haute offered a raise but he chased faster company. Dale Gear of the Baseball Players Protective Association mails urging members to stand firm. Rumor hints John T Brush may relocate from Indianapolis to New York. Spalding remains on Olympian games committee.
Gov. Durbin, after a conference with Mayor Bookwalter, states ex-Councilman John Higgins will not be paroled this year. Friday afternoon, D. M. Parry urges Higgins' immediate release. Ww. Be Dok & Co. have sold for Wil
Oysters rise ten cents per gallon amid frigid East weather and growing fears of an oyster famine. Dealer Frank Kamps warns of filling less than one fifth of orders if mild weather does not return. Indianapolis stocks are described as low. Meanwhile legal and local items unfold with arrests and court dates for other matters as a committee protests streetcar service and plans a renewed appearance before officials.
The Marion County commissioners will renew Charles Schafer’s saloon license at 717 Plake Street, ending the Civic Alliance remonstrance effort in ward 4. The alliance plans to take the case to court, arguing Sunday signatures invalid. Reporter Ray Long remains ill with pneumonia but shows gradual improvement.
The Indiana hotelkeepers association convenes at the Grand with a large banquet in the evening. The council committee plans to mail postal cards to 241 Irvington voters to gauge their stance on annexation to Indianapolis. A new mail sub-contractor started rounds Saturday. an early contractor, Mr Froit of Virginia, reportedly missed three mails in one day, tiring Postmaster McGinnis.
Mr J W Kolvyer of 539 Washington St Indianapolis Indiana reports back pain and muscular rheumatism improve after using Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills from Hyder's drug store. He says the kidneys were sluggish and the pills stimulated and toned them, stopping other troubles and recommends the medicine.
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