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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1901
Page
10
In Helena Montana a staged prize fight between the Irish giant and the Stock yards giant ended with both men jailed for 15 days after police demanded a real contest. Each received 25 fine plus costs for pretending to fight while spectators paid 1 2 and 35 admission.
In Indianapolis ten-pin league play the Marotti bowled with veteran poise as several players posted doubles. The Lawtons and Prospects fought a tight match, one game decided by two pins while the others leaned to the leaders. Straights for the Germanias and Apollos mark a typical south-side league night.
Savannah Georgia announces a series of semi monthly boxing matches while Frank Chance of Chicago fights a brain injury risk. April 3 sets the ninth grand American handicap shoot at Queens Long Island with a 1500 purse and 500 winner cup. Other notes mention Pugilist Frank Hisison’s possible recovery, Oscar Gardner and Johnny Burns boxing in Alexandria, Gus Koch seeking Detroit players, Sloan denying quitting the track, militia talk over Saengerfest debts, Hagerty challenging McGovern, and Interstate league leadership hints while Terrymonte’s business ends saleal company remarks surface.
A new basketball series involving Muncie Richmond Racine and Janesville teams starts next Thursday in Wisconsin. Y. M. GC reports the squad left town Saturday for Kenton and Springfield amid a fire at 123 and 125 Ohio Street, D. Mains.
In New York on February 7 the Paul Pons and Ernest Roeber wrestling match at Madison Square Garden ended in a draw at midnight after 1 hour 17 minutes. The bout was fast and scientific with Roeber excelling in technique while Pons used greater reach and height.
William H. Smythe, wounded by a "blonde woman's" bullet, is resting at home with physicians predicting no lasting harm. Doctors ordered minimal discussion of the shooting to avoid distress as detectives pursue a trail of clues offered by informants.
Washington February 7. Wednesday was one of the busiest days of President McKinley term. By noon twenty senators and three times as many congressmen called to urge appointments. He greeted each visitor and promised his best effort as a long line of hopeful petitioners filed from the White House.
Inspector Froest of Scotland Yard says a man calling himself Sullivan, jailed last November for a London bank robbery, is Charles Allen, a Ludlow Street jail escapee from New York on July 4 1895. Allen may claim the US postal reward of 1090 dollars per escaped prisoner.
The Earl of Galloway, 61, died Thursday in London. Allen Plantagenet, steward and landlord, held about 80,000 acres mainly in Scotland. He served as high commissioner to the general assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1876 77 and sat in Parliament from 1868 73. His wife was a half sister of Lord Salisbury.
Mrs Ellen Hardie wife of William Hardie manager of the rental department of John B Spann Co dies from internal injuries after slipping on a back porch Tuesday afternoon in Indianapolis She was born in Scotland married in Edinburgh 28 years ago and came to Indianapolis in 1876 A member of First Presbyterian Church she left a husband a daughter Mrs C C Bosworth Lexington Ky and a son Harry Hardie Funeral will be private from her residence Friday at 2 pm with burial at Crown Hill Rev M L Haines to officiate.
Senator Depew buys the house at Nineteenth and N streets for 13000 dollars and transfers title to his niece Miss A K Paulding who will wed Lieut John Edie USN. The gift is to be the wedding present and the ceremony will be at St Johns church with Mrs McKinley and the president among guests during Easter week.
In Columbus Ohio on February 7 the joint conference between miners and operators simplified by removing Indianapolis instructions. The miners may now accept terms they deem best, brightening prospects for an amicable settlement. Indiana sub scale committee members include Operators Walter S. Bogle and J. Smith Talley and Miners William Wilson and W D Vanhorn.
Senator Fortune a Democrat secured floor time Wednesday afternoon to introduce a bill for an inquiry into Michigan City prison. He claims reports reach legislators of gross extravagances fraud and lax discipline. The resolution was referred to the prisons committee and is expected to die there.
A judge appointed an administrator of an estate to aid a suspicious woman and then named a second administrator to monitor the first. The woman asked if he would watch them both and the judge replied that she could watch him as well. The exchange highlights a cautious,, likely humorous court scene.
New York February 7 Miss Kate Greiner 25 a Teachers College student died Wednesday afternoon at St Luke's Hospital. Doctors say carbolic acid poisoning is the suspected cause with burns on her lips and other signs she swallowed acid. The report notes urban development near Armstrong Park and a Coca Cola purchase detail as tangential context.
Joseph Jones known as the squeezer was arrested after a pattern of assaultive embraces on the streets. Police identified him from multiple young women who described being forcibly grabbed as he hid in dark street spots.
John Banks a colored man accused of attempting to bribe election officer J Wesley Bridges last November was moved to Michigan City on Wednesday along with two companions Thomas Perry and David Stalcup. Stalcup allegedly struck Patrolman Lowe and Perry forged a hundred dollar check in the incident.
Senate medical committee clash pits old line physicians against osteopaths over a bill requiring all who practice medicine or pretend to heal to pass an exam before the State board. Chairman Senator Keyes promises fair treatment, while debates center on the nature of the required surgical exam and its fairness to osteopaths and regular doctors. The Sun’s business office remains at 123 and 125 E Ohio St.
An article argues local salves and douches fail to cure catarrh and promotes internal treatment. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are cited as effective, with a testimonial from Wm. Zimmerman of St. Joseph describing recovery after months of worsening symptoms including hearing loss. The piece frames internal antiseptic action as essential to remove catarrh from blood and organs.
Fire at the Old Pyle House at Meridian and Chiosts caused two blazes on the second floor. Loss listed as five dollars. Building owned by Frank Maus Fauvre. Crowds mocked the near destruction amid rumors linking to English's opera house and past Cincinnati theater fires. A newsman finally reported the alarm.
Geo Bowman a 55 year old painter wept as he sought work at Dr Fletcher's sanitarium claiming to be a broken actor. He offered a young attendant money to take her on stage in tights. Police officers took him into custody after the alarming request. Bowman had frequented the sanitarium begging for money and work.
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