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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1902
Page
9
Consul-general Holloway reports to Washington that French and Belgian companies operating in Russia see stock declines from 46 to 99 percent. The drop follows Russia’s financial crisis and treaty concerns, striking glass factories iron and steel works gas and electrical firms and coal mines.
J Sterling Morton, former secretary of agriculture, left for Mexico and denounces seeds sent by Congress as fraud. He mocks absorption of seed stores by government and warns of desiccated potatoes and canned peas to constituents, calling it modern statesmanship gone to seed and harmful to private seed houses.
Capt Albert W Lillienthal son of the late Christian Lillienthal was arrested at the Yonkers railroad station on charges of abandonment and dis ordinary conduct by his wife Florence Ellwanger Lillienthal. The couple married in 1898 and separated after the birth of their son. Florence, a Washington clerk, swore out a warrant. The incident is seen as a step toward divorce.
Theall, advisor to Admiral Sampson, submitted to the president a lengthy brief arguing against Schley’s counsel who claimed Schley commanded at Santiago and deserved the victory credit. The filing aims to dispute the contested leadership attribution.
Paris February 7 The abolition of the statute limit for recruits by Gen Andre minister of war leaves France with the smallest soldiers in the world. Francois Finas at 46 inches tall weighs 50 pounds and must continually run to keep pace with his regiment.
The Adrian jury returned a manslaughter verdict in the case of Farrington who killed Jesse Hooker. James Farrington, from Milan, traveled to Adrian to obtain evidence against his wife and Hooker. He and officials confronted Hooker at his home. a confrontation ended with Farrington firing five shots, Hooker dying next morning. Mrs. Farrington fled after the inquest.
Senator and Mrs Hanna host a large Friday reception at the Arlington hotel in Washington. The event is aimed at associates in the senate and their families with invited guests including President and Mrs Roosevelt Miss Alice Roosevelt cabinet members and their families supreme court justices and their families and the Ohio delegation in congress.
Fort Wayne report says Grace Monahan daughter of a prominent merchant went to Denver to visit her brother. Telegram says she was married Thursday night to W. Bruce Throckmorton of Denver.
King Leopold I of Belgium, visiting Nice, mingles with carnival goers and day laborers. He watches schoolchildren play marbles in public squares and rides second class street cars, sharing the scene with ordinary people.
Admiral Schley will be honored in Knoxville Tennessee on February 5 with a gold headed cane carved from wood of a Hickory tree once growing at Admiral Farragut's home and birthplace. Senator Hanna has compiled 12,000 newspaper editorials about William McKinley’s death into four volumes.
A classified page lists refined ladies jackets with contact via phone 3511, and Realtors Spann & Co offering a 21%-story house, barn, 7 rooms, bath, cellar, attic, and fenced parcel at 38,200 price, sacrifice for quick sale cash or easy terms. Also numerous rental ads for furnished and unfurnished rooms across streets like Central Ave, Market, New York, Ohio, and Jersey. Opportunities include loans on watches or diamonds and engines for sale from Monarch Gas Engine Co.
Ticket offices operated by Pennsylvania Lines are to be opened at Chicago Illinois and Seattle Washington to handle passenger traffic and express shipments. Officials said the move aims to improve service and shorten waiting times for travelers across the midwest and northwest routes.
Depart and arrive times listed for T H St L West routes with Western Express and Effingham connections. Services include morning, afternoon, and overnight trips with various stops and durations.
Classified style listing shows multiple train services with stations Cleveland Benton Harbor St Louis Chicago Cincinnati and more. Includes arrival and departure times for various coaches express and accommodation trains across lines including Wabash Benton Harbor St Louis and Cincinnati routes.
Fragmentary timetable shows multiple legs with listed times and routes among Tol, Det, Chi, Mun, Laf, Lap. The data include 7:00 am, 10:25, 2m Tol. details and 3:25 pm, 7:2 pm speculative entries, lacking full context or dates.
Arrival and departure notes show a Chicago night express run with 2:15 to 3:45 a.m. timing for the fast mail s, a 7:00 to 7:55 a.m. Chicago express, a 12:40 p.m. vestibule service, and a Monon accommodation at 4:37 p.m. with a 10:00 a.m. arrival.
Train times for routes including Cincinnati express and fast mail, with connections to Toledo Detroit and Columbus lines. Notable departures from Cin and Bloom areas, Ohio specials and daylight peeks show mixed times and service notes across multiple dates.
OCR shows fragmented timetable notes for Departures from December station and St Louis, including a Chicago express and unusual time stamps like 11:10 pm and 13:30 pm. The readable items indicate departures and exits but lack full details or dates.
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