10 Feb 1902
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1902
Page
1
About 3800 new pupils join the Manual Training High School on Monday, swelling enrollment to around 7800. Principal Emmerich notes seating allows two pupils per seat for short periods and shops will require rotation to share lathes and anvils among students.
Patsy Bolivar slugged Terry McGovern in a surprise alley fight after a Cincinnati show last week. The bout ended with Bolivar receiving two punches to the face, McGovern claiming advantage before Bolivar fled to his corner. Both camps laughed it off as a staged wager and the party continued with drinks as the incident leaked to reporters.
ST. LOUIS Me Feb 1 Win Strother the self confessed murderer of A Peane Cooner was arraigned before Judge Hyan and pleaded not guilty His trial was set for March 16.
In Morley Wheaton Washington on February 10 Miss Octavia Wheaton daughter of Maj. Gen. Frank Wheaton married Frederick Hitchcock Morley of Colorado Springs. The ceremony united two prominent families and linked Wheaton with Colorado Springs society.
The city dispensary, quarantined after a smallpox case entered early Monday morning, reopened by afternoon at 22.00 after containment measures.
The Indianapolis chair manufacturing company notified Building Inspector Bartel that a smoke consumer is stalled, prompting an inspection notice and potential corrective action.
A brief item notes readers may use “The Sun’s” columns for assistance. It cites contact numbers and addresses at 580 and 123-125 E. Ohio for obtaining guidance or help.
Senator Foraker of Ohio submitted a compilation of state treason laws, to be printed as a document. The Senate committee on privileges and elections favorably reported an amendment to the constitution providing that the inauguration of the president and vice president be held on the last Thursday in April.
Indianapolis reports formation of a new construction company with capital of 50090 dollars and a seven member board led by Wiliam T. Kann and Samuel J. Mack. The firm aims to build and operate railways and other public utilities, tied to electric lines and related projects.
Squire Smock ruled in favor of Dr. Albert Kimberlin awarding $75 to reclaim the difference after Fred Carmony sold a worn mare to a liveryman and later to a laundry wagon. Kimberlin had offered 350 for her. Carmony refused and later sold the horse.
A carload of nine Belgian stallions passed through Indianapolis en route from Belgium to Kansas City. The group is valued at $30,000.
John W. Holtzman represents three alleged gamblers arrested at the Cleveland club Saturday night. He expects to win their release before a jury when cases are set for trial Thursday afternoon. The club raid named Capt. Kru ser and Sergis as responsible, and the arrestees used fictitious names.
Seething politics marked the Commercial club as directors were elected amid Australian ballot booths. Twenty cents members voted before noon with one ticket for the body and three independents challenging the board. Candidates included Wm C Baker Alfred Birdsall Wm A Applegate J Q VanWinkle Fred K Shepard G A Groymson W F Wynn and J C Shaft. Shepard, also a Republican auditor candidate, spoke of the stakes and his dislike of defeat.
Solid gold medals awarded to St Patrick’s academy and St Patrick’s school by Capitol council for the highest percentage in Christian doctrine and United States history. The motto pro Deo pro Patria frames the award. Presentation at the close of the term during commencement. medals previously won by Miss Mary Hannan and William P Curran in 1801.
A Northern Pacific freight train collided with a landslide at Lake Station near Seattle on Sunday night. Fireman Charles Feitz was killed as the engine struck him and the cars toppled into Lake Washington.
Heavy rains across northern California cause rivers to rise, washing out bridges and tying up stage routes. Railroad traffic is crippled as floods worsen across the region.
Othella Odell wife of ex Major Benjamin B Odell and mother of Gov Benjamin Odell Jr died of pneumonia Monday morning in Newburg New York.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. sick with pneumonia shows deterioration as the illness spreads to the second lung. By Monday morning his condition grows critical with rising temperature and labored respiration while his pulse improves slightly. He drifted in and out of consciousness, with brief responses to his father’s bedside visit.
A series of brief vignettes features Col. A. B. Andrews’s private car tale with Grover Cleveland, writers Brander Matthews and F. R. Richardson quipping over Herbert Spencer cigars, and Ed Wynn Markham’s impulsive manuscript episode. Attorney-general Knox vents over a $50,000 fee and a failed Egypt trip amid court-room chatter.
A neighbor advised giving beaten white of egg to children who swallow objects. A child swallowed a whistle the size of a quarter, egg white coating helped pass it. Later a toothbrush bristle lodged in a woman's throat and also disappeared after egg white treatment.
New pianos priced at 165 dollars and 1p. Wuischner's feed for horses listed with Janes Dustress Data Good. Second hand upright pianos offered at 125 dollars at Baldwin's. The Sun promotes classified ads to reach over 400 towns for a capital of 15 cents.
In official circles here it is believed Prince Henry of Prussia will postpone or cancel his United States visit if President Roosevelt's son does not show notable improvement before he sails next Saturday.
C Henry Rosebrock 53 of Spruce and Prospect streets died of apoplexy in Bluder's drug store at Pennsylvania and Washington streets at 10 a m Monday. He had a history of heart trouble and was connected with the Marion county title company and German Protestant orphans home.
Paris reports Padica and Dordica, Barnum's Siamese twins, were separated by Dr. Doyon on Sunday and are progressing satisfactorily. The note adds one more line about another elderly Navy veteran who has retired after 2 years of service.
A February fire at the Empire Hotel in Paterson killed ten men and one woman and left about 1,600 people homeless in what authorities call a devastating blaze. Many victims leapt from windows or used bedclothes as ropes. frostbite afflicted some escapees amid severe weather. The structure sustained $20,000 in property loss with multiple injured and unaccounted for persons.
A weekend blaze in Paterson New Jersey destroyed public buildings, churches, 509 residences and numerous businesses. The fire began in the Jersey City, Mokroken and Paterson traction power house and raged through Park Avenue and Market Street, with 1,000 families left homeless. State troops guarded the city as searches for missing continued.
Vance Marlin a 6 hoisting engineer claimed Indianapolis as his home. He boarded at the Zapf hotel on West Washington Street. Marlin had been working in Texas and was believed headed for Indianapolis. He was unmarried and has no relatives in the city. He operated the hoisting engine during the construction of the new Claypool building.
A midnight blaze at the Orpheon theater on Washington street seriously damages the building for the third time in 18 months. Seven injured, four people unaccounted for, and up to 36 guests at the Brevoort house nearby. Two men on the third floor barely escaped, one severely burned, as firemen saved others from the flames.
The Albert T. Patrick murder trial in New York resumed before Recorder Goff with juror Campbell back in place. Dr. Ji P Loomis testified on chloroform effects and ruled out disease as Rice’s cause of death while Patrick remained unmoved and Flo kept notes, chewing his pen.
National secretary Julius Zorn accuses the Brewers' exchange and unions of steam engineers and stationary firemen of conspiring to disrupt the National union of united brewery workmen. He claims the eight hour agreement, six years, was urged by the exchange to weaken the United brewery workmen, which holds a nine hours' pact. Both factions claim sole control of brewery operations.
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for 36 hours ending 8 p m February 11 shows snow Monday night and likely Tuesday with rising temperatures by Tuesday. Temperatures recorded 7 am 12 noon 18 and 2 pm 20. Regions Indiana Illinois Ohio Kentucky and Michigan cited with varying wind and cloud conditions.
Safe blowers forced the vault at the Lemon Banking Company in Acworth Georgia early Sunday securing 5000 dollars in gold a 5000 dollar state bond and a large quantity of stock certificates according to police reports.
An old advertisement notes the Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with the famous Cold and Grip Cure motto and a 5 cent price. It offers a bargain for a girl ad ten words free for three days in THE SUN.
William E. Davis, candidate for county clerk, plans a new canvass with a 17 cent horse. A rival owned a black horse he could not sell at his price and raffied it off after receiving a note Monday to buy a halter ahead of a Saint event.
Fire reports detail in Lottsville Ky On the north side of the public square losses reach 50000 at a Methodist church in Bainbridge 0 persons killed 515100 loss at Jennie and Haisie Berlinger New York suffocated during a blaze at their father’s house Suidas Plant of Shadbolt Mfg Brooklyn incurs 324006 loss with one injury Nearly all of Elberton Ga business district destroyed causing 100009 damage.
W H Clark, 50, was reunited with his wife and six children Sunday in Joplin after a 15 year separation. He left near Manchester Iowa in 1881 to travel to South Dakota, was wrecked en route, spent over two years in a Minneapolis hospital, and only recently learned his family had moved to Joplin, ending a long letter miscue.
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