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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1902
Page
7
A Sampson family friend who just returned from Washington reports Admiral Sampson's mind is an absolute blank and may pass away within days or weeks. The informant says he is oblivious to everything and does not recognize family members at his bedside. He has not acknowledged retirement nor awareness of a court of inquiry or Admiral Schley.
Clad in red robes, the skeletons of Saint Magn ius and Saint Bonosa, slain during Roman persecution, were buried at St. Martins church in Louisville on Sunday. Found in Rome catacombs in 1700, they were entrusted to northern Italian sisters before being secured by Rt. Rev. Francis Zabler last summer. Both were Roman centurion and Roman respectively.
In Danville Indiana the Haynes murder case opens with over 100 witnesses scheduled to testify in Hendricks County Circuit Court. Judge Cofer bars jurors from conversations and news reports as Mrs Ida Haynes attends sessions often weeping when her husband is named.
Acting police judge Muir says telephoned profanity ranks with in person swearing. John Andrews, drunk Sunday, tried to call a man and cursed the telephone girls. His spree and cursing cost him $22 in penalties.
Charlotte Meyers asks for divorce from Thomas Meyers alleging desertion and failure to provide alimony. Married in 1879 they lived in Denver before she says he sent her to Indianapolis with promises to follow, but he refuses to come or support her.
Madrid February 10 The cabinet authorized the Duke De Almodovar minister of foreign affairs to sign a treaty of friendship with the United States after endorsement by the council of state.
Judge Alford handled several theft cases on Monday. Ed Hale took meat and received one to three years. William Sims stole candy and tobacco and got one to three years. Ed Fisher, a coachman, stole money from his employer and was sentenced to one to three years.
In a wide summary of items, 10 000 Yankees reportedly in Mexico, a railroad order for 1750 cars placed with Southern Car Shops of Knoxville, Tenn, Amos and Richard Gould of Bellwood Neb charged with stealing about 200000 dollars and jailed, Rhoda Taylor of Argentine Kans says Henry Donohue and James Goff robbed Noah Long of 200 pension money and drowned him after throwing him from a bridge, a Presbyterian creed revision committee affirms predestination harmony with divine love and denies infant damnation or the church teaching that infants die lost.
Charles Barnes reports a theft at his saloon on 227 West Maryland Street, with whisky Benedictine cherry wine and cigars taken. Harry Cline of 501 Kentucky Avenue was arrested for operating a slot machine after bonds set for Thursday. A break in at W F Kelb’s home at 313 North Davidson Street yielded a watch and valuables.
Reports from across Indiana detail smallpox cases in Orestes, burglaries in Evansville, deaths including William Heilman in Hope and Charles Talburt in Wichita, and a Kokomo fatality from a gas explosion. A new Fort Wayne labor union, church dedication in Galveston, and school vaccination rules in Wabash are noted along with crime indictments, accidents, fires, mining concessions, university housing losses, and a suicide in Terre Haute.
The piece argues fried onions harm digestion and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the safe effective remedy for indigestion. It cites Dr. Richardson praising the tablets and warns against cheap cathartics as cures. The text notes widespread availability from druggists in the United States and Canada.
A dense page of rental notices and real estate ads. Furnished and unfurnished rooms, many with heat and low weekly rates, plus homes for sale or trade, loane and mortgage offers, and horse wagon furniture loan promotions. Includes addresses in Indianapolis area and various rates.
A fragmented timetable lists multiple trains between Cincinnati Columbus Springfield Toledo Peoria and Bloomingdale with assorted times. It shows passenger and express services, some connections to Detroit and Champaign and a Springfield Columbus line, but many entries are corrupted or truncated.
Published schedule shows connections between Indiana and Decatur with West'n RY, listing departure and arrival times for multiple services including Chicago express and Tuscola accommodation. Timings appear in mixed 24 hour and am/pm formats with unclear annotations.
Regional rail schedule fragment lists multiple trains and departures including Anderson, Fort Wayne, Benton Harbor, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Chicago lines. It notes various expresses, accommodations, and limited services with times like 7:20, 11:45, 3:30, and 9:33 pm across several routes.
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