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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1904
Page
1
Feb 17 report from Chefoo notes growing anti foreign sentiment across China after Japanese victories. Dismissal of Prince Su and replacement by Na Tuma alarms European residents who fear a renewed Boxer movement. Predictions say three months could shift sympathy toward Russia amid wartime tensions.
A February report from St Petersburg notes Russian forces facing extreme cold and supply shortages. Troops ride in ordinary freight cars with a single stove and wood fuel, many frostbitten, while barracks atMissouga fail to house them and demoralization grows. Food is scarce due to plague among Mongolian cattle and foraging is limited as brigands ravage Manchuria. 25,000 troops are described, with 3% to 60 below temperatures reported. Separately, a dispatch from Tokyo claims eight transports carrying 20,000 to 25,000 Russians sailed to Korea, with cavalry patrols landed at Wiju near the Yalu.
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Property owners on Talbott Avenue Pennsylvania Street and Delaware Street told the Board of Works they oppose extending the line along their blocks. They argued the street is too narrow for tracks, would create safety or aesthetic issues, and favored routing the line to Pennsylvanias or Delaware instead.
The Board of Works directed the city engineer to draft papers for several street improvements. Brick pavement planned on Pennsylvania Street from Merrill to Madison, Norwood from Meridian to Russell, Twenty‑ore from College to Columbia, and gravel on Eleventh from Keyatans to Beville. Cement sidewalks to be laid on New York from Noble to the Big Four, and other street widening and paving actions were approved, with final moves on First Alley east of Summits and Highland avenues nearby.
David Baugh of 05 Agnes Street was thrown from his wagon Wednesday morning at the corner of New York and Westris. He suffered a double fracture to the left femur below the knee and was taken home by city ambulance under Dy. Jeffries. The horse spooked by a fire gong caused the wagon to crash into a nearby hurdle.
The Board of safety has granted Dr. Wright police surgeon a 40 day leave of absence beginning March 1. Cant Madden says unit leaves of absence on pay will not be granted for an extended period. Requests for them are becoming too frequent and have caused annoyance.
Threatening with snow from Wednesday night into Thursday and a rising temperature pattern. Early reads show 7 am 4, noon 15, 2 pm 21. Winds shift to easterly over Indiana and adjacent areas as temperatures trend upward. A second item notes a Marion trust company dispute over sidewalk assessments on Central Ave and Thirty second St, with legal action to block half the charges while the city bears the other half under a state act designed to improve roadways. A separate dispatch reports a joint commission to fix the Alaska boundary, with USGS and Dominion astronomer to meet in Washington later to plan delimitation.
Train ran away on a mile grade near fledmont West Virginia on Wednesday. The engine and eighteen freight cars wrecked. Fireman Deakins was killed and Engineer Jimney was seriously injured. The crash occurred just west of fledmont. An investigation follows.
The article reports on the criminal court hearing in Chicago oriented to alleged ticket forgery in the Messing and Glick cases. Witnesses included Letcetive Get and Charles Stilz as a ticket agent. defense objections dominated early proceedings. A clerk’s oath administration error briefly disrupted the session before correction.
In Chicago on February 12, miners adopt twenty nine resolutions to improve safety and reduce hardship in Illinois mines. a failed proposition from a security firm sought a per capita $1 levy. One resolution backs the Indian shot firing law. the union rejects the security plan. Telegraphers strike in Wheeling after overtime pay dispute halts telegraph signaling on the Coal Creek railroad from Charleston to Hig Otter.
Mrs Joan Doyle died at her farm near New London at 5 a m after days of measles gripping her husband and six children aged nine to four weeks. The remaining family members, now ill, are improving. John Doyle, a wealthy farmer, was well known in the county and formerly resided in the city with the family still on Kogiiahave.
Freight wreck on the L and V line causes one death and two injuries near the town. Dead is Isaac Bush 43 North Tama Avenue Indianapolis. Injured are Dan Brown conductor and M L Taylor brakeman, both from Indianapolis. Bush’s body to be taken to Indianapolis. injured may be treated locally.
Washington February 2 1 A M The body of Senator Marcus Hanna lay in state in the senate chamber after removal from the Arlington hotel Thousands of friends filed past the casket as President and Cabinet and Supreme Court Justices attended The floral offerings were lavish and the funeral followed the traditional program with many officials present to honor Hanna prior to his shipment to Cleveland by special train
The Board of Safety delays awarding a $280 fire engine purchase while awaiting a conforming written contract to match a verbal offer from American Fire Engine Company. Captain Madden declined to reveal the exact difference between the offer and the written preparation.
Indiana citizens press for employment at the St Louis exposition with secretary Alexander of the World Fair Commission stating only a few positions exist. He notes custodians cloakroom helpers and a post office job may be available, but he emphasizes he has no role in hiring.
Jeffersonville Indiana February 17 Professor Alexander Campbell Goodwin died at his home Tuesday night from araemic poison. Born June 3 1848 in Clark county he was a Democrat candidate for Indiana superintendent of public instruction in 1880. He is survived by his wife and others.
Mysterious death of Lizais McGill, known as Marie Welly, at 5 percent East Court Street institution after sudden abdominal pains at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Coroner’s inquiry inconclusive, autopsy planned. suicide risk noted, though no plan disclosed. Records burned in New York Fire destroys Amateur Athletic Union files at 16 Park Place, hindering 46 years of archives. James E. Sullivan blamed for safeguarding lapse.
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