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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1904
Page
3
A sale notice offers a lace yard bolt at a low price and a fine torchon lace of several inches wide. One lot includes 500 ladies stock collars described as very handsome. Also advertised are corset covers and quality items with special prices on matting.
In Diakara district sixteen thousand Albanians revolt against reform plans and taxes, Ottoman troops clash and are repulsed, with large reinforcements sent to Diakova. Miranians plunder Dinkova, while Turkish forces hit insurgents at Babajhosl, and new Turkish frontier activity signals troop massing.
In police court Judge Wharton declares there is no excuse for carrying knucks. Frank Ruddick of Market and Capitol Avenue was picked up Tuesday night by patrolmen Hoffbauer and Barmfuhre. A search found two pairs of knucks. he said he had recently bought them and forgot to remove them. He paid fines and costs.
Governor Durbin and 23 staffers will depart Indianapolis Thursday evening by private car on the Knickerbocker Big Four to Cleveland for Friday’s funeral of Senator M A Hanns. The group will wear full dress uniforms except swords and carry a large floral offering. Also,Job Mudford and his wife buried together in Monroe on Wednesday with she passing earlier.
John Nicewander, arrested Thursday by Patrolman Hite on a purse snatching charge against James Young, faced fines and costs in police court. A separate case about Oscar Hurmy and Kitty Adams, linked to a midnight ride to Oakley road house, was heard. Harms Graw and his wife received fines and terms for cruelty to animals and related charges. The grand jury may convict the four car barn bandits, with defense expected to contest se tues.
Ann Arbor, Mich February 17 Radium water cures cancers by coloring ordinary rain or well water with radium tubes. Dr Rollins Stevens reports a method to inject a radium tube into water to produce radionc tive water. In tests pain from cancers vanished in ten minutes and several patients with various cancers show improvement.
The Robbers' and Manufacturers' Association of Indianapolis will banquet the Retail Hardware Dealers' Association of Indiana at the Finglish Hotel on Wednesday night. Nearly 900 plates will be served with Col. 1. B. Gordon of the Indianapolis Saddlery Company serving as toastmaster. Mayor Holtzman Edwin Bush Attorney General Miller and W. A. Taylor will respond to toasts.
Robert Fesler of 16 W Twenty-eighth was fined $1 and costs in police court on a charge of drawing a deadly weapon during a strike at the Udell works. Evidence ties the incident to tensions between carvers and workers amid the Udell strike. Also notes an unrelated Cambridge divorce brief involving Louise Picca Barnes and her husband C Barnes.
A town notices births including William and Little Tobias at multiple addresses. Deaths list Helen Bowman pneumonia and others with diseases, burns, or injuries. Marriages record Webster Wiggun and Florence Davy among several entries. Building permits note repairs and a cottage. A stabbing affray report describes a Greek suspect stabbing another Greek during a dispute at a candy shop.
Town market reports from Indianapolis and other hubs show bargain cattle prices and mixed hogs with steady receipts. Prices for steers range from good to choice at 1,100 pounds to 1,300 pounds, with calves, heifers, and bulls priced variably. East Buffalo and Pittsburgh markets reflect steady to strong demand, while Chicago and New York show softer tones in livestock and grain futures.
During a divine service in Baku Russian tram Caueceta Armenian revolutionists hurled a bomb at the congregation. Several persons were killed and many wounded as prayers for Russian victory in the Far East continued.
Reports from Amsterdam Antwerp and London say the De Beers diamond syndicate increased prices on all grades by five percent marking the fourth rise in the past year. The firm handles a majority of mined diamonds and about 69 percent reach the United States as importers warn Kimberly district riches are waning. A Chicago apartment fire gutted the Drexel building at 482 26 Cottage Grove Ave forcing twelve families into the cold at dawn.
The boiler supplying steam for heating at Fort ae barracks exploded early Wednesday, partially wrecking the building and injuring several soldiers. A blast overturned a nearby object starting a fire while men slept. one man suffered a broken shoulder and others were bruised or burned. The blaze was put out by fort personnel. Coldest in Five Years reported in Cleveland as of February 17 with record cold.
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