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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1902
Page
2
Richard Hastey, a well to do Black man, was held up by three masked men who tortured him with hot irons, robbed him of 105 dollars, and left him for dead near Middletown Ohio. He was found unconscious, badly burned and cut, with no clue to the attackers.
Four suits filed in Ardmore Oklahoma Territory name Interior Secretary Hitchcock and Indian officials among the defendants. Plaintiffs, noncitizen cattlemen, allege a conspiracy to harass nonmembers of the Chickasaw Nation and extort money by threats and fraud after tribal tax enforcement. Cattle were ejected from territories of those refusing to pay the tax, which is a tribal law enforced by federal agents.
In New York on Feb 28 a private Cornelius Vanderbilt dinner to Prince Henry set off rumors of a renewed family feud with brother Alfred. Fifty New York guests will attend with Kaiser Wilhelm said to influence the event. No speeches after dinner. vaudeville will close the evening as society eyes the 60 chosen for a new coterie.
Township assessor Jeffer son notes a record year for construction in Indianapolis. He estimates an additional about 2.5 million dollars in new taxables this spring and cites annexation of Irvington as boosting totals to nearly 5.06 million dollars. The higher base could yield roughly 3.5 dollars in taxes per 100 valuation at the current rate.
Madrid feb 22 the cabinet has summoned a Creusot gun firm member to order rapid fire machine guns to be deployed in the streets if strike disturbances resume. Some street cars are late or do not run as crowds fill the streets with pedestrians and riders.
Mike Gillooly of Kokomo died of heart disease while in Michigan City prison where he had been sentenced to death for the murder of Policeman Thomas Lannon 24 years earlier. He was twice condemned to hang and scaffolds were built. Kokomo papers printed execution reports but apologized after the governor commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. Gillooly was defended by John W. Kern and Milton Garrigus.
Prince Sien will visit the Annapolis Naval Academy for a luncheon, return to Washington for a farewell visit to the president, and host a dinner at the German embassy with distinguished guests, including the president. The farewell in German is auf wiedersehen.
The republican campaign is active with Jack Shea visiting the court house on Friday. Candidates sense momentum when he appears but he left disappointed as many were at a Broad Ripple sale where the Ripple car at 10 o'clock was crowded with candidates aboard.
Judge Henry C. Fox in Richmond Ind rules 20 cents an hour for private city work unconstitutional. Varney Construction paid 15 cents to workers on municipal electric light plant. Forty laborers sued for 20 cents. case to supreme court with labor federation backing.
Florodora theatrical companys special train collided with a freight train in fog on the N Y P N railroad. Engine and two cars were wrecked. W L Carleton seriously injured paralyzed from waist down. Other injured include Tony Rooney Frances Gordon Ella Henry Maud Davis Selma Mantell Ida Doerde Libble Nunn Lillie Young Annie Young. Fireman badly scalded likely to die. 87 in company. Injured transported to Wilmington hospital. Scenery and baggage destroyed.
Sullivan Indiana reports a unique cat Tabby owned by Dr. E R Riggs. After a backyard scuffle a rival cat broke tabby’s tooth. The dentist fitted a gold tooth and Tabby remains an office fixture.
John Russell colored faced 35 and costs in police court on Friday for drunken and disorderly conduct. He claimed a broken leg after being thrown out of the Park theater and amid taunts near the City dispensary. Physicians later found no injury and he remained jailed.
Birth notices list George and Mery McNutt. William and Julia Ross. M E and Grace Wilson. J E and Maggie Rockford. Dennis and Catherine Moore. J M and Emma Melvin. John and Catherine McHugh. Clarence and Maud Wesh. Charles and Louise Henderson. M and Elizabeth Foust. M and Agnes Sweeny. F E and Edith Riggs. M and Olive Williams. Mr and Mrs Walter Woodsworth with various child births at multiple addresses. Death notices include John F Porter cerebral congestion. Infant Bush convulsions. Herbert Darnell appendicitis. William Reagan consumption. Avery Smoot tuberculosis. John Walsh catarrhal pneumonia. Sylvester Behymer pneumonitis. P Williams malarial fever. Sarah Evans pneumonia. plus several marriages listed and remodeling/addition construction quotes and addresses.
Albert Danke a clerk attacked an usher after a Park performance of The James boys in Missouri. He gave the usher a black eye and a gashed lip after causing a disturbance. Judge Stubbs fined him 35 and costs for the trouble.
A Chicago woman recounts how Grape-Nuts aided a hospital patient who thrived on the food after milk-only nourishment failed. The tale notes rapid strength gain, full recovery, and endorsement from a clergyman who credits improved focus. The letter attributes the remedy to Postum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan.
Rioters in Madid ejos near Toledo entered Petro offices, burned documents and cut telegraph lines. A similar incident occurred at Albujon. Mining regions ferment over strike agitation and a general strike is feared to be declared Saturday.
The snippet notes Petersburg is drilling for gas. It mentions Dublin worried by a lynx feeding on calves and pigs. Elwood Daily Record suffered fire damage melting type and destroying a folder. Several named local election results and prosecutions appear, including local offices in Connersville and Vincennes, plus a saloon license in Nashville and a teenage self-harm case in Albion.
Sixteen starving miners on Texada Island seized all property of the Northwest Copper Company, holding it as payment delays persist for two months. In Indianapolis, Judge Stubbs considered the William and Kate Martineck cruelty case involving Hazel Orme, noting the child's fragile mental state and evidentiary conflicts while granting a pending advisement. a Broad Ripple man then claimed to hear a blue bird.
New York on February 28 reports Wallace Downey of the ship-building firm that built the German emperor's yacht Meteor received a Berlin dispatch in English. It reads Best thanks and congratulations May she prove all I hope her to be. The message was addressed Shooters Island Hoboken. Hoboken, distant along the Hudson, is seen as an imperial horizon.
Judge Allen named appraisers to assess damages to Charles W. Bridges land west of Mount Jackson caused by the Indianapolis and Plainfield electric road. He declined to decide if stock was subscribed in good faith. Another contest is anticipated after the appraisal.
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo Feb 28 O Donov an Rossa ill in a hospital here is not the famous Irish agitator but his son There is no hope for his recovery.
Richmond Indiana February 28 Special Bulletin announces Benjamin Starr as a candidate for state commander of the G. A. R The notice appears with an unusual medical slogan about cold prevention and a bottle labeled E W Groves promising laxative relief.
S A Henry of Kalamazoo beet sugar interest will construct a new beet sugar factory at New Haven six miles east of here if farmers grow 500 acres of beets this year. The plant will cost about $100,000 and provide 300 jobs.
An old advertisement proclaims that the Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets carry the slogan This name must appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets the celebrated Cold and Grips Cure 25 cents and notes WM. B. BURFORD Indianapolis and E. W. Grove's signature. It also references a Snow grip and two day cure claim.
Local political appeal urges votes for Charles F. Baron as County Commissioner. Prominent advertising text follows urging support and voting for Baron. Nearby piano dealer Baldwin's promotes bargains on slightly used upright pianos, noting sales and inventory.
An old advertisement highlights Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething children. It claims to ease distress, soften gums, relieve wind colic and diarrhoea, and offers a 25 cent bottle.
Indiana Dental College at Delaware and Chivets corner opens to serve patients from 8 a m to 6 p m offering all kinds of dental work.
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