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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1903
Page
3
An angered gathering met Thursday at the Ashland avenue engine house to protest Polk milk company's smoke. A five member committee was appointed to seek abatement and report at next week’s final meeting, with potential legal action if no relief.
In room 1, 102 divorces were granted during a year and 29 were dismissed. In room 2, 100 were granted, and in room 3, 46 were granted and seven dismissed. George Meyers, 61, died from smallpox at the pesthouse on New Year’s Day after being moved from 128 West Market Street to the posthouse.
Births report many families with addresses and newborns. sons and daughters noted for Phelps Sullivan Wyon Endeman Wilkin Davis Churchman McCune Barnes Contney Schultz Smith Willworth Griffin Benham and others. Deaths list Harry Givens Bartlett Coffman Carmody OConnor Schmidt Mack Withrow Carr Murphy Dervey and more with ages, causes, and street locations. Marriages pair off numerous couples including Dilliner Church Hol Carl Harvey McKinney Kalb Ferguson Engel Atboat Fleet yam Jones Pulliam Luscher Veter Deere Dunkinson Bonnell Meyers Walker Ford White Keely Roney Johnston Elberg Buchanan Williams Jaimean Green Leyters Cannon Grantham Kuntz Mor Building permits also listed for repairs and razing.
In January 1902 about 12,000 southern and Indiana miners lack work as operators run only two or three days weekly. Chicago residents suffer from coal shortages and rising prices while rail magnates face accusations of hindering fuel transport. Attorney general Hamlin sends agents to coal fields and discusses findings with the governor.
January 19 message states John Mitchell of United Mine Workers will arrive in Indianapolis on opening day of the miners and operators convention. The Central Labor Union plans a reception that evening, possibly in Tomlinson Hall, with the day to be named “Mitchell day” in the city.
News briefs report cholera deaths reaching 13 23 in the Philippine archipelago with 258 new cases and 108 deaths across provinces on the day before the latest advisories. Also covered are a New Jersey shooting involving William Horrax, a Christmas rifle accident, wage increases for bricklayers and cement workers in Indiana, a shotgun discharge injuring a 16-year-old, and talk of Robert Madden seeking the Democratic mayoral nomination.
At a holiness convention in the Wamsuka Opera House Maude Reed twenty daughter of Thomas Reed collapsed and died during a fervent address on the final day. Two other women fainted and one lay unconscious for hours as the scene ended in tragedy.
A Justice Smock docket details two failed weddings over New Year. Henry C Williams of Mobile and Emma Williams of Indianapolis planned a $300 ceremony, but Emma declined, leaving Williams returning home broken. George Duffy sought a marriage with Burila Kantz, but her mother blocked the Justice of the Peace. Villers of the First Baptist church offered alternative, yet the outcome remains unsettled.
Misa Lexie Brand, heiress daughter of a Fairmont banker, ran away to marry George Stevenson of St Louis after a secret engagement. Detected at Dearborn station with her umbrella, she insists she will have her own way, despite parental opposition and her planned elopement.
On the French liner La Champagne two sailors risked gas exposure to relatch a damper and revive fires. Pere Yvot climbed to the funnel rim and was overcome, while Henry Pommer and then Pommer again saved him by retrieving the insensible greaser. Pommer earned a promotion and Yvot received a monetary prize after the voyage reached port.
In Philadelphia on Thursday ice six inches thick broke under about fifty worshippers during a Delaware River baptism. Revs Detwiler and Ingle, officiating, carried axes as rescuers pulled the drenched party to safety. Witnesses and skaters surrounded the scene amid frigid water.
U S stocks advance on rail and steel gains with copper and Anaconda leading amid broad market strength. Reports cite Union Pacific earnings and potential Erie Delaware & Hudson ties while London and Chicago markets show divergent momentum. grain and livestock prices move in thin, volatile sessions at major U S exchanges.
A systematic theft of metal at the Hetherington and Berner foundry on 19 W South Street was found Thursday. Harry Featherling was arrested and pled guilty to stealing $6 worth of Bhest iron. Acting Judge Collins sentenced him to 90 days in the workhouse and fined $135. Additional thefts were discovered after his arrest and new charges are anticipated upon his release. Indiana’s Dead. GOSHEN Mor sa C E Rogers 50 paralysis Chautauqua. RICHMOND Theodore Barton 53 typhoid pneumonia. PORTLAND Mrs Levi Smith 73 pioneer. Plant Closed. ANDERSON Ind Jan 2 American Window Glass Co to close Victor No 2 plant employing 18 workers until new glass-blowing machines arrive. McCullough for Mayor James S McCullough named as possible Democratic mayoral candidate.
NEW YORK Jan 2 United States steel corp profit sharing is noted as a broader trend with other firms already adopting similar plans. Pressed Steel will offer 1 to 25 shares of its 7 percent preferred stock to employees with over six months’ service, 5 percent down and monthly payments after, the company charging 4 percent for financing. Also reported are incidents from Marion, Indianapolis and St Louis involving a door being nailed shut, a disputed detective case, and a murder execution of a Black man named Thomas Dunn in Missouri following a quarrel over money.
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