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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1902
Page
8
Anti German protests erupt in St Petersburg with the German embassy attacked and Ambassador Prince Von Raelin insulted. Cossacks restore order, injuring 38 rioters. In Budapest rioting by the unemployed raids shops, 130 looted, 20 wounded as clashes with police occur.
An American College of Sciences of Philadelphia advertises its chartered institution with a $160,000 capital and teaches Personal Magnetism and Hypnotism by correspondence. It offers ten thousand free copies of a comprehensive work by 30 specialists, claiming rapid home learning and universal benefit, with testimonials from doctors, clergy, and lay users.
Jesse Elliott, a messenger, faced trial for stealing 19 dollars from Pauline Harris at a West-side resort. After being found guilty, Judge Stubbs urged the mother to accept reform, sending him to Plainfield reformatory, noting the need for a proper school for wayward boys.
The Kaiser invites Miss Alice Roosevelt to christen a new steel schooner yacht at Townsend and Downey shipyards on Seaton Island. The 180 ton, 145 foot vessel will be sailing craft built for cruising, not racing, with $100000 for interior decoration. An American crew will sail her to Germany, and a name has not yet been announced. The Kaiser previously acquired the Iduna, formerly the Yampa, now owned by the German empress.
Joe Stevens, custodian at the station, notes that the April sale of unclaimed stolen goods will be smaller than in years past, reflecting less stealing in 1901. An old officer recalls tougher times, saying in good years theft falls while downturns bring more crime.
R N Lamb will build a $1500 frame house at 606 W Tenth St H Wothe will construct an addition at 1006 Central Ave costing $1000 J S Duckwall to build a frame house at 715 and 717 Ogden St for $1500 A frame house at 1118 Woodlawn Ave by W Ernsting for $2300 Mary C F Howe to build a frame house at 2023 Talbott Ave costing $3700 J L Whitlock to add a $1900 improvement at New York St and Elder Ave Claudia R Sweeney to build a $1000 cottage on N Beville Ave near Tenth St Middleton Logsdon to build a $1250 frame dwelling rear of 1212 4 E Pratt St Anna H Riebel to build at Thirteenth St and Temple Ave a frame house costing $1400 A flat building to be erected by Jesse Fletcher guardian on Park Ave near Walnut St costing $8500 Atlas Engine Works will build a $6000 cupola house at Columbia Ave and Belt Railroad A frame factory at 2116 2118 S Meridian St costing $3500 Central Supply Plant to get a new frame factory building at Twenty Fourth and Vande sts costing $8000
The Claypool Hotel’s third story uses the heaviest steel ever seen in the city with beams about 40 feet long weighing 28,000 pounds to span without columns. The dining room and billiard room will be pillarless while the parlor corridor will be 38 by 100 feet. Henry J. Lawrence, the manager, notes completion hoped for September despite a week’s delay from cold weather and praises the lobby as possibly the finest outside New York City.
In Omaha on January 4 a 16 year old central high school girl faces theft charges judged by 12 female classmates. The faculty organized the secret jury and the verdict remains undisclosed. Previously three male pupils were found guilty of pilfering and punished by removal from cadet duties and after hours confinement.
Miss Millie Holland a music teacher from Indianapolis returns to Petersburg Indiana to wed J Sweinhardt of Lake Ohio. The couple met through a matrimonial bureau and the bride stands four feet tall while the groom is five inches taller.
In Chicago on Friday a two year old girl, Margaret Newman, died after flames from a dropped match ignited her dress while she played with her brother near a Christmas tree left in the home. The fire started when Willie Newman, age unknown, climbed a gas range and obtained matches. The blaze enveloped the child’s clothing within moments.
In Kokomo Indiana Rev W D Parr during his farewell sermon at Grace M E church called Admiral Schley the hero of Santiago. The remark drew applause from the congregation.
In Spencer County Indiana on Friday Qersey Dick stopped his infant’s funeral in a church and lifted the child from the coffin to pose for a photographer. Mr and Mrs Dick also appear in the picture as mourners watched.
Milwaukee Wisconsin January 4 City controller John R Wolf a prominent newspaper man in Wisconsin before his election has been adjudged insane. He served as city controller and was widely known in state politics and journalism.
Miss Maud Jeffries, long a supporter of Bertohm Tree and Wilson Barrett in London productions, has returned to her Memphis home in poor health and has withdrawn from Tree's current London show. She remains undecided about her professional future.
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