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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1907
Page
2
Ashbaum May Bly reports on ongoing talks over selling the Masonic temple at Washington and Capitol to R. Kirschbaum. Negotiations involve the Grand Lodge and Blue lodges possibly pooling to fund a new temple. Valued at 225000 by the lodge, Kirschbaum offers 205000. site plans include remodeling or replacing the current building with an office block.
A Friday night debate at the colored Y M C A featured a team denouncing President Roosevelt. The topic claimed he erred in discharging Companies B C and the Twenty-fifth Infantry amid tense rhetoric and selected city notice fragments.
A vintage health note extols charcoal lozenges for absorbing intestinal gases and cleansing the mouth throat and bowels. It claims safer cleansing effects, improved complexion and blood, and notes soft honey flavor with no harm from timed use, promoting Stuart’s Charcoal Lozenges as a cost effective remedy.
Mrs Agnes Meyers, 26, awaits execution by hanging on Jan 10 in Missouri for the 1904 murder of her husband Clarence Meyers. A habeas corpus writ was denied. Accomplice Frank Hottman, 24, also faces death the same day in Jackson county jail. Meyers maintains her innocence throughout confinement.
Paris reports Pittsburg steel magnate and president of the steel trust lives with actress Mabelle Gilman at Chateau Ville Degonis near Massi Ferriersy. Corey, Miss Gilman’s fiancé, his sister and her mother share the residence since December 1. The country estate cost 650,000 francs. They are seen daily in car outings. No wedding date has been announced due to lack of license.
Washington Jan 5 Acting under a congressional resolution the Interstate Commerce Commission began a thorough investigation into railroading block systems after recent wrecks. Dispatcher T F Dent of Camden station Baltimore testified no block operators at B and O work over eight hours though some so called copy men work twelve hours daily.
M. M. Bachelder reports Judge William L. Clark will announce his decision next Wednesday morning in the suit aiming to stop the city from erecting a city hall and coliseum on the market house site. City authorities push to begin coliseum work. The piece notes a teachers salary bill discussed by the state educational commission with Fusset A. Cotton and action plans, with a committee to meet again next week.
Wabash and White rivers overflow banks as Ohio river rises two feet above danger in Evansville. Flood may reach 42 feet, highest since 1884, submerging towns from Evansville to Cairo area. Rail lines damaged, coal and lumber losses feared, pumping station at Princeton submerged, and many creeks already out of banks across Indiana and western Kentucky.
The palace of the Shah of Teheran shines with gold and jewels. Three famous thrones are noted: the peacock throne the marble throne and the ruby throne rebuilt from fragments of the Delhi peacock throne.
Dayton Ohio stockholders and directors fear a shortage of $200000 or more in the Dayton Gas Light and Power company. Secretary George M Smart, long in charge, denies any shortage and will not comment until after a directors meeting set for January 14 to investigate the matter.
Births list names and addresses for Horace Wright to Lillian Mert with baby genders. Deaths note Columbus Weldon to Lillian Mert with causes. Marriages cite five couples including Knamelsen Rey and Stocker Garber.
Fred Menzel at 705 E Morris charges 75 dollars for an addition. H S Shute at 26th and Ashland Ave. provides a shed for 200 dollars. Langsenkamp and Wheeler at Sanders and Barth’s foundry bill 8000 dollars. Annie Gallagher at Walnut and Haugh lists repairs for 5 dollars.
Berlin reports official confirmation that the Chinese government has invited the United States England Germany Russia and France to send delegates to an international conference at Pekin to discuss Manchuria’s commercial future. Behind the invitation lies a plan to weaken Japanese control in Manchuria with multination backing.
William Coe, accused of shooting at Gov Hanly's daughter and relatives of Purdue professor Harry O Garman, will not be sent to an insane asylum or state prison. Insanity charges were dismissed as witnesses failed to prove the gun was aimed at them and the Coe family physician disputed Coe's mental balance. Coe says the Garman party frightened his horse and he fired skyward on his own premises.
Vigo county clerk refused to issue a marriage license to Callie M Needham after his divorce case costs from Marion county dated May 7 1906 remained unpaid. Needham paid $25 in Indianapolis on Friday to settle the costs. First wife Josephine Miller Needham resides in Indianapolis.
In New York January reports say about 250000 has been spent defending Harry Thaw who killed Stanford White. Fees to Black Olcott Gruber and Bonyage total around 100000, with more expected before the jury, as witnesses are courted and private detectives paid. Mrs. Holman, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's mother, may testify for the prosecution only to rebut defense evidence, amid motives tied to Thaw's treatment of her daughter before and after marriage.
The First Presbyterian Church presents a Christmas concert Sunday night including organ solo Pictures From Oriental, Mendelssohn There Shall a Star From There, and choral pieces by Avery Soprano solo quartet and chorus, Dow Chorus There Shas a Star From AE. Members listed include Mrs Anna Laura Johnson soprano and Norman Kent tenor with violinist Myrtle Lewis Cameron and bass Charles D Mendell among others.
Translation from German, At Schiller's, recounts a boys' fundraising tale with amusing turns and twists.
At All Souls church a Sunday morning sermon will observe Charles Sumner’s birth anniversary titled Senator With a Conscience. The Mystic Tie club postpones its Jan 7 card party to February. Indianap olis Boys Club benefits from amateur plays with Paul Anderson translating a German work for January 31 at English's Opera House, led by Harry Porter with committee chair Mrs. Harry New. A local euchre party for Typographical Union No 1 and Sunday school union meeting at Second Presbyterian are planned. Other church services include Tabernacle Presbyterian and Grace Pro-Cathedral with Rev. Neil McPherson’s New Year message and a tablet unveiling for Rev. Dr. J. Cumming Smith. The Meridian M. E. church hosts sermons on Bible themes. Two former Knight & Wilson employees face petit larceny charges. The Commercial Club adds eight new members as its fiscal year nears January 31, and detectives recover stolen coats from pawnshops. New officers are installed for the T. W. Bennett Ladies of G. A. R. A slate of Sabbath evening lectures at Roberts Park M. E. Church is announced.
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the economy pick with a bottle lasting longer and doing more good than others. It claims this medicine can truly be said to provide 100 doses from one bottle, emphasizing value and potency.
Dan Brown Jr and William Beerman lawyers for George Williams the negro who killed Patrolman Edward Petticord on Sept 29 ask Indiana Supreme Court for a stay of execution. They say they need time to prepare for the appeal hearing and request a delay until after the hearing. Warden Reid holds the death warrant for Williams.
New York report says Henry C. Frick will control the railroad's financial policy with McCrea focusing on operations. A new position of chairman of the board is said to be created for Frick, per common report from Wall Street observers.
The People's Coal and Cement Co. succeeds Logsdon Bros Fuel Co. with two phone numbers listed for contact and service inquiries.
Diamonds are advancing in price at about 10 percent annually, paying over three times the interest of a savings bank. You can own a diamond, wear the stone, and enjoy its rising value while no bar of failure can erase your investment.
A Negro man cracked a window at a quiet party of young women, snatched a purse, and fled as Ava L. Miller and bystanders confronted the thieves. The attackers took samples from showcases, $12 from the till, while Miss Dora Schrader and three friends hid in shock. A suspect Negro was later found in Mrs. Lew Walace’s yard but escaped before police arrival.
Denver January 5 reports from the Western Federation of Miners at New Alaska say about 1200 miners have struck to demand union recognition and daily wage increases. Operations in the district are suspended. Miners currently receive five dollars a day and board.
Scripps-McRae Presse Association reports in Spring Valley HL that Philip Morosky, 12, and Frances Morosky, 17, drowned after the boy broke through ice and his sister attempted a rescue, both succumbing to the cold water last night.
Shelbyville reports Benton Price was found not guilty by a jury this morning in the killing of his cousin Hiiram Hilton. The murder occurred two weeks ago.
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