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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1903
Page
3
A royal motor ride with the king and the U S ambassador Meyer ended with a breakdown on Sunday. No serious injuries were sustained, though initial reports exaggerated the incident.
Evansville Indiana January 26 Allen Blankenship forty night watchman at a floring mill found dead Sunday morning seated in a chair his skull fractured likely struck with a sledge hammer found on the floor near his chair wages paid Saturday night found in his pockets he was married and died violently.
Six weeks ago ten cents was given to Mrs Susana Hazlewood a 73 year old colored woman at Seventeenth st and Northwestern Core. A flute colored baby was left in her charge for the day. No mother called for it. This Monday the police took the child and will place it in the Colored Orphans Home.
Prof E M Taylor of Michigan University argues Rockefeller’s oil price increase funds social gains and productive capital, describing it as voluntary despotism yet necessary for progress and capital accumulation. Also reports Ward Line rescuing seven shipwrecked seamen from incidents near the Bahamas and Cane Hatteras.
Advertises Swamp Root kidney liver and bladder remedy. Claims free sample bottle and booklet will be mailed to readers who write to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York. Includes testimonial tone and urging immediate action.
Dignified senators clash over Hendee Dill to set a trial court in the supreme court. Republicans push to empower the attorney general to cite citizens and firms before the high court to fight trusts. Democrats warn of loss of jury trials while Indiana pride and party lines color the debate as votes tilt toward the bill.
A deranged confession from Abe ral Kas Jan. last dyne Wm. Coombs admits he killed Arthur Smith 18. He seeks to be tried in court and face sentencing. He promises to pay the mother of the slain boy a lifetime monthly sum and says he is haunted by the dead boy’s memory.
An unprecedented cloudburst in Redding California floods farmhouses in Shasta County. Torrents sweep through towns and mine machinery sustains heavy damage. A shower of small fish falls on hilltops away from streams covering acres of ground.
January market overview from New York and Chicago reports a broad recovery in stocks led by electricals and rails as Venezuelan tensions ease. commodities rise in grain and pork while live stock markets show varied strength across major U.S. centers and midwest exchanges. Major firms like Rock Island and Canadian Pacific note steady or improving conditions. New York noon prices show gains in Manhattan Reading Sugar and General Electric with strong bond markets and high total share volume.
Shippers list varied prices for meats and staples in Indianapolis market notes. Hens, turkeys, ducks and geese priced by count. eggs at two cents. butter at fifteen cents. cheese noted as New York full cream. hides and tallow priced by grade. multiple items appear with typographical errors and incomplete entries.
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