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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1902
Page
5
Bandits boarded near here Monday night and halted the train after covering Engineer Reynolds and Fireman Cobb with revolvers. The express messenger was tied up while the baggage and mail cars were robbed and taken away. Bloodhounds were tracking the thieves.
Vid C Buntin hosts an after on Monday. Mrs Louis H Levey held a party Monday night. Louise Tutewiler leaves to continue vocal studies. Weddings listed: Mary Gilbert and Israel B Gilbert in Aurora. Violet Murray and Niam A Gray in Elwood. Peru pair also noted. The social club plans its last exercise Tuesday at a local residence with supper served. Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra concert review mentions Bauer and conductor Schneider, with a laureled wreath and praise from a large audience.
Cumberland Maryland pastor Mr. Yingling of the Bed E church praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera Remedy. He reports using it himself and notes that others who had never known For sale by all druggists have access to it.
Harry Weldon, famed sporting writer and former Cincinnati Enquirer sporting editor, died of paralysis at Circleville Ohio at 10 45 p m. He began his career in 1879 at age 24 and later became a respected authority on sports and baseball. Funeral services are planned in Circleville.
The trawler Heron sank during a gale off Dover England on January 28. Eleven crewmen drowned and only one man survived.
Mrs. Ella May, held for the grand jury on arson, plans to post 1500 bail Tuesday and leave the county jail after six weeks. Known in the Midwest as a beauty production lecturer and suffrage advocate, she has claimed kinship to White law Reid and was once found bound and gagged in her home, an incident police say planned with her sergeant. The Rochester case notes her wardrobe damaged by a fire traced to her own hand.
J Boland purchased Kingman at the Fasig Tipton midwinter sale in New York for 8000 dollars. Judge Morrow plans to resign his Charleston course judgeship due to ill health. Covington becomes a horse racing magnet with pools and betting activity expected to surge. Oakland events favored winners six times as bookies faced significant bets. Henry Robinson, who bought Death for 2000, received a bid of double that amount. Tim Hegarty defeated Aurelio Herrera in Bakersfield after twenty rounds.
In Independence a high profile elopement attempt was halted Monday night involving George W. Dickinson of Buchanan county and Mrs. James Bloom of Jessup. Dickinson, reportedly wealthy at about $500,000, is held for a Wednesday hearing. Bloom, married to a Jessup barber, was allowed to board a train claiming she would head to Buffalo.
The Grand features Mr and Mrs Robyns in The counsel for the defense a clever one act comedy with Mile Chester's statue dog getting rounds of applause Wenona and Frank rifle shooting Baby Lund singer and reciter The ragged boy and the galler dog. The merry tramps play at the Park with songs and a large chorus. The Majestic burlesquers at the Empire showcase Grace La Rue and Virginia Lee with a trained hen and a rooster sketch. strong reviews note singing and versatile company performances.
John L Sullivan remains on a bender while Jeffries doubts a match with Sharkey. Kid McCoy shines in sparring in England. Rube Ferns outpoints Tim Murphy in Chicago after a tough scare. Peter Jackson defeats Jack Bonner in Philadelphia. A trickster posing as Young Corbett visits Baltimore with Mike Duffy hosting a wild night of wine and theater as Duffy hunts the grafter.
John T. Brush remains on the firing line as Henry Wiiklea nets 50000 for his St. Louis stake, with the original price noted as ten thousand more. Des Moines reportedly abandons the Western league for a first class cities circuit. Ike Green, Hamilton’s third baseman, becomes a sergeant major turned policeman in a Spanish War tied golf medal tale. Ralph Orthwein emerges as a key St. Louis backer and possible president, with Ban Johnston to confer. Orville Woodruff, re-signed by Watkins, plans to stay with Indianapolis as a striker valued by the team.
The Metropolitan opera house will host a star studded performance on February 25 for Prince Henry. The Gray company will supply the entire cast and the opera to be performed has not yet been chosen. Prince Henry and his entourage will sit in center boxes with three owners, J. P. Morgan, Thomas Hitchcock Jr., and Heber R. Bishop, gifting boxes to the arranging committee.
In Mason City Iowa on January 28 Mrs August Linhoff is tried for the August 30 murder of Edwin C Bromley following a dispute over children. Despite a respected local standing she faced the courtroom amid questions of motive and domestic dispute details.
A Muslim priest in Durazzo Albania killed a neighboring Christian priest after the latter rang a church bell during prayers. Russia complained to the sultan who punished the offender by transferring him to another mosque.
The Samuel Born grain company elevator south of Lafayette burned Monday night. It was the largest in the area with a capacity of 180,000 bushels and stored corn and oats. Loss reported at $100,000. cause of the blaze unknown.
Socialists and prohibitionists clashed at Monday night’s Indianapolis prohibition league meeting over the dispensary system. C A Thornton spoke for the dispensary and H L Simon argued for prohibition.
A physician with 25 years in a small town notes farmers near by eat heavily and suffer stomach related issues, while townsfolk overeat for different reasons. He promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and Herb Laxative Compound as a remedy and lists pharmacies and distributors across the area.
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