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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
2
An Indianapolis Daily Sun notice promotes Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root with a free sample bottle offer and a booklet of testimonials. It urges readers to write to Binghamton New York for the free sample while noting available regular bottle sizes at drug stores.
A three story brick tenement at 10 Fleet Street saw nine fatalities in a Wednesday blaze. Among the dead are Leo Piatto and his wife Mantelena, Joseph Stala, Sabbatila Dande, Mantinaleo Desco, Raphael Desco, Jenny and an unknown baby. Firemen found victims in a heap, with death from smoke suffocation. Three others were seriously burned and many residents leaped from upper windows. Financial loss is listed at 3,000 dollars.
J P York a Tipton county farmer travelled to Covington to wed Mrs Magg ram but she changed her mind. He opened fire wounding Mrs Pimm in the face and injuring her nephews Ed and Herbert Weeks. York was arrested and found armed with a pistol dirk and brass knuckles. He has been married eight times and has six children with six wives now divorced.
New York January 29 John Huggins trainer for the Whitney stable reports a cable from Newmarket England that W C Whitney's 350 000 colt Nasturtium is seriously ill The colt was sent to England as Whitney's entry in the derby.
An explosion of molten metal at an Illinois steel works on Wednesday morning killed two men and seriously injured three others. One victim, Michael Bronisch, was burned severely.
In a heated senate session on the Philippine question, Teller accuses Republicans of false Manila dispatch claims about Wheaton. Beveridge and Teller exchange sharp remarks on censorship and courtesy, with Tillman and Spooner trading barbs over the negro issue.
New York Jan 29 John W Gates the steel magnate bought art worth 100000 at Brandts gallery. He purchased Rembrandt St Paul for about 60000 and said he now must catalogue his large collection to recall what he owns.
Indianapolis post office inspector W. T. Fletcher, back from Cuba, says Neely appears healthy and unconcerned about the trial conducted in Spanish before five adiencis. He notes the clean prison, limited courtroom access, and a Cuban tariff debate as sugar prices jump, signaling wider economic worries as refineries shut down.
Chicago January 2. John Walsh, accused of burglary, chose death over arrest. Police traced him to his room in the Revere house, Walsh opened the door, fled back to the bed, seized a revolver and killed himself.
In Greater New York public schools memorial services honored the late President McKinley with the unveiling of George Washington busts presented by Franklin Tilford. A Waldorf Astoria banquet follows, featuring speakers Charles Emory Smith, John W. Griggs, Senator Hanna, Myron Herrick, Samuel Gompers, Capt. Richmond P. Hobson, Nicholas Butler, and Lieut. Woodruff.
Bishop Potter spoke in Philadelphia on the Modern man and his fellow-man, noting 30 years of wage gains for workers yet rising precarity. He warned that laborers risk losing independence as they become part of a large machine and urged mutual understanding and respect to avert social conflict.
A blaze at 10 p.m. Tuesday razed the seven story ONeill building at Seventh Street and Washington Avenue, housing a dozen firms. Total loss listed as 300,008 dollars. The Lindell hotel beside it suffered 325,000 in water damage as 230 guests fled to the street. no injuries reported, firefighters saved the hotel.
Washington January 29 the house met for 23 minutes and adjourned with no major business. Mr Hopkins chief of the census committee announced his bill creating a permanent census will be the special order for Thursday. Norfolk Virginia January 29 a Norwegian Daggery vessel ashore near Cane Hatteras carries 1500 cases of dynamite and, amid a fierce coastal gale, may not be floated again if it explodes.
Dr. Leyds, Transvaal European agent, says in Brussels there is no basis for claims Boers asked for mediation to end the war. He notes they did not authorize Kuyper to negotiate peace and calls Dr. Balfour's declaration a political maneuver.
President Roosevelt on Wednesday named Co. M. Burnett surveyor of the port at Louisville Kentucky and reappointed Webster Flannagan as collector of internal revenue for the third district of Texas.
A large group of about 100 Egyptian gypsies camping at Hammond's Grove has dispersed after Judge Stubbs issued walking papers. Only around 25 remain, with plans to depart as police ban fortune telling in the city, their main livelihood.
Signor Marconi reported to the Lizard that the American liner Philadelphia was approaching the English coast signaling it was about 100 miles out at sea on Wednesday morning.
A rapid list reports smallpox cases in Fontanet and South Portland school construction plans in Kokomo and Elwood, new municipal water project in Kokomo, vaccination mandates in Wabash County, and other incidents. Notable notes include a fatal consumption case in Cory Garney Gwynneville, a violent knife incident between Arch Gentry and Charles Groscarp in Linden, a stove explosion injuring A Foster in Fort Wayne, fines for Kokomo sidewalk spitters, a dispute involving Tilghman Fountain in Wabash, and a windfall return of Shelly Fisher to Windfall.
Those born today will be active and bright but unlikely to save money. The note predicts financial caution and a focus on personal growth rather to immediate wealth.
Death notices list infants and adults with ages and addresses including Infant Smith stillborn Anna Donnelly senticaemia Nellie Courtney consumption Mary Warren bronchitis J M Stephens nephritis Nellie Shoemaker dropsy Infant Johnson still Martha Coffman paralysis Martha Huff broncho pneumonia. Marriages include Adelbert W May Elizabeth Eggert Ernest Burker Stella McClure Clarence Golder Carrie Foust Elmer Parrott Antonia Porter Ace Caeciber Lizzie Ricker Oscar Wentworth Hattie Smock Harry Gorman Mamie Curran Charles Miller Catherine Hoerhammer John Moran Bridget Dugan Ernest Keith Cora Holding William Long Laura Miller.
A brick warehouse at 26 Brush-street in Indianapolis lists repairs by S. H. Richey of 1431 Belmont Avenue and C. Boensanger at 25 Kansas Street with the stable noted in the entry.
Capt James A Baker previously Rice estate attorney testified about forgeries in the Rice will and an assignment to Patrick. He identified the 1900 will and its copy as forged and said the 1896 signature matched a standard. Baker, Rice’s longtime lawyer of forty years, described Rice handwriting patterns.
Charles Neathery of Peru faces first degree murder charges for the death of Henry Helmiz. In another suit, Ovid W. Conner of Wabash wins a $2000 judgment against the Andrews land and improvement company over unpaid notes. James Moore is jailed in Anderson on a charge tied to a decade-old betrayal case. William Keys of North Vernon sues Enoch Sheron and A. C. Klinger, linking them to his death and claiming the victim was intoxicated when struck by a train.
Obituaries note the death of E W Hubbard of Delphi at home with his family, a life linked to Delphi’s lime industry and civic work. Also listed are Robert B Huff in Indianapolis, Amelia Nowland in Chicago area, Maria Koller in State Avenue, Peter Peterson at the poor farm, and a friend of Mrs Lee in West Indianapolis. brief funeral and burial details follow for several.
An assortment of advertisements and notices includes Laxative Bromo Quinine claims with E W Groves signature on each box, Baldwin's Music Store piano offers this month, Loose Leaf Price Basic Covers, openings for all sizes, WM B Burford Indianapolis contact, a 10 cent best shave at Phoenix barber shop 158 East Market Street, and White barbers inviting business and professional patronage.
An advertisement for SUYTHING SYRUP for teething children promotes soothing gums reducing pain and curing wind collo in infants. It claims it is the best remedy for diarrhote and sells for twenty five cents a bottle. Read the help liners in THE SUN'S office at 123-13 E Ohio Street.
New York January 29 Prince Henry and his party may not use a Diamond Crescent box at the Metropolitan Opera House as Thomas Hitchcock claims a right to attend and insists on his own box or a comparable one. Manager Gray says a committee will consult the box owners, including J Pierpont Morgan James A Burden and Mr Vanderbilt who control the other parterre boxes.
Five men were killed and several severely injured in a fire-damp explosion at the Quaregnon mine on Wednesday.
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