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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
7
A blaze at the Rochester machine screw company building destroys stock and machinery worth about 5000 dollars. Firefighter Lieutenant Wm. Boon dies and eight others are injured as a wall collapses trapping ten men. The fire occurred in near zero temperatures and may have begun from spontaneous combustion.
Colorado Springs report notes Prosecutor John Ruckelshaus will not disclose grand jury plans next week. He told a SUN reporter to wait and see, offering a notebook of slips that resemble policy tickets as proof of ongoing inquiry. In other item, Gen William Palmer deeded park lands with a clause barring horseless carriages until they are noiseless and odorless.
Depositions received in the Harry Toomey forgery case show the defense will be insanity and will argue that his parents are first cousins. The trial is scheduled for Friday, with relatives living in St. Louis.
In Madison county Montana a 42 pound gold nugget was found in California gulch by Thomas Ramon and Joseph Lefebre. Another nugget valued at 1404 dollars was deposited at the assay office two weeks earlier. A syndicate including Assayer Tatem planned to buy it for exhibition at the St Louis world’s fair.
Conrad Bender contends the hospital wing posts cracked due to extremely high temperatures during tests of heating and disinfecting gear. He notes the yellow pine lacked extra seasoning and says he will seek full payment. The old board found delay penalties omitted in the contract but will approve the engine houses built by Bender as meeting specs.
Amsterdam January 29 The Dutch government peace proposals to Great Britain are described as preliminary. The aim is to permit Boer delegates to use cables to discuss terms with field leaders.
In Ann Arbor Michigan J R Perry of Portland Michigan regained sight after 34 years at the University of Michigan Homeopathic hospital The operation described as highly successful for the hospital and notable in its history
A list of deaths includes Joseph King 76 Columbus Mary Rinehart 87 Tipton Edith Barnett Worthington Elizabeth Mount 74 near Tipton Orrin D. Rogers pioneer Fort Wayne Rev M D Harlan baptist Wilkinson Moses Oppenheimer 92 Lafayette. An Ohio area section foreman Ira Castle Princeton killed by Southern engine. William Woodruff Economy killed himself after months of illness. Widow survives. William Hamburger 39 near Columbia City killed when thrown from a wagon by frightened team. WwW Le Julian Fort Wayne salesman killed by a train Losantville home in Muncie.
Real estate notices announce parcels for sale at low weekly payments. HL C. Tuttle & Bro. advertise lots at 0c per week. Also offered is a house with ten acres of garden land at 1702 Belmont Ave south, with inquiries requested at 1512 Illinois Street north.
Bitter cold weather keeps a house warm with natural gas. A 21 story house with barn and poultry house, 7 rooms and alcove, bath, cellar, attic, porches, shaded east front, north location, offered at $3200 or best offer. Call mornings 3110 Central Ave for quick sale. Includes other real estate notices and inquiries from Binford Mendenhall and Spann Co. listings and executor sale details for Irvington Marion County Indiana.
A long list of for rent notices offers furnished and unfurnished rooms in multiple locations including 614 N Alabama 428 Irving Place and 111 Broadway with options for housekeeping baths and board. Several ads mention cheap rates and private alcoves or front rooms suitable for singles or two gentlemen.
Train schedule fragment lists departures from Philadelphia and Chicago routes with stations including Baltimore Washington Col ind Louis and Martinsville. Multiple connection times and arrivals are noted such as 7:20 am for Vincennes and 11:25 pm for Phila and N Y, with Martinsville and Richmond accompaniments and a Logansport to Chicago heading at 12:10 am.
Unconfirmed report says wreckage from the British warship Condor has been found in Albernie canal near Ahousett. The Queen City brought word of the boat identified as Condor remains. A gold watch chain and chronometer, English made, washed ashore. details awaited.
Marion county medical society backs temporary pesthouse on City hospital grounds. Washington Indiana mayor seeks federal intervention in B&O 5 S W railroad strike as Labor commissioner McCormack travels to Washington. Indiana association of life underwriters hosts a banquet with 90 covers. Merritt of Indianapolis as toastmaster. Divorce bid by Louis H Meyer against Charlotte cites desertion and broken duties. Garment workers' union hosts ball honoring United Mine Workers delegates led by Mitchell and Fredericks. Commercial club endorses fight on smoke nuisance and urges civic cooperation. calls for a fire marshal with police powers to inspect premises and condemn unsafe heating and buildings.
Train times listed include departures and arrivals for multiple services on the Vandalia Line to and from St. Louis, West, Effingham, and Pembroke routes. Services note the Western Express and assorted connections with times such as 6:45am departure and 7:00pm arrival, plus other inconsistent OCR entries.
Train timetable fragment shows departures and arrivals among Indiana Decatur West Newton and St Louis routes with times for express and local cars. Exact stations and full context are unclear but indicate connections to Chicago and Tuscola with varied arrival times.
Train timetable fragments show Toluca and Chicago connections with detours to Detroit and Chicago. Late afternoon routes include Munising and Lafayette connections with sporadic times, suggesting a complex regional schedule.
Fragmentary schedule lists Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway ticket office at 25 West Washer Dest arrives nightly Chicago night express at 3 45 am fast mail at 7 55 am Chi express at 12 40 pm vestibule at 4 37 pm and Mononaccom at 4 00 pm 0 00 am
fragmentary timetable lists departure times for multiple trains from Cincinnati including City Ticket Office 25 W Depar and express services to Detroit and Dayton. It notes the Cincinnati fast mail at 4:00 am and several Cincinnati Dayton and Toledo Detroit connections with various arrival and transfer times.
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