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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1903
Page
8
January 3 report warns the worst freight clean up ever to strike Minneapolis shippers. Most mills likely to close by Saturday night, with about 5000 men expected to lose work as the crisis peaks.
The Bobbs-Merrill Company files suit in a New York court against actress Jlia Marlowe and her manager Charles Dillingham for 4000 alleging she refused to star in a dramatization of The Redemption of David Carson published by Bowen-Merrill.
Fragmented notices recount numerous social gatherings and visits. Names include Mrs. Innes Curthain, Mrs. Edward Shaneberger, Miss Spencer of Br Laule, Mrs. Caroline Burea, Mrs. John Boyd of Detroit, and Misses Luty and Katherine Matter. Events feature dinners, card parties, and a fifth wedding anniversary celebration with pink and white decorations.
A fragmentary sports note recalls Australian boxers who crossed the Pacific to challenge American champions. Dorothy, managed by Sam Fitzpatrick, is billed to fight Jim Jeffries, heavyweight world champion, amid a roster of Australians like Bob Fitzsimmons, Joe Goddard, and Billy Synch, with reports of various careers across Chicago, Boston, and other cities.
In a tight game Friday night Racine needed just one minute of overtime to edge past Hoosiers 4 to Ro. Indiana, Notre Dame, Earlham and Purdue will send teams to the Ohio state athletic tournament in Cincinnati on Feb 25. Chicago and Vincennes universities plan attendance. tournament expected to be large. Bowling entries list Iroquois Toledo Pabst blue ribbon Milwaukee and more.
Public sale to be conducted by Sheriff Robert Metzger on a February date between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Marion County Court House. Real estate in Indianapolis including William Wiley subdivisions and James Wiley subdivision parcels listed. If the bid fails, another sale at the same time and place will include the property of Aren Caylor for Indianapolis Water Company. Attorney Baker and Daniele represent the plaintiffs. January 31, 190.
LaPorte Ind Jan 31 Charles F Schultz died of old age at 45 after a peculiar ailment confounding doctors. A former local politician and county treasurer he left a wife and three children. The illness lasted about a year.
Mrs Martin Yarber of Washington Indiana has become a raving maniac from worry over suspicion about the amuapasere murder of the Wratten family ten years ago. J Stone was executed for the crime and allegedly confessed. Yarber denied guilt yet her fear followed the confession, leaving her bedridden and endlessly talking of the murder.
In Cape Town the punishment for treason and murder remains unsettled after Boer War actions. A decision declares that an execution will hang the designated Viseer for treason and murder, as Bennars Celebrate, awaiting final approval and formal process.
Dr Jordan, noted for treating pulmonary diseases, cancer remedies, and nervous disorders, advertises cures across the United States. Located at Delaware and Market, Baldwin Block, Indianapolis, he offers English and German directions, free examination, and mail treatment with stamps. He cites diplomas, associations, and thousands of cured patients as references.
A Bally in Our Alley engagement opened at English's on Friday night with the title piece and acts by Rice and Barton. The audience found the show lackluster and the material poorly suited to impresarios, while local theatergoers debated value before buying tickets. In Evansville Indiana Emily Butterfield, widow of former mayor Col C S Tutterfield, was stricken with paralysis on a street near a meeting and is expected to die after being brought home by a police officer.
Obituary notes Charles A. Lrish 77 father of Patraimen Ipteh dies at 216 Maorthenve He Weaves Mon with widow and four children John Downey ar 6 dies at hin home English-aye 1%6 congestion of the lings Georgs W. Parker 23 a business college student dies Friday at boarding place 507 Hadron-1 from unspecified illness Pontoffice in Warsaw Ind robbed for 250 in stamps and cash George Ream's store also robbed second time the post office robbed
Elkhart Ind Jan 3 Martha Axe a young woman living with her widowed mother has been notified she inherits one third of her uncle A T Aze's estate from Basin Mont He left Ada mine shares worth about 6 000 with a 2 acre tract twelve miles from Basin The uncle left Valparaiso 40 years ago and the mine has not been heavily developed but produced about 6 000 in two years
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