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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1910
Page
1
The defeated champion James J. Jeffries speeds east with his title and contracts, leaving Moana Springs to return to his ranch near Los Angeles. He plans no world tour and will abandon theatrical commitments, despite his lingering popularity and the modest purse from the fight.
Police Judge James A. Collins reports six months of probation results with 281 on probation in three months, only three failed pledges, and $1,896.37 collected in the second quarter. Mrs. Eva Hopkins notes 26 of 50 cases on probation, four families reunited, and 46 total pledges in six months.
Neal of the auditor’s office and Morrison, rival congressional candidates in the Ninth district, stayed in the same hotel room in Waveland during Independence Day events. Both delivered apolitical speeches, spending the night on separate couches as the holiday crowd filled the hotel.
Ten indictments returned by a federal grand jury probing a massive jewelry swindle tied to the bankruptcy of City Jewelry Co in Montgomery Alabama. The case centers on alleged thefts, misrepresentations, and wire fraud involving multiple defendants and a large array of precious stones and jewelry. The indictments name charged individuals and outline alleged schemes, with dates and court actions to follow.
A Cincinnati crash on Monday left 24 dead and 35 injured as the Big Four Limited collided with a freight near Gano Station. Rescue found a sobbing one-year-old baby among wreckage. identities were being confirmed as investigation and inquests begin.
The noted author Carmen Sylvia, famed for charitable work with the blind, suffers a severe appendicitis attack and must undergo immediate surgery. Her project the blind city in Vatra Luminosa reflects lifelong philanthropy.
After a conference with former President Roosevelt Poindexter the Washington insurgent declared Roosevelt is with him in heart and in action They spoke on all phases of politics and Poindexter said he is heartily pleased with the conference outcome
State Senator R. B. Proctor of Elkhart assessed the Thirteenth district race at the Denison hotel. He said Republican John Moorman of Knox, Starke County, is mounting a stronger challenge than expected with an insurgent campaign and extensive touring. Proctor noted no active Republican opposition to Moorman within the party and predicted Barnhart’s nomination by the Democrats. the district is normally Republican, with Marshall County as the exception.
Mammy Bernette, an ex slave, bonds with Abe Lincoln a mangy blind cur dog. The dog lands in the city pound after taxes prompt a rescue by Mayor Shentts and Marie Babcock. Abe Lincoln is saved and cared for as Mammy laments the dog’s attachment.
After Johnson defeats Jeffries in a prize fight riots erupt nationwide. At least 18 deaths are reported in cities including Uvalda Georgia Mounds Illinois Lake Providence Louisiana Little Rock Arkansas Cincinnati Ohio Omaha Nebraska Houston Texas Keystone West Virginia Tallulah Louisiana and northern Louisiana. Hundreds more are seriously injured as police struggle to contain the violence.
News from New York reports after Jack Johnson knocked out Jim Jeffries in Reno a racial clash erupted. Crowds attacked black residents causing injuries, one death, and a lynching attempt halted only by heavy police reinforcements as gunfire echoed through lower Manhattan. Over a hundred hurt initially, with several likely to die.
In Chicago on July 5 a Johnson victory in boxing sparked a black belt parade with placards calling him alderman. White residents attacked with bricks. a riot left one man dead and many hospitalized as police, decades on force, witnessed a night of wild unrest.
About 7,000 rioters March through Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol. Two men are killed and two hospitals treat the injured as 236 people are jailed in the wake of the Johnson Jeffries result. Households report maids quitting work amid the chaos.
Charles Chadwick of Crawfordsville faced four well dressed attackers on Alabama and Market streets after the Johnson Jeffries bout Monday night. Chadwick, with two companions, was insulted then struck, knocked down, and battered about the head before the assailants fled.
Three people are killed and many injured in clashes sparked by the Jeffries Johnson fight in northern Louisiana. Dispatches report widespread fighting with both white and black participants and ongoing unrest in multiple locations.
In Uvaldia Georgia on July 6 a clash between black residents and white residents left three black men dead and many wounded after a violent confrontation that followed insults.
A Fourth of July Elks circus in Greensburg Indiana injures nine when a section of seats collapses twice, at noon and night. Victims include Mrs Jane Porter Edward Sulky and others with fractures cuts and bruises. Sulky's fall hits a tent stake. wires were misattached to seats.
In Columbus Indiana Frank Condon 19 was accidentally shot through the heart by his sweetheart Miss Ruth Mitchell during Fourth of July celebrations. The revolver discharged while they fired it with others. he died at her feet. The girl is prostrate and his father is grief stricken.
Special to The Sun reports Hagerstown Indiana on July 5 where Marshal A E Dixon wounded Albert Hindman in the right thigh after Hindman fired into a crowd of revelers. Dixon had ordered a safe Fourth and fired the single barreled shotgun when the crowd shot a cannon a second time.
In Bloomington on July 5 Theodore Ranson, 20, burned on the face with a split hand. Samuel Poolitsons, 2, burned about the face risking sight in the right eye. Oscar Chambers, 12, had a three inch gash under the left eye from the blast.
Kokomo, Ind on July 5 reports two Fourth of July accidents. Russell Kendall, 12, is expected to be crippled after his right hand nearly blew off. Albert Newton was thrown from a buggy when his horse spooked by a firecracker and may die from internal injuries.
A skyrocket struck the roof of Scott Geyer’s home in Logansport Indiana causing about 200 dollars in damage on Monday. The blaze started when the rocket ignited the roof as the fourth of July celebration continued.
At Sagamore Hill on July 5 Col. Roosevelt dictated letters in the morning. In the afternoon he rode to Sea Cliff to review a parade of Sea Cliff Academy cadets. Representative Poindexter of Washington state, an insurgent, is expected Tuesday. Roosevelt has not received word on when Garrett.
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