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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1901
Page
2
Royal Blue English porcelain and a variety of homeware items are sold from stock today after being acquired from the L. E. & W. R. R. at less than import cost due to delivery delays. The sale includes TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS, TEA and Breakfast Plates, slop bowls, oatmeal bowls, and glassware with limits on quantities. FRUIT JARS and Mason jars with porcelain liners are offered, with per dozen pricing and caps.
The weatherman reports the heat broken by a cool air mass extending east of the Rockies. Saturday opened five degrees cooler than Friday with 76 at 4 a.m. The forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for fair conditions through Sunday with temperatures near 72 at 7 a.m. across Indiana and surrounding states.
In Madison West Virginia, 12 year old Minnie Dell, left to guard her babies, fired a double barreled shotgun at a man trying to enter her parents' home at midnight. The intruder Walton Morris was mortally wounded and believed to have intended a robbery.
Walter Voorhees, a Michigan chemist, reports a method to grow large pearls in common clam shells. He tested pearls from clams in the St. Joseph river bed and says the pearls are perfect. The process involves inserting a hard core into a clam, returning it to water, and letting the shell mature for three to five years. He currently treats over 2,300 clams.
Col J N Walker former warden of Michigan City penitentiary believed many unjustly imprisoned should be free. He recalled interviewing about 100 prisoners in winter and helping secure six pardons. He cited a case where an iron wedge framed a man for theft and a wife’s marriage to the victim aided the plot. Governor Porter’s remark on insanity tests also appears.
A Fort Wayne dispatch reports Fred Reider of Indianapolis drowned Friday while four men attempted to carry a cable across a swollen river at New Haven. The group aided in bridge construction. Joseph Blaising of New Haven rescued the other three. Reider’s name is not listed in the Indianapolis directory.
Chicago July 6 Charles G Dawes will resign as comptroller effective October 1. Rumors say Senator Mason will press the president over a heated contest for the Senate seat with Dawes using his government post to aid his bid. The move promises a heated political clash.
New York July 6 Pierre Lorillard the tobacco millionaire was alive at 5. a.m. Saturday though the end was near earlier in the night. Dr Austin Flint announced at 1:30 a.m. that his patient was sinking. It is said there is no hope of his recovery.
Martha J. Lawrence of 1911 Holloway Ave. who lost a leg in a Brightwood street car accident showed unexpected improvement Saturday. Doctors call her condition remarkable for a 67 year old and hope she may recover.
Street car company offers moving pictures at Broad Ripple and Fairview next week. Broad Ripple show starts Sunday night. Music by the Bonair quartet accompanies films.
The governor appointed ex Lieutenant Governor Haggard to fill the vacancy caused by John Levering’s death. Haggard’s commission runs through February 25, 1902, with several applicants for the post prior to Levering’s burial. The piece also notes progress on the soldiers’ monument and various state officials’ activities and inquiries.
Manila July 6 The Sixth Cavalry routed General Bellarmino and about 1,000 troops with 214 guns in the Scrogon province. The force surrendered at Albay after a pursuit over the mountains by cavalry units.
An affidavit reveals that out of £300000 capital stock, $260000 is represented by Indiana business interests. The document associates substantial investment with Indiana operations and outlines ownership distribution within the company.
President McKinley and wife arrived in Canton at 10 10 a m to a formal welcome by about five hundred residents The president appeared well considering his recent ordeal Mrs McKinley showed pluck and strength walking to the carriage Canton was decorated for the homecoming The McKinleys house and grounds were prepared for the visit A Pan American exposition trip is expected in August Dr Rixey will remain with Mrs McKinley during absences
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania a well to do widow Mrs White married John Pratt on Friday night. A charivari party serenaded the couple and then broke up furniture inside the home. Mrs Pratt secured a revolver and fired into the crowd wounding Burt Pound in the shoulder. The crowd fled and Mrs Pratt was arrested and posted bail.
News from Memphis reports a July six incident four miles from Turner Arkansas where Jim Johns and his 18 year old niece were killed. Their bodies were placed in a burning building. The girl was stabbed in the heart and her head crushed with an ax. Johns suffered a crushed skull and broken arms.
The Wheel workers' union holds the boycott in abeyance pending a conference with Vice-president Mitchell on his return from the east. Striking structural iron workers at Hetherington and Berner have won union membership for all firm employees, forcing suspension of work.
Mrs McKinley presented each attending nurse with a valuable gold ring before leaving for Canton. One ring bore the inscription Ida Meec Kinley to E H and the other Ida MecKinley to S i, signifying Ellen Hunt and Sarah Taylor. Miss Hunt, from San Francisco, began her western trip, while Miss Taylor will remain with Mrs McKinley until her return to Washington.
The new battleship Maine will be launched on July 25. A national educational convention will convene in Detroit next week. Anthrax is killing horses mules and hogs in Mississippi. Ernest Reed of Carthage Missouri is jailed for murdering his wife. J L Shaw of Worthington Springs Florida killed C R McKinney. A woman in the case and Arthur Clemson were killed by lightning. Glencove New Jersey and Frank Proul of Glen Ridge New Jersey were in town Friday. Twenty one Dochelles were driven from Evans town Indiana after being covered in stale eggs Friday night. Four drunken miners at Detsburg Pennsylvania died smothered by firedamp after entering an abandoned mine. Four men fatally injured by a gas explosion in Cincinnati’s new waterworks at Torrence Friday. Nettie Thorne of Chicago, 47, committed suicide after being left alone by her mother’s death. National steel company and American steel hoop company offices moved from New York to Pittsburgh.
The White House announced two appointments on Saturday. Charles P. H. Nason of Pennsylvania was named consul at Grenoble France and Arthur H. Swain of California was named receiver of public moneys at Visalia California.
A dated obituary and birth record compilation lists individuals with dates and addresses. Entries include July births at multiple New Jersey and local addresses, and deaths or medical cases with physicians noted, covering infants and adults with various conditions.
Sarah J. McIntosh receives permit for a frame cottage on S Meridian near Arizona for 800 dollars. Mrs Anna M Harrison gets permit for a frame house and store at Palmer and Ringgold streets for 910 dollars. O D Davis secured a permit for a frame cottage on Ruth street near Ohio street in 1950.
Winfield Scott Stratton the angel of Colorado Springs plans to move to Denver seeking quieter life and fewer solicitors. Public pleas for funds have led to guards and demands ranging from 1000 to 5000 dollars. Stratton, an Indiana man, recently halted $300,000 developments and ordered sale of assets including the street railhead and electric system.
Grand Rapids police report Jesse E. Sargent a traveling representative for a Chicago varnish house died from exhaustion after a two mile chase by Henrys Brobst who pursued him threatening his life Sargent fainted and died Brobst left the scene went to the elks lodge room two hours later unaware of the fatal end Brobst claimed Sargent had broken up his home
The War Department division of insular affairs reports Cuba total revenues for nine months ending March 31 at 282 271.11 dollars, up from 163 515.79 dollars for the same period in 1900, an increase of 118 755.22 dollars or 73 percent.
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