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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1901
Page
2
A committee led by City-chair Logsdon and members Joss Bell and Spence approves primary rules. Polls use a roped-off inclosure with ballot box on a table and a nearby table for secrecy. No pay for election officers, no rent for polling place, and voters may serve if qualified officers aren’t found.
Martha Jackson aged sixteen, a domestic at 852 Virginia Ave, took laudanum and fled when a physician was summoned. She was pursued by bicycle police and taken to City Dispensary for antidotes. She threatens suicide and alleges removal from home by the Board of Children's Guardians, which denies the claim.
Capt J L Anderson of Frankfort a Forty fourth veteran who served in the Philippines was elected clerk by the State health board Friday with a salary of 1000 dollars a year Anderson is about 50 D D Clark health officer of Decatur was cited to show cause why he should not be removed for disobedience of orders Dr Costello health officer of Adams county was not the official named as first reported Dr Ridpath Marion county health officer urged condemnation of school houses No 8 and No 10 Washington township the secretary was ordered to investigate District 8 school house Sand Creek township Decatur county was condemned as unsanitary
Bud Hines fired at Henry Ferguson on 222 Chicago street while Ferguson sat on his front porch. The bullet missed. Hines fled the scene and had previously cut Ferguson with a razor a year earlier during a debt dispute.
Mrs Annie Marsh, 25, of 1922 Chadwick Street, injured in a July 4 jam at Broad Ripple Park, died Friday afternoon. She claimed the car she tried to enter started too soon. She leaves a husband and no children.
Saturday morning a Central Ave car burst into flames from an iron box full of wires under the front end. The box glowed red hot and was spotted by George Ward who was atop the car. Water from rusty cans found on dumps, brought by ex-Fireman Matt Smith, was used to quell the fire before the car was pushed in.
A crowd at a hay fever resort suffers August misery with sneezing coughing and exasperation. Readers are urged to purchase Stuart's Catarrh Tablets 50 cents a box for autumnal relief and to request a free folder on hay fever and catarrh from F A Stuart Co Marshall Mich.
A postoffice clerk, Frank Rumford, distributing clerk at the Indianapolis postoffice, is jailed on charges of stealing $2 from a letter to Arcadia Indiana after confessing. Inspectors used decoy letters with marked dollar bills to trap him, revealing missing money reports for ten months. Rumford, 11 years in service, was bonded and awaits grand jury.
Thomas Jones of 1230 Silver Ave confined two weeks at City hospital with temporary insanity. He was released without an inquest or hospital treatment after a police pickup. An insanity affidavit was filed but a few days quiet in hospital avoided inquest and public costs.
Republican contracts and franchises committee, with Democrats Knight and Bernauer absent, approved terms for the Indianapolis street car line. Local five cent fares on outbound trips, jurisdiction on incoming cars, and haul limits for livestock. Franchise taxes set at three, eight, and fifteen cents over periods. board of works to amend. Merchants' association urged five cent long haul fares. Daller and Spiegel opposed.
Superintendent Mansfield of the Pennsylvania requests Board of Works approval to run an electric motor car over Washington Liberty to White River Meridian and Georgia tracks to collect freight. The plan, under advisement, aims to speed transfers to the Pennsylvania freight depot and cut costs.
Rear-admiral Higginson recounts a July 8 operation in which marines landed with two five-inch, two six-pounders and two three-pounders. Each five-inch gun weighs about five tons. all were ready to fire by daylight July 9 except one gun delayed by a faulty platform from the New York yard.
Mrs. Bessie Thompson of 35442 Massachusetts Ave was grabbed by an unknown Black man on New York Street near Alabama Street about 9:30 Friday night. She fled to her home after he seized her waist and tore off her belt. He was tall slender and wore dark clothes.
Judge D A Russell of Pomeroy Ohio shot himself in the Palace hotel between Thursday night and Friday afternoon. A sealed letter to his wife was found. He was a longtime jurist in judicial district 4 and Civil War veteran later major of the Ohio volunteers. His two sons are noted attorneys in Pomeroy.
Friday night the tailoring establishment of N A Petterson at 140 N Illinois street was robbed. Police reported Saturday the robbers had been captured and goods recovered. Railroad officer Press Pierson located two men Thomas Henderson of Cincinnati and John Hayes of Stakesdale NC with seventy five dollars worth of clothes in the Wester and arrested them for lack of a satisfactory explanation.
In Chicago on July 13 Joseph Sturdick survived a flatcar overturn injury that severed his head from the body. A metal piece crushed his neck but spared major vessels. the trachea and larynx were torn away. Doctors operated and fitted breathing apparatus, predicting he will live though he cannot speak again. The case astonishes physicians, with Hunt calling it nearly unrivaled in its severity.
Joliet July 13 city authorities burned a large tenement and several adjoining buildings to halt smallpox spread. The infected structure could not be fumigated, and the entire complex was destroyed on the spot.
Lizzie Russell, feared victim of Johnnie Martin who is charged with killing Martha White, was found Friday in a Bennett's Fork cabin. She died shortly after, refusing to identify her assailant. Martin remains entrenched on Bennett's Fork, defying capture attempts.
Albert H. Howard known as the prince of the Wanderers Club narrowly escaped drowning during a Friday afternoon swim at Fairview Park. O Caswell and T Vestal pulled him from deep water and revived him with a vigorous rolling. The club comprises New York store employees.
Life's journey brings back pain and urinary disorders but Doan's Kidney Pills claim relief. Mrs. C. H. Schultz of Indianapolis reports quick backache relief after using the pills bought at Henry J. Bruder's drug store. Her husband also praises the medicine. For sale by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Mrs Sallie Wilder aged 87 died Saturday morning after a fall that followed a paralysis attack. She lived with her son Silas W Harding at 621 East Vermont Street and is survived by five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Her body will be taken to Hayden Indiana for burial. she had previously survived a stroke a year earlier.
Births list numerous births with dates and addresses across Sherman, Amman, Hitel, Fritts, Patterson, Wilson, Hanna fin, Hogue, Schaller, and Leach families with attending doctors. Deaths report Mark Cullom, James Smith, Frank Robinson, Margaret Lane, Chester Ralston, George Andrews, Carl Vogel with ages and causes. Marriages note Leonard Bognola with Lauretta Ginliano and William Bennett with Elma Watkins. Local builders and projects on Meridian Street listed with names and estimated costs.
Fragmentary timetable shows connections and transfer times for routes including Lake Erie and Western and Chicago and Michigan lines. Entries note arrival and departure windows at Toledo and Chicago with minor margins and cross listings.
Listing of train times and ticket office details for the Vandalia Line St Louis Limited and the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway. Includes departure and arrival times, service names, and route connections with West points and Sunday services.
Trains time table notes show parlor Sleeper Parlor car Chair car dining options and Sunday exceptions. Details indicate markings -parly S Sleeper P Parlor car C Chair car J Dining car and J-Except Sunday.
The document enumerates multiple train and carriage services across lines including Union City Benton Harbor St Louis Cincinnati Peoria and Springfield categories. It lists arrival and departure times for various trains such as expresses specials locals and accommodations with notes on days and routes including N.Y. St. L. and Bloomington lines.
City Vicket Office presents train times for Cincinnati routes. The notice lists departures and arrivals including Cincinnati to Dayton and Toledo and Detroit connections with shown times and prices, reflecting regional rail service details of the era.
Train offices listed for Philadelphia New York and various connections. Schedules show arrivals and departures at multiple cities including Martinsville Logansport Dayton Colum Indiana Louisville and Baltimore with portions labeled as accom or weekend times.
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