27 Jul 1905
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
1
Gen Linevitch reports Japanese have landed a battery at Castries bay near Vladivostok and raised the Japanese flag at that point.
Detectives Holtz and Bray raided bookmakers in the city and arrested Edward High at 53 Leon Street in Harry Walker's saloon on Washington Street near Minots. High had a small memorandum book with several mazes but no proof of involvement. The patrons named in the book will be summoned to court.
Thieves robbed the Indianapolis News business office between 3 and 4 a m on Thursday, prying the cash drawer and taking 12. The entry method remains unknown and detectives learned of the burglary after 7 a m, with officials criticized for neglect after the incident.
Chicago special reports Drgamist Johann Hoch, convicted of murdering one wife in his prison cell, waiting for Gov Deneen’s decision on a possible respite. His execution is scheduled for July 28 unless granted. Rev August Schlecht appealed for clemency as Hoch collected funds for the appeal.
An old newspaper fragment shows a Stegemeier Bros ad offering a four percent discount on every sale to keep business moving. It mentions J. Stul and Jolly, Monument Place, and 19 N. Shinots with steam heating and lowest city estimates.
The special committer of the rikedag presented recommendations for negotiations with Norway toward dissolution of rhetinion. The report was adopted by both houses on Thursday with no debate in either house.
Robert Metzger, Republican city committee chairman and head of the primary election board, is confined to bed with illness. Ferdinand Stadek’s contest against Metzger’s actions prompts questions over the 90 day filing window. If no action is taken soon, rumors say courts may intervene under general state law.
The Public Welfare committee meets at the Commercial Club on Thursday noon to discuss organizing a new gas company with a 4-cent rate. City Attorney Warrum reads a tentative franchise as committees report favorably on the proposition and the matter moves to the club and Board of Trade for action.
Capt Orla Begingrow warns county commissioners that he will hold them responsible for any damage to his ducks and feet due to plans to open shelterways in the Riverside dam. Officials seek to ease bridge construction by opening the shelterways.
The city council affirmed the right to accept the public bathhouse erected by citizens and to assume the debt against the bathhouse committee. City Engineer Jeup says the city will use the bathhouse for about ten days before permanent city houses are built.
Weather shows showers and partly cloudy skies with a chance of thunder Tuesday night. The remainder of the fragment mentions stock listings, businesses in Washington, a Park theater opposite, and a dentist office at 24 W Meridian with hours and contact details.
Rev. W A Shaw, national secretary of the American Anti Cigarette League, accuses Gov Hanly of cowardice for not enforcing Indiana's cigarette law. He critiques the law as ineffective while urging postmaster action to curb cigarette paper distribution to youths, citing local arrests and enforcement hurdles.
Postmaster Bennett and Assistant Postmaster Biddleley received packages of cigarette papers after days of concern over their disposal. The Hoosier Fish Co. advertises daily service. E L Turley heads to Philadelphia for the national Teamsters' Brotherhood convention.
A garbled dispatch from Cal is reporting sixty two dead tied to a ban by the Ecripps-M’ Rae Presbyterian Association in San Diego. It names Tarate, a Japanese attendant, and H. A. Matte, a clerk from the gunboat Bennington, as leading figures in the incident, pushing total fatalities to sixty two.
Thomas J Cid accuses wife Florence De Nike Cul of habitual drunkenness morphine use and infidelity prompting him to seek separation. He claims she left home with another man Ema Mo Baker and Jessie Davis report similar marital estrangement with husbands deserting them.
A messenger boy named Epatt was chased by a man, then captured after boarding an Interurban car. The pursuit began when Epatt allegedly stole a bike and a wheel from companions. The boy’s father tracked and intercepted the thief, turning him over to police.
Indianapolis and Obie Valley Traction requests a franchise from county commissioners to build an interurban route parallel to the Threw Watch road. The plan calls for a line from Indianapolis to Evansville via Nashville, Bloomington, Bedford, French Lick, Wentze Baden, and Jasper with a branch from West Baden to Bryan and Rockport. Hearing date not yet set.
TOKIO forces seize Alexandrovsk on Saghalien Island as credits to a banker face a 13 to 14 cent recovery. Cherbourg reports Peace envoy M Witte sails to New York aboard Kaiser Wilhelm II with update on talks. Japanese Russian envoy meeting planned aboard Mayflower off Oyster Bay. Federal Judge Taylor upholds Chinese exclusion act. Bishop Joyce gravely ill. doctors say he may live only hours.
Dem city committee chairman Edward Rabb outlines two questions before the primary election, including delegate counts for each precinct and timing of the convention. Rumors place the convention in August with a possible date of August 3 and a primary the following week, with authorities aiming to fix dates promptly.
A tragic train wreck on a Wednesday night claims the life of an elderly lawyer, Ress Grehama, in a grim wreck reported by Scripps-M'Rae Press Association. Local authorities investigate the cause and note the victim was known in legal circles.
Dr Hurty and Dr Murty of the Indiana State Board of Health say yellow fever in New Orleans poses no danger to Indiana. They cite mosquito transmission and strict isolation as preventing spread northward, noting a much higher tuberculosis threat in Indianapolis.
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