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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1907
Page
1
City officials debate renting county courthouse wing for offices and press for independent city hall. Councilmembers urge immediate ground purchase, criticizing plans to use bond funds for parks while seeking rent negotiations.
Brief items note John Wood's return and bass fishing near Fall Creek, city officials' tasks, and soda water cautions. Subjects include Pogue’s run politics, lawn mower needs, marble polishing at the statehouse, street pup concerns, and flying ants. Community moves cover Elks, court clerks, attic notes, a lawn social, and upcoming lawn fetes amid weather chatter.
Three rooms furnished complete valued at 175 dollars offered for 125 dollars. Details at The People's Outfitting Co entrance. Also featured at Wulschner's with prices starting sixteen dollars.
Mothers of Edward Vonhadder George Neff Ernest Snell Steward Snell and Charles Oliver fight to have Norwood policeman George Helm retired after arresting 15 year old boys for swimming in Pleasant Run near Norwood outside city limits. Parents and judges condemn the action and plan appeals to the Board of Public Safety.
Ethel Lincoln sues Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company seeking 5000 in damages claiming injury while boarding a streetcar. Her father William Lincoln files 3500 damages suit. The filings allege Ethel, who keeps house for her father, was prevented from working due to the injuries.
Special to The Sun reports 82 year old Mrs Francis Lee pleaded guilty to assault and battery on neighbor Mrs Bailey in Terre Haute Indiana. She paid a fine after admitting to a severe beating on the neighbor.
Starved to death after three weeks without nourishment in a South Bend county jail. James Ryan, 35, of London Canada, died after being jailed on a fighting arrest.
County and city officials predict a merged government for Indianapolis as rapid growth demands unified control. Leaders Denny McGregor Cottey Bookwalter say the transition would be gradual, with mayoral oversight and a three member commission possible. They highlight tax, debt, and infrastructure benefits from centralized planning.
Reuben Bradbell, 70, was found clinging to a tombstone at Oakwood cemetery East Warsaw after ingesting carbolic acid. Despondency from losing a large fortune is cited as the indirect motive. Also an advertisement notes four furnished rooms for sale at a discount by The People's Outfitting Co.
The Ohio Republican state committee endorsed William H. Taft for the presidency by 15 to 6. Senator Foraker’s public letter amid protests signals his reduced political influence in Ohio, as he urged people to decide the candidate themselves and criticized tariff revision and the committee’s role.
A.C. Tempte, a chauffeur employed by a son of millionaire Albert Mohr, was instantly killed when a clutch slipped and the machine started, drawing his body to the wheel and causing fatal injuries as he attempted to fix the machinery. The accident occurred in Chicago on July 30.
Fifteen passengers in a car passing through the Madison Avenue tunnel were sprayed with whitewash by a pneumatic device as the car went through. After the deluge the riders could not recognize one another and later sought financial compensation for ruined clothing and belongings.
President Charles H. Moyer of the Miners' Federation is released from Boise jail on a 25000 bond after local unions guarantee Timoth y Regan's 30000 cash and personal bond. Attorneys insist no evidence exists beyond Harry Orchard’s word, while George Pettibone seeks bail but is denied by Judge Wood.
A navy department dispatch reports a boiler tube burst yesterday on the gunboat Wilmington at Nanking China. Three men were scalded. fireman Philip Hind was killed and the other two severely injured.
A meeting of the colored business men of the state opened at Jones tabernacle in Indianapolis and will continue Wednesday. Called by the local Negro Business League, the gathering aims to form a state organization to promote black business. It will attend the National Negro Business League meeting in Topeka, August 14 to 16, with Booker T. Washington presiding. Mayor Bookwalter gave a welcome, and Rev. G. H. Shaffer offered the invocation. Speakers include Rev. J. W. Wood, G. L. Knox, George P. Stewart, Dr. S. A. Furriss, and other local figures.
William Watson was found guilty by Judge Irvin in Indianapolis criminal court on charges by his niece Mary Watson, 18, and Minnie Eaglin, 13, who traveled from Columbus. The court did not fix a sentence. defense plans a motion for a new trial as Watson admitted prior prison and Indiana Boys' School terms. He faces potential prison terms up to 21 years or jail up to 12 months, with discussion of invoking a life-prison provision based on prior imprisonment.
Georgetown Kentucky. July. Court convenes for the trial of Caleb Powers. Commonwealth’s Attorney Franklin says the state will seek more time to evaluate the defense affidavit seeking Judge Robbins removal. The defense raises no objection.
Investigators probe a strange sequence at the Wellesley Massachusetts exchange where one night operator was killed and nine others driven from their posts in 20 months. Joseph D McCarthy lies near death after a fatal assault as pistol fire screams and door noises echo in the night.
Nathan S. Cook files a suit against the board of county commissioners seeking 5268.72 in federal tax refunds. He alleges unlawful taxes on the Advance Thresher Company property paid May 6 1907 under protest after notice from the treasurer. Michigan law allegedly taxes the corporate stock, not shareholder shares, and Cook disputes double taxation on stock already taxed.
Fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Sunrise 4 40 Sunset 7 02. Also a local ad for electric and AC fans with discounted prices at Elliott Tele and Bloc Co 421 Mass Ave and a note offering free ten word room rental ads in The Sun.
The Woman's Auxiliary to Typographical Union No 1 announces a lawn fete to be held Wednesday evening July 31 at the corner of Highland Place and Nineteenth Street. Proceeds will support union activities and local community causes.
New York police probe two recent strangulations within 24 hours. One victim found nude in a furnished room on West Twenty second Street with a necktie twisted around her neck, the other stabbed in the abdomen in an East Ninetieth Street lodging house. Fingerprints marked the throat of the second victim. Suspected linked crimes stir Armenian blackmail fears and possible Black Hand ties. Mrs Sophie Kohler of Tonawanda, N.Y., identified as the lodging house victim.
President Frederick W. Eppert called a special council meeting Tuesday evening to act on 34 saloon license applications filed this month under the new saloon ordinance. The license committee may report against some applicants with questionable records as efforts continue to purge disreputable saloons.
Frank Lehman, stabbed at Smiths restaurant on North Illinois Street, shows slight improvement at City Hospital and may recover after several days. Charles Hill, who defended himself, and Harry Johnson, involved in the fight, are detained by police awaiting the injured man’s outcome.
Dr Grant H Clay formerly with New York Dental Company for 14 years now operates at 108 N Delaware Street opposite Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis.
Park View Sanitorium advertises treatment for cancer skin uterine and rectal diseases by Dr L T Leach operating in New York and California-sts.
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