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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1903
Page
9
Chicago reports that Ge tppe Pallelo was shot Sunday night as officers suspect a Mafia gang killed him to simulate a suicide. Two witnesses identify Vieto Lease eo Checko as involved, with ongoing police probes into the mob linked murder.
Rain and muddy conditions postpone automobile races at the fair grounds in Indianapolis. Management says contests will occur later in the week with the date not yet fixed. Competitor Cooper drives a machine like Barney Oldfield’s famed wind splitter, signaling high expectations once racing resumes.
The best boxing tournament of the academy will be at the Empire Tuesday night with Hughey McPadden and Patsy Hogan as principals. Both are in the city training hard and in excellent condition. Rumors claim Hogan has shown great improvement. McPadden is reported to be in peak form. Tickets are selling well and expected to fill the house.
Fire department found all Charleston Inn doors locked except the front when responding Monday morning to a blaze at 631 North Illinois Street. An overheated range started the fire in the rafters, filling halls with smoke. The owner Mary Branham relies on a night guard who locks doors at night and opens them in the morning. Damages estimated at 25.
The flood disaster across Topeka and Kansas City left about 35,000 homeless as the Kaw and Missouri rivers swelled, with 240 deaths reported in Topeka and an ongoing high water event. Weather systems brought excessive rains, causing widespread flooding and disruption across the region.
A textile listing touts 8B Chatrlray de Sole weave with high quality linen in all colors. It notes yard wide fabric and imported shirtings calling attention to three yard pieces and pattern lengths, priced per pattern.
Miss Flora Irons sent a frantic telegram from San Francisco area to Los Angeles reporting family deaths. Mother, sister, and brother had died within a week, while Flora, in transit and semiconscious from pneumonia, learned the news upon arrival as Rev. W. J. Witherspoon broke the tragedy gently at the Erie depot.
Heavy rains swell the Ohio River in southern Indiana. Richmond sees Knights of Columbus class initiation. Richmon d former police chief Capt Stephen Finney dies of cancer. A Big Four switch engine derailed near Lawrenceburg with crew uninjured. An unidentified boy, age 4 to 9, is killed by a Panhandle train near New Hope southeast of Richmond.
A large tent at Prospect and Lindensis hosts a Sunday afternoon gathering with comfortable seating, water, and ushers. An orchestra and a 200-voice choir led by Hiram J. Lloyd of Moody Institute perform hymns, as seven Indianapolis choruses join the movement. The June meeting will be led by Rev. Milford H. Lyon from Chicago, with daily afternoon and evening sessions. Attendance at the holiday meetings was large.
In Chicago on June 1, John H. Disch aged 63 and his wife Mary aged 49 were found dead in bed early Monday. Physicians say death is due to accidental poisoning, with no signs of self harm or preparations for suicide.
The New Jersey Legislature approved an appropriation of 330000 to fund a sanatorium for poor consumptives. In 1900 Dr. Burkhart promoted his Vegetable Compound by giving away forty nine million free treatments to prove its powers against rheumatism catarrh constipation nervous trouble and more. He claimed to have treated eight million seven hundred fifty six thousand four hundred people with five percent restored to health. A thirty day trial offered for twenty five cents at any drug store.
The Big Four Route advertises Sunday excursions on June 2 with Cincinnati and return fare $1 25 and a special express train making 29 stops. Departures listed for Indangy Greencastle Tam Hetaraing and Terre Haute in the afternoon under BRUNSON, AG BP, A.
Muncie Ind June 14 Staith Neely Wood Oil Co drilled in at old well on Ruoda Meeks farm one mile north of Walker and claims it to be the largest in the Indiana field producing 49 barrels daily A second well on the same farm drilled the day before is flowing 400 barrels daily Also advertises a one day sale Tuesday for Mitre rugs and carpets with various price points and color options.
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