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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
6
A Cincinnati styled report lists eleven Ohio bankers and one Indiana prisoner among the penitentiary inmates and those headed for the jail. The piece notes embezzlement totals, bank positions, sentences, and the social status of inmates, with a critical sketch of Cassie Chadwick and the banking crisis.
A shock hit Indianapolis as Williams Butler Woodbridge vice president of the Columbian National Life Insurance Company was killed in an automobile accident in Saugu Mass. The crash also badly injured actuary B Herbert Wolf and left A G Childs and W E Taylor uninjured. The party failed to control the car which dashed into a barbed wire fence. Woodbridge died instantly and the planned Columbia club banquet for next Monday was canceled. John H Halliday of Indianapolis serves as a director.
Pilots scan the state for incoming banking craft with at least nine approaching, listing names and sentences of individuals linked to embezzlement and trials. Notable figures include BARBER H O CAMBRIDGE and IRA REYNOLDS, with various sentences and appeals noted amid arrests in Liverpool and Cleveland. Some names face new trials or executions stays, while others await verdicts as the scene hints at broader financial crime fallout.
John Write and Henry Shafer of Maine C were arrested Thursday by Detectives Lanstse and Stiaon on suspicion of highway robbery. They are to be kept until next Tuesday for identification as the Fort Wayne and St Clair park robbers who attacked BE Brado Elsey and Joby Wallick. Victims did not positively identify them. Arrestees claimed they were not in the city until Thursday morning and say they were seeking work.
In the Second Ward a tense council race unfolds with multiple candidates including Brent, Staluaker, and others. Local leaders predict a record primary turnout as factions vie to influence the mayoral contest, stressing efforts to mobilize supporters and boost vote totals on election day.
In Marysville Ohio on June 1 a trotting horse named Corinthe with a 2:13 gait died after swallowing a live rat while at a trough. An autopsy showed the windpipe perforated by the rat's efforts to escape, causing the animal great agony.
A Southern Pacific contract let to a construction firm for twenty five million dollars covers five tunnels through the Sierra Nevada, with the longest tunnel projected at five miles. The award was announced by the Scripps- McRale press association in Reno on June 11. The project aims to improve transcontinental rail links and will involve extensive tunneling and surveying work.
The prize team of athletes from 860.00 turners in Germany arrived in Cincinnati Friday and will be hosted by the Business Men's Club until Saturday afternoon before departing for Indian poll.
Mayor Dunwe will appoint three women to the board of education. Named are Mes Emaming Blaine and two others, with May or Denne selecting Misa June Adams and Dr Cate dela Denes for educational roles in the coming term.
Robbers strike Spiceland area post office and multiple nearby stores including Griffin and Ratl, Broerry, Alton Kyuna, and Davis and Keun during early Friday hours. The burglary occurred while East Buffalo livestock market reports cattle and hog prices, with varied quotes for steers, lambs, sheep, and hogs.
Pittsburg Pa June livestock sale results list cattle grades including prime and choice at 5.50 to 13.05, calves at 45.90 to 68.56, sheep and lambs mixed quality, wethers and ewes priced, hogs and pigs shown with roughs, receipts noted as 30 days active.
In Chicago with the printers eight hour day battle looming, the Typographical Union plans a lockout or strike by 2,600 firms once the July 1 crisis arrives. They seek an eight hour day from Jan 1 next, while employers push to maintain current wages and hours until Jan. 5. A volatile situation follows a long stasis, with circulars and warnings issued by both sides about potential disruptions in the city’s printing industry.
An illustrated folder titled Short Jaunts for Busy People presents an excellent map and many helpful facts about hundreds of charming nearby resorts accessible via The North Western route. Sent to W B Kniskern in Chicago for distribution.
The Sun announces a contest to recruit zero dollar subscribers by September 1 1905 in Indianapolis. Participants must secure 40 new weekly subscriptions at six cents each over 16 weeks. A free Adlake bicycle valued at 430 is awarded to entrants who complete the required signups and send in names and addresses at the Sun office.
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