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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1902
Page
6
Kansas City report says Bernhart Steinert died after a kick to the face while on the sidewalk Monday. Dulin Chrismas was arrested hours later and admitted the killing, claiming provocation by an insult to a woman he accompanied. The coroner calls the neck fracture unprecedented in its severity.
Health Officer Frank Nobie leads a Monday drive to clean up restaurants with Sanitarian Buehler directing a new tour. Merchants will be ordered to tidy up on a fixed schedule or face arrest. Buehler cites dirty dishwashing as the major fault in most establishments.
Mrs. Rosa Hawkins is hospitalized in St. Edward's in New Albany Ind after a locust bit her bare arm while she was going to a pump. Doctors note it is the first such case seen by hospital physicians and continue to seek permanent relief for the poisoned arm after partial pain relief with opiates.
In Philadelphia on June 17, Flagman Durham of the Dudley station flagged a train after spotting a man on the tracks. The sober stranger claimed moon blindness from wandering and said he regained some sight as the moon faded, then left after being cared for.
J J Appel after a two week western trip reports Kansas and Nebraska crops are excellent and rail stocks will rise. He notes Denver relies on tourists for prosperity with 75,000 visitors last year and a larger expected influx, while calling Indianapolis the nicest city. He observes Denver has little manufacturing, relying on mines and tourism.
C P Wykoff of Chillicothe, Mo., visits Columbus seeking a pardon for George Hon, jailed in Adams county for a ten year term for forging a tobacco order. Hon escaped West Union jail after 24 hours, stole bloodhounds used to track him, sold them, and later stole a deputy sheriff’s laprobe and buggy cushion before fleeing to Wisconsin where he was recaptured. After three years behind bars, friends say he has been punished and seeks clemency.
Mrs. Roosevelt returns to Sagamore Hills Oyster Bay to find lightning rods erected around the home by an agent. She orders their removal and notes the Roosevelts can now welcome any lightning without aid. Curious visitors flocked to Sagamore Hills while the family was away.
A travel moment contrasts Greenwood's quiet suburbs with city life. Readers recall shaded sidewalks, a pump, a barefoot newsboy, and the thrill of a streetcar ride that reawakens urban identity. The piece ends with the realization that the dreamlike town is really part of a larger city misperception.
Harry Thaw, Pittsburg millionaire, escorts Prince Komatsu of Japan through Paris and London society. They attend Moulin Rouge, Folies Bergere, Volney baccarat, Cafe Madrid tea, with tastings of high society figures like Line de Pougy and Therese de Pertiers. Komatsu, now decorated by Japan, credits Thaw for giving life meaning.
In Wilkesbarre on June 17 a physician and the coroner's jury concluded quinine and water are dangerous and can cause death. Owen McGovern of Allentown, a railroad contractor, fell ill suddenly and died before help arrived. Dr Butler's post mortem found death followed taking quinine then drinking excessive water.
Sicilian vendetta erupts on Paydras Street in New Orleans with multiple killings. Salvador Luciano, his brother Louis, and accomplices engaged in a brutal daytime attack leaving Salvador dead from revolver and knife wounds. Vincenzo Vetura dies in the melee. Louis Luciano claims Vetura’s involvement and later confesses to killing a man from the scene. Police interrogate suspects as more sawed off shotguns vanish amid threats of further killings.
Waterbury Connecticut June 17 Charles J Neale dressed in evening clothes was pulled from a wedding party after failing to pay a $100 debt to real estate broker George Robbins Bailiff E J Donahue produced a body writ and Neale was hauled away to jail The ceremony proceeded without the groom s involvement as he raised $100 to settle the debt then returned to deposit the money as bait for the best man who fled to the station and threw rice at the bride
City crews started repairs on the Liberty-st bridge over the Big Four railroad replacing braces and floor to restore safety at the structure. City officials supervise the work and expect the project to improve stability and transit safety.
U S attorney Joseph Kealing and Attorney General Will Taylor clash over whether the federal or state supreme court can quiet title to the old post office site. The dispute involves street sweeping and sprinkling liens once held by Western paving, purchased by the state. The United States brief objects to the AG phrasing calling the liens measly and notes the eight year-old case, with Deputy Lafollette arguing the claims are valueless and the move aims only to quiet title.
Miss Ellen Stone faces long odds repaying the $65,000 paid for her ransom as lecture receipts fall short. Cleveland reports $119 from talks expected to cost about $250 each. similar small attendances and losses invade Newport and other cities nationwide.
Nature's own remedy Alma-Bromo Salt from Alma Michigan spring waters claims to cure constipation stomach liver kidney and nervous diseases while improving headaches rheumatism complexion and nerves. Tonic and nervine touted as pleasing to taste and cleansing to bowels offered at 50 cents a bottle with free trial bottle by The Michigan Drug Co Detroit Michigan.
Gasoline and oil stoves and ranges refrigerator ice cream freezers and lawn mowers screen doors and windows featured at Vornegut's located at 120 122 and 124 B Washington Street in the local catalogue listing.
New York June 17 Justice Scott sentenced Aaron Hall who murdered Mamie Brannigan to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing during the week beginning Aug 4. Hall, in love with and jealous of the department store girl, shot her on May 10, 1900. He had been repeatedly sentenced to death, with appeals delaying execution, and twice the date passed before the Supreme Court of the United States ruled. Hall was brought to Sing Sing, then sentenced again and said he was ready to die.
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