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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1903
Page
3
An advertisement extols Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills claiming blood nourishment powers restore vigor and organs. Patient testimonials from Mrs Elea Falser and Mrs Elizabeth Ingram praise improved digestion sleep circulation heart tone and energy after use. Imitations warned and official address in Buffalo listed.
California visitor W H Murray urged attracting unskilled laborers willing to work near San Francisco. He, editor of California Fruit Grower, cites labor shortages and aims to promote California resources through the Indianapolis convention and Los Angeles ads. The Chinese exclusion act limits skilled labor while unskilled pickers could earn 1.9 to 2.5 dollars daily, with orange picking possible year round. last season California produced about 3,000 carloads.
Neenah Wisconsin June 11 Joseph Barber an escaped Iowa prison convict was arrested after a violent struggle with Chief of Police James Brown Andres McCabe an Oghkosh detective and Barber aboard a houseboat. The men toppled into the lake and fought in the water until Barber was exhausted.
General J Parke Postles of Wilmington Delaware reports a ten year catarrh siege unresolved by doctors. After using Brazilian Balm his nasal passage opened and he was fully cured. He calls the medicine the greatest ever and says all druggists sell it.
Independent city paper reports David W Wallace pastor and head of the Missouri grand lodge of masons shot himself at home on Wednesday. Wallace, deputy surveyor of customs for Kansas City, was a Democratic politician of national standing. Causes unknown.
In Chicago on Tuesday Justice Hurley heard a case against Mrs Dennis L Hill accused of threats and circulating rumors about Mrs Alta Thress. The case drew testimony from several women who named others as originators of the gossip, with one attorney urging dismissal and a crowd of women insisting on proceeding.
Mrs Magdalena Huder aged 7 moderate to seven years after relapse of grip at her son Johns home in Indianapolis. She was born in Madison Indiana and married there. Survived by six daughters L Neith Chicago Arnold Bettie Nutac Hattie Elizabeth and Carrie Huder of Indianapolis. Funeral Thursday at home with interment Crown Will Mullally to Europe July 12 for business and pleasure with visits to Antwerp Amsterdam London Paris and return by Sept 1.
Angeles, June 17. L C Murphy of Carmen, wealthy tourist, and F H Chapman of Los Angeles aboard the Jamcn Rival chased a giant whale for miles off Santa Catalina Island. The Cetacean swam near the boat, dove, surfaced, and charged twice, forcing quick evasive action. The incident lasted about two miles, with the whale never fully out of view. The fishery men estimated the length at about 40 feet with a broad head noted between four and five feet across.
Report from New York on June 17 says tornadoes and floods have caused about 1250 deaths. Estimated flood fatalities will raise the combined toll with tornadoes to around 1230, with 750 deaths from tornadoes already confirmed this year.
Jackson Ky June 1 The fate of Curtis Jett and Tom White accused of James B. Marcum’s assassination rests with the jury after defense rested Tuesday. The court offered death, life imprisonment or acquittal. A hung jury is seen as most likely. Debate erupted as Judge Redwine and attorneys clashed amid guards and searches for weapons.
A mob of over 20 men and boys attacked the Dubuque street railway property as troops quelled the violence. Cars were smashed and windows broken at the powerhouse amid five weeks of striking. Captain Theyst ordered troops to ready to fire. bricks flew as strikers jeered. The mob dispersed when troops loaded. Power plant damaged, city officials delayed service until reinforcements arrived. Non union conductors housed in Powers building guarded.
June 17 reports from Lexington Ohio that a bridge failed while a Petleton to Meppner train crossed. The front portion reached Heppner. rescuers and relief parties bring money and provisions. Several deaths feared as lines of supply disrupted and towns coordinate aid.
Osborne. O. deur reports a dramatic spate as the town’s mayor resigns, prompting three successive incumbents and five elections in five weeks. The rapid changes leave residents and officials tied to private business while municipal duties await.
New York reports mixed signals with American and London markets showing varied gains and losses. Copper outlook dampened while steel prices held steady. Cattle, hogs, and sheep futures move in narrow ranges across Cincinnati, Chicago, and East Buffalo, with live stock receipts and grain quotes fluctuating amid overall demand shifts.
In Edinburg on June 17 the second division of the Zion tour upheld Lord Kyltachkis decision that Clydebank shipbuilding must pay 67 500 dollars to the Spanish government for delaying four destroyers ordered for the Spanish American war. The Spanish government argues the delay altered the war's history.
Kansas City Missouri reports many residents in dire straits with 4.1 percent of families in Armourdale homeless and reliant on charity. Relief funds reached 36000, about a quarter of the amount needed to restore families. Health reported good overall. streetcars and gas and electric services partly operating. With three ferry openings to Missouri, hundreds of idle workers may find work again. Seventy five teams began cleaning Armourdale Wednesday morning.
Stock exchange chatter claimed Colorado Fuel and Iron was to be placed in receivership due to $650,000 notes held by three New York banks and protest. Floods in Kansas City delayed payments, causing a temporary demoralization in the steel market. Bears then covered when Wallet allegedly knew the facts, triggering heavy advances.
A exhausted carrier pigeon tapped at Mrs. Wiley’s back door in Salt Lake City. The bird wore a gold ring inscribed J I K K Hy M S Alliance and had brine on its feathers, suggesting it crossed from Asiatic waters where the British warship Alliance sails.
Kenosha Wisconsin on June 17 reports the city council voted to open a municipal store. It will sell groceries, dry goods, and coal to paupers, with no money exchanged at counters, and orders issued by the poormaster will govern deliveries. The plan aims to save the city over two thousand dollars annually.
A new traction company is formed in Indiana, proposing to operate between Jeffersonville and New Albany. The secretary of state's records show 3 million dollars in stock with 1 million preferred and 2 million common, though only 310 thousand is paid in. Samual Anault named first incorporator. The plan contemplates building or acquiring the existing Jeffersonville to New Albany line.
Henry F. Green of Duluth Minnesota has been appointed civil service commissioner to succeed James Garfield who was recently promoted to chief of the bureau of corporations in the department of commerce and labor.
Prices paid by shippers for poultry eggs butter and cheese in Indianapolis markets. Hens and roasters listed with prices, old turkey hens and toms, young hens and toms, ducks ducks etc. Eggs fresh at 13 1 2 cents per dozen. Butter choice 4 cents. New York cream cheese 16 1 2 to 18 cents. Flour bran and meal prices shown, hides tallow wool and other goods with varied quotations.
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