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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1904
Page
1
A regional rail authority announces the discontinuation of the Lake Erie and Western line citing continued low ridership and budget limits. Officials say service will end by month’s end with adjustments to nearby routes and interchange options for passengers.
A comic railroad feud between Monon and Lake Erie Western erupted over two engines pawned for repairs. Monon paid a disputed $43 000 bill after Lake Erie Western kept the engines as collateral. The saga ended when the Monon finally settled, with the engines returned before the Chicago convention.
Chemist Francis tests city wells. only 14 of 43 in Indian apis region meet safety. Free on-site checks on Wednesdays and Fridays show most samples from thickly populated areas contain poor water. Boiling advised. nitrite and nitrate indicators studied with simple reagents in a frank health warning.
A report of Spider Anderson, once of New York, who fleeced neighbors after courting two pretty girls. Fat warnings led to his arrest near Fifteenth Street canal bank. He claimed to want money for fare home. judge fined him one dollar and costs for his scheme.
Public education on park cleanliness grows as Riverside and Garfield parks show many waste barrels in use. An attendant reported lower enforcement trouble since rules against littering improved. picnickers use waste boxes, though discarded papers occasionaly remain.
A forecast warns of threatening conditions with possible thunderstorms Saturday night and Sunday. Morning low around 63 degrees. noon and 2 pm highs near 80. Indiana and nearby areas may see showers as winds shift to a warmer, variable direction. Weddings and rings advertised by local vendors with pricing noted.
Jacksonville scene reports Charles B McCoy a hicazo lawyer endured a five hour struggle with life and death planning suicide. He wrote a note while recounting his fight stating the clock and his resolve. At 10:30 am he was found dead in his bathtub with a long cut on his neck and the suicide note nearby.
In Shelbyville Indiana on June 1 officers at St Paul Bank deny a run was due to former associate F D Gilman. They say he did not borrow from the bank and that deposits may return in a few days. Cashier WT Allen vouches for safety and solvency as trustees report no risk to depositors.
In a June Chicago ruling Judge Brown of the circuit court held that Klaw & Erlanger must be personally served with summonses regarding the Iroquois theater fire damages. The decision said personal service is only possible if the managers visit Chicago, otherwise they evade liability.
Mont June 18 dispatch reports two bandits who held up the North Coast Limited train near Yearmouth on the Northern Track. Bloodhounds are on their trail as pursuers close in. Rewards totaling 3,000 offered for capture of the robbers.
In St Louis on June 1, the Loutaena Purchase Exposition Co will not pay the national government a 500000 installment due July 1 on its 4400000 loan. They claim the grant terms shift to semi monthly 40000 payments after July 4, triggering a dispute over interpretation. Officials concur with the company’s reading, a hairline legal question.
The Marion county federation of catty tde societies will meet at M. Hall on K North Street Sunday afternoon to elect delegates for the state federation meeting to be held in this city on July 3.
Gen James N Tener new assistant attorney general to press suit against President Roosevelt over a June threat letter demanding retraction of criticism. Case hinges on White House decision after meetings with Post Office officials. potential damages around 1500 dollars. Outcome pending White House response and further deliberations.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a condemned man in an Abin prison, with references to a murder by a black suspect and repeated electric chair applications. The text is garbled but implies a dramatic execution sequence, comparing it to a previous notable death, involving officials, a district and a prosecutor, without clear names or dates.
Police investigate the June murder of a local resident in Kingston. Authorities face difficulty finding a motive as witnesses recall a chilling incident and the suspect or assailant remains unidentified amidst public concern.
New York reports 400 funerals Saturday with as many more planned Sunday. Of 642 bodies recovered, 86 children and 73 women among the dead, many laid to rest at Lutheran cemetery Middle Village and St Mark's Lutheran Church. Proceeds and valuables totaled about 150000, with investigations scheduled into the disaster.
In Greencastle Indiana on a Friday night Rev William A Quayle of Kansas City, bound for an Indianapolis lecture on Snakeene re, slept on the moving train as it passed through town. The conductor roused him and he finally alighted, rode a horse and buggy back to keep his engagement though more than an hour late.
David Beasley and SMilton Tow, jailed on murder charges in the Bryantville feud, maintain they were only witnesses and fired no shots. They contend the defendants did not possess revolvers, as the defense argues in court.
Chicago dispatches describe Democratic and Republican convention chatter with focus on Indiana's Fairbanks as a leading candidate for the presidential nomination. Rival bids from Hitt and La Follette are noted, while anti-mormon and reform planks are debated and party lines reshaped at the gathering.
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