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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
2
Wilkesbarre officials report President Mitchell's call for a national miners convention strengthens strike hopes in the hard coal region. With July 17 set for Indianapolis, the strike will drift and nonunion workers may be drawn out. Leaders say bituminous output can be restricted in the next four weeks, but no radical actions will be taken.
In Pleasantville Indiana Tuesday night a weasel entered the Woodward home and bit the infant on the hand. It sucked blood and the child died Wednesday from loss of blood while the mother slept. The event occurred without the family waking.
Manila June 19 Col Baldwin reports a reply from the sultan of Baclod denying U S authority. The sultan demands withdrawal from Malabang and adherence to local religion and customs or face consequences. Baldwin says Baclod must be conquered before peace.
A Virginia woman recounts long indigestion and heart trouble blamed on coffee. She switched to Postum Food Coffee, brewed fifteen minutes, and reports weight gain, pain relief, and improved vitality after two months usage. she now attends church and urges others to try Postum.
Miss Edith Long of Mishawaka and Miss Catharine Nuding of Kendallville, both prominent and educated, eluded officers for two weeks as they rode freight trains selling jewelry to replenish funds. They were captured in Vicksburg, Michigan, while attempting to board a freight.
In Norfolk a chief engineer crawled through live embers to escape a furnace after scalding water poured in during boiler repair. In Levonia a one legged man saved two children from a river crossing near Genesee river as the Erie flyer neared. In Woonsocket a young woman suffers her fourteenth leg fracture from a seven inch fall with no deformation of the limb.
Widespread injuries and property damage followed Wednesday's riot by about 3000 silk dyers' helpers in Paterson New Jersey. Anarchist editors McQueen and Galliano fled. police dispersed strikers Thursday as a planned meeting was broken up. Chief Fred Grant was suspended by Mayor Hinchcliffe for lacking backbone.
Bicycle policemen Morgan and Simon were dispatched to Pennsylvania and North sts. on a Wednesday afternoon to break up a crowd of high school boys reportedly shooting craps. Officers found the youths on a vacant house porch, searched for dice, and sent them home. The incident notes the boys should have been in school. Northhampton Mass June 19 Miss Helen Gould endows Mount Holyoke College chair of biblical literature with 40000 in memory of her mother Helen Day Gould.
The pope has accepted in substance the American proposition for the Philippines. The terms include outright government purchase of friar lands, price set by arbitration, indemnity for occupied ecclesiastical buildings, full friar withdrawal upon transfer, government deeds for public lands with churches, and settlement of trust titles for schools and hospitals by compromise or arbitration.
Prof. David M. Geeting Greensburg schools superintendent married Florence Whitcomb at Scipio Jennings County on Wednesday. The couple registered at the Grand hotel after the ceremony. The event recalls the death by suicide of Emily Neukom formerly engaged to Geeting. Geeting was present when she died. He will reside in Greensburg with his bride.
Jerry Foley sues to contest the will of his aunt Mrs. Mary O Connell naming Bishops Chatard O Donaghue Bishop Alerding Rev Joseph Weber and Rev Francis B Down as trustees for Catholic churches Little Sisters of the Poor and St Vincent's infirmary He alleges disinheritance and Mrs O Connell was of unsound mind at execution Bequests were made to the named defendants
Britain and Hong Kong officials react to news that France purchased the Katai promontory near Macao for 120000 dollars to serve as a naval hospital site for the French fleet. English authorities protest to Pekin, fearing fortification of Katai and strengthened French position in southern China.
No successor named yet for the late Norman Byram on the county council. An appointment by the county commissioners will fill the vacancy. The council’s role is highlighted, with discussion of a proposed stone bridge over the Water river at Wate river and Washington Street, tied to a $215,000 appropriation in which Byram supported the increase.
Dr. Buehler, city sanitarian, objects to Dr. Hurty’s claim that well water with nine parts chlorine per thousand is not dangerous. He cites a past Hurty statement limiting pure water to three parts chlorine and revisits an old Hurty booklet to support his caution.
Supt of police Taffe expects not to find the Gilmore children. They are thought heirs of a Mexican miner. Reports to Mayor Bookwalter say the children lived in Indianapolis, but police have been unable to locate them.
Business agent O Mara of the Wood workers union says Balke and Krauss signed the union scale and four men at the plant returned to work Thursday. President Balke denies signing a scale and notes only one man resumed, claiming dissatisfaction with pay. One worker left town or found another job. another said he could not return immediately due to injury.
Births list many couples with addresses and newborns including Roscoe and Georgia Akers and Karl Kraemer among others. Deaths note Sarah Reynolds and infant Koontz and several others with ages and causes. Marriages record multiple couples such as Leonidas Adkinson and Pearl Miles and George Gebhart and Anna Mayer among others.
Thomas Kelly of 1718 W Market St lists an addition for 250 dollars. American Homing Company reports a two story brick oil house valued at 1500 dollars. Bettermann Bros at 3002 E Washington St files repairs for 600 dollars. T B Lukenbill of 1535 Sheldon St lists a barn for 150 dollars. Mrs. Staub of 724 E Vermont St reports repairs for 125 dollars. H Steele at 48 LaSalle St lists repairs for 100 dollars. Emma Adair of 2018 Martindale Ave notes repairs for 50 dollars.
Columbus Ohio June 19 Secretary Allen W Williams of the Buckeye stove manufacturers association says he is preparing a call for a meeting to discuss advancing stove prices by 10 percent.
Armin Koehne notes teachers have 20 percent of wages withheld each month, increasing school board payroll to over 125,000 this month. The county treasurer has collected about 1,000 per year in interest on the withheld amount.
Henry Beechum, age 70, died Wednesday of old age at the county poor farm where he was admitted June 2. He had no relations in Indianapolis, and friends will take charge of the remains.
Profits for the year ending Maych reach 82 101.01, up 16 539.60 from the prior year. A regular 5 percent dividend is declared. 40 000 added to surplus to 250 000, undivided profits rise to 12 161.05. Directors elected include A A Barnes and J H Holliday. officers named President J H Holliday, VP Henry Hitel, Sec C S McBride, Treas H M Foltz.
This page fragment lists various advertisements and notices including Laxative Bromo Quinine label requirements, reduced price photos, Buckeye binding book covers, Burford insurance notes, burial vault offerings, dyeing and cleaning company, cigar store, a cancelled excursion between Indianapolis and Dayton, and a dental college ad. It also promotes Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething and schedules Fast Time to Detroit via Lake Erie and Wabash Roads with a 12:20 p m departure and 8:10 p m arrival.
In Chicago in June 1954 a general wage increase of 10 percent is announced by the Joliet mills of the Illinois Steel Company. The move reflects broader wage adjustments within the steel industry during that period.
Chicago on June 19 reports the Association of railway superintendents endorsing typewriters for receiving messages over telegraph wires. W J Holton of the Chicago and Western Indiana railroad presented a paper arguing that typewritten train orders increase speed and legibility and help prevent accidents.
Eli Hiatt, 56, found guilty in criminal court. Jury deliberated 25 minutes. Possible sentence ranges from two to sixteen years.
Maj Waller and Lieut participated in a Samar natives court martial through Indianapolis with 296 US troops en route from San Francisco to New York. Waller says Gen Smith ordered natives killed and denies Lamar was a wilderness while declining to discuss the court martial.
Richmond Indiana report notes 30 year old Jetta Showalter consumed carbolic acid Wednesday night and died within twenty minutes after a brief restless period. While chatting with friends five minutes earlier she appeared merry, with no sign of distress. The item includes local ads and notices from Indianapolis and Decatur stars, and a list of nearby services and schedule details.
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