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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1907
Page
2
A Walter and Lafayette Street tenement collapsed during repairs after police warned the building department. Seven family members, all asleep on upper floors, died. several others injured. An inspector had deemed the structure safe earlier, prompting a likely criminal inquiry.
George King, described as a negro, leaped into a large sewer at Senate avenue and Merrill street Monday night to flee officers. He swam about 200 feet to the sewer opening but was confronted by Bicycle Policemen Wilson and Golnisch with drawn revolvers as he emerged. He was arrested on a charge of assault and battery on his wife after a chase of over a half mile beginning at his Willard street home where he struck his wife for refusing to give him 90 cents.
The Indianapolis Social Institute held its annual meeting naming officers: President Mrs. Cora Stanton Brown Vice-president Mrs. Anna M Tilson Treasurer Mrs. Anna Joy Marshall General secretary Anna Taylor Recording secretary Mrs Emelie Leman Chairman economic section Colton Smith Secretary economic section Miss Tracy Hartman Chairman educational section Geo F Bass Secretary educational section Mrs Susan D Yeaton Chairman inspirational section F S C Wicks Secretary inspirational section Mrs Alpha B De Denson
Frank A. Vanderlip long connected with the treasury and Standard Oil will succeed James Stillman as president of National City Bank. Vanderlip, 42, rose from a Chicago newspaper reporter ten years ago to become a top banking figure with a net worth around a million as Stillman retires.
Avondale Pa Jun 3 coroner jury finds Mary Newlin died at the hands of Irwin Lewis and directs the coroner to hold him for the grand jury. Lewis admits burying the girl after claiming she fell from a wagon. District Attorney MacElree testified of a confession and split feelings in court as 600 spectators pressed for justice.
Henry Melville Walker, promoter, claims E. H. Harriman manipulated finances and blocked a Oregon California venture. Walker says bonds in Portland area were floated abroad, but the deal collapsed after his California financier became insolvent. He asserts Harriman influenced its charter and property transfer to wreck competitors.
Mrs Russell Sage donated market value securities totaling 300000 to a Sage foundation fund. The income, about 12000 to 14000 yearly, will support the pathology institute linked to City hospital and the city home on Blackwell's Island. Funds will pay salaries, equipment, and build or expand facilities.
Col Jack Chinn of Harrodsburg Kentucky filed a $25 suit Monday against a Elmira New York medical company. The firm circulated an almanac with a photo of Chinn and a forged signature endorsing kidney pills. He states he never took the pills and the publication caused him mental suffering and public ridicule.
Paris calm returns as the Midi wine growers pledge to persist until grievances are addressed. Marcelin Albert faces removal after orders to surrender in Montpelier, signaling a shift to passive resistance and a new phase of the revolt despite Clemenceau’s call to end it.
Mrs J Wilbur Chapman wife of evangelist died at Dr Chapman s summer home on Winona Lake Indiana from blood poisoning She was 39 and the body will be taken to Albany New York for burial where she met Dr Chapman 18 years ago when he led the First Presbyterian Church in Albany
Mrs. Caroline F. Summerville, a New York society woman, sues Attorney John Sawyer to recover a quit claim deed to 600 acres in Gary Indiana alleging he obtained it from her by false pretenses. The land passed from dunes to Chicago real estate dealer to United States Steel and then to small investors. One investor hired Sawyer after suspecting the title.
The body of Ernest Maple who was shot by a Louisville night watchman after being caught robbing a restaurant was brought to Indianapolis and his funeral was held Tuesday at 2 pm at his parents home 1817 Orleanist. Maple claimed on his death bed he did not attack the watchman and pleaded not to be shot. His mother father two sisters and wife were with him. He was wanted in Indianapolis and Chicago on burglary charges and was known to police as a store thief.
Cecil of Columbia Tennessee recounts a Civil War era tale to James A. Curtis of Putnamville about John Rankin, an Indianapolis printer, missing since the war. Curtis seeks Rankin or kin after Cecil alleges Rankin died in battle and was buried near Gen Pillow’s meadow, a burial site linked to a brother killed as a spy. Rankins were Putnam county residents.
Andrew McMullen of Kimmswick Missouri arrives in St Louis seeking his wife Eliza and their nine year old daughter. He alleges his wife took $2700 and left with another man, while he seeks $3 in support and to locate his family.
In West Baden Indiana near the post office, Dr John A Ritter shot marshal Samuel Roberts in an altercation. Ritter, a longtime physician druggist and hotel owner, has a wife and children. Roberts, marshal for two years, also runs a hotel and faces uncertain recovery.
In Saint Joseph a 23 year old Highland Kansas woman Mrs Lloyd applied for harvest work at $3.50 a day to help pay down their mortgage. She will travel with her husband and others to western Kansas fields for sowing wheat while she aims to improve their finances this summer.
Caracas reports the cabinet resigns following congressional condemnation of the finance minister's policy. The action stems from a dispute over fiscal policy amid political tensions in Venezuela.
A railroad surgeon discovered Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil. It promises to cure chronic sores and stop burn pain instantly. The remedy priced at 25 cents.
The piece argues that true oriental rugs use pure Persian lambs wool, are hand tied with nap independent, use vegetable coloring, feature old Persian designs, and are scarce. it warns that most Turkish or modern rugs are substandard, often mercerized, cheaply colored, and sold to American homes. It features I B Moshy at 5 Board of Trades Building as a trusted expert.
New York June report on the International Society of Hotel and Restaurant Employers meeting calling to abolish tipping worldwide and require higher waiter wages. Oscar Hahn from Geneva spoke against tipping as a degrading practice. The union originated in Switzerland in 1877 and now operates in many countries.
A resolution calling for governmental valuation of telegraph lines was forwarded to President Roosevelt by the Central Labor Union of Washington. Adopted at the union's meeting, it also asks the president to order an investigation into possible combinations restraining trade in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Judge A B Anderson heard Monday argument on a demurrer in the case of Ross H Cowan of Muncie against H C Pettit United States marshal the United States the Republic of Cuba and Charles F W Neely. The demurrer was overruled and the United States district attorney will file an answer for the defendants and the case set for hearing. The United States had judgment against Neely for more than 34500 found short in accounts with the Bureau of Finance under the Post Office Department of Cuba. Upon execution the Neely printing plant had been sold to Cowan and about 6000 in promissory notes unpaid. The notes were treated as Neely assets and the plant levied for their value. Cowan sought an injunction claiming the fine against Neely was omitted by Cuban authorities under amnesty and the United States had no claim against Neely here.
A major split disrupts the Gift of Tongues sect as Rev Eli Lupton proclaims divine founding of a Zionlike colony. Rev C E McKinney of Akron and Rev R E Bartleman of Los Angeles claim immediate visions and leadership, while 50 adherents abandon the camp. The group debates whether Pentecostal blessing or gifts of tongues should govern doctrine.
Left behind due to a sudden call to New York City John D Rockefeller could not join the party. His son John D Jr and Mrs Rockefeller with 16 servants traveled aboard the private car Benvolio on the Lake Shore road and were met by autos at Glenville and taken to Forest Hill estate. John D Jr plans to come to Cleveland in about ten days.
Judge Carter announced Monday he will render his decision in the Coliseum case at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. The case involves William T. Cook representing the city meat dealers at the city market and the city of Indianapolis. The judge has worked on the matter for nearly a week.
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