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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1905
Page
2
A baby of eight months died at Eleanor Hospital after its brief life in secrecy. No inquiries were made and no mourners appeared, leaving the infant in obscurity as authorities investigated the circumstances surrounding the fragile life.
Martha Collins twenty one was ordered from Mrs Hadley’s home an hour after giving birth. An ambulance carried her and her baby to the county infirmary where the child died from exposure. The mother, in distress, asked for concealment and expressed intent to endure in silence.
A five story fire at the Pulldine building in Ta Dument Saturday morning caused about $100,000 in damage. The Merchants Hubber company and the Oelesheimigr Willow Wars company are listed as chief factors.
President Harper of Chicago University is improving rapidly after his stay at Presbyterian hospital. In less than a week he will be able to leave the hospital and go to his home as doctors report a big step forward in his condition.
A six to eight month old white infant died Tuesday at Eleanor Hospital on Capitol Avenue. A black woman in poor clothing brought the baby to Bobbs Free Dispensary claiming she could not care for it. The doctor, James H. Taylor, arranged transport to an orphanage and the infant was later taken to the hospital. The baby was buried in Potter's Field with no known parents or witnesses, the grave marked only “Unknown Infant, Died Feb. ?, 1965.”
Hearing before Special U. S. Commissioner Lampeell on a Weantle drug trade cartel concluded that the United States market is controlled by a cartel moving 34.010,000 consumers annually and about 42,000,000 dollars in business yearly. Attorney General Moody may handle prosecution. Q. A. Loder sues for 100 dollars under Sherman and trust laws. Thomas V. Wanoten witnesses for the National Association of Real Druggings. Fire at the Sherman house leaves questions answered. no one believed to have perished.
Sensing a motive in the Stanford poisoning, sleuths widen their hunt after the stomach of Mrs Stanford yielded 602 grains of strychnine. Her secretary Miss Bertha Berner named a Chinese cook as a suspect while guards swarm the mansion. Police pursue dawn to clear the Pacific coast mystery as doctors confirm strychnine poisoning in the autopsy and the body awaits shipment to San Francisco.
A private detective agency hired by Mountford Wilson and Mrs Stanford's attorney continues work to uncover the poison source. Capt J J Cullanan reports progress and lists possible motives such as financial gain revenge or fanaticism. Police trace ties to Albert Beverly the former butler and Elizabeth Richmond while Mrs Stanford’s estate deeds to Stanford University for heirs in trust.
A Russian Official Manifesto released in the Oficial Messenger urges citizens to rally around the throne and defend autocracy amid fears of turmoil after Japan's conflict. It calls on institutions to uphold laws, public order, and the regime, warning anti-autocracy aims face disappointment.
The passage warns of an upcoming grave crisis as concealed Kellatora workings unfold. Officials refuse to confirm the country’s fate while a general strike appears inevitable after workers’ ultimatum demanding immediate reforms was rejected.
Deacon Charles J. Barnard former general financial manager at Zion City spoke at Kirkland outlining his resignation last Friday. He cited personal differences with Rev. J A Dowie and indicated it affected relations with Dowl creditors and discharges within the Christian Catholic church.
Private advices to the steamer Saratoga report dock labor unrest in Havana has flared into a strike. Disturbances at the docks are confirmed as dock laborers refuse to work, signaling potential disruption to port activities and shipping schedules.
New York March 3. The body of former A. B. Benator Edward U Wolcott of Colorado who died of pneumonia at Monte Carlo has been taken to Paris by his brother Henry Wolcott. The remains will be cremated.
Washington March 1 The president has decided to appoint Col James Awyton Rogers of Columbus Ohio to be consul general at Shanghai. Also appears an odd advertisement line about Hood's Sarcopsiinia and a hair tonic promising instant color restoration, priced at $1, offered by Kinzly's Hair Store.
A historical note extols Mia Winslow’s Soothing Bunny as a teething aid for children. It claims it relieves teething pain, settles the stomach, cures wind colic, and treats diarrhoea. Uses approximate dosage of twenty five drops per bottle.
From the Observation Car on the New York Central a living panorama four miles long can be seen. It covers the Genesee, Black River and Mohawk Valleys, miles of the Hudson River, Adirondack foothills, the Capitol at Albany, the Chel Mountains, the Palisades and the line’s grand approach to New York City. The trip highlights the only trunk line trains entering Manhattan.
Tickets on site from Chicago via Union Pacific and Northwestern Line to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Vancouver and Vancouver via Chicago. Daily excursions to Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles with changing routes. Double berth $7. Meals extra. Send 4 cents for booklets. N M Breeze Gen Agt 46 Walnut St Cincinnati Ohio.
The Indiana Union Traction Company announces timetable changes effective Sunday January 6 1905 for the Indianapolis to Logansport division and the Indianapolis Logansport to Peru route. Trains depart Indianapolis at 7 am 1 pm 2 pm and 7 pm with limited services and through connections to Peru via the Logansport division.
Service schedule shows two daily trips with exceptions. Leave Juliana pothis at 340 a m and 50 vb. Georgia and Meridianam. Depart Shelbsville 63 a m and 1a0 a. Depot at Powerhowne.
The Indianapolis, Columbus and Southern Traction Company operates through trains from the Interurban Terminal to Southport, Greenwood, Whiteland, Franklin, Amity, Taylorsville and Columbus at 10 miles per hour? and hourly until 10 p.m. Additional departures at 10:10 and 1:35 p.m. services run to Greenwood and intermediate points. Express and Georgia and Meridian routes mentioned for Franklin and other towns.
General offices and ticket office at 3 Market Street, Indianapolis. Trains to Greenfield Knightstown Dunreath Dublin Cambridge City Richmond and central Ohio points depart Indianapolis Terminal Station hourly from 6:05 a.m. to 6:35 p.m. with various other departures to Columbus Zanesville Cincinnati Lima and Dayton. Express trains to Dayton depart 8:10 a.m. 1:10 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. with through service in about four hours and fifteen minutes.
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