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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1910
Page
5
Filipe Soriban of Lipa Luzon plans a novel monkey show in which trained monkeys perform a marriage ceremony between a pair and a younger suitor, with Pablo the chimpanzee-like trainer from the mountains guiding tricks. The act includes a mock battle and a coup of orchestration using local imagery.
New York report details Charles Bolling a tramp who sailed on the Rhein to recover $60,000 left by his German parents in Rotenburg. Born 37 years ago, he drifted through Japan and the United States, working as a waiter in Oakland and farm laborer before returning by aid of neighbor Mrs Eblermann and her son Charles Eblermann to claim the inheritance. Lieut George Bolling, his brother, joined the pursuit and brought him to the city.
Mrs Sarah Kendall died Saturday at her home in Shrewsbury Massachusetts. The funeral was held today at their old home in New Augusta. Supt C N Kendall of the city schools, her son, left immediately after receipt of the telegram. She had been ill only a short time.
The Board of County Commissioners approved seventy three liquor licenses on Monday and held several more for investigation. A remonstrance against Leonidas McClure of 1165 West Eighteenth Street was signed by about fifty people alleging violations of Sunday closing laws and permitting mixed patrons in a saloon.
Chicago ministers, in a week of training, claim improved housekeeping and cooking skills rivaling culinary experts. The effort, urged by Mrs Emily M Hill and Miss Lucy Page Gaston, included lunch menus and daily meal prep plans amid debates on local option and saloon opponents. Several clergymen prefer dining out, while others embrace home cooking to free wives for social meetings.
Portland March 8 Captain Ames of the steamer Eva caught a 42 pound sturgeon in the Willamette River off the Stark street slip. He towed the fish ashore in a rowboat after a hard fought battle with the monster thrashing and snapping.
In Vincennes Indiana a fire destroyed the home of Stacy Hollingsworth trustee of Washington township near Bruceville. The blaze started when a gasoline vapor lamp exploded as Hollingsworth tried to fill it while it remained hot. The loss is estimated at 3000 dollars and Hollingsworth and his son were badly burned while attempting to put out the fire.
Col I W Scott provincial commanding officer for Indiana and Michigan and Maj Escott from Indianapolis travel through southern Indiana tending army affairs. They plan to return to Indianapolis March 16.
Statistics from the superintendent of public instruction indicate a rise in parochial enrollments with 23,764 pupils in Catholic schools in the state. The figures show growth in Catholic education across multiple districts.
Arsenic found in breakfast rolls meant for Rev. Frederick Voegelin, pastor at Manhattan Park German Presbyterian Church in Irvington. Warrants issued for Henry Rellstab, former church deacon, who vanished seven months ago amid past clashes with Voegelin. Police and state health officials pursued Rellstab as townspeople recalled threats and earlier disturbances.
A. F. Barker, 73, obtained a divorce in Topeka district court after testifying his wife, 64, would not pray or kneel at supper prayer for 45 years. He said she claimed to be a Christian but stopped attending church after one week and refused to bow her head or knees when he prayed.
Bluffton Indiana March 8 Reverend Wallace W Martin of the Bluffton M E church has completed the program for the sixty seventh North Indiana M E conference to meet here April 8. Bishop Earl Cranston of Washington presides. H A Goblin of DePauw Greencastle preaches April 3. The week includes preliminaries, business sessions, a dedication April 7 of the Methodist Memorial Home for the Aged at Warren made possible by gifts of 50000 and a location by William Chopson. Bishop E F Hoss of Nashville speaks on uniting church divisions. Ministers assignments will be made April 11.
Anthony Heishman of Indianapolis Heat and Light nearly died when entangled in a net of live wires while repairing near Northwestern avenue and Twenty-first street. He was burned on his hand and leg, rescued by fellow workers, then taken to his home at 109 South New Jersey street. not seriously harmed.
Dr. Henry Moore, chairman of the tuberculosis hospital commission at Rockville, who suffered snow blindness a month ago, has returned to Indianapolis after four weeks in Florida seeking to save his sight. He has lost the use of one eye.
Ira B K Buckley sells 4dn acre tract on Williams creek, nine miles north of Indianapolis, at the site of the old Williams creek flour mill, for $12,000 to Henry D Dockwiler Edward Kingsbury Daniel R Dorsey and Lewis A Coleman.
Baltimore March. Cardinal Gibbs Bons tells worshippers in Cathedral that wealth and power cannot steal inner joy born of a clear conscience. He cites Blaine’s failed bids for president to illustrate that temporal success does not guarantee happiness.
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia journey through Africa, with Nairobi as a stop. They travel light as servants stay behind, while a medical man accompanies as first aid lessons begin aboard the voyage to Port Said.
Senator Lodge said the investigation into the cost of living will hold a public hearing. Tomorrow two retail merchants from Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York will testify on retail prices. The probe will follow price chains from wholesalers to packers manufacturers and farmers.
Chicago report notes women guests face a paradox at the St Patrick’s Day Taft banquet. Hats are banned from the dining hall to save space, but reception space on the hotel’s eighteenth floor will display hats. Attendees may instead showcase hair or rely on photographs as keepsakes.
Mayor Shank with the Board of Works inspected the city by automobile Saturday as prep work begins for extensive street repairs. Weather permitting, repairs will occur in spring and summer, with costs running into the thousands.
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