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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1901
Page
3
A boiler explodes at a McKeesport brewing plant causing four story ruins and a fire. Watchman Fierkle and brewer Marr are dead. Nearby Spencer family survive miraculously as a man named Ashton dies after falling from a moving freight engine. Rescue operations involve city fire crews.
An explosion at the Archer starch factory in Kankakee caused a large fire Tuesday. The loss totals 325000 dollars, fully insured, with 200 workers affected. Fireman Louis Ruel was badly burned. the rest escaped injuries. The blaze began from a grinder explosion due to wet starch and iron nails.
New York on March 12 reports a disputed estate of George Francis Gilman valued at $2 000 000 with Theophilus Gilman and Edward Norton appointed as administrators. Mrs Helen Blakely Hall challenges the claim saying she will win. The dispute centers on Gilman s residency and inheritance rules under Connecticut law.
In a chaotic morning session Judge Daly faced a line of craps players in the Journal mailing room. Officers Hauser and Trimpe arrested the youths as witnesses recounted the activities. The judge dismissed the case for now saying not to return.
Police say they are waiting to identify the shooter in the Kinister case at 12 N. Delaware street. Detective Asch notes no complaints have been filed and arrests are not pursued until more facts about the Saturday shooting emerge.
Frankfort Indiana March 12 The Hall case involving 50 000 dollars and the good name of George W Hall is in circuit court Judge Kent and Rev D W Evans of Greenfield spar over divorce policies The preacher urged fewer divorces while the judge urged more active work by preachers in court remarks
In Fairmount Indiana on March 12 DLulu Takitt 12 leapt into a creek to rescue Earl Carroll 7. Her father pulled them from the water both children clinging to each other and nearly dead.
In Columbus Indiana the circuit court ruled a coroner cannot file for exhumation or hold an inquest on a burial without a Board of Health permit. Exceptions apply when a physician or householder provides a proper death certificate or in cases of accident or violence. The decision involved Coroner Kirkpatrick suing the county over a burial without permit.
Washington Ind March 12 Three children of Guy Williams a Steele township farmer aged 2 4 and 7 years were burned to death at their home ten miles north of here Monday afternoon Their parents were away It is thought the children were playing in front of the fire and their clothes caught The house burned down
The jury in the state versus Charles Grider, a noted Republican worker, failed to reach a verdict after three days in Petersburg Indiana. The 12 jurors, six Democrats and six Republicans, were split nine to acquit.
New Albany Indiana March 12 Mary Simms 57 suffered an epileptic seizureMonday fell into a grate and burned to death authorities reported injuries unknown in the blaze the victim lived in New Albany and the tragedy occurred at her home
A compilation of local events from Indiana towns notes diverse items including a $5,000 plant at Anderson brick works, a baby in Clay City surviving carbolic acid ingestion, six poisoned in a Warsaw family from cheese, and Warsaw ice shipments totaling 12 000 tons with 40 tons sent to Marion. Other items report a Toledo firm considering a $200 000 oil refinery near Marion or Indianapolis, the removal of Michigan City’s big sand dune, and the Western House at Legro closing. Also listed are labor strikes at Upland’s Co operative Glass, a Lebanon farmer’s suicide, Noblesville acquittal of a former employer attack, a Tipton man indicted for attempted assault on an 11-year-old, Carnegie funding for Peru and Muncie libraries, a Mishawaka bound black woman passerby, Vevay seeking an ice plant via stock subscriptions, Franklin county’s 82 saloons with limited license payers, Madison county farmers blocking a nitro storehouse, Greensfork measles toll, Riley neighborhood cases, and the death of Ralph S. Tarbell of the South Bend Tribune.
Hobes burned maps in a Barton township schoolhouse and a girl was wounded by a flying ax. A man named Barney Logan was arrested in Summitsville for an alleged attack on Kitty De Long in Bluffton. Marion brick company ownership shifts to R H Langan of Chicago. Oakalla children sold wood to aid an elderly woman. Miss Kittle De Long remains in a semi comatose state after an attempted assault. Mrs D C Decker of Laporte joins the Salvation Army. Obituaries note deaths of Mat thew Oldham Samuel Working John W Ewing Frank M Howard Amos D Smith and R S Montgomery, all Indiana residents.
In Baltimore on the Crescent democratic club’s 29th anniversary, letters from Grover Cleveland and D B Hill urged Democrats to renew vigor and enforce honesty. Cleveland called for more activity and aggressiveness to restore party prestige and strength. Hill urged conciliation with business interests without surrendering core principles amid the era of plutocracy and imperialism.
Rev. J Cumming Smith of Tabernacle church Indianapolis defends his talk praising theater and cards as recreation for Christians. Noblesville pastors association condemns his words as worldly and says they misrepresent his meaning. Smith criticizes their negative puritanical stance and urges focus on broader Christian development.
Two C N stock trains collided in the morning near Arlington Heights forty miles west causing many cattle deaths and injuries to several stockmen. Likely fatally injured are C Staller of Janesville Wisconsin G Rusk of Johnson's Creek Wisconsin and H Smith of Palestine Indiana.
Nine firms were arraigned in police court for violating the smoke ordinance. They claimed they were testing devices and trying to suppress nuisance. All cases were continued. Defendants included Henry Lemener L S Ayrey Co Arthur Byfield A Ferguson Columbia club Paul H Krauss Burton C Parrott Chas L Pepper Ray C Shanelinger.
Prof Herman, lion trainer at the Zoo, was wounded Monday night while teaching the new nine year old lioness Liz to wrestle. The lion tore his left hand and arm, arteries damaged, with danger of blood poisoning. Capt Bonavita and Herman fired blank rounds to subdue the animal. He had previously been injured by the lion Sultan in Baltimore during a similar lesson.
Baroness de Roques, mother of Mrs Maybrick, plans another bid for freedom for her daughter convicted of poisoning Mr Maybrick. Her attorneys draft a petition to the crown as Ambassador Choate privately assists.
In New York Dr J L Dow, convinced his wife may revive, held a vigil over her body nearly a week. He dressed her in street clothes and kept her on a sofa as a coroner's physician pressed for an autopsy, while Dow faced possible forced burial next day.
A rear-end train wreck near Arlington Heights 40 miles west of Chicago on Tuesday morning left two stockmen dead, Gus Brock of Johnson Creek Wisconsin and H Smith of Palatine Illinois, with six others injured as cattle were killed. Fire trapped passengers in a burning caboose until they freed themselves.
In Bloemfontein on March 12 Gen. Pilcher routed scattered Boers in the Orange River colony taking 33 prisoners and 3,000 horses. Boers attacked Sheldon in Cape Colony, destroying the station before troops pursued the raiders.
Chicago report: Thomas Laczkowski, 15, was shot through the heart by lifelong playmate Frank Wisniewski after a quarrel following a Mother of Poland society gathering at St. Stanislaus church. The murderer fled. Father Malszcinski pleaded with him not to shoot.
Prof Moore of the weather bureau reports wireless experiments along Virginia and North Carolina coasts. Long distance transmission relies on wire cylinders of 16 wires each, 140 feet long, to cover a magnetic field of at least 500 miles. Current stations include Hatteras and Roanoke Island. Cape Henry station will be third, connecting three points before replacing a government telegraph line.
Births report many city area couples with listed addresses and newborns a boy or girl. Deaths include Sidney J Russell Mary Heigt Burchard G Hawkins Lotta C Collins Clarence L Alexander Francis Smitha and others with ages and causes. Multiple marriages listed among names with paired spouses.
Miss Rose Tiffany the Monte Cristo actress from McVicker's theater remains missing after leaving her mother’s home Monday noon for 309 Michigan Ave. She has many detectives searching and is a favorite of ex president Cleveland.
A series of property notes lists owners and addresses with planned work and estimated costs. Entries include frame cottages and houses on Wright, Chestnut, Bellefontaine, and Alabama streets, plus a clothing house remodel at Saks & Co and various additions, barns, and dwellings with total estimated expenses.
King Edward I or II asserts in earnest language loyalty to the Church of England. London dispatch dated March 12 reports the monarch’s stance amid religious debates and royal expectations for church conformity.
On Judge Carter’s divorce day Mary A. Dinkens alleged abuse by her husband. A policeman testified that he recovered a bundle of hair wrapped in paper from the scene, identified as Mrs. Dinkens’ hair and part of the domestic dispute’s spoils. Dinkens smiled at the testimony.
Supt of Parks Power, back from Washington where his mother was ill, says he plans a week of Turkish bath rest to shake off the grip of overwork. He reports his mother improving and intends retirement procedures after the bath period.
Partial OCR notes show brokers tied to a wall in Larch with reference to Gaylord and a group of twelve involved, suggesting a financial or property dispute under early context. Further readable details are scarce.
Demarchus C Brown reports to the Indiana Civil Service Reform Association on post office appointments in Indianapolis. He cites Frank J Richmann and Joseph E Haskell as high salaries and nonclassified roles used to reward party workers. He alleges nepotism and political influence in multiple positions and urges breaking up the system.
Dr J L Gardner led a Lyceum Society gathering in Central Village Connecticut on March 12 urging a monument to Eve and proposing new marriage drives to revive the village after factory closure. He argued marriages would boost population and spark business activity across professions. The plan drew enthusiastic response.
Washington March 12 Architect Fitzpatrick of the treasury plans a bill for a great state building in Washington to host inaugural balls every four years. Ground will be government donated and each state would contribute about $250,000 toward the $11,000,000 project for visitor rooms and state use.
At the Central Labor Union meeting on Monday night a resolution proposed a boycott of Kingan & Co for refusing to hire union laborers. The committee on a permanent home reported $2,000 seed money and recommended a 20 percent assessment. Until further investigation the issue is delayed two weeks.
Middleboro Mass March 12 Edith Bartholomew once famed as the Boo girl has recovered from a recent illness yet is dumb. She sues Charles Parmalee for 3100 damages claiming a street Boo shout frightened her and left her unable to speak. She communicates by writing on a pad.
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