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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1902
Page
12
A prize bout between Shortridge and Butler girls basketball teams at Butler gym turned chaotic after ribbons tied to a basket drew college men who disrupted the game. Shortridge boys joined the fracas, Butler landed blows, Director Kelly intervened amid rough handling. Both sides claim victory and may share the purse.
A string of brief baseball items recounts Charley Sweener’s death by drowning in California, Jesse Burkett joining West Baden after leaving St Louis, a completed National League schedule, Kilpatrick’s looping stunt by Vandervoord at Coney Island, and other era-wide notes including a March 17 1902 public message from J Harry Roberts and Baldwin piano ads.
In Juarez, Fuentes and Mazzantini, Spain's top matadors, fought six bulls to the death while five horses were killed or mortally wounded in a three hour spectacle. About 16,000 spectators, many Americans, watched as blood flowed and several patrons fainted or left in disgust.
Sunday night tally shows Harry W. Tutewiler defeating Dr. A. W. Brayton for coroner by 67 votes. Henry W. Klausmann wins surveyor by 531 over Dewitt Moore. Listed are nominees for legislature justice of the peace constables county councilmen district 1 2 3 4 township advisory board and road supervisors with names and districts.
Sunday celebration by Irish societies drew an unusually large turnout. Mayor Bookwalter rode in a carriage, Father Mathew brigade boys band performed for the first time, and they played Wearing of the Green and Marching Through Georgia. Tomlinson hall hosted Mayor Bookwalter and John T. Keating of Chicago as principal speaker, with a crowded audience. A vaudeville program at English’s opera house closed the day.
P. J. O'Connell of South Bend Indiana leapt from the La Fayette Hotel and was swept over Niagara Falls Sunday. Officials reported no known motive for the apparent suicide and his body was not recovered.
Pretoria reports General Bruce Hamilton has begun a south eastern Transvaal chase to pursue General Botha's force. The high command hopes to trap and capture part of the Boer forces in the fresh operation.
In Bucyrus Ohio on March 17 three sisters Catherine Miller of New Washington Margaret Frieberger of New York and Elizabeth Metz of Vernon Junction observed their fiftieth anniversary at their mother Mrs Paul Millers home The event drew local notice as a rare family milestone amid community interest from the women’s council which passed a resolution in acknowledgment.
The Indianapolis interurban terminal company outlines a $1,000,000 street car system plan. It seeks city approval Tuesday for a franchise enabling routes, fare terms, transfers, interurban car operations, and mutual track use with the Indianapolis company, with bonds and arbitration for disputes.
John W W Henn of Shenandoah Iowa sues his brother Thomas G S Henn for 25000 damages alleging alienation of the affections of his two wives. The suit claims the first offense occurred in 1891 and the second in 1897 with the conspiracy uncovered later.
Oliver McVeigh of Jackson Mississippi was killed at Kentwood Iowa when an Illinois Central limited train struck a cow at a depot. The cow was crushed by the impact, and McVeigh suffered fatal injuries including a broken neck and multiple fractures.
London reports little public display of St Patrick’s Day, once promoted by Queen Victoria, as only one Irish flag was seen along Piccadilly and the Strand. Vendors, however, sold shamrocks amid the muted observance.
Hamburg America liner Deutschland docks in Plymouth with Prince Henry of Prussia and suite aboard after a New York voyage. All passengers report good health. In Washington funeral services for Maj Gen David S Stanley are held at the national soldiers home with military honors and interment beside his wife.
Ruby Marion, a woman cornetist, closed her engagement in Denver and announces she will donate her funds to the Salvation Army. In Hidalgo Illinois, David Williams fatally shot Edward Ortman amid an old grudge. Dr Hendrik N Miller, speaking for Boers, predicted future liberty for the Boers after a long struggle.
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