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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1902
Page
11
Lawrence Bressano a fireman at the Atlantic hotel crept into the meatroom Sunday morning and killed chef Michael Yornish with a meat cleaver then mutilated the body. Police subdued him as he shouted about a quarrel over a woman and admitted the act at headquarters.
Rev. F B J Lloyd denounces excessive sports focus in society and colleges. He argues gymnasiums replace chapels, athletics over scripture, and cites ping pong as a symbol of degeneracy. He condemns the craze as childish and unworthy for adults.
Persimmon brigade opens headquarters for the week at room 14 in Galls Block. The space will be open daily. W. W. Robbins serves as president and J. M. Cassell as secretary of the association.
Don’t miss a reserved seat for the dedication ceremonies on May 15. Seats are selling at 22 and 2 WW Georgia street with coupon seats good for morning afternoon and evening events. Price is $1.25 for all. Stand erected on Christ Church lot opposite the end receiving stands.
London May 12. Insurance circles report an American syndicate has sought to acquire several British insurers and has succeeded with one important company. The maneuver signals growing American investment in UK risk firms amid ongoing consolidation trends.
Important questions will be considered at the International Press men's union convention in Baltimore from June 16 to 21. Central issues include segregation of press feeders and assistants into a distinct union and the allied printing trades label. Over 500 delegates from the United States and Canada will attend.
Budapest May 12 Archduke Eugene a brother of Spain’s queen mother and cousin of Emperor Franz Josef has become insane. He did not go to Madrid for Alfonso’s coronation but entered a sanitarium.
Births include Allen and Carrie Nation a Maywood boy Charles and Ella Vaylor 1536 Cornell Ave a girl Joseph and Bertha Goldberger 328 E Vermont St a girl Edward and Mattie Cline 1531 Martindale Ave a girl William F and Lillie Hartwig 609 Home Place a girl Henry and Mary Linne 227 N Summit St a girl Morton and Grace Reagan 211 N New Jersey St a girl Mary E Studebaker 49 2530 N New Jersey St dropsy Caesar R Rodney 50 5985 Lowell Ave consumption Mattie E Caldwell 59 2060 Highland Place tuberculosis Samuel Taylor 52 517 W Tenth St inflammation of liver Laura Inez May Holmes Callahan 20 1622 Shelbyville St nephritis Allen Bracken 39 1066 Holborn St pneumonia Elsie W Miller 14 615 Division St typhoid fever Nancy B Phillips 49 2412 Lawrence St pneumonia William Martin 20 2016 Prospect St consumption Nancy Annette Shotwell 1621% 8 Meridian St Brights disease Infant Miller 525 N Tacoma Ave still born Anna Miller 41 526 Tacoma Ave Protracted labor Harry Smith 35 8 Meridian St consumption Harry P Arnold 2 pneumonia Sophia F W Moellenkamp 1302 Naomi St Brights disease Marriages Harvey Carter Mollie P Harrison Edgar Justice Gertrude Smith Edward F Nabbitt Dora E Hager Fred M Kenline Nancy J Chapman Jesse Inman Stella Fox Calvin Pulliam Alva B Delashmit
In Columbus May 12, Elsie Dill 15 and Lena Martin 14 plotted to elope to Cincinnati with William Mitchell 19 and Hessong, both older. They pawned books and bibles to fund a trunk, but the note to Elsie was intercepted by her father, meaning the plan unraveled. Lena was found at a restaurant and the youths were jailed. families are prominent in the community.
The Times reports a trustworth source on peace talks to April 1. After Klerksdorp, the Boers urged concessions on franchises, Britain balked and pointed to Middleburg as the limit. The Boers sought European allies, Kitchener refused, an armistice was denied, Schalkburger signaled approval while Steyn remained reserved.
The Christian ministers did not hold their usual weekly meeting Monday because several members could not attend. The association will dine at the Denison next Monday when Mrs. John T. Barnett will read her paper on revolution.
In Lippitt Indiana on Saturday night John Kivitt lost his residence to a blaze. Only a revolver and a featherbag were saved from the fire.
Washington report details St Vincent’s volcanic history highlighting eruptions in 1718 and 1812, the cone’s structure, and the island’s geography. It notes Morne Garou peak, La Soufriere crater, dry lava rivers, and how ash, dust, and cinder from past eruptions affected Barbados, Venezuela, and Kingston.
The Marion county bar association met Monday morning and passed a resolution for a half holiday each Saturday from July 10 to October 1, to be effective each year. James Moore, a steamfitter and engineer at the Imperial hotel, fell eight feet from a ladder Monday and sustained severe bruises. Dr Ross attended him. The injuries are not serious.
Dr. Hurty testified in a United States court case that over 10,000 people die annually in Indiana from drinking well water. The testimony was continued Monday afternoon in the Farmers Loan Company of Seymour versus the Seymour water company case.
The May 12 report notes a weak stock market start with Southwestern stocks sliding on crop news and labor concerns. Amalgamated copper gains early but fades. L and W rail shares fall later. Overnight prices list key bonds and commodity levels including sugar and silver gains, with pork, lard, butter, eggs and poultry price ranges.
Readable fragments show Indianapolis securities including street railway stocks such as Union Traction and Citizens Street Railway with preferred and common shares. Banks listed include American National, Capital National, Central Trust, Merchants National, Indiana National, Columbia National, Marion Trust, and Union Trust. Industrials and utilities include Indianapolis Light and Power, Indianapolis Gas, New Telephone issues, Indiana Cold Storage, Atlas Engine Works, and Ty B Laycock mfg with preferred notes. Prices and percentages are irregular but indicate a volatile, wide spread market of local securities and trust companies.
A dated price list shows Chicago provisions including butter extras at 22 cents and 19 20 cents, cheese varieties with various percent prices, live poultry with per dozen ranges, eggs at lic. This compact ad reflects dairy, meat, eggs markets with a mix of cut rates and product names.
Jefferson Roberts of Scott county was killed in a road ambush near Norfolk on Sunday by James Wright, an outlaw, in a vendetta spanning years. Roberts' wife, at his side, wrestled his pistol from him but Wright disarmed her before fleeing.
Lawrence, May 12 The Washington Mills plant of the American Woolen Company resumed operations in all departments on Monday after a strike by weavers. The weavers had voted to return on Saturday, and there was no demonstration accompanying the reopening.
East Buffalo New York reports cattle receipts of 170 cars with price ranges for best to prime heifers and cows. Hog receipts total 1065 cars with Yorkers, pigs and packers prices. Sheep and lambs receipts 98 cars with lambs and sheep price ranges.
Cincinnati Ohio cattle receipts reached 12 220 with liveweight prices from 5 50 to 6 50 for good to choice. extra calves sold up to 7 3. hogs receipts 2 417 with good to choice at 7 05 to 7 15 and mixed at 6 76 to 7 00. sheep receipts 881 with extra lambs 9 00 to 6 25 for preferables.
Indianapo lis May 12 cattle receipts total 100 ship ments with varied quotes for steers heifers and cows by weight. Hogs receipts 500 shipments with ranges from good to choice heavy to lightweights. Sheep arrivals light with prices for common to medium and good to choice entries and lambs noted.
Wheat gains amid steady movement with No 2 red minting at around 80 cents, milling freight noted. Corn shows strength across No 1 white through No 4 white and mixed grades with varied bids from 60 to 66 cents. Hay remains steady with No 1 and No 2 timothy reported at roughly 13 to 13.25 and 11.25 to 11.76. Inspections list mixed car counts across corn and white varieties, totaling several dozen cars. hay counts are light.
Poultry and other produce prices listed by shippers. Hens and spring chickens 8c per lb. Old turkey hens 8c, toms 6c, choice young turkeys 7 3 4c, ducks 8c, geese 5c. Eyes fresh 14c. Cheese New York full cream 12 7 12c, domestic Swiss 16 17c, brick 13 14c, limburger 13 14c. Butter choice 14 15c.
Green salted hides No 1 cured seven and one quarter cents, No 2 cured six and four tenths cents. No 1 calf nine cents, No 2 calf ten cents, calf seventy four. Tallow No 1 five cents, No 2 four cents.
The list shows flour types with prices for winter and patent grades, including straight winter at 3.25 and 3.85, patent spring 3.90 to 4.50, and low grades 2.75 to 2.90. Bran cited at 20.00 to 21.00, with additional figures 91.85 and 2.10 noted alongside.
A list of various fruits and vegetables with prices from Tennessee and California sources includes strawberries at 24 quarts for 2.75 to 3.00, citrus like Navels at 3.50 to 4.00, lemons 3.59, potatoes at 1.0 per bushel, onions Bermuda crates at 2.25, and tomatoes from Florida at 2.00 to 2.75 per six-basket carrier, reflecting market quotes and product variety.
A long price listing from New York outlines costs for seafood and groceries. Items include oysters and various fish by pound, lobsters at 20c, frog legs, peeled shrimps per gallon, and an extensive coffee and sugar section with multiple brands and grades with precise per unit prices.
A mixed OCR scan lists groceries and chemicals with prices from Kingan & Co. and local suppliers. Items include beans, molasses, rice, canned goods, fruits, meats, lard, and various drugs and chemicals with varied unit prices, weights, and descriptions, reflecting a broad early 20th century catalog.
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