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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1902
Page
2
An advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a universal health aid, urging readers to act well in health matters. It claims the remedy boosts appetite, sleep, and nerves, purifies blood, and strengthens vital organs, warning against unproven medicines and promising quick, pleasing results for rheumatism neuralgia dyspepsia and nervous disorders.
A Monday morning circus parade caused heavy downtown crowds as the Ringling brothers’ procession rolled through, with shrill exclamations of distress heard among onlookers. The route ran late, police struggled to keep the center of the streets clear, and curious youngsters followed the grinning clown along the curb.
Noblesville Indiana May 12. The graduates of Noblesville high school will visit Washington and be shown about the capital by Congressman Landis. They will also visit other points in the east. The graduates include Jennie Aldred Harry Brown Jean Clark Roswell E Farley Elmer E Kepner Stella Miesse Ruré Roberts Lola Vance Virgil L Burnau Flossie Earl Bertha Helms Herman W McDonald Grace Miller Albert Schmellinger Harry F Wagner Worth Brehm Earl Brooks Rosa Elmerick Aldis Hutchens Mae Jacobs Fannie Nagle Thomas Stanley Stephen G C Kelly.
Postoffice will close at 2 p m Thursday. Usual evening collection and dispatch of mail.
A reporter recalls a midnight tour of the Ringling brothers menagerie where kerosene torches flicker over sleeping beasts. Lions, tigers, leopards and hyenas stir and roar, while hippos, polar bears, camels, and even a calm elephant and a dozen animals lie asleep. A keeper recounts a viewer’s calm sleep beneath caged predators and a loose elephant episode that ends with the animal returning peacefully.
On a Lake Charles to Beaumont excursion train Sunday night a large crowd of negroes crowded a white coach. Shots tore through the car, killing three black women and wounding four Orange, Texas residents and five to seven black riders. The exact death count was not yet known.
New Haven Conn May 12 Miga Belitza M Hull a Philippine teacher writes Home that she hopes the government will not appoint any more unmarried women to positions in the schools or that if they are appointed it will be to positions in the cities The provinces has no place for unmarried women She says here histories that no child in my school will understand in five years geographies that dismiss the Philippine islands in two sentences and arithmetics that no child will be able to work with This might be forgiven and attributed to the ignorance of the needs when first sending out books were it not that only recently we have received another installment equally valueless One set consists of mature studies extracts from John Burroughs The educational problem is not the least of the Philippine problems In various sections there is opposition to the schools on the part of the church
From the palace bulletin dated May 12 the queen has passed a quiet night and her condition indicates that convalescence has begun. The report notes continued improvement under care at the royal residence.
Exclusive patterns for shirtwaists draw shoppers with hand embroidered options priced $1 to $3 cheaper than before. Colors include white, white and black, pink, light blue, tan, and heliotrope. Limited stock urges early selection before popular styles are picked over. Tucked etamine and albatross weaves sold, 2 yard, 1.50. 60 inch Heretta skirting at 1.00. black crepe organdie 2. soft wool crepe 1.00.
For days residents hoped for lower meat costs but the Monday wholesale packers list shows mostly price increases with little change. Fresh beef remains steady while sausage retains old prices. Pork tenderloins fall two cents and spare ribs drop half a cent. Hams bacon rise about a quarter cent. Lard advances one-eighth cent. Pickled pork climbs 30 to 31 cents per barrel.
Madrid May 12. Grief over Senor Sagasta grows as doctors fear the premier, a leading Spanish statesman, may not live to see King Alfonso crowned. Debilitated by age, he has been kept alive by artificial means and may not survive the month.
The Brooklyn Eagle argues meat scarcity and high steak prices may be a blessing teaching consumers to broaden diets. It extols Grape-Nuts as an economical, nourishing alternative offering fourteen portions and better energy for body and brain.
In Muncie Indiana on a Sunday morning A C Brittenham awakened by smoke and flames carried his wife from a burning home then rescued his daughter and son in law H J Evans ton and baby. The roof collapsed just as they escaped. Loss set at 2000 dollars with Mrs Brittenham reported recovered.
Helen Gould donates 5000 dollars as the nucleus for a 10000 dollar home for United States sailors in Norfolk. The gift aims to provide a durable residence for naval personnel and reflects broad philanthropic support in the city today.
Fine circus weather sets the scene as residents enjoy lemonade and peanuts with mixed costs noted. Mayor Spookwalter asks merchants to pause Thursday for the monument dedication while the Western artiste association exhibit opens at John Herron Institute. Amos J. Boyden is reassigned to oversee the Indianapolis federal building project, arriving Wednesday.
Governor Jennings of Florida Mrs Jennings and Adjt gen Foster left on Monday for Key West to attend President Palma's inauguration and inspect Havana and other Florida trade ports. Col William J Bryan arrived Sunday night and joined the party to report the ceremonies for his paper and weekly illustrated.
In New York on May 12 members of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church protested being called Rockefeller's church. They note the church is not owned by John D Rockefeller. he merely attends a Bible class there. Authorities said the church is not Rockefeller's church, but a church in which Rockefeller happens to be a member.
On the excursion steamer D A Nisbet near Spottsville Kentucky Jesse Mitchell deputy sheriff of Henderson Kentucky was shot and killed by George Spradley He was arrested He lives here and has a family.
Cincinnati correspondent H. H. Smith of the Scripps McRae press association boarded the French flagship Tage in New Orleans for coverage at St. Pierre. Admiral Servan will provide facilities aboard the Tage, the first time an American journalist has been aboard a French warship.
President Roosevelt considers appointing Senator John L. McLaurin of South Carolina to the United States Court of Claims vacancy created by Judge John Davis. The $5,000 annual salary matches a senator’s pay, and with McLaurin thought out of the 1903 reelection race, he may accept if offered. McLaurin’s current term ends March 4, 1903.
London readers learn that in the House of Commons on Monday Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, announced that the duty on checks had been abandoned.
Warren Indiana May 12. Robert Gents an oil well operator was struck in the neck in an incident reported from Warren. Further details on cause and injury not provided in fragment.
Norfolk Va May 12 It is claimed Postmaster L Burroughs of Ports mouth Va is short in his accounts 2300 and it is believed he has gone to Canada His bondsmen C W Rutter Monday assumed charge of the post office.
The second ballot in Paris shows 289 ministerials, 268 anti ministerials, and 29 districts with uncertain stance. Excludes two Cochin districts, one in Martinique, and two disputed provinces where elections did not occur or are contested.
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