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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
7
Philadelphia Record was sold at auction for 2.364 million dollars to attorney W. S. Stenger who declines to name his client but is believed to represent a New York syndicate arranged by Frank A. Dunsey.
Philadelphia residents Rickey and Anna Taggart sought a Wilmington license. After delays and questions about bonds, they learned licenses were not cheaper locally and left without one. In Scranton, Judge Wheaton fined juror James McElroy two days pay for delaying court work.
In Easton Maryland Reverend Harvey Adams of the Holiness Society faced a noisy mob after rumors of disparaging remarks about local women. About 300 townsfolk, armed with eggs, gathered at the meeting house and along the route to his home. the sheriff arrived as Adams walked out, and egg showers soaked his clothes. Separately Arthur Carpenter brought a confirmed smallpox case to the Health Board, avoiding bed rest to prevent spreading the disease, and Herbert Green fumigated the pesthouse with formaldehyde causing him to sneeze and break a collar button.
Charles M. Schwab, head of the steel trust, will establish a large private charity on Staten Island near Richmond Beach. He has purchased the Rich mond beach property from the Richmond Beach and Railway Company for a reserved resort site. The charity will be select in beneficiaries, not open to the public, with immediate funds to improve buildings and grounds and a swift opening expected.
In St Marys Pennsylvania on a May day a post office was robbed of 500 dollars in cash and 1500 in stamps. The furnace-like blast blew the safe open with dynamite. Four men conducted the burglary while bystanders heard and saw them but did not intervene. Louis Bonini, a confectioner next door, woke to the heist and watched the burglars pass by after finishing the job.
Logansport extracts from the scrap-book of Judge Horace P. Biddle quote his harsh view of politics. He says politics lacks ethics and decency, often verging on crime, while other professions enforce codes of conduct. He claims politicians have no true principles and act only on expediency.
In Chicago two baby girls born 40 days ago are among the smallest in the world. One weighs two pounds two ounces and the other one pound eleven ounces. House physician Dr. Lorin C. Collins says they are growing rapidly. They remain in incubators at 88 degrees, wrapped in wool flannels and alternating between milk and sleep.
A civil war veteran admonishes a Washington street crowd for mocking older veterans as the latter march by. He rails at the young man’s arrogance, calling him ungrateful and devoid of honor, noting veterans' suffering and sacrifices while the crowd approves, and the youth slips away.
Newark Del May 16 All but 12 of 114 students at Delaware college strike after six students are suspended for hazing. Six punished by three weeks to two weeks each. C G Brown, brother of Prof Brown, was seized and water cured during hazing in a bathroom while class mates painted 05 on his back. President Harter notes the incident and reaction.
Ladies hear about Zoa Phora a market phrase claiming relief from womb disease flooding laceration and menstrual issues. It purports to restore vigor nervous tone and general health while offering a free trial bottle to skeptics through mail from Kalamazoo Michigan or local drugstores.
Immigrants are urged to settle in Texas and southwest Louisiana where rice farming and diversified agriculture are booming. Rice cultivation alone has added $20,000,000 to regional wealth, with abundant land and low home prices. Send 2 cents for a Texas or Louisiana Rice Book or 10 cents for a Southern Pacific Rice Cook Book via W. H. Connor, General Agent, 3 P Rwy, No. 68 Fourth Street, Cincinnati.
Six freshmen were suspended after an incident. They have informed the faculty they will not return unless the suspensions are revoked.
Mayor Doxey of Elgin Illinois named Edward Tracey aged 19 as chief of the fire department. He is billed as the youngest fire marshal in the United States and was rewarded for rescuing two women from a burning building. Tracey displayed calm judgment at other fires.
Miss Alice Roosevelt invited about 20 of her young friends to ride the presidential yacht on the Potomac river. The ship was decorated with flowers and bunting, and a collation was served during the outing.
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