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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1903
Page
9
Beaument chapter members voted 680 to 93 against selling the Indiana home site at Washington and Penn, despite a strong showing by proponents M A Chipman Anderson E G Hogate and D U C Shivele. Merchants National Bank offered 200 dollars but the long afternoon session saw no action after a 5 30 p m lodges vote.
Over eight physicians gathered at the Claypool hotel for a banquet and raised the funds needed to construct a new home for the Physiomedicos in Indianapolis. The association now commands about $80,000. Plans call for selling the current Alabama and North streets building and relocating the school to another city area. Work will begin once selections are made so occupancy is possible by fall.
Glass jobbers nationwide have agreed to purchase 800000 boxes of window glass at a 5 percent advance over the last purchase. The price hike will affect retailers and builders across the country.
Jesop Von Puttkamp a grand nephew of Prince Bismarck works as a press feeder in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. His father Francis fled Germany after quarreling with Bismarck and later lived in New York. Jesop depends on daily earnings and awaits a fortune from Germany while living with his aunt Mary Rogers.
NEW YORK May 7 A banker and broker, Seligman, attempted suicide Wednesday night by cutting his throat more than three inches long beneath the jaw. He told doctors illness and reverse misfortune drove the act. Separately in Kentucky Gresham, a Gait House clerk, killed himself by severing arteries and drinking carbolic acid after a $700 deficit. he belonged to a prominent Norfolk family. sister Mrs Yor lives in Indianapolis.
In Honolulu on May 21, a native Hawaiian man died after a kuhuna beat him over the head with a bible in a case described as murder by beating. The patient had been in bed and treated by a physician before the ritual, and his wife assisted. The kuhuna is held for manslaughter.
Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley, visiting Philadelphia to have his portrait painted by Yohn Sargent, praises the city in remarks at lunch. He recalls his first Philadelphia introduction by Hovert J. Burdette and vows Philadelphia’s enduring charm for its liberty landmarks, Fairmount Park, Bartram's Garden, and its generous hospitality and charities.
The state Haymakers convention met in Druids hall on Wednesday with reports showing last year eight thousand dollars spent on sick members and two thousand on burials. The national convention is planned for mid August drawing attendees from across the United States. Henry Smith, a t o wn keeper on N finols, owns a live turtle from Baltimore weighing 24 pounds and over five feet long.
High pressure men push to finish business Thursday with a rushed convention at the Claypool led by Czar Reed. Officials elected include F. H. Shelton of Philadelphia as president and Paul Doty of St Louis as second vice president. Delegates will visit Fairbanks Thursday night and other city amusements Friday. The organization plans a $5 ode prize for Indianapolis and aims to attract 34,000 modern Woodmen in June. Continued talks include insurance rate hikes and creation of Weedmen's Judges with large membership, signaling major changes.
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