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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1903
Page
5
A down town friend confronts a bereaved man whose gloom stems from a discarded pair of cast-off boots and a restless life. Nearby a former night-owl altered by a romance with a pretty girl faces a mother’s disapproval and relocation threat as he pays three months rent in advance.
The Marion lodge faced a perpetual injunction over claims it ran a rushing initiation, admitting candidates for a $2 initiation fee plus a $10 recept, with the process allegedly boosting membership. Other lodges protested to the commandery, and after long discussion the affair was adjusted.
Indiana shows three active strikes with about 253 workers involved across Evansville Bedford Syracuse and Indianapolis. McCormack says spring brings temporary suspensions and rumors as unions adjust for the year, with Bedford the largest ongoing dispute and demands for higher pay and a uniform wage scale.
A woman recounts a fifteen year secret about stealing a ring, a masquerade of guilt, and a thief who later clears her name, yet she never reveals the full truth to her husband. The confessional ends with a question of whether deception might serve better than truth in marriage.
In Hurricane West Virginia a baby born to Mrs Hingley was vaccinated within ten minutes of birth by Dr I Clay Hicks. The Hinsley family had previously lost relatives to smallpox and the newborn son showed thriving health after the vaccination. The report notes a prior record of a 13 hour old vaccination elsewhere.
Mrs Collis P Huntington provides support for her Invalid servant Miss Lizzie Connell who will spend her days in Ireland. Connell was shot on the Huntington estate at Throggs Neck by gardener Daniel Harkins after suspicions of harming her intended husband. The case led to care at St Vincent’s Hospital and a special dock was built to ease her removal.
Bliss Connell was discharged from the hospital in an ambulance at the foot of W Eleventh street and was found to be paralyzed. She expressed a wish to return to Ireland and Mrs Muntington agreed to pay her expenses and forward $3 a month for her lifetime.
In Chicago a New York banker identified as W. H. L. Robinson is dying after a duel at a Dearborn Street club. Lawrence L. Curtin, accused of firing the shot that struck him, is in custody with a wound self-inflicted. Mrs. Lina Scott, a young New York socialite, is reported as injured but stable as authorities probe the night’s dramatic events.
The Gentry brothers dag and pony show opens a week at Sixteenth Street and Capitol Avenue. New acts include ponies with bells on heads performing Home Sweet Home, a monkey net, a dog circus, trained elephants, and a trained cat. Afternoon shows attract children, evening crowds the grownups. Also features vendors and ads for Blood Syrup products and various goods.
A notice from Vandalia line announces a time change effective May. Train 3 will operate daily to Indianapolis via Terre Haute and Effingham, leaving at 6:20 PM and arriving before 7 PM. This alters the prior schedule previously listed.
Fairbank welcomed a near capacity crowd Monday night for the opening of the music and pleasure resort. Louis Ostendorf's 30 piece concert band performed with soloists Paaqualo Monvani on piccolo and W. E. Barnes on cornet, drawing widespread applause. The band impressed beyond last season, with a promise of a new program each event.
The Pennsylvania Lines announce schedules from Indianapolis to Philadelphia and New York beginning May 2. The Keystone Express departs Indianapolis daily at 4:05 p.m., with through sleeping and dining cars, arriving New York at 2:00 p.m. The New York Express leaves Indianapolis at 8:00 a.m., arriving New York at 7:18 p.m., and features dining and sleeping cars.
George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent of the New York Central, has installed information bureaus across the United States to promote pleasure and health resorts and sell Central tickets. Bureaus are now in Brooklyn, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and more.
A large blaze in Philadelphia at the Provident Fruit Manufacturing Company plant on Catherine Street between Seventh and Eighth streets caused four alarms. Firefighters fought to keep flames from spreading as the ghetto and Little Italy districts buzzed with excitement and concern. The fire threatened tenement areas and drew rapid emergency response.
Respondent, a 26 year old blacksmith, attempted self harm Monday night after learning of his mother's death via telegram. He swallowed a large dose of poison at his home then collapsed at work and was revived by Dr Seaton before being admitted to City Hospital.
Mrs Hadley of Indianapolis plans to move to Paris due to strenuous life and harassment from neighbors. The couple has faced taunts and an incident where Afric Hadley was drugged and relieved, contributing to the decision.
Construction workers for New Telephone and Central Union Telethons seek a 2 cent daily raise over $2.90 and a $5 increase for bosses. Over ten men are out. Sheerin of the new company and Central Union managers refuse the raise. The dispute is now under Central Labor Union consideration.
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