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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1910
Page
3
In Kokomo Indiana mayor uses emergency powers to vacate a house owned by City Attorney Warren Vorhis after six fires in 36 days. Ora and Mrs Chavis report mysterious blazes including roof and lace curtain flames. They fear an outside enemy or haunting and have no insurance.
In Columbus Indiana a large touring car struck a surrey at about 30 miles per hour injuring Norman Nordman and his 12 year old son. The horse-drawn surrey veered as the auto neared, throwing the surrey into the path of the vehicle and causing a likely fatal injury to the boy.
In Hartford City Indiana on May 30 costs will be paid in a suit arising from a horse trade in which Earl Rybert and Clives Newman claim to have been cheated. Newman, returning a jog trot horse to the Rybolt family, called the trade a bum lag and joked about paying costs as the dispute over who bears them escalates. Sheriff involvement followed.
Rushville Indiana May 30 consternation reigned and then broke up in chunks of laughter when Noel Finney six son of Sam Finney fired a revolver in a large room. The boy with measles grew restless for excitement and wandered about the house before deliberately shooting the weapon.
Special to The Sum The Versailles Indiana item notes Justice Laswell who specializes in marrying has moved his office He is described as having earned up to twenty dollars for marrying an eloping couple and has sometimes charged as little as ten cents to witness a wedding with license costs paid by the couple and no charge for the marriage
In Bartholomew County within a week Halley's comet is blamed for three accidents. The latest injures Albert Christian near Burney when his gaze at the comet led to a fall and a broken right leg.
The annual memorial service of the Fairview order of Red Men was held at Fair Cemetery church on Sunday. Charles Robertson, a blind orator from Greenfield and high chief of the Se Sta ak ae lodge, delivered the address.
New York May 30 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sends an informal message via John Kendrick Bangs to the American people expressing sorrow over a wrong impression about the new king. Doyle asserts George V possesses extraordinary mental attainments and phenomenal ability and that England will be proud of him.
Three sisters sat on Wilnas Cochran to restrain him until police arrived after he was caught peeping through a window while acting in Wille the Peeping. William McCaffrey chased Cochran, warned with a raised finger, and Cochran fled before being restrained by the sisters.
Baltimore May 30 The official announcement was made Saturday of the appointment of W. E. Lowes formerly of Indianapolis an assistant general passenger agent of the Baltimore & Ohio with headquarters at the general office at Baltimore Mr Lowes whose railroad experience covers 28 years 20 of them in the advertising field has since the administration of Mr Cowen and Mr Murray in 1897 been general advertising agent of the company and with the recognition of his services through the promotion will continue to have charge of advertising as also matters pertaining to passenger schedules.
In South Bend Indiana on May 30 August Mesabout aged 4 committed suicide by hanging from a door in his home. He was despondent.
In Columbus Indiana Grace Swinford aged 3 died after ingesting carbolic acid from a bottle the child reached while sent to the cupboard for a cookie. The incident occurred two weeks earlier and the girl reportedly drank a portion of the acid.
In Dopetown Indiana on May 30 a resident arrived with a top buggy and two sorrel-bay horses, drawing crowds. The clucking horses, water feeding and lack of gasoline appeal, plus cost benefits, spark chatter of a future fad potentially eclipsing benzine buggies. Mayor Paul frets on old days fading amid such trials.
In Lincoln on May 30 Victor Wilson of Stromsburg says petitions to place William Jennings Bryan on the U S senate ballot are circulating in Polk County and across Nebraska. He believes thousands will sign and that Bryan will consent to run when petitions are filed. C W Bryan says he has heard of petitions but has no direct information.
Two hundred American marines from the Panama Canal will proceed to Bluefields aboard the Dubuque now at Colon. They join bluejackets already landed to protect American and foreign property and police the town to prevent fighting.
Calumet Michigan reports a major blizzard on May 30 trapping several boats in danger as waves tower on Lake Superior. Heavy snow disrupts transportation and telegraph lines across the district, and vessels seek refuge in port.
Terre Haute May 30 James Gilbert 21 died Monday on a train while en route from the state reformatory after being pardoned for tuberculosis. He had been sent last October for stealing a pair of shoes and was returning home when death occurred.
Curtiss made good time on the trip and praised the U S Weather Bureau for weather data through the Hudson valley. He noted the assistance was essential to completing the flight. Prominent aviation figures hailed his achievement as more significant than the London to Manchester flight.
New York wired May 30 reports the Lusitania, a 45 foot wing span biplane with 70 horsepower Isotta engine under installation, planned to lift seven men and allegedly fly nonstop from Mineola to Chicago. Joe Seymour and Walter Diefenbach designed the craft, aiming to eclipse Curtiss records as Seymour asserts readiness this week.
Louis Paulhan, Curtiss’s chief rival, lauded him as a premier aviator after Curtiss’s Hudson flight, while Louis Bleriot echoed the praise. The Paris remarks reflect Cur tiss’s rising status amid recent flights and a note from Count de Lesseps lauding him as a world leader.
New York May 30 Dr B G Illia of a Pris Isir Tandmainnia pp re Willams of Paris in the Medical Record asserts pineapple juice may replace many medicines. He says pineapple juice could cure almost anything in surgery or medicine, suggesting a shift from drugstores to fruit stands for remedies.
Washington May 30 Taft will soon receive the senate version of the railroad bill. The measure, a Taft approved wreckage, will go to a joint conference committee as the house won’t approve. Brown of Nebraska aims to bar a railroad from owning stock in a rival line. Amendments on valuation and rate control are debated, with the ICC empowered to set fair property values to aid rate adjustments.
Judge Remster gives Indianapolis Athletic Association owner Ritchie until Thursday to settle debts and avoid a receiver. He claims to raise 3,000 dollars by then, while the judge prefers payment over receivership to prevent creditors from receiving only a fraction of their claims.
In Warsaw Indiana on May 30 Alex Cripe 62 died when his buggy ran away and he was thrown from it while en route to Oakwood cemetery to decorate his son’s grave who had died by his own hand. Mrs Cripe was badly hurt.
In Newcastle Indiana a man traveling from Oil City attempted to sell stock in a gusher company after a recent Oil City boom. He claimed Oil City was rapidly growing and offered 60 lots in Oil City Oklahoma for five dollars per deed recording. H. W. Rummell investigated and exposed the ruse.
Vienna May 30 Great anxiety exists in court circles as Emperor Franz Joseph, nearly eighty, overtaxes himself on tours of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He began from Budapest and faces a schedule of dinners, reviews, and state receptions with frequent travel by horseback and train. Critics blame advisors for permitting the strenuous trip amid treacherous spring climate.
Ben Martin of 2720 Hope Street and John Brown of 2524 Brightwood Avenue were arrested by Sergis Street and Anderson along with Bicyclemen Simon and Glenn on a Monday morning near Emerson Avenue. Police found a canvas stakeout for a craps game and a chamois skin bag containing eight dice. They were charged with loitering and possessing a gaming device.
New York May 30 Former dock superintendent Oliver Spitzer, taft appointee to testify against Charles R Heike, is expected to disclose more about the sugars drawback scheme. Government agents suspect the sugar trust claimed refunds on Cuban sugar with no duty paid, with Spitzer already having spoken to the grand jury. Special officials would not discuss the matter but are said to have partial disclosures as the probe continues.
United States Senator Burrows announced his candidacy to again seek the Senate seat in Michigan. He pledges Republican policies on revenue and protective tariffs, favors a large navy and international arbitration, supports interstate commerce regulation via a commission, and endorses Chicago platform pledges of 1908. He concludes by praising the Taft administration.
In Columbus Indiana on May 20 Spanish American War survivors from Bartholomew county met and formed a new Spanish American War camp.
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