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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1903
Page
10
Proclaimed innocent by protestors, Andrea Dalverme the Italian who killed Tony Page at Rome New York on June 30 1900 was executed at Auburn prison this morning. He insisted until the end that Page fell on his own knife.
Albert J. Nathan of Pennsylvania spoke on From the Ok to the New before 1,699 men at English’s Opera House. The first of 22 annual YM C A meetings, his lecture emphasized conversion and Christian faith. The program featured male singing by the Masonic Male Quartet and a praised YMCA orchestra. Secretary Godard led the lively event.
Evansville reports a hunter, Walter Trichardson, shot and killed himself. Union City hosts delegates as the National Council of Women meets. Wabash notes a six week old child abandoned but later placed in an institution. Bloomington indicts Harry Axtell for embezzlement on four counts. Princeton records Mrs. William Carter killed by a freight train. Linden says American Milling plant burned Saturday may be rebuilt.
Richard Ayres played football Sunday with Battery A and now lies in Methodist Hospital with a dislocated hip. The previous Sunday he watched the game wishing to play but was blocked by his married status. He persuaded the team to let him play against the Oakland team on Sunday.
Indianapolis citizens aim to raise 10000 to fund gospel spread and promote waterways as freight rate relief and traffic relief. Other cities will be urged to contribute, with a state congress and national aid hoped for. A winter promoters' congress is planned in Indianapolis. Henry Riesenberg outlined canals linking Fort Wayne to Lake Michigan and the White River system, predicting doubled productivity and population in ten years.
CHICAGE Nov 16 A tiny police station under the Willard Hall dormitory stairs has opened to curb the campus spooning by ten students. Chief Kruger, frustrated by Miss Potter’s anti spooning orders, hopes to lock up offenders temporarily and summon Evanston police for help.
Wil J. H. Arens, owner of a 419000 stock of merchandise, reports a wireless message from heaven ordering him to sell the stock and become an evangelist, and he obeyed. In Chicago L. W. Rogers of the Theosophical Society claims snakes seen by a drunken man are on the astral plane. He says intoxication reveals the psychic eye with objects appearing astrally.
A child’s urgent telephone plea prompted Bicycle Officers Wilton and Todd to rush to 720 S. Delaware Street. They arrived at the home of Willam Jeffries, who had threatened self harm and was held by his wife and two sons.
Republicans claim the statehouse staff remains under a 1895 law placing appointment in a commission of the auditor, secretary of state, and governor. Democrats counter that governors hold all appointing power, arguing for a different control structure amid party disputes.
An advertisement claims possum removes pimples and clears complexions overnight. It promotes a fifty cent box sold at H J Huder's Weber Drug Co and drug stores, says it cures eczema acne tetter and other itch forms, and offers a free experimental package via mail from Emergency Laboratories 32 West Twenty fifth street New York.
In South Bend Indiana a record breaking burglary robbed the post office of about 18 000 stamps. Investigators found a 14 by 14 inch hole in the vault wall and noted skilled thieves used elaborate precautions to avoid detection.
Mrs Eligbeth Makepeace entertained at her Lexington avenue home with guests including Mr and Mrs R N Jackson Mr and Mrs Phil Conner of Danville and others. Brightwood M E Aid Society to Jubilee at 24103 Gale street Wednesday from 2 to 4. Indianapolis presbytery to meet at Second Presbyterian Monday at 7 30 to install Rev William Carson D D at Sutherland. Rev W E Atchison of Minneapolis visiting Beech Grove. Ladies Aid of Progressive Spiritualist church to meet at 1623 College avenue with Miss Gregg from Denver speaking on woman suffrage at 8 Tuesday night.
Mme Calve visited Dr William T Bull who is sick with cancer at his home in New York. After hearing her voice he rose in bed and said I will master this disease and take a trip to Europe. Bull is among New Yorks 400 leading physicians and sent for Calve. He clapped from pillows and whispered appreciation to his wife.
New Albany Indiana November 16 James R Pre a former owner of several southern Indiana newspapers has purchased the Third District Review based in Bowling Green Kentucky The purchase expands Pre’s newspaper holdings with another Kentucky publication and strengthens his regional press presence.
Five people, including two girls, were thrown from an automobile ambulance when it became uncontrollable and overturned on a sidewalk. The vehicle caught fire after the steering gear failed, the gasoline tank ruptured, and the car was destroyed.
Augustus Rahke, freed by a Supreme Court ruling, faces renewed attention as his son Emil Rahke, who controls the city’s peasaut machines, is linked to visitors at 137 W. Market Street. Police seized poker chips and two tables after entering Rahke’s rooms following a gambling house tip.
Memphis dissident lawyer Will A Percy claims ex Senator Edward Carmack did not shoot his pistol on his death walk. He states young Robin Cooper was wounded by bullets from Cooper's father revolver aimed at Carmack, with Carmack's pistol allegedly fired by others two hours earlier.
A Philadelphia vegetarian speaker near uptown argues that true vegetarians avoid slaughter both inside and outside. He showcases cotton gloves, wooden buttons, and non leather boots as examples of interior and exterior abstinence from animal products, claiming many share his stance.
The Battery A football team fell to Oakland 18 to 0 at Brighton Beach yesterday. End Dick Ayres was hurt in the first half, dampening the soldiers’ hopes for a comeback.
Berlin reports the death of Count von Hulsen Haeseler prompting a meeting between Emperor William and Chancellor von Buelow to be held in Berlin. Kiel notes rising constitutionalist sentiment. PeKING Dowager Empress dies sparking street riots as western invasion fears rise. Tehran shah fails to open Persia’s national assembly. Vienna vows strict measures over the Balkan crisis.
A major blaze at the Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville caused $230,000 in losses due to water pressure failure. Five buildings burned, with expensive machinery and a ton of manufactured goods ruined. Nearly 1,300 inmates remained in cells. no one was hurt.
A Boston Record note quotes Joseph M. Patterson of Chicago, a brilliant millionaire novelist, criticizing social drinking. He warns that if it continues, all millionaires will mingle with a constant companion like Lushington and labels the unnamed man as a snake charmer.
A dialogue between a youth and a home-grown philosopher about understanding women. The philosopher claims the only path is not to try, as a woman will reveal herself sooner or later under the circumstances.
A flash exchange shows a pompous speaker insisting he always pays cash for everything while a matter‑of‑fact observer questions his credit habits. The brief cartoonish dialogue contrasts attitudes toward payment methods and financial trust.
A vintage remedy claim promotes a blood based approach to catarrh. The suggested plan blends one ounce compound syrup of sar saparilla, one ounceToris compound, and half pint whiskey. Mix and shake in a bottle and take tablespoon doses before meals and at night.
In a Nov 1 1908 letter to the Indianapolis Sun the writer, a foreign-born resident with five years in the U.S. and over three years since naturalization, questions why aliens are allowed to vote in this state while many youths cannot, noting limited English and knowledge of American politics.
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