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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
2
In London a new Optimists' club has formed to counteract gloom. Founders promise cheerful conduct, rosiest staff, bright decor, and mottoes like Dont Worry. Members must smile after half an hour, with lectures on current topics to spread the club’s hopeful influence nationwide.
Shirley Indiana reports local horse men and stock breeders backing a move to form an association to establish a Shirley fair next year and make it permanent with annual fairs, promising profitability and ongoing organization.
Fort Wayne Indiana. Judge Heaton of the superior court ruled that OK written on the back of a money order with a signature equals an endorsement. The ruling arose from McBride Electric of Chicago refusing payment for material bought by a subcontractor for a municipal lighting plant the company was building.
In Richford Vermont an explosion in a large grain elevator owned by Canadian Pacific and Boston and Maine railroads killed at least 13 people. Eleven workers died plus two women on CP tracks. Fire destroyed the elevator, a flour shed and 75 cars, with property loss around 400000 dollars.
In St Louis on October 3 Mrs. S H Caldwell says she has seen nothing of her husband since he vanished last Saturday after leaving a note claiming dissatisfaction with a deal. He had given a hat to a one year old girl and had escorted her to theaters and gardens. The couple, married 45 years with five grown children, had quarreled over the gift and business matters.
Rain softened earth at a gravel bank caused a cave in near Anderson Indiana. Joan Atkinson age 61 was killed instantly. Several men escaped serious injury as workers near the collapse.
McCleavey defeated Holmes 200 to 143 in a handicap billiards match at the Board of Trade parlors. McCleavey played in the 200 per game class while Holmes competed in the 175 class. Gant and Buskirk are scheduled to play tonight.
William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft shared a table at the Chicago Association of Commerce annual dinner. They exchanged autographs, chatted amiably, and received ovations. Each delivered a nonpartisan speech amid crowd excitement.
New York Oct 8.Women wearing corsets steadily may reduce work capacity, say Dr George B Gale and Dr John McGill of Jersey City testifying for Miss Katherine McKenna in a suit against the North Jersey street railway company. McKenna sought 23000 for injuries from a collision. jury awarded 570.
A 20 year pile sufferer recounts relief after trying Pyramid Pile Cure sample sent by Pyramid Drug Co. The letter promises immediate improvement, itching and pain relief, and urges sending name and address for a free trial by mail. It notes the product comes as suppositories and offers a 50 cent regular size via druggist or mail order.
Theodore A. Bell of California accused Joe Cannon of autocratic rule during a Democratic rally in Danville. Bell labeled the Cannon system as industry favored despotism, warned it undermined popular government, and urged voters to oppose Cannon as a central figure in an autocratic federal leadership. Bell, fresh from Indianapolis, planned further Indiana speeches and continued his campaign to oppose Cannon.
Three men representing as many countries began an announced walking tour from City Hall. Silvio Ortenas of France Prof Alfredo Battelli of Italy and Adolph Schneider of the United States plan to walk across the United States to Japan China and then across Asia and Europe returning to New York. They anticipate a four year trip funded by lectures and other employment.
Fort Wayne Ind Oct 3 In a Fort Wayne Medical Society clinic Dr Alfred Kane presented a case of paramyelonus a rare nervous prostration diagnosis It is noted as the third case in the United States and one of only thirteen in the world reflecting a rare medical disclosure to local physicians
In Peru a Grand Lodge of Masons cornerstone ceremony drew about twenty five thousand spectators yesterday afternoon. Evansville reports the Indiana Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian church met today. Columbus Merrill Moores of Indianapolis sues Israel Lehman Theodore J. Schmitt and P H McCormack for two thousand dollars alleged attorney fees due. Elkhart notes the Board of Missions of the Evangelical Association is in session.
Five persons dead and six more unconscious after a gas pipe leak in an Italian boarding house on Bank Street. A barber, alerted by cries, reported the incident as police found the building filled with illuminating gas. Five victims were found in their beds.
In Hillyard, Pa, robbers dynamited Morris Servicross' general store safe and set the building ablaze destroying it. Samuel Caplin, brother in law of Servicross, died in the fire while Servicross his wife and child escaped. Robbers took about $1,200 from the scene.
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