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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1910
Page
3
Lyon Bush, engineer on the Pennsylvania lines at Columbus Indiana, halted his engine and tested a bridge feared unsafe by floods. He then warned passengers to walk across while he drove the locomotive to survey the structure. After confirming danger he brought the train across safely.
A state board committee finds exhaustion, not a head wound, caused the death of Andrew Ebert at the Evansville Southern Indiana Insane Hospital on August 18, 1910. They dispute earlier skull wound claims by Dr. William Daniels and DP Amzi Weaver. The coroner’s murder ruling is challenged. witnesses said no wound prior to exhumation. Governor Marshall approved the report.
Father John W. Doyle aged 58 died suddenly in Washington Indiana on Friday from apoplexy. The St Simons congregation had planned to fund a trip to Rome earlier this year but Doyle declined due to poor health and traveled south instead. He is survived by his mother, two brothers, and two sisters Mary of Washington and Edward Kate and Frank of Indianapolis. Bishop Chartrand in Indianapolis was notified.
The state superintendent reports the fall supply of teachers matches demand. About 24 hundred certificates were registered during summer and autumn after exams and a twelve week training course. Not all secured positions.
In Greencastle during a dry year 99 prisoners were confined in the county jail, Sheriff Strowbe reports. By contrast 496 prisoners filled the jail in 1966, a wetter time. Also noted is a report on a Russian exile lecture given Friday evening at Central Avenue M church.
Greenfield Indiana October verdict finds Marshall B Gooding and other heirs receive property after Gen Oliver P Gooding signed will while of sound mind but codicil written when not. Uncle Jake Catt faces suit over mental capacity as he pursues marriage plans and a gold brick scheme. Z. J. Clark, tried for petty larceny, signs Masonic distress on stand. acquitted after defense.
Senator Shively spoke in Tipton on tariffs and the high cost of living. He blamed tariffs for rising prices and noted a surprisingly large turnout of women in the audience attracted by the topic.
John F. Goppert of Knox, a Democratic candidate for county commissioner, collapsed and died in Hamlet while boarding a train during his first electioneering trip. The incident occurred in Hammond on October 8.
In Washington Indiana on Friday 66 year old John Hawkins was fatally stabbed by his farm tenant Charles Burton after a quarrel over a corn division Burton is jailed the investigation continues and charges are expected to follow
Martinsville officers tracing a junk dealer suspected of a two month old disappearance and murder have identified Charles Biddle as the man suspected in the murder of Anna Lockhart of Pepperton. Detective Miller plans to visit Brookville to question Biddle.
United States Senator Bristow spoke in Noblesville urging the election of Senator Beveridge as vital to the nation and Indiana. A large audience applauded his remarks and Beveridge references drew warm approval.
John W. Kern received a ribbon at the Lagrange corn show as the star attraction. He avoided politics in his remarks, mirroring Senator Beveridge who spoke the prior day.
The potato crop across this area and neighboring counties has suffered severe damage from recent rains. The fields are too wet to dig and ground conditions raise fears of rot. Local growers report substantial losses and await assessment.
Lawrenceburg Indiana October 7 Dr George Fe Smith operated on Walter Bruce Thursday wiring fractured leg with silver nails after bone splintered weeks earlier in a quarrel sparked by Bruces wife a gunshot wound.
In Rush County Indiana Washington township sees a surge of insurgent Democrats. A reform slate backs a new township trustee candidate amid opposition to the traditional party. RF Powell reports a cow and twin calf found on his farm by his wife. Mrs Powell later discovers another calf abandoned in nearby woods. Fire safety concerns arise as FE E Wolcott suffers burns from paraffin catching fire at his Indianapolis drug store. Democratic leaders meet with Stokes Jackson Finley Gray and Will H O'Brien to discuss party organization.
Governor Marshall said in Richmond Indiana that if the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company wants to show it was abused by the Indiana suit it should appear in court to prove its plan to spend 200,090 dollars per mile on the road in Indiana The governor called the suit an attempt to evade the law and rejected the charge that he was hired by an opposing road to file it He added he is enforcing laws though he did not make them.
Judge O Neill Ryan of St Louis and dean of its law school led the forty third Emmet Club anniversary events at Morrison Hall, marking the one hundred seventh anniversary of Robert Emmet execution. Other speakers included James H Deery Captain P J Kelleher Maurice Donnelly Charles ODonnell M F Gill and Denis F Egan.
Special to The Run. Terre Haute Ind Oct 8 Two bottles in nitroglycerin packers leaned against a Lafayette avenue saloon. A passerby alerted others then moved the bottles, and a United States powder company manager pried the corks and poured the contents on the ground while declaring it alcohol grade. He will be recommended for a Carnegie medal.
About twenty prominent citizens presented a petition to the city council asking an investigation of the service by the Automatic Telephone company. Many do not think the service is as good as it should be.
Washington Ind Oct Kimball Howard filed suit for five thousand dollars against Andrew Wildman a retired farmer alleging he alienated Mrs Howard s affections Wildman is a widower and the case seeks damages for the alleged romance loss.
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