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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
2
In Pittsburg on October 10 a boy named Comley H of Homestead killed his mother and one sister with an ax at 3 a m. He wounded four other sisters fatally, and attacked an elder brother whose head was spared by an ax head deflection. The brother awoke, fought back with a chair, and restrained the boy before escorting him to the police station.
Henry Toews, a teacher, fatally shot trustees Abraham Rempet and John Hiebert and wounded Peter Kehler after school board criticism. He then shot Kehler’s children and Rempet’s daughter, with Kehler children later dying. Toews killed himself as pursued by angry citizens.
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw led an 1800 strong audience in singing America at New Haven as interruptions from a silverite and Bryan supporters plagued his talk on trusts. In New York, the first cold snap hit with a sharp drop in temperatures and a coal famine foretaste.
Senator Hanna plans a dense two day itinerary through Indiana on a special train leaving Cincinnati at 3 30 a m October 22 travel spans Evansville Princeton Vincennes Washington Elnora Linton Terre Haute Brazil Greencastle Indianapolis Frankfort Logansport Peru Wabash Huntington Decatur Portland Muncie Anderson Fairmount Marion Warsaw Elkhart South Bend finishing with a speech at Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis on October 22.
In Washington Indiana on October 10 the will of John Burger, who never spoke after a rejected romance, cannot be found and relatives plan a lawsuit to divide his wealth and farm. The case centers on his estate and the scarce clues to his final wishes after years of isolation.
San Francisco was selected as the site for the 190 G A R encampment on Friday. Washington reports the decision came after a meeting held October 10 with the national organization meeting the next year location set in California.
London report says King Edward will receive Generals Corbin and Young and Wood, plus Lieut. Johnson and Lieut. McKinley of the United States army, at Buckingham Palace next Monday. The official announcement notes the visit as a formal courtesy between nations.
Prices for soft coal rise dramatically with increases of 75 to 100 percent from the previous year. Chicago consumers face shortages as Pocahontas, Hocking Valley, Youghiogheny, Pittsburg and Indiana block coals show varied per ton rates, including Illinois lump and coke.
In El Dorado Arkansas on Thursday a street clash between two factions left constable H L Dearing, Tom Parnell, Walter Parnell and G B Tucker dead while Dr Hilton and James Parnell were wounded. The violence followed Dearing killing Robert Mullens on Sept 18 after a wedding, with Parnells aligned with Mullens and Newton with Dearing.
Lincoln Neb Oct 10 By an opinion of the Nebraska supreme court the reading of the bible and singing of sacred songs in public schools is prohibited. The ruling states that a teacher reading passages from the bible and leading prayer in school hours and in the presence of pupils is forbidden by the state constitution.
St Louis, Oct 10. Mrs. Charles Gates learns she is the missing daughter of Mrs. Eleanor Powell of Jonesville Michigan after a local paper reprinted a tale. Powell had sought her child for decades while Gates was taken in 1864 at age four. An orphanage and a Chicago foster family held papers now hidden, likely never solved.
San Francisco reports a sensational demand on the executors of Charles G. Fair and his wife over alleged offspring and a reapportionment of their estate after a deadly car crash in France. Executors have referred the claim to attorneys and seek proof of a child. public belief held they died without issue.
A compilation shows births at various addresses including Newell and Waddell families with multiple newborns and a woman’s recent birth, plus deaths from typhoid fever and cancer. Names include Noah Waddell, Carrie Waddell, Mary Hewitt, Rufus Bhime, Nadia Worland, Tillie Hawkins, Alma Ginn, Anna Beck, and others with ages and street addresses. Marriages listed feature Abe Levi with Goldie Risman, Thomas Pitcher with Angie Butter, and several other pairs.
In Muncie Indiana on October 10 a demonstration in support of striking miners will form a parade with several thousand union members. After the march a mass meeting will be held and contributions collected. Local women’s societies plan entertainments to aid the strikers and a large fund is expected to be raised.
Henry Kitel John Coburn and B K Elliott have been appointed appraisers for the arsenal grounds and will begin work next week. The press artists league prepares for an exhibition at the John Herron art institute. date not yet announced. An interurban railway from Evansville to Rockport Ind is being planned with Claude and Charles Maloy and Daniel Wertz among incorporators. The Bona Thompson memorial library cornerstone will be laid Sunday Oct 19 at 3 pm. Butler college to withhold damages suit against the Christian Guide after retracting baseless claims. People’s Congregational Church votes to stay open with low attendance and meager offerings. Home Missionary Society to assist.
A list of property owners with locations and improvement costs including warehouses storerooms barns additions cottages and sheds. Entries cover Henry Bookwald Fred L. Schaub T C Harrah James H. Brown A Crower Thomas E. Cooney Minnie Straud Wilhelmina Neaman and W S Coonse with amounts ranging from 00 to 4100 in local currency.
Preston C. Kelsey of Marion trust company Indianapolis visited Elwood on Saturday signaling unusual significance. He stated he would inspect several flues in houses controlled by his firm and warned that losing a suit could force rearrangement of many flues. This, alongside rumors the Indianapolis Gas Company plans to divert supply to Elwood and other gas belt towns, is viewed as notable.
In Chicago on Thursday night three girl pickets at W C Ritchie paper box factory were arrested for inciting riot. They used hatpins and umbrellas to attack workers refusing to join the strike, while detectives were manhandled by male pickets. Police called in with riot cars to quell the disturbance.
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