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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1903
Page
8
The opening game of the final series between Boston and Pittsboro, set for Boston on Monday, was postponed due to rain. In other action, the Nationals fell to the Americans in cage play, while the Reds received a $1 apiece gate-share bonus from their manager accompanying two weeks of salaries.
B M Crane, veteran star, discusses forty years on stage amid the Jesse James plot at Park and claims Frank James seeks $35,001 from each troupe member in a suit. The James boys in Missouri depicts gunplay and reform drives with a Pacific express hold-up scene drawing the largest applause. Other acts at Grand and Unique theaters receive mixed reviews as vaudeville fairs continue.
James Whitcomb Riley refused a Cleveland offer of 9200 for 20 weeks of recitations from P. B. Chase saying he would not appear twice daily. He noted the pay would only tie him to a long engagement when he could earn more elsewhere, as Hoosier poet can command about 800 per engagement and perform many readings weekly.
Indianapolis political workers overflowed post office facilities as campaign funding flows peaked. Public meetings extended to Saturday night with mass volunteer staffing. Sunday and Monday saw continued surge. Carrier shortages required substitutes and messengers to meet delivery times ahead of voting.
In the Russell-Walton $8,000 damage suit case, Russell was awarded a judgment for 75. The suit grew from the Pike township whitecapping raid months ago.
A Sofa dispatch reports about 1,200 Monsstir insurgents routing a Turkish force near Vienna on October 13. The clash left 78 Turks dead and many wounded, with 17 insurgents killed. Stubborn fighting continues at the Servian and Turko-Bulgar frontiers with few details available.
Berlin reports on October 1 detailing Prince and Princess Andrew of Gresce on a wedding tour. Their gifts are said to total one million dollars with jewelry gifts valued at 125,500 dollars. Separately, high school bowling notes from Shortridge include Crescent Hills and Ta anis scores and match outcomes.
Oct. 12 Lieut Schreiner of the German army was killed in a duel with fellow officer Rauhturs at Wead. Pistols at 20 paces. Also: J W Botman of Decatur Alabama collapsed dead after announcing engagement to Florence Mitchell of Cleveland. Flood damage along the Ramapo valley heavy with drownings near Arden and other towns. A two headed snake was killed near Pittsburgh. A fire at the Automatic grip neck yoke factory in St Clairsville caused $75 loss.
Miss Helen Gould and her brother Frank Jay Gould plan to organize a Y M C A among city streetcar company employees in Richmond Virginia A building valued at 5 60 will be turned over to them plus the Indiana rural mall carriers appointment list includes William Mayall Thomas A Horrall Decker Steadman Weaver George C Lelt Wheatland Jos G Christley Boswell
Chicago Oct 13 Earl Ellsworth confessed to killing his father mother and a boarder Amos Anderson eighteen months ago in Woodstock. Police seek two other suspects in the conspiracy to collect seven thousand dollars in insurance. Ellsworth was arrested immediately after the crime.
The American Board of Trade of Manila issued a circular denouncing Governor Taft and the Philippines commission. It claims 70 percent of island revenue pays salaries of local officeholders, many Filipinos, and accuses Taft of opposing American trade. The document alleges Taft favors natives for lucrative posts and discourages or ousts American presence.
Berlin dispatch reports a Russian peasant woman Murakina arrested at Tarutina in Malaga Province accused of murdering a thousand babies for a small fee. The Morgen Post published the sensational tale claiming unbelievable crimes and a dramatic motive behind the alleged killings.
East-bound Vandalia trains from Vandalia to Indianapolis arrived several hours late Tuesday morning after a west-bound freight train struck a cow two and a half miles west of Dan son HL. The cow was ground to pieces and the engine derailed. The train, under Conductor Seifter and Engineer Geaty, reported no injuries.
New york oct 12 W P Brown the cotton king has entered the coffee market and will attempt to bull it higher by next spring Brown predicts substantially higher coffee prices Bullet in his leg incident involved Marion Scott who fired a repaired revolver at a bartender W B Wilkins in a Meridian street hotel. In Louisa Oct 18 Col Mordecat Williams and wife identified two prisoners in jail suspected of robbing William hors and wounding him on Sept 8 the men gave names Perry and Johnson.
Chicago dispatch reports the Southern Pacific Railroad to discharge 1200 workers to cut costs following New York Central. Other items note Erie Railroad cutting 560 jobs, a murder case in Memphis with charges against Clem Miller, and a Wisconsin mob nearly lynching Arthur Fountain. Also mentions printing services and local ads for bargains and shoes.
The Indiana Synod elected Rev. LBL Hughes of Witchmond as moderator for the coming year over Rev. Freely Rhoret of Maion which was urged by Rhoret’s Home Missions chairmanship. About 100 members are present with attendance expected to rise at the Presbyterian church near Sixteenth and Delaware.
In Brazil Indiana October 1 15pl law rence 8 Mekes received four year terms and one to four years in the penitentiary for a theft involving a $1500 package tied to a bank. Edward Combs pled guilty to assault with intent and drew from two to fourteen years in prison. In Springfield Illinois the Afro American Equal Rights League met electing officers and criticizing Booker T Washington for political involvement.
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