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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
2
In a dramatic courtroom scene Monday Judge Pritchard sentenced John Wheeler, known highwayman. Miss Margaret Wheeler fainted at the bar as the court read two to 14 years for her brother. John McCarty also received a sentence.
Colonel Bill Shaw of Cincinnati who resigned as district passenger agent for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railway has been named city passenger agent in Indianapolis. For nearly twenty five years he has been a prominent figure in the railway industry.
A rousing gathering at the Bryan and Kern club in the Tenth ward English avenue and Laurel street Monday night featured speakers Henry Ferdening Timothy Sexton Edward Siersdorfer and James Dorsey. Next Tuesday night ex Mayor John W. Holtzman and John W Keualing will address the club.
In London on October 13 two Americans, White sed Laming and Charles Gould, completed a $12,000,000 bond sale for the Kansas City & Kansas Southwestern Railway, to build an electric line from Kansas City to Topeka and from Lawrence to Independence through Kansas's oil and gas belt. Laming, company president, returns from Brussels with signed contracts and plans to depart for America. European bankers, numbering thirty-six, subscribed, signaling renewed confidence in U.S. investments as money flows back. Gould stays in London to oversee matters while Laming heads home.
Thomas R. Marshall spoke to about 1500 in Ward's Opera House, praising Democrats in Hamilton County. A parade included Noblesville Military band Arcadia drum corps Cicero band with 10 Republican Marshall club members from Cicero in line. Tickets sold across Atlanta Arcadia Cicero totals 211 326 718.
FAIRBANKS Alaska Oct 13 For years George J Henderson wandered the mining districts of the far north He rescued a wounded marmigan from the snow and moved into a deserted cabin He later washed out the dump of the diggings and cleaned up 50 000 He believes a million more may lie in the claim
Auditor John C. Billheimer explains he received $1,000 a year extra pay for four years as clerk of the state tax board. He says the pay By Democratic law and attorney-general approval, and that Jos T. Fanning, a Democrat, received it earlier. He accuses Thomas R. Marshall of using figures not on the books and denies a complete blame assessment from the statehouse investigation.
At Prospect Street Democratic club meeting Wednesday night speakers include W. W. Spencer John W. Kealing Jacob Beaunagel and Salem B. Clark delivering political remarks to attendees.
N H Arnold, pilot for St. Louis entry, and assistant H J Hewat nearly drowned when their balloon collapsed in the North Sea about 30 miles from shore. A German steamship rescued them just in time to avert doom.
A Richmond poll across three plants shows Bryan tallying 19 at Pennsylvania railroad shops, 1 at Jones Hardware, and 10 at Wayne Wagon works, with Taft and other candidates splitting the rest. State ticket favors Republicans by small margins. three Republicans will back Bryan, five back the Democratic state ticket, and one Democrat will vote Republican.
New York reports Major Carmello Castro brother of Venezuela's president arrives from Caracas aboard the Zulia with aide Lieut Carrara. At 27, tall and handsome, he says little about his search for an American wife as girls aged 15 are urged to apply. After four weeks in the United States he plans to travel to Europe.
Councilman Harry E. Royse refused to suspend rules or approve 4000 emergency dollars to combat diphtheria in Indianapolis public schools. He denounced appointing the wife of the city sanitarian as an inspecting physician and opposing a relative of a school board member in similar work.
Lima Ohio October 13 Republican leaders protested to the state committee after Nicholas Longworth was slated to speak before the Taft club Wednesday night. GOP leaders fear his appearance could cost them the labor vote locally.
The interview chronicles Guy Rasor's grief and insistence of innocence after Orie Lee is slain. He recalls planning a wedding for Saturday, describes travel from Erie depot to Wooster for a license, and details letters and a fire that destroyed evidence. Neighbors and jail staff shed support as investigators pursue motive and alibi.
An autopsy at the cemetery yesterday confirmed Ora Lee would have soon become a mother, underpinning the案 that ties her to her lover Guy Ragor. Ragor weeps and laments, saying he wishes to die and was denied access to Ora Lee’s funeral as authorities investigated the slaying.
In Redford Indiana on October 13 the Indiana W C T U elected officers led by Mrs Culla Vayhinger of Upland as president and Mrs Elizabeth P Stanley of Liberty as vice president Mary E Woodward of Fountain City as corresponding secretary Rose Pearce Cayuga as recording secretary and Clara Sears Ander son as treasurer Vayhinger enters her sixth year as president W S Batt won the diamond medal in the oratorical contest on the subject A Consecrated Citizenship Anoverflow jubilee service occurred at the M E church last night and the convention closed today
Anton Vaspo a 6 year old boy started to school from his home on 532 Bates street. He wandered into a shed at the rear of 8 N Davidson street where a deaf and dumb family lived. They did not hear him cry but grocer Filmer Schwier heard the crying and brought Anton to police headquarters where he was reunited with his father.
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