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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
2
Japanese crowds line Yokohama streets as thousands gather outside the harbor awaiting the American battleship fleet. The gunboat Yankton, leading the squadron, enters Tokyo Bay amid celebratory greetings. Officials expect the fleet to come into view today with a possible shift in schedule for arrival tomorrow morning.
Judge Henry Clay Allen a circuit court incumbent Republican candidate demands accusers reveal the name of a jury commissioner appointed by him who he says served a large special interest. He concedes the gravity of the accusation and insists on identifying the official.
Margaret Huff grabbed coins from Charles Hollingsworth, a Prospect street car conductor, and her hand became stuck in his coat pocket as he held it from the outside. Patrolman Simpson placed her under arrest.
A year after poslam’s discovery thousands with eczema and skin ailments have improved. To reach minor cases, a new fifty cent size is sold alongside the two dollar package at Weber Drug Co and other Indianapolis stores, or ordered from Emergency Laboratories New York. Immediate relief from itching and rapid healing are claimed, with full cures in two weeks for chronic cases. Free samples offered by mail.
At the Plaza a French poodle named Nana owned by real estate operator Edward Ellaworth enjoys a pampered life. She has a private bathroom, maid, tutor, and specially prepared meals in a servants’ kitchen. She even walks a pink ribbon to a French maid, while other pedigreed dogs are barred from speaking to her.
Indiana Baptists meeting in Fort Wayne elected officers F M Huckelberry president E B Bryan first VP L A Clark fourth VP J W Stock third VP E Kenny secretary J J Billingsley treasurer The two year board includes F E Taylor W Kirk Bryce P L Powell and Mrs C M Carter The convention closes Friday with Rev Dr Siestwelt of Peoria Ill delivering the keynote address
In Chicago on October 16 a young man known by many names including Perry T. Marquette Bert Maerker Robert Mau cher and Robert Marches was booked on passing bogus checks after moving from the Saratoga hotel to the Central police station. He claimed to be a Culver Military academy graduate.
Mrs John Turner of Cumberland sat by the death bed of her 9 month old baby on Wednesday. The child, who had moved here from Kentucky three weeks earlier, grew worse and died. Dr Samuel McGaughey deputy coroner ruled death from spinal meningitis.
In Anderson Indiana Act 16 The taking over of the Alexandria heat and lighting plant by Indiana Lighting Company required the recording of the largest mortgage in the county. The mortgage is in favor of Central Trust Company of New York signed by F. Deitrich as president. The amount is 5 million dollars for 50 years with a recording fee of 14.76 dollars.
The piece notes organized labor opposing Watson in Indiana with a large parade plan and employer coercion fears. County officials抯 campaign money questions surface as laborers fear retaliation and voters anticipate tense election conditions. Thayer Duncan of Cumberland, who threatened his boss over Taft, faces Democratic retaliation.
Evansville Indiana October 16 Speaker Joseph G Cannon and Congressman James Watson Republican nominee for governor will address crowds October 30 Senator A J Beveridge is set to speak October 28 in Evansville as part of campaign visits by national and state leaders.
An advertisement extols digesting life as Lord Bacon advised and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims tablets aid digestion, are more effective than natural fluids, and are prescribed by forty thousand physicians. The offer includes a free trial package by mail from F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Michigan.
Judge Alton B. Parker appeals to Indiana voters to elect Bryan and Kern and to enact laws requiring parties to publish campaign contributions. He denounces Roosevelt and Harriman letters, urges a Democratic Congress, and notes large Republican funds. He praises Kern and predicts reforms, speaking at Caleb Mills hall to about 2000. Parker to speak in South Bend Friday night.
In a series of varnish and naphtha explosions at Bernard Waltz's paint shop at 332 Stockton Street in New York City, Waltz and his assistant Abraham Feine were mortally burned. The blast wrecked the three story frame building, shattered windows, and toppled walls. Waltz was pouring varnish when fumes met a candle, triggering the initial blast followed by several others as flammable liquids ignited.
Mrs. Phoebe Furgerson, 71, from Wichita, Kansas, came to Greensburg for a daughter's grave and then to Indianapolis to seek rural work west of the city. Exhausted, she rested at 828 N. West St with Mrs. Leona Burgan, a descendant of an old friend, and decided to stay there.
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