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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1907
Page
3
A St Joseph Michigan reader recounts rapid relief from a cold and catarrh after using Peruna. She reports phlegm loosened in three days and full recovery in nine, noting Perune is now available in tablet form.
Chicago on Oct 3 Jack Sheridan the famed American League umpire was arrested at dawn after a bar room fight with a broker L M Oleson and Cheyenne rancher M J Meyer Police untangled the quarrel as half a dozen officers held the group Sheridan carried 2700 in currency and a personal grievance and refused bail The incident followed a refusal to drink at the Saratoga Annex leading to a melee with both Sheridan and Meyer losing about 120 each in the scuffle
Articles signed for a six day walking contest between Dan O Leary of Ireland and Henry Schmehl of Germany to begin Monday evening November 18 in Cincinnati. Start at 8 PM finish at midnight Saturday November 23. Participants will walk 124 hours in all on a track about ten laps to the mile.
Alec Campbell won the Eastern Professional Golf Association championship at the Country Club in Brookline mass. He played the doubles round in 144 to take a gold medal and 100 dollars in prize money. George Low of Baltusrol and Alec Smith of Nassau tied for second and third with 151 strokes each.
ANN ARBOR Mich Oct 30 It leaked out today that Casey had been injured in the Ohio State game but the big Irish man will be able to play against Vanderlei on Saturday Yost is training Embs to go through some of the stunts from tackle that Rhrinschild accomplished last Saturday Allerdice was alternated with Loell at full back again.
Chicago October 30 University of Chicago students from philosophy science art and literature protested being locked in rooms for vaccination. They stamped their objection and many escaped through open windows before staff could intervene.
Special to The Sun from Seattle dated October 30 reports conductor F C Morrison of the interurban railroad being shot and wounded by Alexander La More a French Canadian after there was no seat on the Renton car. The bullet entered behind the right ear and lodged in the neck.
Special to The Sun, Washington. The congressional cemetery near Washington houses hundreds of congressmen and many naval and military heroes. A century of cheap stone cenotaphs marks their graves, misnamed the Washington parish cemetery yet famous for its rows of canister monuments and notable interments including Vice President Elbridge Gerry and Tobias Lear.
Palmyra Missouri October 30 John W iecke an elderly farmer lost 8000 after a confident chain led by a man named Howard and a second accomplice convinced him banks were unsafe. They crowded him into drawing out deposits and placed them in a safety box that held three rocks. Howard, about 45, and another man about 60, escaped with the deception as Wiecke mourns the loss of his farm sale proceeds.
Public plans for a fireproof Y M C A building to rise at New York and Illinois streets occupy a 135 by 195 foot site. The five story structure features reinforced concrete floors, steel frame, separate senior and junior entrances, a 600 seat auditorium on the second floor, a 12 seat banquet room, dormitories on the upper floors, and a basement pool with separate access for each group.
Special to Tre Sum Chicago Oct 30 Patrick McGrath 83 homeless sought warmth in Sherwood school basement yesterday afternoon when a ventilating fan blades tore his scalp. He likely sustained fatal injuries in the incident.
Local businessmen form the Indiana Commercial league to influence public offices and promote legislation. Officers include President J W Zartman and Secretary Edward Kenney, with ties to multiple trade associations. Notable figures discussed include Maj G V Menzies backing Bryan, Gov W T Durbin’s rising prominence, and candidates in the Eighth district. The league aims to expand into all counties to recruit merchants for the legislature. Also notes E S Shumaker of the Anti Saloon League citing 736 dry townships and a push for a constitutional amendment for state wide prohibition.
Madison Wis Oct 30 The La Follette boom for the Republican nomination was formally launched at a conference of 50 prominent Wisconsin Republicans. A campaign committee was appointed with three members from each congressional district. An executive nine member committee will manage the campaign in Wisconsin and elsewhere.
Taft rode to the American mines east of Baguio over a cliffy four mile trail dropping 2000 feet. He addressed the miners urging reforms in mining laws. He will return to Manila Tuesday.
Board of Public Works approves assessment roll for Park Avenue curb to curb paving on asphalt with brick gutters and concrete foundation. Also approves Bevell Avenue sidewalk cementing and Olville/Eville Avenue curb sidewalk work. notices sent to interested or affected persons.
Invitations for sealed proposals were issued for several projects in Indianapolis including Division Street west side sewer and Roanoke Street sewer work, with specifications for cement walks, double walks, and stone placement, to be opened November 11 1907.
General Ordinance No 94 1907 revises sections 36 and 147 of the 1904 building code for Indianapolis. It prescribes brick or cement block walls for dwellings and specifies wall thicknesses with limits on upper stories for longer walls. It also requires fire limits walls to be noncombustible materials, with a note on height increases for wooden dwellings and certification by City Clerk James McNulty on October 22, 1907.
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