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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
2
In Hodgenville Kentucky on Thursday a mob led by Ward and his father seized a Black man charged with a alleged revolting crime from the jail. The mob dragged him to the courthouse steps fired at him, shot him, then hanged him from the yard stairs.
Mayor Bookwalter married Harry F ee of Benton Harbor Michigan to Julia B Gough daughter of Mrs. Margaret Gough of 505 N Liberty St in his office at noon. He rehearsed the rite aloud before proceeding and steadied his voice despite a rattled moment while delivering the kiss moment and formalities.
In Chicago dated October 31 a 20 year arc traces Frank Bradley from luxuriously funded leadership at the Pullman palace car works to a court scene. A 63 year old former business head faces a prison sentence for pickpocketing with Michigan penitentiary officers waiting to take him back. Bradley’s past includes embezzlement in Joliet and forgery in Detroit, reflecting a dramatic personal decline.
Paris reports an official note states a division of the Mediterranean squadron will be detached for a special mission. Admiral Caillard will command and is to seize a port’s custom-house if France’s claims are not satisfied.
A fragment recounts Henderson Grimett of a place suffering partial paralysis and loss of use of an arm and side. After two bottles of Chamberlains Pain Balm, claimed remarkable improvement follows. Geo. R. Menard of Logan county West Virginia and others cite cures for paralysis and ailments, praising the liniment.
John Trout, residing near the Kentucky border, intervened in a Buchanan county brawl on Wednesday. Both fighters turned on him and severely injured him. His arm and ear were severed and his head and breast badly lacerated.
Norfolk Va October 31 The Virginia state board of agriculture at its meeting Wednesday decided to ask the next legislature to make a liberal appropriation for the department to support its programs and activities.
John Acton aged 56 was riding to work when the front fork of his bicycle broke near Hast Street and Virginia Avenue. He fell and sustained a severe head injury. Dr. De Vaney of the City Dispensary attended him and he remained unconscious under care of Dr. Hoover.
Justice Wm T Jerome told about 1500 Republicans that Thomas C Platt and Wm C Whitney conspired to defeat him. He claimed a secret meeting at Whitney office in which Thomas F Ryan and Vreeland of Metropolitan Street Railway attended. Whitney and Platt denied any such meeting.
Carl Fisher prepares a special five horsepower motor cycle weighing about 250 pounds to make a mile a minute under official timers. Waltham Manufacturing of Waltham Massachusetts is building the machine, targeting completion by mid January for a possible mile run on a track or straight course.
Rev. Charles Waggle of Cincinnati preached extreme sanctification and prohibition at St Matthews Church Pittsylvania County. He urged converts to destroy crops. Matthew Searce, a young farmer, emptied eight tobacco barns and burned the crop valued at eight thousand dollars.
A Montreal designed patent proposes sinking an electric cable along the center of navigable channels between Montreal and Quebec. Power would come from a Montreal powerhouse with colored lights on each side of the canal, supported by cork floats, replacing lighthouses buoys and other night navigation gear.
In Paris the Elysee was disrupted by a man declaring he is a heavenly messenger sent to kill Waldeck Rousseau. He was arrested and a loaded revolver was found on him. In Liverpool Sir Thomas Lipton arrived with no plans for a new America's Cup challenger. In Peru Indiana churches hire Evangelists Ostrom and Hills for a revival starting Sunday.
The third Ohio state conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution opens in Cincinnati with several hundred delegates in attendance. Mrs. Charles A. Fairbanks of Indiana, president general of DAR, attends the event.
Josiah Flynt, the New York reformer, lectured to the Contemporary club at the Propylaeum on Wednesday night. Indiana hosts several civic items including a McKinley memorial committee meeting next Monday with Senator Fairbanks to discuss fundraising. The Indiana library association held its last meeting, electing officers Jennie Elrod, E. F. Mummert, and Anna G. Hubbard.
Mrs. O. C. Reynolds aged 34 of 205 East Twenty third street wife of the Monon yardmaster died Wednesday at St Vincent's hospital. She is survived by her husband and two children. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
A second copper vein of considerable magnitude has been uncovered on Hazel creek in Swain county. In various locations the vein also carries silver, indicating additional ore value in the area.
A list of crime and public safety items notes five black counterfeiters detained in Warrensburg Maryland. The dispatch mentions other urban issues including famine in Zapata county and a flood of passenger traffic from Nome to Seattle. Local officials report a murder attempt and suicide in Green Spring Ohio.
Sleeplessness blamed for nervous weakness, recommended Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as safe and effective. Mrs D W Laflin of Indianapolis reports improved sleep, steadier nerves, and overall strength after using the medicine. sold at 50 cents a box through druggists and Dr A L Chase Med Co. in Buffalo.
Plymouth congregation met Wednesday night and decided to select a downtown lot for the new church with a maximum price of $10,000. The site will be chosen on November 7.
In Valparaiso Indiana on October 31, authorities report William Johnson and Samuel Carigon are under investigation or hold related to an unspecified legal action. No further details available in the fragment.
The romance of Earl Russell and Mrs. Molly Sommerville of Nevada ended in marriage at the Holborn registrar office in London on Thursday. The ceremony was brief and concluded the couple's long romance. Columbus report notes Charles G. Knight chief inspector in the state railroad department found dead in bed on Thursday of heart disease.
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