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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
2
The Democrats of the Sixth ward organized Wednesday night and elected officers. President John M. Hull, vice president D. J. Sullivan, secretary W. P. Manion, and treasurer John Rauch were chosen. Headquarters will be opened soon in available rooms.
Lieut Harry Ingram of engine house No 15 retires on pension after many years of service. John Keating becomes the new lieutenant. Bert Gribble promoted to regular fireman. Substitutes on the No 15 list include William C Drier and Oliver H Horn.
Mrs. P. J. Smiths barn behind 238 Brightwood avenue burned Wednesday night with losses of 800 dollars. William Hayes's large farmhouse two miles west of Lawrence also burned Wednesday from a blaze starting in a smokehouse, with losses of 1,800 dollars.
Fifty one veterans of the Thirty third Indiana Volunteer Infantry gathered at Garfield park for a reunion marking the thirty seventh annual event and the forty fourth anniversary of Atlanta's surrender to Gen. John Coburn, then colonel of the regiment.
Samuel Brackett of Trenton New Jersey, claimed oldest office boy alive, turns 89 today. He has worked 69 years at the Anvil Works office owned by Mrs. Clark Fisher and still holds the same post. Brackett declined a big celebration saying it would distract from his duties and his motto is strict attention to business.
The South-side Hebrews form the Hebrew Voters Marshall Club. Raphael Schmidt opens, M B Frey proposes the name Marshall club, adopted. Officers include Raphael Schmidt president Albert J Pracapan vice president M B Frey recording secretary Al Hamammarman treasurer David Erdaman marshal Jacob Cohen sergeant at arms. Weekly meetings set for Stone Place hall S Meridian street with Erdaman to speak next Wednesday night.
Fred Williams, a county jail prisoner serving an assault and battery sentence, halted Juliane Kaminsky's horse on Alabama Street. Williams, already made a trusty for good conduct, jumped into the buggy after the horse slowed in front of the jammed rig as Kaminsky stepped aboard, aided by a promised escape plan partner.
The Board of Public Safety accepted the resignation of Patrolman John Caldwell who plans to go into business and leave the force.
Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania reports the resumption of operations at the Pennsylvania Railroad shops after a winter shutdown that laid off 760 workers. The yards were used to store 12 000 idle freight cars now being moved to other parts of the system for grain and coal shipments.
A light frost occurred in Greenfield Ind last night the first of the season. Tomato vines were covered with frost.
In Yoronw Pa a Civil War veteran named Solomon Sherry 81 or 82 years old spent over 300 dollars in two weeks. He then killed himself by hanging, his body found in the attic of his home.
Huntington dispatch says a mob fought to lynch John Sprouser after he was captured by hounds near the Ohio River shore. He faces charges of burning the body of Charles Cooper and killing Cooper’s two small children in a family blaze. The mother died in the flames and two older girls jumped from windows to escape. Sprouser, who had court disputes with Cooper, denies the crime.
Miss Mamie Horn and Ernest Gar land Butler plan to wed on September 21 at the Horn home. They will reside at Meridian flats after November 1. Several pre wedding entertainments are noted. The Marguerite hosts the wedding of Eta Edith Butter man and F P Bates, with relatives present and a wedding supper. Sacred Heart church witnesses the wedding of Bertha Schneider and John Lauck Jr. Jeanne Wheeler and Carl E Sweeney marry at St Peter and Paul cathedral with a witness by Amzi Wheeler. The couple will live at the Hartwell after November 1.
Albert Hulton aged 25 died of heart failure after dancing for two hours on the pavement outside his home. He tipped the hurdy gurdy man a quarter and danced to exhaustion until police intervened. Coroners jury to rule.
Mrs. Fannie Young of Buena Vista killed herself by hanging last evening. Coroner Bogart conducts the investigation in Brookville Indiana.
Market meat dealers protested to the Board of Public Safety against a health board order requiring refrigerators or ice boxes for meats by Sept 15. They argued the order is unjust and must be reconsidered. They were told to confer with the Health Board before the next Public Safety session.
Captain Bray, head of detectives, is laid up with a blister infected right ankle. The attending doctor reports no expected serious complications.
Five year old Robbie yelled Seat scats at two cows grazing in his mother’s flower garden while three year old Mary excitedly urged him to spow and scow. The cows ignored the interruption and continued eating.
An Indiana tobacco union leader claims the American Society of Equity will back the Democratic ticket in the coming campaign. He argues the tobacco trust harms growers and cites labor ties, tariff revision, and farm labor unity as reasons for farmers to shift from Republicans to Democrats in southern Indiana.
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