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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
2
Senator Fairbanks will not speak on Sept. 10 at the Oliver P. Morton club. The event date has moved to Sept. 17 due to a postponed engagement in Princeton, Indiana.
Berlin notice reports the death of Prof Rudolf Virchow a renowned German pathologist and anthropologist who passed away Friday at 2 pm. He was highly influential in medical science and social medicine.
Lee Elam and Harold Hibben left Friday for Europe. Miss Josephine Hauss has gone to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. The ladies' club of the German House will have the September event Saturday. Rev and Mrs M L Haines have returned from Europe and will be home next week. Leonard Campbell will attend Yale. Coburn Allen will go to the University of Wisconsin and Maynard Allen to Purdue. Miss Josephine Dunn hosted a gypsy party Thursday at her Cornell avenue home with girl friends. State weddings reported in several towns include Mrs Bessie Bunch Gribben and Walter Lotz in Van Wert Ohio, Miss Anna Schlundt and Rev George Nauysman of Buffalo NY in Evansville, Miss Ida M Owen and Robert C Hillis of Logansport in Worthington, Miss Elizabeth Gilmore and William Hardisty in Muncie, and Miss Mary Brooks and J Wood Leslie in Bloomington.
Editor Sexton of the United Mine Workers Journal alleges Abram Hewitt hides his interests as a disinterested observer. He cites Hewitt as a director of the Erie road mining 20 percent of anthracite and holding stakes in bituminous mines across Pennsylvania Colorado and New Mexico.
The White River Conference of the United Brethren in Marion voted to accept W. L. Elder of Indianapolis offering a site and 40000 for buildings on condition the church sells 400 lots on Shelby street south of Garfield Park along the electric line. The plan goes to the Southern Conference in Newport and the Northern Conference in Peru for approval. If accepted, trustees will be elected and land sales start immediately.
Bailey Kerekas was arrested in Ionia county on an attempted murder charge linked to Mrs. Klump's March 2 death from poisoned headache powder mailed to her. George Merritt, a former neighbor, also received a powder by mail and helped trigger the case, with handwriting analysis found similar to the poison envelope.
N E Donnelly of Boston, an aeronaut, ascended at Rice Beach on Thursday afternoon. He detached his parachute and performed on a bar, but at about two hundred feet he lost grip and fell into the sound. He was retrieved unconscious but alive and likely to die.
Mrs Fannie Hall of Orleans New York, formerly invalid for over ten years, reports chronic diarrhoea and poor digestion improved after two years of consuming Grape Nuts. She gained thirty pounds from 115 to 145, now does her own work, and praises the product as essential for her family.
W N Northcott education director of the YMCA outlines a plan to recruit more young men for the educational program starting Oct 1. He asks business leaders to supply names for outreach and will send literature. Rev F C Beck joins the faculty to teach parliamentary law and debate. Rev W B Farmer will teach six psychology lessons. Six short term clubs on live issues will be formed.
The page lists showings at AMUSEMENTS GRAND-Vaudeville featuring 2 and 8. PARK presents Uncle Tom's Cabin at 2 and 8. EMPIRE offers Utopians at 2 and 8 with FAIRBANK featuring Frederick Holcombe Katherine Leslie and Maud Angell.
The Park presents a modern version of Uncle Tom's Cabin from Al Martin with a large company and jubilee singers. Cake walks keep action lively and the fourth act features a Voo doo scene before multiple tableaux. The audiences grow, weep at Uncle Tom's sorrows, and the show remains popular.
Joe Welch and the Micatre sisters with Mr and Mrs Watrous Homer Mason and company Miss Angie Norton Collins and MaDell perform at the Grand next week The Night Before Christmas plays at the Park first half of week The World Beaters burlesque at the Empire next week Fairbank brings Liberati's big band last amusements of season
John Burkdall of 1313 Brookside ave has been missing since Sunday and police are asked to search. Meyer Silverman is jailed at Fort Wayne to return here on horse theft charges. he has prior arrests this year. Ollie Lance and Stella Lee fled the Home of the Good Shepherd toward the county’s west. authorities won’t pursue re ar rest. Charles Condon, cigarmaker, arrested for selling a gramophone without a license. insanity claim cited. Clara Shinn, 28, drank carbolic acid in a hotel room with her lover. hospitalized and recovering.
An OCR fragment advertises various products including Weale Hair Tone for hair, Rover on Morn flea and ant deterrent, Liquid Lightning, and Rough on Bunions claiming swift relief. It mentions foot pain cures and a general sales pitch with dubious claims and low prices.
Lieut John W Stark faces dishonorable discharge from the Virginia militia and two months in jail after allegedly calling a brother officer a Lobster while intoxicated at Hollywood cemetery on Memorial Day. He is permitted ten days to appeal. Stark gained attention for Cuba relief efforts before the Spanish American War and had been accused but acquitted of sending obscene matter to President Roosevelt.
Advertisement offers slightly used uprights at Baldwin's. Also post binders transfer binders and blank holders. WM. B. BURFORD of Indianapolis promotes a Lake Erie and Western R. R. excursion to Michigan City at $1.00, with details and contact through The Sun's liners and office at 121-13 E. Ohio.
City Attorney Joss disputes the urgency of repairing the rotting Virginia Ave viaduct as months of neglect persist. City Engineer Nelson and the Board of Public Works have finally had men scrape and repaint the ironwork, but smoke corrosion continues to eat away the structures.
William Sloan a Indianapolis plumber was arrested on desertion charges from the U S Army and sent to Ft Thom as Ky for trial. A dental ad notes Indiana Dental College offers patient care from 8 am to 6 pm.
An old style plea invites readers to send a postal card or call THE SUN office for help. It promises assistance with small costs and guaranteed results.
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