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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1901
Page
6
Republican councilman-at-large candidates L W Coper and J S Holliday offered no firm stance while A H Wahl a Democrat in ward 5 supported an ordinance requiring railroads to keep flagmen at crossings. D J Curran declined to state a position and T A Wynne Republican ward 7 supported the measure as beneficial to the people.
In Buffalo on September 16 the district attorney's office bustled as grand jury prep aimed at a rapid indictment of Czolgosz. Witnesses including Dr Herman Mynter and Dr H R Gaylord gave evidence, with secret service detective Gallagher among the first eye witnesses. No defense attorney had appeared yet.
The charge of conspiracy to murder the president against Dr Saylin of Buffalo was not pressed as evidence could not be secured. Chief O Neill warned Buffalo officials to send more evidence or arrestees would be released, with a likely liberty for prisoners by Tuesday.
Commander Eli Torrance of the Grand Army, soon to depart for Washington, received Col. Boynton’s telegram placing Pees representatives of the Grand Army in the post of honor at the state funeral Tuesday. They will precede the hearse as the escort for the late soldier-president.
Clarence Zimmerman of 2609 Tenth Street was near death for over 50 hours from Wednesday midnight to Friday afternoon. A physician reports fair prospects of recovery as Zimmerman remains drowsy but responsive on gentle speaking. His heart is normal and temperature is steady.
Five thousand workers at the American steel hoop company plants in Youngstown Warren Niles Girard Greenville and Pomeroy returned to their usual hours and resumed their former jobs on Monday ending the strike.
Temple ton Crocker, 13, son of the late Col. Fred Crocker, was thrown from a dog-cart in San Francisco and struck a telegraph pole, leaving both legs broken above the knee. Claud Braxton, 22, will be tried Sept 18 for beating his mother over alleged associations with an immoral woman.
In Richmond Indiana a 90 year old Eaton resident, George Chambers, becomes reclusive after a youthful love affair ended when his sweetheart eloped with another man to the west. He never married, lost interest in personal appearance, later amassed over 125000 cancelled postage stamps, and yearly gives five dollars of candy to Preble county orphans. He ends each day after a light supper at five.
President Theodore Roosevelt telegram to Mrs. W. S. Cowles says he will not occupy the White House for the present and will reside temporarily in the Cowles mansion on I Street, Washington. He is her brother.
The sovereign grand lodge met in secret session at the state house from 11 45 a m to 1 45 p m on Monday. A meeting of Indiana grand lodge followed at Grand Lodge Hall, with a 3 p m conference between the grand marshal and deputies. A public reception was planned at the Hotel English at 8 p m by the grand sire.
Quotations from several newspapers recall William McKinley's death and his life of modest service. The Buffalo Times Cleveland Plain Dealer Detroit Free Press and Grand Rapids Press reflect on his character and the nation’s mourning for a beloved president and personal friend.
Mattie Young, 22, colored, was fined $1 for drunkenness in police court Monday. She has not been in the work house more than a year. The matron at police headquarters notes she began to reform last December and formerly caused officers trouble during arrests.
County assessors report a much smaller Indiana potato crop than corn. The state statistician, Johnson, says potato yields are well below average, with about 24 bushels per acre versus the expected 150 to 200. This could be Indiana’s smallest potato crop in 50 years.
A waterspout swept from the Atlantic into Jamaica Bay and broke over a Long Island Railroad trestle train Sunday evening. Windows shattered and passengers drenched in the panic that followed, but no injuries were reported.
Milwaukee report says the Ellen was abandoned in a mid lake gale on Sunday. The Nyack arrived Monday with the Ellen’s crew who had taken to a small boat when the schooner became untenable.
A CITY LIF refrigerator on A. N. Grants back porch at 1707 College Ave was robbed Saturday night. A week old baby boy was found on Edward Rinks doorstep 1019 E Market St early Sunday and sent to the Orphans home wrapped in flannel. Grace mission church at Michigan and Beville Ave was dedicated with services to follow.
An advertisement touts Dr Rudolph Schiffmann declaring asthma, hay fever, and bronchitis curable. It promises immediate relief and thousands cured, offering free sample boxes at Sloan Drug Co. and direct mail requests to Dr Schiffmann for out of town readers.
A Panhandle south bound passenger train struck a freight halted on the main track at Ridley. Eight freight cars and a baggage car derailed, an engine demolished, and traffic delayed nine hours. No one was seriously hurt.
The Columbia club will dispatch a committee to Canton to attend the funeral. John B. Cockrum attorney for the L. E. & W. has offered use of his private car to the committee.
Ye Miss Laura Kamman and William G. Prahm will be married on Wednesday. The engagement of Beatrice Tice to Horace G. Casady is announced. Herman Lieber is home from Germany where his brother is U. S. consul. Rev. C. E. Bacon will return from Europe Oct. 1. Misses Ida and Bernardine Smith returned from the Chautauqua program. George Turner announces engagement of daughter Eisie to Frank V. Hawkins, marriage Sept. 18.
A report from Atlas engine works describes a Saturday event where a foreman shoved a worker through a door to escape and prevent two other workers from assaulting him, coinciding with praise for the president being aced.
Special Sunday excursion leaves Indianapolis Union Station at 7:00 a m for a nonstop trip to Cincinnati. Return service departs Cincinnati at 7:00 p m same day.
A $1.00 round trip special train departs Indianapolis at 7 30 a m and returns from Terre Haute at 9 00 p m for the Saengerfest celebration in Terre Haute. The offer highlights a convenient schedule for attendees traveling between the two cities.
A special train from Indianapolis at 7 45 a m offers a dollar or less round trip fare. The return train departs Lafayette at 7 30 p m, providing a budget travel option for daily riders.
Hutchinson offers deep discounts on carpets during State Fair week. All wool carpets drop from 75c to 59c, filling carpets from 65c to 49c and 55c to 39c, half wool filling at 29c, heavy cotton at 27c, hemp at 19c, common rag carpets at 24c.
The town board of Irvington Indiana announces the civil engineer filed a final estimate and assessment roll for sidewalk work on the east side of Layman Avenue from Washington Street to Lowell Avenue. A town committee will meet at the town hall on September 25, 1901 at 8 p.m. to hear objections to the estimate and roll. By order of the town board September 7, 1901. Frazier, Clerk.
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