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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1904
Page
2
Prominent colored congressional aspirant George Knox declares rumors about his motives false and says he will seek Congress as an independent. He reports pledges of support from white Republicans and notes a white voter offer of $500 to aid his campaign. He asserts decades in business and demands representation for colored people.
A cablegram reports David Kk. Goss of Stra Germany died by suicide after a message announced his death. He left a brief note claiming fear of going insane drove the act. Friends say he suffered severe nervous strain while in the U.S. last summer was ill and melancholy. His cremation took place in Strassburg and his family plans to move to America.
A fumigator with a sulphur stick lit in the front room of W H Blinky Jey’s Elm street house at 1 a m. The family fled as flames consumed the front of the residence within an hour.
Two famous Indianapolis dogs Max and Pat, long seen following a city trash cart, wander the center and near the public library and Claypool hotel in search of their missing master. The aging pair look for the cart and show grief as they roam with no one guiding them, hoping for a familiar sight.
School board made the following appointments Tuesday night Adeloert F Sook teacher of manual training in district schools June Grandon principal of school No 17 Bessie Hil assistant principal of the Earace Mann school Olga Schellschmidt director of practice at the Morton School Anathart substitute teacher at No 4 Alice Benton Scott drawing teacher at the Manual training high school Supt Kendall reported to the board that the expenses of the schools salaries of teachers officials and janitors and other expenses will be about $000 for the first month of school.
August bulletin from the State board of health highlights a sharp rise in typhoid fever in Indiana. Hurty warns the yearly surge will continue through autumn with projected deaths and illnesses, urging proper sanitary measures to avert the spread.
In Watesh relatives of Fred Smith condemn Coroner Tutentler for not ratifying death by the deceased. Autopsy suggests self-inflicted action with toxic substances. Brothers unaware of the death until reading it in the papers, upset by alleged negligence.
Respect for soldiers clashes with law after Harley Frederick a discharged Japanese service member faced charges for frank language and profane remarks. He displayed release papers before the judge who warned that soldiers must obey the law.
Mrs. Frank M. Harvey, wife of a prominent KK of P. and missing from Indianapolis, told Capt. Boylan she received a letter from her husband in Kansas City claiming he bought tickets for Old Mexico where he would earn $225 a day. Police suspect a second woman may be involved and note he may not be leaving voluntarily. Authorities will probe the case further.
Sophomores at Butler College mock freshmen by demanding a 2 cent ticket for campus entry. The prank halted arrivals at the registrar’s office as new students searched for registration. The stunt, aimed at the opening day, shaved a brisk uptick in campus numbers and set plans for further theater visits as registration continued through the week.
Carlton Weaver, editor and manager of the Ada Daily and Weekly News from Ada Oklahoma, arrived at Butler college Sunday and decided to leave after learning a Negro was enrolled. He plans to attend a southern school where race prejudice is stricter.
Ohio flagman William Rugenstein was severely bruised while trying to rescue Mrs. Samuel Grass at a crossing on Market Street. Grass suffered a fractured skull but is expected to recover after being struck by a switch engine and freight cars moving west at the crossing.
The case against Charles Young charged with assault and battery on his wife was continued in police court until Oct. 1. Mrs Young testified about overhearing her husband talking to another woman on the telephone and about an incident Tuesday night on Arsenal avenue when she saw him with the woman and screamed. Witnesses said he struck her while attempting to quiet her.
Near the Letcher Knott county line, Tuesday Tandy Martin, once a leader in the Martin Tulliver war of extermination, shot and killed Jamen Amburgy, a leader of the later Tulliver faction, after two decades of peace both sides fear a clash may come.
In Cincinnati a shooting in a basement gallery left a woman instantly killed. Mrs Henry Nash or Mamie Kepler, temporarily in charge, failed to understand the weapon and kept the gun loaded while assisting customers. A single bullet struck a coworker in the left breast as the weapon discharged.
Births and deaths are recorded with names and locations including Ed. Lehr in Dorman ville and Ren hum in Brookville. Notable entries include several marriages and a range of building permits. Supt. Kruger marked his thirty seventh birthday with a quiet celebration at the police station.
London Sept 3 The bulletin from the physicians attending Lady Curzon reports she has distinctly improved and that her condition is less grave though still critical.
Adjt gen Ralléley of the State G A R traveled to Martinsville on Wednesday for a reunion of the famous seventy Indiana volunteers led by Gen Benjamin Harrison. An important history of the regiment by Col Samuel Merrill is noted. After the Martinsville event, Adjt gen Halissey will visit Franklin and Greensburg for further reunions.
Six physicians contracted hay fever to test a Hamburg institute serum that triggered symptoms and then a novel anti toxin was injected. An immediate cure was reportedly effected. The demonstration occurred before the Ramsey County Medical Society in St Paul on September 2.
A scrambled wire from Chicago details Secretary Shaw receiving funds after a miscommunication with clerk Kelvy over a Washington salary. In Indiana, King, a grist worker, died in a New Market wreck while en route to a funeral, with both father and son buried in the same grave. News reached Salto to the bun t.
CLERMONT Sept 2 After two years of asthma confinement and limited mobility Mrs Abhlam Welch of this town, wife of a leading citizen, is now active again. She says the Austrian drug excatco cured her after trying it through samples sent free by mail from the Austrian dispensary at 6 E Fourteenth St New York City.
Readers learn of a forged Roosevelt letter printed in the Union Miners Magazine and traced through the Wisconsin Tailer and St Paul Globe debunking who first published it. The Tailer editor says a clipping from six weeks ago came from an assistant. the St Paul Globe staff deny ever printing the letter. The Associated Press later relayed the circulating account.
News reaches Owingsville Kentucky that during a general fight near Himna Scart county Mrs Clarinda Thacher stabbed Mrs Emma Stone five times causing probable fatal wounds. Monroe Stone and Maratal Jacobs are charged with complicity. Stone supplied the knife and Jacobs held Mrs Stone while the stabbing occurred. Stone and Mrs Thacher jailed. Jacobs escaped.
The Alabama river has fallen to a level deemed uncavigable and steamboats will be laid up until water rises. Cotton along the banks is exposed and the drought may cause substantial economic losses, a condition described by veteran river men as unprecedented.
The note sketches that Hugh Guerney third secretary at the British embassy may lose his post after an apology and fine linked to a Massachusetts police court incident. It notes international law immunity limits and potential avenues for punishing a foreign official. It also cites Massachusetts and state department reactions and hints at broader diplomacy impacts.
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