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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1902

Page

8

Segho Probab ly Pat on the Thack by Companion

Special to the Indianapolis Journal Bloomington Ind Aug 4 A Monon passenger train north killed an unknown negro who lay on the track and died after being struck The other negro Brooklyn Leslie from Louisville was found and held for examination A quarrel near Whitestown left farmer Essex and neighbor Shoemaker severely injured Essex used a pocket knife and both men were injured Shoemaker a former Union township trustee is prominent in local Democratic politics

Indianapolls Journal Bloomington Ind Monon Leslie Brooklyn Louisville Indianapolis Whitestown Alonso Essex Essex James W. Shoemaker Shoemaker Union Township

Tragic Suicide Attempt at Bedford Telephone Exchange

Elmer Chambers is a lineman for Central Union Telephone Co. in Bedford. His wife, about twenty, drank carbolic acid from a vial at the stock room water cooler, collapsing in convulsions. A doctor predicts she will die. the motive remains unknown.

Indianapolis Journal Bedford Ind Elmer Chambers Central Union Telephone Company the Exchange

Indiana Woman Dies After Morphine Ingestion

In Muncie Indiana on August four a thirty one year old woman Mrs Annie E Murphy died four hours after swallowing fifteen morphine tablets at her home on West Sixteenth Street Authorities say the act was spurred by love for an eighteen year old suitor and the burden of an unendurable marriage to a husband living The husband Mrs Murphy’s spouse claims the tragedy stemmed from her affection for the younger man and her inability to wed him despite medical efforts to resuscitate her.

Indianapolis Journal Muncie Ind Annie E. Murphy

Tragic accidents dot Indiana towns in one day

In Frankfort near Middle Fork a twenty month old boy died after climbing onto a seat and becoming entangled in a rope, while a Ray Weigele daughter reportedly ingested strychnine pills. Near Nashville a farmer was killed when his horse forcefully struck him, and in Kokomo Edward Mikels was fatally run over by Clover Leaf trains near West Middleton.

Indianapolis Journal Frankfort Ind M. W. Unger Middlefork Ray Weig Kokomo Edward Mikels West Middleton

Fatal Well Accident Near Marion Involving Gales and Temes

In Marion Indiana on August 4 H C Gale and Fred Temester were fatally injured when a bull wheel detached from a shaft and fell on their work site. Gale suffers a concussion of the brain as a result of the incident.

Indianapolis Journal Marion Ind H. C. Gale Fred Temester Ofl Gale

Eel River Levee Petition Seeks Damages Viewers

Clay County Eel River Improvement Company asks the County Commissioners to appoint viewers to assess benefits and damages for a levee on the Eel river eleven miles long. They claim the project will redeem 6,000 acres of currently untenable land while a large remonstrance warns the levee would form a circular reservoir and flood extensive ground. The sides, each with lawyers, plan to present arguments next Wednesday.

Indianapolis Journal Brazil Ind Eel River Improvement Company, Incorporated Eel River

Tin Plate Workers Reject Wage Cut Proposal

Pittsburg August 4 The American Tin Plate Company proposal to cut wages by percent was rejected after weeks of voting. A new conference between the company and union officials is planned in New York within the next two weeks.

Pittsburg American Tin Plate Company New York

Tin Plate Wages Cut Debate Shrinks U.S. Plants

The American Tin Plate Company faces plant closures as workers resist a 4 percent wage cut while production would rise about 16 percent, boosting earnings by roughly 12 percent. Welsh workers back cross ocean brethren, prompting Welsh sentiment against acceptances. Shenango New Castle and several Indiana plants shut. Pride of Newcastle Amalgamated Lodge rejects 6 percent reduction, triggering an indefinite closure planned this week.

Wales American Tin Plate Company Shenango Newcastle Indiana New Kensington Pittsburg Window-Glass Workers’ Association L. A K. of. L Greer Pride of Newccastle Amalgamated Loige

Tin Plate Workers Accept Wage Cut to Win Big Contract

In Elwood Indiana workers in the hot mill voted by twenty nine to four hundred to accept the wage reduction sought by the American Tin Plate Company. The move aims to secure a contract for a million and a half boxes of tin annually from the Standard Old Company despite a stormy meeting and pressure from their national organization in Pittsburgh.

Indianapolis Elwood Ind Tin Plate Pitsburg American Tin Plate Company Standard Old Company

Glass plant at Eaton to resume operations on Aug 11

Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Muncie Indiana reports the Western Flint Glass Company plant at Eaton, closed for months, will reopen on August 11. The facility hires about one hundred workers and expects activity to resume with steady production.

Indianapolis Journal Muncie Ind Western Flint Glass Company Eaton

Girl in Monroe County Struggles with Severe Smallpox

In Bloomington Indiana Aug 4 a serious smallpox case is reported in the Henry W Adams family southeast of the city. The patient is the seven teen year old daughter who has been ill nearly a week. Neighbors face many exposures and fear further spread. The girl is believed to have contracted the illness from two sick strangers lodging at the Adams home two weeks earlier.

Indianapolis Journal Bloomington Ind Henry W. Adams Mr. Adams Adams

Immense strike to extend Blackford county pool output

Operators say the extensive strike will widen the Blackford county pool, already eclipsing any other field in output. The report notes the large scale and expected impact on production and regional significance.

Blackford County

Two Farmers Institutes Planned in Indiana Districts

Two district Farmers Institutes set for late August in Princeton and Anderson will explore fruit and garden development in southwestern Indiana and address butcher stock production issues. Indiana and out of state experts will attend. Central Passenger Association may authorize one fare round trip from all Indiana points. Delegate certificates available through Prof. W. C. Latta.

Indianapolis Journal Lafayette Ind Farmers’ Institutes Horticultural and Gardeners’ Institute Princeton Anderson Indiana Central Passenger Association W. C. Latta

Requiem for Rev Henry Meissner and Goshen Luther League Meet

A thirty day gathering follows the death of Rev Henry Meissner with a requiem high mass led by Very Rev John Guendling and Rev Charles McCabe who baptized the infant Meissner. Indiana and Kentucky Luther League to convene at First English Evangelical Lutheran Goshen on Tue and Wed with addresses by Rev Paschaw of Miamisburg and Rev Dr Ort of Springweld.

Henry Meissner Tor John Guendling Charles McCabe Otterbein Meissner Indianapolis Journal Goshen Ind Indiana and Kentucky Luther League Paschaw Miamisburg Dr. Ort Springweld

Old Settlers Meeting at Lakeside Park Ridgeville Ind

Fourteenth annual Old Settlers gathering for Jay and Randolph counties set for August 14 at Lakeside Park Ridgeville. U S Senator Charles W Fairbanks will attend to deliver the principal address with pioneers Aaron White and others from Ohio and Indiana exchanging reminiscences. Lakeside Park sits beside an artificial lake Pequamaha on the Mississinewa river named for an Indian chief killed there by an early eastern Indiana settler. Event has grown from a dozen into thousands. management plans for 25 00 attendees this year.

Indianapolis Journal Ridgeville Ind Jay Randolph Counties Lakeside Park United States Charles W. Fairbanks Aaron White Jay County Ohio Indiana Mississinewa Pequamaha

Stricken Judge in Indiana Suffers Paralysis

In Martinsville Indiana Judge M H Parks of the Fifteenth district suffered a severe stroke while at home during summer vacation, leaving his left side paralyzed. He is a prominent central Indiana attorney. In Greencastle Indiana remonstrants concluded a canvass opposing a saloon at Commercial Place requiring 738 names due to signatures gathered. In Salem Indiana Professor H B Wilson resigned as superintendent of the public schools after seven years, to take the Franklin schools post with a higher salary. In Portland Indiana the Democratic county convention endorsed the Kansas City platform and Bryan teachings, backing reduced township taxes to meet fiscal needs. In Pike County Indiana Republicans held a mass convention at Winslow nominating a full county ticket led by C D Houchin for treasurer and other officers.

Indianapolis Journal Martinsville Ind M. H. Parks Fifteenth Judicial District Judge Parks Indiana Greencastle Commercial Place Se City Salem H. B. Wilson Salem Public Schools Wilson Pemcigal Franklin Portland Kansas City William Jennings Bryan Petersburg Pike County Mass Winslow C. D. Houchin T. W. Basinger Joe O'Brien Orion Peed T. W. Tyner Joseph Carr W. H. Gladish Emory Chappell

Notable Indiana Obituaries From Aug 4 In Several Towns

A string of brief obituaries from Madison Portland Rushville Whitestown Muncie Russiaville Frankfort Lolantville and Bloomington note the deaths of Eli T Spencer Augustus Bosworth George W Brown Andrew J Ground Jennie Woody Samuel Aughe Mary Wiggins and Rachel Russell aged varied from eighty to eighty seven. These notices record professions affiliations and survivors including Dr John Spencer the Spencers longtime ministerial work in the Methodist conference and local business ties such as hardware merchant John L Woody and zinc mining ventures as well as church affiliations and burial plans across multiple counties.

Madison Ind Eli T. Spencer Jefferson County Canaan Spencer Cincinnati Hattie Gansu John Spencer Moore's Hill Portland Augustus Bosworth Salamania Christian Church Fred Stouvenour D. F. Spade Bosworth Rushville George W. Brown Charles W. Tinsley Terre Haute M. B. Hyde East Hill Cemetery Whitestown Andrew J. Ground St. Mark's Lutheran Church Ground Carthage Muncie Washington and Lincoln Russiaville Jennie Woody John L. Woody Frankfort Samuel Aughe Lolantville Mary Wiggins Leonard Wiggins Bloomington Rachel Russell Reformed Presbyterian Church

American Admiral Denies War Claim Amid German Plot Rumors

In Chicago and Berlin reports a U S navy Rear Admiral Taylor is quoted as warning of a possible German American war. Berlin papers deny any intention to annex the Netherlands and Taylor says he never predicted a war only that seacoast defenses should be strengthened.

Berlin Taylor United States Navy Germany United States Tageblatt Netherlands Washington Bureau of Navigation Army Panama Canal Cuban Jamaica West Indian Islands Curacao Caribbean Sea Monroe Doone Chicago

Health officer detains Cuban Railway chief engineer

Dr. the health officer of the port said Mr Van Horne was detained due to fever. The young man, about thirty, said he had been ill for days after eating something that disagreed with him. He is the chief engineer of the new Cuban Railway, in which his father is interested.

van Horne New Cuban Railway

Taft urged to settle Philippine land dispute

Washington Post quotes Frank E B Dominguez of Manila praising Governor Taft, saying a fair settlement will benefit all. He defends Taft against Catholic opposition, argues for limited self rule in the islands, notes American progress in Manila, and reports industrial unrest including cigarmakers striking for higher wages.

Washington Post United States Taft The Philippines Frank EB. Dominguez Manila Philippine Commission

Minneapolis Tribune Warns of City Governing Vacuum

A Minneapolis Tribune editorial decries the city’s lack of effective government and police protection. It argues emergencies could wipe out property and life without organized response, criticizing council inaction and predicting private self defense as the only safeguard.

Minneapolis Tribune Minneapolis Thirteenth Regiment Mayors

Gardner family holds annual reunion at old Paul Gardner homestead

Liberty reports the Gardner family reunion at the Paul Gardner homestead three miles southeast of town. About two hundred relatives across generations attended the gathering. In Peru, a proposal to build twelve gravel roads in Jackson and Harrison townships failed by eighty eight votes. Petersburg notes rapid work on the Washington township rock road system in Pike county with a large crew grading and hauling ballast. Rushville records a farmhouse fire near town, three miles south, destroying the home and contents with about 300 dollars loss.

Liberty Gardner Paul Gardner Peru Jackson Harrison Petersburg Washington Township Pike County Rushville David Cline

Gold Value Decline to Be Stated in Decreasing Units

O L Redfield argues in Engineering Magazine that gold's value will steadily fall as production costs drop and new mining improves. He notes recent shocks from the South African war and predicts a probable 30 percent decline over the next twenty years, with future prices expressed in continually reducing units.

O. L. Redfield Engineering Surin

Woodmen of Indiana hold two day log rolling in Kokomo

KOKOMO Ind Aug 4 The Woodmen of Indiana gather in Kokomo for a two day event starting Tuesday. Delegates are welcomed with addresses and a parade. a spectacular Robin Hood production at Athletic Park features 500 armed costumed performers. Wednesday includes prize drill contests log rolling wood chopping and band concerts with another Robin Hood showing. About 15000 visitors are expected.

Indianapolis Journal Kokomo Ind Woodmen of Indiana Athletic Park

Stone Sawyers Strike Hits Bedford Quarries

In Bedford Indiana on August 4 fifteen stone mill sawyers walked out while about seventy five workers remain employed. The strikers claim wages will drop from eighteen to sixteen and a half cents per hour with no pay for noon half hour, reducing daily earnings by twenty three cents.

Indianapolis Journal Bedford Ind Hoosier

Annie Gilbert Arrested in Boston as Noted Thief

In Boston on August 4 Annie Gilbert twenty seven was arrested by police who say she is among the country s most successful thieves with warrants pending in many towns. Her lodgings yielded diamonds bric a brac silverware wear and household goods. She is described as a domestic who aided housebreakers. She was captured in an employment office.

Boston Annie Gilbert

Tolton murder case Deepens as Mrs Dolphe Held

In LaPorte Indiana on August 4 authorities widen the Tolton case over an alleged murder for marriage. Cassie Dolphe a deaf mute linked to the case is arrested on complicity charges and claims Tolton killed his wife while denying knowledge of the deed. Sheriff plans to drag Clear Lake near Westville for the body.

Indianapolis Journal Laporte Ind Tolton Cassie Dolphe Westville Porter County Clearlake

Post Office Strikes Halt Special Delivery Service

In Pittsburg on August 4 thirty nine special delivery boys at the post office refused to work for two hours to protest the salary payment of a promoted messenger from delivery funds. Postmaster Holliday urged them to return, warning they were violating their oaths and rebelling against the U S government.

Pittsburg Holliday United States

Marriage license issued amid illness in Marion

Marion reports a license for the marriage of Edith Sweetser and Dr. B C Dale issued late this afternoon. Miss Sweetser lies unconscious from typhoid and malaria fevers at the bedside, postponing the wedding. Dale is city health officer and both are prominent in society. In Muncie, Samuel Cashmore faces subornation of perjury charges. trial opened but continued to Aug 11 due to ill key witness.

Indianapolis Journal Marion Ind Edith Sweetser B. C. Dale Miss Sweetser George Sweetser Dale Muncie Samuel Cashmore Patrick J. Hefferman I. H. Gray

Use of Butter for Coloring in Oleo Margarine Case

Washington report on the anti oleomargarine law notes Judge Outcast of Cincinnati will argue before the Commissioner of Internal Revenue next week that coloring oleomargarine with butter does not prove artificial coloring. Government color tests show 0.1 part butter can color ten pounds of oleomargarine, risking a ruling that could nullify the tax law and affect the margarine industry.

Judge Outcast Cincinnati Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Merger Ratified by Bowker Fertilizer Company Board

In Boston on August 4 shareholders of Bowker Fertilizer Company ratified its merger with American Agricultural and Chemical Company. The former treasurer Coe's confession and memoranda on $120,000 misapplied funds were reviewed. Counsel announced that the company's assignment after Coe's defalcation was avoided by sale to the larger firm.

Boston Bowker Fertilizer Company American Agricultural and Chemical Company Coe

The Kaiser's Opportunity in Poland

The New York Commercial Advertiser imagines the Kaiser leading 000 men to Posen, a theater of medieval grandeur. It praises the spectacle for Poland while lampooning modern siege engines, portraying the Kaiser as a romantic guerra lord and declaring Posen a brief suzerainty of romance.

New York Poland Posen Coeur de Lion Barbarossa Kaiser

Canton City reconsiders Kossuth statue site

Cleveland August 4 The board of control action granting a Hungarian residents committee permission to erect a Louis Kossuth statue was reconsidered tonight. The matter is referred back to the parks committee which oversees the site and will meet with Hungarian delegates to discuss an alternative location exclusive of the public square.

Cleveland, O Board of Control of Louis Kossuth Committee On Parks

Death Was an Hour Ahead at Fort Snelling

War Department orders moved Sergeant Major Frank E. Blair from Fort Snelling to Fort Layard hospital an hour after his death from consumption. Blair, of Providence Rhode Island, served with the Fourteenth Infantry and took part in the relief march to Peking and the Philippine campaign.

Minneapolis Minn War Department Frank E. Blair Fort Snelling Fort Layard N. M Blair Providence R. 1 Fourteenth Infantry Peking

Fine flowing well in Hartford City oil field story

J B Mayer of Buffalo NY continues luck in Hartford City Indiana oil pool. He bought the Heagany farm lease and drilled eight wells on eighty acres, all heavy producers. Mayer bid up a nearby tract to 1.10, two wells there failed. A Tatman farm well begins strong, producing six to five barrels daily and may stay unshot if it holds near current output.

Indianapolis Journal Hartford City Ind J. B. Mayer Buffalo, N. Y Mayer Indiana Heagany Corporation Waltz & Clelland Sven Phoenix Oil Company Poo H Wild-Cat Tatman

Storm Rips Nashville Area with Downed Poles and Deaths

A severe storm struck Nashville Indiana on Sunday evening, snapping telephone poles and burning fuses, uprooting trees, and causing widespread damage. Two horses were killed and a man injured near Schooner as fences outhouses and corn shock were destroyed across a wide rural area.

Indianapolis Journal Nashville Ind

New York City Population Split by Foreign Born and Color

Leslie's Weekly reports New York City has 21.4 percent native-born white residents, while seven eighths are foreigners or children of foreign-born parents or colored. Fall River leads in foreign-born residents. Slavic males under twenty-one in New York outnumber all but German and Irish groups, and Hebrew families show high birth rates in contrast to Protestants.

Leslie's Weekly New York Fall River Mass New York City Fourteenth Assembly District New York County

Threshing Resumes Across Grant County After Rain Delays

In Marion Indiana on August 4 farmers across Grant County began threshing as rain subsides. The wet spell had halted work with wheat swelling and delaying harvest, but yesterday marked the first day suitable for threshing with no delays reported.

Indianapolis Journal Marion Ind Grant County

Forest fire at Allen's Park seen as worst in state

Aug 4 Lyons Col. reports a major forest fire raging around Allen's Park, described as one of the worst in the region. Deputy state land appraiser Jennings says only heavy rain can extinguish it and alleges the fire may be started for ulterior purposes. He warns of potential attempts to gain timber privileges in the district by certain people.

Prodigy Arthur Griffith Jailed Over Hotel Bill

Goshen Indiana August 4 Arthur Griffith Milford mathematical prodigy is jailed in Osceola County Michigan serving a thirty days sentence for failing to pay a hotel board bill at King Hotel Reed by Midh Griffith about twenty years old known for solving complex problems quickly but suffers epileptic seizures.

Indianapolis Journal Goshen Ind Arthur Griffith Milford Osceola County Michigan King Hotel Reed Midh Griffth

Nashville man held for wife murder in Wickliffe

Thomas Edwards of Nashville is jailed in Wickliffe Ballard County on a charge of killing his wife Ida Edwards and placing her body on the Illinois Central Railroad track. They fought near Wickliffe, then resumed travel. the woman’s body was found. Edwards claimed an accident but neck marks indicate strangulation.

Paducah. Ky Thomas Edwards Nashville Wickliffe Ballard County Ida Edwards Edwards

Clergy Gather in Peru for Fort Wayne Diocesan Meeting

In Peru Indiana on August four twenty five clergy men of the Fort Wayne diocese assembled at the Catholic Church for a regional meeting. The event gathered church leaders to discuss parish affairs and upcoming duties within the diocese.

Indianapolis Journal Peru Ind Fort Wayne Catholic Church

Its Usefulness Past

Washington Star item notes a brief poetry fragment about usefulness past and shelf placement as troops appear in green uniforms, reflecting a wartime mood and cultural sentiment.

Washington Star

Have you seen Mrs. Austin's last pew dress

Mrs. Austin is said to have worn a new pew dress at services this week featuring a conservative cut and dark fabric. The community notes her fashion as modest and suitable for church gatherings.

Record speed trolley car in Berlin tests hits 110 mph

Terrific speed exploits in Germany show an experimental Siemens Halske car reaching 110 miles per hour on a straight military rail line near Berlin Zossen. Car weighs about 10 tons, uses 2 horsepower three phase motors, 12,000 volt trolley wires, and compressed air brakes.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Germany Berlin Zossen Siemens-Halske Company Empire State New York Central Railroad

Old Bachelor Shot and Beheaded in Devil's Lake

The body of Nick Nachtshelm, an elderly bachelor, was found in the cellar of his cottage. His head was severed and a bullet wound was present. Decomposition suggests the crime occurred days earlier and blood stains are absent, implying the man was killed outside and the body placed indoors. The motive appears to be robbery, and the case is shrouded in mystery.

Devil's Lake N. D Nick Nachtshelm

Van Horne Sent to Swinburne Island for Treatment

Richard B. Van Horne, son of Union Pacific chairman Sir William C. Van Horne, who arrived yesterday from Cuba aboard the Curituba, was sent today to Swinburne Island for treatment.

New York Richard B. van Horne Wiliam C. van Horne Union Pacific Railroad Cuba Curituba Swinburne Island

Regular Whoppers about Cottonwood Trees

The Kansas City Journal notes the cottonwood controversy with tall tales from Topeka and Abilene reflecting growing exaggeration about the tree. The piece treats the saga as a string of humorous, inflated claims circulating in the press.

Kansas City Journal Kansas Topeka

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