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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
5
J F Wild and Company operates as bankers from the Stevenson Building with telephone listings Main 1880 and New 3835 indicating contact options.
William Fahl, a Tron Molders Union picket at Rockwood Manufacturing, was assaulted between 6 and 7 PM by two unknown men who claimed to seek work. He suffered a possible skull fracture and internal injuries, remained unconscious much of the night, and the police pursue leads from a description Fahl gave as investigations continue.
Sheriff Sauicy plans a drive to collect unpaid fees up to ten thousand dollars with notices to delinquents. Park head Power seeks a Riverside Park route for the Lafayette Interurban and proposes a stone bridge over the river at Thirtieth Street. W A Bell, first principal of Short ridge High School and long-time Indiana School Journal editor, returns to live at 1211 Broadway. Delegates from the Knights and Daughters of Tabor attend the Dayton international convention. Ferrell and Mrs Faison seek top international posts. Jedediah McCormick, 75, dies of a stroke ahead of tomorrow’s Riverside Park reunion. funeral set for 2 pm. He left four brothers.
William Thomas aged eighteen, residing at 06 Minerva Street, temporarily deranged, left his home about 1 o'clock last night and has not been located. His father woke to find him gone in his night clothes. search of the river bottom and surrounding area has been conducted with no results.
Henry W. Lawrence, proprietor of the Hotel English, denies rumors that the hotel will become second-class after the Clay Hotel opens. He states it will be conducted as a first-class hotel for as long as he remains in control.
Harry Lockwood of 7 East Ohio street was arrested last night by Detectives Asch and Manning on charges of grand larceny and car breaking.
The report states Lockwood broke into a car on the Vandalia tracks early last spring and stole twenty eight sacks of potatoes valued at one dollar seventy five cents per sack. He fled the city and returned Saturday.
Mrs Frances Heltkam returns from visiting her mother to find doors unlocked drawers emptied and valuables missing including eighty dollars seven rings a gold watch chain and a revolver. The thief left no crew and appears to know the house using a side door breach while a guard dog was tied in a stall.
Health authorities say typhoid fever is not epidemic. A few cases exist in Tuxedo and in the locality, with none seriously ill. Doctors urge calm as alarm over the unfounded outbreak grows and malarial fever concerns spread.
Former Governor David B. Hill addressed about 8,000 at Oak Orchard, Albion, urging farmers to be agriculturists, praising Dutch Boer farmers, distinguishing farmers from agriculturists, advocating holidays for farmers, and stressing self reliance and personal effort over state reliance as the path to success.
The Idaho Republican state convention nominated Burton L. French for Congress, J. F. Alleshie for supreme justice, John T. Morrison for governor, James M. Stevens for lieutenant governor, William H. Gibson for secretary of state, Theodore Turner for state auditor, H. N. Coffin for state treasurer, John A. Bagley for attorney general, Miss May L. Scott for superintendent, Robert Bell for inspector of mines, and Ralph T. Morgan for judge of the First District with several renomin ations. The platform endorsed Roosevelt, urged tariff revision to remove protection from monopolies, and called for federal action to regulate trusts and corporate capitalization.
In Vicksburg Mississippi on August 21 John Sharp Williams defeated Patrick Henry and Col. Charles E. Hooker in the Eighth district contest for Congress winning all counties save Warren where Henry’s home county saw a sparse turnout. Williams carried Yazoo, Williams’s home county, with only nine votes against him out of 1,45 cast.
Wisconsin Attorney General Hicks issues opinion that women will have the right to vote for state and county superintendents of schools at the coming general election and that separate ballots must be provided for their accommodation.
Russellville Ky Aug 21 The search for the unknown assailant of Miss Zoda Vick near this city continues with bloodhounds and a large posse scouring the countryside The murder has sparked a mass meeting and a substantial reward to aid Governor Beckham s offer Local merchants closed shops to join the search A neighbor is suspected and a track from a distinctive shoe found near the spring bolsters the case Rumors say the suspect is ten miles away under arrest
In Wilmington Delaware Aug 21 five bodies were recovered bringing total dead to sixteen in the Jessup and Moore Paper Company digesting room disaster. Names include Wm Ruth E H Mourley Bernard Sweeney William Scott and Joseph Henry. Fireman Joel Hutton remains missing. Injured in hospital expected to recover.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup as a fifty year remedy for teething and related ailments with claims it calms the child, soothes gums and cures wind colic. Also promotes sulphur Soap as a purifier and beautifier and Soys Hair and Whisker Dye in black or brown.
The semi annual civil service examinations will begin September 17 and run about a month. Indianapolis will host tests for many positions including clerk stenographer draftsman engineer and various specialized posts with different dates in September and October. Separate tests will be held in Evansville Fort Wayne Terre Haute and other cities for multiple lists of jobs.
Washington Aug 21 Army orders announce numerous infantry transfers among Captains and First and Second Lieutenants across regiments from Twenty third to Twenty ninth Infantry. Capt. Lenihan to inspector general for temporary duty. Smiley granted three months leave. Edmondson resigns and is discharged. Heath to inspect telescopes at Warner & Swasey. Hobbs assigned to East Department for army and navy maneuvers duty.
Washington Aug 21 The seven field guns tested at Sandy Hook and Fort Riley to select a new army weapon are nearly finished. The Board of Ordnance and Fortification will meet next Tuesday to compile its report. Experts favor the three long recoil weapons the ordnance gun the Bethlehem piece Lewis gun and the Ehrhardt gun over short recoil models for reliability and stability.
The Navy Department on August 21 announced a decision affecting the rank of marine officers appointed from civilian life under the naval personnel act. The ruling clarifies how officers are placed within the marine corps hierarchy based on recruitment paths and service records, with implications for promotions and command authority.
Gen Eli Torrance commander in chief of the G A R selects Col A Noel Blakeman as chief marshal of the veterans parade during the National Encampment to be held October 8. The choice follows long standing precedent that the chief of staff leads the encampment parade.
The fleet drifted through a tense night with orders to anchor near Thatcher's Island. Torpedo boats patrolled, lights banned, and routine duties continued as storms and fog hampered signals and intelligence. Admirals Higginson and Pillsbury eyed the coast, using varied anchorage and rocket signaling for visibility and security during the watch.
The U S battleship Indiana with midshipmen aboard reaches Annapolis roadstead tonight. She will depart at dawn for naval maneuvers off Massachusetts coast. The Chesapeake is due in about a week as cadets return from summer cruise and receive a vacation until next month’s academic year start.
A Brussels dispatch reports the Belgian government asked Boer generals Botha De Wet and Delarey not to enter Belgium. A station master at a Northern Railroad station was instructed to summon troops if the generals are aboard a train from Holland. A Cape Town dispatch notes the Progressives elected Dr J W Smart as their leader after rejecting Sir J Gordon Sprigg.
Chicago August 21 coroner s jury returns verdict recommending arrest of William Bartholin as principal for the murder of Mrs Bartholin found dead by strangulation believed July 7. Oscar Thompson and Edward Counselman held as accessories to the crime and to be sent to the grand jury.
T W Hart urged arbitration to settle the coal strike as the crisis endangers regional business. Duryea washery shipped coal today under heavy guard with no interference from strikers. Von Storch mine resumed with about eighty men, as Nagan washery also restarted and more pits expected to reopen. Mitchell claimed no knowledge of plans to end the anthracite strike during a Chicago visit.
The obituary sketches Franz Sigel’s military service from 183 he commanded the District of Lehigh and the Department of West Virginia and fought at Newmarket. It notes his defense of Maryland Heights during Early’s raid, relief from command, later health issues, and his career in journalism business and politics in New York. It mentions his 1871 Santo Domingo commission work and final years in public service and media.
Mrs W H Mennens of Little Falls Minnesota writes of a baby boy who suffered summer complaint and failed to gain weight on doctors’ medicines. After introducing Grape-Nuts with a little cream the child gained rapidly, reaching twenty pounds in five weeks.
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