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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1903

Page

27

Sparrows and Gun Club Trials Highlight Indianapolis Shoot

The Indianapolis Gun Club held a trial at their west city grounds with two traps for targets and one for sparrows. McIntire led sparrow scores with thirty four straight birds as wind disrupted many rounds. Dr Tomlin impressed by quickly matching winning pace.

Indianapolis McIntire Tomlin Eves Brown John Joe Gasper John Gasper Morris Moore Michaelis Mr. Wands Nave Barr S. H. Moore William A. Dailey Charles Crovie George H. Kerr William L. Clit- P. Brown Dr. Tomlin Mr. Shaf- Blackburn Mr. Foster Frank Ho Parry “Brown Joseph Michaels

Grand American Handicap Likely Next Year at Indianapolis Club

The 194 Grand American handicap, the nation’s premiere shooting event, may be held at the new Indianapolis Club in 194. Secretary Elmer E. Shaner of the Interstate Association visited Indianapolis and said the club can host the big tournament with its growing facilities. Club president Tresh and W. B. Allen coordinate arrangements as the club, now over 30 members strong, prepares to dedicate its clubhouse, signaling a strong future in gun club tournaments nationwide. Indiana already hosts the State tournament on June 9 and 1, with plans to attract top shooters for the fall event.

United States Indianapolis Elmer E. Shaner Interstate Association Inddianapolis W. T. At Kansas Shaner Tresh W. B. Allen Indiana Club Atmient Shooters of the Coun

City News Notes Dr Brill returns from four weeks outing

Dr J H Brill comes back after a four week trip to Michigan. Dr John J Kyle returns from Bos New York after a fort vacation. Colonel BE Ellsworth Circle No 27 G A R to host a lawn at Mrs Hattie M Hopps home for soldiers and orphans. Elks guests of F Fanning at Grand Hotel plan trip through Western States. Mitchell of Hovey street injured by shattered beer bottle abdomen. admitted to City Hospital. Crippen missing son of Clarence Crippen said to have stayed overnight with mother. Lightning struck Meekman on North Missouri while cutting wood. he escaped injury.

J. H. Brill Michigan John J. Kyle Bos New York BE. E. Elsworth Hattie M. Hop Senate Avenue McNulty John J. Banner Charles Stager Elks F. Fanning Grand Hotel Indianapolis Mitchell Hovey Street City Hospital Dispen Mackey Crippen

Wronged Wife’s Revenge at Park Theater

Mrs. Julia Beyers confronted her husband at the Park Theater after discovering he took another woman there. A crowd of over five hundred witnessed Beyers strike, tear, and scratch, beating both her husband and the rival before the man and wife left. the other woman escaped into the crowd.

Julia Beyers

Woman Attacks Doctor at Sanatorium Over False Son

Mrs. Mary Haldeman attacked Dr. Albert E. Sterne at his sanatorium on East Tenth Street tearing clothes and bruising him. She believed her son was confined there and tried to free him. She embraced a bicycle officer and went to the police station thinking he was her son. relatives seek release but she may be sent to the insane asylum.

Mary Haldeman Albert E. Sterne East Tenth Street Hull Griffin

Burglars Plotted Heist At Mrs West Residence

Burglars entered Mrs West home at 515 West Raymond Street last night taking a pocketbook with about 32 dollars and papers. Police suspect the same men robed Mrs Raymond at 308 Muskingum Street earlier that evening. No arrests yet. Junk dealers Joseph Bornstein and James Fallender faced Judge Whallon on a nuisance charge for dynamite dismantling of old roller mills. See Michael M Glenn injured by flying debris.

West West Raymond Street Joseph Bornstein James Fallender Whallon Michael M. Glenn Whalton

Overstreet View on Currency Reform Report Incorrect

A Washington paper misrepresented Representative Overstreet by claiming he said currency reform is not imperative to the nation’s prosperity. He returned home yesterday from Washington and clarified his view that reform is needed but not essential for prosperity.

Washington Representative Overstreet Overstreet Mr. Overstreet

Indianapolis Military Carnival Opens Tomorrow for Armory Fund

The Indianapolis guardsmen set to open a six day carnival on Statehouse square to raise funds for a new armory. A grand parade forms at 7 a.m. with multiple divisions, followed by illumination, fireworks, and speeches by Governor Durbin. The Gaskill-Mundy Company brings a large travel show with a zoo, loop the loop, and acts. The carnival runs daily 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. with free admission to the carnival district and special days for newsboys and asylum children.

Indianapolis Statehouse Square Alabama Washington Streets H. B. Smith H. T. Conde Indiana National Guard R. L. Moorehead K. of P Taylor Powers Modern Woodmen of America Charles A. Garrard Washington Street Illinois Pennsylvania Monument Durbin Gaskill-Mundy Company Zoo Diavola Correia Carreta Johnstown Fresh Air Mission City Hospital

Overstreet Says No Urgent Currency Reform Needed

Mr Overstreet doubts a special Congress session before November and expects Congress will likely pass some form of currency legislation.

Overstreet Congress

Razing Razor Threat Drives Woman to Leap From Window

Hattie Carpenter, a colored woman, fled a confrontation with her sweetheart after he drew a razor and tried to cut her throat. She leaped from a second story window at 407 Indiana Avenue, escaping with a sprained ankle. She was taken to City Hospital in the Dispensary ambulance, attended by Dr Jeffries, with injuries deemed not serious.

Hattie Carpenter Indiana Avenue City Hospital Jeffries

Pickpockets Roam Streets After Streetcar Robberies

Police responded to multiple reports of pocketbook thefts on street cars near Fort Wayne avenue and Tenth Street. Four women were robbed as thieves stood on running boards snatching purses.

Fort Wayne Avenue Tenth Street

Missouri Lumber and Land Exchange Company Incorporates

The Missouri Lumber and Land Exchange Company with capital of $60,000 filed incorporation papers yesterday. Fred L. Botsford is listed as Indiana business agent in the Claypool building. The Nation Hat and Cap Company of Terre Haute also incorporated yesterday to manufacture and sell hats with $16.66 capital stock. Directors are John Newhouse George J. Strobel Gertrude Strobel and Harold C. Baitley.

Missouri Lumber and Land Exchange Company Indiana Fred L. Botsford Claypool Ate, O the Nation Hat and Cap Company Terre Haute John Newhouse George J. Strobel Gertrude Strobel Harold C. Baitley

Bold holdup on Muskingum Street robs Mrs. Raymond

Mrs. Raymond of 308 Muskingum Street was robbed at night by two Black men with revolvers. They forced her to surrender cash and a diamond ring valued over $100, then fled into the darkness. Police conducted a search but made no arrests by early morning.

Appellate Court Case Briefs and Nonresident Affidavits

A listing of appellate court records including cases from Lake County and Marion County. Entries show parties such as The South Bend Chilled Plow Company versus Oliver H. Cissne and Rosetta Wagner versus Alice Weyhe with notes on appellant briefs and affidavits of nonresidence.

mMinutes The South Bend Chilled Plow Company Oliver H. Cissne Laporte C. C. Appellant Iredell L. Luther Eunice Nason Lake C. C Rosetta Wagner Alice Weyhe Appellant Maggie M. Foster Bemis Indianapolis B. Company Marion

Dead Animal Man Faces Health Board Complaint

Charles Pettijohn for West Side residents accuses Joseph Haas of dumping carcasses along Fall Creek near White River. He cites unbearable odor. Haas’s city contract requires carcasses be moved to Sellers' farm for processing, excluding hoofs.

Board of Health Joseph Haas Charles Pettijohn West Side Haas Fall Creek White River

Fancy fabrics offered for upholstery orders

Material options range from six to sixty dollars per square yard based on fineness and weave weight. Shading, coloring, or blending to match furnishings can be produced. Typical orders can be filled within one to two months.

Coal En Route South Feeds Southern Ports

Pittsburg August 2 coal ships begin moving 4.84 million bushels to southern ports amid falling river stages on the Ohio rivers. The convoy includes 44 barges 44 boats and flats totaling 96 pieces. Meanwhile Shamokin Union Coal warns of indefinite mine closures due to an overcrowded market affecting 3,000 workers.

Pittsburg Allegheny Monongahela Ohio Cincinnati Shamokin Union Coal Company

Roast beef on revolving spits rare in New York kitchens

A New York chef told women diners that roast beef is an anomaly in the country with only one city hotel kitchen still using open-fire revolving spits for various meats. He advocates sweating the meat after removing it from the oven to keep juices, warns against piercing with a fork, and notes that most cooks sear roasts before oven cooking.

New York Evening Sun

Oven Plan Ensures Juices Stay In While Cooking Meat

A high oven temperature before adding meat sears a crust in ten minutes to trap juices. Then reduce heat for slow cooking. High heat alters the meat’s albumen similarly to eggs, creating a horny outer layer.

Planters Disappointed as Jamaica Loan Is Refused

Kingston Jamaica August 33 Conster nation followed the news that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain refused to sanction Governor Hem ming s proposal to raise a 2 500 000 loan to aid ruined planters and provide relief for destitute unemployed. The decision shocks planters and merchants and threatens cultivation and trade as money withdraws from circulation.

Kingston Jamaica Chamberlain Hemming

Berliner aeroplane lifts briefly with two skyrockets

Emile Berliner tested a flying machine using two skyrockets for motive power. The aluminium and tinplate craft weighed 34 pounds and, while hovering eight feet off the ground, could lift more than a pound per square foot of wing area at under 20 miles per hour. Arched main body directs compressed air for lift and a parachute-like effect.

Washington Emile Berliner Langley Exoe

Langley aero drome spared as launch planned next week

Widewater Va August 29 Professor Andrews said no damage from last night’s storm to Professor Langley’s aero drome. Langley, the inventor, will stay downriver and launch is planned for early next week if weather permits. The sunken naphtha launch and the float were recovered and the boat was not greatly damaged.

Widewater Andrews Langley

Expedition a Failure in German Antarctic Quest

Berlin August 2. The German south pole expedition led by Prof Ehrich von Drygalski, which sailed from Kiel on the Gauss August 11 1901, has arrived at St Helena. Professor Hsinger of the University of Prague declares the expedition a failure and says it reveals little new about Antarctic regions. He criticizes Drygalski for renaming Termination Island and notes his claim that Wilkes land does not exist is unproven, as Gauss faced uncertain weather in that region.

Berlin Kiel Ehrich von Drygalski St. Helena Globus Hsinger University of Prague Antarctic Drygalski Termination Island Wilkes von Drygalski Gauss

Thieves Are Stupid Crafty Kind Out of Business

Washington Post quotes a Washington detective noting the decline of grand burglaries as a shift to petty pilferers who lack old time cunning yet trouble police. Inventions push smarter thieves to flee, with telegraphs and telephones spreading word across cities as soon as a theft occurs.

Washington Post Washington Department United States

William Allen Arrested for Interfering with Officers

Detectives Asch and Manning arrested William Allen of 1637 Central avenir for loitering and interfering with an officer. Authorities say Allen acted as a blind robin for two crooks, misdirecting officers and aiding their escape.

William Allen Central Avenir Asch Manning Allen

Tony Restrum Arrested After Threat With Revolver

Patrolmen Smith and Irish arrested Tony Restrum last night at the East Washington Street resort after he drew a revolver on two women in anger and threatened to kill them. Police arrived just in time to prevent harm.

Tony Restrum Smith Irish Restrum East Washington Street

Local worker struck head at plant suffers brain concussion

Charles Darnall of 49 North Beville Avenue was struck on the head at his work yesterday afternoon and suffered concussion. He was attended by Dr. Spencer who said he is likely to recover despite the injury.

Charles Darnall North Beville Avenue Spencer Darnell

Rugs Made to Order in New York Sun

Rugs of Turkish or Oriental design may now be ordered from American factories at moderate prices. Hand tufting and tying by workers yield rugs differing from East hand looms mainly in machinery setting the warp. Once a luxury, custom sizes and designs are affordable for more homes today.

New York Sun

The Plight of a Burglary Career and Its Folly

The account describes criminals fleeing abroad and back to the U S with little safety. It argues that government pacts with other nations rarely aid missing persons or criminals. It notes that only the desperate poor and morphine users risk burglary and face capture, while token thieves hide loot in foolish ways.

Canadas United States Uncle Sam Dupont Circle

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