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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
8
An advertisement from WM. H. Armstrong & Co. of Indianapolis Indiana promotes a range of mobility devices including foot propelling chairs bedside tables and crutches along Meridian Street.
James Whitcomb Riley, Hon. Frank B. Posey, and Hon. Booth Tarkington will attend the second annual Indiana Society banquet on Feb 20. Senator Albert J. Beveridge and Charles B. Landis will be present, with Governor-elect Myron T. Herrick and Lieutenant Governor-elect Harding already accepting invitations.
A semi official Pittsburgh dispatch says President George G Mc Murtry will retire from American Sheet Steel Company within weeks. After his retirement an independent steel concerns organization is planned with McMurtry leading. One senior officer named is Very Priston, who left United States Steel Corporation as third vice president.
Report from Rincon New Mexico shows the Cabello mountain gold strike richer than first believed. A stage line now runs Rincon to the fields and outfitting stores have opened. Crowds of prospectors arrive and are well served as mining activity expands along the Rio Grande. In Illinois State’s Attorney Shutt dismisses the malice in office charge against Mayor Devereaux after saloon testimony falters.
The charred body discovered this afternoon is believed to be Walter Brooks, a Brooklyn Academy of Music employee who helped install decorations and had been missing since the blaze that started yesterday.
An old ad fragment touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup used for over fifty years by mothers for children. The garbled copy claims it soothes, softens gums, cures wind colic, and relieves upset stomachs.
Christmas gifts of all descriptions were offered at a bazaar in South Side Turner Hall on Prospect Street, run by the Ladies Society of the South Side Turner Association to aid the city’s poor. The hall featured red and yellow bunting, German village attractions with food, a string orchestra, and performers. The bazar will continue with a City Band concert, acrobatics, and dancing tonight.
The Civil service Commission will honor Theodore Roosevelt with guests including Commissioners Proctor Cooley and Green and former commissioners Rodenberg and Garfield. First National Bank of Cincinnati approved as reserve agent for First National Bank of New Harmony. Rural free delivery set to begin in Washington county January 2 with new routes in Pekin Salem Smedley Tanah Fredericksburg Little York Campbellsburg and more. Penrose introduced a resolution to require post office papers for investigation. Robinson bills Chinese exclusion law to apply to Japanese. Sir Mortimer Durand will present form to President Roosevelt tomorrow.
The Elks Mardi Gras at Tomlinson Hall drew a larger crowd on night two as Bess continued to captivate visitors. Tokens bought for raffles and fortune wheels filled the aisles amid a lively band, luminous booths, and varied attractions including a strong-man feat, a railroad iron bite, and a tempting barter for prizes. Lady Justice handed out playful fines at the jail booth, while vaudeville acts entertained between games and the popular Bess booth draws remained the centerpiece.
In Philadelphia on December 1 Judge Sulzberger filed a bill of information against Magistrate C. Harry Fletcher alleging unsecured bail of 19000 dollars malfeasance and neglect of docket returns. Fletcher was ordered to post two dollars bail for his next court appearance. Information prosecution is unusual but treated like an indictment.
London Dec 1 Alternating sunshine and snow marked Queen Alexandra's birthday at Sandringham. The Queen greeted telegraphic messages in the morning and hosted tea for all estate children in the afternoon. Royal salutes fired at naval and military stations and warships dressed with displays accompanied the celebration.
Cambridge, Mass. December 1 Harvard University under President Eliot will close a long standing coffee house in Harvard Square. The store has served undergraduates as a late night lunch refuge for nearly twenty five years and the college lease has just expired. The action aims to reduce dyspepsia and indigestion among students.
Berlin imposes new permit requirement for American Jews crossing the Russian frontier via Germany as part of Russia policy change. Portland reports sufficient gold in Columbia river bar sands from the Chinook dredge. War Department to ship some sand to Washington for testing to assess extraction viability.
An elderly Indiana couple, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Clark of Ligonier, held in Indianapolis federal custody for pension fraud, top the Marion county jail’s attention with their devoted routine. Each morning the jailer escorts Clark to the women’s side for a ten minute greeting with his wife, and nightly he repeats the gesture. Their enduring affection touches other inmates and even Sheriff Metzger, softening the jail’s atmosphere despite their crime.
A man found in County Auditor Smith's office refused $12.60 owed him for juror service in a Criminal Court case tied to former Councilman John Higgins. Higgins, jailed in 1900 for attempting to extort a bribe from D. M. Parry over a plant switch, is mentioned as background. The money will go into the county un...
The Irvington street improvement case ends with the United States Supreme Court siding with the old town board and contractor William C. Smith. Sarah A. Hibben challenged an assessment, claiming irregular proceedings and unconstitutionality of the improvement law, but the court found no constitutional conflict in the law used for the project.
Panhandle brakeman Edward McCarty fell under his train in railroad yards early this morning and died from injuries. He was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital where his left leg was amputated at the hip. The accident left him with severe leg and scalp wounds and he did not recover.
Benjamin 8. Askern, a wealthy farmer, died at his home three miles east of Brightwood on the Shearer pike yesterday afternoon. He earlier suffered internal injuries from a scraper incident and later had a hand amputated after a corn shredder accident. Death followed the shock from the shredder injury and prior illnesses. Funeral under Flanner Buchanan from the residence Friday morning, burial at Anderson Cemetery.
Dr J L Sawyer appointed by Drake estate heirs to wind up affairs will disregard the will found at the Des Moines consistory. Creditors are notified to present claims. Heirs contend the will was a formality not General Drake’s permanent wishes and will try to keep it from probate.
Representatives from leading gas engine manufacturers in the middle West visited the city yesterday and were reported to have held a meeting at the Claypool Hotel to discuss forming a combine. Details were not disclosed and the purpose remained concealed.
In a December monthly message Bishop F D Huntington of the Central New York Protestant Episcopal diocese condemns worldly mindedness among ministers wives. He cites wives failing to order their households and notes sin as worldliness, warning that noble ministry is sacrificed by pleasure seeking partners.
Major Charles E. Kilbourne United States Army paymaster for the Department of Dakota died on a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train near Chicago at fifty nine. He had been ill and was bound for his Columbus Ohio home with his wife and son Captain L F Kilbourne of the Twenty sixth Infantry. Kilbourne graduated from West Point in 1866 and served as treasurer of the Philippine Islands during military government in 1898 and 1899.
Receivers and their attorneys served Zion City notice of receivership on Dowie. Redieske and deputies guarded the Zion City Bank as a man fled a rear door. Dowie refused to speak, saying he was solvent, with court orders forcing appearance December 1. Bank to stay closed as Zion City industries to operate tomorrow under receivers.
December 1 recounts Dowie’s arrival in Chicago as a divine healer in 1492. He rented a small apartment to begin treating many diseases, attracting hundreds. He led the International Divine Healing Association and built a tabernacle on Stoney Island Avenue near Sixty third Street. After outgrowing earlier quarters, he leased a larger tabernacle at M Avenue and Thirteenth Street with high rent as services continued.
The article details John Alexander Dowie's establishment of Zion City, its religious aims, and the growth of its industries. It notes the naming of the church, the move to the Auditorium for Sunday services, and Dowie’s claim as successor to the Prophet Elijah. It covers land purchases, lace factories, and the rapid expansion from a farmhouse headquarters to a town of about 10,000 with hotels and industrial plants by 1901.
In Indiana National against Harry B. Smith et al the court overruled the demurrer to the bill of complaint challenging taxation of capital stock surplus and profits of national banks. The Board of School Commissioners closed a deal for a two acre lot at Laura and West Ohio streets through Schmid Smith for 4000 dollars for a new school near West Park, with many homes planned within a year.
State Veterinarian Dr. Arvil Bitting, badly hurt in the October 31 Purdue special wreck, has recovered sufficiently to leave St. Vincent's Hospital and will return to Lafayette in a few days. An alumnus of Purdue, he is an instructor in the agricultural department and left the hospital with a slight limp but otherwise in good condition.
A reader testifies that switching to Grape Nuts can restore digestion and energy after prolonged stomach trouble. The ad cites The Lancet praising Grape Nuts as a high quality complete food and includes a Sprimgyville Indiana resident’s story of rapid stomach and brain improvement after starting the cereal. The testimonial notes dramatic weight loss before use and claims substantial health gains afterward.
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