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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1901
Page
4
An advertisement proclaims stock and prices aimed at turning readers into customers. Ladies ring prices start at 7.50, with rings and brooches ranging from 11.00 to 55.00. The copy touts novelties in watches chains bracelets and rings under the motto Best Goods Least Money.
Theaters present Florodora and Grand Vaudeville today with two showings at English's and Empire. Empire to feature Dainty Duchess and The Flaming Arrow next week with Sam Devere and Rice and Barton shows. Grand Opera House vaudeville praised for Corbett branding. English's next week hosts Maid Marian Dolly Varden and Molly Pitcher with starred companies.
Mr and Mrs Augustus Lynch Mason host a dinner while Mrs Warder visits from Pomeroy NL. Beta Theta Pi and other groups entertain at Hotel English and homes. Invitations mark twenty fifth wedding anniversary for Julius Keller and a December 8 wedding for Stella Keyes and David Stine. Receptions, teas, and a recital fill the social calendar with church gatherings and the New England Society banquet in Detroit.
Read of a Pan American Fair held in Meridian Street Church parlors with booths representing nations. California scenery center, Indiana and Canadian booths noted, plus Mexican drawn work and Alaska and Ontario displays.
James Thatcher of High street near Prospect street died early yesterday from paralysis after a two year illness. He moved here from Kentucky in 187? and was 65. Four children survive him. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock from Emmanuel Lee Church, where he was a member.
Alexander D Reading, born in Frankfort Kentucky in 1822, died early yesterday. A longtime Indianapolis resident, he moved to Irvington in 185 and left a widow and six children. Funeral is tomorrow at 1 pm at the family home.
Deeds for a right of way to construct a new Shelbyville electric line were filed in the county recorder's office yesterday. The right of way was acquired from all farmers in Marion county along the proposed route.
Another consolidation of coal mines along the Norfolk and Western Railway known as the Thacker field was completed in Roanoke today. The new Virginia corporation named Reducket Coal and Coke Company has a capital stock of 2 400 000 dollars.
The item presents a quick two minute dessert option with no baking required. It promises easy preparation by adding hot water and cooling, offering flavors including Lemon Orange Peach and Strawberry, and is advertised as available at grocers.
San Francisco dispatch reports Sybil Sanderson leaves for Kansas City with Grau Opera Company to sing Juliette next Saturday. The tour's 30 Pacific coast performances drew 9,000 attendees and $230,000 in receipts. Major figures include Sembrich, Eames, De Reszke, and Calve. The Maennerchor concert featured Edward Ebert Buchheim, Mrs. Goetz, and large chorus with strong piano and vocal work.
Seats for the Thomas Orchestra concert at Tomlinson Hall on December 16 begin sale this morning at the Starr piano store in the Newton Claypool building.
William Smith and Martha Brown, both colored, wed on a stage at the Elks Wonderland last night at 10. Mendelssohn’s wedding march in ragtime played by Edward Schilling opened the ceremony conducted by Justice Nickerson. The couple received applause as the squire finished, then shared a kiss amid cheers and a basket of gifts carried off with them.
Police Court Prosecutor J E Collins sails to Boston to visit his mother. Indiana Keramic Association meets at the English Hotel for its monthly session and officer election. John R Miller sold his tea room dwelling at 116 Sterling Street to Calvin A Dyeler for 560. The lot measures forty by fifty feet. George Good, Big Four brakeman, injured in a head end collision at Troy Ohio, taken to St Vincent’s Hospital. Thomas Whitford of 518 Concord Street deemed insane by Bicycle Policemen Streit and Losh. Orville Webb arrested at Union Station for theft of fur neck wrap from Selig’s on South Illinois Street. Le Gage Pratt of Mutual Benefit Insurance to meet city insurance men. Peck’s successor to be named. Royal Arch Masons elect and install officers for the year. A horse belonging to Jackson Sanders ran away, injuring Rufus Carlisle on North Illinois Street. Mrs Hezekiah Richards, eighty, celebrated birthday at 17 East St Joseph Street. widow of Richard Richards, a noted stonecutter.
Rockford Illinois December 6 obituary notes General Allen C Fuller prominent in state politics died at his Belvidere home at age seventy nine. He served as adju tant general of Illinois troops at the outbreak of the Civil War.
Paris dispatch notes Dreyfus pardon drama at Rennes. Waldeck Rousseau and De Galliffet proposed pardoning Dreyfus to end the affair. Loubet and most ministers opposed, finally granting a pardon after Dreyfus withdrew his appeal.
In Rome the Chamber of Deputies debated placing Signor Crispi remains in San Domenico Cathedral Palermo. Socialist and Radical members violently opposed the proposal citing his policy as causing suffering. The president suspended the session. the vote was postponed until tomorrow.
Yuan Shi Kai, newly arrived viceroy of Chi Li, aims to persuade foreign powers in Peking to relinquish control of Tien-Tsin. He assures ministers he can restore order there and in the province. Russians Americans and Japanese lean toward his view, while most others want continued foreign control until the Chinese court is restored.
A London newspaper theory that Japan and Russia seek to exchange Corea for the Philippines provokes amusement in St Petersburg and is deemed absurd. The piece notes Japan values Corea above any substitute. Earlier, the Novoe Vremya aired the notion but it was not taken seriously. In Bombay, forty Turkish soldiers die near Loheia in Yemen after clashes with taxed rebels. From Constantinople, Kharput is tranquil though adjacent vilayets Erzerum Darbekir and Bilis suffer Kurdish raids with weak authorities.
London dispatch reports thousands of starving unemployed rioting daily in Prague with police forces trying to maintain order, Vienna correspondent telegraphs.
A Lima report notes Peru’s Chamber of Deputies passing the gold standard law after Senate approval while Australia’s immigration bill advances in the Commonwealth Senate. Vienna reports Tolstoy’s recovery, and a Smyrna guard wounds an Austrian vice consul. Other items include anti duelling league plans in Vienna, a Liverpool Exchange blaze, South Africa camp relocation talk in the Netherlands, a Prussian Poland editor jailed, and a high speed Orient Express crash at Frankfort station with minor injuries.
The Journal offers Murat Halstead's Life and Distinguished Services of William McKinley at a low price to subscribers. Aiming to avoid profit, the paper sells to subscribers only and limits one copy per person. Details are in a three-column display advertisement in today’s issue.
A Sydney letter paints Australian Aboriginals as a doomed race pushed into the continent’s interior by white civilization. It contrasts harsh depictions of women and men with notes on language, kinship, totem systems, marriage by barter, servitude of wives, infanticide, initiation rites, and pervasive superstition.
The author recounts Aboriginal death customs and beliefs, noting sorcery accusations and burial practices. He laments rapid extinction driven by colonization, wars, and degradation, arguing this erodes opportunities to study primitive humankind and leaves the black fellow unromantic to scholars.
Three masked men broke into the Baltimore & Ohio depot in Wilmington Ohio at midnight, bound the operator R D Walm, and stole cash totaling 29 55. They also blew open Langdon's flouring mill safe securing 50 before fleeing in stolen vehicles. A militia and posse pursued near Midland City as the robbers disappeared into the woods. In Marshalltown Iowa Night Marshal J B Smith was shot during an attempted bank break in and died two hours later. the robbers escaped on a hand car.
In Atlanta area on December 6 robberies report a bank in Dougine ville Ga robbed last night of 2500 dollars. The bandits escaped on a stolen handcar leaving the scene under investigation by local authorities.
William Marconi, inventor of wireless telegraphy, landed at St Johns Newfoundland on the Sardinian. He travels with two assistants and two portable balloons to suspend wires for experiments. He may use the Cabot tower signal hill as his station and plans three to four weeks of testing before moving to Nantucket. The colonial government provides full support.
A humorous column argues that claims of ghost sightings are best left unchallenged to keep peace. It notes ghosts grew common in earlier eras, that private ghosts can be bought in Britain, and that female phantoms command higher prices than ugly ones, with haunted houses described as very common.
The text notes a decline in ghostly activity as rates rise and repairs improve. It claims house ghosts are rarer now, with wandering woodland specters proving even rarer, as commerce and daily troubles keep people busy and less afraid.
In a Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette article, tears are described as essential eye cleaners with salty chemical makeup of phosphates and soda. It argues tears strengthen vision, regulate eye moisture, and explains gender differences in tear production linked to nerve sensitivity, noting apes lack lachrymal glands.
The New Book Store highlights regular Copyright Books at 1.18 each after discounts from 1.50. A wide selection includes Christmas books fine editions illustrated books juvenile and standard titles with many other copyrights offered at twenty percent off publishers' prices.
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