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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1902
Page
9
Vital statistics report lists multiple births with accompanying addresses and parent names. Entries include dozens of names and locations, noting genders as girls in numerous lines, and mentions conditions such as senility and diseases like typhus and consumption among listed individuals.
The receiver Volney T. Malott reports for October 1902 the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company shows cash on hand, receipts and disbursements totaling 967 127.35 dollars. Disbursements since start of receivership amount to 1 700 404.98, with receipts 554 310.92, leaving a net operating result of 2 860.54 for October and a larger prior-business loss.
Debate over advance in flour shipments from West to East strains railway policy as Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul backs old rates through year end. Intercity commissions and national grain boards prepare to act, while wage hikes and locomotive damages complicate the transport scene. Local rail officials report resignations and pending changes as industry adjusts to new costs and possible rate enforcement.
The hearing of John S. Dudley before Governor Durbin resumes at 10 o’clock as Assistant Attorney General Merrill Moores returns with depositions adverse to Dudley. Witnesses Mills and two ferrymen testifying about Dillard’s crossing are sought. Dudley seeks reinstatement but the statehouse sentiment favors denial. Bays may challenge the law’s constitutionality in court if Dudley is not reinstated.
Records show 24 hour period ending Dec 15 1902 for Marion County Indiana Real estate transfers. Listings include Frank G Stewart to Charles A Tesson Lots in Grace's Walnut Hills and other parcels. Edward F Claypool to Mamie Wilson Lot 21 Morton Place. Eva Sindlinger to William Aleiter undivided interests in several Lots in Addie Nichols North Park. Alexander Shenk to William F Tem pt of ae q 7 Drake add. George Sindlinger to William Aleiter undivided interest in Lots 19 to 26 Blk 1 Addie Nichols North Park. Henrietta Burse to Minnie E Anton pt of Lot 0 Yelser's survey. Thomas M Richardson to George M Kilne pt of s w of Sec 2 and other portions. total transfers 13 with total consideration listed. Additional notes mention cottages and frame dwellings at specific properties with stated prices.
Local court records show Dr Joseph C Alexander’s trial postponed due to his serious illness at home on North Alabama Street. Special Judge Bailey granted the continuance after a certificate of disability was filed. Other doctors facing similar charges await trial if Alexander cannot appear. Jurors paged and dismissed to save county costs. Innocents and minors affected by related cases noted.
The Home Brewing Company sues saloonkeeper Harry Perk for breach of faith and requests an accounting of beer sales and damages. Separately, Master in chancery findings in Towle v. Guaranty Savings detail foreclosures, and Munk v Messmer involves alleged transfer of mail and a new competing company. Additional suits involve Capital Paper Company floor collapse, a milk supply dispute with Wachstetter, and a bonded withdrawal for the Order of Chosen Friends plus a $5,000 damages claim by Rosa Grossman against Meyer Buddenbaum and the city.
A list of appellate court items including notices assignments of errors and petitions for time extensions. cases include Elizabeth Godar Barton versus Katherine Kimmerley Vigo County case records and Mary C Bronson Allen Superior Court petitions. Samuel S Perley versus Edmund C Westervelt St Joseph County records. Indiana Clay Company versus B&O Railroad Knox County. City of Michigan City versus Agnes Phillips St Joseph County. Elery Webster versus Sylvanus Major Putnam County. Peyton Ballard versus Susan Allison Camplin Henry County.
In Room 1 Judge John L. McMaster presides over Rosa Grossman versus Frederick Meyer et al for damages and Gurgetta Walton versus George Walton divorce with plaintiff dismissing. Celtic Saving and Loan Association No 3 versus Lillian E Lane et al foreclosure dismissed with costs paid. In Room 2 Judge James M Leathers hears Herman Munk trustee against Alexander L H Mesonsl injunction on trial by court. In Room 3 Judge Vinson Carter handles Mary A Willets versus City of India lis damages dismissed by plaintiff with costs awarded. Mary A Holcroft versus The Potomac Life Insurance Company policy on trial by jury. Criminal Court Judge Special John M Bailey: Bruce Brewer burglary and petit larceny pleaded guilty age fifteen. sentenced to Reform School till twenty-one. New suits include Michael R Crabill versus Mary B E Thompson and Edward P Thompson foreclosure of mechanic’s lien. Samuel Kealing versus Theodore Wachstetter damages. William L Hoffman versus Anna Jones ejectment and to quiet title. Morris Benjamin versus Capital Paper Company damages $800. American Brewing Company versus Harry Peck contract claim. Towns Use of Name Right of Action notes railroad stations Seminary and Seminary North causing injury. Supreme Court held action of designating Seminary name by railroad not a legal wrong to the town. Additional notes on intoxicating liquor prosecution for Empire Dyspepsia Cure. telegraph-delivery delays case awarding $2,000. public drunkenness and resisting arrest case. embezzlement involving misappropriated property. and a England inquest verdict of temporary insanity. Also local arrest of Ollie Good for counterfeiting after receiving a counterfeit dollar.
State Geologist Willis M. Blatchley sends letters to lawmakers urging a 10000 appropriation for an Indiana natural resources display at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis. He requests 3000 to collect the display and 2000 for printed matter.
Local wholesale market shows a strong note in light recepts with wheat leading the surge. Pacific coast conditions push exports to New Zealand, opening Europe for Northwest grain and boosting Eastern trade. corn receipts falter due to wet weather while prices remain firm.
A dense OCR style listing shows prices for stent and winter wheat along with a wide array of drugs chemicals and household goods. It also details meat, lard, bacon, produce items like apples bananas grapes celery cabbage and onions with varied regional prices and units, reflecting a bustling late 19th or early 20th century market page.
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