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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
4
London opens the Christmas pantomime season with American performers in key roles and new songs. Plants of shows include Water Babies at Garrick and A Little Fairy Princess at Shaftesbury Theatre plus other amusements. New York reviews note old melodrama revivals and vaudeville acts alongside talk of film.
Indianapolis concert features include orchestral overtures and arias from Faust and Gounod with Signor Frascona and Signorina De Puig. The program ends with the first Indianapolis concert version of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana with chorus and orchestra, plus Hymn to the Sun from Iris.
A flurry of social engagements fills the week with visits planned to Anderson Chicago and California. Mrs J A Kurtz Mrs Louise Closser and other hostesses host high teas board parties and luncheons as relatives return from travels and prepare holiday visits and weddings unfold in Evansville and Laporte with betrothal and marriage announcements.
Edwin C. Thompson of Irvington lies seriously ill at home after a stroke two weeks ago. The paralysis affected his throat and vocal chords. He is under care of Dr. Frank Morrison. The piece mentions a tentative plan for a night treatment by Dr. Greene but details are unclear.
In Evansville a temporary restraining order blocks city action against Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company while a federal case over street rights and perpetual franchise proceeds. Hearing set for April in 1903, as the city fights a municipal plant and the company argues decades of franchise validity.
Mrs. Lydia M. Parry's will admitted to probate directs that the entire estate go to Indiana Trust Company as executor. Revenues from rents and other sources are to be paid to daughter Jennie M. Griffith. If Griffith dies, the estate is to be divided among David M. Parry Edward R. Parry Thomas H. Parry St Clair Parry and Jennie M. Griffith, with their proportional debts deducted.
The court reversed an $8,000 Wall judgment against McElwaine Richards Co. for a Noblesville building fall, applying the rule that an appellant brief is accepted as true unless the appellee shows inflation. In a separate suit, Dr. Eugene Buehler and James Stumph faced a $10,000 damage claim from William Fox over a Dec 12 arrest and acquittal on pure foods charges.
Samuel B Hartman of Columbus Ohio files federal complaint seeking injunction against Charles E Crecilius of New Albany to stop use of Peruna bottles for selling an inferior compound. Hartman notes production of 2,000,000 Peruna bottles annually and alleges Crecilius is misusing the name.
A suit filed Monday by the American Brewing Company, not the Home Brewing Company as printed, accuses Harry Peck of Delaware street and Virginia avenue of selling beer of another brand under a contract. Robert Bradish, nineteen, was sentenced to six months in the workhouse by Judge Alford after a petit larceny case for snatching Mrs. Rappaport’s pocketbook at New Jersey and Twelfth streets about a month ago.
The Marion Trust Company has been appointed receiver of the National Boiler Company property in Marion. Elk Valley Bank of Larimore, North Dakota, filed the suit and application for the receiver recently. John Adams seeks divorce from Lizzie Adams citing cruelty including neglect and an incident where a coffee pot was hurled at him.
The Supreme Court overruled a petition for more time to file a petition for rehearing, ruling it cannot exceed the statutory limit. The Edward Johnson versus Denison Hotel Company damages suit, filed in circuit court, was dismissed yesterday.
In Room 1 J L McMaster judge Rosa Grossman vs Frederick Meyers et al damages on trial by jury. Room 2 Charles panini judge pro em Nelson Wells vs Indianapolis Street railway Co damages on trial by jury. Joseph Miller administrator of Icy Donna Wilkins vs Big Four damages submitted to court. Finding for plaintiff against defendant for 2500 and costs. Execution not to issue for thirty days. Room 3 Vinson Carter judge Mary A Holcraft vs Potomac Life Insurance Co verdict for 1346 23 to plaintiff. Criminal Court Fremont Alford judge Robert Bradert petit larceny pleaded not guilty aged nineteen fined 1 and costs and imprisoned in workhouse six. Circuit Court Henry Clay Allen judge Americus V Greenes Union Trust Co administrator of Cress estate Al
The docket lists several dismissals with costs against plaintiffs including Robert Catterson et al versus Lulu M Bradley and Edward Johnson versus the Denison Hotel Company. New suits cover divorces, mortgage proceedings, and civil actions in Circuit, Superior, and related courts, with judgments, quiet title decrees, and notes on publication and costs.
Supreme Court entries include denial of extension for rehearing in Dudgeon v Bronson and related cases Announced opinions cover workers risk on the job and premiums on loans Hollingsworth and McElwaine-Richards decisions reversed or affirmed Notes on briefing rules and time extensions in several appellate cases including Park v Park and Sexton v Goodwine with multiple municipalities and counties named along with individual appellants and appellees
Real estate activity includes a two story block at the northwest corner of West and Pratt sold by August Woerner to August Allein for 4.00 in cash. A four room cottage sits north of the block on a 58 foot frontage on North West street. William Havel sen sold a two story frame block at 401 West North street to August Ullein for 3550. Another block at 1409 and 1411 North West street shifted from William Roder to Mr Ullein, fronting 45 feet on North West street. All sales handled through the Ralston fee agency. Ullein has invested in business block property this week and has associated goat property for 8,000 on a Cline agency lot on the southeast corner of street and Fullenwider avenue to Willams Melloh for 1,000.
The national headquarters of the Endowment Bank Knights of Pythias may relocate from Chicago to Indianapolis. Charles E B Shiveley of Richmond, supreme on all meetings, cites preliminary talks and locations under consideration including Detroit and Columbus as possible sites, with Apolia viewed as having a strong claim.
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