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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1902

Page

6

Bodies for Dissection Plan Pushed by Marion Co Coroner

Coroner elect Harry D. Tutewiler urges required delivery of pauper and friendless deaths to Indiana medical colleges for dissection. He proposes a state body commission to allocate bodies among six Indianapolis colleges, with undertakers paid and burial costs saved. He notes Marion County now supplies few bodies and cites health law limits on shipping.

Harry D. Tutewiler Marion County Medical Colleges Indiana Tutewiler Indianapolis Pennsylvania Illinois Zaplan Medical College Redine Colleges Rious Peevers

Amendments and new corporate filings in Indiana

Amendments to the Indianapolis, Lebanon and Fort Wayne Traction Company filed notify a name change to Indianapolis & Northwestern Traction Company with capital stock increasing from 25 000 to 2 500 000. Florence Oil Company of Marton incorporation with 20 000 capital and directors John H Mallaney R M Kiley W H Willis W Cammack and Joseph F Mallaney. The Fururance ency Company of South Bend articles of incorporation with 10 000 capital and directors Semon E Neff Thomas W Slick and J M. The Bicknell Oil and Gas Company with stock 10 000 listed.

Indianapolis, Lebanon & Frankfort Traction Company Indianapolis & Northwestern Traction Company Florence Ol! Company Marton, Incorporated John H. Mallaney R. M. Kiley W. H. Willis W. Cammack Joseph F. Mallaney Fapurance Ency Company South Bend Ckme Semen E. Neff Thomas W. Slick J. M Bicknell Oil and Gas Company

Sherman anti trust enforcement bill passed in House

In Washington on December 17, Georgia Democrat Mr. Bartlett offered an amendment to appropriate 250000 dollars to enforce the Sherman act and prosecute violators. The amendment was accepted with support from both sides, Hepburn proposing a 500000 dollar version. The bill passed with the amendment, and related measures on statues and Philippine tariff adjustments were noted.

Washington Bartlett Hepburn Iowa Charles Carroll John Hansen Maryland Statuary Hall Attorney General Cement of Justice United States Ways and Means Committee Cooper Insular Affairs Committee Philippines Archipelago Acts of the Philippine Commission

Colored man shot by Wright dies at hospital

Jesse Baker, a colored man shot by Herman Wright in Buckner's saloon on Indiana avenue Tuesday night, died at City Hospital at 12 30 this morning. Dr Jobes performed an operation locating and removing the bullet from his right groin. Baker had a gunshot wound in the abdomen from a separate incident and a deteriorated condition from prior illness. Wright, a Buckner's saloon porter, is held at the police station on assault with intent to kill. witnesses say he was justified. Baker had a long criminal record and saloon brawls in the colored district.

Jesse Baker Herman Wright Buckner Indiana Avenue Jobes Baker West Ohio Street Wade Hill Fayette Street Wright Indianapolis

Indiana Industrial Associations Hold Meetings in Statehouse

The Indiana industrial associations schedule meetings in the Statehouse January 5 through 9 with rail fare set at one and one third for round trips. Delegates to the State Board of Agriculture will meet January 6 in Room 12 at 10 am to elect an executive committee and a secretary. Joshua Strange calls a Jan 9 evening meeting in Room 12 to discuss forming a state farmers congress per the Farmers National Congress request.

Indiana Industrial Associations Statehouse Indiana State Board of Agriculture Charles Downing Indiana State Association of Fair Managers Indiana Corn Growers’ Association Indiana Aberdeen-Angus Association Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Comanies’ Union of Indiana Indiana Swinebreeders’ Association Joshua Strange Farmers’ National Congress For Farmers’ Congress

County Charities Board Recommends Family Living at Poor Farm

The quarterly report urges that married couples in the county poor farm be not separated and old people be allowed to live together in the asylum. County Commissioners are likely to direct Superintendent Harcourt to implement the change. The Board visited other institutions but proposed few management changes.

County Board of Charities Harcourt E¢ Board of Charities

Lecture on Social Phases of Education at Benjamin Harrison School

Miss Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago will deliver the lecture this afternoon at 3 30 o clock to city teachers. The afternoon recess will be omitted and classes dismissed early so all teachers may attend.

Benjamin Harrison School Jane Addams Hull House Chicago

Senate Passes Pension Bill and Urgent Deficiency Measures

The Senate approved the pension appropriation bill for 139 million and an urgent deficiency bill of 1.15 million, including 500 thousand to stamp out foot and mouth disease in New England. The militia debate continued with Mr Bacon opposing the reserved force. Adjournment was taken to Saturday after tributes for Senator Sewell. Additional items included Depew’s emergency currency bill and Hoar’s planned trusts regulation. First Lt Elmer J. Wallace ordered to exam for promotion and Lt Francis J. McConnell assigned to recruiting duty in Philadelphia. Leaves granted for several officers including Capt S D Freeman and Col Leon A Maule.

Washington Senate Secretary of Agriculture New England Bacon Georgia Kean New Jersey Nator Sewell Depew Treasury Department Hoar Elmer J. Wallace Artillery Corps Francis J. McConnell Twelfth Infantry Philadelphia Robert L. Hirst 8. D. Freeman Tenth Cavalry Leon A. Mauile Twenty-fourth Infantry Claude B. Sweezy Thirteenth Cavalry

Reciprocity treaty and copyright accord in senate notes

The Senate received a reciprocity treaty between Sadred Restos and Cul in executive session and sent it to the foreign relations committee without reading. Storer in Madrid reports the US Spain copyright accord of 189% is back in force through diplomatic notes. The Maine and Massachusetts fishery interests oppose the Hay Bond treaty with Newfoundland.

Sadred Restos Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Isle of Pines Storer Madrid State Department United States Spain Cleveland Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Maine Massachusetts

Trade, Industry, and Labor News Summary

Directors of AT&T declare a 4 percent quarterly dividend with a 4 percent extra. Ann Arbor Railroad reports a 5 to 7 percent wage increase, totaling a 10 percent rise in a year. Mercantile Trust elects Tarbell Ward and Edwin Gould as directors. Michigan salt output falls to 4,994,245 barrels, down 585,856 from 1901. Western railroads cut office salaries to offset high mechanical wages. American Locomotive declares 1.5 percent preferred stock dividend payable Jan 21, 1903. six months earnings reach $15,265,352, up $3,034,387 from 1901. Breaker Island steel plant workers laid off as U S Steel Corp buys plant for $1.5 million, likely idle. Farmers Co op Grain and Live Stock plans a Farmers Co op Shipping Association with 3200 elevators to operate in Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma. Lincoln meeting set for Jan 22. Judge Pardee names A B Wheeler receiver for Magnolia and Warmoth sugar plantations in Placquemines parish after Laws note default. creditors threaten seizure.

American Telephone and Telegraph Company Ann Arbor Railroad Company Mercantile Trust Company New York Gage E. Tarbell Equitable Life Assurance Society Leslie D. Ward Prudential Insurance Company Edwin Gould Dunwell Michigan American Locomotive Company Breaker Island Albany N. Y Troy Steel Company United States Steel Corporation Farmers’ Co-operative Grain and Live Stock Association Farmers’ Co-operative Shipping Association Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Lincoln Neb Harry L. Laws James H. Laws & Co Cincinnati Pardee United States Circuit Court New Orleans A. B. Wheeler Magnolia Warmoth Placquemines Parish Laws

End of De Baun Case Clears Store Keeper of Charges

Washington Dec 17 D F De Baun Terre Haute revenue office worker will keep his job as treasury solicitor dismisses charges of political assessments from civil service probe. Bonnell urged to push employer to avoid violating civil service laws while Holliday doubts a serious offense occurred. More notes on pensions headstones and postmaster appointments in Indiana and related federal matters.

Journal Washington D. F. de Baun Terre Haute the Treasury de Baun Civil-Service Board Bonnell Secretary of the Treasury Holliday Henry Self

City News Notes Highlights Local Clerical Reappointments

L E Daniels of Laporte will continue as clerk in the office of W S Blatchley state geologist. The Ladies Aid Society of the Fourth Presbyterian Church plans a sale and social tomorrow with supper 6 to 8. The Presbyterian Church also hosts an annual fair and supper tomorrow at the corner of Alabama and Nineteenth streets. A county council special meeting is set for Dec 26 to appropriate funds for officers whose terms end in January. Patrolman W P Smith was accidentally shot in the leg near the canal bridge. condition not serious. An anti liquor league state meeting is planned for Jan 13 with letters to ministers. Three colored boys stole carpet bags from an express wagon on Tenth Street and Indiana avenue. arrested for petit larceny. Harry Bruner tried for obtaining money under false pretenses. civil action possible. Gen J R Carnahan returned from Washington on army post site talks with Secretary Root and General Corbin. Indianapolis eyed as ideal army post location. plan to assist General McArthur on inspection trip.

L. E. Daniels Laporte W.S. Blatchley Ladies’ Aid Society Fourth Presbyterian Church Alabama Smith W. P. Smith Indiana Avenue Canal Bridge St. Vincent’s Hospital Garstang Anti-Saloon League Tenth Street North Street Duncan and Askins Petit Lareceny Samuel Good Vincent Pulliam Alvin Williams Harry Bruner John Thaeter East Michigan Street Thaeter Bruner Reagan J. R. Carnahan Washington H. C. Corbin 8. C. Dickey Indianapolis Arsenal Carnahan Root Corbin Technical Institute General McArthur McArthur Chicago

Scranton Man Hurt In Saloon Fall

Harry Foy fifty three years old of Scranton Pa living with the Salvation Army in the city was thrown from a saloon at Senate avenue and Washington street last night. He struck the pavement sustaining a severe scalp wound that was sewed up and later reported not serious. He was taken to City Hospital.

Harry Foy Scranton Salvation Army Senate Avenue Washington Street

Gargantuan Sunny Jim ad sign dominates two 11 story blocks

New Yorkers faced a record 15416 square foot painting of Sunny Jim for FORCE, stretching across the north faces of two eleven story buildings. The towering figure measures 112 feet 6 inches tall with a 17 foot 6 inch hat and 16 foot broad brim, plus extraordinary features and a 42 feet 6 inch dog beside him.

Broadway Spring Street Sunny Jim United States United Kingdom Soan Terri

Prominent Marine Corps General Nominated for Major General

Washington dispatch reports President nominates Brigadier General Commandant Charles Heywood of the Marine Corps to the rank of major general. The item also notes promotions in the revenue cutter service and war department approvals for officers and men to attend athletic contests without official leave, plus department sports events to be held at no cost to the government.

Washington Charles Heywood Marine Corps Revenue Cutter Service China Secretary of War Randall Department of the Columbia Department War Department Senate

Porter cut in row over cold soup at saloon

Frank Nelson, a colored porter for Mike Traugott at 24 North Delaware street, was cut in the right temple yesterday morning by Charles Hayes who rooms above the saloon. Hayes escaped. Nelson's injury is not serious. The dispute began over Nelson serving Hayes a bowl of soup said to be cold. Hayes allegedly threw a butcher knife, striking Nelson's head.

Frank Nelson Mike Traugott Delaware Street Charles Hayes Nelson Hayes

Andijan Destroyed by Earthquake in Russian Turkestan

A powerful earthquake leveled Andijan in Ferghana, Russian Turkestan, today. The city with about 30 000 residents was ruined, deaths unknown, and starvation feared as shocks reached New Marghelan and nearby villages. A railway line and infrastructure were damaged while aid, food, and clothing are being dispatched.

Ashkabad Russian Turkestan Andijan Ferghana New Marghelan

Court waits as new Indiana judge sworn in

Noble C. Butler, clerk, announced that no judge was present as the President signed the commission of A. B. Anderson, the new associate, closing the term. Anderson would be sworn in by Mr. Butler, but no business occurred due to absence of a judge.

United States Court For the

Weather director Blythe retracts snow flurry remark

Weather director Blythe says his statement about secretly seeding snow was a mistake. He points to a weather map published Tuesday morning at 10 showing snow flurries forecast for the evening and defends his Tuesday coverage as accurate.

Blythe Meen Mae Blyth Mts

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