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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1903
Page
2
Tonner of 611 South Missouri Street was arrested after an intoxicated incident in which he kicked his son in the stomach until unconscious. The boy received medical treatment from Dr. Bheek and others, and he remained under care as police held Tonner on a $1,000 bond. Authorities described Tonner as a nonworking, dependently living man.
Dr M C Leeth said the four year old Zilpha Weaver at 1311 South Reisner street would not live forty eight hours after a severe burn when her dress caught while she ate peanuts. The incident occurred Thursday as she reached near a stove ruining with shell fragments.
Detectives McGuff and Lancaster yesterday arrested Lee Hamilton at the Circle Park Hotel barroom on grand larceny charges. He is said to have stolen nine dollars from a cash box and is also sought for an overcoat theft from his brother Clem Powell, a fugitive, with Hamilton held at the station awaiting further actions.
The Christmas music of St Pauls Church will be repeated tomorrow morning with the cantata The Coming of the King by Dudley Biew Pianos, 7106 and up. Wulschner's.
Central avenue near Thirty-fourth street suffers a total loss as a house, barn and furniture burn. Estimated damage ranges from 10 000 to 15 000 dollars with the Hasselman family away at the time. Fire department reports low water pressure and limited ability to save adjoining property.
John C. Wingate of Wingate was yesterday appointed as State tax commissioner by Governor Durbin. His term had expired last March and he sought renomination. Several candidates were discussed, with rumors linking D. J. Coulter and John M. Brown. The governor noted Wingate’s experience and efficiency, and the role carries a $2000 annual salary.
Abe Welch, colored, was shot and killed yesterday morning at 517 Willard Street by Preston Bell, an ex convict. The quarrel spanned years and Bell, who had recently been paroled from Michigan City, fled after the crime. Police searched all day but Bell remained at large as Mrs. Jennie Welch and other occupants of the home were briefly detained.
Princeton University glee banjo and mandolin clubs bring their Christmas tour to Indianapolis. More than fifty players arrive from Louisville at 11 30 a m and perform at 8 30 p m in English Opera House. Alfred Ogle Jr and Omer Cline are the two local members. A reception at 4 p m Monday welcomes all club members as part of a festive visit.
A. M. Ogle Jr of Indianapolis leads the Princeton Banjo Club with 19 banjo and 24 mandolin players and a 33 member glee group. A dance and reception at the German House precede a 3:30 am departure for Columbus. The trip includes concerts across Baltimore Washington Charleston Cincinnati and more with advance seat sales already strong.
The funeral for E S Folsom will be held tomorrow at 3 PM at his home 1418 Park Avenue. Burial is private Monday morning. Folsom, a well known insurance man, died Thursday after a short illness from pneumonia.
A Philadelphia Record piece explains timber experts assess forest value by experience and precise measurement. Experts can err, causing losses or gains for employers, but typically use careful counting and testing of trees to estimate worth before logging and milling.
In a Washington bank, Private John Allen overheard a humorous exchange between two Black patrons and a teller. The teller warned about possible microbes in money, provoking one man to doubt the claim while referencing Baise Russell Sage at eighty years old.
Washington Special notes how Congress stores massive petitions filed by citizens. Elaborate signatures and displays, such as reels, floats, and desk-shaped pages, overwhelmed Capitol clerks. Many petitions end forgotten in crypts or storerooms, with withdrawals becoming the final fate decades later as records drift into memory.
Ernest C. McCoy a conductor on the Irvington line fell from the rear platform as his car backed into the Y at Central Avenue Irvington last night trolley wires entangled he narrowly escaped death and was severely hurt Doctors treated him at Moore block and at his home 384 Kentucky Avenue with his condition described as serious.
Saloons in Indianapolis largely kept open on Christmas Day despite the Nicholson law banning intoxicants on holidays. Over twenty drunks ended up at the police station, with hundreds drinking discreetly. Police limited arrests of bar owners, focusing instead on inebriated individuals as drinkers filled establishments citywide.
Rosa Land fifteen and her five year old brother Robert disappeared from their Crawfordsville pike home after a Christmas event at Haughville reading room. After parents were late, the children slept at a neighbor’s house, prompting police and searchers to scour the area. They returned home early the next morning, unharmed, and wished their worried parents a merry Christmas.
New York trial testimony reveals Tammany Hall money paid hours before Caleb Simms’s murder at the United Colored Democracy club on Fifty-ninth Street. Almo Padre, former House committee head for the group, said Simms received funds but refused to pay Gill, then fired in self defense amid a heated confrontation. Witnesses corroborate the quarrel and Padre’s impulsive gunfire.
Albert Lieber got a Clumber spaniel as a Christmas present from London. The dog, famed breed kin to a spaniel in king Edward VI’s kennel, arrived through the Indianapolis customs house.
An incipient fire broke out near the altar decorations at St John’s Catholic Church during a 10:30 pontifical mass led by Bishop Francis Chatard. Candle heat ignited wall decor. several congregants acted fast to extinguish the blaze, averting major damage.
Mrs. John O'Neil and her daughter were overcome by coal gas from a furnace at 198 North Capitol avenue yesterday. Firemen feared an explosion as the flue trapped gas. both women were resuscitated by several doctors after collapsing unconscious. The family said the furnace had been repaired recently and could not explain the gas buildup.
Kansas City Journal outlines Blind Boone as a Missouri born musical prodigy with over 25000 dollars invested in Kansas City realty including property on Troost Park and Prospect avenues. He resides at 912 Park avenue and rose from tin whistle and mouth harp beginnings to lead the Blind Boone Company performing across the United States and Canada with John Lang as manager.
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