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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1902

Page

2

Attorney General Reports on Home Co operative and Vista Hermosa

State Auditor Hart received two opinions from Attorney General Taylor on the Home Co operative Company of Kansas City Missouri and the Vista Hermosa Sugar and Mercantile Company of Illinois. Taylor finds the Home Co operative plan resembles a foreign building and loan scheme with excessive member fees and indefi nite terms and urges compliance with Indiana foreign investment and building association laws or cessation. For Vista Hermosa he says the purchase contract and income certificate are improper and the company must meet the March 11 1911 foreign investment act before transacting business in Indiana.

Taylor Hart Flame Cooperative Company Kansas City Vista Hermosa Sugar and Mercantile Company Illinois Home Co-operative Home Cooperative Company Home Core Foreign Building and Loan Association Indiana Foreign Building Association Act Foreign Investment Company Vista Hermosa Company

Thought It Was Quinine In Smallpox Scare

Sanitary officers hunted for William Rankin and found him in a coal shed on Indiana avenue with a severe smallpox breakout blamed on quinine. Rankin was moved to the contagion pavilion at City Hospital as officials warned of a potential major outbreak among local residents.

William Rankin Indiana Avenue William Carter Health Office Rankin City Hospital Buehler Board of Health Indiana Walker Indians Avenue George Edwards Yandes Street

Mayor's Letter and Budget Shows Fire Police Costs 1901

New York Mayor Seth Low asks Councilman Sourbier to review the Board of Public Safety financial statement prepared by Clerk Wood. It outlines appropriations and expenditures for fire and police departments, East and South Side markets, and board office, noting total 1901 costs and year end balances.

Seth Low New York Sourbier Board of Public Safety Clerk Wood East Market Fire Department the Police Department Board Office South Side Market Seuth Side Market Waeenateceseees Police Department

Southern Question Tension and Remonstrators Move

The discussion centers on the Southern question with remonstrators pushing for action. Pather Gavish declines to reveal next steps but indicates the board is ready to consider the issue, while supporters in the South Side urge early action and emphasize signatures gathered outside the Low Side.

Pather Gavish South Side

Golf policy and park plans at Riverside Park meeting

The Board of Park Commissioners discussed golf use at Riverside Park urging public access while preserving grounds. They authorized removing unpopular silver poplars and referred a land condemnation matter to the city attorney. The survey of Fall Creek boulevard progresses and a petition to widen Thirty-eighth Street to the Myers gravel road across White River was planned, with a request to limit heavy wagon traffic through the park.

Board of Park Commissioners Riverside Park Eclty Power Fall Creek Marion County Thirty-eighth Street Northwestern Avenue White River

Seventh District Republicans select delegates in city primaries

The Seventh District Republican Committee will meet next Wednesday in the Criminal Courtroom to elect a committeeman. In Indianapolis wards 1 through 15 and surrounding townships, voters cast ballots with the Woods slate prevailing in most wards. Estimated 1200 to 1500 votes were counted.

Mayor Seth Low backs theater safety ordinances

In a reply to Councilman Ed Sourbier Mayor Low says theater safety rules are practicable and legally sound. He has referred the matter to the Board of Fire Commissioners for a formal report and plans to introduce the measure at a February Council meeting.

Seth Low Greater New York Ed Sourbier Sourbier Mayor Low New York City Board of Fire Commissioners

Roadwork Contracts Awarded On City Streets

Board of Works routine shows contracts awarded for Applegate street and Illinois street gravel roadways to J Harry Roberts with various gravel types and cents totals. Improvement resolution 356 awards to Roberts and McCray. Petitions filed for alley opening and cement walks. Papers ordered to vacate portions of Twenty first street and adjacent streets and to open a new street. Resolutions adopted to vacate alleys and Macy avenue portions.

Applegate Street Pleasant Run Raymond Street J. Harry Roberts Daniel Foley Illinois Street Thirty-fourth Street Thirty-eighth Street George W. McCray C. D. Browder Eleventh Street Brooks Street English Avenue Spann Avenue Thirty-first Street Northwestern Avenue Bryan Avenue Twenty-first Street Hovey Street Hillside Avenue Yandes Street Twenty-fourth Street Twenty-fifth Street Macy Avenue Twenty Fifth Street Twenty-seventh Street

Street Shooting Sparks Riotous Scene In Wabash District

Fred Scanlon of 358 South Illinois Street is charged with shooting John Thompson of 512 East Georgia Street during an afternoon on Wabash Street in front of the Empire Theater. Thompson was wounded in the leg but not seriously hurt as police detain several youths on loitering charges amid heightened patrols to break up local gangs.

Wabash Street Empire Theater Fred Scanlon South Illinois Street John Thompson East Georgia Street Scanlon Griffin and Manning Thompson Scanton Griffin Will Seward Delaware Street Hugh Dunnigan Holbrook Street Walter Woods Senate Avenue Sid

South Side remonstrants sign petition for Southern Railroad

Father Gavisk of St. John's Catholic Church examined a long petition to the Board of Public Works opposing the Southern Railroad entrance via Pogue's run. He noted many duplicated signatures and that the list may inflate the count, as he copied names with care.

Father Gavisk St. John's Catholic Church Board of Public Works South Side Southern Railroad Horace E. Smith Southern Lst Southern Railroad Company

Republicans Eyes Compromise Chairman in County Meeting

Republicans backing a compromise county chairmanship have called a meeting in the Criminal Court room tonight. Promoters reportedly settled on A. N. Grant for county chairman, a former Howard County Republican committee chairman.

Criminal Court A. N. Grant Grant Howard County Republican Committee

Cromer Carries His County in Delaware Precincts

Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Muncie Ind Jan 10 Repuplican precinct meetings in Delaware county elected Cromer to control the county central committee with 3466 votes to 2955 for Leffler. McCulloch among minority winners, Leffler’s brother defeated by Maick. Cromer aims for a third term. primaries next.

Indianapolis Journal Muncie Ind Delaware County County Central Committee Cromer Joseph Leffler Congress Eighth Leffler George F. McCulloch August Maick

Jefferson County Republicans Choose New County Committee

In Madison Indiana on January 10 the Jefferson county Republican precinct and ward meetings elected a new county committee. Members named include John W. Thomas John H Shamback Louis Ernst Henry Shannon George S Taylor Calvin L Copeland Joseph M Nichols Henry Liegd C J Roberts James K Reed Dr Fred Austin George T Mayfield John F Hammell George Logan and J W Storm Calvin L Copeland to be county chairman. Delegates to North Vernon include M C Garber James C Myers Charles R Johnson Jr John F P Bennett John R Cooke Louis Stuart Edward Hils James Eaglin and Edward S Coyle. Greensburg also reports Washington township Republicans meeting in mass convention.

Republican State Committee Woods Criminal Court Broad Ripple Amos Hynes John Isaacs William Reed Es Maillard William Abstom H. E.egley Grant Brown Charles Rene Ee Soles Pierson Mendenhall H. W. Carter F. A. Bosler Charles C. Roemler Thomas A. Wynne George Shaffer C. C. Hadley Thomas Shufelton Thomas Whalen James Dean William Bolen Reno Mitchell Daniel Linus Mark Davis David Bell George Larr John Woods Benjamin Wagoner William Miller William Christena Oren Foy John Shepard William Carter D. C. Logan Harry Wilcox Charles McLaughlin J. J. Schmidt Louis Keifer Thomas Howell Robert Langsdale C. J. Clark John McGregor Eugene Sauley John Marsee Moses Rabinowitz John White Charles Beaupre Gustave Joseph Peter Glazier David Tullis John Snowden Dr. W. A. Fox Thomas Sherman Edward Strong Joseph Gater John J. Dillon Samuel J. Kimball John Krupp, Jr J. E. Pantzer W. J. Keller J. J. Wenner Leonard Quill John Boettcher Otto Hoffman W. F. Emmerich Fred Gaul Henry Sengstock Frank Albro Warren Township Fred A. Wiest Cumberland William Willson Irvington Wayne Township Indianapolis Journal Madison Ind Jefferson County North Vernon John W. Thomas John H. Shamback Louis Ernst Henry Shannon George S. Taylor Calvin L. Copeland Joseph M. Nichols Henry Liegd C. J. Roberts James K. Reed Fred Austin George T. Mayfield John F. Hammell George Logan J. W. Storm M. C. Garber James C. Myers Charles R. Johnson, Jr John FP. Bennett John R. Cooke Louis Stuart Edward Hils James Eaglin Edward 8. Coyle

Seven Year Old Hero Saves Plunging Girls at Pond

A seven-year-old boy, son of Col. C. H. Noble, rescued Theresa Webber and Mattie Metarty from drowning at Military Park pond on Wednesday. He heard their screams, plunged in as the ice broke, and kept them afloat until help arrived.

Col. C. H. Noble Theresa Webber Mattie Metarty Fee Military Park

Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company assets invest in bonds and loans

The Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company reports over 250000 assets invested in government bonds municipal securities and mortgage loans. The notice names a secretary and JOAN H. HOLLIDAY as president, referring to Office No. 16 and promoting a safe home loan service.

Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company Joan H. Holliday

Republicans Nominate Delegates for District Convention

Campaigns in Concord township and Elkhart County yield a large turnout as delegates are chosen for the Thirteenth district convention in South Bend. Walter Brown of Elkhart is expected to win county support for district chairman, while Julian D. Hogate announces candidacy for district chair, running as an independent.

Indianapolis Journal Elkhart Ind Concord Township Walter Brown South Bend Brick Danville Julian D. Hogate Republican Republican Party

Northwestern limited and other trains on Milwaukee line

Advertisement roundup promotes the Neapol Chicago and Northwestern Railway with daily fast trains through Wisconsin and connections. It lists 9 am daylight, 6 30 pm Northwestern limited, 8 pm Minnesota and Dakota express, 1 pm fast mail, plus ticket agents in Cincinnati and Chicago. Includes insurance and various local goods and services ads.

Chicago and Northwestern Railway Wisconsin

Plates and Cups and Saucers at Cost

Closure sale on all cups and saucers including fine porcelain pieces. Clearout before February 1 with prices reduced to move stock. Plates, cups, and saucers offered at reduced rates as part of the ending inventory.

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