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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1902

Page

6

Notice and Classified Ads Collage Show Listings

A garbled column lists business opportunities and notices including a Klondike gold mine investment for 10,201 dollars, a Joseph Ardner tin work notice in Kentucky, a Pacific coast manufacturers inquiry, and various ads. It mentions secondhand material descriptions, storage services by Union Transfer and Storage, and dental services by J H Bloor and Dr S F Earhart with地址 details and telephone numbers.

Klondike Ee. Ae Anal Journal Joseph Ardner Kentucky Pacific Coast San Prenteee L. C Dl L. St Sacramento Cal Secona-Nand Peterial Cornell Hovel

Notable visitors from U C T A councils meet in Indianapolis recap

NOTES OF U. C. T. O F A reports visitors from Terre Haute Lexington Chicago and Indianapolis Councils. G W Matheny heads to Terre Haute while Blasting and Thompson plan time with eastern Indiana agents. J J McDonald J M Jackson initiated before largest Indianapolis council meeting. officers named for term to March. Also membership applications for Conway Arcadia and Myers Indianapolis received. Calamity at Montgomery Virginia: W B Johnson Ralph Johnson and Powell Calloway fatally or mortally wounded by stray bullet at a colored dance. murderess jailed amid jealous motive.

G. BD. Dunster Terre Haute C. T. de Garmo Bluegrass Council Lexington Indianapolis W. H. Kemph Chicago G. W. Matheny Thompson Indiana J. J. McDonald J. M. Jackson Coun E. Johnson G. W. le Valley G. T. Gardner Page S. Pille Michael (. Conway Arcadia C. G. Myers William H. Mebiner Montgomery W. Va W. B. Slaughter Ralph Johnson Lillian Williams Powell Calloway

Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company Sees Prosperity in 1901

The Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company reports a very prosperous year in 1901 with business up over two percent while losses and expenses declined as a percentage. The Home office is at 14 East Market Street, with John H. Holliday as president and John M. Spann as secretary, noting averted disaster for many insurers.

Indianapolis Fire Insurance Sterling Air Company Tadiana East Market Street John H. Holliday John M. Spann

Tonnage heavy as Wabash notes weak supply of motive power

The week ended Jan 18 at Indianapolis shows 28,327 cars handled with 22,719 loaded, up from prior periods, indicating easing car shortages but ongoing locomotive and car constraints. North–south lines boost coal and livestock shipments. weather aids operations. table lists roads and weekly totals for 1902, 1901, 1900, with Penn-Columbus, Vandalia, Big Four lines prominent.

Indianapolis Seaboard Tug St. Louis Cleveland Sroureb Co

Railroads battle passes and crew changes in 1901 notes

Wabash notes that Big Four led anti pass breaks in Central Traffic. Reports on Belt Road car transfers, stockyard carloads, and private switches. Several railroad officials named for new posts. workers clock long hours in Fort Wayne shops. Conference items include Pullman sleepers on Cincinnati to Chicago run and a Vandalia Pennsylvanian concert in Terre Haute.

Vandalia Terre Haute Pennsylvania Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company Pittsburg Cassatt The John L. Mack Market Street Philadelphia Thomas Burke Great Northern New York Seattle Grand Trunk Railway Chicago RK. McSmith Grand Trunk Peru Ind Seneca Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific el Paso Tex Inquirer Big Four Peoria & Eastern Indiana, Miinois & Iowa William K. Vanderbilt W. H. Newman William C. Brown Edwin D. Wooster Edward V. W. Rossiter H. McK. Twombley Henry D. Ledyard T. P. Schonts W. J. Calhoun W. C. Brown W. A. Bissell Santa Fe San Francisco Ripley Morton Orient California and Oriental Steamship Company Pacific Mall Occidental and Oriental Toyo Kissen Wabash the Journal M. E. Ingalls Pennsylvania Company Vandalla Indianapolis James H. Frazier Detroit Southern Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton C. Parrill W. H. Parish Panhandle Newark O. Samuel Blair Toledo Toledo Car Service Association Findlay J. Q. van Winkle George R. Cheesborough Lehigh Valley Road J. C. Moffitt Erie Railroad Scranton W. A. Turk Southern Railway Washington, D. C Charles F. Lafollette H. W. Sparks Hocking Valley Fort Wayne A. M. Simmons Geneva Water Company Cleveland Car Service Bureau P. A. Hewitt Cincinnati Northern F. E B. Dewey Missouri & Arkansas J. N. Merwin Wheeling & Lake Erie Warwick Window-glass Company Massillon Monon Cincinnati Wiliam Miller Columbus Charles Clark Chattanooga J. J. Whalen Philadephia & Reading W. M. Stellwagon P. H. Keegan Henry Jones Thomas Tulley St. Louis Greencastle Pocahontas

Art gallery gifted to Louvre by Parisian owner

The Parisian Michonic wills his valuable art collection to the Louvre and other museums. The note accompanies no further details on values or beneficiaries. This follows various international and national news items including political appointments and military orders.

Indiana Muncie Michonic Louvre C. F. W. Neely Havana Reeves O. D. Giddings Harry Highfield Medora Ill Countess von Waldersee America Roosevelt Indiana Soldiers Isthmian Canal Commission Panama Company Senate Committee On Judiciary Francis E. Baker United States Andrew Jenenenie Louisville Wisconsin University General Chaffee War Department Philippines Webster Davis Emperor William Hohenzollern Prince Henry Rock Island Victor England Otto Bola Ly Strain Hotel Chicago Sin Bence

Horse-drawn carriage rescues women after bogey stumble

Mrs. Joseph Duffy and her mother-in-law on McCarty street were riding on West street near Norwood when a horse they drove stumbled, broke a hoof, and ran on three feet for two blocks before it fell again. Both women were saved without injury as the horse was spared a worse fate and Ita was killed.

Joseph Duffy Duffy McCarty Street West Street Norwood Street Ita

Eleven Prisoners Escape From McNeil's Prison

Eleven prisoners led by Moriarity the counterfeiter escaped from the federal prison at McNeil's in Tacoma Washington on January 19 by burrowing through a cement floor into the air pipes. A posse is in pursuit.

Tacoma Wash Moriarity McNeil's

Meeting of Indiana state committee nears in Majestic rooms

Chairman Goodrich arrives from Winchester to headline the gathering in Indianapolis. The old committee chairman is expected to win the new post as candidates for secretaryship contest, with Warren Bigler a potential reappointment despite stating he would not run again. The new list includes George A. Cunningham in First District through Walter Brown in Thirteenth.

Indianapolis State Committee James FP. Goodrich Winchester Denison Warren Bigler Bigler Frankfort Thomas J. McCoy Rensselaer Adam Beck Huntington Elmer Leonard Fort Wayne Walter Brown Elkhart

Broken City Tale Of A Real Estate Lawyer And A Son

Charles E. Barrett, a real estate lawyer, recounts a humorous misadventure involving his son Fred at Culver Military Academy and Chicago. Barrett travels to Milwaukee while Fred, sent with little money, ends up wandering Chicago, meeting delays, and nearly causing a wild chase before reunion over a steak. A blind fiddler playing Home Sweet Home punctuates the tale.

Charles E. Barrett Denison Farrett Fred Bar- Tett Milwaukee Fred Culver Military Academy Lake Maxinkuckee Fleet Palmer House Chicago Polk Street State Street Culver Colonel Fleet Hibbard Fred Barrett Pop

Comedian Boniface Loses Egg Challenge After Wager

George C Boniface Jr a famous comedian meets David M Bright in a city hotel They bet he can swallow two raw eggs on an empty stomach Boniface swallows two eggs Crowds cheer then Bright points out the second swallow wasn t on an empty stomach ending the bet Boniface remains amused by the twist

George C. Boniface, Jr David M. Bright Bright Boniface Honiface

Wall Street remark and war correspondent tale surface in city

Richard Henry Little of the Chicago Tribune visited the city yesterday. travel notes place him in Cuba during the Spaniard evacuation and Manila war reporting with John McCutcheon, recounting insurgent chief Aguinaldo’s mountain paths. W R Gardiner of Washington discusses GOP plans and past runs for Congress.

Richard Henry Little Chicago Tribune Mr. Little Cuba The Tribune Manila John McCutcheon Aguinaldo

Eighth district committee to fix time for congressional convention

The Eighth district committee of county chairmen meets today at Muncie to set the date for the congressional convention. The convention is planned between February 10 and 4M in Portland with representation based on one delegate per 1 votes cast for McKinley in 1900. Henry C. Starr of Richmond arrived yesterday with a sling on his arm after a porch fall on his way to Indianapolis. He will remain until the new committee is organized.

CFF Sayler Market Street Pinancialabohey D. W. Coppiin W. A. Gerey Eek Jajestic Indianapolis SPANN I & Market Indiana Clements & Evans Crawfordsville Ind Klondike Care Journal W. R. Gardiner Washington, Inc Denison Gardiner Miers Munele Portland McKinley Henry C. Starr Richmond Mr. Starr

Y M C A Annual Report Totals Detail Past Year

The YMCA board issues a pamphlet detailing last year’s work across physical religious and educational departments. It lists 729 seniors 222 juniors and 76 sustaining members on rolls, 45 Sunday meetings 1767 Bible class attendees 95 classes and 767 total class attendees, and 90 weekly attendees. The tent at the State National Guard encampment drew 10000, with 800 at Governor Mounts memorial service. Physical department notes 468 gym classes 16497 attendee count plus 8156 nonclass attendees total 24633. Social department offered 14 entertainments 142 attendees. Educational department taught 13 subjects with 115 pupils and 4006 total attendance. Boys departments and gym sections report strong numbers and renewed efforts to surpass 1902.

Association Volunteer Missionary League State National Guard Governor Mount Lake Wawasee

Tom Hedian Heroic Rescue At Broad Ripple River

Tom Hedian saved Guy Earle a Chicago traveler from drowning at Broad Ripple after Earle fell through thin ice while skating with others. Hedian dragged him from the water and coordinated a duck boat rescue before drying his clothes at the Aquatic Club boathouse.

Tom Hedian Guy Earle Chicago Broad Ripple Earle Hedian Ripple Kingan & Co Aquatic Club

Owens Confesses To Burglary In English Hotel Case

Brutus Owens a 4 negro of 52 Scioto street confessed after a long siege of sweating to burgling the home of O C Wilcox 1107 North Senate avenue on Jan 12. He stole a gold watch money silverware and wearing apparel including an English half sovereign sold to a pawnbroker who identified him. He first claimed he found the gold piece on the floor at the English Hotel where he worked.

Brutus Owens Scioto Street 0. C. Wilcox Senate Avenue

Peculiar Conduct of a Negro Leads to Arrest

William Wade a black man living at 3 Willard Street was arrested by Detectives Holtz and Wallace yesterday morning on loitering and offending on the streets charges. Mrs. Grass of 518 South Capitol Avenue reported the incident after Wade forced his way into her boardinghouse entry and used insulting language before being driven away. Wade claimed a friend directed him to the house and resided two blocks away.

William Wade Willard Street Holtz and Wallace Grass South Capitol Avenue Wade

Trade in Good Volume and Steady Prices Across Markets

Trade in most lines for the week ended Jan 18 was satisfactory with several sectors posting year to date gains. Grains remained active while commission trade lagged due to high fruit and vegetable prices. oranges, dry goods, leather, and flour showed firm or steady tones as druggists and grocers reported solid business.

Indianapolis Car Hay Timothy

Prices Paid for Poultry Produce and Goods in Market

Wholesale prices listed for poultry meats dairy and produce including turkeys chickens ducks geese hens and cocks. Also contains prices on cheese butter hides tallow candles nuts coffee coal coke alcohol chemicals and a wide range of fruits vegetables and seeds with numerous brand and regional names.

New York

Youth Arrested After Alleged Shooting in Murphy's Alley

Thirteen year old Harry Yant was arrested yesterday by Eticycle Policemen Strett and Loeb for shooting a 3 calibre revolver at tin cans in Murphy's alley within the city limits. The incident was reported as an offense of shooting in the alley.

Harry Yant Murphy's Alley Strett and Loeb

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