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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1902
Page
7
A steep hill runaway near Stinesville Injures Mrs Rachael Williams and Miss Nora Wyble as a horse spooks. Williams is unconscious after being dragged. Wyble sustains serious bruising but is expected to recover. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
A four year old girl died after hanging herself in her father's hay barn while her sister Julia home from South Bern attempted to intervene but died. The victim would have turned twenty two this month and had suffered poor health for over two years. In a separate incident James Veazey twenty five tried to shoot himself in an alley but the weapon jammed and a patrolman seized the revolver. Veazey, newly arrived from Kentucky, refused to reveal family details and the motive cited a love affair.
Reports from Shelby show a growing town with a church cost estimate ranging from 8000 to 15000 dollars and plans for an interurban link to Indianapolis. Wheat harvests yield 22 to 30 bushels per acre while corn prospects are excellent, signaling prosperous times across the county.
Oscar Werking, rural route mail carrier from Hagerstown Indiana, buys a seven hundred dollar automobile to speed daily twenty five mile deliveries. He previously relied on horse power and a bicycle, but the car cuts travel to about three hours, freeing time for private work. The Post Office approved the auto use and mail delivery time reduction, and patrons along the route welcome the change. Werking notes civil service security for long term position if work remains satisfactory.
Harley Birkinbdine nine years old lived three miles south of Frankton was killed instantly today when riding a horse in a pasture fell off his head struck a stone Sister Mary Cleophas re elected superior of Sisters of Providence for a third term at St Marys of the Woods Terre Haute Indiana July 17 assisted by re elected officers and instructed as teachers will enter ten days of silent decree before school assignments for the year
In Fairmount Indiana Paddy Moore bet Louis Samuels ten dollars he could beat him. The brawl on Washington street left Samuels with a knife wound and Moore with a brick blow to the face. Samuels disarmed Moore, cutting off a finger, then the chase ended with exhaustion and blood loss. Moore hid in a neighbor’s house until capture and faced intoxication fines. Samuels declined to prosecute. Officials continue the case. In Goshen, Miss Cora Helple, daughter of farmer Conrad Helple, reportedly ended her life this morning.
Lake Shore yard patrolmen recover a pillow-case full of items stolen from Mr and Mrs Bernard Pullman of Kendackville as thieves ransacked their unguarded home. In Kendallville Robert Fisher’s saloon is reported robbed of 100 dollars, 30 rare coins and 500 dollars in whisky certificates. A separate incident near Pa yette sees Miss Cora McNiff robbed of a diamond watch at Michael Mackey’s saloon prompting a gambling probe.
In Wabash Indiana the Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction Co confronts the Big Four over a Hill street crossing. Big Four blocks the crossing, suggesting an alternative along the south yard line, while the city council blocks changes to the franchise. The dispute raises prospects of a prolonged crossing fight. Marion Indiana reports Union Traction plans a Kokomo to Marion line via Greentown Swayzee and Roseburg, with possible work delayed to next year and alterations to West Marion lines. City council in Columbus grants a fifty year interurban franchise to Joseph I Irwin and William G Irwin for Franklin to Columbus, routing along Washington street and paralleling John S Crump’s electric line. work must start within six months and finish within eighteen.
In Evansville Indiana July 17 August Wagner who won a divorce for cruel treatment was rough handled by his wife on a street today as he resisted her friendly advances. The couple married a year ago and disputes arose after he found five children at their dinner table. She revealed she had three more, totaling eight, and had a prior marriage. Both were arrested and each hired counsel to prosecute the other.
Shelbyville and Shelby County enjoy a boom with all factories operating, many overtime. New homes rise as funds pour into projects including a Carnegie library at 9.00 and a Baptist church at 184. The Bay hotel is being remodeled with additions costing thousands. The Catholic congregation plans a foundational start for a German Presbyterian church, with bids received for erection.
The Indiana Republican Editorial Association reached Sandusky after a Lake Erie & Western run from Indianapolis. The party of fifty two editors plus guests, with two locomotives, plans Putin Bay headquarters at the Hotel Victory and a start to interlake yacht races at Putin Bay Monday with Ohio and Kentucky groups expected.
At the state convention of colored Knights of Pythias in Danville Edward Green of Springfield was reelected grand chancellor defeating John Batehman of Danville. A street parade followed with speeches by Mayor Bailey and Batehman at the Armory. The same dispatch notes oil and mining company formation in Shelbyville Kentucky, a Valparaiso College commencement, a Danville girl’s lye incident, Sam Jones in Logansport, and Wabash flood mosquitoes.
Across Indiana on July 17 reports include smallpox in Prairie township with vaccination of the Groose family and warnings about outsiders exposure, a slander suit in Jay Circuit Court over alleged intimacy with a father, a hydrophobia death of Floyd Kelly after a dog bite, farm worker John Yerkes dying from heat in Warrick county, John Day of Monticello and his political activity, Mrs Shields death from heart failure in Fairmount, Solomon Neukom’s long illness in Terre Haute, and Simon Shinnabarger, an elderly Porter county pioneer, passing away.
A Wednesday night fire at Charles Gruel’s new Hobart barn killed seven horses and three vehicles. An escapee from the county jail, George Huber, along with George Taylor, prompted a search after a confederate allegedly took a livery team. Sheriff Lacount offered a reward and a posse hunts the pair.
Secretary of State John Hay paid a record price for anthracite coal sent by express to his summer cottage in Lake Sunapee New Hampshire. The bill covered coal and express charges and the coal will be shipped by freight thereafter. In Des Moines Iowa two young men were shot during a quarrel with tramps on a Northwestern freight train near Boone. One victim was shot in the body likely to die the other in the head and may recover.
Owensboro KY July 17 Josh Anderson a White farmer jailed for wife murder was seized by about forty masked men and lynched to a beam over the city scales on a main Owensboro street at 2 30 this morning.
In Pattin's grove Fountain county Republicans met in mass convention naming O. P. Lewis for representative Frye Bryant for clerk James T. Bell for auditor Harry Randolph for treasurer Guy Spinning for recorder John Hardesty for sheriff Dr Eugene Rice for coroner James H. Brown and George Law for commissioners Senator Charles W. Fairbanks and Representative Charles B. Landis spoke praising Republican policies and urging support. The party endorsed Governor Durbin and pledged tax relief and prudent county governance.
Witnesses recall Jones declaring a trip to the country before the crash. He was said to have headed face first into an obstacle after the vehicle struck a rock, authorities report.
Financial ledger fragment shows assets including U. S. bonds 273,000.00 on hand 14,910, premiums 24,352.58 stocks 416,462.92 real estate 45,781.00 checks 13,584.95 and other items. Liabilities list due to banks 976,760.60, deposits 1,445,766.00, demand deposits 453,369.49, certified checks 90,707.61, and U. S. deposits outstanding.
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