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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1901
Page
3
Indiana Dental College Department of Dentistry offers all kinds of dental work. Fees cover costs only. Patients received from 8 a m to 5 p m. Located at Ss W Cor Delaware and Ohio Streets.
Jerome Sykes will continue in Foxy Quiller next season. James A. Herne is recovering as May Ribson Jobyna Mowland George Honey and Harry Kelly join The Messenger Boy musical comedy. Eleanor Merron nears completion of In Love a drama with rural realism. Claude Hagen works on two Ben Hur chariot reproductions for London and Melbourne. Ben Hur starts third Chicago season Sept 3 at new Hilton Theatre with Farnum Mary Shaw and Mabel Bert. new cast includes Henry Jewett Ceceyelle Mayer Sylvia Lynden. Mazie Follette sues Luis Glaser for 10000 over alleged slander during The Prima Donna. Park Theater closes summer with A Barrel of Money. My Moonbeam Babe encore today and tonight.
Mrs E P Wise of Union City visits in the city while Miss Eleanor Lemecke returns from Boston. Judge and Mrs Martindale reunite from Paris. Dr and Mrs Barnhill plan a June 3 trip to attend the American Medical Association meeting. Engagement announced for Edna A Burton to Ebert Lee Taylor of Matthews. Mrs Cornelius returns from Fort Wayne with her daughter. Mrs Wright hosts a tea for Mabel Talbott and Helen Cooke. Veronica Club gathers at 28 East Walnut. Oldenburg Academy alumni invited for June reunion. Lizzie Miller and William Schma announce a Covington wedding on June 1. Social calendar includes luncheons, teas, card parties, and dances across local households.
The annual drawing show of the Girls Classical School runs through today featuring over three hundred sketches drawn from object model cast and color studies. A grand reception yesterday at 2880 North Meridian Street hosted by Mrs Chauncey H Clark and Mrs J Richard Francis showcased paeony decor and a long list of local hosts and guests.
The council committees discussed Bellefontaine street asphalt improvement from Fifteenth to Twenty first. A remonstrance by thirty property holders blocked action, but six former opponents joined, allowing a passable vote. Other items include the party switch repeal dispute, sinking fund meeting place, and Negley redistricting with line comparisons.
A Kentucky distillery firm Morris and Jeanette Greenbaum Eva Block claimed $6,112 against Christian F. G. Koepper estate in probate court. The pact involved selling 50,000 barrels of whisky over five years at set prices tied to grain costs. Settlement compromised with executor paying and canceling the 1912 shipment.
Ed ward Edeler sued Lyda Butterworth in Chicago for rent and won a judgment. While the jury prepared to hear final arguments, attorneys compromised the case and settled for 625 dollars. Butterworth, an actress with a New York company, previously ran a Chicago hotel and owned Indianapolis real estate worth about 2000 dollars.
Habeas corpus petitions filed by Lurton D Haist against Albert T Killinger his wife and William A Joyce of the Board of Children's Guardians seek possession of his daughter Agnes H Haist fourteen. The board allegedly persuaded the girl to leave and now holds her. In Eliza Howard case two children Currie and Joseph Moore aged twelve and ten are in board custody since January 16 1896. Petitions claim conditions have changed and she can provide proper home and moral influences.
Terrance Moore ran a saloon once owned by Clyde Wilenegar and was fined $10 and costs after being tried in Police Court for selling liquor without a license and for sale for consumption on the premises. Charles Barnes and 28 men rounded up for gambling faced jury trial last night but no verdict by 1 AM. Moore served on the jury.
Dr Franz R Abendreth operates a Sturm avenue sanitarium and sues Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance for 9000 dollars. He alleges vacant lots owned by the insurer on the opposite street were used for dumping last summer and again this year, impairing his home life and driving away patients who paid 1500 dollars annually.
Joseph Lay and Samuel Lay broom manufacturers of Ridgeville filed suit seeking an injunction and two thousand dollars damages against George Lemaux Jr and Melvin B Stratton. Plaintiffs allege Stratton once served as their confidential clerk and bookkeeper then left to form a partnership with Lemaux, using his knowledge of the business and key customers to aid his new firm, harming the Lay brothers. The case asks the court to bar continued solicitation of the plaintiffs’ former customers and to award two thousand dollars in damages.
Indianapolis Maennerscher and Liederkranz send word they will not attend the Buffalo saenger feat as railroads refuse to improve round trip rates. Central Passenger Association offered only one fare. Marik Verein has also decided to stay home amid protest.
Alice Ford filed a $4,000 damages suit against Herbert L. Whitehead and Caroline Schaub for injuries from a July 6 1899 gas explosion that destroyed the Whitehead laundry at Massachusetts avenue and North street. She says the blast led to amputations of both legs and long hospitalization and seeks a $1 judgment from each defendant.
Litigation rises as the Indianapolis & Vincennes Railway Company sues the Indianapolis & Martinsville Rapid Transit Company for injunction against the electric line to Martinsville. The case highlights the ongoing battle over the proposed transport project.
Petition alleges the electric line company encroaches on railroad right of way and destroys fences across sites. At Maywood the railroad switch used for loading is cut off as Marinsville employees grade the street blocking egress. Judge McMaster issued a temporary restraining order with final hearing set for June 3.
Judge McMaster refused Oscar Tansel's divorce petition against Jose phine Tansel finding abandonment not cruel treatment. Tansel alleged she deserted him about a year ago and returned to Kansas, remaining there. judge said action not sustained and advised waiting another year to pursue abandonment as grounds.
Judge McMaster sentenced James Jones to jail yesterday for contempt of court over unpaid attorney fees in a divorce suit filed by Minnie Jones. He was released after arrangements to comply with the order were made, allowing private payment of the $16 fee and the remaining balance by Monday.
Clyde Weinegar a North Indianapolis roadhouse keeper jailed for embezzling 400 dollars has appealed to the Supreme Court. He argues he acted as agent for Charles Hays and questions the legal basis of the charge. If the court does not sustain Judge Alford, the case warns no statute may cover such crime.
Lawrence Bernhardt files a divorce petition against Augusta Bernhardt alleging cruelty assault and battery forcing him to bed and unable to work. He claims she locked him out of the house had him arrested and vowed to "get rid" of him.
Julin 8 Lazarus sues Alice W Peirce Edwin B Peirce Lois J Hughes William Hughes Harold Taylor administrator of Robert B F Peirce estate for partition of real estate. He holds a $305 lien and claims $405 paid in taxes and street assessments to prevent sale seeks remuneration for those payments.
Judge Alford of the Criminal Court yesterday noted two remaining indictments against John M. Higgins charging bribery. The indictments were kept to be used if the Supreme Court voided the earlier conviction, allowing another attempt at conviction.
A compiled courtroom snapshot lists cases across rooms and judges. It covers civil actions such as mortgage foreclosures and divorces, judgments awarded for plaintiff against defendants, and settlements or dismissals, including a $1,193.37 foreclosure judgment and a $200 note judgment, plus various divorces and truancy or habeas corpus petitions.
A long list of appellate court cases and notices from various Indiana circuits includes names such as Charles F. Smith, William L. Sopher, and David A. Coulter, with references to several county and circuit courts. The entries cover appellant and appellee briefs, assignments of errors, and proof of publication across 1935 to 1968 era records.
The Girls' Classical School held its annual prize declamations with six contestants Misses Bowen Baer Shaw Shipp Wright Taylor Barbour Lilly. Judges included Rev J Cumming Smith Edgar A Morris J Ross Stevenson A L Mason Harriet Prank. Miss Shipp won first prize with Wright second and Barbour honored. The event featured the school chorus and a social period with flowers for the performers.
Deputy township assessors completed their spring duties with 115 deputies paid 28 each totaling 13,800 in costs. Personal property lists rose by 3,000 over last year, with Center Township property valued at 35 to 40 million dollars, a gain near 3.9 to 4 million. Dog tax receipts fell by about 200. Cut townships finish assessments and will file returns to County Assessor next week before mortgage exemptions about 4.5 million are deducted before final delivery to County Auditor.
The State Dental Associations of Ohio Michigan and Indiana sponsor a union meeting at the German House from June 4 to 6 in this city. No business or officers will be elected as attendees hope to gain mutual benefits from the planned program. The committee expects a large turnout reflecting past meeting success.
Superintendent Jones says the Supreme Court decision on vaccination does not settle whether school boards can exclude unvaccinated children. A court member reportedly told him the Louttit amendment to the compulsory education law is untouched by the ruling. He expects a test case but expects no suit before next year.
The Girls Industrial School hosts a picnic this afternoon at Fairview Park. Transportation is provided free by the street car company. Children meet in Tomlinson Hall and at 2 o clock cars will take them to the picnic ground. The refreshment bill lists thirty gallons of ice cream and 1000 cakes.
Mr E W Peterson staying at Hotel English reported a telegram last night indicating oil and gas escaping from the Kelly well. The discovery suggests Peterson’s lands between the Kelly well and the Beaumont district may extend beyond initial estimates.
Joseph W. Smith of 2309 Broadway longtime Board of Public Works member and Scottish Rite Mason secretary is seriously ill at home. Family refutes an afternoon paper report that he was dying yesterday. Captain E J Griffith of the Thirty second Missouri Volunteer Infantry visits his mother.
A sermon on Hebrews chapters 9 and 11 to 14 explores Jesus as high priest in heaven not by fleshly regalia but by spiritual priesthood. It contrasts earthly ritual with Christ’s self offering and intercession, urging faith in his universal, perpetual priesthood and example of suffering love.
W H Rhodes, one of the oldest engineers on the Big Four lines, died Thursday night at the State Soldiers Home in Lafayette after a month of illness. He had previously served as postmaster at Brightwood, appointed by President McKinley, but resigned due to health. His remains were brought to the city yesterday for burial.
Governor and Mrs. Durbin departed last night for the East to attend the Williams College commencement where their son Fletcher is a member. The Governor will be absent about ten days and during that time will likely visit Washington and call on officials.
The Board of Trade nominating committee yesterday named the regular ticket for upcoming elections. The vote set the slate led by the incumbent chair with support from key local business and civic leaders.
The speaker compares lingering sin to an ugly yard stump kept hidden by vines and boxes until it finally collapses revealing the ruin. A South Africa letter arrives. the remedy is a thorough Bible study to fear and hate sin and seek salvation through scripture.
Howard K. Loughry of Monticello, visiting Adjutant General Ward, has been appointed to West Point by Representative Crumpacker. He will report at the Military Academy in June after passing required examinations at Fort Sheridan. He is nineteen, previously enlisted in Company M, Indiana, under Captain Ard, serving as a corporal.
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