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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
7
In a sparse game, Jones led the Saints with strong scoring while Ferguson delivered peak form. Final counts show Kansas City and Toledo facing waterlogged play in Indianapolis with mixed results for Columbus and Minneapolis.
ST PAUL MINN June 3 St Paul won 2 0 over Indianapolis in a pitchers duel Ferguson supported by defense Jones started but spared by staff and got the loss. Scores came on two runs in the third, aided by a key error and a long fly. Ferguson allowed four hits and the Saints played tight behind him.
Fires raged across Maine on June 3 as burning covered many counties. Reports tallied at least thirty fires with thousands of dollars in property and timberland lost. Fire lines at Bemis and Raingley extended up to twelve miles, depths over two miles in places, with conditions expected to worsen until rain soaks ground and woods.
American pair Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hobart win open doubles 4-6 7-5 6-4 over H. J. Burkill and Miss Sargent. Hobart duo also take mix handicap 4-6 6-1 6-3 against Barker and E. T. Johnson. Ladies doubles handicap Hobart and Coles defeat Barker and Gordon Hogg 5-4.
Shamrock I L and the Erin, Sir Thomas Lipton’s yachts, with accompanying tugboat, are en route from Se mees to Fayal Azores and are expected to arrive tomorrow. The Shamrock LIL remains the challenger for the America's Cup.
Boston jumped Griffith for six runs in the third to topple New York 9 to 3. Freeman homered, Parent and O Connor shared two-base hits, while Young and Griffith lasted briefly for the mound work in a noisy Griffith Stadium crowd. Philadelphia later defeated Washington 5 to 2 as Hoffman drove in a run and Selbach scored for Washington's trouble plagued fielding.
Marion won behind timely hitting with men on base in a 6 to 2 victory over Fort Wayne. Patterson and Hobert pitched for Marion while Mason and Ostdike worked for Fort Wayne. South Bend also won, defeating Grand Rapids 6 to 1, as Grand Rapids failed to deliver when needed.
In St Paul on June 3, washerwomen from the St Anthony Hill district formed a union and demanded a wage increase from 1.3 to 1.60 dollars per day. Many domestic servants in the area are unionized, enabling the workers to pressure housekeepers of Swelldom Town to pay the higher scale or face no washing. They served notice to adhere to the union rate and halt work until the raise is met.
Coroner Weaver concludes John Ficker died May 13 from strychnine after a bottle broken in transit by an Adams Express employee. The poison package was sent by Mrs. McCormick to Mrs. Kate Nobbe in Cincinnati. McCormick faces murder charges in Memphis.
San Francisco on June 4 reports the cruiser Princeton arriving after a long cruise in the Orient. She departed Yokohama direct for the harbor nearly a month ago and called at Oahu and Honolulu for coal. The Yorktown, also from the Orient, arrived.
Talbot Brothers two year old Shawana won the Lassie stakes at Hawthorne. Ida Davis ran second after reportedly escaping and jumping the fence. Wreath of Ivy faded to third as Shawana beat Ida Davis by a length for second place. Weather was fine and the track improved.
Hayes Jacksons Stand Pat scores from third in the sixteenth pole rush to beat Scorpio by a length on a muddy track at St Louis fair grounds. Atlas opened the program with E S Gardners filly favorite 10 to 2 to 1 odds and won easily. Cast Iron then captured the final race as the card concluded with six furlongs and a one mile event detailing multiple entries and results.
Manual Training and Shortridge High Schools prepare for a keen dual meet next Saturday at 2 PM on the fair grounds. Teams list 18 names each with events to be decided, no heats this year, medals awarded and a silver cup to the winner. Public interest centers on a tight contest with both sides claiming strength and the North Side tipped for nine firsts plus a margin of points.
New York May 3 Hermis sold for 60000 appeared at Gravesend in a mile and a sixteenth race. He ran second to Dublin who equaled the track record 1 46. Adjudamo and Fulminate led longshots in the steeplechase where Adjidau mo prevailed by a neck over Fulminate. All races favored longshots with several breakups and falls.
ANDERSON Ind June 3 Thomas Kane owner of the trotting mare Leafy that did well last season has been offered 15000 for her He is in Memphis with the animal and will likely close the deal before returning home.
An iodine explosion at W. J. Gilmore & Co. wholesale drug house on Seventh avenue Pittsburg today burns seven people. Minnie Prim, 20, leaped from a third story window and may die. Chemist G. Hutchins severely burned and may die. others expected to recover. fire extinguished with small loss.
The twenty-ninth annual American Bankers Association convention to be held in San Francisco October 20 to 23 draws bankers from across the nation. Millers National Federation holds its Detroit session at Hotel Cadillac for three days with about four hundred delegates and executives. The Michigan Telephone Company faces an appeal in the U S Court of Appeals in Cincinnati over a $5 million receivership suit. Alvin W. Krech elected president of Equitable Trust Company in New York, succeeding William T. Cornell. James H. Hyde named vice president of Mercantile Trust Company. Baltimore Basin Coal Company formed with $1 million capital and deeds of trust to Continental Trust Company for $500,000 bonds. Law plans extensive mining across 900 acres in George's Creek. Senator Elkins arrives in Peace New York with Mrs Elkins. vows to reintroduce next session a bill to trim duties on goods carried in American ships by 10 percent, or raise duties by 10 cents on goods carried in foreign ships. U S General Appraisers in New York issue a ruling taxing cold rolled steel at an extra one cent per pound. importers to appeal. Major holders of United States Shipbuilding Company first mortgage bonds oppose reorganization favored by holders of collateral mortgage bonds worth $14,500,000.
At Latonia Jockey Helgerson rode the day’s first three winners and dominated the program. Sinner Simon captured the key handicap at a mile and a sixteenth at 6 to 1, with Oefiant the favorite failing to place. Weather pleasant, track slow, and Latonia drawn entries listed for Thursday accompany results across six races and multiple betting outcomes.
General labor news reports Wednesday gains for Philadelphia textile strikers with eight firms acceding to workers demands and mill unions swelling as several mills walk out. Also, St Louis freight workers return to jobs while New York building trades extend the lockout. Chicago ice dealers raise prices amid floods and janitors at Meri gold buildings strike, disrupting services and food supplies. Henry Janacek ordered to move from his building after a janitor dispute and union measure followed.
Columbus reports the death of F. 8. Purcell of Logan, long inspector of ports in Cuba and recently with the Revenue Department. He was a Republican State convention delegate, editor of an Gazette for years, and former chairman of the Republican State committee.
An east bound Wabash roller train collided head on with another near Enveniee Missouri. The wreck disrupted service and local authorities investigated. Passenger injuries were reported but conditions not confirmed. The incident prompted emergency response and rail line closure pending review.
A Rock Island and Peoria passenger train derailed near Alta eight miles from Peoria when an axle broke. Five persons were injured. rescue and investigation followed as crews cleared the wreckage and assessed damage.
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