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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
3
Rinkard of Grant county faces murder charge in the death of his wife. Lewis, the condemned Princeton murderer, remains in the prison hospital and may be executed on Aug if the Supreme Court does not intervene.
It was expected that Wheeler of Boonville and his attorneys would appeal to the Governor to save him from execution. A telegram said the Supreme Court overruled the stay, but no reply was received. No relative appeared to make a last appeal, and the Governor’s possible action was thought unlikely given Wheeler’s thorough court review.
Lueld of Home Store Company wins bicycle in Knights of the Maccabees raffle. Miss Artena M. Chapin resigns from Indiana State Library post. Unity Circle to hold final Meridian Street M E Chi meeting this afternoon with officer elections. Rev G M Smith to speak on An Oriental Wedding at Hallplace M E Church Sunday evening with special orchestra numbers led by Mrs Esther Willcox Trenary. Indianapolis piano school pupils concert in Tomlinson Hall led by Edward Bailey Birge with pianist Mrs E J Hankemeter. Y M C A state executive advisory committees meet today at Stevenson building. afternoon session then dinner at Commercial Club. Hebrew Temple confirms ceremony next Wednesday morning with elaborate program. includes Mark Adler and others. Israel Pollock injured when struck by a car while driving wagon at Washington and Geisendorff streets. Governor Durbin reports from Dr Hurty and Dr Ferguson on smallpox in southern counties. cases decreasing and local health officers active. American Tin-plate Company office force banquet for Mr and Mrs Clark Price departing to New York where Price becomes private secretary to D G Reid.
Forecast for Friday and Saturday calls for showers in Indiana with warmer conditions in the far north, Saturday bringing showers and fresh southeast winds. Illinois expected showers Friday near Lake Michigan with warmer spells, Saturday showers and east to south winds. Ohio partly cloudy Friday with likely showers and warmer in the north, Saturday showers and brisk east to southeast winds. Local observations note cloudy to fair conditions with temperature and precipitation figures and indicate Richard H. Sullivan temporarily in charge.
Shipping notices show arrivals and sailings across ports. From New York on June 6, vessels Lauren Wen from Glasgow Koln Bremen Germanic from Liverpool arrived. Sailed Grosse Kurfurst to Bremen Columbia to Hamburg L AQuitaine to Havre. Liverpool June 5 arrivals Numidian Montreal Westernland Philadelphia Ivernia Boston. Sailed Commonwealth Boston. Queenstown June 5 Teutonic Philadelphia Rhineland Philadelphia from Liverpool. Plymouth June 5 Fuerst Bismarck from New York Hamburg. Naples June 5 Aller from New York Genoa. Antwerp June 5 Nederland to Philadelphia. Havre June 5 La Savoie from New York. Plus a garbled line ending.
Mrs. Price, once Maud Mer of Indianapolis, announced that the Retail Clerks Union has secured almost all clothing fur nishing hat and shoe stores to close at 30 dollars Saturday nights after Jan 5. The list includes Saks & Co Model Bliss Swain & Co L Strauss Co Eagle the Parisian store Florsheim Co Star stores and many others across the city.
Three lively slates fight for control of the Board of Trade next Monday as voters select president treasurer and governing committee. Regular Independent and Hustlers each nominate a president John J Appel David W Coffin and Simon P Sheerin respectively with thirteen nominees on each governing slate faint leading positions uncertain as campaigns run day and night.
Park Superintendent Power reports replies from Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge agreeing to press the issue on the New York street elevation of the federal building facing University Square. Health Board requests a $2000 special appropriation to replenish the contagious disease fund and sends details to Controller Breunig. Milk retailers without licenses face Police Court after three days. B H Cook of Wilkinson donates two skunks to Indianapolis parks, claiming they are companionable and deodorized.
Labor Commissioner McCormack met with the Woodworkers' Committee and plant representatives to resolve the Indianapolis strike. After extended talks marked by good will, no agreement was reached. William P. Jungelaus offered 25 to 27% cents per hour and noted recent raises, seeking to return workers to jobs limited to contract work. Other mill operators opposed any concession, citing business conditions and the strikers' intransigence.
Speedy victories abroad as American jockeys excel at Gravesend Epsom and St Louis fixtures. Martie Lewis led from the start to win the Clover Stakes for two year old fillies with Odom aboard. Astarita shone in the fifth race, closing from 6 to 1 to 2 to 1.
At Latonia six furlongs featured handicap, five starters with Jim Clark as 6 to 5 favorite. Sevoy led from the first quarter, winning by a nose over Brief. Other favorites Drummond and Sinner Simon also scored, with Bob Baler, Miners, Leroy and Temptress among the race results.
In Chicago on June 5 Prince of Africa won the Harlem feature race easing ahead from a fair field. Betting shifted from 4 to 1 to 16 to 5 as he sped the mile and a sixteenth to finish three lengths clear of Greyfeld, who beat Star Cotton by four lengths. Other winners in order were Pretorius, Lampoon, Autolight, Linden Ella.
A morning march by five local unions disrupted the Delaware and Hudson Company mines around Oliphant. Workers were intercepted on their way to or from shifts and persuaded to join the march, with leaders meeting the men afterward. No violence occurred.
In Mahanoy City on June 5 nonunion men were placed in charge of fires and pumps at Tunnel Ridge and Corey mines under coal and iron police armed with Winchester rifles. A Primrose colliery pump in Pottsville was started by nonunion staff. Strikers plan to march on the operation amid a large force of armed deputies inside barbed wire enclosures. many nonunion workers are arriving in the region.
Erie Company's work train derailed in Hughestown by rock obstruction on tracks. No ore injuries reported. Nonunion workers housed in one building and rotated to mines by special trains. Suspected strike sympathizers placed the rocks on the track. Forest City saw a mob attack on pump runner David Owns, who was beaten and then treated. injuries described as severe but not life threatening.
An Anderson dispatch reports a case of smallpox in Knights town affecting a circus worker. The home physician orders that no child from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Band at Knights town home may leave for the village. The quarantine aims to prevent spread, amid clarification that there is no broader contagion at the home.
A summer term for drawing and painting in oil and water colors begins June 9 at the John Herron Art Institute led by Mr. Adams with Otto Stark continuing after June 17. Classes run six hours daily, six days weekly, with outdoor work. An afternoon tent class by Brandt Steele focuses on design and nature inspired study.
General Maximo Gomez publishes an open letter in Havana refusing the $4,000 annual pension set in a Cuban House of Representatives bill. He urges friends to defeat the measure, saying it would be unfair to accept pay while other Cuban soldiers lack provisions. He notes a government war-service bill exists but is willing to wait until Cuba can pay all soldiers.
Pittsburg June 5 Otto Maya bicycle racer was thrown from a motor machine at the Coliseum track during training for his Saturday race. He suffered a broken collarbone in two places and was held for treatment after being picked up.
Daniel J. Keefe of the International Longshoremen Association and a Civic Federation labor representative spoke by long distance with President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers. A New York meeting may be arranged to push a three year contract with slight concessions as the strike drags. President Roosevelt receives via mail a board of trade resolutions urging steps to end the crisis.
A prominent Reading Company official in Philadelphia today flatly denied a story published with a Scranton date claiming it was based on a certain source. The denial underscored the official’s refusal to comment on alleged details circulating in the press.
Huntington West Virginia June 5 coal operators of West Virginia and Virginia will meet tomorrow and Saturday to decide final strike steps. Reports say Flat Top Tug River districts join talks and more than six miners quit. Western Kanawha Coal Co chief J X Hill says he will meet worker demands for higher pay. At Hazleton Pa about 100 Slavonic immigrants arrive to fill striker vacancies at Van Winkle colliery Colerain to start work tomorrow.
The Shortridge High junior team beat the seniors 18 to 15 in a rough YMCA gym game witnessed by a large crowd. Posey and La Follette starred for the juniors while Holdson and Herzch led the seniors. Final tennis tournament finals at Shortridge begin today with three doubles teams and singles next week.
Only three women played the eighteen hole qualifying at the Country Club yesterday. Gladys Wynn led with 128, Augusta Jameson shot 140, and Mrs. George Catterson 167 while Miss Potts expressed interest in joining if permitted. A second qualifying round may be held and more players could compete for the championship cup.
Reports from New York London and San Francisco note the deaths of multiple prominent figures. Mrs. Bailey Bartlett of New Jersey dies at ninety nine, a revolutionary era daughter and widow of Bailey Bartlett of Massachusetts. Others include William Vail Lidgerwood in London, Rev Henry Latham in Cambridge, Sir Daniel Cooper in England, Lewis Sloss in San Rafael, and Dr Jose Gomper Quimper in New York.
Cambridge Mass June 5 M T Lightner of Highland Park Michigan tonight was elected captain of the Harvard track team for next year He has been a sprinter on the team for three years
Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati 4 to 0 as Donovan pitched a perfect game, fanning eight and adding two hits and three assists. The game featured strong Brooklyn defense, multiple base advances, and a 1-4-2-0 scoring sequence with three Brooklyn earned runs. Attendance was about 2,500.
New York defeated Chicago 4 to 3 as sharp fielding powered a late rally. Sparking hits by Yeager and Tinker supported strong pitching from Sparks as Chicago committed key errors. Attendance about 2,200. Boston lost to St Louis 7 to 6 with costly miscues by Boston in the field.
Baltimore lost to St Louis as Powell replaced Reidy in the ninth and struck out two with three on bases and one run needed to tie. Game details note hits, errors, and pitching by Hughes and Reidy. Philadelphia then saw Chicago outplay them at all points with 3,002 attendance.
A compact recap of baseball actions across cities: Chicago at Philadelphia with final lines and key hits, Cleveland and Boston pitchers, Washington vs Detroit, Davenport and Rockford tie, Terre Haute beats Bloomington, Cedar Rapids over Rock Island, Evansville rout, Franklin College vs All Star, Lynch signs with Philadelphia, Notre Dame star at bat, Butler College seniors crush faculty, Shortridge High naming Will Connor captain. various local games and lineups.
Albert Champion broke the 25 mile record in a motor paced race at Charles River Park track finishing in 37 153 5 seconds. The previous mark of 37 17 belonged to Walthour set last year. Separate item notes New York port figures for May show 82 064 immigrants landed, up from 73 667 in April.
Toledo even series with 2 0 win over Indianapolis. Heisman wild on the mound issuing six walks while Sudhoff and Woodruff spark the visitors with strong base running and timely hits. Kubas and Sudhoff lead batters for Cincinnati product, while Kleinow and Foutz commit key errors behind Heisman.
In a double header Kansas City and St Paul split honors with disputes over umpire decisions. Attendance 1,100. First game score Kansas City 3 St Paul 1. Second game score St Paul 6 Columbus 2. Huston, Wagner, and Gannon led offense. notable plays included Lumley three-base hit and two-base hits by McBride Dillard Pierce.
Audubon Society in Chicago moves to prosecute milliners selling birds and plumage after moral suasion. Notices signed by prominent locals warn dealers that law bans killing or capturing most birds, with exceptions for English sparrow crow blackbird and chicken hawk.
In Des Moines Iowa on June 5 a sale of assets was conducted with proceeds over $40,000. The item described as a large collection of household goods and livestock was sold to Belxier and Bonrtwick for $3,000.
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