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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
5
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Logansport Elks carnival profits rise as labor and uniformed groups march. Police raid a rear barroom where 150 chuck-a-luck players cause a panic and four organizers are arrested.
A Royer Wheel Company plant in Aurora burned today causing an estimated loss of 150000 with 700 insurance. The blaze left three workers unemployed until the facility is rebuilt.
Workers at the Syracuse Manufacturing Company plant in North Manchester walked out over pay after owner PD C Lamb sought a $1,000 salary. Partners Lamb Runyan and Browne refused raises, workers demanded higher pay, arbitration was held, and a $1,300 annual salary agreement was reached with the men returning to work.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Bloomington Indiana June Demming and his wife were allegedly whipped by whitecaps two years ago driving him to madness He collapsed in a doctor's office shouting about whitecaps pursuing him He was taken to jail with his mind still under siege by militant assailants authorities report the incident followed another alleged visit by the whitecaps who supposedly struck one of his children with stovewood
A Muncie man witnessed a test of the automatic glass blowing machine at Alexandria. He reports tempered, even heat issues and brittleness toward the end of the blown piece. Waste occurs from tempering, tempering refinement needed, but the president says the machine will soon reach handwork parity and produce marketable window glass.
Portland Indiana June witnesses testified in the Shepherd murder case as the defense sought to prove the defendant unsound mentally. David Nicklin testified that he and Shepherd discussed operating a service to beat poker games, with plans to travel to Chicago. the prisoner believed they could earn substantial weekly profits.
The defense and prosecution clash over Shepherd’s statements as witnesses, with Nickling briefly tied up by the court. Johnson denies involvement and admits malice toward Shepherd. A long list of witnesses from Winter to Cring testified, with five called in the afternoon for the State and defense, as the court plans to close in a week and move toward the Ertel murder trial.
De Paut Year Book lists 1012 attendance at 620 students with breakdowns by Liberal Arts 37, Music 141, Art unknown, Academy 190. Sixty graduates that year. Elsie Wood named receptionist of Women’s Hall replacing Laura Newlin. Cement walks funded by the class of 182 begun during commencement week at Greencastle.
In Spiceland Friends Church, twelve graduates were named Harley Anderson Mary B Butler Jessie Baily Gurney Maple Manning Smith Rena Thomas Retta Thomas Walter Byers Russell Wilson Harry Lindawood India A Yost Jennie Kirk. Rev E R Lyons gave the address and diplomas were awarded. Alumni events featured baccalaureate sermon by Rev Pearson and orator Charles Beard with Mrs Caroline Kellum as historian. An alumni meeting elected Charlie Smith as next orator and displayed Hannah and Clarkson Davis portraits.
Fairmount Indiana June 2 Commencement exercises at Fairmount Academy the largest school under the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends concluded a successful year Alumni and prominent Quakers from across the state attended Rev J Cumming Smith of Indianapolis delivered the class address Seventeen graduates received diplomas Lucy Winslow Minnie Halsley Oliver Rittenhouse Lucy Allen Dora Bogue Edna Winslow Lillian Wise Ian Wilson Mabel Lucas Iva Ferrell Palmer Edgerton William Jones Thurlow Shugart Charles Rush William Johnson Willard Hastings Dwight Lindley.
Blooming ton June report notes Dr Bryan elected president elevating philosophy department to full professorships for E H Lindley and J A Bergstrom. J C Boldt becomes mathematics instructor at Anderson High School. Trustees commend Dr Mary Bidwell Breed dean of women.
In Vincennes Indiana Jennie Moore Vaughters died last night at her home from self inflicted morphine poisoning. Her parents had barred her, leaving her despondent and driven to suicide in the family residence north of Vincennes. In Loganport Indiana Emma Eisele attempted suicide by taking ison on Sunday while her father had her arrested. She is declared insane and was sent to Indianapolis for admission to the Hospital for the Insane after several theft arrests. She had been in the local hospital since Sunday night.
In Attica Indiana thieves ransacked the J Frank McDermond shop Friday night taking 1000 dollars worth of black silk. The culprits hid in the cellar and escaped with four large telescopes used to carry the silk. Doors and windows were found intact this morning and a back-door key was later found in a coathouse with a stray piece of silk.
In New Albany Indiana the Opera House block from the late W C De Pa w estate was sold today by Union Trust Company of Indianapolis as administrator to Mrs Elizabeth Barth for 1400 dollars The 1865 block cost 5000 and has never served as amusements It will be remodeled under the will which kept real estate intact for fifteen years after his death and since last year large portions of the estate have been sold
Per a June 3 report from Peru Indiana the grand jury returned an indictment against John A Hayes a Black man who shot and killed Clarence Gillespie on the prior Saturday The charge is murder in the second degree Hayes declined to plead guilty and a trial was anticipated in the local court
Hayes now seeks a trial after consulting the county attorney, delaying sentencing to September and postponing full punishment. In Muncie, Walter Rittenhouse won a $10 judgment against the Muncie Natural Gas Company for overcharged bills under a franchise rate.
On a defense affidavit claiming an Knox county trial would be unfair Judge O H Cobb moved William Edson to Washington Daviess county for trial. Edson, alleged assistant of Irma Pfohi, was taken to the first train amid a crowded courtroom. Sheriff Summitt released militia and deputies as the town settled. Edson remained in jail in Washington and maintained his innocence after being arrested there.
The Epworth League convention closed with a lecture by J W Bashford president of Wesleyan University Delaware. Officers elected for next year include H N Herrick Kokomo president Margaret Mitchell Sherman Lydia Souis Atlanta Belva Myers Peru C G Hussey Logansport Maud Cosler Kokomo James Heaton Elwood junior superintendent Mrs McGrath Noblesville. ELKHART Ind June The Goshen district Leaguers ended at Topeka with officers elected S H Weaver Elkhart vice presidents Fannie Dennis Nappanee Ethel Craig Topeka Sadie Woodworth Ligonier Minnie Snell Bourbon secretary Kate Bingham Mishawaka treasurer Elmer B Punk Warsaw quarter superintendent Mrs W R Jones Wolcottville executive committee B A Kemp Goshen Richard Fiddler Goshen J F Snyder Lagrange missionary committee Margaret Wilson Elkhart Mrs Charlies Hood New Paris Fred Warne Inwood Mabel Swartz Wakarusa Beulah ee Shipshewana Miss Simonton Mishawaka
Ohio coal operators move into Indiana with a 1000 acre deal near Jasonville along the Southern Indiana road as Chicago capitalists expanded mining holdings in the state. Meanwhile Union Traction crews connected Washington street to Thirty-eighth street enabling service from the square to the Normal College. Twenty four independent telephone exchanges in eastern Illinois and western Indiana formed a permanent association to standardize long distance rates with a 7900 phone system and 516400 dollars in capital.
Wilbur F. Sherwell, once a city policeman, remains in county custody. Arrested last October for the double murder of Mrs. Georgia Bailey and Miss Lena Renner, the case was postponed from May due to the principal attorney's fitness. It is now set for trial at the September term of court.
Marion Indiana June news reports that W C Honnold, president of the Barbers Union and City Council member, faced a ban after voting to award street work to a firm that discriminated against union labor. An advertising error left bids open to nonunion labor, clearing Honnold of blame.
Marion Indiana will dedicate the new First United Brethren Church this Sunday morning. Bishop Kep bert of Andtville Pennsylvania will deliver the address. Music will be provided by students from the Marion Conservatory of Music. The church cost about 16000 dollars and serves a growing congregation under Rev. J. K. Shannon.
Terre Haute Indiana June reports A L Engle merchant tailor has been missing since Tuesday after making an assignment. Creditors expect little recovery and rumors claim he had collected funds prior to the event, but details remain unclear.
Reports from Bluffton Indiana describe circulating remonstrances to abolish all fourteen saloons. Voters are urged to sign under a new law allowing a law firm to sign their names against any saloon license applicant, via power of attorney. Nearby items note Guy R. Cockley in Loganport faces revenue law charges, Leo M. Fitzmaurice seeks divorce in Muncie after short marriage, and O W Tingle named receiver of Greenwood & Shelbyville Electric Line by Judge Buckingham amid Callanan Construction grading claim.
Muncie Ind June thieves broke into Daniels and Co jewelry store at Eaton twelve miles north of Muncie early today and carried off watches and rings valued at 125 dollars with items totaling about 150 dollars.
William Shelley aged sixty eight was found dead in his chair in Portland by Ellery Spade, a Treas ury Department veteran and Civil War survivor who lost a leg at the Wilderness. B F Hodges forty eight wealthy Morgan county farmer died. Dr Farr relayed Salem Ore death of P H Blankenship, ex relative of Q A Blankenship. William H Nigh seventy eight farmer of Hanover township died at home. Captain Alexander Buchanan Marion pioneer and first county undertaker had remains conveyed in his own hearse.
Marion factions from the Liquor League and Grocers Association join the butchers to form a cooperative artificial ice plant after disputing Consumers Ice and Cold Storage. Edward Linton was arrested for stealing electrical equipment from a high school lab. Canton Glass Works seeks to form a cooperative company to operate the plant when the Canton operation moves to Cambridge, Ohio.
The Atlanta Constitution notes an earthquake related event in the Caribbean region hosted by inlands. Names honor Col. Arthur Lynch and Webster Davis as part of the tribute and program.
A New York Press feature warns of a strychnine fiend leaving death in public places. Doctors discuss how trace amounts in drinks can kill, the need for clean glasses, and how easy it is for victims to be poisoned in hotels bars and restaurants.
The fer-de-lance, a deadly imported snake blamed for years of terror in Martinique and St Lucia, was finally destroyed by Mont Pelee's eruption. Efforts to exterminate it with poisons hogs and field destruction failed. the snakes spread inland despite farmer and native resistance. Beneath volcanic ash the last of the serpents were eradicated, ending a century of fear.
A Globe reporter travels on the City of St Joe from Atchison to St Joseph to illustrate how the Missouri River defies navigation. Veterans recall shifting channels and bars while Perrin Kay, chief engineer, recounts river danger near Smiths bend and Doniphan.
New York Times summarizes a parliamentary blue book on British railways for the year ended December 31, 191. It notes no passenger deaths from train accidents in twelve months, while eleven trainmen and workers died or were injured, with 76 injuries to passengers. Other railway incidents came from crossings, trespass, and non accident causes, reflecting ongoing safety concerns and outdated methods.
M Lepinay highlights animal nervous disorders linked to fear and trauma. Cases include a dog reacting to separation, a canary silenced by a cat’s shock, a traumatic hysteria in cats after injury, and paralysis corrected by a sudden emotional impulse. Observations from Huet and Milan report similar fright related nervous troubles.
The piece denounces the Louisiana lottery and notes Savannah as a Georgia lottery hub. It claims lotteries thrive globally from Mexico to Canada and Europe and attract all social classes, from the wealthy to wage earners, who spend much of their earnings on tickets.
Washington Post reports Pension Commissioner Ware at the Capitol was amused by a widow's letter from Illinois seeking assistance with her pension. The missive expresses reliance on the Lord while noting her financial need and desire for relief from official channels.
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