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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1901
Page
3
The Pettis Dry Goods Co presents a spring display of boys clothing with a department now twice its former size due to growing client demand. New styles include double breasted suits in various ages and prices from 1.05 to 5.08, sailor and Russian blouse outfits, tuxedo suits, and spring waist and knee pants sets among affordable options.
Indiana Dental College Department of Dentistry at University of Indianapolis advertises dental work with fees covering costs. It states patient hours from morning to afternoon and lists location at the corner of Delaware and Ohio Streets.
Carrie Nation announced for a lecture at Tomlinson Hall on Sunday night March 31. New melodramas and revivals headline Park theater bills with scenery, Miss Burroughs in dual roles, and Joel Wilson's company to perform The Monks of Malabar and Foxy Quiller at English's Opera House next week. Marine Band soloist Miss Amy Whaley slated for a concert in Tomlinson Hall. Club notices cover meetings, socials, and the Easter ball committees at Maennerchor club house with extensive volunteer lists.
Greenwood society notes list Miss Mary Aldrich of Indianapolis visiting Miss Lora Heck, Dr. and Mrs. N. B. Wood of Anderson visiting relatives, Gertrude Sharkey visiting Franklin friends, Elsie Peek of Franklin staying with uncle Grafton Peek, Mrs. Mattie Mitchell of Indianapolis visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Milburn, Olive Creasy returning from Indianapolis, and Rev. F. M. Westhafer and wife of Morristown visiting daughter Mrs. Fred Whitenack this week.
Mrs C O Hessley of Logansport visits Mrs W K Pratt. Miss Corella Trindle visits Mrs Edward James Harwick in Chicago. Mr and Mrs Howe host cards. Mrs Mary Moore heads to New York to join the Hannas. I W Lawrence and I C Kinnear visit Morton Place. Cona Eaton and W N Dodd announce a spring wedding for April 3 at 25 North Capitol Ave. Several society members travel to Louisville for a Whist Club game.
Ice firms announce seasonal quotations at 17 cents per hundred pounds with little chance of major increases, while many contracts are being signed in expectation of a price rise. Claims of price cutting stem from ample natural ice plus significant manufactured ice, and disputes arise over safety and quality between pond ice and lake or manufactured ice offerings.
Albert W. Wishard started a new term as United States district attorney yesterday. Judge John H. Baker administered the oath, with Assistant District Attorney La Follette and Record Clerk Clarence W. Nichols of New Buffalo Ring present at Marcy's.
The Pennsylvania system reports 1898 to 1900 miles and earnings rising from 8,883 miles and 136 million to 9,962 miles and 172.9 million. The parent line shows 11 percent earning power on present share capital, with composite figures including affiliated lines and excluding certain receivership assets.
A conservative freight official disputes rumors of rates being demoralized while noting a growing east bound pool. The piece tracks last week’s lane leaders like Lake Shore Grand Trunk and Nickel Plate, west bound tonnage, and calls on Western lines to send empty cars east as spring purchases surge. It lists notes on executives, company dividends, engine orders, and regional freight shifts across Monon, Wabash, Erie, and Pennsylvania lines.
Louis and San Francisco appoints new commercial agent Edward T Wilcox and relocates office from Birmingham to Memphis. February demerit and merit marks reveal disciplinary actions among conductors engineers and other staff. Pennsylvania Railroad denies that James McCrea will lead Baltimore and Ohio. Lake Erie and Western stock performance cited with optimistic dividends. Union Station to charge baggage storage starting April 1 with a tiered rate and a free holdover until Monday after Saturday closings.
Prominent Cincinnati builders H B Kennedy and W H Ellis, of the same firm, are at the Bates likely connected with the Claypool Hotel project. They submitted an estimate and gave a 150 000 bond for performance. Architects plans due soon and bidders will have thirty days to prepare bids after plans are released.
At a meeting of the YMCA educational committee at the Commercial Club yesterday the group decided to push for an industrial night school. They asked the School Board to allow use of the Manual Training School or other city buildings and stated the YMCA would provide instructors if the city supplies the building and facilities. The proposal will be presented to the School Board at its next meeting.
Dr Ridpath secretary of the Marion County Board of Health with three police officers visited a gypsy camp in Hammond Park to investigate reports of smallpox. They found no evidence of the disease and blamed the scare on a woman in the camp scarred from a past smallpox case.
Twenty six Belgian hares owned by Mrs. Sarah Johns were burned yesterday evening along with a shed at 319 West Eighteenth street. One rabbit was saved but died from severe burns. The fire’s origin is unknown, suspected to involve local boys or matches ignited by the rabbits.
At Public School No 4 Michigan and Blackford street a fierce schoolboys fight triggered a riot call. Bicycle policemen Strelt and Losh arrived to find teachers and a sixteen year old, Jimmy Burns, alleged leader of a white boy gang assaulting Black students. Burns was arrested for throwing stones.
The case features Eli T. Spohn, a Methodist minister, suing trustees of a Fulton County church for back salary. Fulton County recovered a joint sum of $132, then the defendants appealed to the Supreme Court after the $112 back salary claim and related figures.
The secretary of state finished drafting the 26 new laws for the state printer yesterday. They will soon be issued in a single volume, making an average sized law book for distribution.
The Gift of Whist Club from Louisville defeated the Indianapolis Whist Club 7 to 3 yesterday afternoon. The traveling team from Priers National Whist Teague won a separate game in Chicago on Wednesday.
C. W. Kriel, distributer, promotes a high grade Worth cigar, highlighting its quality and value for customers.
Dr. Edward T Buck son of composer Dudley Buck arrived in Indianapolis after reports of his secret marriage to Louise Underhill and a prior marriage to Daisy Deane. He says a divorce from his first wife in Evansville and the Hoopeston ceremony occurred before Deane's marriage. Buck seeks to clear up the sensational stories and reassure his present wife.
A Chicago woman identified as Mrs L B Robinson died mysteriously in New York. A telegram found among her effects said she had sent a message to Waite Bliven of 218 La Salle Street Chicago that was undelivered because he had left Chicago and could not be found. Bliven, an American Fire Insurance Co agent, was a Denison Hotel guest yesterday and could not be interviewed.
A lengthy meditation on the crucifixion narrates the procession to Golgotha, Jesus’ sayings from the cross, and surrounding events. It contrasts gospel accounts with medieval commentary, notes relics in Rome, and cites scholars and manuscripts to frame the Passion as a moral commentary.
The Indianapolis Bowling League held its annual stag gathering at Independent Turner Hall last night. The event featured vaudeville acts, speeches by league members, a four round boxing match between Homer Bybee and Jesse Croft, and a five-man battle royal with colored participants. Prizes were awarded to top winners as President Havelick praised contributors to the season.
In the big two man contest at City Club alleys last night fourteen two man teams bowled with high scores echoing Wednesday. Notable pairings and scores include Dicks and Field 1 147 Mc Grew and Pritchett 1 47 Ray and Mueller 7 and Knox and McCleland 1 101 among others.
A young man calling himself George Hildebrand was arrested yesterday by Detectives Bray and Lancaster on a fugitive charge. Detroit authorities say he is wanted for forgery. He represents a patent medicine firm and travels with window displays. he declined to provide details.
Circuit Court Judge Allen ruled yesterday that City Controller Johnson must pay $125 to each of James S Cruse Herman Tuttle and Fred A Gregory as fees for assessing property condemned for park purposes. Johnson had refused Park Board approved bills. he stated last night he would comply with the court decision.
John Patterson Panhandle engineer badly burned by escaping steam in a wreck near Richmond last week. He was forced to undo the amputation of a leg after the injury and since that operation his vitality declined. He became unconscious yesterday afternoon and remains so.
Albert Zearing and Tom Griffin clerks in the City Board of Health quarreled last night and exchanged blows. Griffin was jailed by Justice Nickerson. Zearing was taken to police headquarters by Health Officer Cramer and charged with assault and battery.
Rev. Thomas J. Villera continues a Pilgrim's Progress series at First Baptist with stereopticon illustrations. The topic is The Battle of Apollyon and the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Last Sunday evening the church was crowded to capacity.
John Evans and Conrad Hert were arrested late last night near Twenty fourth street and Belt Railroad for coal theft from railway cars. Patrolmen found them with a load of coal beside the track as they loaded it into a wagon.
The passage extols the Kaleide as unsurpassed in artistic beauty and variety, linking its isomorphic forms to visions of Christ. It argues for faith through reason, urging readers to seek spiritual union with Jesus, who embodies shepherd, physician, teacher, savior, and more. It emphasizes prayer, purity, strength, and daily living through the Spirit.
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