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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1902
Page
7
In Redkey Indiana a man and wife, Charlies and Maggie Shepherd, were fatally wounded after a domestic dispute sparked by abuse. Mrs Shepherd died shortly after the gunfight, while Shepherd died later at the scene. Authorities investigate.
In Brazil Indiana March 24 pupils on strike followed the discharge of Professor Muncie after he refused resignation. A legal battle looms as both sides hire attorneys. Board cites alleged kiss and improper conduct. Supporters claim act was indiscretion not grounds for dismissal.
Clay City Indiana March 24 The Clay City Brick and Clay Company with capital of 10 000 has 37 6 invest in a plant for building brick, paving brick and drain tile. Officers include John N Miller president J P Miller vice president M Lafferty secretary treasurer. Plant capacity 3009 brick clay with kilns to burn 0 0. Company to enlarge and utilize nearby materials including eleven feet of clay for buttling, sixteen feet of shore coal seven feet shale reputed to hold vitrifying properties. Special to the Indianapolis Journal VALPARAISO Ind March 24 Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Porter County organized with John W Brummitt president Joseph Stevenson vice president Jasper N Finney treasurer Peter A Marquart secretary. Directors elected include J W Brummitt J N Finney C A Anderson L G Furness Joseph Stevenson B F Jones Amos B Lantz. Central office to be in Valparaiso. Solicitors to canvass farming community of Porter.
About one hundred local businessmen and farmers organize the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company in Flora Indiana with 5000 capital. The Flora Bringhurst Telephone Company, in operation three years, plans to sell its plant to the new group to reduce high rates and improve service. The new entity will close and file incorporation papers with the secretary of state in Indianapolis once 150000 of insurance is placed.
Muncie Ind March 24 Preparations are under way for the first annual meeting of the National Window Glass Snappers' Association a three days convention in Muncie opening April 1 Two delegates from each of eighty locals expected attendance from unorganized factories Officers will be elected and business transacted This marks the first trade convention for window glass workers in many years Blowers gatherers hatteners and cutters unite under L A Sand and hold preceptory meetings Pittsburg heads Receive mailed results
At West Baden Springs Hotel workers assembling the new 200 foot diameter dome faced a near catastrophe as a guy rope slipped. The crane cables bowed and forced steel through the hotel wall, trapping people in stairways but causing no serious injuries.
NEW ALBANY Ind March M Frank Lawson died after a scaffold accident at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. He was 30, left a widow, and formerly lived in Harrison county. Fellow worker Samuel J. Brown of Indianapolis died within an hour. HAMMOND Ind March 4 Two unknown men were killed at Miller's Station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway amid a spate of railway fatalities in the county.
The Douglas County Republican convention met in Tuscola on March 214 with Newt Evans as chairman and Frank Collins as secretary. Carl Burgett of Newman township, aligned with Hopkins, was elected over George Callaway, who carried two townships by small margins. Delegates were chosen for state, federal, and legislative gatherings. the meeting remained harmonious and did not instruct for the U S senator, though Burgett is understood to back Hopkins.
DECATUR Ind March 4 The Republican city primary tonight produced winners Judson W Teeple for mayor Earl B Adams for clerk H T Gregg for treasurer Harry Cordun for marshal Charles Teeple Sylvester Peterson S B Fordyce and Kathy Corbett for councilmen
At the Academy of Music in Rochester on Saturday afternoon the Republican delegate convention nominated a county ticket headed by clerk William R. Wright and included auditor Kline W. Shore treasurer Samuel Miller recorder Frank K. Roach sheriff William N. Rader coroner Dr Isaac L. Babcock surveyor John L. Zook and commissioners Isaac Katherman Edward Zook The executive committee to name councilmen at large was unanimously approved by the convention.
Purdue University will send about 100 students from electrical, mechanical, and civil engineering to Chicago for a week long inspection tour starting Tuesday. Professors Matthews, Shee, and Miller will accompany them. Alternate delegates named include Capt. A. B. Pattison, W. Stark, J. C. Small, with Harry Schmude, L. W. Cobb, and Fred Minish listed as alternates.
Shelbyville indicts Emma Sandefur and son Clarence after an eleven hour deliberation. Clarence Sandefur found guilty of voluntary manslaughter while Emma Sandefur is acquitted. Judge Morris pending sentencing.
Benjamin Curtis was found guilty of criminal assault at the Circuit Court opening in Portland Indiana. The verdict carries a penalty of one to twenty one years in the Indiana Reformatory. The complainant is Minnie Myers, a fifteen year old girl from Jackson Township. MEMORIAL
Rockport Indiana notes memorial services at Shiloh Church on April 6 for the fortieth anniversary of the Shiloh battle in which Spencer county soldiers fought Henry Wright of the Twenty-fifth Indiana Infantry died at Shiloh and requested burial at the future cemetery his grave founded the churchyard and cemetery names. Henry Wright was brother to Colonel J B Wright of Rockport, a member of the Indiana Shiloh Monument Commission appointed by Governor Durbin.
Evansville Ind March 24 Almost the entire population of Petersburg a town forty miles north of this city turned out last night to join in the search for a crazy man. For several days past W S Mitchell a saloon keeper has shown signs of insanity and at 10 o clock last night he wandered from his home in his night clothes. A fire alarm was turned in and the department deepenes with many other citizens faded by the Sheriff of the county the men began a search and soon after midnight Mitchell was located in a corn field. He was entangled in a barb wire fence and horribly cut about the body. He was taken to his home and has been unconscious ever since. There is no hope for his recovery. Mitchell is a heavy property owner and was once prominent in Democratic politics.
Mrs Louis Becker reported her husband missing since March ? He left with several hundred dollars to go to Indianapolis to settle with General Agent C H Brackett of the Columbian Relief and Accident Association, where he worked as a solicitor in Terre Haute. Police sent an inquiry to Brackett as officials investigate the disappearance.
A report notes Becker left Terre Haute with money in the bank and no settlement with the company. He reportedly owed $19, but the shortage is covered by bond. No word has been received from Terre Haute police about Becker.
About twenty plate glass handlers met at the Burnett House with President G C Sherburne presiding and L G Hadly as secretary. The meeting was strictly executive with no price increase, no officer election, and routine business. Next meeting location and date to be decided by President Sherburne.
Bluffton Indiana March 4 large factory of the Bluffton Artificial Ice Company burned believed incendiary origin. Loss 12060 to 15000 with 5080 insurance. The company will not rebuild. Other notes from Rushville New Albany Franklin Tipton items follow.
Guthrie Oklahoma March 24 On the testimony of Harley L Gephart of Muncie Indiana Hazen William and James Burns were convicted at Poteau Indian Territory of robbing Gephart and were sentenced to five years each in a federal prison.
MORRISTOWN Moses Bennett died at his home after a stroke of apoplexy at forty seven. He was a longtime teacher and a Republican party worker. He leaves a daughter who is also a teacher. He belonged to the Knights of Pythias and Court of Honor. WORTHINGTON Mrs Elizabeth Gray Griffith wife of John Griffith died after a lingering consumption illness. Survived by husband and one child. PORTLAND Henry Scholer a noted Madison township resident died at sixty eight after months with Brights disease. DUNREITH A B English ex commissioner of Rush county Seasear died at seventy five after Brights disease.
In Cambridge City a machine shop worker lost an eye after a casting fragment struck him. Mrs Edward Hogan burned igniting a gas flame at a hotel. Nineveh reports smallpox quarantine in Franklin County. A schoolteacher sues Indianapolis Street Railway for 15000 overpacked car injuries. Charlestown welcomes Rev Charles Cristengen and notes church history. Muncie reports Henry McGinnis named secretary to the U.S. Consul in Munich. DeArmond House hotel changes hands in Greensburg. Elizabeth Jones dies by her own action at Eastern Indiana Hospital. Fort Wayne coroner cites death by starvation in Henry Louis Hamel case. Clay City canning firm planning expansion.
On a Saturday night seven miles from Troy Alabama Bill Zeigler, a Black man, was lynched after being charged with assault on a white girl whose name is withheld. A coroner's jury reported death by unknown persons.
About 150 guests attended the biennial Virginian Democratic Association banquet at the Metropolitan Hotel in Washington. Col. Henry Watterson condemned trusts and imperialism, attacked the White House and Congress, praised Roosevelt as a rough rider, and urged Democrats to unite against centralized power and a proposed army reform bill. He warned of a "Military Dictator" threat and urged loyalty to the Constitution.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes a forthcoming Commoner editorial by Bryan aimed at ex President Cleveland. The piece mocks Cleveland, taunts his tactics, and frames Bryan as steering the Democratic ship, likening Cleveland to an overmatched foe.
A violent incident outside a Mobile saloon near a reservation left one soldier dead and eleven others stabbed or beaten with chairs during a Sunday night riot. The event drew attention to calls supporting the army canteen program amid unrest.
Boston Herala comments on the sugar-beet rooters noting a lack of wisdom born from experience, and describe them as last ditchers. The piece likens the last ditch to a ceremonial finish and a companion to keep from feeling lonely.
A meeting of leading lake coal ship operators from the Ohio Pittsburg and West Virginia districts in Cleveland yesterday approved an average 5 percent price rise over last year with some cases higher. Steamboat fuel prices saw a slight uptick in the Ohio district. Sales agents and operators departed for Chicago last night for talks with upper dealers today.
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