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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1902

Page

8

Veronia Bardelyi seeks divorce after Hungarian marriage

Veronia Bardelyi filed for divorce from Gyula Bardelyi, alleging cruel treatment including stabbing, whipping, and eye injuries, and seeks custody of their six year old son currently in Hungary. Bardelyi came to the United States two years ago with a Hungarian colony and resides with a relative in Haughville.

Veronia Bardelyi Gyula Bardelyi Boldag Bovaralyi Hungary Sheaver Haughville Kara M. Talbert Edward A. Talbert Indiana Reformatory Jennie van Benthuysen Charles E. van Benthuysen Lane Cordia Lane

Jury Finds Mrs Martineck Guilty In Cruelty Case

Mrs Kate Martineck was found guilty of cruelty to Hazel Orme by the Criminal Court jury and fined eight dollars plus costs and sentenced to one day in the county jail The defense was given until Monday to file a motion for a new trial Judge Alford instructed Prosecutor Ruckelshaus to check Police Court dockets for proper signatures in related cases and remand them for perfected judgments as he criticized the lower court amid reports of many prisoners in the workhouse awaiting writs of habeas corpus from unsigned dockets.

Kate Martineck Hazel Orme Criminal Court Stubbs Alford Ruckelshaus

Insurance Money Dispute Settled In Circuit Court

The James H. His sion policy issued by Commercial Travelers' Association faced a court contest after his death. The policy valued at $2,000 was payable to his first wife, who died, then to his second wife who claimed debt from him. The interpleader deposited $2,060 with the court, with Mary F Hisston and Mary E Hisston as guardians. The final out of court settlement awarded the widow $1,960 and the children $1,745.60, each bearing half the costs of $5.30.

James H. Hission Commercial Travelers’ Association Neille Charlotte M Edna A. Hission Mary E. Hission Christ Paul Devil Phillips Brooks Amos Ro

Bridge Collapse Triggers Three Damage Suits Against City

Three lawsuits filed against the city seek damages after the West Washington street bridge collapsed yesterday. Erastus Smith claims 12,500 for permanent injuries and vehicle and horse losses. Charles McClelland sues for 8000 stating he hired a team that was killed. Arthur Mangus seeks 2000 for permanent injuries after crossing the bridge as it fell.

West Washington Street Erastus Smith Teameter Charles McClelland Smith Arthur Mangus Peter Mangus

John O Neal Acquitted Over Bicycle Theft Charge

John O Neal of 1 North Capitol Avenue was acquitted after the court showed he did not steal a bicycle. He was arrested days ago on the theft charge and released.

John O'Neal North Capitol Avenue

Coffee as a dangerous friend and health foe

An earnest warning against coffee portrays it as a subtle, daily attacker of health. It claims thousands suffer dyspepsia and nervous trouble from coffee, urging a switch to Postum Food Coffee as a relief and healthier alternative.

Acquittal in Police Court and looming school property dispute

Sue to Dr Short was acquitted yesterday in Police Court. An appeal was filed in the Appellate Court over whether Maumee school township or Shirley City may take possession of school buildings the township owes for, while the school board seeks payment for erection costs. The case follows a prior forceful seizure and subsequent dispossession. Other items include Union Glass Works payment questions, a Graz Trust related matter, a cow dispute tied to a Wayne county venue, habeas corpus proceedings for William B. Taylor in Detroit, a $15,000 damage suit by Richard Noland against a street car company, and Hugh Loughlin’s will leaving property to his wife for the repose of his soul.

Ap‘Rate Court Maumee Shirley City Union Glass Works Union Gleas Works Company C Ampany Grasa Trust Anderson Ind Margaret Hughes Philip Brock Sheppard Wayne Township Bridgeport Superior Court John L. McMaster Harry Barnett Anna Barnett Ora Coleman Benjamin Coleman Anna Millner George Millner Flora Harris Stephen Harris Mabel Johnson William Johnson Mattie McKnight Jacob McKnight Mary Painter William Painter Daisy de Hart Harvey de Hart Vinson Carter Catharine J. Hammond Mary A. Webb Et al William Webb Plaintiff Mary A. Webb Circuit Court Henry Clay Allen Arthur Walls Brown-Ketcham Iron Works Justice of the Peace William J. Brown Helen E. Gordon Elizabeth Huber George W. Huber Stila William T. Brown Louise M. Huber Lida Schwab William Smith Sarah E. Quigley The Union Mutual Building and Loan Association Et al Union Mutual Building and Loan Association Erastus Smith City of Indianapolis Arthur Mangus Next Friend Peter Mangus Charles McClelland Capitola Lewark Otto Lewark Veronia Erdelyi Gyula Erdelyi Eura M. Talbert Edward A. Talbert George Pfau Jacob Dux Minnie E. Mote Charles Mote Jennie van Benthuysen Charles E. van Benthuysen Eere J. Lane Cordia Lane Richard Noland Inflectipotle Street Railway Company Supreme Court

Multiple Divorces Dismissed and New Suits Filed in Indianapolis Courts

In Superior Court rooms and the Circuit Court several divorce actions were dismissed at plaintiff costs or as noted. District filings include new suits against the City of Indianapolis for damages and several civil actions, with briefs filed in the Supreme Court for rehearing. Various judgments and costs were entered, and receivership actions approved with bonds posted.

Gas Company Case Sets Tenant Rights in Mount Vernon

A Mount Vernon gas dispute saw a former tenant refuse payment leading to meter removal. The case moved through courts and ended with a verdict of two years and eighteen weeks and four days totaling 4200 dollars for damages caused by forced disconnection and kerosene lighting. The decision favors tenant protection against unjust utility demands.

Mount Vernon N. Y

Abandonment and deeds cases in law journal notes

Abandonment in marriage not proven by separation alone though wife did not object. Adultery not legal abandonment, just evidence. Deed obtained by undue influence set aside when grantor elderly and feeble, no close ties exist. Police arrest rules vary by offense. warrants required for misdemeanors unless in presence or per high suspicion for felonies. San Francisco fence ordinance ruled unconstitutional as applied to bill posters.

Albany Law Journal Atlantic Rep N. H Walker Southwestern Rep Judge White Supreme Court of New York Nour New York Supplement Judge Gaynor Superior Court of San Francisco Bill Poster Board of Public Works

Shortridge Senate debates before spring recess and visits

The Shortridge High School Senate held a lively session before Easter, debating Senator Pritchard’s bill to deny representation to disfranchised states. Support came from Senators Butler and McDonald while opponents argued the bill on racial grounds. A telegram from the President wishing a happy Easter sparked the adjournment. Visitors included Rev Allan B. Philpott, and James Randall returned after illness. The orchestra performed in Greenfield. Don d Toph joined Monday Echo as a reporter. Delta Phi seniors postponed their flat. Athletic plans include renting Newby Oval for training. field day costs split between two high schools. Baseball practice against Butler expected, with a full squad lineup listed.

Shortridge Senate Pritchard Earl Pritchard Congress Butler Albert Burns Kentucky Charles Christian Frank Doudican Georgia McDonald Laura Potter Allan B. Philpott James Randall Greenfield Don#d Toph Monday Echo Scott Voss Smith Delta Phi Webb Adams the Athletic Association Newby Oval Mony Allen M. Allen C. Allen Kearney McKinney Iteher Parker Holdson Wiley Short Scott Connor Masters de War

Visit of Former Shortridge Teacher Draws Local Attention

A. I. Doty, former Shortridge High School faculty member and now Latin instructor at De Witt Clinton High School in New York City, visited Shortridge yesterday. He praised the school spirit, compared New York high schools to Indianapolis, and met students before returning home.

A. I. Doty Shortridge High School Shortridge de Witt Clinton High School New York City Indianapolis Doty New York

Counterfeit rebate entries linked to Anna Johnson Miller case

Manager Sauber returns from Frankfort Indiana after chasing a woman accused of altering rebate entries in the Indianapolis Merchants Association book. The suspect, naming Anna Johnson and possibly Anna Miller, allegedly bought a cheap item at L S Ayres Co and later boosted the rebate to 73.10. A second claim involves raising a rebate check. New pianos advertised at Wulschner's from 16 dollars up.

Sauber Frankfort Ind Indianapolis Merchants’ Association L.S. Ayres & Co Anna Johnson Anna Miller

Smallpox Emergency Fund Boost Clears Council Vote

Seventeen councilmen backed an 85 000 appropriation for a smallpox emergency fund for the Board of Health and a separate 5 000 ordinance to create the fund. Republicans support, Democrats initially undecided. Also approved 120 for interest on Irvington permanent debt.

Board of Health Breunig Health Board Council Irvington

Park Board Plans Summer Band Listenin and Bathing Facilities

Park officials propose Sunday band concerts in at least two parks each week throughout the hot months at Brookside Riverside Garfield and Military parks. Commissioner King suggests a river bath and a dressing shelter at the river bank near Eighteenth street. The board also advances Garfield Park shelter house completion with the iron work contract awarded to J D Hoss.

Coffin Park Board Brookside Riverside Garfield and Military Parks Park Commissioners King Pbce Iverside Park Eighteenth Street Garfield Park J. D. Hoss

Fumigation by Fire Sought to Destroy Five Smallpox Houses

The Board of Health intends to burn five ramshackle houses on South Meridia Street 2212 to 2218 after discovering a dozen smallpox cases. City Attorney Joss was asked to advise if private property may be destroyed and if the city would owe compensation. Dr Buehler asserts the structures are unfit and only fire can disinfect effectively.

Board of Health Meridia Street Joss Buehler

Reinstated Republican patrolmen restore duty in city board

Three Republican officers dismissed in Tageart era are reinstated by the Board of Safety. William Wheeler Joshua Spears and Henry Reifer were instructed to prepare for duty by the police chief. The board also confirmed John Dillon as a firefighter and named Charles J. Russell a patrolman. Clerk Wood disputes claims Woodruff Place residents contributed to the firemen pension fund after every run.

Tageart Board of Safety William Wheeler Joshua Spears Henry Reifer John Dillon Charles J. Russell

Public Works Notice of Openings and Improvements

The item lists numerous street openings and extensions in Irvington and surrounding areas, including cement walks and sewers along Twenty-ninth to Thirty-sixth streets, Logan, Ruth, Iowa, and Thirty-sixth streets, as well as alleys east of Arlington avenue. It records completed improvement on Twenty-sixth street sewer and filing of appraisements for multiple properties with values ranging from $12,000 to $35,880 and bids for Norwood street sewer. A resolution vacates part of an alley north of Sutherland avenue.

First Alley Blackford Street New York Street Second Alley Twenty-ninth Street Elmyra Street Schurman Avenue Northwestern Avenue Nice Street Meridian Street McCarty Street Arizona Street Eastern Avenue Washington Street Julian Street Irvington Logan Street Raymond Street Ruth Street Jackson Street Bertha Street Iowa Street East Stret Madison Avenue Thirty-sixth Street Illinois Street Arlington Avenue Julian Avenue North Alabama Street Twenty-sixth Street H. C. Tuttle P. J. Flancdy W. H. Hobbs North Street A. B. Carter Henry Kothe Thomas F. Quill Olney Street Twenty-eighth Street Nineteenth Street Hillside Avenue Norwood Street Noble Street C. R. Pease M. E. Loughlin Sutherland Avenue Central Avenue

Stockmen reject Journal claim on check kiting

Bankers and stockmen yesterday dismissed the Journal’s defense claim that Arthur J. Simpson would not be indicted over alleged check kiting. A prominent stock dealer said most men in stock and horse business value credit and would not resort to such measures, asserting none of it was done.

Arthur J. Simpson

Drafts by Simpson Prompted Firm Censure by Bank Officials

The drafts issued by Simpson led bank officials to censure the members of the firm and triggered an ensuing investigation.

Simpson

State Board of Commerce elects officers at meeting

The executive committee met at the Commercial Club and elected George E. Hunt as recording secretary and treasurer of the State Board of Commerce. The group urged a vigorous campaign to boost membership by several hundred, with R. W. Kennedy tasked to lead the effort.

State Board of Commerce Commercial Club George E. Hunt R. W. Kennedy Rauncle

Wyckoff Lecture on Charity and Social Effects

Walter A. Wyckoff of Princeton University spoke at the Propylaeum on The Social Effects of Charity. He traced charity definitions from feudal times to modern welfare, urged multi school reform, and argued pauperism stems from many sources while praising prevention and segregation of the incapable as progress.

Walter A. Wyckoff Princeton University Propylaeum University of Chicago Wyckoff Herbert Spencer

Arrest Report: Funkhouser Held on Fraud Warrant

Hugh C. Funkhouser of 2351 Gale street was arrested yesterday on a warrant from Louis Goldberg of 2335 North New Jersey street. Goldberg says he supplied borrowers and books to sell but kept the money and did not report to work. Funkhouser admits receiving money and books, blaming his absence on his wife’s illness.

Hugh C. Funkhouser Gale Street Louis Goldberg New Jersey Street Goldberg Funkhouser

Woman's Home Missionary Society Convention Planned

The annual convention of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Indianapolis district will be held Wednesday in Hairplace M. E. Church. The district includes all Methodist churches in the city and Greenwood Acton Mooresville and Oak Lot. The meeting begins at 9 o clock and election of officers will be held in the afternoon.

The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Indianapolis Hairplace M. E. Church Greenwood Acton Mooresville Oak Lot

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