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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1902
Page
11
Severe storm strikes Clay County damaging property and destroying a properity. Report notes two deaths and extensive damage. Bedford circus crowd becomes frightened as the weather alarmed attendees. Local authorities assess the scene and warn residents to seek shelter.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports the Catholic Benevolent League annual convention in Fort Wayne. A severe storm near Clay City, 20 miles south, damaged property, wrecked roofs, and caused fatalities as timber fell on two men. In Louisville, a wind and rainstorm cut power, halting street lighting and disrupting electric service for many businesses.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Bedford Indiana May 13 a heavy windstorm struck during a Ringling circus performance causing panic as the tent showed signs of collapse Thousands fled for exits but no one was trampled A woman fainted and was revived in serious condition minor damage occurred in outlying parts of town
A severe storm swept through Vincennes Indiana tearing roofs from small buildings blew cars off tracks and toppled telegraph poles. Local residents reported extensive wind damage and downed lines as emergency crews assessed the scene.
In E Nnes Ind May 13 an attempt was made to assassinate Frank Simnicht section foreman on the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad in this city. A concealed shot in the back left him seriously wounded. No clue yet to the assassin's identity.
Brazil Indiana May 13 Dan Curray of Knightsville found between Brazil and Knightsville unconscious with throat cut from ear to ear. Taken home, he cannot yet name his attacker but it is believed he was held up robbed and left for dead. Sullivan Indiana May 13 Walter Crocklin of Farmersburg wounded himself in temple with revolver. prognosis uncertain but likely to recover.
Washington Indiana May 13 Louis Smead a young farmer living near a fence was killed when a tree he had fired fell on him as he neared it while plowing. He had the lines around a plate and could not escape in time.
In Indianapolis Journal dispatch from Brazil Indiana May 13 reports BR H Lawson a local undertaker returning from Asherville was dragged from his carriage when his horses bolted the pair reared threw him over the dashboard and dragged him several yards his chest crushed and he is in critical condition
In Greencastle Indiana on May 13 Republicans redistricted the city into four wards to avoid a tied council with the Democratic mayor elect. They appointed two Republican council members for the extra ward and the retiring Republican mayor broke the tie on motions. The council now has five Republicans and three Democrats, provoking anger from the Democrats.
Lafayette Ind May 13 Albert B Yoost Republican nominee for councilman in the Third ward who was defeated by Richard Burke Democrat today brought suit to contest the election alleging irregularities by the election board Burke declared winner by a margin of votes
The Fifth Supreme Council of the Catholic Benevolent League of Indiana convened in Fort Wayne on May 12 and elected officers including Supreme spiritual adviser Rev Charles McCabe Otterbein Indiana as president John H Welch Fort Wayne as vice president Stephen Hermsen Frankfort as treasurer Franke Fort Wayne and others noted in the annual session with reports heard.
At Anderson Indiana on May 13 the twenty fourth annual Indiana Congregational Churches session elected officers and discussed financials with two death losses and sixteen hundred cash on hand while adopting second degree work and planning future meetings. In Muncie the Retail Jewelers Association organized with officers Klein Scott Hummel and others and will push a state body with twenty five towns joining.
Alexandria and Anderson report May 24 seaso n closures for American Window Glass Company and independent plants. Workers offered a 10 percent wage rise for early shutdown and prompt resumption in September. Marion physicians unite to stamp out smallpox with free vaccination, seven cases, tents and a hotel listed, city to supply virus.
The Delphi City Council heard a draft franchise for an interurban through Delphi as part of a Logansport to Lafayette route, linking into the Fort Wayne Danville line. The Boyd syndicate controls about a third of the line. McCulloch interests, allied with Detroit financier Frederick A. Smart, appear to back the application at Logansport.
Wabash Ind May 13 Judge Shively of the Wabash Circuit Court ruled for the Liberty Mills Lodge of Odd Fellows in a suit by John Swank under 200 for benefits Swank had been suspended for nonpayment of dues. The judge said Swank’s remedy lay first with the Grand Lodge and only after denial could he sue in a civil court if his claim remained valid.
Goshen May 13 Judge Henry D. Wilson oldest Elkhart county bar member and former Elkhart Lagrange circuit judge retires from law. He sold his office furniture may sell his Goshen home and move. Wilson was Goshen's first mayor elected as a Democrat in 1868 later ran for state senate and Congress but failed. He left the Democratic party in the 1880s and later aligned with Republicans.
Special to the Indiansports Journal Bluffton Indiana May 13 factories reportedly back a post office boycott after Dayton Union Huntington railroad refused a 72000 subsidy. A firm allegedly bought 290 dollars in stamps and others may follow. Bluffton post delivery could be threatened if the action continues. Rich mond Indiana May 13 clerics fail to curb detectives indictments fall flat ninety plus indictments were returned but first case James McCaffrey Cambridge City druggist was acquitted others to be dropped.
Sullivan Indiana May 13. Burnett Baucerman a county pioneer is seriously ill at his home. He is the father of Mrs. John Chaney. T K Sherman a leading merchant and pioneer businessman is also seriously ill at his home in the city.
In Wabash Indiana on May 1 a jury in the Wabash Circuit Court returned a verdict against Lesser Long former treasurer. The case details an ongoing financial dispute and the court proceeding concluded with the verdict delivered in the courtroom.
The town of Andrews sues Joseph Baker and John Stouder as bondsmen for 2.50 in a bond dispute. Long, once treasurer in the 1890s, misused 3000 from bond redemption funds and could not cover principal, forcing the town to pay. In Muncie Indiana rural free delivery anger grows as 400 residents claim missing mail due to inadequate boxes, prompting a special inspector to probe routes this week.
Israel Brown of East Bunting street in Vincennes reports that after prayer God shown letters of light on his cottage wall. The zigzag outlines depict his deceased wife beside an angel, drawing crowds of local Black residents who say the figure resembles Mrs Brown.
Fort Wayne Indiana May 13 Mrs Al banius wife of George Albanius a carriage manufacturer and Scottish Rite Mason who disappeared last month today received a cablegram from him from Paris He said he would be home that he had money on deposit in three banks and carried a large sum on his person There was much anxiety about him No explanation of his absence was given in his message.
Anderson Ind May 13 The Merchants' Traction Company of Anderson announces it will make a park of the famous Indian mounds three miles east of the city. The grounds lie on the proposed line to Middletown and are being protected by the Merchants' Company to attract visitors and riders.
Evansville Ind May 13 This afternoon the fine residence and store of Charles Laib near the city was destroyed by fire. The loss is about 10000 with no insurance. The origin of the fire is not known.
Reports from Indiana dated May 13 describe multiple deaths. Alpheus A. Halloway, 35, Perry township farmer, died after strangulation during farm work, with physicians citing tracheal closure from a severe cold. Calvin McGee, son of William McGee, was buried at Worthington after dying at St. Vincent's Hospital. Charles Snow of Portland died after bunion surgery led to heart failure. Dr William McComb of Sheldon, a Pleas ant township trustee, died aged 35 from consumption following a hemorrhage while visiting friends.
Elkhart reports George Franks a farmer living near Union charged after police found a bogus silver dollar on him and seized other counterfeit materials. An accomplice named Jones was arrested. In Richmond stockholders elected directors including J. W. Van Dyke and James Murdoch with Smith as president. May 3 dedication planned for the Cowan M E Church and rail work to begin for the Muncie Hartford & Fort Wayne Electric line. In Anderson W B Meeks resigns to join C N Railroad in Gallatin Tennessee. Capt James Meyers injures head and is later deemed insane and sent to the state asylum in Indianapolis. In Vincennes two suits seek $2000 for alienation of wives. In Shelbyville Harry Pitts jailed for $600 bond over altered check. Covington Commissioner George Law to seek re-election and plant watermelons. In Sullivan Thomas Shepherd, Carlisle, becomes insane after a fall at the courthouse.
May 13 report from London cites Daily Mail Cairo desk that Turkey sent troops to occupy Thasos after Athenians reported uprising against tax collection. Egyptian governor allegedly ordered gendarmes to fire on demonstrators, killing many men women and children. The island lies in the Aegean Sea under Egyptian administration.
In Havana on May 11, Governor General Wood Senor Palma and Gonzalez de Que sada toured the city’s public buildings. Salvador Cisneros and the President-elect accompanied them for two hours during the visit.
Walter N. Haldeman, president of the Louisville Courier Journal Company and long prominent in journalism, died at 5 a m after injuries from a trolley car accident. He was over 81. Funeral Wednesday at 4 p m from his residence, interment Cave Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife, a daughter and two sons W B Haldeman and Bruce Haldeman.
Hugh and Neal O'Donnell aged in their eighties died within weeks of each other in New York. Longtime Produce Exchange member Hugh helped run a cooperage business with his brother, earning over $40,000 yearly. For eighteen years they donated all profits and arranged their estate to split into 250 shares given to numerous Catholic institutions after death.
Dr. Lyman Beecher Todd of Lexington aged seventy, senior physician, died today. He was Lincoln's wife's first cousin and witnessed both Lincoln's shooting and deathbed. Todd chaired the Filson Club in Louisville, contributed to Kentucky history, and served as Lexington postmaster.
Charles Gordon of Cleveland dies at 56 after six weeks illness. Hugo Schumacher Akron capitalists, 49, died in Chicago after a week typhoid. Dr Marie Zakrzewska pioneer Boston woman physician, born Berlin 1829, studied at Western Reserve 1856. Dr John I White Bloomington physician, 70, ex state legislator and Knights Templar officer. Julius Koestlin Halle theologian, born Stuttgart 1826.
Washington reports Captain Southerland plans immediate hydrographic surveys with Admiral Bradford's approval after vast sea bottom subsidence near the Antilles and possible uprisings elsewhere threaten charts and safe navigation. A year ago Captain J Thomas described a May 5 sea rise east of Martinique with rocks, four hours of fury, then calm and damage to the Kate.
Chicago May 13. Potter Palmer names widow Mrs Bertha Honore Palmer head of an estate valued around five million dollars with joint ownership to her and sons Honore and Potter Jr. She gains almost full control to carry out shared plans. A $2040 provision funds a woman's memorial building. Palmer and Adrian C Honore named trustees.
In a 19th century probate note Mrs. Palmer is named as sole executor with broad powers. She receives one half of the property, while the two sons share the other half equally. The original will dates January 18, 184. Three codicils were added, altering the will’s general character.
United States consul general at Constantinople C M Dickinson arrived on the Sicily from Genoa and Naples. He conducted the negotiations for Miss Ellen M Stone release and said he may be detained to fix responsibility for the outrage.
Minnie J. Rice of New Rochelle received 15000 from the railroad company for partial destruction of facial beauty in the Park avenue tunnel disaster. She was crushed between two seats and suffered severe facial cuts. beauty was partly restored by skin grafting.
Berlin May 13 A St. Petersburg dispatch says the Czarina is expected to deliver in September. The news notes the baby’s gender is anticipated as a boy, sparking public curiosity about the imperial household.
President Loubet departs Paris by Depot St. Lazarre bound for Brest to meet the Czar of Russia. The Montcalm cruiser will carry him to Russia after arriving at Brest, with premier Waldeck-Rousseau and ministers De Lanessan and Delcasse accompanying him. Delcasse to continue to Russia.
CHICAGO May 13 After rescuing a smaller boy who could not swim Fred Fowler seventeen of Downers Grove near Chicago plunged into the artificial lake at that place today in the attempt to save two others and lost his life the pair he was trying to save perishing with him Four boys had embarked on the lake in a leaky canoe and it soon Let them all into the water Fowler's attempt to save his companions resulted in his death.
Henry Roth a sixty year old Union veteran from Louisville Kentucky died by self inflicted morphine poison at Perry Oklahoma. His body lay in the hills near the city. He leaves a widow and a married daughter in Louisville.
A fire in New York destroyed buildings at 101 and 103 Duane street, occupied by Hammond, Baker & Co. dealers in ordnance and ammunition, and Doremus, Tease & Co. manufacturers of blank books. The loss was about 290000 dollars and was partly insured.
Queen Alexandra with the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark attended a Drury Lane performance of Ben Hur in London on May 13.
The steamer Mex ico arrived from Havana with the largest Cuban fruit cargo ever brought to New York. It carries 22,186 pounds of pineapples and a large quantity of other fruits.
George E. Walsh surveys how science reshapes agriculture into a profitable winter industry. Winter farming spreads from truck gardening to winter dairying poultry and hothouse livestock, with storage, broilers, winter eggs, and hothouse fruits expanding nationwide, especially around Boston.
Fruits and vegetables are raised under glass through winter in Jersey and Long Island, with hundreds of acres under cultivation. High prices and multiple crops per year drive intensive culture using steam heat and arc lights. Profits often reach 80 percent, and northern and southern regions alike expand as demand grows.
Kansas wheat growing shows hard Turkey winter wheat dominates bread making due to higher gluten content, while soft wheat covers crackers cake and soda biscuits. Blending increases hard-wheat use. gluten quality drives dough weight and loaf volume. nutrition and digestibility favor bread with hard-wheat gluten, though soft-wheat excels in pastry and cake.
Markets treat pastry flour as essential for crackers and biscuits. The true color and crispness come from soft-wheat flour, guiding factories to locate near soft-wheat regions. With processing, hard-wheat flour can mimic softness, but composition fixes use according to global tastes.
In a Springfield Republican piece the sheep is used as a vivid political metaphor. It contrasts a leading ewe with obedient followers, noting that the flock follows the leader yet progress hinges on the ewe’s choices, while fences and boundaries are easily crossed. The piece ends by urging readers to study sheep as apt comparisons to human politics.
Preliminary plans by Kansas farmers co operatives aim to boost income from the upcoming wheat crop. Seventy seven companies operate with own elevators and will bind members to set prices. Local secretaries will report amounts to sell and price expectations to the state, enabling price pressure and market forecasts. The groups may open new member stores modeled after early Grange stores, promising improved logistics and market conditions.
The Journal will publish on Thursday May 15 a complete description of the Soldiers' Monument in permanent form. The souvenir will be richly illustrated with views and a carefully prepared history, plus the hymn The Messiah of the Nations by Mr. Riley. It will be printed on plate paper, bound in a strong cover, and sold for ten cents by mail or at the counting room.
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