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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1902
Page
7
Frank Orrell, a Vandalia telegraph operator at Knightsville, went insane mixing train orders and shouting a depot robbery. He brandished a revolver as trains halted. engineers reported his condition and operators resumed service once orders were corrected. He was taken home in Amo.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Wa bash Logansport Traction Company launching condemnation against Shirks and Dukes to secure a three rod wide towpath strip along the south side from Logansport to Peru. About thirty acres, with June 9 appraiser appointment planned. Also Fort Wayne Traction Company sale talks involving Cleveland principals with possible extensions and interurban builds. Evansville interest seeks electric line to Boonville.
Ed Mosher a 28 year old returned Philippine veteran from Bluffton and Ossian, Indiana, has attempted suicide four times this May. He locked himself in a room with gas, nearly died, and was revived by parents. He later tried to drown in a gravel pit and to throw himself before a Lake train, thwarted. Family disputes and a troubled love affair are cited as causes. he was said to be planning marriage after his father supposedly released funds.
In Elkhart Indiana on May 11 Grover Bretz eleven year old son of Mrs Joseph Strine left home after telling his mother he would return soon This fragment from the Indianapolis Journey says he disappeared following the departure but provides only a partial account of the events and no further details about searches or findings.
Mrs Strine reported her son Grover missing after he left for school in warm weather. Three stepbrothers aged eight six and three described a drowning in the St Joseph river noting tree limbs used to reach him. Police conducted a long search before Grover returned home saying he had not been near the river.
Clinton Coal Company sues Hugh and Ed Shirkie of Braillett's Creek Coal Company in Clinton Circuit Court seeking 11000 for alleged underground mining on neighboring land. The suit highlights landowners' rights to measurements of encroachment and reflects old mining disputes between the parties.
Special report from La Porte Indiana May 16 says Mrs EF A C Grover files for divorce in La Porte Circuit Court charging cruelty and failure to provide against her husband Syl vanus E Grover former postmaster and prominent Democrat The couple married in 184 and both had prior marriages.
John S. Sabin of Chicago arrives in Marion to back a Central Union plan to open cut rate groceries and challenge existing grocers. Local associations vow unity not to allow the telephone company to place instruments in homes or businesses, eyeing action with state grocers.
Late today, over two hundred women and girls confronted nonunion workers leaving the Evansville glass works in Evansville Indiana. They beat tin cans against the workers faces and would have used clubs if police had not intervened.
In Richmond Indiana Davis Taylor Carriage Company to be incorporated with 20000 capital. George Davis to serve as president and move to Richmond. Frank Taylor as vice president and general manager and Walter McConaha as secretary and treasurer. One hundred workers to be hired. The Batesville plant fire also reported with 10000 loss and little insurance. Muncie to organize Indiana Barbers Association May 21 and promote licensing after exams. Connor the tramp dancer fined in Lafayette Police Court and then ordered to leave town.
Earl Taylor ten year old son of widow Mrs. Cassie Taylor in Pendleton Indiana shot himself in the abdomen while handling a loaded revolver. He was taken to Anderson City Hospital where an operation was performed for the bullet but recovery was not expected. In Muncie Delaware County approves 2400 for jail improvements including a new women’s addition and repairs to the men’s department, start immediate.
In Elwood Indiana police plan to issue warrants against parents who let their children roam the streets during school hours. Police court issued a batch of warrants this afternoon with more anticipated as investigators gather evidence of petty burglaries attributed to boys who should be in class.
May 14 to May 16 reports across Indiana detail several deaths and local incidents. Notables include Mrs Abe Croft and Mrs William Denney’s deaths, Dr George W. McCoy’s passing in Chrisney, and Mrs James Straughn’s death from injuries. Observations span sewer collapse in Elwood, drought and crop concerns in Bedford, a rock-throwing incident near Brazil, bicycle maker Great Western manning toward autos in LaPorte, Parker’s arm injury in Logansport, and Labor Day planning in Richmond with Olive Jenkins moving to Oakwood Seminary.
War saws Winona Assembly and Summer School grounds prepare for public opening June 1 as extensive building continues. Cottages exceed thirty with many investors including E A K Hackett owner of Fort Wayne Sentinel. Hotels open. gas main to be laid. golf links ready for golfers.
An old city gas well north of Muncie has been cleaned out and drilled deeper, sharply increasing gas flow. The roaring can be heard for a mile, with the Shafer farm five miles north of Muncie identified as the location. Territory once valued low by leaseholders and neighboring wells now shows improved potential.
In Fairmount Indiana on May 16 a mass convention met to choose delegates to the congressional convention in Wabash next Wednesday. Delegates from southern Grant county were elected, with Steele supporters chosen by acclamation. A resolution urged the delegates to vote for Major Steele first, last and always with strong enthusiasm.
Fostoria May 16 Glass workers in incandescent bulb factories nationwide threaten a strike unless wages rise by about percent per thousand lamps. After two conferences the union and manufacturers failed to agree with foreign competition cited as the barrier. Affected plants include Fostoria Toledo Alexandria and Monaca Pa.
In Elkhart Indiana Secret Service Agent Halls says Wellington Jones and George Franks will be tried in Grand Rapids instead of Cassopolis Michigan. He notes the dies for silver dollars found at Franks's house are excellent. In Lebanon Indiana Oscar Boxwell eleven died after being run over by a heavy field roller near Thorntown.
In Pittsburg on May 16 officials of the Independent Glass Company announced an accord with their workers, members of the Denny organization of Window Glass Workers, to continue the current glass fire from June 15 to June. extending the run by over a month compared with the American Window Glass Company and federation concerns.
Brazil Indiana May 16 The Collins Coal Company notified machine men at mines west of the city they must work by the ton at 1 1 cents per ton. Previously they earned 2 62 dollars daily. The move prompted a strike that closed the mine and left about two hundred men unemployed.
GOSHEN flash Bros general store at Wakarusa suffered a fire damage valued at 2.50 as gasoline lamps kindled decorative front window fixtures. Insurance covers the loss. May 16 in Muncie Inn. Joseph A Snodgrass, 68, of Reed's Station Delaware county, died at his home. He belonged to York town Lodge I O O F. Funeral Sunday. Phineas Tuthill, 91, died at his Perry township home. A retired farmer widely known in the county. Fortville May 16 John Hunter, about 60, died at breakfast. Civil War veteran of Company G Twelfth Indiana Volunteers. Death due to heart trouble linked to rheumatism. Left a widow, three sons and two daughters. Lebanon May 4 Alfred Beck 79 a Boone county pioneer retired farmer died at his daughter Mrs J P Hooton's home. Twice married. six children from second marriage survive. Beck helped found the First Christian Church. Crawfordsville May 14 Crawford, well known resident, died from blood poisoning. Funeral soon. Born May 21. Lived in the city most of his life.
Richmond Indiana May 16. The gathering planned August 6 to 10 at Earlham College is expected to draw about fifteen hundred visitors from Ohio Indiana and across the United States Canada Mexico and possibly Europe. Dormitory housing will be used with hotels and homes as backups. Noted guests include Dr J F Carson of New York Dr Rufus M Jones of Philadelphia and Rev J Walter Malone of Cleveland along with many others. On the same date South Eighth street Friends' congregation approved forming a new monthly meeting.
In Marion Indiana on May 16 Major Steele carries the day in Grant county with delegates and alternates chosen for the Eleventh district. Across precincts 9 10 and 11 of Center Deney opposition failed to gain a single opion delegate while in Center township precincts 12 and 15 Steele’s side won by 71 percent. Freele’s arrival tempered the meeting but could not alter the outcome.
First session named committees and officers including Clerk Eliza W Hiatt, Recorder Finley Newlin, Treasurer Edgar F Hiatt, Correspondent Edward Bellis, Trustees Samuel Dickinson John H Johnson William Hill Mary Sutton Emma Newlin. Subscriptions raised 002 for church property. Welshmen gather for grand concert at Congregational Church Elwood with Rev J Tyson Jones Ebensburg Pa and Gas City choir. Rowe installation to follow. Pendleton churches plan new buildings costs 2500 to 3000 1500 to 2000 10000 to 15000.
Word from Evansville Indiana reports Bishop Thoburn of India is ill and cannot preside at the upcoming Methodist missionary conference. Rev J H Worley missionary to China will take his place and later tour Indiana to discuss foreign missionary work with Methodists.
The fifth triennial conference of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Friends in America opened this morning at Westfield Richmond Indiana Delegates attended from Indiana Kansas Iowa Ohio New York New England and California Western Yearly Meeting missionaries from Mexico Alaska China and Japan were also present Committees were named and reports heard today.
Senior students presented a recital last evening at 716 West New York street. Loreane De Bolt and Curl Brickhert starred in A Reformer Reformed, with Or rie Myers Nellie Gay Nixon and Elmer Ellsworth Woods in After Twenty Years. John F Engelke delivered No Room for Mother and Helen Nell Lemmon performed The Automaton Woman. The year’s final exercises begin May 23 at Roberts Park Church.
In Chicago on May 16 a union of women meat trimmers formed at the stockyards with 20 members. They are employed by Armour & Co. Swift & Co. and other large firms, marking the first such women’s labor group in packing trades anywhere.
In Cincinnati on May 16 an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in U S Court against E M Bronner doing business as Bronner Company clothier on Fifth street. Dr W R Thrall named temporary receiver liabilities about 8000 assets about 50000
New York May 16 George N Bird Sall treasurer of the Union Dime Savings Institution and former IRS official is dead at his Brooklyn home.
The article argues that opposition to foreign missions mirrors earlier objections to Barnabas and Saul to Asia Minor, and that divine warrant, Holy Ghost sending, and providential signs validate missions. It notes critics and authorities, cites Dr. Piercon on crisis and miracles, and asserts mission success mirrors Paul's preaching despite historical disputes about governance of Cyprus.
The piece urges true consecration as inner resolve and daily acts, not formal ceremony. It cites biblical Samuel and Moody, urging believers to sanctify ordinary labor from kitchen to desk, blending heaven with every task and becoming saints in daily life.
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