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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
6
Classified ads show rental houses furnished rooms and rooms for rent in Indianapolis area with various utilities and locations. Also included are legal notices, auction items, and public sale postings, plus miscellaneous business service and employment information across multiple local firms and individuals.
Drunk men wander toward the Statehouse, one naps on the third floor, a day watcher escorts him out. Another man collapses at the Hendricks monument foot of the Goddess of Justice. Bicycle cops find and take him home after recognizing acquaintances.
John Piew waived examination after police court yesterday on the murder charge in Wadhetetter's saloon. He was bound over to the grand jury for trial. Charles Coleman, the saloon porter, was released on an accessory charge but remains under bond, with Sin Lo to appear in the trial.
New Monon bonds find ready sale as financier interest shifts. Morton of Santa Fe spurns Harriman’s bid for traffic director, while Monon finances unfold with 58 miles of branch lines and 450 miles main line. News notes cover train launches, schedules, and personnel moves across the Ohio Valley rail network.
The Detroit and Lima Railroad sold to Listman & Co of New York for 1.7 million dollars. It will consolidate with Ohio Southern, with Lima headquarters and a Toledo link planned. A large investment in equipment and improvements is planned.
The Jermon Medical Electric Company filed articles of incorporation in Indiana proposing to manufacture electrical instruments and appliances for physicians, surgeons, and dentists with a capital stock of $10,000. Directors are Edward Jermon, A. F. Teague, and Warren S. Teague. The Zeta Chapter House Association formed to build a fraternity house for Indiana Zeta Chapter at DePauw University, Greencastle, trustees named. Necessity Lodge No. 22 Amends Articles to Acquire Cemetery Land. Southern Indiana Express Company to Increase Capital from $10,000 to $50,000, with additional stock paid by May 1.
Secretary of State Hunt received a letter about the new foreign Incorporation law and reports three Indiana firms incorporated under Maine law. Crawfordsville Water and Light, capital 300000, agent Sam C Rowlan. Shelbyville Water and Light, capital 225000, agent F M Nuckalls. Warsaw Water Company, capital 4000, agent J G Sutton. Fees total 616.80. Names of incorporators: William C Eaton, Edward L No ye s, George F No yes, Ilsley No yes, Harry M Verrill.
Circuit Court heard Jane Kelly’s suit against Martha Coleman and Laura Pettiford over property at 1213 and 1215 East Fifteenth Street. The case hinges on whether Kentucky’s law legalizing slave marriages without a certificate is binding, affecting whether Jane Kelly is the rightful heir to Doke’s estate and whether the second wife held only a life estate.
Emil Renard filed for divorce from Marie Gilbrecht Renard at Evangelical Reformed St. John Church in 1897 marriage. He alleges she neglected duties and vanished for days, returned by a former marriage daughter with belongings, and has not seen her since. He claims threats, temper, coercion, and misuse of household funds as grounds.
Judge Walker allowed 170 dollars to John C Clark on a 170 dollar claim against Margery Porter estate for summer board. Porter summers at Clarks home 1891 to 1899. defense says only visited in summer. Separately, McDowell et al of Chicago sued Sheriff McCormick over Allen Manufacturing failure. Judge Baker ruled for defendant. costs to plaintiffs. two receivers appointed to manage Allen plant assets. receiver chosen by Circuit Court to possess property under conflict with Superior Court order.
The Indianapolis Dental Club, a free organization of city dentists formed last September, gathered twenty one members for a spring banquet at the Denison Hotel. Dr Meret Wells presided while Dr A F Steinhelser spoke on Arsenical Necrosis and Dr J Q Byram on The Banded Logan Crown. The papers were discussed and the club will resume meetings in fall with officer elections planned.
A former grocery partners dispute, Smelser sues Pugh on contract after dissolution. Inventory valued at about 1100 dollars, Pugh bought Smelser’s share and allegedly agreed to assume Smelser’s liabilities of 62 dollars. A salesman drafted the writing, now claimed to bind Pugh to pay 692 dollars beyond liabilities.
Nancy Seering sues husband McKendra Seering for divorce alleging he pushed her onto a red hot stove and tore down the door to their home to be cruel. Judge McMaster denied the divorce, saying the couple could try living together. She previously said he favored his horses over her and she delivered meals to him in the barn.
A large number of applications pour in for the secretary position at the Commercial Club after Evans Woollen vacated the post. Woollen earned 2400 dollars annually, while directors consider the salary too high and seek a candidate willing to start at one to two dollars per year with a future raise for demonstrated ability. No selection has yet been made.
A brief ad from Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan Company at 1 East Market Street urges readers not to trust to luck with home fire insurance and to insure their real estate titles as well.
The Security Trust Company was yesterday named guardian for Mrs Laura B Applegate wife of the late A W Applegate a known publishing figure. She resided at 09 North Capitol avenue and after her husband’s death her mind failed her estate valued about 25000 dollars she is confined at Central Hospital for the Insane. Philip Kelly filed suit yesterday against the Streetcar Company for 15000 dollars claiming damages for loss of his wife's services. He
The docket lists multiple cases across Superior and Circuit Courts. Anna Whaley seeks divorce from Robert Whaley but dismisses it, while Ethel Money sues Abram Brower for damages. Other matters include contracts, street railway damages, and new suits filed for divorce and property disputes.
A long list of appellate court items and case captions appears, including Emma Hays versus Joseph W. Pugh, Sarah A. Hibben versus William C. Smith, Town of Montgomery versus Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad, Jesse Mankin versus Pennsylvania Company, Patrick E. Cox versus James C. Peltier, Harlan A. Stauffer versus Isaac B. Linenthal, and Chicago Indiana & Eastern Railway Company versus Wm. L. Little, among others, with references to briefs, notices, proofs of service, and assignments of errors.
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