Was Cruel to Children In Irv ington Farmer Fined And Sentenced
William Jones a farmer near Irvington was fined five dollars and costs and sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse by Judge Alford for cruelty to his children. He had previously been fined and sent to the workhouse in Police Court on the same charge and appealed to the Criminal Court. Several witnesses including his children and a neighbor testified to extreme brutality including beatings that nearly blinded one boy and deafened another. He is now to be tried for assault and other charges in the Criminal Court, with tougher penalties possible. His father, a wealthy farmer from New Ross Indiana, attended the trial with legal help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jones
Irvington
Alford
Jones
New Ross
Ind
Lebanon
Flora Gleason
Board of Children’s Guardians
High Court Rules On Medical Specialty And Powers Of Attorney
The Appellate Court refused to reopen Baker v Hancock, affirming the doctor’s standard of care for specialists. It upheld damages against Charles M. Kline for fright caused to Addie Kline by threats to burn a house. Courts ruled blanket powers of attorney to sign liquor license remonstrances are valid, rejecting discretion limits, influencing the Marion county remonstrance case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appelle
Henry W. Baker
George S. Hancock
Washington County
Charles M. Cline
Jasper County
Addie Kline
Kline
Atttorney
Earth Ward
Marion County
Attorn
Civic Alance
Fourth Ward
White
Ferguson
Jackson C. C
Wiley
Young
Baker Knox C. C
Suit Filed Over Bicycle Accident Hurting Child
Henry Rahm by his next friend Louise Rahm sues Robert Cushing for damages alleging he was struck on a Michigan Street sidewalk by Cushing’s bicycle. The child, described as stuttering after the accident, suffered a concussion of the brain and spinal injuries and wakes at night talking in his sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rahm
Louise Rahm
Robert Cushing
Michigan Street
Bismarck Avenue
Cushing
Foreclosures and lawsuits flood Indianapolis business scene
The Henry Coburn Lumber Company sues for foreclosure over materials for the Claypool Hotel. Concrete Fireproofing Company seeks $4 for unpaid work while Edward F. Chayanet and others face suit over a $50 loan used to develop a Portland cement venture. Theodore C. Whitcomb named in bond recovery case. William B. Reynolds added as co defendant amid allegations of financial mismanagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Coburn Lumber Company
New Claypool
Edward F. Chayanet
Indiana Hotel Company
Mamone Concreteng Company and & Co
General Contractors
Theodore C. Whitcomb
Prussian National Insurance Company
Stettin
Germany
Indianapolis
Toe Tares
William B. Reynolds
Suit Filed Over Sewer Digging Damages in Ada Watts Area
Ernest F. Scott yesterday filed suit against Ada Watts and Robert P. Dunning seeking damages. He alleges Dunning excavated a sewer in front of Ada Watts's residence, and dirt was disturbed. The action seeks compensation for alleged property harm and related costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest F. Scott
Ada Watts
Robert P. Dunning
Dunnas
Mee Watts
Breakfast Cup claims Postum Food Coffee restores health
A reader describes falling health in youth improving after abandoning coffee and using Postum Food Coffee with Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food and fruit. He asserts at 70 he is as hearty as in youth and would return to the old lifestyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Man Injured After Bicycle Crash On Dark Street
A rider on a bicycle went off the road after striking dirt on a dark street, losing control and being thrown to the pavement. He suffered serious injuries, and witnesses reported no lights were displayed to warn of danger.
Boys Sentenced to Reform School for Theft
Leander Stewart and Alfred Southard both fourteen were sentenced by Judge Alford of the Criminal Court to the Reform School until age twenty one after prior suspended sentences and new arrest on a theft charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Stewart
Alfred Southard
Reform School
Alford
Criminal Court
Court Docket Highlights From Indianapolis Circuit Session
In Room 1 Judge McMaster dismisses Albert Tolin v Indianapolis Street Railway for want of prosecution after the plaintiff failed to appear thrice. Other cases: Smith Mann v Denizo Bushong verdict for plaintiff with damages set at 1 dollar. In Room 2 Judge Leathers the American Coal Company loses against Rufus Crull on account. judgment $202.45. Katie Fritsch v Indianapolis Street Railway damages. dismissed at plaintiff’s costs. In Room 32 Judge Carter dismisses Charles A Bookwalter et al. v Rezin R Hammond. costs awarded. Barnett v Union Traction Company verdict for defendant. Indiana National Bank v William E Murburger et al. note under advisement. Kitty Patterson v James R Ryan damages tried by court. In Circuit Court Judge Alien promising verdicts. Edcon v Potter verdict against both parties. costs to plaintiff. State ex rel Sadie Medaris v Homer Ellis Bastardy remanded by agreement for child support. costs to defendant. Jacob Ante v Hetherington & Berner dismissed by plaintiff. costs. George W Clark v Indianapolis Street Railway damages submitted to jury. In Criminal Court William Jones guilty of cruelty to a child. fine and 30 days workhouse. Leander Stewart and Alford South plead guilty to larceny. reform school until age 21. New suits filed include Henry Coburn Lumber Co. v Edward F Claypool et al mechanic’s lien and others in Superior and Circuit Courts. Notices touch on various civil actions and liens, with several cases argued across multiple rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. McMaster
Albert Tolin
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Smith Mann
Katie Fritsch
Vinson Carter
Charles A. Bookwalter
Rezin R. Hammond
Vid Barnett
The
Union Traction Company of Indiana
Indiana National Bank
William E. Murburger
Kitty Patterson
James R. Ryan
Circuit Court
Henry Clay
Mary J. Edcon
William Potter
Sadie Medaris
Homer Ellis
Jacob Ante
Hetherington & Berner
George W. Clark
Fremont Alford
William Jones
Leander Stewart
Alford South
Southard
Henry Coburn Lumber Company
Edward F. Claypool
Mechanic's Ien
Brussian National Insurance Company of
Stettin
Germany
Theodore C. Whitcomb
Portland Cement Company
John Moore
Superior Court
Mary F. Nixon
John F. Riester
Dynes Lumber and Coal Company
John Layton
Charles A. Mair
George W. Combs
Lucius C. Mullins
Appellate Court New Cases Briefs and Transfers
A list of appellate court new cases with briefs and transfers including Indiana entities such as Marion Tipton Montgomery Clay and Allen counties. References include receiverships and administrators in cases like Yolney Malott versus Elizabeth Hawkins and Emma Robinson versus Faust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yolney T. Malott
Elizabeth Hawkins
Marion
C. Appellee
Reversed and Remonstrances in Township Liquor Licenses
A historic case excerpt outlines redemption of foreclosed property, lien effects, and resales for unpaid balances. It also covers grantee liability for encumbrances, cross actions among co defendants, and agents remonstrating against liquor licenses. Includes multiple ca ses with affirmed and reversed rulings.
Widow’s Land Transfer Recorded With Life Estate Retained
In a remarriage contemplation, a widow and her children executed a voluntary conveyance of her land to the children while she kept a life estate. The deed was recorded with the notary’s knowledge and consent, then returned to the mother, who continued in possession.
Beneficiary Rules in Death Benefits Case Clarified
A member death benefit went to the designated living beneficiary, but a court held the deceased member's mother, not his wife, was entitled to the benefit. Judge Philips also ruled on retail liquor tax avoidance by labeling alcohol as an appetizer in a late Missouri case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
Northeastern Rep
Philips
United States
Western District of
Missouri
Last Day of Millers Fraternity Meetings in City
Members of the Fraternity of Operative Millers in the city attended the final day of the group’s activities. Two technical lectures were given by Dr. J A Wesener and Dr. Edward Gudemann. Officers were unanimously re-elected: O M Friend as president and J F Mueller as secretary treasurer. Directors named include J H Aldous Henry Stark and G Hinck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nordyke-Marmon Company
Bemis Bay Company
J. A. Wesener
Chicago
Edward Gudemann
Chicago Board of Trade Laboratory
O. M. Friend
Hannibal, Mo
J. F. Mueller
J. H. Aldous
Alton, Ill
Henry Stark
Clinton, Mo
G. Hinck
Martinique and Contiguous Islands Weather Map Note
Reproduced by courtesy of the Indianapolis Weather Bureau with a map for state correspondents. The list names St Pierre Martinique Fort de France Soufriere Santa Lucia Roseau Dominica Basse Terre Guadeloupe St Christopher San Juan Porto Rico Havana Key West New York and Indianapolis with wind directions and values noted for reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
St. Pierre
Martinique
Fort de France
Soufriere
Santa Lucia
S. Roseau
Dominica
N. Basse Terre
Guadeloupe
Basse Terre
St. Christopher
San Juan
Porto Rico
Havana
Cuba
Key West
Fia
New York
N. Y
Ind
New Electric Franchise At Indianapolis City Rail Crossing
The Indianapolis, Lebanon and Frankfort Electric road seeks city franchise with freight rate stipulations and no grade crossings. Board to draft terms. freight depot plan may trigger route changes. Townsend-led group advances Boone county work. Union Railway restricts grade crossings and urges subways to avoid accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Gray
Indianapolis, Lebanon & Frankfort
Board of Public Works
Indianapolis
Thirty-fourth Street
Northwestern Avenue
Maryland Street
Lillinolis
Union Traction Company
Frankfort
William Townsend
Townsend & Road Construction Company
Townsend Company
Boone County
Union Railway Company
Shelbyville
Prospect Street
Zion
Union Company
Mayor meets with Union Traction officials on freight rates
Mayor Bookwalter, C. W. Mc Guire of Union Traction, and James L. Keach of the shippers committee held a meeting to discuss freight rates. The talks yielded only a general understanding as McGuire said six new express cars are being purchased for Indianapolis business, with a definite statement expected in two weeks. A further conference is planned in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bookwalter
C. W. McGuire
McCulloch
Union Traction Company
James L. Keach
Shippers’ Committee
McGuire
Indianapolis
Journal corrects dismisal notice on Lou McKinney
The Journal clarifies that Lou McKinney, dismissed Thursday by the Board of Public Safety, was incorrectly described as colored. McKinney is a white man, and the notice corrects that statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou McKinney
Board of Public Safety
McKinney
Board of Works Routine and Petitions Filed
Papers ordered for cement walks asphalt pavement gravel roadways and openings on multiple streets in Indianapolis. Resolutions adopted to grade and widen streets and alleys, petitions filed for openings and extensions, sidewalks and curbs, and appraisers appointed for Keystone avenue project. Action rescinded on Prospect street block roadway and curbing per L. R. No. 77, 1902.
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Walters Street
Hanson Avenue
New York Street
Vermont Street
Madison Avenue
Ray Street
Graceland Avenue
Thirty-fifth
Thirty-seventh
Eleventh Street
Illinois
Superior Street
Walter Street
Meridian Street
Chestnut Street
Fennemann Street
Carson
Adelaide Streets
Logan Street
Legrande Avenue
Raymond Street
Montana Street
Sheldon Street
Hillside Avenue
Nebraska Street
St. Paul Street
St. Peter Street
Cooper's Pleasant Park
Davidson Street
Delaware Street
Oriental Street
Market Street
Ohio Street
Illinois Street
Twenty-first Street
First Alley
Senate Avenue
Fall Creek
Tenth Street
A. B. Carter
Henry Kothe
Thomas F. Quill
City of
Indianapolis
Keystone Avenue
Prospect Street
Meek Street
Deed Delivery Upheld Amid Witness Conflicts Inheritance Case
Testimony split on whether the widow expressly authorized deed recording. Majority credited delivery and acceptance by the children, binding the mother’s deed despite lesser testimony. Nearby notes discuss insolvency fraud liability, railroad waiting room assaults, and beneficiary changes amid a convention in St Louis with delegates entertained in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeastern Rep
Southwestern
Texas
Emma Peters Arrested for Churchyard Theft
Detectives Colbert and Hauser arrested Emma Peters, accused of stealing $10 from Rev. Father Brucker of St. Francis Church in Brightwood. Peters, selling soap, visited the priest’s house, asked to see clothing, and allegedly removed a $1 from his desk while Miss Brucker attended to her sister. Peters says her home is in Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colbert and Hauser
Emma Peters
Father Brucker
St. Francis’s Church
Brightwood
Peters
Miss Brucker
Anderson
Injury on alighting from interurban car reported
Ambulance attended at Pennsylvania and Washington Streets at eleven last night to move Mrs. A. C. Kies of Jonesboro Indiana after she was hurt alighting from a Greenfield interurban car. She was taken to her daughter Mrs. Cook’s home on Areehingee Street east of the Mrs. The back was injured but no further details are clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Washington Streets
A. C. Kies
Jonesboro
Ind
Cook
Areehingee Street
Burt
Paul at Antioch in Pisidia sermon and lessons
The lesson surveys Paul and Barnabas in Pisidian Antioch. It highlights Paul’s sermon as a model of persuasive oratory, its prophetic links, and the shift from law to justification by faith. It also notes John Mark’s desertion and return, and teaches teachers to find common ground with listeners while urging acceptance and warning of rejection.
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Paul
Barnabas
John Mark
Alexander the Great
Zion
Jesus
Antioch
Asia Minor
Ephesus
Cicilian Gates
Farrar
Israel
Canaah
Saul
David
Jerusalem
Council of the Holy Prophets
Besser
Hugh Linear
Luke
John Baptist
Robert Hall
Arrest of Albert Perkins Jr Detected in Evansville
Deputy United States Marshal Johann arrested Albert Perkins Jr colored in Evansville for embezzling 1540 dollars from a pensioner in Kentucky. He was held overnight by Deputy Foley and will be transported to Louisville today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Johann
Evansville
Albert Perkins, Jr
Kentucky
Foley
Louisville
Official Souvenir Soldiers Monument Described in Journal
The Journal on Thursday May 15 offers a complete description of the Soldiers Monument in permanent form. The souvenir is illustrated with views and includes a facsimile of James Whitcomb Riley's original manuscript of The Soldier and The Messiah of the Nations hymn used at dedication. Price ten cents, by mail or at the counting room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Missionary Spirit and Effort in Abyssinia and Beyond
Amos R. Wella argues May 25 on mission work, citing Abyssinia as a historic example and urging personal, sustained Christian action. He stresses that true missions require individual giving or going, not proxies, and calls for every believer to start small and grow into a missionary life across home, foreign, or city missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Abyssinia
Christ
Frumentius
Edestua
New York
John A. Broadus
Baye
Pierson
Grode
Amos R. Wella
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Edward J. Robison
Comb& and
Robison
Mair
the Court Record
Forrest
Corey
Grant
C. C
Robinson
P. J
Lake Etc. Co
Lewis
Porter C. Co
Black
Hughes
Marion C. C
E. Ry. Co
Noblesville
Tipton C. C
Supreme Court
William Deane
State of
Indiana
White C. C
Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Company
Cebleene Vaabie
Fulton C. Co
Emma Robinson
Join M. Faust
Montgomery C. C. Record
Joinder
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
Peter Andrews
Clay C. C. Appellees
Anthony
Todd
Se Eypres
Ludwig
Cory
Hancock C. C
Jordan, C. J
Board of Commissioners
Jasper C. C
Gillett
Davis Coal Company
Polland
Clay C. C
Convention
Contiguous Islands
Anse de
Vaire - Crompton Page Raymond B. S. David i Sourmied
Wes. Mulatte
Mont Pelee
Mc Man
Sant
NEW Electric Franchise
Lebanon & Frankfort
Board OF Works
Bef Muwatheee
John Kolner
Louisle
St. Louis
Buffalo
Atlantic City
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Memphis
Fairbark
Herbert E. Rice
Hurt
Heaven
Paine’s
Celeby
Bright
Ritis
Paine
Emma Doty
Red Buttes
Wyo
Caer
Star Horse Shoe
Standard Navy Old Peach & Honey
J.T. Tobacco
Coke Cable
GasCo
Majestic Building
Wan Er
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