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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1902
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text appears to describe financial or stock items including capital figures, percentages, and bank references. Key entities include Daviess County Sullivan County Indianapolis Street and National Bank, with unclear context about stock, law, and price details.
J F Wild & Co bankers occupy the Stevenson Building with contact numbers Old Mail 1880 and New 3533 listed for client inquiries and financial services.
A historical address recalls women at home and nurses like Dorothea Dix and Helen Gilson who supported the Union war effort. It highlights fundraising, comfort to dying soldiers, spiritual aid, and the threefold call to aid veterans: relieve needs, sustain patriotism, and seek their salvation.
Police raided Jack Shea's saloon on West Pearl Street at 1 30 this morning, arresting Bill Owsley and seven others who gave false names. Owsley ran a five dollar limit poker game. all but Owsley faced bail bonds at Police Court with $50 for him and $25 for the others. Shea's place had been raided previously on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
Baptists gathered at Central Presbyterian Church for the annual missionary sermon of anniversary week. Dr A C Dixon delivered an allegorical Ezekiel based message inspiring practical Christian work. Visiting ministers filled pulpits and Baptist Young People's Union sessions opened with strong attendance led by President Chapman of Chicago and Ira L Price.
Judge D W Henry of Terre Haute announces United States Steel Corporation will acquire 1000 to 1200 acres of prime coal in Sullivan County Indiana east of the city. The plan aims to operate extensive mines to fuel the company, with an Illinois Central line serving the field and a new railroad likely later. This marks the largest capital influx into Indiana coal regions and could transform Sullivan County.
Fort Wayne Ind May 25 Bishop Alerding announced nine new priest appointments effective June 8. Reassignments follow as older posts shift including Mungovan Sullivan Connolly Stachoviak Zircher Koch and others with temple shifts to Logansport Huntington Hammond Mishawaka Gary and Indiana Harbor sites.
Louis Cunningham, a wealthy farmer from Daviess County, was killed in Washington Indiana after a dispute with Joe Hubbard, nicknamed the Bloodhound. Cunningham died four hours after being kicked in the head and face at his cousin Arnold J Padgett’s home. Hubbard, who has served a prison sentence for murder, is jailed. Cunningham was related to Prosecutor Padgett and to Michael Cunningham, a prominent local farmer.
Two American Car and Foundry float tenders spotted a dark object drifting on a log at Six mile Island. They pulled closer and found a half dead man, later identified as John Bartlett from Vernon, Indiana. He was taken to the county jail for care and questions.
Satisfactory interview with Lord Kitchener and Lord Milner suggests no new New Zealand contingent. London reports possible imminent peace announcement with government inflexible on vital points at issue.
Wilmer Leonard received a terse message from Indianapolis stating Will is married. Elmer Leonard, a Republican state committee member from the district, had been thought a confirmed bachelor. The bride, formerly Mrs. Whiting, lived in Fort Wayne. The marriage occurred Thursday night in Cincinnati or Covington, and the couple traveled to Indianapolis before arriving back here today.
Bedford, May reports a dry town on the first Sunday in months with liberal elements dissatisfied. Officers forced saloons to stay shut and blocked front and back entries. The new City Council began last week and promptly enforced the Nicholson law.
The cabinet will meet tomorrow as Senor Canalejas resigns over the religious orders issue. It is expected other ministers and Senor Moret, president of the Congress, will also tender their resignations.
Disturbances broke out at Pere la Chaise Cemetery during the annual wreath laying for communists. Wreaths with seditious inscriptions and red flags were seized as sixty people were arrested, likely to be released soon.
Eastern Traction Company launched hourly regular passenger service between Greenfield and Charlottesville eight miles east. The line plans to extend next Saturday with service to Knightstown. Richmond company will construct a line from Cambridge City via Milton to Connersville.
Bedford Indiana reports swollen rivers and creeks from continuous rains with rapid rises and feared overflow endangering crops in county bottoms. Southern Indiana Railway suffers washouts with traffic seriously interrupted. Rushville Indiana notes another visit by trouble yesterday evening and last.
In Rome on May, Cardinal Martinelli briefed the Pope on his mission and the status of the church in the United States. In Cape Town on May, Rhodesia’s 1911 gold output reached 180,385 ounces, up 9,255 from 1900.
Severe electrical storms caused cloudbursts with flooded streets, broken skylights, and damaged stock across towns including Richmond and Elwood. Strong winds toppled fences and trees while structures suffered heavy damage. In Richmond, Henry Clements sues the school city for 1000 dollars claiming unskilled public work wages under a 2 1/2 cent hourly rule. In Elwood, John Williams, once a notable stockman, drowned in Devil’s Lake, North Dakota. Authorities seek two men swindling via raised order scams. Local efforts push for pantie building sites and drought relief appeal arrives for Arkansas.
Five or six hundred men in several posses scour the area around Atlanta for Millard Lee twenty who shot Miss Lilla Suttle nineteen at Wesley Chapel Mount Gilead camp grounds near the city. He confessed to Childress then fled until captured or killed in the chase.
A mob of over a hundred men seized Abe Witherup from the Paris jail at 2 AM and hanged him near the town bridge after overpowering Sheriff James W. Clark and deputies. State Representative James H. Whitecotton attempted to intervene but was swept aside as the mob battered the jail doors and carried out the execution.
Olver Lamar, convicted of murder and sentenced to life, was freed from Mendenhall jail by a mob of friends in the early hours. Sheriff Magee dispatched posses to pursue. Lamar remained at large as bars were pried from the outside. Over six men believed in the gang, with two suspected members arrested.
Delegates to the fourteenth triennial General Synod of the Reformed Church gathered for a largely attended mass meeting in Ford's Opera House. Sermons and talks addressed Sunday school relations to benevolent work and child-centric views. Visiting clergy occupied pulpits across the city, with a communion service at First Reformed Church and missionary services in all Reformed churches.
Advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a decades long remedy for teething pain, wind colic, and diarrhoea in children, claiming quick relief and universal use. It sells for 2 1/2 cents per bottle and is commonly carried by local vendors. It also promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs and Fike's Toothache Drops that claim one minute cure.
Senate schedule keeps Philippine bill in focus through mid next week with set speeches by Burrows Patterson Pettus Bailey Bacon and Spooner. Nicaraguan canal and Cuban reciprocity measures loom as June appropriation bills rush to adjournment while beet sugar interests seek to delay until after July 1.
Washington May 2. Under the special order adopted last week the bill to regulate immigration will have priority over most measures except appropriations revenue and conference reports. Debate likely resumes Tuesday with Monday set aside for District of Columbia measures. If possible the immigration bill may be disposed of Monday.
Iain led a brisk dash to Niagara Falls as the Roosevelt entourage, including Theodore Roosevelt Jr Alice Roosevelt Root and dge along with Rochambeau mission members General Brugère Admiral Fournier General Chalandar Captain Lasson and others rode by horse. The group left Washington at 7 30 pm by the Pennsylvania Railroad with Ambassadors Cambon and French embassy staff aboard.
In Cleveland for the Ohio state convention, May or May Tuesday events draw Republican leaders. Senator Hanna arrives with Elmer Dover and lawmakers Dick Beidler Nevin Warwick Hildebrand and Taylor. John R Malloy aids as secretary amid talks with the local committee. Laylin’s renomination appears assured while contests focus on supreme judge food and dairy commissioner and Board of Public Works.
Greenwood Indiana May 35 The annual Grand Army of the Republic memorial service at the Presbyterian Church drew local post members and united church groups. Rev Warren B Dunham preached and urged living veterans to face declining Decoration Day interest as natural, while stressing ongoing duties in peace and the value of prior sacrifices.
In Salem Indiana a Union memorial service was conducted at the Baptist Church with the G A R W R C and Uniform Rank K of P in attendance. About one hundred children led by Grace Farow sang patriotic songs as pastors from Salem Livonia and Greencastle assisted and Rev J M Lloyd preached an eloquent sermon.
Memorial services were conducted at the First Presbyterian Church in Richmond with Dr. Isaac M. Hughes delivering the sermon. Grand Army, Woman's Relief Corps, and Sons of Veterans members attended, and a public park service is planned for Thursday with Hon. John L. Griffiths as orator. Memorial services were also held in Jeffersonville at the Presbyterian Church led by Rev. J. B. Hawk, with many Spanish-American War soldiers in attendance.
The French battleship Gaulois left Cape Henry at 4 20 PM en route to New York. The American escort, which arrived at Annapolis roads last Wednesday, weighed anchor at sunrise and headed down the bay toward Virginia capes to await the Gaulois. Admiral Higginson's squadron including Olympia, Kearsarge and Alabama will escort the Gaulois to New York and Boston and stay until Rochambeau departs for home.
Practically every kosher butcher on the east side of New York served notice to police district captains that they will open their shops tomorrow. They asked for protection against assaults by East Side anti beef trust associations who have attacked sellers and customers for selling or buying meat in what appears to be a boycott incident.
The Journal on Thursday May 15 presents a complete, illustrated history of the Soldiers' Monument. It offers a permanent record with many views and a careful description of the monument’s history and features.
A facsimile reproduction of James Whitcomb Riley's poem The Soldier created for dedication services. The booklet includes The Messiah of the Nations and is offered for ten cents, by mail or at the counting room of the Journal office. Orders go to the Journal office counting room.
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