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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1902
Page
9
Marion Indiana report details a large brick high school at Jonesboro destroyed by fire Friday midnight. Loss estimated at 99000 with 17000 insurance and 1000 on fixtures. About 0 pupils likely affected as temporary classrooms are planned in business blocks. One student with prior trouble suspected as the fire starter.
Rushville Oct 3 The jury in Rolla A Clingman murder case failed to agree after twenty hours deliberation reporting a split eight for conviction and four for acquittal. The high tense courtroom drew crowds as witnesses and candidates James E Watson and J T Arbuckle argued for and against conviction before the deadlock.
A LaPorte Circuit Court jury convict ed Joseph Koskoskie of attempting to murder his wife. Judge Richter sentenced him to an indeterminate term of two to fourteen years in Michigan City State Prison. He then tried to kill himself and, after a chaotic pursuit by an enraged mob, surrendered to police. At the first trial the jury disagreed. he claimed self defense.
Two freight trains on the Vandalia line near Reelaville eight miles west of Greencastle collided at 8:30 AM. Fireman George A. Cole of Brazil died, body recovered at 2 PM. Engineer George Cunningham of Terre Haute fatally injured. Conductor H. J. Reeves and Fred R. Boothe also hurt. Debris and wrecked engines described. weather and track conditions noted. Cleanup finished by 4:30 PM. trains resumed service despite rain delays.
In Decatur Indiana Ernst Blumker was riding when a large stallion struck from behind and bit him on the right shoulder and other parts of his body. He was knocked to the ground and unconscious before bystanders drove the horse away. His condition is stated as very serious.
In Marion Indiana on October 3 Miss Lillian Gish aged eight, who starred in a local opera house play, was painfully burned when blank cartridge powder discharged and entered her leg below the knee. The injury is not regarded as serious.
Charles Merhil, aged twenty one, died in an accident at a LaPorte facility while assisting in the handling of a 2,200 pound iron tank. Details indicate a mishap during moving operations. Further investigation by local authorities is expected.
A four year old boy in the boiler room at M Rumely works was crushed to death when a hydraulic crane broke its tackle and the tank ground to ground. The accident occurred today and is under investigation.
Antonio Passo an Italian miner was struck by a bicycle near Coxville in Terre Haute Ind early today and died instantly. The cyclist rode down a hill around a wagon at high speed struck Passo in the chest and fled claiming he would surrender to authorities in Clinton.
Albert Schelke was accidentally shot and killed today by Joseph Maurer in Madison Indiana. The two friends planned to travel to Frankfort Kentucky tomorrow. Maurer was loading a pistol when Schelke stood nearby, the gun discharged, and Schelke died instantly. The coroner ruled accidental death. Maurer is engulfed in grief.
Fred and Charles Johnson aged 28 and 21 were found unconscious in their sleeping room in Valparaiso Indiana. Asphyxiation from escaping gas caused their deaths. They were sons of a well known Woodville resident and the elder had just graduated from college.
Mrs J D Nelley of Pennville carried her eleven weeks old child to the fair in Portland Indiana. En route the infant appeared well but died upon arrival. Doctors attributed the death to heart disease after examination.
Colonel Cyrus E. Briant and wife observed their golden wedding at their daughter Mrs. George Shearer’s Huntington home. Their granddaughter Bessie Briant wed Frank B. Wooley of Lebanon at the same residence. Briant lineage ties to Col. Martin Bell. Briant heads a major stove factory and once served as Eighty eighth Indiana colonel and Huntington legislator.
Earl Smith, a colored man captured in Lawrenceburg, Ind., last Sunday for horse stealing, tried to escape by crawling through the furnace pipe from the upper jail corridor to the cellar. He was found wedged in an elbow, requiring breaking the pipe to free him. A similar escape occurred two years ago by Albert Hayes. Smith claimed his size prevented a repeat.
In Evansville an Evansville Circuit Court petition asks for an administrator for the petrified man found in the river. Doctors bored into the head and found a hollow interior. The court will act on the matter tomorrow or Monday. The report is filed as a probate proceeding by Lewis Lam.
FAIRMOUNT Ind Oct 3 farmer and Civil War veteran John Gam brill went to the bank to request $20 in nickels for streetcar fare and expenses to the Washington G A R encampment. He later settled for $10, pocketed the change and left town. LAPORTE Ind Oct 3 Indiana Ninth Infantry Association adjourned after a two day reunion. Officers elected and memorials planned at Camp Colfax and Rensselaer. The group will meet in Elkhart next year.
Montpelier residents will receive a notice from the Fort Wayne Gas Company announcing a rate hike effective November 1. The increase will raise the monthly cost for cooking and heating in homes.
The manors of Joseph Alexander’s will probated at Kokomo reveal a daughter as sole heir after disinheriting four children and grandchildren. In Hartford City, Mrs. Laura V Moore seeks divorce and alimony from William T Moore as two concurrent suits test the jurisdiction of Blackford and Jefferson counties.
ELKHART Ind Oct 3 Surveyors from Chicago have arrived to stake the Elkhart Nappanee segment of the Winona Warsaw Elkhart South Bend Traction line. Promoters say grading will start after surveying and expect to finish the grading between here and Nappanee before year end.
Shelbyville Indiana October 3 The building committee of the First German Presbyterian Church met and awarded the foundation and building contract to Feaster Davis for 9400 dollars The church will cost about 20000 dollars though the main portion will not be started now
Dr. O. S. Marsh and Miss Virginia E. Anderson wed at the bride’s father J. J. Anderson home in Carthage Ind The Rev J C Hall pastor of the Christian Church officiated in front of twenty guests The groom manages the Carthage Drug Company
About sixty survivors of the 129th Indiana Volunteer Infantry gathered for their thirty-fourth annual reunion in Columbia City Indiana. George A. Bishop of Auburn was elected president and Newton Adams of Findlay Ohio was named vice president. The next reunion will be held in Auburn.
Governor Winfield T. Durbin spent a short morning in Elkhart on the way to Kendallville for a fair, then planned to return to Indianapolis by rail and depart to Washington aboard the Pennsylvania line at 2:30 Saturday afternoon after visiting New York first.
Mary E Mills sues Dr W B Graham for 10000 damages in a Richmond Indiana trial alleging malpractice in treating her child for diphtheria. The case hinges on alleged failure to use antitoxin and represents an unusual action in medical negligence.
Marion Indiana October 3 The commissioners with G A R members returned from Lafayette where a site for a Grant county cottage was selected for disabled soldiers their wives and widows The project has an appropriation of 3500 dollars for its erection
Pittsburg October 3 reports that at a meeting of plate glass manufacturers and jobbers a 10 percent price increase on all plate glass under ten feet square, excluding silvering materials, was approved and takes effect immediately on the manufacturers’ price.
Vincennes burial notices report Louis Holman a wealthy Knox county figure and Spanish American War corporal. Covington confirms Sheriff Fred Williams of Warren county died after an operation. Princeton records Robert Douglas a 72 year old publishing administrator who advised mining ventures in Mexico and the Western states. Muncie notes Albert H. Carnes a Sheet Steel foreman and labor leader dies. burial planned in Wellsville, Ohio.
Luther Bond sues Pennsylvania and Clover Leaf railways for damages after severe injuries from a switch engine incident in Marion. Gas City Catholics raise 1800 for a new church and hospital to begin in spring. Gus Kreg, stabbed in Wanatah, is in Chicago for treatment as warrants await Logan and Dunham. Civil War veterans head to the national G A R encampment in Muncie with about 300 travelers. Frank Forsythe vanishes after initiation rites at the Order of American Plowmen in Kokomo. Peru notes bank deposits since 1886 and a planned dedication at the Oeste ta place.
Lynn, Mass. Oct. 3 Two killed and eleven injured in an elevator accident at the A. E. Little & Co. shoe factory when a cable parted and the car fell four stories. A 600-pound weight crashed onto the car top, crushing foreman Benjamin C. Crane and fatally injuring assistant forewoman Frances Herlihy.
New Orleans merchants met at the St Charles Hotel and warned they would close shops indefinitely if the strike was not ended by Saturday night. A conference involving merchants, mayor, railway officials and carmen produced a compromise proposal: workers to return to work, with arbitration on old violations and a wage scale of 23 cents per hour for eight hours if violations are found, 2 cents less than the carmen demanded. The railway refused arbitration on wages or hours, and no passenger service ran today. Violence was minimal aside from trolley wire cuts on Carrollton avenue.
A set of early October railroad accidents includes a Fitchburg division wreck at East Deerfield, killing an engineer and a fireman and injuring two others. Separate rear end collision near Philadelphia and another wreck near McKeesport injure several with one fatality. A Southern Pacific California passenger train survives a washout with none injured.
A Cleveland to Norwalk Lake Shore Electric Railroad train collided with a Nickel Plate freight train at Berlin Heights. Conductor Hefler and three passengers were injured as several freight cars derailed and the Nickel Plate depot building was knocked over.
The Springfield Republican recalls how aprons defined women’s wear from everyday garb to church attire, tracing a decline with the rise of gentrified maids and nurses. It notes a modern revival with denim aprons signaling old fashions returning in a new form.
A New York coroner's jury ruled Mrs. Harry Rose died from revolver wounds at the hands of her husband. The stage manager was shot Sept. 27, and Rose was sent to the Tombs to await grand jury action. Investigators cite jealousy as the suspected motive.
A Buffalo Express analysis outlines Colombia and Venezuela as vast yet unstable rivals with rich potential wasted by endless wars. It chronicles early Spanish colonialism, coast settlements, and enduring insurrection, focusing on General Rafael Uribe y Uribe and his Liberal leadership and career in Colombia.
The piece outlines the Venezuelan insurrection led by General Crespo and the rise of General Castro, detailing battles, proclamations, and Castro’s brutal methods. It notes the 1900s campaigns in Colombia and Venezuela, Castro’s suppression of rivals, executions, and court battles, plus his uneasy relations with foreign powers and financiers.
Washington Times reports on a famed self owning oak in Cobbham Athens Georgia. The article recounts Colonel W H Jackson securing a deed gifting the tree possession of the tree and eight feet of ground for all time.
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