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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1902
Page
8
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Evansville Oct. Rapid progress reported in the Sherwell murder trial with witnesses outlining his movements. Testimony described the body scene, the questioned alibis, and sightings around Fourth and Sycamore streets. Other notes report deaths in Fortville Marion Richland Fairmount Scottsburg and Shelbyville with brief biographical details.
The American Window Glass Company held its annual stockholders meeting in Pittsburg with President James A. Chambers reporting a 1901 02 period net profit of $747701.04 after depreciation. Directors reelected include Tones Wightman M K McMullin and J A Chambers. Nearby items note Pacific Coast Glass ending fires at Stockton and a MacBeth Evans strike ending in Pittsburg with 80 workers affected.
A sequence of injuries across Indiana includes Joel Tillman of Nappanee fatally injured when his horse kicked the dashboard at Wabash crossing. John Rupley of Wabash, 82, is dying after an embankment fall and head impact. William Hood of La Porte fell from a load of wood, likely fatal injuries. Mamie Collins, Ellwood teacher, seriously burned in a gas explosion at J L Sells residence.
Dr Emerson Elbridge White educator author and lecturer died at his Aiisly home aged about 80. Survived by son Hem A B White governor of Week Virginia and other children. White born Mantua Ohio educated in local schools Twinsburg Academy Cleveland University. Held roles at Purdue University Cincinnati Public Schools and Ohio state school system. Wrote math text series and school management works.
At a midway point between Louisburg and Cass station near the Peru Loganport line, the Wabash Railroad fenced a seven acre strip cutting 60 feet off the towpath where an electric line is being built. The railroad claims ownership to the river and guards the site, planning to oppose the waterway workers as they advance, potentially tomorrow.
The fifty-fifth annual session of the Olive Branch Lutheran Synod, with 100 delegates from 50 churches in Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee, opened at the First English Lutheran Church in Richmond. Rev. Dr. J. W. Kapp delivered tonight’s address. Sessions run through Friday evening and the Woman's Home Missionary Society will begin its work tomorrow morning with many prominent workers present.
Former Judge Jonathan W. Crumpacker, once state senator in 1893 and 18%, and associate judge on New Mexico Supreme Court, collapsed from heart trouble in the LaPorte courthouse. Found unconscious, physicians used strong restoratives, now in serious condition with wife and daughter at his side after retirement from the federal bench.
Mary Hoel, 15, from Hammond, vanished after church as two youths disappear in a related case. In Evansville, hundreds search Troy woods for Dr Venneman’s four year old son who wandered off. Fort Wayne reports actor Robert H Gidridge arrested for criminally assaulting Pearl Barton after a theater matinee.
WABASH Ind Oct 21 Benjamin Everly eighty a pioneer resident of this county who had been an inmate of the county infirmary for years left the infirmary this morning and was found dead at six this evening in a rude hut in the woods northeast of the city. A two ounce bottle of carbolic acid lay beside him indicating self inflicted death. A girl described as sixteen years old was mentioned in the report but not connected to the act.
A cablegram reports W. J. Alford of Anderson Indiana plans to establish the first American paper mill in England, backed by Indiana and Eastern capitalists. The effort involves Chicago and New York plants, waste paper collection schemes, and Gov. Durbin linked to the syndicate, with a London site eyed since September.
At a city meeting Mayor W C Smith and councilmen Brown Ploughe and Haynes were named to visit other towns and inspect garbage furnaces for rebuilding Elwood’s plant. Report shows gas billed by meter makes weekly fuel costs exceed coal, prompting a cost review.
Thousands from miles around gathered at the Himrod mines eight miles south of Danville on October 21 as a cave in rumor circulated. The delay stemmed from a tangled cable on the drum, repair crews worked for a few hours to free the line and resume mining activities.
The County Commissioners contracted Joseph Workman of Lafayette to locate sequestered property and pursue county reimbursements from officials. He will receive 35 percent of all collections. Vieener Carahan Company, Indianapolis, offered to do the work for 7 percent of taxes and 5 percent of official collections. In Milton, Wayne County, a turkey gobbler hatched two guinea eggs after sitting on a guinea hen nest.
Kansas City report notes cattle awards with Hereford class results. First prize in cows or heifers two years and under three awarded to Queenly, W. B. Van Natta & Son of Fowier, Indiana.
The South Side Improvement Association in Richmond locates a new industry, hiring J. W. Maxon of New Castle to build a one story brick plant 40 by 80 feet and employ twenty five hands. A cash bonus from the association funds the project, with construction to begin immediately.
Tuesday reports from Hartford City detail Capt Hoyt M McClain mustering the second Indiana National Guard militia company with 75 men and a new barracks planned in the Interurban block. In Elkhart City Judge Raymer fined George Mimes $190 for wife beating and he was sent to the workhouse. Terre Haute marks the 62nd anniversary of St Marys of the Woods with special services. In Wabash an unknown man was found dead in the woods near Pioneer Hat Works and the coroner’s inquest ruled natural causes. Muncie council expands fire limits by a third and grants Mutual Gas Company a franchise at 23 cents.
London dispatch from Peking details Manchuria’s rapid Russianization with guarded rail line control, Russian towns, and 30 000 frontier guards. Chinese wealth rises as officials and waterways fall under Moscow, stirring alarm over Britain’s interests in Persia and Afghanistan.
In Pittsburg on October 21 it was announced that U S independent steelmakers have completed a deal to secure control of 68 million dollars of ore property in Minnesota and Michigan. Properties include the Mesaba range and the Marquette district with Crucible Steel Company of America led by Henry W. Oliver and W P Snyder. Rumor says independents acted to fortify against a possible war with United States Steel Corporation.
The United States Fish Commission distributed 1,495,513,374 young fish in the last fiscal year, up from 1,071,000,000 in 1901, with white fish in greatest demand and sport species like rainbow trout increasing in applications. Commissioner Bowers cites fish farming as a counter to beef prices, noting cheap salmon in Alaska. Dr David Starr Jordan reports from a Samoan voyage, obtaining a fish species with an estimated unclassified portion of about five percent.
Washington reports that Mrs Ada Gilbert Dennis the dressmaker, assaulted at her home in December, is dying tonight. She has not provided information on the attacker, and blows to her head left her paralyzed and mentally impaired.
G C Shiesky grocer at 120 Yandes street was struck by a College avenue street car crossing Massachusetts avenue yesterday. He was dragged a distance but escaped with slight bruises. Michael Habich laborer in excavating a cellar at Spruce and Prospect streets was caught in a dive in yesterday site and suffered a broken ankle. He was taken home to 1523 Asbury street by Dr. Schenck of the City Dispensary.
Three young girls prominent in a saloon brawl Saturday night appeared in police court the next morning. A youth named Schorte meier argued with several youngsters in Embhart's saloon over who would take the girls home. The incident involved a girl said to be over fifteen.
The Merchants Association of Indianapolis offers refunds of round trip fares within forty miles with a $25 purchase. A rebate book must be used in member stores, entries made at each purchase, and presented at Columbia National Bank between 8 am and 6 pm to claim the rebate. Distance limits apply with examples for 60 miles away, and the association guarantees fulfillment. Address inquiries to J Te Saulter, Cordova Building, Indianapolis.
Four year old Foreman Dillon died after a two day illness at City Hospital following a fire incident at the institution in which his dress burned. His brother Freddy Dillon and Earl Swartzwolder, two and six years old respectively, were also brought from the Orphans Home with a skin ailment. Doctor Jobes tended him as pneumonia developed overnight, and the child died at 7 pm. Nurses and doctors mourned as they awaited word on the family. Authorities will search for the children's mother at the Orphans Home.
J B McGuire, a Greenfield interurban conductor, arrived with a self grown seven pound radish. Grant Jenkins and Roca Turner, inmates of the workhouse, were wed by Police Judge Stubbs and sentenced on Sept. 19. Century Club heard a paper by W S B Henry on Public Libraries. Prof R R Lloyd continues Bible talks at Memorial Presbyterian Church daily at 450 and 730 for two weeks, with Sunday services as usual. The body of J R Ludlow, formerly Irvington, after dying in Benton Harbor, arrived in city. Funeral from Whitsett undertaking rooms to Crown Hill. Ludlow was sixty five.
Telegram from Paterson N J reports the death of Mrs Maria Halford Whitridge eighty seven. She was mother to Elijah Walker Halford paymaster US Army and James Halford of the New York Sun Washington bureau. A daughter lives in Chattanooga Tenn. She was among Central avenue M E Church’s oldest members and had three marriages. The body will be brought here for burial.
In the county treasurer's office less than a per cent of the million-dollar terminmanual tax payment has been received. Cashier Henry Smith warns that handling expected crowds over the next two weeks will be difficult if taxpayers fail to present their payments promptly.
Detectives Splan and Haley arrested George Smith a telegrapher for the Big Four Railroad on a grand larceny charge. He allegedly stole 82 and a gold watch from his roommate Harry Holliday, taking the money from under a pillow while Holliday slept yesterday afternoon.
Frank Fisher, the vaudeville performer once ill at the Lorette Hotel with a hemorrhage of the gains, showed marked improvement yesterday. He was moved to St Vincent's hospital on his adviser's advice, and hospital officials report a definite turn for the better, raising hope for recovery from a condition once deemed hopeless.
Napoleon Spencer arrested days earlier for carrying concealed weapons was tried yesterday in Police Court. Judge Stubbs took the case under advisement. Spencer, an Indiana Drop Forge Works employee, allegedly was assaulted by union men, returned home, and carried a revolver.
At yesterday’s gathering in Finskamp's Hall, First ward residents voted to wage a vigorous campaign against local saloon keepers. They pledged to oppose the Anti saloon League whose members are said to be mounting opposition to the saloon trade.
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