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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1902
Page
8
In his own defense Wilbur Sherwell's stand proceeds with a strong witness presentment. The state is permitted to introduce some new evidence while the defense argues for a robust case.
Evansville reports detail how defense witnesses impeach strong state testimony in the Wilber F. Sherwell murder case. Sherwell claims alibi for the night of the Mrs Georgia Ralley killing, while witnesses place him with an unknown woman near Fourth and Sycamore. Ruth Clark testifies seeing Ralley with Douglas Lawrence shortly before the murder.
Salem Ind Oct 3 Samuel Pavey stands trial for murder in Salem for shooting John Davis a prominent farmer at Davis home August. Davis alleged to have been intimate with Paveys wife for twenty years, quarrels followed by Pavey inviting him to the house and shooting him.
Hamilton county officers pursued Fred McCarty in a second Harry Tracy style confrontation near Perkinsville. McCarty, accused of stealing an overcoat from Dr. C. E. Conway, fled into a cornfield and was later found under a bridge where he fired on Conway, who answered with a shotgun. McCarty escaped into woods. the stolen coat was recovered.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Terre Haute Ind Oct 2 John Quinn shot and killed Alex Allen at Grant this afternoon when Allen lifted a shotgun to fire Quinn. Both were black miners. Allen alleged unfairness by Quinn as local labor union committeeman in allotting work. Allen had threatened Quinn. Quinn had sought a revolver earlier today. Grant mining town tale notes Quinn’s tenure there.
The Indiana Presbyterian Church branch wrapped a two day convention in Bloomington with focus on foreign missions. Mrs. E B Thomas reported on New York trip and discussions on mothers’ responsibility in child religious interest. Speakers included Mrs H C Sickles Mrs Fowler and Mrs A R Woodson. Missionary secretary reports and noon address by Rev George E Doolittle noted. Financial details and annual appropriations by several societies listed.
Richmond reports the Olive Branch Lutheran Synod elected Wittenberg College directors and approved a plan to build a home for aged Christians and an orphans’ home. New directors include Rev. C. Huber and Rev. W. D. Sigmund with lay director Geo Knollenberg. The afternoon session noted $122,000 raised in two years for church extension. Women’s Missionary Society named officers. In Muncie, the Delaware County Sunday School Association held its first session of the 27th annual convention with President T. E. Weir and state secretary W. C. Hall speaking. papers read by Miss E. Ride nour and Mrs. Walmer.
The semiannual meeting of the Henry County Historical Society, housed in its recently dedicated building in New Castle, will occur Saturday. Local program items include topics on the Union Army, Dr. John Rea, local birds, historical method, and patriotism, with officers listed as President A. W. Saint and others. The society, founded in 1866, notes county support for its collections and long-term goals.
Pittsburg Oct 23 Delegates representing tin lodges of the Amalgamated Association presented a counter proposition to the American Tin Plate Company. It asks for a general 3 percent wage reduction, replacing the company’s earlier plan to pay 5 cents below regular rates for orders to fill the drawback trade. The vote in convention was 41 for and 27 against, and the proposal was sent to the company for reply expected tomorrow.
Hartford City Ind Oct 2 The National Steel Casting Company plant once set for closure and move to Fort Wayne will not relocate. Directors decide to resume operations November 1 with T C Neal of Montpelier as general manager, per today's announcement.
One hundred unskilled workers at Sandusky Portland Cement Company in Syracuse walk out to organize a local union. The plant manager warned they would not be re employed if they acted. Most left and named a committee to confer. The strikers, earning 15 cents an hour, represent over half the plant workforce. No wage or hour demands yet.
Peru Indiana October 23 boiler makers at the Wabash shops walked out in sympathy with wage demands voiced elsewhere on the system. The action halts boiler room work and affects yard operations as the strike extends through the day.
Purdue shows greater improvement in last night’s practice than this week. Allen dominates at tackle in the back formation, advancing ten to fifteen yards. Davidson returns at center while Captain Leslie still struggles with knee trouble. Riebel, Boyer at guard. Minch, White at ends. Hahn sidelined. Korne, Knapp, Zimmerman at backs. Kaylor back to play.
The Kokomo council approved an ordinance raising the monthly gas charge to 2.00 per stove, noting the prior winter cost for three stoves would rise from 3.50 to 7.50, signaling a more than double rate increase. In LaPorte, James Bruner of Galt Ky was killed by a Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie train near Lacrosse on Sept 3. the body was moved to Landon Ky for burial.
In Greenfield Indiana on October 23 a jury awarded the Indianapolis Street Railway Company a verdict in the case of Sarah E Fishback of Indianapolis seeking 10000 damages for injuries on Dec 4 18 when she caught her heel on a car step and fractured her right wrist The jury deliberated only fifteen minutes after a week long trial with arguments by counsel concluded Thursday.
In Terre Haute the Modes-Turner glass factory begins firing the new twelve ring tank with producer gas and plans to start blowers next Monday. The addition will employ about 20 men and boys, many drawn from other glass centers, but housing shortages may hinder recruitment.
Fire today razed the Samuel McClelland farm home three miles west of Kokomo Ind. Loss was about 33000 with 900 dollars covered by insurance. Eighty dollars in paper money was destroyed in the blaze.
Cambridge City Indiana October 23 Thos B Stephens died suddenly at his home when a neighbor found him unconscious in a pump trough after dinner. He died of heart failure before aid could arrive. He was sixty eight and had long service with the P C C and St L railroad. Morristown Indiana October 23 Annie Long widow of Josiah Long died today on her birthday aged seventy five. All five family deaths have occurred on birthdays. Annie Long was born in this county.
Civil engineers finish first survey through Marion for the Toledo Fort Wayne and Indianapolis Railway aiming to Huntington this week. Coal price rises to 15 cents per bushel in Aurora amid shortage. Fairmount meat market fire causes about 700 dollars in loss. adjacent buildings damaged. Edinburg reports heavy damage to wheat from the Heesian fly in warm weather. Muncie gas well on Richey farm yields 500 000 feet per day after a shot by Consumers' Paper Company. Evansville two year old William Molinet dies from clothes catching fire due to matches at home.
About one hundred eminent authorities on pathological research gathered in the Prussian Parliament house to hear results of another year's inquiries into consumption and its treatment. Dr Chalmette of Lille described a home nursing system in France funded by private benevolence and subsidies. The program aims to relieve the poorest, lengthen economic life, and educate families about disinfection, food, and hygiene while patients are idle.
At the Young Men's Institute session in Omaha on October 23 officers were elected. Supreme chaplain is Most Rev. William Henry Elder of Cincinnati. Supreme president F. J. Kierce of San Francisco. Supreme vice president John P. Collins of Carbondale PA. Supreme second vice president James J. Caspar of Madison IN. Supreme secretary James M. O'Brien of Roanoke VA. Supreme treasurer D. J. Cullinan of Pittsburgh PA. Several new fellows from Sharpsburg PA were also named.
London reports Gen Manning cables from Berbera to say Col Swayne's force reached Bohodle safely after a retreat from the Mad Mullah. No attacks occurred during withdrawal. wounded are thriving and no anxiety remains. Further developments await, keeping Punjab regiment on standby as a precaution.
Paris reports mass disturbances at Dunkirk with barricades and cavalry charges. Rioters burned oil barrels and a mine owner’s house, sacked shops, attacked pro strike newspapers, and faced martial law. Premier Combes seeks pacific resolution, opening talks with mine owners and miners. In London, Irish Nationalists disrupt the House of Commons, while in New York a syndicate plans to seize Acre. The State Department doubts any official expedition, and Germany bans a Polish paper. Lady Cook hosts Boer leaders in London with Malan and Fouche among guests.
Court martial findings in the Lynch case condemn conduct prejudicial to discipline, with a ten file reduction after guilt on debt related charges. Separately, the Treasury Committee considers accepting city bonds as security for public deposits, capping debt at seven percent of city valuation, with data on debt legality required. President Roosevelt accepts invitation to New York Chamber of Commerce banquet on December 1 and will speak.
Report denies a rumored engagement of Miss Alice Roosevelt to John Greenway of Hot Springs Arkansas. Acting Adjutant General Carter notes Ninth Cavalry bands and troops F G H move from the Presidio to Fort Walla Walla. J Hampton Moore discusses campaign efforts with the President. Secretary Root has lunch with Roosevelt. Admiral Merrill Miller to be relieved by Bowman H. McCalla. Don Emilio de Ojeda presents credentials as Spain's minister. Thomas H. Watkins and the President discuss coal strike conditions in the anthracite region.
Army orders list Maj Elijah W Halford to report to the paymaster general for instructions until relief in the Philippines. Lt Watts Valentine to Fort Bayard for observation. Capt Charles Miller gets two months leave. A medical board at Manila, Major Louis Brechemin presiding, to examine medical candidates. Capt Eduardo Poey discharged Nov 25. Capt E M Weaver to visit artillery posts for new material. Major G N Whistler to Fort Barrancas for fire control. Lts John G Livingston and C P Hobbins granted leaves. Major J F Guilfoyle leave extended two months.
Congress man Charles A Russell of Connecticut dies at fifty in Danbury from complications after an ARP attack in Washington last spring. He had represented the Third district since 1876 and was recently renominated. Other obituaries: Hennessey Leroyle actor dies in Vacaville aged unknown native of Australia owner and lead in Other Peoples Money. Herman H Abrams dies in Sherman after fifty years in railroad service. Prof J Fremont Hickman dies in Wooster at forty seven after typhoid fever, agr experiment station staff member.
E L Linn of Mount Pleasant Iowa introduced a resolution at the Missouri Valley Homeopathic Association meeting denouncing kissing as unsanitary. The resolution was adopted amid facetious remarks but serious discussion followed. Most physicians present were of the older school.
The Kentucky Confederate Veterans Home at Pewee Valley was dedicated. Jim Younger’s remains were interred near Lees Summit. A young bookkeeper shot in Pittsburg may die, with a possible woman involved. Two Eichman children burned to death in Traverse Valley. Chicago corn plant fire victims identified, Peter Lasowski last. Miss Williamson shot near Chapel Hill while returning from church. An elevator accident in Philadelphia injures Daily, Ewing, Thorn, and Campbell. Filipino Raimond Lala arrives in San Francisco to discuss Philippines needs. Illinois tax board adds 5 million to assessments, targeting corporations misusing charters. Judge Ford issues injunction affecting union boycotts in Cleveland.
Report from Victoria describes the Kenshi Maru arriving from Japan with dubious cargo about nine results and a strange Russian phrase. The Siberia is mentioned and passengers are said to be landing from the steamer amid unclear details.
The vessel Sungari capsized in Kamchatka surf with all hands lost. Included were Americans Messrs Steels and Monod, one founder of the Monod Hospital in title.
In Copenhagen on October 23 Premier Denitzer blamed past rightist governments for the Danish West Indies negotiations. He warned Denmark would not provide large government aid and private assistance prospects were doubtful. Rumors of influence and a princess swayed votes against the treaty.
In Ottumwa Iowa on October 23 Mrs. John Kreebs reportedly awoke offended by her husband who threw water on her while asleep. She used a public safety item to blow his stomach, leaving him seriously injured and she has been held for the incident.
At seven miles north of De Soto Missouri a head end freight crash on the Iron Mountain injured seven people. Engineers F W Strothman and Peter Constant plus Fireman Gus Lynch and Conductor F B Hale sustained serious or fatal injuries, with Frank Stevens of St Louis and Harry Snyder of Philadelphia among others. The cause of the collision is not known.
Papers filed in United States District Court by Detroit Salt Company and partners seek a receiver for National Salt Company to counteract a previous receivership appointment in the Court of Chancery about three weeks prior.
London dispatch from Peking reports the Times correspondent stating that Russia remains the focal point in the Manchurian situation with continued political maneuvering and international interest centered on the region.
China requests Russia's permission to dispatch 1000 soldiers to the evacuated Manchuria region to quell disorders. The Russian legation replies that the matter must be referred to Port Arthur, entailing a long relay process and delays.
A fire in a hollow tree on a Dawson street commons caused the fire department to make a useless run at 2 o clock this morning. The blaze lit up the surrounding area and woke neighboring residents.
Police arrested Glenn Justice Jerry Day and Ray Dearborn after a burglary at Cohen's wing store on South Meridian Street. Officers report six quarts of whisky stolen and the trio found drunk with liquor. Dearborn allegedly carried a knife with an eight inch blade.
In Georgetown a young woman of lineage rebukes a self styled architect, saying his airs fail against true breeding. The hostess softly recalls Jesus of Nazareth as a measured counterpoint to vanity and social pretensions.
In Milwaukee a convention session passed a resolution urging every U S creamery to levy an annual 8 cent tax per 100 pounds of butter output for five years starting November 1 1902. Funds to be held by the National Dairy to defend dairy interests and promote right state and national issues.
Certificates issued to named residents including James M. Merrimas and Hiram W. Butcher of Terre Haute. Amounts and details appear garbled yet indicate a formal recognition or release. Other names include Cornellorris, Wal pies, Sit, William D. Garpanter, and related mentions of widows minors and relatives.
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