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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1902
Page
18
A cook quits midweek and demands five dollars from her employer. He refuses, she seeks legal help. The attorney cites an 1890s wage act, arguing it forbids fines and wage deductions. The restaurant keeper resists, while the lawyer warns of $200 fines if prosecuted. The case centers on weekly wage protections and employer penalties.
A young Etonian recollects Connaught confronting Albany about the Coburg succession after the Coburg death news. Connaught threatens Albany with discipline and insists Albany accept the duchy, noting Windsor lunch with the grandmother will settle it. Albany relents to avoid conflict at school.
Yokohama reports Captain Rosehill, an American from Honolulu, claimed Marcus island thirteen years ago and raised the flag but did not secure U S bond under guano laws. Japanese authorities later asserted possession while the State Department advised caution and diplomatic avenues remain.
United States Attorney Horace Speed reports discovery in Johnson era treaties with the Chickasaws and Choctaws showing the superintendent of Indian affairs titled Governor of Oklahoma. The finding ends years of contention over who credited with naming the Territory.
New York report states Roman de Aurignac and Frederick Humbert, implicated in French frauds, have been living recently in Florida. They traveled under aliases Milton and Creycinet, were joined by a second man, then moved toward the Brazilian frontier. Dreyciner is believed to be Humbert.
Dr J J Booker of Greensburg shoots Henry E Christie near Hopkinsville in the county. Christie dies or is fatally wounded while the motive remains unknown. Christie is described as a young farmer and stock trader living ten miles west of Greensburg.
A newspaper advertisement argues a universal cure via a free trial from Dr. Lipes. It promises rapid, permanent relief from heart and lung disorders, kidney and liver trouble, skin and nerve diseases, gout, rheumatism, consumption, asthma, and more with no charge to prove the method. It invites out of town patients to write for the free treatment to test the claim.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Washington Sept 6 Congressman Galusha Aaron Grow of Pennsylvania announces he will not seek re election next fall. Born Aug. 31 1823 in Ashford Conn he rose from farm boy to Speaker of the Thirty seventh Congress. A Free Soil Democrat then Republican he helped pass the 1862 free homestead law and has long held a seat in Congress, now one of Pennsylvania’s at large representatives.
The National Association of Letter Carriers chose Syracuse New York as next meeting site and elected J C Keller as president A C McFarland vice president E J Cantwell secretary G W Butterfield treasurer an executive board members David White Ed Gainor M A Fitzgerald Ed Turner S F Stevens with a constitution change cutting dues to six cents a month abolishing the minimum age to twenty one and allowing benefits to be paid to an affianced wife or to adoptees or their guardians while banks or corporations may hold funds in trust.
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