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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1902
Page
9
Steam County farmer shoots and kills a neighbor then flees from authorities. The incident prompted an ongoing manhunt as officials investigate a fatal confrontation in a rural area.
Muncie council debates natural gas pricing as new rates pass for Light and Power and Waelie Gas. Wabash Oil and Gas gains artificial gas franchise with a $1 per thousand rate and 5 percent income to the city. Old firms may accept 18 to 22 cent rates, while a vetoed 1 cent plan lingers.
Rumors spread in Fairmount Indiana that Reedley window glass factory may resume operations next Saturday. Officials avoided comment while workers plan for a possible wage-signing scale. Simon Burns opposes resumption. a union meeting occurred but produced no public statement.
John Sweet resigns as manager of American Window Glass Company No 3 Story issue at Hartford City. J R Johnston re-elected president of the Federal Company and will devote more time to duties as head of the large glass trust. Sweet and Johnston previously clashed years ago over interests in Indow glass concerns.
The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company plant in Kokomo Indiana announced a new feature in glass making with machinery for plate glass mirrors blocking beveling and operations starting today. Silvering will begin next Monday. Production up to 160 by 24 inches. Bent glass for oval fronts also being made and one hundred additional workers are needed.
At Maxwell five miles north of Greenfield Indiana a boiler exploded injuring three. The dead are William Bailey and Thomas Sitton. the injured include Roy Sitton and Raleigh Sitton’s son Thomas Sitton who is badly hurt. A boy named Cooper was scalded. The blast left the mill wrecked and county records note recent accidents in Hancock county.
Goshen Indiana September 15 James Hay m a dwarf hunchback aged about thirty years was killed at Ligonier by a Lake Shore freight train while visiting the carnival. He boarded a freight train to Warsaw when an air hose burst and the brakes released suddenly throwing him from the car top beneath the moving wheels. The accident occurred during the carnival week. Waldron Indiana September 15 Mrs William Farimore accidentally shot herself as she was removing a thirty two caliber revolver from under a pillow while making a bed. The cap discharged through corset steel and grazed the left side outside the rib. The wound is not fatal. Mrs Farimore is sister to Captain James B Curtis a mercy of Indianapolis.
Hartford City report details Dan Willman, nineteen, son of Aunty Comoagngrad George Willman, handling a torpedo on L. E. & W. tracks, torpedo ignited, fire died, destruction noted in Indianapolis Journal. Kokomo item mentions Lawrence lennir and [ra Sekton], sons of J. M. O'Blennix and Edward Stockton, involved after firing gunpowder.
Evansville Indiana reports a four-year-old, John Dauma, fell from a velocipede into a water-filled ditch. He was stunned and unable to rise. A large bird dog belonging to Steve Roche picked him up by the neck and carried him to the sidewalk, saving his life.
In Greencastle Indiana at noon farmer George Boswell was shot and killed by Zack Smithson in Smithson’s home on the county’s western edge. Smithson fled with his family and is at large as sheriffs search for him. Boswell had prior disputes with Smithson and no clear motive was reported.
Plans for a Fairbanks demonstration in Richmond on September 26 include a decorated Gennett Opera House and an evening address by Senator C W Fairbanks. Committees will be named to handle arrangements and Wayne county will hear speeches by Senator Beveridge, John N Griffith, Rep Joseph Cannon, Rep Charles Landis, Rep Watson, and J Frank Hanly.
In Winamac Indiana Judge George W Beeman independent Democratic candidate for Starke Pulaski circuit returns his Monon railroad pass with a letter saying passes to officials and legislators compromise integrity. Opponents insist move is political.
Democratic chairman J D Magee of the Sixth district calls the congressional convention at New Castle on September 27. The counties and votes allocated include Wayne 15 Decatur 12 Fayette 7 Franklin 12 Hancock 13 Henry 11 Rush 13 Shelby 18 Union 4.
Shelbyville Republicans announce a campaign kickoff event at Gespeening Opera House on Saturday evening September 27. Anderson leader M. Dunlap will speak to voters about the issues and rally support.
Mrs. Joel McPherson, 21, who drew notice for her Christian Science faith, dies at 9 p.m. at the home of her stepfather Marion Cornwall. She married Joel McPherson about a week ago despite being in the final stages of consumption, after declining four doctors and seeking Christian Science treatment for nearly a year.
Mrs. America W Sloan aged ninety one died at her Franklin home after eight months of illness. Born December 15, 1811 in Shelby County Kentucky she married Harvey Sloan in 1831 and moved to Franklin in 1835. Four children survive James W Sloan Mrs E J Overbay Charles Sloan of Indianapolis and John N Worthington.
SPICELAND Ind Sept 15 Miss Ann O'Brien died Saturday night aged sixty eight years. For sixteen years she taught in Greencastle and earlier in Miami Wabash and other counties. Henry Painter once her student in Wabash county cared for her after retirement. She had suffered paralysis and the body was taken to Penn for burial. Funeral services for Joseph & McClary will be held.
Covington mourns longtime lawyer and former mayor McClary with a church service led by Rev. A. W. Sonne. Other notices include Hannah Allen of Covington who brought the first coal oil lamp from Cincinnati, Martha Hamaker of Marion, Mrs. Jacob Miller of Portland, William Claykamp of Seymour, Enos N. Rosbrugh of Nappanee, Susan Little of Aurora, and Mrs. Luther Wolfe of Winamac, all gathering on September 15 with deaths ranging from illness to natural causes.
Lafayette headlines note Harry King, a trick bicycle rider, designing a two-loop apparatus with the second smaller and lower than the first. Purdue engineers say the feat is feasible for a rider with nerve, as King prepares a descent from sixty feet.
Valparaiso Indiana reports that next Saturday at Colonel I C B Suman's home the eleven bondsmen of Fred B Coffin former Porter county treasurer will meet to settle up a roughly $16000 shortage from his thirty year tenure Coffin now resides in Huron The discovery startled local residents Evansville Indiana notes Hercules Buggy Company forms a corporation with 300 workers to build a new plant in the city and capital of $300000 Peru Indiana announces the fifty eighth annual conference of the St Joseph district of the United Brethren Church led by Bishop Kephart to begin on Tuesday
Alonzo Petty, roller polo manager, was tonight elected to the council to succeed the resigned Frank T. Reed. The notice comes as meetings proceed with a sermon by Rev. Mr. Avis of Chicago continuing through Sunday.
Gas flow struck Monday on Col William Sear’s farm north of Valparaiso after two weeks of drilling. Slate coal iron and zinc layers penetrated. A nineteen year old, Barl and Bell, was shot and likely fatally wounded by a shotgun blast as he was entering a vehicle.
In Birmingham on September 15 the Republican executive committee refused to admit Negro delegates to the state convention. The action, shaped by a struggle between the Lily White faction and opponents, leaves the party in Balbania effectively white only as 17 to 10 vote adopted the subcommittee report with no Negro names on the credentials list.
In San Francisco on Sept 15 the Republican campaign opened with a reception for Governor nominee George C Pardee and Senator A J Beveridge of Indiana. Senator George C Perkins chaired the meeting and Beveridge delivered an unusually engaging address that drew frequent and enthusiastic applause.
A New Orleans colonel recounts a Sunday drive with two high spirited bay horses, safely harnessed at start. After a sudden plunge at Carrollton, the horses ran free, yet the surrey remained still. Two hours later the team was found unharmed and all harness parts intact, prompting questions about supernatural intervention.
A Harper’s Weekly column extols the American farmer as the nation’s backbone. It cites Minnesota and Dakotas crop earnings, Kansas corn projections, a large single rain loss in Oklahoma, and the vast value of dairy and cattle output, arguing agriculture sustains vast wealth beyond industrial capital.
The passage portrays a public force as vast and irresistible, contrasting possibilities of active manipulation by skilled actors with a worker’s quiet realization of being a passive instrument. It discusses how fertile land, cultivated and exploited wisely, yields rich crops for those who know how to harness them.
The field deputies of the Modern Woodmen of America attend an all day school at the Denison Hotel starting at 10 yesterday. Speeches by J G Bruce and F E McCalip set the tone with Oscar F Avery also speaking, as afternoon sessions debated insurance rate changes and readjustment impacts. Edward B Thomas addressed the need for proper cost distribution by age.
Boston Herald quotes Dr Klein on recent pies examined by the government medical board. He reports the pastries contained spores of anaerobic non pathogenic bacillus balyr icus, bacillus mesentericus vulgatus, and staphylococcus albus of at least two kinds. The remark ends with disbelief at such contamination in a simple New England pie.
The Philadelphia Telegraph praises New York druggist Solomon Rosenthal for suggesting castor oil as a substitute for poison for an eighteen-year-old in crisis. The remedy reportedly cured Giuseppe Calabresa of his self harming tendencies, illustrating the pharmacist’s wit and helpfulness in dire moments.
A historical testimonial promotes Paine’s Celery Compound as a life saving remedy for rheumatism neuralgia and general debility. Mrs James Arthur of Spokane Washington describes long suffering relief and restored strength after using the product, urging readers to begin health rebuilding today.
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