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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1902
Page
7
Jerome Pringle of Anacortes Washington was likely fatally bitten by a ferocious dog in a farmer's yard near Michigan City Indiana. After the attack he bled heavily and collapsed, found unconscious by a farmer who transported him to town for care.
Peru Indiana September 19 John Sanderson a young steel mill employee fell from a traveling electric crane and was killed instantly His mother lives in the city and the incident is being investigated by mill officials and local authorities
In Danville Illinois on September 19 the Big Four Railroad reportedly offered to start an interurban passenger service on its Cairo division between Danville and Ridge Farm. The plan hinges on Ridge residents agreeing to support short electric lines to nearby villages and competing with Terre Haute and streetcar systems. Separately in Wabash Court, factions claim possession of the old canal bed between Lagro and Lafayette, with Fort Wayne, Logansport & Lafayette Traction and Wabash Valley Traction among contestants before Judge Shively.
Evansville Indiana September 19 First spike driven for the Evansville Princeton Electric Railway to be ready early next year. Most grading completed with about a mile left and next week a steel bridge over Pigeon creek to begin. Rails to be laid in Evansville as street improvements proceed.
Fire at Alexander & Co. drug store in Greensburg, Indiana, began in the rear likely from chemical combustion and caused extensive smoke and heat damage. The adjacent S. P. Minear & Co. dry goods store suffered only water damage while Alexander & Co. faced about 20 000 dollars in losses with 15 500 dollars insured.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports two annual reunions of Indiana regimental associations. The Eighty first Indiana Regiment met in New Albany with about forty members and elected W. R. Atkina as president and officials including George Little C. B. Aston and Henry Robertson. In Seymour the Eighty second Indiana Regiment, Gen Hunter’s unit, gathered with officers John F. Hammell as president and Alf G. Hunter as secretary treasurer. The next year’s reunion is planned for Hayden.
Tonight at the close of a three days wage conference the American Window Glass Company officers, the Federation of Cooperative Manufacturers and Window Glass Workers Local Assembly No. 90 K of L issued the result. The statement bears the signature of Simon Burns, president.
A wage agreement sets a 12 percent raise over the previous May level, contingent on workers in the organization delaying their return until October 15, 1902. The plan requires all plants to run for at least 32 weeks, with potential extension, and prompts a meet between Burns and Denny factions to secure consent for the raise.
Marion Indiana gas well No. 4, drilled fifteen years ago and once a local spectacle, suddenly reactivated with oil and water spurting from the bore. Burr Custer, near the machine shop, measured pressure rising from fifty-five to eighty-five pounds as the well roared and sprayed mud over nearby buildings.
American Window Glass Company, drilling on J. M. Bonham farm in Washington township, hit the largest gas well here in five years with 190 pounds pressure and a second well shows similar pressure. A six inch line to the South Side plant was laid, with Sneath Glass also laying large fuel lines. Johnston Glass reports several heavy pressure gas wells nearby, keeping local factories well supplied with natural gas this winter.
In Peru Indiana on September 19 citizens at a mass meeting urged replacing pipes with mixers to secure winter fuel. The council is asked to grant the gas company authority to install mixers citywide and to shut off gas if a mixer is altered until consumers obtain meters at their own expense.
Jeffersonville Indiana Sept 19 Republicans prepare for campaign opening with Addison C Harris to speak. Harris enjoys strong local support as county ticket is praised for fitness and geographic balance. Entire ticket expected to win while Kentucky Republicans nominate Judge Ben Wilson to open in Louisville. Valparaiso Indiana Sept 19 Representative Crumpacker kicked off campaign with speech at Kouts and a stop at Anatah tonight before Williamsport tomorrow.
William Meyer former president of the Western Baseball Association, arrested in Chicago on an Indiana indictment for embezzling funds from the Fort Wayne club. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Meyer says he offered a settlement but declines details. He owes eight clubs sums totaling hundreds of dollars. Trial date not set. Meyer returned to Chicago.
Decatur Indiana September 19 Charles Au german the man who tried to blow up the county infirmary faced trial this afternoon. Evidence presented was damaging to his case and the trial is expected to last several days.
Bluford L. Conner aged 85, the oldest farmer in Richland township, died at his Rushville home today. Born November 1, 1816 near Connersville to Daniel and Elizabeth Conner, he married Mary Jane Anderson in 1861 and leaves a son and daughter. A Democrat, he belonged to Salt Creek Baptist Church, which sits on land he deeded.
Worthington Indiana reports the death of Mrs Annie L Henry wife of Professor E E Henry after a long spinal illness. She was formerly Miss Annies Longworthy of Worthington, a member of one of the town’s oldest prominent families. Interment is set for tomorrow in Worthington. Evanbyv Indiana notes a six year old named Adam is among the casualties of a recent event.
In Posey county known farmer died at his home today after his wife perished suddenly sixteen years ago. He had just voiced a wish to die like his wife when he collapsed. He was among the county's leading citizens. In Shelbyville James L. Donley died at 6 30 this morning after a life in Rush and Posey counties. He fathered twelve children, eleven surviving. In Muncie Julia Collins, sixty five, longtime resident, died at noon and will be buried in Pittsburg. In Valparaiso the Rev Laurison Gatex, ninety, pioneer Porter county resident, died today.
Purdue University prepares freshmen with strict conduct rules while the varsity football team shows renewed vigor and tactical shifts. Officers are elected for the Purdue senior class, varsity backs are reorganized, and a campus discipline code targets smoking, campus grass, library steps, parlor visits, golf trousers, and prep school caps. In Richmond, a fall term shift places Emma Townsend in charge of biblical studies, life of Christ courses, and as college pastor amid staffing changes.
Chancellor Mac Cracken of New York University receives word from the trustees of Samuel F. B. Morse’s estate that Morse, who died thirty years ago, left $1,000 for an annual scholarship medal. The bequest arrives after his European trip.
In Bloomington eight players practiced on a wet Jordan Field after noon with noted punting and spirited effort. Captain Smith resigns, Zora Clevenger emerges as favorite for captaincy given last season’s strong gridiron and diamond records. In Muncie, Prof. A N Murray is named manager of the high school team as Zora Clevenger and Will Budd coach, with the first game set for October 4 at Marion.
A.D. Rice of Scipio township traveled to Fort Wayne to consult an attorney over an electric light order signed after two strangers promoted a new farm lighting system. The men promised wide house illumination and offered a large commission for indorsement. Rice kept the contract. the pair returned with a lamp haul valued at about $400. He confronted them with a shotgun and drove them away.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from New Albany Ind notes Capt Thomas Cannon a 26 year police veteran and former night detail head was found guilty of neglect of duty for leaving before 4 p m and insubordination for refusing to recognize a suspension order. The Board of Police Commissioners dismissed him and an appeal will be taken.
Marion Indiana September 19 in the Superior Court Rosella sues over the death of John Boone filed two years earlier. The action seeks redress connected to the fatal incident with details still pending in court.
In a Superior Court action Mrs. Boone, elderly widow with eight children, seeks $1,600 unpaid portion of a $1,700 judgment from McCarty bondsmen. She blames the saloon owner for her husband’s death, alleging the liquor purchase precipitated the fatal outcome. Separately, naval students exams begin at Columbia University with hundreds of applicants for Annapolis, names listed among Indiana attendees, and a Turkey theft arrest in Kokomo with Gibbs nabbed after a long chase involving twenty seven birds.
Lafayette Indiana reports the Lafayette Pocket Telephone Company with $18,000 capital to manufacture pocket telephones and instruments for police fire alarm and railway use. Inventor Evan Shelby leads a group including George P. Haywood and Charles A. Burnett for a miniature receiver transmitter linked to a pole box. Michigan City notes the Roanoke Mining and Milling Company sells interests to Milwaukee's Night Hawk Mining Company after organizing in 1896 to explore Washington ore claims near Night Hawk Okanogan County.
In Marion Indiana a Circuit Court injunction suit orders Mayor Abraham Schwan- Inger to recognize Edward Kehoe and Harry Chandler as councilmen. Judge Ely Saharan named to hear. an Anavit motion for change of judge is filed by defendants. A separate case by Israel Barris accuses Western Union Telegraph Company of altering the word Tuesday to Saturday in a Detroit bound message, harming Barris's business.
In Brazil Indiana the Central Labor Union voted to end the boycott on Terre Haute Electric Company after a unanimous decision. The ban on businessmen on the unfair list for using street cars was rescinded. In Peru Indiana Amboy residents were alarmed by finding many large denomination banknotes scraps scattered on the streets. Treasury official Robert Brazier visiting Amboy reportedly discarded redeemable money as a joke.
George M. Ober was released on bond of 800 to appear in October after being jailed on charges of practicing medicine without a license. His sureties are William W. Hubbard of Indianapolis and C. A. Wymond of Madison. He departed by afternoon train to Indianapolis. In Vincennes, barber Frank Hitch reports receiving an anonymous deathly threat urging him to leave the city within a week under tar and feathers and being ridden out on a rail.
In Danville Illinois on September 19 James Dwyer of Marion Ohio wed Marion Stilwell of Lincoln Nebraska. The ceremony occurred on the grand stand in the public plaza during the Elks carnival with County Judge Murray Clark presiding in his first public marriage.
SEYMOUR Ind Sept 19 The Rev J F Severinghaus long time pastor of the German Methodist Church here is named superintendent of the Deaconess Hospital in Louisville His son the Rev Charles Severinghaus of Nashville Tenn will take over as Seymour church pastor after his father’s departure
A message states receipt of $10 from the Richmond Post to aid a Confederate home. In Muncie the grand jury dismisses charges against Gaston saloon keepers after a clash with ministers ends. They are reprimanded and warned to obey laws or face penalties. In Batesville local leaders form Citizens Gas and Oil Development Company and contract wells to begin next week. In Michigan City Graham Malcomb Wilson, 73, was found starved and demented in woods and turned over to officers.
Mary Elliott, a Warren County girl who fled home and arrived in Danville in male disguise, was found dead near her home with a revolver nearby. Coroners verdict says death by own action, but Warren County prosecutor William Sparks argues signs point to murder. neighbors recall possible strangulation marks, no thorough postmortem, investigation ongoing with hopes to prove she did not kill herself.
Albertus Shoemaker thirty five farmer near Salamania, shot himself after supper claiming he was going hunting. He left a widow and four children. In Muncie, a judge or official reports a serious row at Godford saloon during a Belgian carnival injured Ernest Maudlin, a glass worker formerly with Muncie, with unknown assailant. Prosecutor Dearth investigates.
The Jualin Mines Company filed articles of incorporation in Evansville Indiana this afternoon with capital stock of 1 000 000 divided into one million shares The company will operate mines in Alaska One of the heavy stock holders is Aeen Taylor of Petersburg Indiana
New York detectives linked the death of Mrs. Annie Pulitzer to Hooper Young after finding her clothing in a West Fifty-eighth Street flat and her nude body dumped in the Morris Canal. Authorities say she was killed likely by knockout drops and that Young, a former Hoboken Crusader employee, fled with a trunk sent to Chicago. Coroner notes suggest dismemberment attempted, with letters from young women found in Young’s grip.
Washington reports the Navy Department weighs Commander Robert E Peary's Arctic exploration plans when deciding his next assignment. If he shelves polar aims, a permanent post may be arranged. if he plans another northward trip soon, duty will be aligned accordingly. Peary leaves May 27, 1897 and will undergo a foot operation from frost injury, delaying readiness until late November.
In Decatur Indiana yesterday the Barkley family held the largest rat reunion in the region. Two relatives attended and the oldest person present was seventy six years old.
Springfield NL September 19 The State Board of Charities submits its thirty page report to Governor Yates on charges of cruelty and immorality at Kankakee Insane Asylum. Most charges are not sustained and inmates are said not to be mistreated with first class food. The board recommends higher salaries for female nurses in all state insane hospitals.
Evansville suburb Howell purchases two fine bloodhounds after marshal cannot curb burglaries and tramps since incorporation. Residents vow to end the depredations and defend the town. In Richmond Marion Devers is found guilty of horse stealing and sentenced to the Reformatory for one to fourteen years. The Standard Manufacturing Company Cambridge City ships a carload of chairs to Africa. Confederate veterans in Alabama.
Recent Army Orders list Capt Ola W Bell promoted and assigned to Seventh Cavalry Troop C. An army retiring board is set to convene at Jefferson Barracks with Col Louis H Racker and Lt Col Charles Morton among the reviewing officers. Capt Henry A Shaw, assistant surgeon, also noted for examina tion by the board.
Washington reports the Seventh Army Corps veterans will gather at coi headquarters Camp Roosevelt near White House during the G A R encampment. Gen Cyrus Bussey chairs the corps association with W H Parker as vice chairman and John Grinstead as secretary.
Commander William B. Cowles, assistant chief of the Bureau of Navigation, faces promotion to captain on first vacancy. Reports from Fisher's Island note typhoid cases not signaling an epidemic. precautionary steps planned. Naval Constructor Taylor heads to Havana Tampa dry dock. an ex ship fitter aids in repairs. Postmaster Madden awards a four year contract for stamped envelopes and newspapers to Hartford Manufacturing Co. Value exceeds $2,000,000, about $85,000 under next bid. Porto Rico tonnage taxes will fund Marine Hospital Service in U.S. treasury per attorney general opinion. Brigadier General Robbe ordered to Fort Riley for maneuvers. Captain Windsor retires as rear admiral. Massachussets reports Lieut. Alfred C. Owen missing with no official reason yet.
Foreign notes report Hungary marks Louis Kossuth’s birth centenary with flags and decorations. A Cape Town parliament return lists 3,447 rebels disfranchised for life. Strikes clash with troops near Guarda Portugal. deaths occur. Marconi’s wireless link plans valued at $140,000 receive government attention. Italian banker trials, forged checks totaling over 9,500, and Vienna Bank embezzlement cases involving 1,150,000.
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