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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
3
President is carried from train in a wheelchair to a temporary White House suite near Lafayette Square. Mrs. Roosevelt and Cabinet officers greet him as doctors attend to his wound. He reports feeling better than he looks and will manage affairs with limited personal effort as Lang Rixey and Urie oversee his care.
Washington dispatch outlines Thursday and Friday rain chances for Indiana Illinois and Ohio with cooler conditions near the lake brisk to high north winds and Friday turning fair with rising temperatures Local observations note cloudy skies and a maxima of 77.1 degrees with mean temperatures and precipitation data provided by W T Blythe Section Director
Shipping notices list arrivals and departures at New York Queenstown and European ports. Steamers including Majestic Mongolian Patria Teutonic Kaiserin Maria Theresa Switzer land La Lorraine Potdam and Furnessia are recorded with routes to Liverpool Southampton Havre Cherbourg and Philadelphia amid September schedules.
Reports say President Roosevelt rests comfortably with physicians remaining confident the local inflammatory symptoms will subside in a week or ten days with strict rest. By nightfall, most doctors had left, while Attorney General Knox noted the President was cheerful and reading a book rather than speaking with Mrs. Roosevelt.
Readville Mass September racing featured purses totaling 21000. Lord Derby won the 10000 prize in the 2:07 trot after a tight first heat, with Anzella and Chain Shot among top finishers. The Rajah captured the 7000 New England Futurity for foals of 1999, while Locanda won the 2:09 pace. Maxine prevailed in the 4trot and Daniel-Connor lowered their pacing record.
After uproar in a nearby neighborhood, two companies from the Olyphant camp arrived and huntsmen sought cover. Charles Webster, Charlies Foley, and Fred Mason suffered serious injuries from blows with stones and clubs. Col. Watres issued patrols and kept trains ready to protect rail lines as 100 men remain absent.
The Shenandoah and Tamaqua regions report Sheriff Beddall asking Governor Stone to place Schuylkill county under martial law. General Kin says he will not consider it, calling it a drastic step and a matter for the governor, while troops remain in the area for security amid dynamite attacks on bridges. Deputy Sheriff Smith notes the sheriff’s appeal and implies the gravity of the situation.
At Narragansett Park on September 24 the Rhode Island Automobile Club meeting produced world records. George C. Cannon piloted a self built steam car to a one mile in 1 05 and five miles in 6 05, both new records. Winton and his Bullet also challenged, with mid track wind hindering ten mile attempts. Percy Owen won multiple classes, while F F Tudor Jr of Boston took the touring car race. John Ruel won the motor bicycle five mile event.
Watty Watkins returns to a joyous pennant office scene in the Majestic building with Charles Ruschaupt and two wide smiles. He praises Indianapolis players for clinching the American Association pennant after a tense three months of effort, notes late-season softball tactics, and foresees another chase. The team plans homecoming and exhibition games with a donors’ pot distribution and a 4 pm Elks Club reception setup with numerous local backers listed for attendance and funding.
Philadelphia Athletics defeated Baltimore twice to clinch the American League pennant. First game featured opportune hitting, while the second saw Philadelphia rally in the eighth and win in the ninth on two bases on balls and a wild pitch. Attendance 7,731.
National League magnates held a three hour session in New York with no public action but discussions of peace or war with the American League. A move to expand to twelve clubs was hinted, with Baltimore and Washington in the East and two West teams, location details undetermined. Ban Johnson and other figures pursued grounds in New York as clubs weighed the American League’s intentions. Crosby won the day’s shoot in Cincinnati.
Ade Mansfield of the Henley polo team, noted as a top Western League player, has received an offer from Clinton Mass club. Terms not yet agreed. The St Bernard grounds saw drizzle as W R Crosby tops shooting with ten misses in 15 targets and Frank Lee of Cincinnati wins the fifty target fall festival handicap with 49 hits.
The Independent Bowling League started its fourth season with strong turnout at several alleys. The Columbias swept five games from the Alcazars, while the Ramblers’ first division won all its matches. High team score reached 856 by the Ramblers division, and Ote Partlow led individuals with 221 for the Standards. Other standout scores included Sachs 208, Hughes 203, Bowm an 206. In separate action, Clarence English of Sioux City defeated Santry of Chicago by foul decision after twenty planned rounds at Lake City.
In Maspeth a husband Joseph Alstrefski was found by ambulance crews with a stab wound after his wife, allegedly drinking and abusing their daughter, attacked him. While officers attempted to intervene she rose, seized a ragor, and cut her throat from ear to ear. both were rushed to a hospital, doctors noting the grave injuries.
In New York the Gravesend program features Lucien Lyne riding four winners from five mounts including Merito in the last and Wild Thyme capturing the Albemarle Stakes. Hawthorne saw Lucien Appleby triumph in a close finish over Jack Demand and Corrigan while Althea upset the odds in the opening race. Delmar and St Louis reports follow with Handspinner and Ravensbury favored but Ravensbury faltering in the fourth.
Detroit dispatch reports Windsor turnouts hampered by a quagmire track and all afternoon rain. Winners listed include Insolence Tempte Lesantnee Soothsayer Priegrove and Loo.
L H Greig a bookkeeper in the London offices of the Carnegie Steel Company is remanded after a hearing on forging checks totaling 9 500 dollars in the name of Col Millard Hunsicker chairman of the nickel corporation. Prosecution says other parties may be involved including embezzlement and theft of Pittsburgh correspondence. Authorities seized documents at multiple addresses and found erasures made with chloride of lime.
In Butte Montana the wife and child of Chin Quan a wealthy Northwest Chinatown resident were abducted from their home by two men and a woman. Neighbors intervened but the abductors used revolvers and disappeared. Quan later found a note demanding $2000 to recover them and left the money in a canyon in the mountains.
In St Louis on September 24 Oscar Fulgar a Black porter was shot by his wife’s husband while he tried to defend Mrs G Summers from alleged cruelty at her boarding house. Fulgar died en route to City Hospital. Summers is arrest.
Battery A members express gratitude after President Roosevelt compliments their unit during a stop at St Vincent’s Hospital Tuesday evening. He requests an autographed photo to hang in the armory as a memento of his tour. Guards report some rough handling by others, but Battery A maintains they acted properly and without profanity.
Members of the Central States Water Works Association met at the Denison Hotel for a single business session after morning papers by Marshall D Leighton of the US Geological Survey on Stream Pollution and by A L Holmes of Grand Rapids on Submerged Pipes and J Monteau of Middletown on The Effects of Impure Water. Afternoon field trips included a Riverside Park filtration plant visit and a Belt Railroad circuit of the city before returning tired for an evening session scheduled to close by noon.
Albert J. Nathan of Tangier Morocco will deliver a lecture at the Friends' Church on life in Morocco. The talk will be illustrated by sixty stereopticon views. Branch No 6563 Catholic Knights of America hosts a vaudeville program at St Patrick's Hall with refreshments.
Michael Ryan a car repairer of 41 Eastern avenue working at the Pan handle shops last night had several bones in his right foot broken. While placing wheels under a sleeper the jack slipped and his foot was caught. He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital by Dr Shank of the Dispensary.
At yesterday afternoon meeting in Room D faculty members Lynn B. McMullen was named football manager Archer Rais to baseball and John C. Trent to manage another sport. The new football team will play Pauw College Friday instead of pent a.
Rufus T Mullis keeper of a shop at 2431 Talbott avenue reported to police that his store was entered early Tuesday night and robbed. Thieves took two rings valued at 25 dollars cigars and groceries worth 30 dollars and entrance was gained through a pried rear window.
The Indianapolis Aquatic Club hosts its annual clam bake this evening at seven o'clock. Rain or cold will not affect the event, which will be served in the sheltered Broad Park pavilion and followed by live stunts aboard a house boat.
The Press Artists' League promotes an exhibition of newspaper artists from Indianapolis and beyond at the Herron Art Institute. The show will include Magazine and Book Minstrations and is organized from an office at 4 Newton Claypool building.
A. B. Darelius, medical attorney for the Minnesota State Board of Health, notified the Indiana board that the Minnesota board knows nothing about the applicant Ae Amen’s moral character after he recently applied for a Techigine in Indiana.
Colonial era ad fragment suggests taking Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to treat cold symptoms. The readable text is limited and lacks clear context, but indicates proprietary medicine language and a signature line.
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