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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1902
Page
7
A report catalogues a mill man nearly bisected by a circular saw, two falls, a fatal cave-in, and a curious note of foraging mushrooms after eating toadstools. The items highlight routine industrial danger and unusual incidents from the period.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Jay County jury finds James W Ertle not guilty of murder despite despondent statements and local tension. The report notes a verdict delivered after trial in the county courthouse.
Evansville steel worker aged fifty fell from a stepladder when a fellow workman kicked it. He Roth and his wife consumed a large amount of toadstools thinking they were mushrooms. They suffered serious illness but are now recovering.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Lawrenceburg Indiana Sept 2 The Cleveland Ohio resident Burton Fairbanks fell from the B and C trestle nearly thirty feet above the city while alighting from a freight train late last night. He was unconscious for hours and remained in critical condition. friends found him around 11 am and transported him to Lawrenceburg for medical care. He is not expected to live.
Marion Hullet, a farmer west of Rockport, was killed when a sand bank collapsed while he was collecting a sand load after dinner. He died ten minutes after rescue, severely bleeding from the mouth. In Kokomo, Mrs. Theodore McDaniels was badly burned while canning fruit. molten sealing wax scorched one side of her face and skin peeled away, her spectacles saving her eyes.
James W. Ertle was acquitted by a Jay County jury in Portland Indiana after a second trial. The twelve jurors deliberated overnight, returning a verdict at 7:50 am. Judge Smith summoned from home, and Ertle thanked the jurors as he was escorted from the jail.
Bedford Indiana September Matt Collier faced trial for allegedly poisoning flour used to bake cookies that sickened fourteen people in his family six weeks earlier. He pleaded not guilty as Judge Alexandria presided. The jury reached a verdict by afternoon, with sentencing due tomorrow.
Bedford Indiana September 2 1966 George Clennin aged fifty was caught stealing chickens from Mrs Lizzie Glover’s henhouse early today. He was found with the robbed fowl and their beads wrung off. This afternoon he received a sentence of one to three years in City prison.
Evansville, Indiana report on the Indiana Federation of Labor adjourning with an amended constitution to add two vice presidents Emil Levi of Evanaville and Charles J. Stess of Fort Wayne. They will oversee regional federation work as policy plans are drawn for the coming year. The group aims to pass key resolutions, strengthen inspection laws, and extend deputy appointments while enforcing age restrictions on messenger workers.
A proposed amendment seeks that all children pass the sixth grade before employment. Another measure would designate a single man to oversee shot firing in mines and set his employment terms. Efforts aim to enforce prison labor law on expiring contracts and to submit changes to the current statute.
A Southern Indiana Railway work train with fifty three men aboard wrecked one mile northwest of Elnora. The engine tender coach and caboose overturned a six foot embankment. Seven men were badly injured including ED WHITE HARRY MILLIGAN GUY MILLIGAN JESSE HANCOCK JAMES CHURCHMAN JOSEPH CUMMINGS and FRANK STEINBERGER. Engineer Charles Ikard and his fireman escaped with minor injuries.
John W. Street of Mount Vernon Illinois, 98 years old, claimed to be the father of thirty-two girls while testifying in a justice court over a $1.25 board bill. All but twenty of his daughters are dead. street improvements work continues with him earning $1.0 daily.
In Mancie the City Council approved amended ordinances for the Mancie Natural Gas and Heat Light and Power companies by a 7 to 4 vote. Rates begin at 9 or 10 cents for 1902 to 1903, rising to 27 cents thereafter, with the gas firm accepting a 22-cent rate. Mayors signed the Wa Bash Oil and Gas franchise. In Montpelier the National Window Glass Company struck a 15 million cubic foot gas well on the Saxon farm, the largest in five years, with rock pressure at 165 pounds and plans for winter gas supply. In Converse the Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas Company completed nineteen wells. the strongest on the Gee farm, ensuring domestic gas for winter as no factories use the line.
Frank Stecher, a Chicago attorney, narrowly escaped a 400 strong mob in Van Buren last night after the town marshal summoned deputies for protection. He was taken to Marion jail as charges of embezzling from a mentally impaired boy and defrauding others spurred the mob to action. Stecher, injured in the fray, says he aided investigations in the Cronin murder case.
In Converse Indiana on September 28 the Green town Converse and Swayzee Knights of Pythias and Rathbone Sisters plan their annual picnic at the Swayzee fair grounds. The first gathering at Converse a year ago drew large crowds and this year’s event is expected to exceed it with many Knights of note attending. Greentown lodges will host the next meeting.
Arrangements were completed for a public reception to honor Elwood Canton No. 33 for defending its Des Moines world championship. The event will be next Thursday at the Apollo, with addresses by leading citizens, a silk flag presentation, and a reproduction of the winning drill schedule. Visitors from outside Elwood are expected.
J N Loop a leading Kokomo manufacturer and former county legislator has faced repeated threats. His brother James D Loop also reports whitecap notices and gunfire. An anonymous letter threatened to burn or blow up two shops and tar and feather the Loops. A guard with Winchester rifles protects the factories. Letters will be sent to Washington for investigation alongside other letters from the suspect for comparison.
State leaders Gov Durbin and Attorney General Taylor pledge firm action to curb whitecapping in Indiana. They express resolve but remain silent on specific policy steps, signaling a determined crackdown by state authorities.
Governor denounces whitecapping as a community stain and calls it a state disgrace while Attorney General Taylor warns some cases may require shooting to kill. Convictions falter as juries are swayed by whitecapping associates, complicating county prosecutions. In Danville, mining town Grape Creek, Peter Suwaro was found on railroad tracks with fatal injuries after a suspected robbery assault.
Forty five members met in Salem for the Twenty third Indiana Regiment annual reunion with a banquet and camp fire at the new Baptist Church. Judge W R Burton of Nebraska spoke as officers were re elected led by Capt J J Hardin as president. Next year’s meeting will be in Salem. Goshen library purchases 1000 volumes for Carnegie library dedication creating over 3000 volumes as nucleus of city library.
In Columbus Indiana the jury awarded Vincent T Browning $1600 against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for injuries alleged from a collision between his streetcar and a passenger train on the Cambridge City branch. The suit sought $10000 after Browning, a motorman, sued in Bartholomew Circuit Court.
In Muncie Indiana the Muncie Brewing Company with a 150000 capital stock has been formed to erect and run a local brewery. Incorporators include John P. Weisse president John L. Sweigart vice president John C. Greisheimer secretary treasurer John Birkenstock brewmaster and Charles A. Greisheimer. The new company follows the Birkenstock Brewing Company formed by Columbus capitalists with local promoter involvement. A site for the brewery has been purchased.
Margaret Garver wife of Cyrus Garver an oil operator was found dead in her room by her fifteen year old daughter Elsie Garver. A bottle that had contained carbolic acid was found in her room indicating she may have taken her own life. She recently had surgery at a hospital in Pittsburg and was not fully recovered.
The Indiana Art League began its convention in Marion with sixteen represented cities and an amateur photographers contest featuring about 100 entrants. A notable exhibition of pictures is on display and valuable prizes will be awarded.
In Muncie Indiana the Indiana Baptist Convention will be held October 4 through 17 with representatives of about 65 000 Baptists and 576 churches attending. Around 500 visitors are expected and the local congregation will provide meals and lodging for attendees. FRANKFORT IND Sept 26 Chicago Aurora Kokomo Frankfort Lafayette and Logansport capitalists met to form preliminary organization for two electric railway lines Kokomo to Lafayette via Frankfort and Frankfort to Logansport with a 2 000 000 capital. Despondent Woman Drowns Herself WA Washington Ind Sept 26 Mrs Kate Randall, troubled by her inability to keep her children out of an orphanage, drowned herself in a pond.
A new distillery will be erected in Evansville soon and will employ about 100 men. The company president is a miller from Owensboro Kentucky, and the other stockholders reside in Evansville.
Crawfordsville Indiana reports the annual meeting of the Horse Thief Detectives organization on September date. Present members discussed cases, strategy, and community safety efforts.
The Montgomery County Association held a meeting yesterday and adopted a resolution favoring a law to regulate automobile speeds on public roads. New officers: President M. B. Waugh, vice president R. A. Smith, secretary William ce.
Summary of assorted Indiana items: Henry Moyer dies at 65 near Clay City from Bright’s disease and heart trouble. Mrs James Thomas dies at 40 in North Marion from heart failure. Rev J H Hollingsworth retires from ministry to enter coal business in Terre Haute. Lewis Robinson convicted of burglary in Rushville, sentenced to Indiana Reformatory and disfranchised for 14 years. Kokomo reports no smallpox deaths. 72 cases since July, cost $1,600 plus vaccination costs. North Judson trustees mandate compulsory smallpox vaccination for schools. Michigan City plans state naval reserve station. 100 signatures for roster. Greenwood schools open with Carr, Webb, Behymer. OsGOod reports Lulu C Jenkins death in Chicago. she once sued Versailles lynchers. Clark's Hill reveals D Belle Jenkins withdraws suit against Loren Jenkins.
The Indiana Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church reviewed the state of the country. The lynching section denounced Southern attitudes toward Black rights and urged fair play for Negroes. Bishop Grant pressed debt payment, tobacco abstinence for ministers, and scrutiny of deacon candidates.
Ten year old Edythe Deal, once in the Illinois Industrial Training School for Girls at Evanston, is abducted by her father Herman Deahl amid a six month search. Divorced parents, Ohio wealth, mother hid daughter to keep him from control. Police pursue through Evanston, lengthy chase ends with Deahl fleeing in a buggy with the girl.
The Boston Journal notes Chile’s celebration of the arbitration treaty with Argentina as a major sign of improving Latin American politics. It suggests the pact may ease old grudges and set a framework for future disputes, hinting at better Chile Bolivia Peru relations and a hopeful peace outlook.
Springfield Illinois September 26 Superintendent M W Wells of the St Elmo division of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway resigns to become superintendent of the Southern Indiana Railroad. E H De Groot to take over October 1 and Samuel D Hufmaster will succeed him as trainmaster of passenger service out of Chicago.
In Lafayette Indiana on September 26 one hundred nineteen weary freshmen were paraded after sophomores captured them at the campus tank in a long running class struggle. The sophomores bound and taunted captives, then displayed them to Purdue girls before releasing them at seven this morning as preparations for a renewed clash tonight began.
LAFAYETTE Ind Sept Purdue junior L M Grant named manager of University Athletic Association the most responsible college athletics post He already serves as association president and takes over all athletic management from Charles I Freeman who resigns as athletic manager and trainer to focus on gymnasium work and new assistant commandant post Clerk duties go to Captain Reeves The Purdue junior class elected officers including President Harry M Leslie Secretary Lauson Stone Treasurer Hugo Berthold athletic director Billy Russell sergeant at arms Milan Karchoff historian Harry Raschbacher
At Wabash College Crawfordsville Sept 26 a plan to abolish opening term rushing gains support from all Greek groups. Five men will draft an agreement barring any fraternity talk to students before November 1, then submitted for ratification. New courses in mechanical drawing and advanced economics join the curriculum alongside an instituted oratory class. Founders Day Nov 21 will feature Judge Baldwin delivering the oration.
In Greencastle Indiana the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity sought to bar Putnam county from taxing the group. The hearing ended after the first question on initiation fees was blocked as confidential and the case was dismissed.
A test suit prompted interest from fraternities nationwide as the plea mounted that the organization is fraternal and thus exempt from taxation.
Bequest to Princeton from Miss Mary J. Winthrop of New York is now estimated at 1.4 million dollars. A seminary faculty member says the funds will likely advance the school’s intellectual program. A large gymnasium is expected to be built on the campus south side within two years.
Washington obituary of General Francis J Lippitt a renowned lawyer and veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars who died at age ninety. Born in Providence Rhode Island he captained the First New York Volunteers in Mexico and led the Second California Infantry in the Civil War, later brevetted brigadier general and known as a military writer.
Dayton reports D A Sinclair longtime Y M C A secretary dies in Billings Mont after months of ill health. Springfield notes Lt James Mitchell Civil War veteran dies at 75 in Jacksonville Ill. Powell funeral held at family home Washington remembers Maj John Wesley Powell ex director of the Bureau of Ethnology. New York reports Isaac A Singer stockholder of Singer Manufacturing dead in Atlantic City. Forsythe retired Lt Col dies at Sweet Chalybeate Springs Virginia. Brazil’s Dr Sylvanio Brandao dies in Belo Horizonte. Pillsbury widow dies in Minneapolis pneumonia at 67. London editor John Latey passes after long illness.
A collection of notes on royal informality details a Russian lieutenant riding a tram and facing pushback, the czar’s reminder of dignity, and Danish King Christian and his sons mixing with subjects on public transports. The article highlights monarchs’ democratic tastes and affection of common people, with Denmark’s ruler often seen aboard trams and buses in London and Copenhagen, earning popular esteem.
The article recounts princes and nobles moving among common people, sharing meals with sailors at the Scandinavian Sailors Home, and living modestly while supporting religious revival efforts in Sweden. It also notes Baron Wallburg's fall from grace after marrying without fortune and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria facing a disciplinary engine mishap after taking a Tyrolean train ride.
The New York Insurance Press cites census figures showing 57 513 accidental deaths in the United States in the year ending May 1 198 with a rate of 57 per 1 000 population and a rising trend. It notes urban areas higher death rates, regional differences, and compares accidents to common diseases, stressing higher fatality from accidents than many illnesses.
Seattle report records a deadly September tempest sweeping Nome harbor on the seventeenth, claiming Capt. Basil Dantelhof and Capt. John Slater, master and mate of the steamer Goodhops. The vessel was lost but both bodies were later recovered.
Miss Evelyn Purvis of Free Run Mississippi describes coffee’s harm causing nervousness low spirits and heart palpitations as a teacher. She switched to Postum Coffee, followed directions, and found improved health and nourishment with no heart trouble, attributing the change to Postum.
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