Batesville Notice From D McCallum Publication
Public notice from Batesville Indiana filed by D McCallum. Details unclear due to OCR. Readers advised to monitor official records for action and deadlines.
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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
2
Public notice from Batesville Indiana filed by D McCallum. Details unclear due to OCR. Readers advised to monitor official records for action and deadlines.
An express car on the Erie line eastbound was entered by robbers just outside Englewood Illinois. They looted the car and scattered packages to the roadside while a following freight alerted Huntington Indiana officers. Three robbers were arrested hiding valuables among packages. two suspects Cyrus Gillen of Piqua Ohio and Frank Marion of Lima Ohio.
In Crestline Ohio a 28 year old plasterer George Cook was killed by Pennsylvania section employee Frank Dilling after a bystander remark provoked him. Cook attempted to run but was shot through the heart. Dilling was beaten by a mob, revived in police custody, and held for transfer to Bucyrus jail.
Authority was received at Pensacola naval station to practically rebuild the captured Spanish cruiser Isla De Luzon. An $80,000 allowance will convert the historic vessel into first class condition with careful expenditure. The Spanish ship will be repaired on the dock recently towed from Havana.
All members of the Illinois Central Dealers association indicted for conspiracy in restraint of trade during the frost famine were found guilty and fined 500 dollars each. Sentence extended to Retail Coal Dealers association members of Illinois and Wisconsin who were convicted weeks earlier with 100 dollar fines on each after denial of their new trial motions.
Steamers of St Josephs Michigan lie idle as the fishing industry stalls due to a lake fish shortage. Saleable fish are nearly extinct with the season showing an unprecedented slump that cannot be explained.
Delegates at the Free Methodist general conference in Greenville Illinois push for a discipline change to allow labor unions as exceptions to the current ban on secret societies. A Topeka dispatch notes Kansas flood damage to wheat crops is less severe than initially feared with county reports supporting the eased assessment.
F A Hopson, an 86 year old black man, was hanged at Wise Court House Virginia for the brutal murder of 67 year old John Salyers on the night of December 4 1902. He addressed about three thousand mountaineers declaring his innocence before God.
Jerome L. Barker assistant postmaster at Stevens Point Wisconsin was arrested and jailed on a postoffice inspector complaint. He faces embezzlement charges totaling 650 dollars from the office and was found short on stock inventory during a routine check.
Manila special reports ongoing disorder in Cavite as bandits Felizardo and Montanlon lead followers in a series of raids on several towns.
Indianapolis special reports John B. Elam chairman of the Harrison Monumental Commission subcommittee says the memorial honoring the distinguished Indianan will be a shaft or a statue. Location remains undetermined.
Cleveland declined the offer to become president of the University of Virginia stating it should be utterly impossible to accept such a proposition. The missive notes his rebuff to the Virginia vacancy.
Legislation by the Philippine Commission creates a Moro province with an appointive legislative council. Governor Watt to name officials. Wood expected as first governor. The measure extends Philippine courts and constabulary, codifies tribal laws, and allows abolition of slavery in five districts including Sulu and Davao.
Bessemer Savings Bank in Alabama closes after shortfall near 280000. President T J Cornwall fled with three notes confessing loss from a 42600 legitimate business, a warning to his wife, and a remark about possible life or prison. Bank organized 1891 with 700000 capital and 260000 deposits.
Diphtheria spread among Oswego State Normal School pupils in the practice department after multiple classes used the same public pencils. Eight cases were reported, prompting a Board of Health investigation. Pencils were shared after drawing lessons and placed in desks, with children biting or mouthing the sticks.
At the World’s WCTU gathering in Geneva Switzerland Lady Henry Somer set was re elected president and Mrs Lillian M N Stevens of Portland Maine was re elected vice president at large Mrs Clara Parrish Wright of Paris US was elected superintendent of the young women’s branch.
A Big Four train derailed at the Maseatuck bridge near North Vernon Indiana after colliding with a runaway section from another train. Trainmen observed the runaway and fled to safety as the collision occurred on the eight foot trestle. No lives were lost.
Trench artillery pounded VFiguig for three hours on the eastern Morocco border. The bombardment caused widespread destruction to cheap houses and a mosque, with a large number of people killed.
robbers entered an east bound Erie express car near Englewood Chicago at midnight looting the interior and tossing parcels from Hammond to Rochester. Police arrested two robbers at Huntington after a shot escape attempt. about 4000 dollars of goods recovered with one package valued at 7000 dollars.
David J. Standiforth of Chicago admitted in police court he robbed a fellow traveler on a Chicago to Cleveland train of two gold watches and sent the goods to a Chicago address. Police found the watches at an express office in Chicago. Standiforth, about 28, claims no motive and says his conscience troubled him until the confession. he and railroad officer Thomas Monahan were in the same sleeping car, and Standiforth took the watches while Monahan slept. He remains jailed.
The Indianapolis Natural Gas Company cut mains shutting off gas to about 5000 domestic users as morning meals were being prepared. The move follows a threatened service discontinuation last October, with a temporary restraining order granted and court ruling in favor of the company allowing the shutoff.
Heavy blaze in Lochester North Carolina damages Pancost building and Brick Presbyterian Church along with homes on Fitzhugh Street and several buildings on State and Allen Streets. No fatalities reported. Also, James M. Watson Jr. of the DC auditor’s office is arrested on embezzlement charges alleging $8,000 to at least $75,000 missing.
Eighteen members of the Northern Illinois Soft Coal Dealers' Association were found guilty of conspiracy to restrain trade and fined $500 by Judge O H Horton in Chicago. Nine officers of the Retail Coal Dealers' Association of Illinois and Wisconsin were fined $100 each. no new trial. The indictments followed a January grand jury probe, and Horton upheld anti trust laws as a basis for conviction. Eighteen corporations in the Northern Illinois association were affected.
Massachusetts oleomargarine ban suffers a severe blow as Judge Bishop in the Superior Criminal Court rules in favor of Carl Himberg. The decision upholds that making and selling oleomargarine resembling butter is not unlawful and may overturn the state law pending further appeals.
The building tie up in New York largely ends as lumber and brick yards reopen. In a few days between 100000 and 130000 idle workers are expected to return to jobs. A Westchester County building trades strike, which halted thousands for two months and cost about 1 million, is nearly resolved. The unions and employers are changing bargaining approaches.
Philadelphia Director of Public Health Muartim issues an order to buy ferrets and hire rat catchers. He aims to wage a vigorous war on rats to prevent a smallpox epidemic now threatening the city.
In Coshocton Ohio James Smith age 14 fired a gun at his brothers Al bert 10 died instantly Eu gene 19 was blinded and fatally wounded by an accidental discharge. The incident occurred as a playful warning at the family farm of Johnn Wesly Smith a wealthy farmer. Nearby Clifton Arizona cloudburst sent a wall of water eight feet high down Chase creek with several bodies recovered and the drowned count expected to reach twenty. Chase Creek area housed Mexican workers for the Arizona Copper Company.
Willis J. Bailey Kansas governor and Ida B. Weede wed in the First Congregational Church auditorium Kansas City officiated by Rev J F Tifield. The ceremony was simple with no music rings or attendants.
A forest fire north of Ely Lake Minnesota is consuming standing timber and thousands of dollars in cordwood. With no rain soon the timber loss could be enormous as flames appear in a dozen directions.
Fire gutted the Pekin revenue board building and prompted demolition of the rites building to halt fumes from spreading to the foreign section. The revenue building reportedly housed 4,000,000 tavls as part of the destruction.
One of the year’s notable weddings occurred at St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland as Miss Ruth Hanna daughter of Senator M A Hanna wed Joseph Medill McCormick of Chicago. President Roosevelt attended as a guest.
One man was killed and several others badly hurt in a runaway car crash on the Wilum Rock Park electric railway in San Jose California. Deputy Assessor Wolmah Goodrich was killed outright.
An east bound Santa Fe passenger train delayed by four days in Kansas collided with a west bound Missouri Pacific freight at Pleasant Hill Missouri. Both engines damaged. One passenger slightly hurt. Floods threaten East St. Louis with as many as thirty deaths feared as embankments fail and residents flee.
Bradstreet's weekly review reports iron production at the greatest level ever recorded and prices firm. Trade remains reasonably quiet with gross railroad earnings for May 12 up 12 percent over 1902. Crop damage reports are described as exaggerated.
Judge Rabb of Fowler Indiana appoints Fred Chase guardian of his insane son and orders a $300000 bond to secure the guardianship and protection of both the boy and his property.
James Wilcox, convicted of Nellie Cropsey's murder in Elizabeth City North Carolina, will serve thirty years in the State prison as the Supreme Court upholds the lower court verdict. Clara Nichols of the Chicago Tribune, society editor, dies in elevator crush at Tribune Building. relatives reside in Alton Illinois.
The weekly weather bureau crop report notes heavy rains in the lower Missouri central Mississippi and Ohio valleys disrupt farming and damage crops. Some regions need rain while others enjoy favorable temperatures, with planting resuming in Nebraska and Iowa and spring wheat and oats showing varied prospects across states.
The weekly review notes unfavorable developments in New York amid greater conservatism. May railway earnings rose 12.7 percent from last year and 25.4 percent from 1901, with iron and steel contracts deferred and US Steel buying 105,000 tons of pig iron for Q3. Export demand grows while fabric and interior trade stall, floods and strikes crimping Western activity. wool, cotton, and footwear sectors show limited gains. Wheat and corn exports for the week and fiscal year are provided with year over year comparisons.
A severe thunderstorm with strong winds tore through the Pittsburg region, killing a man and a boy. It caused extensive property damage before authorities described the scene and the aftermath.
Market notes show varied prices across cities for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Prices include Chicago hogs 5.00 to 6.30, wheat No 2 around 5te to Toe, corn 46 to 49c, oats 33 to 35c, butter 12 to 21c, eggs 12c, and regional ranges in Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York with multiple commodities and grades listed.
The Pope favors American judges for Italians not only for financial reasons but to aid the torpid Roman nobility. The National Board of Vice-Underwriters concludes it is unwise to influence legislators. A cave-in at the Liberty Bell mine near Telleride Colorado crushed two men and injured two others.
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