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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
3
A large Bedford crowd met at the courthouse to urge using Bedford stone for the new post office, not brick. The meeting named W H Martin as chair and H P Pearson as secretary, adopted resolutions urging Congress to secure funding or postpone if needed.
Ernest Black, 27, of Quincy Indiana, killed when a massive pile driving iron crushed his head at the Monon round house near New Albany. The accident occurred as he leaned to oil parts, the weight dropped, severing his head and killing him instantly. Coroner to decide, body sent to Quincy for burial.
Affidavits filed in Squire Kinney's Columbus court grow out of the alleged whitecapping of William T. Van Nest of South Bethany Bartholomew county. Defendants Charles Stull Joseph Stull Charles Seitz Ken Clark John Burkhardt and James Kitts are charged with riotous conspiracy for night time beating and wounding Van Nest. Penalty ranges two to fourteen years in prison and up to $2000 fine. Residents remain in sympathy with Van Nest who fears death threats if he stays. The Indianapolis News editorial comment on recent whitecappings is noted.
Drs A J McDonald and F E Stipp amputated the left arm of E L Johnson three inches below the shoulder. He was severely injured last February when a tree he was chopping fell on him, causing multiple broken ribs and a broken shoulder. He endured cold exposure and pneumonia, with arm decay forcing the operation. Johnson is recovering but weak, with hopeful final recovery.
Patrolman William Shinn stood trial in Monroe Circuit Court on a homicide charge for shooting at a fleeing burglar near Carter Perring’s home. The fleeing figure was later identified as Charles Carr, fifteen. Carr’s friends say Shinn knew who he was shooting and that precautions were lacking as officers chased the intruder. Special counsel were hired by Carr’s friends to aid the prosecution amid strong local feeling.
Tuesday R E Plummer appointed to divide Cyrus Douglas deceaseds personal property at Dorman L Douglass home near Leesville along Sparksville pike. Heirs Crede Harrison Douglass and Mrs Laura Beavers. Among items were old newspapers from Bedford Stars circa 1880 and Browns town clippings back to 1856 regarding war times.
Jonce Coleman returned from Chicago with a contract to enlarge the Stubble Stone mill located north of the S. I. shops. The project calls for a 125 foot extension per the specifications.
Conductor Charles Wilson has been appointed trainmaster of the Southern Indiana railroad. Trainmaster Smith is transferred to the Chicago division. Samuel Hundlman succeeds Wilson as passenger conductor on the 5 1.
A quote from the Indianapolis Star criticizes placing a brick and terra cotta public building in Bedford, arguing it would be a monumental insult to the stone region. The remark frames local sentiment about architectural choices and regional character.
W. H. West has taken a position in a general insurance office at Louisville and will move his family there.
The City Council held a special session Tuesday night to hear remonstrances against the M Street improvement from 13th to 10th. There were no remonstrances, and the plans and specifications were adopted and the work ordered let.
Indianapolis firm promises July start for 500000 No.1 paving blocks to Bedford project manager Ewing Shields. Shipment begins late July with 123000 blocks, continuing monthly through October, to complete the order. Stone contractor Gyger can deliver stone within one week, preventing delays. Principal contact W. W. Winslow of Indiana Paving Brick & Block Co. confirms commitment and site visit.
The Department of Agriculture reports six years of seedless tomato work at Prof Halstead’s New Jersey Experiment Station. The Giant tomato, a seedless variety from Golden Sunrise crossed with Dwarf Champion, flowers to November frosts and often bears no seeds or many seeds. Other seedless types are dwarf, while Wisconsin tests by E P Sandston show seedless results from fertilizer use. Propagation is by cuttings.
Samuel Johnson, a ventriloquist from Wilmington, caused panic at a Denton Maryland funeral by making voices from the coffin as it was lowered. Mourners cried out and fled. pallbearers dropped the casket. He was arrested on disorderly conduct and malicious mischief charges and bound over for further hearing. He vows not to perform in cemeteries again.
The Ringling circus will perform in Crawfordsville on July 10 but will not travel south on the Monon railroad. A previous Crawfordsville engagement sparked a dispute with the railroad, leading to a rumored agreement to disagree.
Town Marshal Cheek of Mitchell reports Police Courts in Cement City are working overtime administering the terrors of the law to wrongdoers. The President has sent Charles Arms of Clarksville Tennessee a medal for saving three men in a September 1906 wreck.
A roundup notes residents visiting friends in Orleans and neighboring towns. Tornadoes strike Medicine Lodge Kansas injuring six and destroying twenty five homes. Dinner hosted for Har ter Allen of Cuyahoga Falls. Indian Territory farmer earns 51620 from potato crop with prospect of 1000 more from a second harvest. The Monon railroad finishes graveling in the north and plans work in the south. Wever Poulman wedding adds social activity in Indianapolis.
Railroad section men on two sections near Jasonville have walked out demanding daily pay rise from 1.35 to 1.75 dollars. Foremen report some crews working alone as talks with the company continue. workers vow to stand firm until the raise is granted.
United States Senator James A. Siemenway has returned to Boonville Indiana from Washington and began cutting wheat on his Warrick county farm. He discovered a farm baseball club formed by local boys, led by a deaf mute pitcher from the Indiana Deaf Mute School in Indianapolis, and he has long supported home teams financially.
The Bloomington Star reports Rev. Mr. Telfer’s opposition to Sunday railroad and carriage excursions. He argues Sunday outings are common among churches, yet they burden workers like stable hands and hotel staff. He urges fair chances for recreation and cautions against branding Sunday pleasure as sinful.
Ed Mattingly and his crew Harry Yeager Joseph Yeager Will Ball and Al Linkenbach worked near Tunnelton this afternoon to remove lamps seats and brass fixtures from two wrecked passenger coaches. After the stripping is done the coaches will be burned.
Herald Hubert Miller and Blanche Dalton, Frank L. Paulman and Ada P. Weaver, Henry Ward and Anna Brown, Andrew J. Johnson and Lucy E. Mc Dermed, Jesse R. Souders and Delma Reynolds listed as paired entities in a community notice.
A collection of fine colored lithographed Bedford scenes on postcards has been received by Dodd and Douthitt. The prints were produced in Germany.
Two deputy fish commissioners arrived Tuesday seeking illegal sales of game fish. A buggy delivered sacks of white perch and catfish to A R Carter’s restaurant. The fish were sent by Frank Moody and Garfield Hoppingarner of Ft Ritner. Carter sold a few perch to one deputy before the officers revealed their authority and seized the fish. Seven charges were filed against Carter Moody and Hoppingarner. most were quashed, Carter and Moody fined five dollars plus twenty eight dollars costs. Hoppingarner to stand trial Friday at 10. Carter later assaulted a deputy, incurring a five dollar contempt fine. Support for Carter grows amid questions about game law fairness.
The B. and Ohio Southwestern issues slow orders banning trains from exceeding six miles an hour in tunnels. Previously speeds through tunnels approached average road speeds. The measure follows the Tunnelton wreck where crew and passengers narrowly escaped death.
Special agents and examiners are sought by the Interstate Commerce Commission for investigations under interstate commerce laws. Positions include Indiana exam Aug 1 with $1,500 salary plus travel, and other roles in agriculture and chemistry with July 17 or July 24 tests. J R Pope sought tax relief for railway right of way across multiple townships totaling about 127 acres.
The board refused Mr Pope's request to reduce assessed valuation arguing the right of way shows no returns to the company as the road has not been constructed. The average valuation is about 34.58 per acre, per Martinsville Reporter.
B F Keithley was seated in his buggy when the horse bolted at screen doors in the Wallner mill area. The buggy turned over and Keithley, crippled, was dragged about 50 feet before a passerby rescued him. He likely has a cracked rib and facial bruises but is not believed seriously injured.
Smedley and Co. abandoned a well on George Jackson farm near Leesville after drilling about 200 feet. Oil appeared at 150 feet but flowed away with water. only good drinking water remains. The well is cased and to be used for water.
Parker died at her daughter’s home in Owensburg of nervous prostration. Funeral at First Presbyterian Church in the city Friday at 1 30 p m conducted by Rev Findley, burial Greenlawn. Millirons died at her daughter’s home on West 14th Street of consumption aged 49. Funeral Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev R S Hyde, burial Beech Grove. McElhanney Nellie 12 died of meningitis at 14th and 1st, shipped next morning to Warren Ind for burial. Bright Mrs Richard of Buddha died Wednesday of peritonitis aged 68 years 8 months 20 days. Funeral Friday at 2 o’clock, burial Buddha.
A fine daughter was born on Thursday to Mr and Mrs Jason Clark of West 22nd Street.
George Ellis sues Consolidated Stone Co. in Bloomington for 10000 alleging negligence after a June 8 quarry accident. He claims a load of spawls weighing hundreds of pounds struck him injuring head back arms and spine, leaving him unconscious for hours. He says pre accident earnings were 2 per day and incurred 25 for medical care plus 25 for nurse care. Attorneys are R. L. Morgan and Cyrus E. Davis. Case may be set for October term.
Last night about 8 o'clock a bicycle collision occurred at 16th and L streets involving Britton Smith and Dick McCart. Smith was uninjured while McCart was thrown into a ditch, skinned, and his wheel damaged.
Judge Wilson appoints William F. Brooks as Judge of the Juvenile Court to serve during the Circuit Court vacation. Mrs. Lillie Estes remains seriously ill with stomach trouble and shows no improvement today.
John Youell a bin man at the Mitchell cement plant suffered a serious Wednesday accident causing the loss of his left eye and doubt over his right eye’s recovery. He was waiting for cement to flow through a chute when a rush of finely ground cement splashed onto him filling the eyes. Doctors claim to have removed an ounce of cement from each eye.
Deputy Fish Commissioners found a trammel net at Fred Bringhans premises and Bringhans paid a $3 fine and costs in Justice Owens' Court after denying ownership. In Mitchell cases against Burton Brown Thompson Evans liquor law indictments mostly defective. new papers to be prepared for next Tuesday before Special Judge John H. Underwood. Florence Benson pleaded guilty to intoxication in Judge Iseminger's court, paying a total of $11 in fine and costs.
Local wholesale liquor dealers decry branch agencies shipping into Kentucky dry towns. They pay city, county and federal taxes totaling 395 annually, while branch houses face 25 annual retail license costs. Dealers say shipments from Louisville warehouses bypass direct limits, creating unfair competition. The issue may be raised at the city council meeting next Monday night.
A large thirty-one pound raccoon owned by Miss Mamie Hedden escaped its cage Monday night and raided three hen roosts. It killed twenty two chickens at Adolphis Fairhurst, ten ducks four turkeys and eighteen chickens at Ernest Keiths, then twenty two chickens five hens and a young guinea at Bart Lamb’s. Mrs Hedden compensated for the damage.
Forecaster De Voe predicts a severe Mississippi valley storm may shift south then northeast bringing a cold wave across northern and eastern states for two weeks. Tornado risk rises in the southwest as a cyclone nears the West Indies on July 1, influencing U S weather for the holiday. The Supreme Court reverses Judges Artman and Christian on liquor license law and states it has no legislative power.
Fred Hodges Monon extra passenger engineer in a recent wreck near Green Castle is blamed not found, placed in charge of another train as extra. Officials investigated and found no fault, reflecting Hodges popularity among railroad men.
State Board of Health warns of tetanus risk from toy pistols fireworks and wounds, especially in July. Guidance covers immediate wound care, antiseptics, cautery as needed, and urgent antitetanic serum injection. Recommends removing foreign matter, letting wounds bleed, and abolishing toy pistols to prevent fatalities.
Wicker shut Indianapolis out 3 to 0 with 6 hits and 7 strikeouts. Southern Indiana reports a heavy cantaloupe and fruit crop despite scarce cherries. C E Crawford attended the Paulman Weaver wedding then traveled to Pinhook to visit his parents before returning to Terre Haute for summer normal classes. The infant Willard Gee was buried in Burns City after dying yesterday. They traveled over the Monon at 10:33 and reached the Southern Indiana line at noon.
Elmer Scott formerly of Oolitic was taken to City Hospital in Cincinnati after a possible strychnine poisoning at Morris Mohr's cafe on Walnut Street. He is slowly recovering, and records show a $380 balance in a Union Savings Bank and Trust account, plus a $10 cash deposit the same morning. He is linked to a past Bedford indictment for arson and crimes involving liquor, with a history of insanity and prior stays in an Indianapolis asylum.
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