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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1903
Page
2
Telegram from Elkhart to Rev. and Mrs. Galpin announces the death of O. Z. Hubbell in Ontario California from septic endocarditis. He leaves a wife and three children and was born in Huntington Indiana. He studied at Butler High School and the University of Indiana before editing the Butler Record and later the DeKalb County Republican.
The obituary notes Mr. Hubbell a former principal in Monroeville Butler and Bristol schools who moved to Elkhart in 1882 to practice law. He served in the Indiana state senate in 1888 and held strong Masonic and fraternal ties. Mrs. Hubbell linked to Bristol families, and burial plans may shift to California per church and local notice. Gun Club elects officers with shoots on alternate Tuesdays.
Major James D. Braden of the Ninth Indiana recalls Shiloh on the first day and defends Grant as one of history’s great generals. He notes Wallace’s defense of his own conduct and praises Wallace’s fighting in the right flank amid difficult terrain and muddied roads.
The Indiana Bankers Association will hold its annual convention in South Bend from September 1 to 15. An estimated 300 to 400 bankers from across the state are expected to attend after the executive committee chose South Bend at a meeting held Thursday at the Hotel Denison in Indianapolis.
The post office department has prepared and distributed a new stamped envelope system in four values: one cent a green circular stamp with Franklin, two cent brick red oval with Washington, four cent brown square with Grant, and five cent blue eclipse with Lincoln. Stamps are embossed busts and larger, with simpler decoration.
President D. J. Whitehead and Secretary S. A. Hoover of the Farmers' Mutual Aid Society adjusted the loss on Samuel Winer's barn one and a half miles north of Elkheart, destroyed by lightning Sunday night. The adjustment on barn and contents was four hundred dollars.
LaPorte a brief profile notes Harry C Arms of Elkhart active in home education work. A former president of Elkhart Congress No. 1 Modern Samaritans he is described as writer speaker and public figure known for his homely genius that made him famous in local circles.
A fatal shooting linked to the Elks Carnival in South Bend leads investigators to Michael Schrick. Authorities report the killing occurred during the event as it moved toward Michigan City Prison.
Henry Swearingen of South Bend was convicted of manslaughter for stabbing Michael Schricker of East St. Louis in a South Bend saloon. He received a sentence of two to 21 years in Michigan City prison and faces possible parole after two years. The trial revealed a crosswise knife wound and no specific murder threat, with Swearingen expressing relief at the manslaughter agreement.
Mrs Elizabeth A Masters of Nappanee files for divorce from James L Masters claiming his mania for money caused gross cruelty. They married 1888 with six of her children from a prior marriage and two of his. She cites neglected medical aid after a fall, a cold room, and $4 cloak purchase as triggers, and seeks 6000 alimony plus division of substantial property interests including 108 acre Kosciusko farm and Nappanee assets valued at tens of thousands.
Maria D. Kessler was granted a divorce from Adolph in Elkhart. The couple are local residents and the ruling formalizes their separation.
Geo Wehmeyer was the successful bidder among eight for the Goshen High School job with a bid of 42 556 42 dollars. He furnished bond to complete the building by February 14 1904.
The court overruled Riley Brown's bid for a new trial. He was convicted of larceny and will serve one to three years at Jeffersonville.
Russell N. Kellogg and wife Orilla A. acquire the Puterbaugh Building from George L. Puterbaugh, William C. and Jessie C. Puterbaugh for 22000. Har man and Zigler, attorneys for the sellers, oversaw closing. Kelloggs, residents of Three Rivers, plan to move to the city and reside there, already owning the S. B. Short and Rice blocks.
Police arrest Bitten Sicilians on murder case linked to a Mafia counterfeiting gang. Italian suspects provide meeting place and evidence found by officers, signaling a rapid break in the barrel mystery.
Elkhart bookkeeper under name C R Krabell was bound over by U S Commissioner Harper in Goshen on a federal obscenity charge for mailing a letter to H B Burchardt of Cincinnati on October 17 1902. Bond set at 300 for May term appearance. He claims the letter was a joke to frighten a visiting friend and not truly obscene.
Police describe a violent murder scene where a blood stained burlap wrap found around the victim's neck and a bundle recovered in the case indicate a deadly struggle. All prisoners are said to be armed and resisted fiercely.
In Joplin Missouri fears of more rioting grow after last night’s lynching race war. Denunciations of negroes spread on corners and hotheads urge clearing the town of black residents tonight. Several hundred deputies may be sworn in, and over twenty houses damaged with six destroyed.
Preparations began in Lafayette for a fourth legal bid to prevent Moses Fowler Chase, a young millionaire, from being committed to an asylum by his father. Guardian Charles Duhme and his wife Mrs. Duhme arrived with the boy, who recently left a Paris sanitarium. The aunt has managed custody since age five, and three prior attempts to declare insanity failed.
A divorce was granted today to Cora Dygert from Walliam. The parties are residents of Elkhart.
April 16 report from Jefferson City states Lieutenant Governor Lee left for Chicago via Kansas City while a grand jury investigates legislative bribery. Circuit Attorney Folk asked Kansas City authorities to detain him if needed, as Lee is a key witness and may be avoiding service.
Attorneys Dodge and Dodge filed a motion for a new trial in Western Union Telegraph Co v Mary A Swan et al on bond. The jury had returned a verdict for the defendant days earlier. The motion rests on affidavits from Herman D. Jones J S Dodge and Paul Sutcliff and will be argued later.
Judge Ferrall announces I. O. Wood republican and Aaron Work democrat from Elk Hart named to the county board of review. The board will meet in June to pass on the assessors' returns.
The Swearingen case ended unexpectedly on Wednesday leaving the court with little to do today. Swearingen will be taken to Michigan City soon. Mrs. Swearingen remains in Goshen and spends much time with her husband. They wed in Michigan City last February.
Chicago April 16 The gas teamsters strike remains unchanged up to 10 oclock with pickets arrested for violating the injunction restraining them from picketing the gas plants. Teeming interests fail to end agreements with the Teamsters Union.
The court has dismissed the case of Consolidated Paper Company versus Elkhart Iron Works Company. No further action is noted and the matter is closed.
Minna Williams, an English governess employed by Albert Reitlinger in London, arraigned on charges of stealing gems and furs valued at $30,000. She confessed her guilt, saying the theft occurred three days after she began working for the family.
The county commissioners bought a $400 span of horses for Superintendent Warden to use at the county farm. Harness was purchased at J. B. Andrews'.
Hile and Baker filed a case by number to obtain proper service and advance legal proceedings. The action focuses on ensuring returns of process and official notification to involved parties.
In New London Connecticut on April 16 a distinguished party including James J. Hill witnessed the launch of the steam ship Minnesota, the largest ship ever built in an American shipyard. Clara Hill, daughter of James J. Hill, christened the vessel with a wine bottle breaking over its bows.
Orthopedist Dr Lorenz reached Chicago and went to J Ogden Armour’s residence to remove the cast from Lolita Armour’s hip. He stated the operation should be successful and stated confidence in the outcome.
County Clerk Kinney received the pound copies of the laws passed by the late legislature and they were distributed among the lawyers. Four boxes of the books were shipped to Goshen. Gov. Durbin will issue his proclamation in a few days declaring the laws in force.
Defendants paid the $593 verdict plus $248.35 in court costs for witnesses. The change of venue cost LaGrange County $232.80.
The Toledo Bee reports Clarence B. Bertholf of Lake Shore obtained a divorce from Florence Bertholf who resides in Elk Hart without dispute.
Moscow April 16. The Ibor nek newspaper urges the seizure of Constantinople by the Russian Black Sea fleet with an army of 200000. It argues the coup could succeed as no power would dare challenge such a bold move to resolve the Balkan problem.
John Nveringham aged 34 and Sarah L. Newell aged 32 both of Bristol were granted marriage licenses.
The southbound Louisville and Nashville passenger train was wrecked by an open switch at Castleberry, 100 miles south of Montgomery, this morning. The mail clerk and fireman were killed and several passengers injured.
A conversation between a young physician and an old doctor reveals tensions between medical advice and income. The young doctor worries exercise guidance may reduce earnings, while the veteran reassures that patient welfare drives practice, not profit.
County commissioners awarded seven bridge contracts with work starting immediately. Elkhart Bridge Company won the Buck Creek Perry township plate girder bridge superstructure contract for 1460 dollars. The same type bridge over Mud Creek in Lawrence township went to the Wikhart Company for the superstructure.
Chicago labor tensions eased as about 30 000 union teamsters abandoned the strike and returned to their jobs this morning, ending a standoff with associated Chicago teaming interests.
Team owners threatened to cancel all agreements with the teamstone if the men refused to return by one day. The strike was unauthorized and national officers of the Teamsters Union ordered the men back to work.
Official dispatch from Constantinople reports a special mission to pacify Albanians is surrounded by about a hundred Albanians who refuse reforms and demand an Albanian governor. The mission crew remains effectively prisoners, highlighting unrest in the region.
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair are decapitated and their skulls will be used in New York courts to challenge witnesses Mas and Morrine who testified the husband died first. Heirs' attorneys say surgeons who examined the skulls will testify it was impossible for Fair to have died first.
Dr. James Gatrell, 72, once wealthy and influential, was hanged in Butler Missouri this morning for the murder of D. B. Donegan a Colorado miner. He killed Donegan during a hunting trip on a lonely road and robbed the corpse.
Charles May was hanged in St Joseph Missouri for the murder of Robert Martin after a quarrel at a dance. He had been released two months earlier from a penitentiary where he served time for killing another man.
In St Louis on April 17 Lieutenant Governor Lee failed to arrive as promised and is believed to have traveled to Chicago. If he does not report to the grand jury he may be regarded as a fugitive from justice.
Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, wife of the pugilist, died this morning in New York after a two day illness from typhoid pneumonia. The fighter was prostrate and at her bedside when she passed.
Kansas City report says Bird Taylor, former minor league ball player, was hanged this morning for the murder of Ruth Nollard. He shot her after she refused his attentions. he was a married man.
A morning blaze at Sand Point in St John’s Newfoundland destroyed two freight warehouses. Estimated damage amounts to about a quarter of a million dollars.
Osceola residents hosted Easter gatherings with relatives from Mishawaka Dunkirk and California. The Ladies Aid quilted for Mrs. Ira Boles while others hosted and visited. Several residents, including Mrs. Charles Wood and Mrs. Bancroft, are ill with rheumatism and sickness news includes births and family visits.
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