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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1913
Page
6
County Treasurer Ed Jefferies and Auditor A M Taff receive a letter from State Auditor O Brien stressing monthly settlements must be made promptly. The note clarifies advances do not replace monthly settlements and urges remittance of nearly all state funds to relieve daily shortages.
A call to Indiana Democrats to resist opposing presses and factionalism, defend 20 years of power, and support municipal tickets. Also notes Stephenson nephew found dead, Methodist Men convention in Indianapolis, and probate notices in Madison and Decatur counties.
Felix Diaz fled the roof of his Vera Cruz hotel to the American consulate and then to the Wheeling gunboat citing assassination threats by Huerta agents. Diaz and two supporters, plus journalist Alexander Williams, sought refuge under the American flag as tensions in Vera Cruz grow. An American named Blum was arrested by Mexican officers as conditions deteriorate.
Meade Barr, inmate at the Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville, confessed to killing Florence Brown in Dallas Texas while intoxicated after being paroled last April. Superintendent Peyton announced the admission today.
An agreement notes the involvement of D. B. Huntley John Feueretin Frank R. Bengon and Jobo H. Cisco in a contractual matter. The document outlines parties and their consent to terms without detailing specific obligations or outcomes.
A long extract records Articles of Agreement among Democratic and Republican City Central Committees and candidates for the November 4, 1913 election. Provisions cover enforcement of the 1911 Core Upt Practice Act, ban on campaign funds for influence, affidavits for illiterate voters, and cooperation with city officers. Names of committee leaders and many candidates listed, followed by a family history letter from Rochester, N Y, and a separate correspondence about the Shockley family lineage ending with a request for relation details.
Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford Connecticut with a capital of six million dollars, maker of motor vehicles, has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Colonel George Pope, the company's treasurer, was named receiver and will continue the business.
Mexico City reports Huerta preparing an appeal to the United States for recognition after claiming an impartial election met Wilson's conditions. He is also seeking to negotiate a large loan to support his government.
A six hour battle near Ludlow pits Hastings Kerwind and Tabasco miners against mine guards. No details released beyond hundreds of shots exchanged amid a blinding snow storm.
Marion Fitch of Kirksville Missouri won the first award in the drawing for homesteads in the North Platte forest reserve and Niobrara military reservations. The next nine claims went to Nebraska and Kansas people. A total of 76 689 names were registered and an immense crowd attended despite a fierce gale.
Official results from about one third of federal districts show the Huerta and Blanquet ticket ahead by a large margin. In many districts only holders voted, affecting early tallies.
Washington October 28 Justice Hughes of the United States Supreme Court refused a writ of error and supersedeas to W J Cummins the convicted official of the Carnegie Trust Co Cummins must serve his sentence.
New York dispatch reports the mail truck chauffeurs strike ended this afternoon. Postal workers returned to duty as the mails resumed a normal schedule under police guard.
Simon J. Davis of Parker Indiana, 18, dies from Yorktown wreck injuries with two others feared dead. The report references a historical chimney in Venice 1347 and notes an ostrich feather once priced at 350 now valued at 79.
Mr and Mrs Sam Ewing were riding on a county road near Ewington when a bull led by Sherman Lane attacked the buggy. The buggy went into a ditch and Mrs Ewing was bruised while Mr Ewing escaped injury. The bull tossed the horse over a fence into a field then jumped back and led away.
London reports suffragette arson squad set Shirley manor on fire in Bradford causing 250000 dollars in damage. The incident occurred today as authorities investigate the blaze and record the loss.
In San Francisco Dr George H Carson announced a new typhoid fever treatment at a Pacific Coast Railway surgeons meeting. The method uses serum from convalescents, filtered to remove cells, then injected into patients.
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