17 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1903
Page
1
Washington report presents 1902 foreign trade totals showing farm products made up about 3 percent of imports and cotton topping agricultural exports with grain and meat following. Despite larger quantities, price drops reduced cotton value and other farm exports suffered declines in value versus the prior year.
Inspectors from the post office department continue their inquiry with no major developments Tuesday. The force has grown at the fourth assistant postmaster general’s office as Inspector Fosnes, a Cuba pest former director general, aids the probe. Inspector Thorpe of New York, back from the inquiry here, is examining recent salary and allowance adjustments for New York City post office clerks.
The Reina Christina, Dewey sunk in Manila Bay, has been floated and beached. Skeletons of about eighty crew were found in her hulk, including an officer with a sword. Fifteen shell holes mark the hull. the main injection valve is missing, indicating scuttling as Montejo fled. The hull remains in fair condition.
Russell Sage, in his role as chairman of the finance committee for the German American Real Estate Title Guaranty Company, was called on to pay 40000 for making loans that disadvantaged himself and the parties he represented.
Washington Ind special reports Montgomery in Daviess county facing threats to burn and dynamite the town unless $2500 is paid into a glass jar at a bridge west of town. This follows three arson attempts in three weeks including a school fire and two other blazes with no traceable incendiary found.
Reginald C. Vanderbilt of New York, youngest son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, marries Kathleen G. Nielsen also of New York in a private Newport villa ceremony. About 150 guests, mostly New Yorkers, attend the noon wedding with a white decor theme and a Mendelssohn procession. The couple depart for Sandy Point then a three month European tour.
Early Tuesday New York police uncovered a murder when they found the body of a man, likely Italian, inside a barrel on East Eleventh street near the docks. The throat was cut, the corpse warm, and a bloodstained coat hung from the barrel. A woman on her way to work alerted authorities, and investigators believe the killer planned to dump the body into the river but fled when the pier was blocked.
News confirms heavy death toll in Evergreen region as tornado near Feterman and Burnt Corn devastates yards, barns, residences and fences. Ten killed and numerous structures destroyed with losses running into thousands.
Dr Adolph Lorenz, famed for bloodless georgical operations, arrives on the steamer Lahn from Genoa. He plans to go to Chicago to remove the hip cast of Lolitia Armour, daughter of J Ogden Armour, and perform further procedures.
A Saturday night cloudburst flooded Hartford City Indiana causing extensive damage. Streets and basements filled as 10 foot water depths covered areas near East Main street. In Jeffersonville Indiana County Commissioner and Mrs. T P Raymond drowned near Logue Creek after attempting to cross.
In St. Paul Roosevelt travels with secret service protection and keeps a large pistol in his overcoat pocket. Governor Van Sant discovers the firearm when they switch coats, and Roosevelt reassures him that the coat belongs to the president.
Jersey City special Arthur Holden claims world title by leaping backward from a nine two feet piledriver into the Hudson River. He performed a somersault on descent, struck water feet first amid a spray, then swam to a nearby float. Holden followed with a second double somersault from twenty feet.
The Kaiser orders modernization of the Berlin and Potsdam palaces with heating lighting and elevators to reflect American standards. The upgrades aim to remove past discomforts and bring the residences up to contemporary conveniences.
Shreveport special reports that the slain man accused of killing Mrs. Alice Matthews and whose body was burned early Sunday morning was proven innocent beyond any doubt this week. The Times-Democrat notes the verdict raises questions about the judge's haste.
Reports on Mrs Ida Flagler’s improving condition after Millionaire Flagler won a divorce on insanity grounds circulate in New York. Flagler has since remarried and friends insist there was no chance of recovery at the time of the divorce.
New York philanthropist An son Phelps Stokes has patented a circular spherical floating battery to defend harbors. The vessel would carry two large guns, with rigid mounting and counterpoises, differing from the Russian disappearing-gun design and not self propelled.
Washington special reports Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, government chemist, puzzled by all boarders turning bright pink from his diet. The color change alarms some yet none feel ill, and boarders joke the hue aids looks while fearing arsenic is the cause. Wiley refuses to name the poison.
President Roosevit relocates from Blacksnakes to Slough Creek eight miles away and plans to stay several days there. He then moves to Lake Yellowstone fifty miles from Cinnabar and will remain until ready to depart the park.
In Richmond special coverage the House of Delegates voted 63 to 18 to remove from the bench Clarence J. Campbell of Amherst County for cowhiding Rev Dr Crawsop of the State Anti Saloon League. The resolution moves to the Senate for concurrence.
Rome is described as altered and empty with no cabs and sparse streetcars as strikers threaten and troops guard the city. Foreigners leave but many cannot reach safety while hotels are strained and boarding houses fear losses. The Pope calls the strike a two edged sword and Easter services fear disruption. Arbtration is proposed to settle the printers dispute.
Denver special reports a meeting of live stock men from a dozen western states convened by John W. Springer of the National Live Stock Association. The group vowed to oppose the 500 million merger scheme and considered forming a new packing line with pledges from major cattle producers. The federal government awaits a move to prosecute alleged unlawful conspiracy against interstate commerce.
The new cup defender Reliance was floated at the UWerres hoff shops at 5 40 Sunday afternoon. Miss Nora Iselin daughter of C Oliver Iselin managing owner christened the yacht amid cheers and steam yacht whistles.
A burglar locked inside overnight at St Mary's Cathedral Vienna stole the statue's diamond ear rings pearl necklace and jeweled bracelets valued at 10090 dollars. He fled before morning service as worshipers filled the church.
The Pennell inquest before Justice Murphy yielded no light on the Burdick murder case. It did not determine if Arthur R. Pennell and his wife died by their own action or were killed in the March 10 auto plunge into Gehre's quarry.
Louisville special reports an inquiry into cruelty by attendants at Lakeland asylum near Louisville. Testimonies reveal patients subjected to punishments including beating with a sock slingshot containing a potato or other hard vegetable. Witnesses fear retaliation if they disclose full details.
A premature explosion during target practice on the battleship Iowa at Pensacola injures five and kills three sailors. The dead are Seaman iele, Ordinary Seaman Percell, and Gunner's Mate Berry. the wounded include Gaught Thursdale Brown Mansdale and Purducker. Debris breached the deck and armor, with no serious injuries aboard other decks.
The Minnesota will be the largest ship built in the United States and one of the world's biggest, launching at New London Connecticut on April 16. Miss Hill, daughter of James J. Hill, will name her. She measures 630 feet long 75 feet 6 inches beam and 96 feet keel to upper deck with nine decks.
The lesson from Romans 13 emphasizes love as the fulfilling of all law, urging Christians to honor authorities, pay taxes, and live temperate, righteous lives. It presents love as the guiding principle for civic duties and personal conduct, with calls to awake to duty and put on Christ.
A New York Evening Post item explains how florists and confectioners let customers charge orders by phone to send flowers or candies. The bill appears the following month, with the sender’s name often known by the seller to avoid public exposure of nonpayment.
In Russia a child of ten cannot leave home for school without a passport, and common ser vants and peasants need one to travel from their residence. A Moscow or St Petersburg gentleman cannot host a long visit without notifying the police. Porters must report arrivals and departures, and each passport incurs a charge.
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