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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1897
Page
3
Secretary Sherman weighs Cuba Spain fallout while US bankers estimate Americans claim against Spain top $75 million. Law changes threaten Canadian Pacific advantage, shifting through traffic to American lines, with potential multi‑million gains for Union Pacific, Atchison and Northern Pacific as Cuba turmoil deepens.
Incomplete OCR notes allege a claim by Aneeiahy 1 over property losses and mention a commission. Details on parties, dates, and the action are unclear.
Sunny South Nashville reports an unidentified elderly man, possibly Italian, shot dead by unknown assailants near Aspen Bus in Giles County at 2 AM after receiving a White Caps warning to flee. Body found in cabin riddled with bullets amid ongoing tension with black communities.
A head on collision occurred early Saturday when a Chicago division express ran into a Monon engine near Washington street Indianapolis. Engineer William M. Martin age 29 and fireman Thomas C. Jay were on the Monon engine. Martin died in hospital after being scalded in the wreck.
In Atlanta Georgia this morning twenty five black women in the folding department of the Fulton bag and cotton mills sparked a massive strike. The plant closed affecting about two thousand workers as disorder erupted before police reserve forces arrived to quell disturbances.
An explosion during a fire at the Northwestern grain elevator on Cook and West Water streets claims four lives and injures many. Three firefighters die and one man is blown into the Chicago river. Officials suspect a boiler burst or mill dust explosion as the cause. at least fifty injured with about thirty seriously hurt.
Samuel Wolf, a confectioner, offered a cream dish to the boy who could keep his arm longest in an ice cream freezer. Willie Lockwood outlasted rivals with four minutes in the freezing chamber. His arm became frozen and stiff upon withdrawal and he was taken to City Hospital where doctors warned amputation might be necessary.
Rumor from Nashville claims Eastern capitalists aim to buy Brown County land to create a large game preserve with deer wild fowl and fish raised in artificial lakes. Keepers would maintain fences and grain plots for the animals, raising questions for local Amish settlers and landowners amid rising foreign bids.
The piece notes rising gold fever in Brown county driven by newly found creek money. It suggests locals who have eked out farm wages may sell Creek land if fortunes turn, and warns of possible cheaper land if mining prospects fail next year. It also reports the fatal shooting in Montezuma, detailing James J. McLaughlin killing Willam Robertson after a tavern confrontation.
An excursion from Rockport attended the monument ceremony. General Veatch gave a patriotic address, followed by R. T. Kercheval. Older residents, friends of the Lincoln family, shared Lincoln reminiscences and pioneer life stories.
A Sabbath tragedy in Carlisle near Wabash river leaves four citizens drowned at Hyatt's Ferry and one crushed by an Evansville Terre Haute freight train. The dead include Grant Hammond and Abner and their spouses, plus Charles Hines. Clothing found on the river bank suggests drowning during a bathing incident while a rescue attempt was underway.
The article notes name changes on Short Eighth Street in New Albany to Klondire. It reports a coal miners strike boosting cordwood business, Bluffton bidding on asphalt paving worth about 120000 dollars, Huntingburg fining 13 bicyclists for riding on sidewalks, and all Connerville furniture mills operating full-time. Studebaker in South Bend rushes orders, Winchester discovers a two million cubic foot daily gas well near New Mt. Pleasant, a Clay City mechanic near completion of a road machine, 17 year old Jesse Barnes sleeping through a fall from a window into a flower bed, and Rogers oil well near Petersburg producing two barrels daily of unusually good quality.
The state Legislature enacts uniform start for county treasurers on January 1 and fixes over holding over of incumbents. An attorney general opinion addressed the Bartholomew County case involving John Walker and W Rithwick, clarifying the transition dates.
Southern Indiana miners led by Coxeyite protestors march from Linton to Petersburg while Debs and leaders discuss riot charges. Turtle Creek camp quiet aside from minor actions as Plum Creek supply lines report twenty new accessions and total workers drop. Oak Hill and Sandy Creek mines halt work. Camp costs shrink and strict military discipline is in effect with daily/planned marches to Plum Creek until De Armitt mine suspension ends.
One hundred strikers left Linton Wednesday for Petersburg and Little's mines where miners continue working. The brigade led by Jefferson Pickett from Coxey's march will be equipped for two days with provisions and cooking gear. They plan roll calls daily and expect to be joined by 100 more miners at Petersburg.
In Parkersburg a sweeping injunction, granted this afternoon in U S court on James Sloan Jr s application, restrains Eugene V Debs and associates from interfering with or molesting Monongah Coke and Coal Company management or employees. It bars trespass on company property or approaches and blocks inciting strikes, effectively limiting any future agitation near the Monongah mines.
In Canton Ohio special coverage reports over one hundred Osnaburg miners marching with a band to North Industry. They held a meeting, toured local mines, and won agreement that no coal will be mined until current troubles are settled. The visit caused excitement but ended with enthusiasm and no trouble.
Sixty seven coal miners from Linton Greene county hold an Evansville and Indianapolis freight train at Elnora north of Washington Ind. They refuse orders to disembark and Sheriff Leming cannot move them. An injunction may arrest all. The crowd plans to join 100 more men from Alum Cave and Jackson Hill for a mass meeting at Little's.
In Princeton Indiana the southern Indiana miners celebrate after both Ayrshire and Carbon mines finally joined the strike. The walkout for forty eight hours kept coal supply blocked from St Louis and Chicago as the mines closed.
A Tacoma dispatch reports that by July 1 about 500 people were killed by the Mayon volcano on Luzon. Ashes and lava surged June 26 with flames over 100 feet high, as bodies were found at distant sites. Disasters threaten Bacacaca Mafipot and Liboy and many smaller towns as eruption continues.
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports a Wall Street syndicate led by George French manipulated the wheat market over sixty days, buying when prices fell and selling on advances. They accumulated tens of millions of bushels, drove prices up about 15 cents, and booked profits nearing 400 thousand dollars, with further bets on September futures.
The War Department chief of engineers shows Indiana river and harbor work largely stagnant, with no dredging or snag removal on the Wabash above Vincennes and only minimal activity on White river. Michigan City harbor progress is debated, with costs rising from 324 thousand to over 1 million dollars and commerce fluctuating from 208 thousand to about 590 thousand in recent years.
News from Paris Texas reports a peculiar tragedy in Fannin County near Monkstown. Reverend Captain Jones a married preacher eloped with the sixteen year old daughter of Reverend James Wildsby. Wildsby and friends pursued. Jones eluded capture and returned to Texas. Wildsby party later overhauled Jones and shot him dead. Wildsby Yarbrough and four others were arrested at Bonham.
Aberdeen reports over a hundred tramps and harvesters occupied a freight train on the Northern Pacific road last evening. The train was sidetracked and sheriff Ritter and police were called. After hours of delay the tramps were dislodged and the county was said to be overrun with vagrant crowds.
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