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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
101
London reports King Edward gravely ill with perityphlit is at Buckingham Palace. Doctors warn of potential complications after an operation as the empire awaits a stable outcome and possible postponement of the coronation. Queen Alexandra remains at the palace as surgeons proceed with care.
The London announcement states the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra is postponed from a designated date for at least three months due to the King's serious illness. The delay affects the naval review and vast public celebrations, though the King hopes London charity dinners proceed. Foreign ambassadors have been notified and will depart soon.
The thirty annual Indiana Lindsay School Union meeting opened in Terre Haute with about delegates attending. President W C Hall of Indianapolis gave an opening address as discussions covered department work and plans for future efforts. The gathering appointed officers and heard reports on primary and Sundayschool departments, with Rev. J Pottier as a featured speaker and Gov. Chaser present.
A fragmentary passage notes a group aims to secure a home and share duties, avoiding overburdening any single member. The tone suggests planned stability and reluctance to depart, signaling prudent, collective stewardship.
Jane Toppan, tried at Barnstatie for Mrs. Gibbs murder, confessed to her senior counsel Judge Frederick M. Bixby that she killed thirty one persons. The victims were patients she nursed, with morphine as the death tool.
The coroner's jury investigates a fire at St Luke's sanatorium. Four employees were jailed then released. Miller and Duivis were re-arrested after the verdict. Officials face charges for neglect aiding helpless patients in barred rooms and for alleged medical practice violations.
County Superintendent George W Ellis, linked to the sale of teachers examination questions via Joseph Hall, left Goshen for Indianapolis to attend a state superintendents meeting. Ellis demands a full investigation, which he says will exonerate him from any connection with the matter.
Detroit jury found William M. Jones guilty of murder in the Heywood case. The verdict followed a brief deliberation after the April 3 shooting and was returned Saturday morning.
Rumors claim a single syndicate from Indianapolis may take over and consolidate multiple interurban lines entering the city. Speculators point to terminal arrangements by Hugh J. McGowan and George F. McCulloch, plus a highway of corroborating signs, while others deny plans.
In San Francisco a British ship Monkbarns arriving from Liverpool after 149 days faced a major fire in the fore hold. Capt. McNeely and crew cut deck holes and pumped water for four days and nights to extinguish the blaze after spontaneous combustion began in cargo of coalium felt and chemicals.
Marcus C. Cory ex township trustee and county charity board president is held on a serious charge raised by the daughter of Thomas Garrett. The girl alleges Cory took her from the orphan home to his house and sent her to South Bend before returning with an attorney to Wabash. A country justice bound him over in $1,000. Cory calls the proceedings blackmail.
A trial day concluded with closing arguments and a lengthy charge delivered by the Tring judge. The proceedings focused on the case and potential life imprisonment as the outcome.
Miss Katie Lacher aged 19 from Hamburg Franklin County died on a South Meridian street car route after falling during a fast stop near Washington and Arizona streets. Her sister Mary cried for the bell to stop the car as the motorman and conductor failed to halt. the car returned to the scene where she lay. An undertaker removed the body to the uncle’s home on South Meridian Street. In a separate case, Charles Shepherd was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing his wife Kegie Shepherd at Redkey. the jury recommended life imprisonment. The trial featured extended arguments by prosecutor Richard H. Hartford and a lengthy judge’s charge covering seventeen points.
A Dawson special reports the resignations of D. W. Davis the Dawson collector of customs and his assistant Alexander A. Cook. The upheaval followed an audit by S. W. McMichael chief inspector and his assistant Mer Belton who arrived two weeks ago to inspect the office books papers and entries.
In Kokomo Indiana on Monday night Howard Dixon and Lena Hart were married by Rev Newlin. Their farm home in the west part of the county burned down discovered by the minister an hour after the ceremony. The bride and groom returned to find themselves homeless.
Virgil Taylor a 23 year old unmarried lineman from Kokomo Indiana and nephew of Police Superintendent Ross Taylor was electrocuted Tuesday afternoon while atop a pole. Working for Citizens Telephone Company he stood on a guy wire that touched a live line and hung for twenty minutes as electricity surged through his belt. His body was lowered by a hook and ladder company and he was the son of Joseph Taylor near Swayzee.
City Marshal Swearingen was shot and killed by S. M. Shipman who refused to surrender. A mob then fired hundreds of bullets into Shipman’s two story house, killing Shipman as deputies and citizens watched for three hours.
A Knoxville, Tennessee incident at a Saturday night garden party led to a desperate brawl. John Kennedy, 45, was killed. Alonzo Burger, Charles Hobbs, and Lincoln Monday were severely wounded. Monday, a three year veteran of the Ninth Infantry, survived the Balangiga and later shot Kennedy after a dispute involving Burger.
A Saturday night blaze in Portland Oregon began in the Wolf and Sewicker iron works plant and swept about six acres. It destroyed the wooden iron works building and spread to adjacent facilities including East Side Lumber Company and Hicks machine shops. Standard Oil warehouses and other small structures burned while oil tanks were saved. The fire halted only after hours and threatened the Madison street bridge area over the Willamette River.
A New Orleans report alleges Boer sympathizers and muleteers recruited sailors for Britain spread disease to South African livestock via incubated virus cases. Claims name a Philadelphia chemist and injections at Lathrop Missouri, with British authorities shifting HQ to Montreal and restricting Louisiana cattle imports.
Delphi Indiana report states the Blue Goose saloon in Burlington was dynamited repeatedly. Church representatives met Sunday night with George Black, the proprietor, who agreed to withdraw his liquor license bid if paid $220. the payment was made Tuesday morning.
Circuit Court Judge Collever held a special session and issued a writ of attachment against the Chicago and Southeastern Railway Company. He directed sheriffs to transfer the railroad's property to receiver Benjamin Simpson. Supreme Court upheld Simpson's appointment, but officers refused to surrender books and property.
The St James Hotel in Dalhias collapsed at 2 o'clock Monday morning trapping about twenty guests. One person died and three injured were hospitalized with sports writer James Nolan among the injured and thought to be internally hurt. Fire and police teams search the ruins as residents await more recoveries.
Mark Welburn aged 16 confessed to arson at Sterling Paper Company's Fordham mill, damage $20,040. He later admitted setting Franklin paper mill fire, destroyer on April 26 causing $11 million loss. He had worked at both mills and claimed motive was to avoid night work.
Five of eight Greensburg councilmen favor removing the hitchrack on sanitary grounds while business leaders largely oppose. After two hours of wrangling Friday night the council left the issue undecided.
Charity Richardson a 16 year old Black resident died at her Corydon Indiana home on Friday night. She formerly came from Meade County Kentucky after being freed from slavery and relocated to the area.
A Shanghai cable to Central News reports the Chinese cruiser Kai-Chi wrecked by a massive blast in the Yangtze river. The ship sank in thirty seconds with 156 officers and men killed or drowned. only two survivors were rescued.
Sydney New Brunswick reports plan to bridge the Canso Strait with a 1800 foot cantilever span, longest in the world. J A L Waddell of Kansas City oversees the $5 000 000 project and is a McGill graduate knighted by Japan. The span crosses Port Hastings to Cape Porcupine, removing crossing delays.
A lengthy 19th or early 20th century critique portrays Georgias Crackers as a distinct degenerate white group. It attributes their condition to climate and slavery prejudices, detailing poverty, malnutrition, alcohol and snuff use, illiteracy, substandard housing, and limited schooling while noting stubborn resilience and possible future improvement.
A Chicago News excerpt recalls a passing man praised as a great lady killer despite not being handsome. The remark centers on a rumor that he invented an exceptionally tight corset style, highlighting humorous gossip about fashion and flirtation.
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