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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
113
A gas explosion in a large Cambria mine near Johnstown Pa traps many workers. Rescue efforts save some, but thirty nine bodies are recovered in the main heading as crowds gather. one identified as Fire Boss Joseph Tomlinson.
Special to Picture reports the peril and heroism at the Johnstown mine as rescuers crawl through fallen rock to reach survivors. They battle roof falls and a roving, frenzied survivor who attacks with a pick handle before eight men are finally brought to the surface in the afternoon light.
Report says shorts totaling millions of bushels privately settled with Gates and partners, triggering a price drop from about 68 to 56 cents before closing near 65 1/2 cents. Gates and Scotten limit comment while observers estimate Gates’s profit will be sizable and divided among multiple investors.
Vienna dispatch reports a fierce Macedonian rebellion in the Monastir area of European Turkey. Rebels held a riverbank position against Turkish regulars and Bashi-Bazouks for days before Turkish forces used women and children as a shield. The attack ended with mass killings, looting, and burning after the rebels were dispersed.
Maj. Estes G. Rathbone, famed for Cuban notoriety, arrives in Hamilton Ohio after three years away. He had been arrested and convicted in Cuba over postal frauds. A planned public demonstration drew little interest and only about a dozen people gathered at the depot.
The Campanile, a detached bell tower of St Mark's Church in Venice, fell at 10 40 Monday morning. Debris covered the Piazza di San Marco and the adjacent squares with no fatalities though several were injured.
Emperor Nicholas II and King Victor Emmanuel of Italy greeted each other on arrival in St Petersburg. A banquet followed in the hall of Peter the Great with cabinet ministers and Italian officials present. Signor Prinett received the insignia of the Order of St Alexander Newski, and both monarchs toasted each other with pledges of friendly ties.
Masked robbers halted the Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge passenger train near Chester Colorado at 8 50 am Monday forcing the engineer to stop at gunpoint. Two safes in the express car were blown open but officials say no loot was secured. Passengers were made to alight and line up beside the track in the canyon.
Four bandits halted the west bound narrow gauge train near Marshall Pass in a wild mountain country. Passengers were relieved of money and valuables with many discarding watches and jewelry before the robbers searched them. Heavy losses were reported as tourists were among those robbed.
Memorial services for Lord Pauncefote, former British ambassador in Washington, took place at noon in the chapel royal, St James's Palace with the American embassy present. King Edward’s representative and the Prince of Wales attended, alongside Mr and Mrs Whitelaw Reid, and the Choates. Simultaneously the body was buried at East Stoke near Newark, and wreaths came from the Brooklyn, the American Society of London, and Sir Michael Herbert.
The body of David Merrill, who escaped from the Oregon penitentiary with Harry Tracy on June 9, was found. A bullet wound in the back confirms Tracy's account of a forest duel. Merrill was last seen in camp with Tracy on June 26 in Tunwater canyon, after which Tracy claimed he killed his comrade.
The British premiership ends for Lord Salisbury with the official announcement on Sunday evening. A. J. Balfour is named successor, amid speculation over the cabinet with Chamberlain as a key potential force. Salisbury seeks a quiet life, health declining, as South Africa war ends and Edward VII coronation nears.
The Indianapolis Gas Company informs Mayor Bookwalter it will discontinue natural gas distribution in Indianapolis on September 30. The move follows financial losses and pressure from bondholders, with city officials planning to seek a court order to prevent the shutdown.
Sir Liang Chen Tung named Chinese minister to the United States while new envoys to Russia France and Italy are appointed. The selections show the dowager Empress views diplomacy as unimportant and the appointees are largely unknown. Liang Chen Tung is educated in America a Yale graduate and well regarded by Americans.
Mont Pelee on Saturday night and Sunday showed eruption activity as strong as the previous day. Rocks and ash covered Monne Rouge, Aroups Bouillon and Maconia, forcing temporary uninhabitability. A dense flame column accompanied by thunder like rumbling and electrical phenomena were observed. No fatalities were reported though northern residents panicked. Fort de France stayed calm as a French scientific mission was recalled from Guadeloupe and began heading to Mont Pelee.
Secretary Hay acted through American ambassadors to win foreign support for evacuating Tien-Tsin. France and Germany joined in inviting their generals to withdraw conditions, including keeping Chinese troops 30 kilometers away. With this obstacle removed, a swift transfer of Tien-Tsin to Chinese authorities is anticipated.
General Thomas J. Morgan dies at Yonkers after kidney disease. Born August 17 1839 in Franklin Indiana he served in the Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry and the Seventieth Indiana Infantry in the Civil War rising to brevet brigadier general. He held church academic posts and public service including commissioner of Indian affairs 1889 to 1893 and secretary of the Home Missionary Society.
Mrs. David Jones of Muncie Indiana reported seeing a man she believed was a tramp in her yard on Wednesday morning. The man revealed he was her brother, missing for thirty three years, a mining engineer from Canon City Colorado who came to find his sister. Both were born in South Wales and the family had drifted apart.
The United States battleship Ilinois with Rear Admiral Crowninshield aboard struck the harbor bottom at Christiana Norway due to a faulty steering gear. She will return to England for dry dock repairs.
Governor Durbin endorsed Indiana’s civil war debt check and sent it to the U S assistant treasurer in Chicago for payment. The State finance commission ordered $1,000,000 paid, directing the treasurer to cash the warrant and deposit with Winslow Lanier & Co. of New York. Bonds will be cancelled when warrants are returned. The action is expected to save $60 to $1,000 in New York exchange.
Red Cross estimates total Boer losses at 3 700 killed or died of wounds and 22 40 prisoners with 7 dying. Boer forces in the field numbered about 75 000. The curator of the former Boer government papers has handed British authorities confidential reports detailing Mr Kruger's relations with foreign powers.
Judge John C Nelson a Logansport attorney was nominated Tuesday by the Eleventh district Democrats of Peru Indiana as their congressman candidate. He will oppose Frederick Landis of Logansport.
A special dispatch reports the steamer Portland arriving at St Michaels on July 2 and sailing July 3 for Port Townsend. The telegram sent news up the river to Nulato and Dawson, noting the vessel's good condition.
The White House encounter reveals McKinley’s respect for veterans and memory for names. A Cuban campaign rider from New Haven, later a cowboy, won a commission after meeting the President, who learned his father’s profession and his Yale ties, then sent him to the Philippines.
In Hildesheim Germany a rosebush said to be a thousand years old grows on the mossy wall of St Michael Church. It allegedly bloomed since King Alfred’s era and draws interest after wealthy Englishmen offered 250000 for the tree, which was refused. The tale traces to 1022 via King Louis of Hildesheim.
A Washington Star quip portrays an American millionaire planning to train his son-in-law in poker to curb idleness. The dialogue centers on molding wealth through gambling as a lesson in responsibility and hustle.
Chicago Record-Herald notes a daughter of James J Hill wed an attorney, calling it a pure love match. The remark suggests she knew her father could hire a lawyer if needed within the family.
Two German non commissioned officers received one year and nine months imprisonment each for maltreating a private with such persistence that he killed himself to escape the abuse.
A brief quiz asks how many hogsheads fill 173 439 pint bottles. The Little Chronicle notes the question as a playful problem about wine measurements and production.
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