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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
125
Three persons drowned and several others injured when the Venice bound for Buffalo collided with the Seguin off Cleveland. The Venice sank in midnight waters. crews rescued some while others remained missing or seriously hurt.
Logansport Indiana case Fred C Boyd v Logansport Rochester & Northern Traction Company. Judge Gamble sustains continuing a temporary restraining order blocking construction of an electric railway on Hieth street road in front of Boyd property. R&N secured county franchise to build along highway. judge rules street railways impose additional burdens on adjacent landowners and compensation is required before occupying the highway.
In the Arctic region depots of condensed food have been established and preparations are complete for a dash to Pele next year. The move signals coordinated supply efforts and readiness for the anticipated journey.
Evelyn B. Baldwin arrives in Tromsace Norway withArete expedition members. The team established depots and stores at Camp Ziepier and Kane Lodge to fuel a large polar mission. Ship repairs and sledging work created supply lines, while rescue and return plans faced delays and hazards in the northern seas.
Thousands attend the German Arts and Navy Association of North Amelia event in Hamilton with a go concert, banner procession, and grand parade. Frank Fitting presided in St Paul as the Fest Choir performed, firework displays lit the grounds, and Burkhardt led a drill. The gathering united German veterans, marching societies, and a large membership under a common celebration.
Fragmentary report describes Woodmen at Kokomo with mixed details. Mentions drills, hospital ties, and community concerns amid wartime era, referencing sessions, possibly male residents, and local panels.
London cables report Boer leaders gathering at The Hague amid rumors of plans to rally support and funds for the campaign. General Lucius Mayer has traveled from London to Holland and will visit Mr. Kruger as other prominent figures assemble.
Chelsie Girard aged 17 was drowned in the Wabash river nine miles west of Logansport while boating. He anchored his boat and jumped in. cramps seized him and Ed Wider on shore visible to aid but unable to swim.
Fugitive Tracy reportedly armed with four pistols and 200 rounds is en route from Oregon toward Idaho after crossing the Columbia River. He claims a planned hold up of a tank erater and express car and offers $5.00 to supporters within a year. He intends to reach the Hole in the Wall country in Wyoming where he believes he will be safe.
The Tonawanda Paper Company organized Thursday night with L. Newman as president Lewis Marks as vice president W W Mecleery as secretary and treasurer Directors include Newman Marks Mecleery Norton GepHart Lovett Rosenfelder and Payne Ground has been broken for a $400 000 plant in Tonawanda New York to be the world’s largest paper mill powered by Niagara Falls.
A Vandalia line Terre Haute limited struck a trolley car at Thirteenth Street at 10 p.m. Saturday. Three passengers were killed and six seriously injured as the watchman failed to notice the approaching passenger train. The motorman McNary and several riders were thrown or carried clear as the car turned and the train passed. An inquest opens Monday to determine responsibility.
In Hudson New York a third rail rear end crash on the Albany and Hudson Electric Railroad killed Marjorie FE Hosysradt 20 and Edward Deyte 5 while about twenty others injured. After a shoe from the third rail derailed the leading car it halted and a following car struck it at speed causing immediate chaos and no chance to jump clear.
In Elgin Illinois a street car from Elgin to Dundee collided with three standing empty cars on a siding. The switch was left open causing the crash and the fifteen passengers aboard were seriously injured and trapped for about an hour.
New York special reports Aaron Halle bartender and murderer of Miss Mary Brannigan was executed at Sing Sing after two earlier sentencing stages. The couple’s engagement failed due to religious differences. Halle proposed marriage May 16 and later killed Brannigan in a Minneapolis store, drawing two shots that killed her in ten minutes. Authorities released a calm, suretyful note as they prepared for the execution.
In Troy TV a severe electrical storm produced a cross shaped fissure on the ground near a school. One arm measures forty feet by six inches, the other forty feet by eight inches. An adjacent carriage maker Epics Barke reported the discovery. A two foot diameter hole sits at the convergence, with a 150 foot line weighted by lead not reaching bottom. Theorists suggest a lightning bolt entered the ground, though locals say no unusual lightning was seen.
Rombon native police captured bandit Pablo Mauras on Sibuyan after ten years of terror. Bound for Rombion, Mauras leapt from a boat and drowned during the escape attempt.
In El Reno Oklahoma Territory Joseph Podawoski stabbed his wife four times in the back piercing the right lung and stabbed his 32 year old daughter twice before shooting himself and slitting his throat. Podawoski died a few hours later and his wife and daughter are expected to die. He was despondent over a long illness.
Hunters ten miles north of Nashville Indiana saw a large wildcat in Hamilton township on James Wray farm. The beast leaped from a tree and fought the dogs, killing two and wounding another before the hunters killed it. The animal was one of the county’s largest wildcats. Farmers had feared for children after repeated wolf sightings and a second wildcat kill in a year.
Vatican aims to remove about 450 friars from Manila in small groups over time. The move suggests Root's initial proposals were the broadest settlement possible and anticipates negotiations resuming only after friars have departed. Rome values its influence as the Augustinians set to replace Spanish members and the Vatican praises Taft talks as concluded.
Richmond special reports George Robinson, a Black man, was hanged at Wise Court House for murder. On the scaffold he survived a first drop, then was brought back for a second hanging after a new rope was obtained. He remained conscious throughout the ordeal and showed no collapse.
Nelson Morris and Tancred Vella, both graduates of Berlin University, arrived in a large iron rowboat 18 feet long after a voyage from Cincinnati. They represent the Treptowton and Berlin Geographical Societies and are described as highly educated linguists. Their planned route includes the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
Lagrange special reports Mrs. Vietorig Jitusen of Butler is jailed on fraud charges alleging she used ads to lure matrimony seekers. An affidavit by J A Kriteht of Basile Kas accuses her of soliciting money for prospective brides in a nationwide scheme.
Bert Knotts 25 formerly of Indianapolis found dead near railroad tracks in Kokomo. Both legs severed, money missing. Knotts had left town after midnight with money in his pocket for Sipe show training quarters, but none found. Earlier a hold up and shooting occurred at the same dark place. Body taken to Indianapolis for burial.
Logansport Indiana report says 20 year old Charles Sanderling was killed by lightning while sheltering with his father under a tree on his father's Royal Center area farm. The father was severely shocked but survived.
Havana telegraph reports the Senate debated a bill to empower a loan of four million dollars at up to five percent interest repaid over thirty years to assist Cuba's sugar cane growers. Provisions include pledging customs receipts as security and future bonds to cover the debt, with a larger thirty five million loan planned later to fund revolution debts and army pay.
Rudyard Kipling buys a country place near Turnbridge Wells following disputes and a mob confrontation at Rottingham. The writer had clashed with locals over pro Boer sentiment linked to his aunt Lady Burne-Jones, leading to clashes and a shuttered public hall.
The fast mail train on the Pennsylvania Railroad jumped the track near Packacaddie at about 11 39 PM Wednesday and plunged over an embankment. One man was killed and five injured. Engineer John Kemmerling, 61, Altoona, was among the dead. he left a wife and three children and was active in religious and civic circles. A relief train was sent from Pittsburgh to salvage the mail cars.
Sydney based news reports a mine explosion at the Blount Kimbia colliery near Wollen. Twenty seven bodies recovered. The mine buildings at the mouth wrecked. One hundred forty nine miners rescued, but one hundred are still entombed. A section of the colliery is on fire.
Arb McDonald dropped a stick of dynamite from a boat into the Maquoketa river. The blast destroyed the boat and killed McDonald, with John Ralston and Peter McCabe escaping death. They face trial for violating game laws.
Moses Carver seven year old son of a well to do farmer was drowned in a Potts grave pit south of Tipton while bathing with friends on a Wednesday evening. He sank after being seized by cramps or heart failure about fifteen feet from shore in about nine feet of water.
A London Daily Mall report states that a major portico at St Pauls Cathedral is weakening and may collapse without thorough repairs. The inquiry highlights urgent restoration needs affecting the historic church in the heart of London.
Two masked men stopped the Chicago Burlington and Quincey Limited two miles north of Savannah Illinois at 11 30 Tuesday night They cut off the Adams express car blew up the car and torpedoed the track The engineer was forced to run ahead then stopped by the explosion A posse of officers and armed citizens pursued the robbers who reputedly seized about 20000 in a heavy express package
Gen Jacob H Smith, returning from Manila, visits San Francisco then Portsmouth. In his first public remarks since retirement he says the court martial verdict surprised him, defends his campaigns in Samar and Lu zon, insists he did his duty and will not discuss personal events. He remains in government service and ready to settle into quiet life.
Diavolo sustained a serious fall during looping the loop at the Aquarium in London. He was taken to Westminster Hospital unconscious with possible brain concussion after missing the safety net. This marks his third fall in ten days, with full injury extent to be determined in 24 hours.
Miss Ellen M. Stone the returned missionary drew the largest crowd of the year at Winona Lake Ind. On Monday she opened a two part lecture recounting her captivity with brigands. A second lecture followed Tuesday drawing crowds from nearby towns surpassing attendance for Hobson and Lee visits.
An earthquake struck Missoula county Monday evening in Montana causing minor damage. The tremor lasted about two seconds with quick vibrations. In Bonner a large electrical plant dynamo was shaken from its adjustment. In Clinton the shock was severe with several old buildings collapsing.
A Times-Democrat observer traces the coat’s long evolution from a simple wrap to a full cut garment. He notes tailors trimming surplusage, fashion shifting away from heavy coats, and predicts the tail may disappear as tuxedos rise, signaling a last major change in the garment’s history.
Pamocles visits the King of Syracuse and notes a sword poised above him. The king quips that if it falls it will make crown prints. The exchange shows ancient humor amid danger and political ritual.
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