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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
141
British steamer Corona reports Mont Pelee eruption near Fort de France Saturday night. Morne Rouge and Le Carbet destroyed, tidal wave swept coast, about two dead, widespread panic, widespread ash fall and lava shocks observed through the night.
In Marion Indiana a young farmer living with his father in Washington township hanged himself with a small rope in the barn after days of insanity. He then retrieved a butcher knife, threatened his wife, then used a cotton rope to hang himself, dying before help could arrive.
In La Porte County and surrounding townships the past days show heavy land activity. Purchases include 646 acres in Pleasant township by John Burke and transfers from CC P Tuesburg to W M Stillwell and James Scott for $315 000. Big waterways planned will reclaim thousands of acres across Laporte Starke and St Joseph counties with costs in the millions.
A Panhandle yard engine jumped the Berkley street crossing at 6 45 Saturday morning killing Panhandle Conductor Charles W Morris and Yard Telegraph Operator Emmett R Runkle. Switchman Charles Zauss was seriously injured while Engineer August Stoll and Fireman Coch ra escaped. Switchman Vance Byere sustained minor injuries.
Fort Wayne Indiana hosts 300 delegates from 48 Tribe of Ben Hur courts to establish the Northeastern Indiana District Fraternal Congress of the Tribe of Ben Hur. Some 4 000 members across 24 counties. Supreme Scribe F L Snyder delivers keynote on closer fellowship. Officers named include Chief A S Coverdale, Logansport judge Milton Shedeh, teachers and clerks from several cities.
Cable from General Chaffee at Manila describes a series of earthquakes on Mindanao near Camp Vickers and Lake Lanao. Twenty Moros killed by collapsing walls. Americans uninjured. Mountains and rivers disturbed. extent of damage not fully reported. shocks began about five days prior. First major quake since American occupation. earlier 1872 Mindanao event linked to Makaturin eruption.
Birmingham special reports a Southern Railway excursion train derailed on a high embankment near Berry Alabama at dawn Monday. Thirty people were killed and ninety-one injured as cars plummeted. twenty-nine injured may move. Notables include trainmaster H M Dudley. engineer Crook and resolver Shelby among the dead or injured.
In a jealous rage Calvin B P Totten murdered his wife Cora Totten and killed a man Saturday afternoon at 5 50 in front of 216 East New York street Indianapolis. The bodies were shipped Sunday to Totten’s brother’s home in Blacksville six miles from Franklin in Johnson county.
Frank H. Morrison vice-president of the First National Bank was struck by a Lake Shore passenger train Thursday night at the station while preparing for an extended northern business trip. He was knocked down by the engine pilot beam and rolled under the wheels but was dragged clear by baggage master Wilbur J. Hall to avoid being run over.
Editor J Don Gorreil of the North Judson News died at home Wednesday evening after a week of poisoning. He was 31 years old, left a widow and three children. The Masonic order and the Modern Woodmen led the funeral on Friday.
A westbound Chicago and Northwestern passenger train near Meridan, Iowa was struck by a tornado flung down an embankment. Three killed, two fatally hurt, over twenty injured. brakeman missing. Conductor Kenzie hailed for heroic rescue as flames and wreckage trapped victims. The wreck occurred as the engine and cars toppled eighteen feet to the embankment. rescued passengers aided by a hastily assembled relief train.
An Indianapolis picnic by the Indiana Republics Editorial Association drew 100 plus members and wives to Ripple Park. A noon banquet fed all, followed by boating, bathing, bowling and a trip to Fairbanks and Durbin as special guests. Streetcars provided by the local railway for transport.
After 24 hours without contact the air ship from Denver was reported wrecked in a storm 27 miles north of Florence Colorado. The three aeronauts were bruised and frostbitten but not seriously hurt as they were forced to jettison water provisions and instruments to clear Pike's Peak before landing near Florence.
Max von Gutmann, leading coal mine magnate, escaped death when Moravian engineer Hugo Scholtz detonated a bomb as von Gutmann and his forester approached a carriage. The forester was seriously wounded and von Gutmann received minor injuries while Scholtz was killed in the blast. Adjacent windows shattered. motive unknown.
Kokomo Indiana special Hart of Foussiaville reports official notice his son George Hart died in the Philippines of cholera on June 3. A letter from the supposed dead man dated July 15 says he has recovered, prompting Hart to trust his son despite government death declaration.
In Fairchild Wisconsin late Saturday night the No 2 fast mail east bound was wrecked. W North western dispatcher in St Paul says two trainmen reported killed but no passengers injured.
The auditor for the interior department shows army pensions disbursed for the year ending June 30, 1902, totaled 133 556 08 pounds. Navy pensions disbursed in the same period amounted to 5544 74 dollars.
Indianapolis report that Lewis Russell, a Gibson County Black man sentenced to death for the murder of Perry Stout near Princeton, receives a thirty day reprieve from Governor Durbin to allow fuller review. The case, argued self defense, involved a fish fry dispute and occurred in the Bash River bottoms. Russell’s prior execution would have made him Michigan City prison’s first Black hanged.
Secretary Shaw in New York authorized Assistant Secretary Ailes to say banks may print more circulating notes if needed. National banks can issue up to their capital, about 700 million total, with 355 million currently outstanding. The move is prudential to meet actual demand and avoid inflation, and only in emergencies.
United States Consul General Frank Mason reports Germany’s coal and iron groups have formed a large export bounty alliance to subsidize shipments abroad. The plan pays bonuses equal to the gap between domestic and foreign prices, aiming to sustain exports despite weak home demand. First-half year exports reached 1,503,742 tons valued at $70.85 million, suggesting aggressive foreign sales at reduced prices.
In New York three die after a dispute in Lizzie Hall’s rooms. Arthur Campbell and Lizzie Otto are found dead, Christian Gans shoots them then kills himself with a brain wound. A note blames the life ruined by the woman. Police recover a four chamber revolver.
Mrs John McCurdy a bride of under three months fatally self performed a peculiar act driven by fear of madness. She undressed staged in the dining room tied a cord around her neck and used the chandelier gas before her husband returned. Letters indicate mental distress. She was 38.
In Monroe Michigan Walter Lemerand returns home to find Joseph Labarge a Frenchman in his house with Lemerand's wife. A crowd pursues Labarge as an officer tries to arrest him he is shot dead in a cornfield. Lynott Bloodgood a local moneylender is arrested. coroner jury rules Labarge killed by Bloodgood. Bail set at five thousand dollars.
Governor Taft, honored by Manila’s American Chamber of Commerce, states the United States will retain the Philippines indefinitely to educate Filipinos toward self government or possible statehood. He argues continued U S leadership benefits both nations, promises fair treatment of American capital, and notes a future currency reform toward a gold standard.
Mary Hinkle 22, living on a farm two miles south of Elston, Indiana, drowned Wednesday afternoon after leaving to water cows. Her sister found her body in a brick walled spring about five hours later. she had fallen in and could not escape. An orphan, she lived with several siblings.
Report from Sevier county states Mrs Earl Sharp about 16 attacked a negro servant in a fit of insanity, gouged out her eyes with a table fork, and threw her on a hot stove. She surrendered and was bound to court on a ten thousand dollar bond, daughter of Colonel Mc Mahon, a prominent county citizen.
Omaha special reports the leading local messenger company advertising for girls to replace boys. The girls will ride bicycles while a few boys stay on where their sisters cannot go. Managers say boys are hard to find who can do the work satisfactorily. Many girls answered the ad and will begin work at once in gray suits and caps.
Signor Marconi aboard the Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto states he maintains constant communication with Berlin and British war ships from Ferrol and Cornwall stations. He declares he has solved the problem of preserving the integrity of individual simultaneous messages.
Isaiah Vernon, representing the Deering Binder Company, committed death by own action by shooting himself in the head Monday afternoon in Logansport Indiana. He had been in good health but troubled by money matters.
A Sunday school lesson on Deuteronomy 18 9 19 and the coming Prophet like Moses. It covers rejection of divination magic idolatry and moral obedience, the test of true prophecy in Jesus Christ, and the role of Moses as foreshadowing the greater Prophet. It includes questions for study and catechetical notes from the Church Catechism.
A nurse pleads with Dr. Price Price after the infant falls ill while left briefly with its mother. The doctor condemns the carelessness as nearly criminal, while the nurse laments the situation and the baby's illness.
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