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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
5
Fragmentary data shows figures for fish catch totals and a large weather related number. Mentions great lakes, perches and shad along with hatchery or distribution notes but lacks coherent context or complete details.
Fragmentary text mentions London and Americans with references to mansions and fashion, implying an upcoming show or sale. Details are garbled, but prices like £2000 to £4000 and furnished rooms appear, with mentions of bookings and rush.
The article notes a Liberal realignments around Lord Rosebery amid attempts to control Liberal elements before the next general election. It mentions reforms to parliamentary procedure, budgetary measures, and the war office budget, with praise for Andrew Carnegie and Cassel in comparing philanthropic efforts to U S endowments.
Treasury stats indicate higher spring wheat receipts in Minneapolis, Duluth, Milwaukee and Chicago for the first quarter, with a 39 percent rise over 1900. Livestock arrivals in five Western markets totaled 30,320,558 head, led by Chicago and Kansas City, while North Atlantic port grain receipts remain robust in New York and Boston.
Admiral Schley met with President to seek an appeal reversing Secretary Long’s action and the court of inquiry’s majority ruling. Rayner and Teague will help prepare the appeal. He aimed to present new facts and injustices from the majority report in confidential terms.
The Saturday Review prints a free spoken editorial urging Britain to form a working alliance with Germany to curb the United States influence in South America. It says Germany would serve as a counterpoise to U S dominance and emphasizes mutual national interests as the basis for policy.
The special train bearing the Emperor and Empress Dowager arrived in Pekin at noon. Thousands of officials lined the route as the imperial cortege entered the Forbidden City at 1 30 pm. The procession featured a thousand noblemen in fine dress, with the emperors in yellow chairs and banners adoring the route. Foreign observers watched as the Emperor and Dowager Empress visited temples and incense was burned. The scene included German and American officials among the spectators and photographers, capturing the historic spectacle.
James Hicks, returning from Porto Rico with plans to wed a missionary, discovers she deceived multiple suitors. The Australian woman took money and left, prompting a confrontation that led to a fatal shootout with miners. Sheriff Hutton investigates with no arrests. The tale includes Hensley, a jailed youth tied to Island City Coal Company.
A collision at the high crossing of North Main Street in the Panhandle injures and kills two adults. Edwards and Resster die amid carriages and a derailed engine, with Mrs Reeder and Mr Forward surviving. A planned marriage between the widower and Mrs Reeder had been announced.
In Indiana, a farmer shot a wolf after it killed a dog and bit a girl, then fled but was chased by hunters including Frank Vest. The incident disrupted local politics as more wolf hunts were discussed. Separately, a rattlesnake bit two Sand Creek children near Sand Creek, four feet long with seven rattles and a button, sending them to Terre Haute for care.
A Black man named Hensley was shot multiple times by a crowd of miners at Island City a mining camp near Linton on a Wednesday afternoon. The incident sparked widespread anger and rumors of retaliation circulated through the district.
Otto and Ottis Martin of Lawrence Indiana are 21 year old twin brothers who teach and switch places in each other’s schools for weeks at a time. Scholars and authorities remain unaware until the brothers reveal the ruse. They share wardrobes letters and thoughts as they amuse themselves with the endless comedy of errors.
Edward R Floyd longtime Frankfort legislator and prominent local figure becomes violently insane at his Middlefork home. After days of mental decline he attempted to harm friends and was stopped from harming family. Doctor links condition to patent medicine use.
John Slusher, a Walton youth known for intimidation, provoked a disturbance at a saloon owned by Hell on Saturday night. Dowite followers allied with Slusher peddled his paper. Slusher expelled the group and then attacked the remaining crowd and victims, though no one was hurt and no arrests were made by the town marshal.
A Crawfordsville report says a farmer created a big disturbance at a New Market church Saturday night. He tried to eject his daughter and attacked a young man, pulling a pistol from his hip pocket. The sister restrained him, but not before the dress was torn. He pled guilty before a justice and was fined for assault carrying concealed weapons attempt to kill and disturbing a meeting.
Noblesville report states Mrs. David House of White River township set her clothes afire with kerosene at home near Perkinsville on Tuesday and died hours later. The 41 year old woman, daughter of A J Applegate of Anderson, left a husband and three children. She had been mentally unbalanced and was watched by family. The act occurred while her husband was away at the barn.
In Frankfort, John C. Barricklow, bookkeeper at Farmers' Bank, married Misa Helen Moore after a social gathering joke about their courtship. A challenged marriage date led to immediate plans and at 2 a.m. the couple, with absent friends summoned, were joined by Rev. Horace G. OMe Gen. of the First MW Church.
Reports indicate a peak in Southern mill demand and leaf tobacco receipts, while overland shipments fell to four-year lows. Grain and flour exports rose, cotton withdrawals dipped slightly, and mineral oil exports surpassed 1900 levels by about fifty million gallons. Freight and car counts across coast and inland districts reflect varied activity for eleven months ending November.
A French officer just returned from China declares American troops among the world’s best fighters while criticizing their discipline, independence, and nonchalance. He plans a series of articles to discuss practical military issues.
Telegraphing from Johannesburg dated January 6 reports several skirmishes across parts of the war zone. Lord Kitchener's forces see actions described as serious in nature amid ongoing hostilities.
Foreign ministers including British American French and Russian representatives largely avoided the spectacle as Chinese crowds filled the route. Soldiers knelt with guns at present arms and buglers played while garrisons watched from nearby grounds. Local officials resisted foreign access though the Empress Dowager ordered courtesies to visitors.
Governor Nash leads a nationwide appeal through the McKinley Memorial Association urging each state to designate January 25 as McKinley day The goal is universal observance aligning with the pattern of Washington and Lincoln birthdays and creating a lasting holiday across states
In a Birmingham speech Joseph Chamberlain warned against foreign hatred and jealousy toward Great Britain but urged sustaining splendid isolation, with support from colonial kinsfolk. He acknowledged the need for new markets yet found no immediate threat to British trade.
Report from St Petersburg notes the czar may back reforms to ease the plight of about 60 million peasants. Analysts see potential imperial relief proposals as pressure grows from widespread hardship and calls for economic mercy within the empire.
In Washington the House opened debate on the Nicaraguan canal bill as Mr. Hepburn led questions about the Panama Canal Company’s proposed sale. He labeled the $109,000,000 offer a delay tactic and noted a sudden drop to $40,000,000 after the holiday recess.
Senator Hepburn cited the Walker commission and a government led project as the only viable path to a canal. He contrasted private Panama Canal Company failure with government execution and predicted an eight year completion. He endorsed Nicaragua and Suez based revenue projections and urged free access for American ships to spur shipbuilding.
The earliest contract marriage under the Weeks law was filed Monday with the city clerk. The contract certifies an agreement between a man and a woman to live as husband and wife and becomes legal when signed by both parties witnessed by a commissioner of deeds and filed within a month.
London dispatch from Pretoria reports General De Wet orders Boer commandants to hinder extending British block houses at any cost. Bruce Hamilton captures another Boer laager and 22 prisoners on the Swaziland border. Botha urges continued fighting while Parliament weighs a new war vote and Roberts denies Boer women abuses during the conflict.
England reacts to Rudyard Kipling’s latest poem The Islanders as the poet’s call for conscription gains attention. The Times editorially supports the appeal as a passionate prompt to face imperial duties, while criticizing the conscription idea.
Boston special reports Rt. Rev. Charles H. Brent former St. Stephen's rector announced Sunday an appeal to the U S church for a fund of 100000 dollars to endow the newly organized Philippine Islands jurisdiction.
The Army and Navy Register condemns President Roosevelt for the Miles episode noting it is a pity the full White House visit story cannot be told and that the incident cannot be justified despite Roosevelt's temper before his reprimand.
It is not known how many perished when the steamer Walla Walla was sunk by an unknown French bark off Cape Mendocino early Thursday. The dead are tallied at ten with thirty six missing, while another estimate puts the unaccounted at seventy three.
Governor Aycock sets February 33 as the date for executions of six white men after appeals to the Supreme Court. Four to hang in Asheville for burglary at Emma, one to die in Wilson for assassination, the first since the war, and one at Lincolnton for burglary.
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