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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
89
An official telegram from Board of Trade signals Lord Kitchener and Milner, discussing metals policy and wartime supply. The message references figures and points in London and mentions Prussian developments and strategic considerations for Britain.
The document outlines a government plan to aid civilians displaced by war. It proposes a three million pound sterling fund to provide feed shelter seed stock and implements and to compensate those who suffered losses. A special commission will verify war losses and oversee payments and relief measures.
The report notes Faul, identified as the author, faced a demand for $25,000 related to a mile brother dispute. Details are fragmented with references to various names, places, and unclear actions, but indicate legal or financial contention surrounding a payment.
A sermon and student remarks at a college graduation address urge Christian reform among women. The speaker links moral conduct to social duties, urging restraint and steady behavior to improve outcomes for families and communities.
A small Indiana boy Charley Shuman died Wednesday after a fall from a tree struck by a rope tied by his older brother Nimrod Shuman. The incident occurred last Sunday at Pondtetea. The family includes a wealthy farmer Nimrod Shuman.
Professor Heilprin and party reach the crater summit atop Mont Pelee in Martinique amid ash and steam. The expedition, led by Heilprin and aided by Clerc and Reta, documents violent eruptions and heavy ash deposits while observing the vast crater and surrounding landscape.
Washington special: By order of the President Secretary Root issues a general order reducing the permanent military establishment from 77,287 to 66,497 and reorganizing units. The plan divides the army into thirds with one third in the Philippines and two thirds in the United States, adjusting cavalry infantry and engineer strengths accordingly.
The Senate approved the Lodge Philippine government bill by 48 to 3 after a seven week debate. It authorizes a Philippines commission and offices of civil governor and vice governor, sets election qualifications, taxes, and land controls, and places all Philippine land under commission for inhabitants while extending U.S. protection and outlining future governance.
Dr. J. N. Hurty and Dr. OC Ferguson led a two day inspection of smallpox conditions across Ohio River counties and beyond. They will evaluate county health officers, take physician testimony, and press boards to maintain or improve preventive work. The trip follows a Kentucky Health Board decision to suspend quarantine for ten days if Indiana acts decisively.
An explosion at the Breemington mill near Mohalos mountain Wednesday morning injured four men. Foreman Percifield, about 40, buried near the boiler, died. Injured are Townsend Lemon Lowry and Wilcox. Wilcox severely. The blast damaged the mill shed. owner Whitcex lived there.
Oliver M. Tichenor, postmaster and Republican leader, died while trying to save Helen Carithers, 9, who fell from a boat during a campers outing north of Princeton Indiana. Tichenor, with his daughter and others, plunged after the girl. both bodies were found hours later. Tichenor’s widow mourns. the accident prompted condolences across Indiana.
The subject sustained a gunshot and abdominal wound during an incident near Chicago and surrounding areas. Two men allegedly assaulted him while he was trying to reach a hospital, with the victim later regaining form after receiving medical attention at a nearby station.
A farmer, working at a spring, was confronted by two armed men who robbed him and bound him to a tree. The assailants slit his sides and withdrew flesh before fleeing, leaving the victim hanging until a nearby farm hand found him and helped. The article notes the crime occurred near a rural location in a farming area.
J o C Gunningham, a Thorntown attorney, was arrested on a counterfeiting charge. Prosecutor Bertone filed affidavit alleging notes purportedly issued by James C. Hill nine miles west of Terred on the Home Nation Bank for spies. Gunningham refused bond set at 358 and was jailed.
The bill continues insular affairs under the War Department with the chief holding the rank of colonel in the U S Army. It allows silver certificates for deposits of Filipino dollars in units of £20 or more and provides for minor subsidiary coins.
George Barr McCutcheon, longtime city editor for the Daily Courier, found a loaded 38 caliber revolver in his desk. He misfired while handling the weapon, shooting a phone board and embedding a bullet in a brick wall, narrowly avoiding injury to himself and others. He remains unsettled by the incident.
A fast car in a Long Island speed trial plowed into a crowd, killing two spectators and seriously injuring four others, while the drivers fled with minor injuries. W. O. Baker of Cleveland andEdward Deizer were arrested and jailed in 600 bail each on homicide charges.
A columnist recounts a sermon urging women to abandon ornate dress and frivolous vanity. The talk condemns decorative attire, promotes plain healthful living, and advises pursuing industrious, earnest partners over wealth or fashion. Delivered as a critique of contemporary female trends.
In a smoking room a photographer tells bravado filled wartime exploits about South Africa. He claims capture of Boers officers and wagons, while an amused crowd, skeptical, compares him to Baron Munchausen. The group ends with a light joke about the storyteller being only a photographer.
Foresters promote broad publicity that long lived trees may be protected by short lived trees to eventually form a permanent stand. The approach aims to ensure future forests by guiding growth through interim species.
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