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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
9
In Evansville a holiday incident saw Ed Wood fined for assaulting Mrs Ida Georges while she dressed as Santa. The case drew publicity as Georges faced the public’s gaze and feared exposure of the affair. The report also notes Jeffersonville burglary escape attempts and a divorce suit in Washington.
The report shows New York State’s debt situation tied to insurance company fees. For the six months ending December 6b receipts totaled 4238 dollars, and the full year exceeded prior levels by about 100 dollars from five years earlier, marking the largest revenue source for the state.
Herbert Estill of Knightstown arrived with five quarts of nitroglycerin in a buggy in Alexandria. A merchant flagged the danger, officers rounded up Estill, who was jailed for intoxication and a city explosives ordinance violation. An employee guided the volatile load to a remote field.
Michigan City special reports John Rinkard the Marion wife killer awaits execution in Indiana prison. He has not yet been informed of the Supreme Court's denial of a new trial as authorities prepare for the scheduled hang on the 7th Inst.
The warden has not received official notice of the court's action. Rinkard maintains a stoic demeanor since his transfer to prison and shows no interest in the case, having not inquired about proceedings. He seems resigned to his fate, asking only that a Marion minister accompany him to the scaffold.
A Pulaski county trio James B Blew of Winamac Maggie Kemp of Star City and Hannah Blew of Wabash born in Indian Creek township Pulaski county will turn 38 on May 2. They have had good health aside from common childhood illnesses and have not gathered in six years but plan a reunion for their next birthday.
Jeremiah Peabody an aged county infirmary inmate sewed his lips shut with a needle and white thread to avoid eating. A physician removed the stitches and he now subsists on a light diet. He faces possible blood poisoning and permanent injury if untreated.
About three months ago Henri McDronald aged 9% and Mrs Rose of this city were married. The courtship was stormy and the honeymoon was not placid. Mrs McDronald became devious and frequent quarrels disturbed their serene atmosphere. Tuesday Mrs McDronald gathered her belongings and left remarking that when a man reaches the age of 83 it is time to settle down.
Preliminary steps are under way to form a company here to investigate a reported gold find northwest of the cay. If rock from a gas well blast contains enough gold, a shaft will be sunk for further study. Some organizers previously eyed Alaska and still seek a prospecting venture.
Arthur Wilson married Miss Gertrude Edwards last year sparking a dispute in this county court. Gertrude's insistence on observing Saturday as the Lord's day and refusing to cook pork led to a quarrel over meals, with her husband now the defendant in divorce proceedings. Both families are prominent socially.
Daniel Ritter a 40s sou grist miller from Lima township hanged himself in his jail cell Wednesday about 9 50 am Sheriff Sutton found him with his head caught in the cell door wicket. An inquest had earlier determined insanity after a September injury. Ritter, unmarried, left two brothers in the milling business.
Lafayette special reports the death of Leland Biggs aged 17 who suffered a peculiar disease turning his skin pinkish white. Medical experts identify the ailment as leu coderma areata. Biggs had earlier drawn national attention when exhibited at various venues.
In St Etienne France Sunday the ministerial electoral campaign opened with M Waldeck Rousseau and several ministers present. The event drew crowds from Loire and beyond with cheers and a banquet at the prefecture where the premier outlined government reforms and a victorious republican path.
A station saloon shooting left Mc Netherly and Charles Netherly dead after a Sunday disturbance. An inquest was held for the 23 year old man, a Wabash railroad engineer, who had bought the saloon years earlier. Officer Hann arrived as shots rang out and authorities explored details with telegraphed updates and witness accounts.
An article notes Germany and France sending ships as Britain and the United States monitor the Caribbean. It discusses potential command in crises with Admiral Higginson and an English officer possible to lead if marines are landed, while France Germany favor American command.
Ten thousand dollars was raised Saturday by Homestead workingmen for the McKinley memorial fund. The contribution, one of the largest in western Pennsylvania, came from workers across ranks from laborer to department head, with most giving a half-day's pay. The list of donors will be sent to McKinley memorial headquarters in Washington early this week.
Medical authorities in Manila link much of the strain among American residents to homesickness. Manila newspapers urge the United States Philippine commission to fund a daily cable news service from the United States to keep Americans in the islands connected with home life.
In Marinette Wisconsin Mrs Lena Christel aged 0 was found dead by a policeman after smoke was seen. The body lay away from the bed with signs of a violent struggle as investigators begin a mystery surrounding the death and Martin Christel her son awaits word.
Frank Holt a thirteen year deserter prisoner on Alcatraz Island hid in a large wooden box shipped to a San Francisco clothing firm and put aboard the steamer McDowell. The box top opened from inside and Holt reportedly walked ashore on the dock unnoticed in a blue uniform.
Representative Babcock of Wisconsin proposes a bill to place furnace products on the free list and cut duties on other iron and steel items by about half, aiming for a protective, modernized schedule. He cites expert input from steel interests and Treasury aides, stressing adherence to Republican protection norms.
The discussion outlines protecting import articles on protective lines and adjusting duties. Tin pricing shows England FOB at per box while Pittsburg markets at 4 dollars. The Dingley rate is cut from 1.50 to 1 to align duties with production costs and shipping, sparing labor-heavy items from changes.
A notice posted at the Chicago Board of Trade called for closing all open deals with George H. Phillips the former corn king. The move followed a 3 1/2 cent rye break and a heavy margin call that day. Phillips reportedly held 1,500,000 bushels mostly in May rye options.
In a Sunday morning crash on the Southern railway near Reeves Station twenty miles north of Rome, Mme Lillian Nordica the singer was hurt while asleep in her private stateroom. Her accompanist E Romayne Simmons suffered a bruised hand and an engineer was killed with three other railway workers injured. Nordica’s car was attached to the rear of the passenger train.
A Yuma Indian medicine man named Padre, who lived on a reservation near Yuma A T, was accused of expiating the tribe’s sins linked to an epidemic of smallpox. He fled to the mountains then returned starving and pleaded for mercy but was bound, taken to Mexico, and killed despite his claimed generosity.
London cable reports Lord Kitchener omits De Wet from a Johannesburg dated note dated January 13. British forces press De Wet with armored trains blocking crossings and persistently dogging his moves northward. Since January 6, twenty Boers killed nine wounded twenty three captured and ninety five surrendered with relays and remounts supplied to pursuers.
Washington police arrested Richard Cole a young porter who five months worked for Ada Gilbert Dennis the dressmaker after a mysterious assault on the night of December Cole with a previously good reputation is charged and police will not reveal the basis of their action.
The Secretary of State announced specialists to attend King Edward's coronation. Special Ambassador Whitelaw Reid of New York. Representative of the U S Army General James H Wilson of Delaware. Navy Captain Charles E Clark, Oregon war veteran and Philadelphia naval home governor. Three secretaries named J P Morgan Jr of New York Edmund Lincoln Bailies of New York and William Wetmore of Rhode Island.
About 300 followers of Gen Marisigan surrendered unconditionally at Taal in Batangas, turning over 219 rifles and one cannon. The group included three colonels and several officers. Gen Bell plans further surrenders as he pacifies the eastern Batangas. Breakdowns of government staff and a commission meeting follow, with a possible Saturday half-holiday.
The U S military reports a Monday surrender at Taal Batangas Philippines, including one colonel Marisigan and multiple officers among 245 men with 223 rifles. The force under insurgent Gen Malvar yields with loyal natives praised for helping. area now clear of major hostilities. Prisoners not charged with serious crimes released.
Secretary Root urged Congress to fund fifty companies of Philippine scouts totaling about 5000 men. General Chaffee reports Insular government pay stopped December 1, creating a deficiency need of 315000 dollars for continued service.
Washington special reports the census director's figures on the last decade. The West shows a rapid slowdown, the North a less marked decrease, and the South a slight increase. For the first time the South grows somewhat faster than the North while the East is grouped with the North. Growth rates in North West and South converge to a more equal pace than before.
Lipton has engaged William Fife to build Shamrock III as Lipton's next America’s Cup challenger. An official conference confirmed the contract with Fife who will start design after current boats are launched, aiming for a spring 1903 readiness.
New York dispatch reports Emperor William’s yacht under construction at Shoter’s Island will be named Alice. Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of President Roosevelt, will christen the vessel, with the name also honoring a cousin of the Emperor, possibly the Russian Empress, formerly Princess of Hesse.
A large ice dam across the Missouri River at Arsenal Island near South St. Louis blocks water and halts marine traffic. The dam, formed during December’s cold spell, raises water one half foot above the January minimum stage. Dynamite attempts to break it failed and a new channel on the east side risks reopening a historic dispute over island possession.
James Bannon, a former Wabash railway clerk turned thief, confessed to theft and a year in the House of Correction. His wife Annie, clinging to innocence, died a week after discovering the truth, reportedly from grief over his guilt and her mistaken belief in his innocence.
The Geological Survey reports US mineral production reached 1 087 603 606 in 19 rising 9.85 percent from 1899. Iron and coal led with Alaska Cripple Creek Colorado and Arizona noted as key producing regions with a year value of 79 171 000, up 8 117 600 from 1899.
John Richardson of Brooklyn, long a cancer patient with little hope, undergoes a violet ray treatment at home. A machine concentrates rays down his throat, and after weeks of exposure the doctors report marked improvement and possible recovery.
Richard Croker announced his retirement from formal leadership at a Saturday executive committee meeting. Lewis Nixon was chosen as Croker’s successor as chairman of the finance committee, a role that traditionally carries organizational leadership for the year.
Finance minister M. Witte reports the 1902 budget totals 1 946 571 916 roubles with 989 318 984 for the navy 922 638 517 for the army and 435 547 738 for ways and communications. He says the budget equilibrium shows finances are in satisfactory condition.
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