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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
1
Kansas City reports improving flood conditions as rains end and rivers recede. Gas and electric services resume, water supplies stabilize, and food stocks hold. many evacuees remain in warehouses while authorities prepare for broader recovery efforts and protect property in Topeka.
Milwaukee special reports the initial official test of hand in se wireless messages under the Marconi system between Chicago and Milwaukee. Messages included mayors and businessmen with a newspaper order to a Chicago correspondent. Atmospheric interference occurred at times. Towers 240 feet high stand at each end near signal poles. Instrument shelters are nearby. System planned for lake marine experiments.
Wilkes Barre Pa reports the United Mine Workers executive boards endorsed three district presidents for the board of conciliation. If operators refuse recognition, the unions may call a convention and declare a general suspension of work.
The Supreme Court affirmed William Jackson’s first degree murder sentence in Evansville as of last March and also upheld Ora Copenhaver’s death sentence from the same date. Jackson’s appeal was filed May 14 along with a request to stay execution until next fall to allow further review.
Junius Brutus Booth, nephew of John Wilkes Booth, identifies the remains as John Wilkes Booth. The body, found Jan. 14 in Enid, Oklahoma Territory, was linked to a fetter addressed to K. L. Bates of Memphis. Bates and others in the theatre world corroborate the identification.
President Roosevelt arrived Tuesday evening for a stay in Ta Ta. He spoke to thousands in the city park and toured hills overlooking the Mississippi. A Swiss society delegation presented a souvenir album as he praised national strength and naval power before departing at 6 o'clock Wednesday.
Washington notes show inquiries from Indiana and western states about rural free delivery extension. A. W. Machen's administrative line may guide changes. Air. Bristow says reforms are possible but no sweeping changes are planned and investigations occupy his time.
Commissioner of Statistics Johnson reports discouraging rust in wheat across southern Indiana counties. Jackson and Shelby counties note rust and fly damage. if rains do not come, the crop may fail.
The General Assembly in Los Angeles adopted revisions to the Confession of Faith prepared by the Revision Committee. Eleven overtures and amendments were approved, with only minor negative votes on a few, and a declaratory statement endorsed. The colored question was referred to the next Assembly and a related amendment increasing committee membership was accepted.
Nearly thirty injured as four coaches of the Southern Pacific southbound overland limited plunged forty feet into the Pacific near Rincon Santa Barbara. Severely hurt taken to Santa Barbara, others to Los Angeles. many trapped under wreckage, coaches briefly floated by sea.
A Montgomery special reports a recently bonded African American testifying before the U.S. grand jury about involuntary servitude in Goodwater and near Coldwater. He describes a year in a chain gang for a $6 debt and recounts a brutal whipping death involving a Black man and woman. Names awaited grand jury adjournment.
In Glens Falls New York Joseph Hailey aged 19 has lived with a 22 caliber bullet in his brain since a street fight last November. He was treated at a hospital and recovered physically but his mind was impaired leaving him an imbecile.
Marion Indiana Charles Moore twenty robbed by jealousy stabbed Mamie Williams on an electric car stabbing her throat and face then fled officers chased him for an hour before capture and Moore expressed disappointment upon learning she was alive.
Washington report says August W. Machen, late superintendent of free delivery, arrested on a complaint by Diller B. Groff for defrauding the government by taking a 40 percent commission on a mail box fastener contract. Contracts allegedly totaled 140000 with Machen receiving about 22500 cash theft alleged over the last three years. Machen held in custody with bondsmen sought. preliminary hearing scheduled.
New York Life Insurance plans a global overhaul of its 12 000 agents with over 8 000 to be weeded out. George W Perkins first vice president leads the move to drop part time agents and keep only those writing yearly policies of 100 000 dollars or more with annual bonuses for retained staff.
About 1500 delegates from the Co-Operative Societies of the United Kingdom held their annual meeting in Doncaster. They adopted a resolution protesting any tampering with the free trade policy and condemned Colonial Secretary Chamberlain for proposing preferential tariffs.
Berlin reports Emperor William has given the New York Yacht Club a gold cup to be known as the Emperors Cup. The trophy stands two feet high and bears on one side the arms of the United States and Germany and on the other a Teuton and an Indian head with a sketch of the Meteor.
In a motor paced twenty mile feature at Charles River Park track, Harry Elkes from Glens Falls N Y died from a head wound after a rear tire burst sending him down a bank into a passing motor driven by F A Gately. Fellow riders Will Stinson and Gately were injured as spectators tended the crash. Stinson went on to win the event. Elkes set world records for five ten and fifteen miles earlier in the race before the tragedy.
Washington reports a formal accusation of accepting commissions against Geo Beavers former chief of salaries and allowances. The case has been presented to the postmaster general and remains under inquiry with no arrests yet. clerks feel tension and surveillance extends to several others.
Victoria B C special reports from Japan based Nau rak Niroku Shimpoo claim Russia provoked a crisis prompting Japan and Great Britain to issue strong warnings. An army division and two naval stations are ordered to prepare for emergencies amid escalating tensions.
Portland special. Adopted son and alleged heir to the fortune of 5 000 000 left by Samuel C Allen of Honolulu. George C Allen in county jail awaiting sentence for forgery after arriving three months ago and being convicted of passing a 28 000 check.
A wealthy farmer near Mahomet named A Phillippi used a new automobile to confront a bull that had terrorized his farm for five years. The bull bucked but fled from the horseless vehicle, bellowing as it retreated.
New York Central Railroad sketches a 750 foot tower taller than the Washington Monument to rise near Grand Central Station on Forty second Street. Plans show a 100 by 120 foot base shaft tapering upward with a 27 foot clock face on the left and a possible beacon light at the summit.
Washington special: Indians living in Indian Territory will gain full possession of their property, ending guardianship. Lands are segregated for town sites and mines, with 445 thousand acres set aside for coal and asphalt. When sold, two tribes may gain about 20 million dollars. Osages, Choctaw, and Chickasaw rich in property. tribal governments to be abolished by March 4, 1996, lands to be held in severalty and sold at auction in 640 acre parcels.
Indianapolis special notes that Indiana’s Congressional delegation is likely to unite against the rural free delivery contract system. The group recalls their past opposition and warns the plan could invite frauds similar to those seen with the star route system.
A Sunday school lesson notes Acts 27 33 44 with Paul urging the crew to eat and be of good cheer. It recounts the voyage to Melita now Malta the rescue of all aboard and the soldiers plan to kill prisoners thwarted by the centurion followed by landing safely.
A vivid exchange recounts Miss Simpson in a temper at Mrs Porter’s sewing scene. She vents about Jennie Porter's slang and defends her own judgment with a sharp comparison to elegance among apple trees.
Mrs. Jaggesby chides her husband for saying yes too often and asks for ten dollars for shopping. He refuses with a quick no, sparking a quiet domestic moment reported by the Chicago News.
A brief quip from the New York Sun notes a romance where a wife loved deeply, then lost money after marrying a spendthrift husband, illustrating a sharp social jab about financial misfortune in marriage.
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