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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
1
The Republican national convention meets in Philadelphia with Chairman M A Hanna calling agenda to order at noon. President Roosevelt appears to receive a standing ovation as Rev J O G Beltee offers a lengthy opening prayer amid a crowded hall.
A Lorenzo Marquez dispatch from London reports the Boer government moved to Alkmaar about 40 miles east of Machado Dorp on Friday. Kruger was believed ready to surrender but for Steyn's opposition, with Alkmaar the new center after the relocation.
The forthcoming state fee and salary commission report criticizes 19th and 18th century pay laws, showing inequities among counties and suggesting changes. Shelbyville reports not guilty verdict in a forged warrant case. Muncie notes a leopard escape during Elks Carnival. A F Weandford jailed for forged checks. background on the defendant Woodford linked to a prior Milwaukee bank failure.
General John Wheeler arrived to a warm reception as troops and citizens paraded. The Fifteenth Infantry and Seventh Artillery led the march, with National Guard detachments and local companies joining. The event featured bands, speeches, and a strong display of support for the war effort.
A fragmented notice describes meals and lodging for travelers aboard a conveyance. It mentions timing around early morning hours and a schedule of services including a tavern and entertainment. It notes recommendations for women and provision of meals at moderate rates with a tavern for passenger enjoyment.
The article lists commissioners including Mr Bogke Wrurt and Mr Henry Cobie, outlining focus areas such as banking, currency, civil courts, taxation, and schools. It notes work on administration, constabulary, and corporate franchises within the criminal code.
Havana cable reports yellow fever breaking out at Quimaitos eight miles from Havana where U S troops are stationed. Fourteen cases with three deaths so far and six under treatment. Two soldiers married to Cuban women were affected but recovered. A sergeant of the steamer service died and Major Frank Edmunds and Mrs Edmunds were stricken.
Washington special quotes B F Clayton a long time voucher clerk under the treasury in Cuba that not one half the Cuban frauds have been exposed and when the full light is turned on revelations will be almost beyond belief. He says Director Rathbone ruled with no safety system and the island auditor had no authority to review Rathbone's accounts.
A fragmented report accuses a group named Dorks of willful property destruction. The garbled text references Peetstee, Moshe, and a crowd, with scattered numbers and names, but the core claim centers on alleged vandalism and accusations carried by Bibbler.
The obituary notes the death of Mes Gladstone, wife of William Ewart Gladstone, linking her to England's aging prime minister and tracing her lineage to historic ties with Westminster and early ninth century North Welsh chiefs.
State Geologist Blatchley reports Northern Indiana lakes harbor marl enough to supply cement for a century. He toured Kosciusko county lakes and Lake James, noting deep deposits and nine lakes in the group. Largest deposit in Lake James supports a nearby factory near completion, employing men.
Four men flooded Knightstown on Saturday evening with counterfeit dollars dated 18991. Police chased them six miles and captured a bicycle ridden by one suspect. The bills bore the mark of the New Orleans mint.
Dublin voice James Hammond, removed from the school board by petition, plans to sue to regain the presidency. He and Treasurer Hoffman formed a rival board electing EE Green as superintendent. Both boards name teachers and may work at schoolhouses if the dispute isn’t resolved before fall. Hammond is reported confident despite the setback.
Panhandle railway placed a switch across Arrow avenue and moved freight cars to block it. Union Traction electric line must cross here on the way to Pendleton. Likely protests and disruptions as the road’s Indianapolis entrance faces delay.
Plainfield loses Squire E Johnson born in North Carolina who moved there in 1837 and served as justice of the peace since 1832. He knew two Presidents and witnessed a stagecoach mud incident in the 1830s, with none of the witnesses surviving.
A boat capsized on the river Tuesday night killing Fred Sinders and Mary Claire. Authorities believe a third person was aboard but unaccounted for.
Richardson, a nursery man in Muncie, reports a half inch black bug with red spots and six legs that eats insect pests but spares leaves. Found on a cherry tree, he tested it for weeks, shared specimens with customers, and some say it could fuel a future bug farm for profit.
Daniel Kitchell a wealthy farmer was fined six dollars including costs for cruelty to animals. He paid with notes and tried to redeem them at the squire's office. While the squire was telephoning the bank to verify the check, Kitchell allegedly gathered his notes and fled.
Nellie Berger testified in Peru that Clyde Jones abducted her and urged her to work for his step mother. She described repeated assaults and threats to kill if she cried out, sobbing as the crowded courtroom heard the account. The examination continued Wednesday with Jones showing no emotion.
Chicago special reports that Democratic state conventions in California Missouri Kentucky Georgia and Vermont Thursday pledged their support for William J Bryan on the Democratic ticket. The five states together are believed to push his nomination past the two thirds needed.
Henry G. Pratt, 58, died Saturday in Walkerton from acute alcoholism. He perished in the agony of tremens, after being given liquor by five young men from prominent families who sought to see his reaction. The mother of one is reported to have lost her reason from worry.
Gen Alejandro Rodríguez of the Nationalist party was elected mayor of Havana on Saturday with 13 003 votes against 6 004 for Senor Estrada Mora Independent. The Nationalists also won all eighteen council seats and most other offices, with Independents taking one corrections and one municipal judge posts. Four Republicans and two Nationalists among the remaining councilmen.
Reports from S. M. Cowan, superintendent of the Indian Industrial School, describe severe hunger among 16 000 Papago and other tribes on the Gila Reservation fifty miles south of Phoenix. He says crops failed for two years and Congress allotted 28 000 dollars without a distribution plan, leaving tribes to survive by foraging dry beans from mesquite.
Constable Basil Lemon and Clay McCormick were tracked by police dogs and crawled into an old shed. The shed collapsed as the hounds arrived, leaving both men knocked senseless with Lemon sustaining a broken rib.
Hugh Dempsey was killed in the New Summit mine when slate fell. A funeral procession formed by about a thousand miners and Odd Fellows followed the hearse. The deceased’s mule, draped in black, accompanied the ceremony on Saturday.
Crawfordsville hosted the twenty fifth Baldwin oratorical contest with a $9 gold prize funded by Judge D. P. Baldwin of Logansport. Senior speakers Emilie W. McAfee and Will H. Hays tied for first and the prize was split between them.
In Eastern Indiana the wheat crop is a total failure while oats and corn show mixed results. Gas belt factories have run steadily for two years and locals feel contented. The trust question is likely to sway votes as many plants are absorbed by larger firms.
A romance unfolds as Mary Waierzorek, 21, arrives in Baltimore from Posen Poland to marry Valentine Kranz of Fort Wayne. Kranz, who came to America from Poland, previously married the daughter of a Polish exile. she died two years ago. He wrote to his first love, who agreed to join him in America for the wedding this week.
Vincennes special reports William Solomon a bachelor farmer of Wheatland suffered severe injuries when an air tight coffee bucket exploded last week scalding out both eyes. The accident occurred while he was boiling coffee in the sealed container.
Bert Quillen aged 15 son of Jesse Quillen fell from the steamer Vincennes during a Baptist young people's excursion to Fort Knox and drowned before about 1000 spectators. Mrs Quillen was reported to have become hysterical when notified and may die.
Bethel hosted a special event on Sunday with 8,000 in a grand chorus singing songs from thirty to forty years past. The crowd marked the largest turnout in twenty years.
Miss Electa Adams stepped on a match while going to her room Sunday night in Franklin and her dress ignited. Her clothes burned off as her body suffered severe scorching. Her father tried to put out the flames and injured his hands. Further details are incomplete in the report.
London dispatches report Boers converging near Ficksburg while Gen. Rundle’s thinly held front faces daily outpost skirmishes. British losses and missing after June battles are listed as estrategies unfold with rail and bridge disruptions affecting supply from Lourenzo Marques.
Shanghai reports the Russian relieving force arriving outside Pekin and beginning a two front attack with heavy artillery. Chinese forces attacked the legations on June 14 6 5 and set fire to five European buildings. Uncertain results and rumors of massacres circulate, while Berlin reports conflicting versions of French and German casualties.
Washington marks that only the Ninth Infantry has sailed from Manila to China, with the Buffalo and others ordered toward the Philippines and the Pei Ho river fleet ready at Cavite. Admiral Kempff may have broad powers, potentially aligning with China to secure trade privileges, a historic shift in U S policy amid uncertain reports from China.
William Helsel of Berlin township attempting to herd cows near Greenville fell into an abandoned well thirty five feet deep while a cow broke through its cover. Helsel died in the plunge and another unnamed rescuer also perished during the dangerous rescue attempt.
London June 16 A rumor runs in the city that Lord Roberts negotiates with President Kruger and General Botha through their wives over surrender terms. The Transvaal war seems in the background as the far East crisis dominates, with belief that unconditional surrender may yield to peace talks to free men for the Chinese crisis.
Washington dispatch reports Representative Marion Devries of California named to fill the vacancy on the board of general appraisers in New York after Senate failed to confirm W. D. Bynum of Indiana. Devries, a Democrat, drew Republican support, including Hanna, Babcock, and Dick, and would be the Pacific coast’s sole Democratic representative. His district, normally Republican by about six thousand, could now flip, narrowing the next House Republican margin and making each seat valuable.
An El Paso special reports a Mayo Indian punishment tale from someone traveling from Sinaloa Mexico. A prospector named Wilson supposedly abducted a local girl, fled after she escaped, was captured, and executed by binding across a red ant hill. The incident ends with Wilson’s death and rumors he fled justice from Oklahoma.
Houston special lists fifteen women and children burned to death since June 7 from kerosene can explosions. Most fatalities occurred as victims tried to kindle a fire with kerosene. one case involved a flying match head igniting the can. Since Jan 1, Texas has seen forty five burn deaths linked to kerosene can blasts.
Special Judge Belcher ruled that California divorces followed by marriages within twelve months are invalid. He held that such couples remain unmarried in the eyes of the law, striking at Reno marriages in the past two years.
Mrs Berveridge wife of Senator A J Beveridge died at Dansville New York sanatorium at 4 a m Tuesday. Senator Beveridge stood at her bedside during days of watching. Cause of death listed as consumption of the bowels likely aggravated by the trip to the Philippines with her husband. Father George J Longsdale sister and two brothers were with her at the end.
United States troops under Generals Funston and Grant attacked a mountain stronghold east of Biacnabata, freeing captives and burning the fort. Last week 60 Filipinos were killed, 200 captured, 300 rifles and 23 000 rounds surrendered while three Americans died. Fever spreads through Cavite and Batangas garrisons with high sick lists.
Nashville officials announce Secretary Hay is seeking information on American missions in China and ensuring protection for missionaries. Dr. Chester calls for removal of the Empress Dowager and restoration of her stepson, with only one disturbance reported in the Yang-Tse valley.
John G. Taylor of West Chester spends $100,000 to beautify Lafayette Cemetery near Brandywine battlefield. He unveils his fourth monument a white enameled brick shaft with a marble Christ statue from Carrara Italy. A $25,000 base for General Lafayette's monument is also completed.
Newark reports hint that women may fill coremaker roles at Atha and Co steel works. Atha declines comment while Elizabeth pump works previously used women in caremaking with reportedly good results. Proponents say women coremakers can produce finer cores faster, though for large work men may be stronger.
John E. Sullivan, ex county clerk of Marion County, who fled in 1889 with about 80000 in county and trust funds, returned to Indianapolis and surrendered Wednesday. He plans to stand trial and seeks an opportunity to pay creditors. bondsmen suffered losses when he left the country. Sullican had spent time in Canada and the last three months ran a Greencastle poultry business under his own name.
Kirk Ketcher a white man was bound over to the federal grand jury on a charge of forcing a negro census enumerator to leave his home at the sight of a shotgun in Little Rock Arkansas.
Market notes show No 2 red wheat and corn trading with futures activity as traders watch weather and global demand. Prices edge modestly higher amid thin trading and speculative interest from merchants and mills.
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