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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1899
Page
1
A compilation of laws enacted by the Indiana General Assembly with emergency clauses designating immediate in force status. Highlights include prisoner labor provisions, board convicts, penalties for notaries, county road and gravel road funding, prison and penal reforms, and various municipal powers and recordkeeping requirements.
The War Department orders the Twelfth New York Infantry now in Matanzas Cuba to sail on the transport Berlin to New York City for muster out. The plan aims to reduce Cuban forces as the rainy season nears while delaying full withdrawals to allow gradual homeward transport of numerous regiments.
Blount names Timothy B. Howard of South Dead. Amirius A. Daily of Lebanon. William A. Workins and others to a state commission to revise fees and salaries of county and township officers. The group will investigate public justice costs, hear testimony, and report to the next General Assembly. William A. W. Kips named secretary, former clerk of the committee that set current salaries.
Judge Tuley in the Circuit Court issued a mandamus ordering Chicago authorities to issue three saloon licenses. He ruled the war tax stamp was not attached to the bond and called the tax unwarrantable interference with city and state governments infringing state sovereignty.
The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday declared that under the state Constitution no property except religious and educational property escapes taxation. Building and loan stock must be taxed and the legislature’s attempt to exempt mortgaged property up to 100 dollars is invalid.
George Mitchell, in a Shelbyville wager of 50 cents, sat shirtless on Washington Street for thirty minutes. Found numb and near death from exposure, he was carried into Bogemar Goulding’s saloon as the thermometer showed two degrees below zero. His recovery remains uncertain and a family fears his death from the cold. Meanwhile, letters from Matanzas Cuba report three former Company C, 1861st Indians Regiment men confined in a fortress and undergoing harsh treatment, prompting questions about discharge investigations and arrests led by Colonel Gander and Captain Marks. An immediate inquiry is promised by friends.
Howard Burr of St Paul is found dead in a buggy after a Sunday hire at a St Paul livery stable. Burr and John Cuscoden drove to Shelbyville and were left near a barn by 5 am Monday. The liveryman discovers Burr dead beside the team.
A damaged OCR reads as a fragmented note about a young man described as sober and industrious with unclear context or location. The text provides no verifiable names, places, dates, or actions.
A Haughville factory posted a vaccination notice for all employees amid a child's ill health. The boy faced severe agony toward the end of the procedure, yet vaccination proceeded.
K B Beeson and wife and Mrs Bee sons sister Mrs Isaac Schrader were buried south of Columbia City Tuesday. Beeson learned of Mrs Schray der death and suffered a stroke that killed him. Mrs Beeson fainted upon hearing and died an hour later. Two sisters in the same family died within three hours years ago.
George Weisel died last week near Frinceton as a thunderbolt struck his house and barn after the coffin left the home. Attendants extinguished the fire and found Kessel’s picture shattered by lightning. Heavy storm at the graveyard prevented orderly rites. Relatives suspect a bad omen.
George W. Sloan, Republican candidate for Representative, offers English town a tract of 1 acre forest land adjoining Hazile Wood sulphur springs for park use if the Town Council spends 3,000 for improvements such as building water basins. The land features rich timber and several springs.
John A Wells of Farbon won a verdict of 5000 against the Kureka Black Coal Company's 1 Carbor. He alleges a defective partition collapsed, crippling him severely and prompting the award.
A report details a fatal incident at Modoc involving three persons and a grip caused by a Bundy mudstone applied. James M. Barwick, a Lt. pioneer resident of Shelbyville, died. Nearby notes mention a new 35 dollar high school building planned in Noblesville for the coming summer. Other items reference D Laporte's young women driving a foundry wagon for charity and saloon license remonstrances at Windfall. Fort Wayne diocese of the Catholic.
A cold Sunday may have caused the death of a man found with no bruises and a light scrape on the forehead. He is believed to be a son of Alfred Burr of St. Paul.
Michael Morte died after a quarrel with Peter Bede who struck him with iron tongs. Bede fled justice as the conflict emerged in Wasi OCaha's Phunaartanm colony. Authorities say Morte died Saturday from injuries and Bede avoided police by hiding.
A Santa Fe report claims two masked men beat Issinger Kissinger in his cabin Sunday night. They demanded his money and, when refused, tortured him but seized nothing. Neighbors with knowledge of Kissinger’s life may be involved.
A High School building in Greene County burned Sunday night totaling about 14 dollars loss with 8 months insurance. The fire origin remains a mystery as the building had been closed since Tuesday due to funding issues. The structure, built in 188, was Greene County’s finest, and firefighters were hampered by a water shortage.
Webb Feller aged sixteen, son of Justice John Feller of Mount Jackson near Indianapolis, died Tuesday from blood poisoning linked to vaccination. Dr J E Curtis warned the family that on the day of the vaccination potential complications could occur.
Ro Brickett, trustee of White River town ship in Johnson county, must appear for trial April 1 on an $800 shortage. A 13 year old news agent on the Monon between Biosmington and New Albany is noted.
The Cuban Military Assembly impeached and removed Gen. Maximo Gomez from command after debating his handling of pay and arming of troops. The vote on removing Gomez stood 26 to 4, with accusations of insubordination and acting without Assembly approval.
The text describes an assembly opposing the Cuban army and mentions privates leaving service to start new lives with money. It notes military administration under Gen Gomez and property owning elements within the army subsisting on charity and compulsory levies backed by threats.
In a formal statement to Cubans and the army Gomez says the Assembly has deposed him as commander in chief, praises Cuba pursuing sovereignty, and announces his return to his homeland after thirty years of conflict. He vows to remain a friend to Cubans.
San Francisco reports the steamer Alameda carried news of a giant gold slug found in western Australia weighing twenty and a half pounds avoirdupois. The strike occurred in February by McFie brothers and a man named Parks about twenty miles from Marble Bar in the Filbarra field. The slug, with over 200 ounces of smaller gold, lay two miles north of the Pantomine nugget found by Boyle nine years earlier.
A boy from Southampton travels on the American line steamer St Louis to New York Chicago and Philadelphia bearing letters. He will await replies and return promptly, paid by an American.
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