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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1901
Page
1
Fort Wayne reports a remarkable divorce case ending with Mrs. Jerne D. Messier receiving alimony. Israel Messier disappeared after taking $10,000 from joint savings and leaving home with photographs and family belongings. The incident followed a 35 year marriage and a farm sale conversion to cash.
William Hogan, a window glass blower, died minutes after slashing himself across the abdomen following drink withdrawal. His wife and seven children witnessed the act at his West Main Street residence. he was employed at Johnston cooperative glass factory.
Health authorities in Washington district report a month long smallpox epidemic found Tuesday in Glencoe six miles southeast of Washington. A physician uncovered the concealed outbreak. Twenty seven people were placed in quarantine.
Joseph Selfert, jailed months ago for being criminally responsible in Milas Arletta Dwiggins death, is not tried after Judge Smith sustains a motion to quash the indictment. Ex Congressmen Henry J. Johnson argues the procuring of an instrument for a criminal operation does not on its own make a crime. Selfert released Wednesday. State to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The grand jury indicts Frank Purcell for second degree murder of his wife, after an August arrest on the earlier manslaughter charge. The victim’s death shocks as her daughter’s wedding to Noah Sutherland looms, with the 14-year-old son as the sole witness amid years of alleged abuse.
Hanover College girls sparked excitement Monday night with a sheet and pillow case parade through the town. They carried jack o lanterns rang bells and beat drums as they marched, drawing attention beyond the college grounds.
In Muncie a $16 damage suit features William Matthews and William Neff with Neff admitting bringing provisions and gifts to Matthews and his wife who cooked for him. In Paoli a boy finds a purse on a road and a stranger later seizes it, accurately describing its contents and offering no clues to identity.
A bathhouse connected to the main hotel was destroyed by Wednesday morning fire. The bucket brigade organized by hotel employees saved the main hotel building, while water damaged the main structure. Fire origin remains unknown and the loss is estimated between 0 and 10 000 dollars.
An insane Swedish woman from Cal Umet township, Even Goodman son, died in the county jail by hanging herself with a bed sheet while awaiting transfer to Logansport asylum. She left behind a husband and several young children and was not found until nearly twelve hours after the act.
Crawfordsville notes that Martin Birdsell and his wife were buried together in Waynetown on Wednesday morning. Mrs Birdsell died Sunday followed by Mr Birdsell who passed after paralysis struck them both. Both were born in Hamilton County Ohio in 18 percent and were seven days apart. They lived in the county over thirty years and were highly respected citizens.
W Fr Blenzy proprietor of a Van Buren hotel was found unconscious in a shed at the South Marion oil field with his right temple caved in. He identified himself and was taken to a hospital as a purse and gold watch vanished. No suspects yet.
After a two day trial the jury found Willam Gore guilty of shooting to kill his cousin Joseph Ballard on July 2. Gore and companions were tossing a ball in an alley when Ballard on a bicycle fell and his wheel was destroyed by an ice wagon. Ballard protested and Gore drew a revolver and fired.
Aevorge Neiman plans a fall carnival calf with odd features near St Wen del. Loogootee notes a natural gas anniversary. Cole of Pendleton reports chicken theft raids by Jim Wendell and wife. Summitville touts tile mill fame of Samuel Cowgill. Anderson’s Professor Carr promotes farming. Arcadian humor about balances and life. Brown County notes scarce Black residents, citing Nelson Fine’s drowning in 1870. Vermillion farmer advertises hogs.
Leon F. Czolgosh was executed at 7 12 a.m. in Auburn New York by 1700 volt electric chair after delivering a defiant confession. He proclaimed his motive as fighting for the working people and showed no fear during the procedure amid witnesses and prison officials.
A fatal wreck near Lexington injures crew and audience members as the Deadwood show train collides with a freight, killing a horse named Old Eagle and two other animals while injuring several workers. Colonel Cody surveys the scene as losses reach about 40000 dollars due to a dead-ended order and miscommunication.
Washington notes from agents in Constantinople and Sofia report communication with Miss Stone. No information yet indicating her death. Sofia officials convey the impression that she may be alive.
Washington special reports the cross examination of Admiral Schley continued at the court of inquiry Tuesday. The session moved slowly as questions probed the cruise from Cienfuegos to Santiago and the decision to turn back after reaching the area. The judge advocate used a typed list to compare testimony with logs and signals from fleet ships.
Reports from Manila detail battles near Pagstas in Iloilo province with twenty five insurgents killed and three captured along with arms. Meantime Vega surrenders with forces, one cannon and seven rifles as Hughes negotiates Marilot's surrender. Food shortages affect natives and a six hundred worker hat and umbrella factory closes under tariff tensions.
A Ballitown dispatch reports a race clash at Dun can's Chapel near Pearl River in Louisiana. One white man is dead, another dying, and a white man wounded. Nine African Americans are killed and many more wounded or missing in the violent aftermath.
The body of Czolgosz was buried in the regular prison plot and will be guarded day and night until the lime destroys the remains. Physicians who performed the autopsy found Czolgosz's brain normal if not above normal.
New York special report says Justice MacLean of the Supreme Court issued a certificate of reasonable doubt to stay John Most's twelve month imprisonment. Most, editor of the Anarchist Freiheit, faced sentencing for an article titled Murder vs. Murder published around the time of the President’s assassination.
Dispatches from Catbalogan Samar report tight enforcement to quell insurrection on the island. Gen Smith orders surrender of arms and implicated Balangiga massacre participants before a November deadline or faces deportation and destruction of villages. Balangiga and Basey patrols by Major Litseisons crew. ten gunboats patrolling. Naval Cadet Loveman Noa attacked at Nipa Nipa, losing his revolver and being killed with bolo attack.
Lexington special reports a pole shift at the Kentucky track that altered the three-eighths mile distance by forty to fifty feet. New York agent Mr Hill timed a yearling in .364 and queried the altered measurement. Breeders plan a Tuesday meeting to probe the incident amid mounting suspicion.
The Florence county court holds a white man and a negro woman dark marriage invalid under postwar law. children do not inherit from a testatrix's lawful grandchildren. It notes 1860s acts banning white and colored intermarriage, repealed later, with current constitution continuing prohibition. real estate loss hits mulatto claimants hard.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company plans to order 170000 tons of steel rails for delivery next year an increase of 16000 tons from last week. Although the allotment is not signed yet steel companies have been notified and announcements will follow once the permits are signed.
Columbus special reports Ohio State center rush John Sigrist is hospitalized with a broken neck after Saturday’s game against Western Reserve. X rays show a fractured third cervical vertebra. An operation is planned though prognosis is guarded.
Officials forecast a push to domestically produce all wrapper tobacco once used in Cuba. Experts from the Department of Agriculture will study regions in Pennsylvania Ohio and Texas and select land in new island possessions to cultivate filler and wrapper tobacco for national use.
Reynold's Weekly Newspaper claims King Edward VII has throat cancer and reports three papilloma removals on the left vocal cord since his accession and one on the right vocal cord last week. It says immediate surgery was needed as breathing was difficult and the condition worsened to cancerous growth.
The William McKinley National Memorial Arch Association is formed in Washington to fund a national memorial arch honoring President McKinley. President Roosevelt accepts honorary membership. The arch would be placed at the Washington approach to the memorial bridge, with Lyman J. Gage handling contributions and membership. The group supports a Canton, Ohio grave memorial as well.
Mrs Rebeccah Webb and her 22 year old son Charles lay poisoned in their South Bend home. Charles died after Friday illness and investigators seize brother A Grant Webb who was ordered from the house. Miss Cora Webb, age 2, is under surveillance as a probe continues.
Sunday marked the forty third anniversary of President Roosevelt's birth with no formal celebration. Dr. Nichols of Baltimore visited the White House during the day and Commander Cowles joined dinner. The President attended Grace Reformed Church services as usual.
The Insular Affairs Division of the War Department released a comparative report showing Cuba’s total receipts from customs sources for the first nine months of 1901 at 11,564,897 dollars, down from 11,208,748 dollars in the same period of 1900 and 180,000,000 in the prior year, reflecting a decline in revenue.
Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria that on October 24 near the Great Marico river De Lary and Kemp attacked a British force and were repulsed after heavy fighting leaving forty Boer dead including Commandant Omatirheysen. The British suffered twenty eight killed and fifty five wounded. eight British wagons were captured. The Boers reportedly took forty five more prisoners after 74 Boers killed and 16 wounded in the week’s actions. The British seized 471 rifles, 15,900 rounds, 710 wagons, 530 horses and 8,000 cattle.
John Caldwell of Etna Illinois thought his wife dead for twenty years. Last Friday a well dressed woman arrived at Caldwell’s farm claiming to be his wife who had vanished during the Klondike rush. She recounted an adventure with a New York company, staking a claim that yielded a fortune.
Andres Bordiguez and Anicte O Farrill, described as negro murderers, were garroted by a fellow prisoner who received two ounces of gold for both executions and a six year reduction. Death appeared instantaneous. Lieutenant Edward Carpenter attended to represent the military government.
The torch has been applied to the old warship Minnesota, brought here months ago to be broken up for metal. The hull is largely consumed with woodwork nearly all burned. It is believed the old Tennessee will be brought here later for a similar fate.
W Bourke Cock, a New York special figure, was severely injured Tuesday when he was thrown from his horse near his Sands Point estate on Long Island. No witness saw the accident. He lay unconscious with bruises and a head cut, bleeding, before being taken home.
A Novoe Vremya dispatch from Vladivostok reports General Grodekoff and Finance Assistant Minister M Romanoff will soon open the Manchurian Siberian railway, linking St Petersburg to Far East routes.
American jockey Cash Sloan fell Sunday afternoon on the Warsaw racecourse in Poland. He was picked up unconscious, revived, then taken to his residence for further care.
The Duchess of Manchester formerly Miss Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati has a daughter born Sunday. Both mother and infant are reported well. The child will be named Mary Alva Montagu.
The Japanese treasury announces a bond issue totaling 16,500,000 yen. Eight million yen will redeem other bonds while the remaining 8,500,000 yen funds the Chinese expedition.
Chicago and New York futures show No. 2 red wheat and No. 2 corn trading with uneven declines while oats hold near steady. Cincinnati and Toledo listings mirror soft demand with No. 2 red wheat and No. 2 corn varying in price across locales.
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