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Newspaper
New Castle Press
Location
New Castle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1903
Page
6
A catastrophic explosion of fire damp at Union Pacific mine No. 1 in Manna Wyoming traps about 200 workers. Rescue efforts struggle as 28 bodies near the shaft are recovered mangled, with many more feared dead. Among the 284 dead are about 175 married, 100 Finnish, 50 colored, and the rest American.
In Rockford Illinois on July 1 the corpse of Richard Tibbits a seven year old newsboy was found near a driving park a mile from town. The child appeared disemboweled with chest opened and a handkerchief stuffed in his throat his suspenders tied around his wrists. His unsold papers candy and pennies lay beside him. He had left home eight days earlier with a companion claiming they swam the river. Public feeling runs high as police investigate this brutal killing.
In Chicago 2,500 workers walked out after unions demanded about a 10 percent raise from ten factories. Employers cite Chicago wage levels as higher than in any other city, threatening closure of about fifteen small plants.
Valentine Wollak, 32, a Prussia native, was arraigned before U S Commissioner Shields in New York on charges of killing Jon Ackerman and his wife Elizabeth at a farm home near Rosenburg Prussia on January 3 last.
Washington dispatch reports the census director contends the deficit act allows using the unexpended census fund balance of over 400000 for next year. The plan: avoid large dismissals, retain most clerks, dismiss only the least efficient, and utilize the entire clerical force where possible.
The speaker argues that Bubari can mobilize an army of 250,000 swiftly, while the Sultan cannot mobilize in two months. He suggests concessions might avert war, but warns catastrophe is imminent unless such steps are taken.
Alice Furlong, two years old, was returned to her parents after Hazel Avery was arrested nearby the scene of arrest. Avery confessed after claiming a tall dark woman gave her the child, with police noting possible mental instability.
Advisory committees from Methodist Protestant Congregational and United Brethren churches met in Pittsburgh to work toward church union. Each denomination has fifteen members represented on the sub committees. The consensus suggests Congregationalists may demand unattainable terms and resist affiliation.
A special grand jury in Peoria has been convened to consider John McCray, the Negro charged with killing Detective Murphy last week. McCray remains in the Galesburg jail to avert a lynching, as locals demanded a speedy trial.
Washington July 1 first in a series of experiments to test preservatives in foods has concluded under Dr Wiley and the agricultural department. Fourteen men, in two divisions, received doses in capsules and were observed for digestion weight and blood effects over forty day periods. Nine tenths of chemicals passed via kidneys and perspiration. next tested chemical will be galicic acid and experiments to continue indefinitely.
A four week flood interruption cripples intercity streetcar service between Kansas Citys. Only one line operates via a temporary bridge. Armourdale remains accessible while Argentine is cut off for weeks. No wagon bridge yet across the Kansas River, two bridges to be completed this week.
Report from Vienna on June 29 states the vilayet of Adrianople faces a grave situation with signs that Bulgaria and Turkey expect war. Turkish authorities are accused of planning systemic persecution of Bulgarians, with villages razed and notable Bulgarians imprisoned on vague pretexts. Turkish forces are said to number 12,000.
An Oklahoma officer arrested John H. Roberts in Mt Vernon Indiana after eluding capture since the December 31 1901 murder near Sterling Oklahoma. Roberts, charged along with T N Higginbotham and two sons, had been sought since the alleged crime. an Oklahoma officer traced his whereabouts after a trip to Carmi for a prisoner.
In Beaver Dam near Decatur Indiana two coal miners Danal Dever and Michael Farkas were shot during a jealousy dispute over a local girl. The men, who boarded with John Black, were both courting his daughter when the fatal confrontation occurred.
Reports from Anderson, Richmond, and Huntington detail a man in Anderson shooting himself after farewells and paying debts. a deed theft case involving Oliver F H Taney in Alexandria. a coroner's finding of self defense in a Quinn homicide near Richmond. and a Roanoke pastor J L Goshert receiving a tour ticket and vacation for church-building efforts.
The coroner reopens the inquiry into the death of recorder J O Brown. Experts testified poisons were found in the stomach and intestines.
Thirty persons killed and sixty injured in a railway wreck in Mian. West Virginia storm damage reported. President Roosevalt’s homecoming fete at Oyster Bay. Chicago hotel employers and employees reach peace agreement. Salvation Army to use new citadel HQ in Cleveland. Denver to host Society of Christian Endeavor biennial meeting. An Australian claims to seal a column of gas from three centers. Serbia war actions center reports in charity. Coal mine explosion at Mexican Coal and Coke Co. in Manclove, Max. fatalities and injuries noted.
The Missouri legislature passed the transit bill in 1899. Indictments allege bribery and relate to acts by officials in Jefferson City. The statute of limitations and legal standards frame whether prosecutions proceed.
Washington July 2 The Postmaster General awarded the money order blanks printing contract to Paul Herman of Rutherford New Jersey as the lowest of fourteen bidders The deal covers 300 000 to 350 000 dollars in the next fiscal year and promises a saving of about 45000 over four years The Wynkopl Hallenbeck Crawford company of New York and the United Typothetae opposed the bid Superintendent Metcalf was dismissed over alleged bid favoritism.
Senator W. Fairbanks of Indiana acted as orator and touted lineage to John Preacott, the town's first settler, while Senator Geo. F. Hoar and former Governor Geo. S. Boutwell attended as notable figures.
E. E. Kessler, president of the defunct Citizenat bank, remains missing days after the bank failed. If located, criminal charges will be brought. A local stock company forms to open a new bank in the former Kessler office to relieve business stagnation.
Bloomington July 2 John Muller a Monarch stone quarry workman was killed when a stone derrick dropped crushing him and striking his head authorities reported.
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