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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1910
Page
2
Paris suffers heavy inundation as rain and snow swell the Seine, flooding riverside warehouses and parts of the Jardin des Plantes. Water filters and underground lines are at risk, lights fail in suburbs, and bears in rescue pits face danger while trains suspend service across districts.
In New York on Sunday, boxer Jack Johnson faced Norman Pinder in a courtroom bout. Johnson denied striking Pinder, claimed the man injured himself, and was held for trial with $1,000 bail as diamonds glittered on Johnson’s bench.
Pittsburg January 24 William C Lilley former treasurer of the Pittsburg Presbytery will have church affairs adjusted for settlement An audit of church books will be made under Lilleys supervision He confessed to a $20000 shortage leading presbytery members admit there will be no prosecution
Shelbyville Indiana January 24 Jr and Mrs Argus Cartmel residents on a farm south of Waldron were struck and killed instantly by the Greensburg express at Waldron while riding a buggy to church Sunday morning about 10 30.
South Bend Indiana January 24. For the first time since raids on blind tipplers began in South Bend and St Joseph county a proprietor has been given a jail sentence. Perry Fry was sentenced to thirty days in jail and to pay a $50 fine.
John B. Walsh starts as reading clerk in the bureau of criminal identification at Leavenworth Federal Prison. His duty is to read newspapers and clip stories about criminals for the prison archive.
Weather bureau chief Professor Willis L. Moore discusses wind effects on health in a Washington interview. He explains easterly winds bring humidity and dust, spreading germs and disease, while northwesterly winds blow from dry, pure air with downward motion and higher ozone levels.
A historical note argues that the cool northwest wind invigorates body and mind. It speculates mortality patterns favoring west winds, links storm activity to American climate, and contends environment shapes the emerging American character and energy.
Dr Edward Anthony Spitzka, Jefferson Medical College, argues in a Philadelphia talk that some cases justify death by one's own action. He cites a cancer patient, a spying soldier to be hanged, and an engine man under a wreck with approaching fire as scenarios where a physician might legally or morally assist or permit self termination to end intolerable suffering.
After a New York snowstorm ends a boy, his grandfather and father shovel the curb while the mother photographs them from a window. She plans to hang the image beside The Spirit of 76 in her library and label it The Spirit of 1910.
An anti profanity league began at Berkeley police headquarters when Policeman Frank Waterbury presented a small tin bank to the men. Each swear in the room requires a dime. When the bank reaches five dollars the money will go to a fund for sick policemen.
Evansville bank fears a receiver if $2,000,000 cannot be raised to settle Citizens National Bank debts. Directors and examiner J C Johnson express confidence funds will materialize and deposits remain secure. President Gillette and cashier Starmstedt face scrutiny amid calls for caution in lending practices. Despite the closing of the bank, Evansville commerce shows no major disruption.
Dr J N Hurty secretary of the state board of health issues a pneumonia warning for winter and early spring. He cites sleeping in closed rooms riding in closed streetcars and rich foods as risk factors, urging wholesome food abstinence from alcohol and moderate tea and coffee use plus exercise and fresh air to ward off illness.
Joseph Greene a renowned conductor on the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania lines was killed at Richmond Indiana when he slipped on an icy board and was thrown under the approaching train as he attempted to alight at the station.
John McDonald aged 32 an employee of the Illinois Improvement and Ballast Company was instantly killed when the sleigh he rode was struck by a freight train at the Madison street crossing in Gary Indiana.
In Greenfield Indiana on January 24 frightened by the blast cracksmen blew open the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern station safe. They escaped with about $300 left behind only glycerine and gunpowder. No further trace was found.
Evansville Indiana January 24 Farmers near the Ohio river are abandoning homes and moving belongings in advance of an anticipated second rise from Pittsburg that could push the river over forty feet.
Harry Rife formerly of Hymera Indiana was electrocuted at midnight at the Ohio Penitentiary for the murder of Mrs Lida Griswold Eaton Prebel county Ohio on July 8 1909. The victim refused his marriage proposal and was a daughter of Judge Gilmore and sister of Prosecuting Attorney Gilmore. The execution followed a last minute appeal by Rev Samuel Ryan an uncle of Rife and former chaplain of the National G A R.
Bishop Warren Candler, visiting Cuba for the Southern Methodist Church, reports from Santiago that government extravagance and heavy taxes push the population toward desperation. The national budget reaches 33 million dollars with local costs totaling 66.6 million, taxing over 40 per capita and subsidizing officials salaries. He cites the national lottery as a drain and demoralizer of labor and industry, saying only a leader is needed to trigger open revolt.
Indianapolis January 21 The state statistician offices free employment bureau reports farmers face high living costs and a farm labor shortage. A Newton County woman offers two workers pay 30 dollars a month April to October plus 26 dollars otherwise, free housing, garden and cow feed with board in winter. Another single worker is sought at 20 dollars with winter board.
Portsmouth reports naval prisoner James Hall, held aboard the South ern at the navy yard, admitted murdering Annie Schumacher in Healy Sepulchre cemetery Rochester on August 7. He claims the killing was an accident and describes disposing of the body in a shallow grave before fleeing west. Hall, Swedish-born Minnesota native, about 26, asserts he beat and assaulted the girl after she greeted him with flowers.
Peru Indiana January 24 Sheriff John Wolpert arrived from Columbus accompanied by George Bunker who he arrested on grand larceny charges. Bunker is suspected to be the leader of an organized horse theft band with several others already jailed in Marion.
Gustave Bruch and William Becker disputed a horse sale involving 200 dollars. After five days of trial in superior court the jury verdict favored the defendant. County costs total about 200 dollars for jurors fees and mileage.
Leavenworth Kansas January 20 John R Walsh convict No 6861 has started a five year term in the United States penitentiary here Warden R W MacClaughry an old friend did not meet the prisoner the deputy warden performed the duty
A fragment reports Mr and Mrs Argus Cartmell of Shelbyville Indiana were in a buggy when an unspecified collision or mishap occurred on January 24. The readable text offers little detail beyond their names and location.
Sullivan Indiana January 21 A jury after five minutes deliberation returns a verdict of not guilty in the John Wilson murder case. Wilson was accused of killing Leonard Orr with a spade.
Terre Haute observes a murder trial as George Greenleaf, twenty, faces first degree charges for the killing of Ralph Winover on October 6. The case proceeded on January 19 with jury selection and opening statements underway.
Bloomington Indiana January 19 John Dressell a saloon keeper was charged with operating a blind tiger. He was fined 250 and sentenced to sixty days in jail.
Rev Raymond E Walker former Graniteville Baptist pastor is in critical condition after a suicide attempt in jail. He swallowed pins and ground glass and earlier tried head impacts on the cell bars. He was jailed in December on forgery charges and later consumed chloride of lime after recovery.
The mutilated head of Mrs. Jennie Cleghorn, discovered decapitated at a resort on Armour Avenue last Wednesday, was recovered from a vacant lot several blocks from the crime scene. Police say the discovery leaves the case as unsolved as before.
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