10 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1903
Page
1
Court voids Hill's merger and orders restraining the Northern Securities Company from voting stock of Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads, halting control actions. The ruling impacts railroad trusts and their leadership, with immediate compliance required by involved parties.
The United States prevailed in the suit against Northern Securities Company, Northern Pacific, and Great Northern Railways, held in St Paul. The scheme formed a New Jersey corporation to control both railroads, removing competition and concentrating ownership. The appeals court sustained the government, with Supreme Court review to follow.
Reports from Joplin Missouri and Hanceville Alabama describe a funnel cloud damaging Altamont Kansas and surrounding areas. Deaths and injuries are noted in Morrillton Arkansas and Summit Alabama with farms homes and a train disrupted by the storm.
The trial hinges as Cantrell seeks insanity status with prosecutors claiming the move aims to place him in an insane hospital. Key witnesses Martin Donnell Jones and others refuse to testify, threatening the State’s case and prompting Ruckelshaus to express indignation over the tactic.
In Buffalo April 9 President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale commented on Arthur R. Pennell in the Burdick murder case. He said Pennell was modest and honorable at college and urged withholding judgment until legal investigations finish. He declined to comment on reported Pennell defalcations.
In Walkerville across the Detroit river, a clash between strikers and nonunion workers of the Canadian Bridge Company escalated after they crossed into Detroit. Michael Sullivan of Walkerville was shot in the neck, several others injured, and four nonunion workers were arrested as authorities say Kennedy fired the first shot. The dispute stems from a 10 hour day proposal and demands for higher pay.
A Cherokee county tornado that crossed the Coosa river wounded several and killed a seven year old boy after striking Charles Smith’s rental house on the Bishop farm. The storm devastated homes and orchards across the area and left one dead and multiple injured.
April 9 reports say a 700-foot gap in the Hymelia levee cannot be closed as severe currents undermine piling after thirteen days of effort. Levee board resources dwindle while residents plan protecting dikes as weather forecasts warn of three weeks of high Mississippi water and possible river rise.
Belize reports British sailors seized a sloop and converted it into a pirate craft emulating Blackbeard and Captain Kidd They captured an American fruit vessel and swiftly returned to port amid alarm at the act in the interior of the region
Chicago listeners heard Louis Watterson of Louisville declare after thirty years that negro suffrage is a failure, due to Southern whites and Black unfitness, urging Republicans to end the political use of race. Hamilton Club tonight featured Watterson, Green and Hamilton with Cushman absent due to his father's death, reflecting on national progress and racial policy.
The April grand jury in St Louis hears bribery charges tied to Missouri’s alum baking powder ban. Lieutenant Governor John Lee says Daniel Kelley of New York offered 1900 to win a Senate committee’s support for repealing the ban. Kelley was arrested in New York, released on recognizance, with a reprivision to extradite pending. Witnesses include state senators and anti trust producer Whitneyton. Circuit Attorney Folk leads the probe with Attorney General Crow assisting. A Jefferson City inquiry follows.
Attorneys Gronninger and McCray seek to clear their client as action to be taken. The commission will determine the sanity question this morning and issue findings.
Rufus Cantrell known as the king of the ghouls faces an insanity commission to determine if he is mentally unfit in the Dr Joseph C Alexander grave robbery trial. Prosecutors seek to prove moral monstrosity while Cantrell’s lawyers push for exoneration amid police confessions and former army discharge citing brain disease.
A Denver meeting of livestock men from a dozen western states, led by National Live Stock Association president John W. Springer, vowed to oppose the proposed 50 million dollar packing house merger. They plan to block the merger and resist new packers, while awaiting federal criminal action against the combine and state guards against interstate commerce conspiracy.
A man and eight boys robbed Elizabeth Dempsey's house on East Fifty-third Street, stealing about 5000 in bric-a-brac silverware and jewelry. Seven boys were arrested. one eight years old confessed naming others. The theft occurred while Mrs Dempsey moved belongings and the entry was through a sidewalk coal hole before forcing the front door.
RichmondApril 9 The House of Delegates voted 63 to 18 to remove Judge Clarence J Campbell of Amherst County for his conduct in convicting Rev Crawford of the State Anti saloon League The removal resolution now goes to the Senate for concurrence
Martha Guinan, on April 9, attempted to take the life of David Henry and then killed herself by taking strychnine. She admitted the act and said she was the cause for her action, describing the self-inflicted death following the attempted harm.
A vessel suffered major damage when massive metal pieces penetrated the spar deck, causing structural injuries to the area. The incident disrupted operations and prompted an emergency response from aboard crew and nearby authorities. Further details on cause and remediation remain unavailable.
A gun turret accident aboard the USS Iowa near Pensacola during routine firing killed Seaman F L Berry and Seaman Walter Kiele and Navy Ordinary Seaman Purcell as three ton gun fragments pierced the deck. Injured include Rothschild Truesdell and Purucker among 33 named, with the incident prompting medical evacuation and an ongoing Navy inquiry.
President Roosevelt starts from park headquarters for an extended tour of the reserve amid efforts to exterminate mountain lions. A reporter forced entry and was arrested. later released. Secretary Loeb had no update beyond the morning departure. President Dias hunting in Guadalajara with the Italian minister and friends.
Edwards College, a Catholic institution three miles south of Austin, was destroyed by a roof fire. The building and contents were valued at 175000 dollars. Fire started on the roof from an unknown cause and spread rapidly. water supply came only from an artesian well as the town lacked a city mains.
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