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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
1
Officials, including Lockhaven mayor and a Washington clehman, accuse Machen of devious schemes. He allegedly collected exploitative take-offs from postal device makers and resold items paid for by government contractors, amid a grand jury report on corruption.
Seven new bills by a federal grand jury accuse eight men and one woman of conspiring to defraud the Post Office Department. August W. Machen leads four indictments as principal in a scheme involving straps and satchels with multiple contracts and secret rebates. Other named defendants include William C. Long Leopold J. Stern Thomas W. Gregor Maurice Runkle George Lorenz Martha Lo Teng and John T. Cupper.
Inspectors report evidence that Runkle divided profits with Machen and McGregor. John T. Cupper of Lock Haven, a Pennsylvania city mayor, is indicted for painting letters boxes at excessive prices. The scheme allegedly involved intermediaries, including Mrs. Lorenz, and double painting of boxes, with Cupper paid over $15,000 in excess. Official statement notes 1892 postal contract practices and ongoing Developments.
Paris reports a plain official notice that French tariff reductions on American salted meats will occur only for reciprocal concessions when French goods enter the United States. The new laws nearly double the duty on salted meats, impacting Chicago and other U S packing centers and stirring petitions from importers. Some expect renewed Franco American reciprocity talks as higher French rates pressure concessions.
At Clifton Forge a mob of about 20 men opened fire on a Chesapeake & Ohio express. Over a hundred shots shattered windows of the smoking car as engineers and passengers hid. The two Black prisoners were aboard for Covington Va. safety after the attack ended.
Col T C Campbell who led Goebel assassins prosecution and spent three years in Kentucky mountains gathering evidence left New York for Frankfort to seek from Governor Beckham a request to Governor Durbin to extradite Taylor. If refused a mandamus will be sought in US Supreme Court and contempt proceedings pursued. Campbell will also lead the prosecution of Powers former secretary of state whose trial will begin.
A crowd watching armless swimmer Clarence Lutz on Morrison street bridge when a section failed, sending over one hundred into the Willamette. Minnie Raymond and Edward Shark drowned. eighty injured, several missing. Many struck houseboats and timbers as rescue teams moved in. city ambulances, fire companies, and police aided. The old wooden bridge, 16 years old, had long been seen as unsafe.
In Battle Creek Michigan on July 21 engineer J L Kroll crawled outside a freight engine to stop a moving train after a flue split enveloping fireman Charles Butterfield in steam. Butterfield was rushed to Nichols Hospital in critical condition while Kroll appeared unhurt, risking his life to save others.
Mrs Blanche Kelley wife of Daniel J Kelley arrives in Niagara on the Lake Ontario from Jefferson City Missouri. She went to present letters alleged to have been received by Kelley from former Lieutenant Governor Lee of Missouri. She is subpoenaed as a witness before the Cole county Missouri grand jury amid indictments of three state senators on deadly charges. A similar subpoena followed earlier proceedings.
The summons to appear before the St. Louis grand jury was not served on Mrs. Kelley as she could not be found. Mr. Kelley said his wife would not return to St. Louis or Jefferson City until bribery cases are called for trial next month. He added she left Missouri to avoid warm weather rather than jury summons, and she may not return as a witness in the state boodle trials.
Senator Hanna arrived in Cleveland from Newport unexpectedly to attend a Consolidated street-railway directors meeting. He plans to dedicate much of the coming month to preliminary state campaign work and is likely to campaign with Col. Myron Herrick, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, as they press the state effort.
Springfield July 31 six year old Joe Checksfield of Bunker Hill died after eating bitter tasting candy given by a woman in a village store. State's Attorney Mahony and Coroner C C Robinson lead the inquest as witnesses say Mrs Guller bought strychnine on July 14 to kill rats and that the Checksfield family had recently moved from St Louis. The stomach was sent to Illinois University for analysis.
Regiments and batteries left camp for an army post near Lawrence Ind for what organizers call the greatest sham battle ever held on Indiana soil. Colonel Wagner outlined a no laughing matter plan with fifty rounds per man and live cannon as forces clash in a simulated day of war.
At McKeesport Pennsylvania July 31 a riot during a strike at Port Vue tin mill left John Mount fatally wounded and John Cameron crippled for life after shots in a melee with nonunion men T. D. King and Elmer Doliff. Police on scene unable to control mob momentum.
Citizens near the northeast hear cannons from a sham battle led by Col Wagner with Capt Blanton Winship acting as umpire. Third Regiment under Captain Glasscock defends Battery C at the eastern end, attacked by First and Second Regiments, with Batteries A and B providing firepower. Spectators can view the display from surrounding hills as regiments maneuver, with estimated 2,000 acres in use and battle length depending on stubbornness. The Third Regiment arrived early this morning via Allisonville pike, while the Second came through College avenue and the Third through Broad Ripple.CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 COL 1
King Edward and Queen Alexandra traveled by train from Galway to Kenmare meeting a lively crowd at each stop. They visited the convent at Kenmare and then drove to Doreen House for entertainment with Lord Lansdowne before sailing aboard the Victoria and Albert to Queenstown. The royal party enjoyed fine weather as loyal crowds lined the routes through Galway Limerick and Kenmare.
Ruth Powell, of South Senate avenue, was stabbed in the head and struck with a blunt instrument by two men in a cab at the Illinois and New York streets corner. The assailants fled as the vehicle sped away. the cabman found Powell unconscious and the police were later notified. Doctors at Indiana Medical College Dispensary treated her injuries and she was returned home. One assailant was said to work in the New Opera Company office. no suspects were located.
Robbers entered Louis Weber’s jewelry shop in Chicago while customers shopped, cut through the basement floor, raised the display platform, and stole two trays of diamonds valued at an unspecified amount. They gained access via a vacant rear store and passed jewels upward through a hole cut in the plush floor covering.
Philadelphia July 31 State Dairy and Food Commissioner Warren announces retail grocers received canned tomato orders containing a miscellaneous assortment of vegetables including some marbles and red beans, used in pan and deemed worthless. warning issued to inspect shipments closely.
The participants entered celis last evening and will stay until the first vote today. Each cardinal was attended by his conclavist, with servants and accompanied by friends and relatives.
July 31 dispatch from Rome reports the largest Catholic conclave in history assembled in the Sistine Chapel to elect Leo XIII's successor. Sixty-two cardinals, with attendants, are effectively prisoners, awaiting the ballot. Rampolla, Serafino Vannutelli, Di Pietro, Gotti and Oreglia are named as possible frontrunners, though no strong consensus exists. Security measures blanket the Vatican as cardinals, doctors, and staff prepare for the process amid expectations of political shifts in Vatican policy.
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