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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1903
Page
6
ANDERSON Ind Aug 7 The very recent decision of the State attorney general relating to the board of county prisoners.
Madison county faces a shift in prisoner care and pay as records show the county pays about 300 monthly for inmate upkeep. Prisoners are often held by police, prompting Anderson to seek sharing costs. Alexandria Elwood and other towns press for rapid adjustment while outside taxpayers oppose boarding Anderson’s prisoners from the general fund.
Warsaw grants Winona Electric Light and Water Company a fifty year franchise to build operate an electric lighting system power system hot water heating plant and waterworks with spring water for drinking The work must be completed within two years as per council vote at a special meeting in Warsaw Indiana on August 7 by Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Madison County officials report only one appeal from the Board of Review. The American Glass Company contests a $2.50 per machine valuation for four window glass blowing machines after inspecting in Alexandria. They insist machines should be taxed as machinery based on output, not valuation of output. Hartford City council reveals city water works loss and asks for a report on customers and costs. Lafayette council expects gas meter dispute with division on whether meters should be required. Covington reports sale of $10,900 Wabash Levee Association bonds with a $779.25 premium to Citizens National Bank and M. L. Wilson.
In Oklahoma City on August 7 a quarrel over relocating Mountain Park to Snyder ended with George Baily shooting and killing W. Brown. The dispute began between Bailey and R. K. Kelley, president of the El Paso Mountain Park & Oklahoma Central Railroad, who opposed the move, with Brown aligned with Kelley.
Baron Speck Von Sternberg presented credentials as Germanys ambassador to President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay marking a notable reception away from Washington. The ceremony followed formal letter delivery and included rifle practice, with Sternberg praised as an expert marksman and close personal friend of the President.
The Times dispatch from Kiev reports widening disaffection among workers with disturbances at Kharkov Ekaterinoslav and other centers. Troops fire on crowds in Nikolaev and elsewhere, twelve killed and four hundred wounded, governor injured, and military suppression blamed for ending free speech.
University of California scientists led by Prof. John C. Merriam report new paleontological finds in Shasta County caves. Bones from mountain lions, bison, wolves, porcupines, cave bears, and ground sloths, plus an almost complete cave bear, are discovered. A preserved skeleton of a woman is found at a well bottom, dated about a century ago.
Isom Strong, a young negro, tried to enter Mrs. Mollie Lacy's bedroom. A mob captured him after he was taken to jail. The sheriff fled town with him, but the mob retrieved the prisoner. District Judge Levy promised immediate grand jury consideration, and the mob dispersed. The suspect was returned to jail.
Michael Kerrin was sentenced to jail to work out a fine and land costs in Beacon Falls Connecticut for causing a panic at a rubber factory. He admitted he traveled 3300 miles to confront workman Stauffer who had him to Sables getts caetates far est.
Rome August 7 St Peters is closed as coronation preparations proceed Pope Pius X plans 50000 admission tickets via parish priests clubs and colleges while the rest seats go to distinguished guests Military guards to control the piazza amid anti clerical fears Don Carlos ally of Pius X faces papal interests in Rome Rampolla faction favored for secretary of state with Ferrata Also Agilardi Satolli declined Gibbons meets the Pope amid heat illness not deemed serious
Four battalions of Turkish troops supported by artillery routed 1,800 Bulgarians near Sorovitch. The report notes a growing Macedonian uprising in Salonica and Sofia with Aug. 31 planned general rising under Boris Sarafoff, famed for raids against the Turks and tied to earlier abductions in the region.
In Franklin Indiana the County Commissioners approved three licenses by a 2 to 1 vote after days of trial. The move, opposed by temperance forces who say many residents were improperly removed from consideration, may be challenged in court.
Alexandria reports thirty nine saloons paid most fees though a modernization of payment plans led to widespread liquidation. In Muncie the Mancie Brewing Company prepares Home Brew, its first product, with over one hundred thousand dollars invested in a new plant and local agencies for external brewers. Elwood authorities arrest five men for selling liquor to minors amid a defiant anti-saloon mood and looming trial, as factions gear up for a hard fight.
The Diamond Flint Glass Company stockholders met in Hartford City and elected officers Will iam Scott president J. P. Rawlings vice president J. N. Carey treasurer O. W. Beath secretary and H. S. Warrick manager The earnings report showed satisfactory business for the past year despite a weak Flint market The company plans extensive repairs this summer with an early start All men employed The Stewart Drug Company of Indianapolis holds the controlling plant interest Separately F L Jones plans a $5 000 business block in Montpelier west of the post office.
United States Senator Weldon Brinton Heyburn plans to marry Miss Gheratine Yeatman, his childhood sweetheart from Chester County, Pennsylvania. Heyburn, now Idaho’s senior senator and a prominent figure at the Idaho bar, left Wallace for the ceremony to be held next Wednesday, with vows to be taken in Pennsylvania before heading to Alaska for a wedding grip.
At Henrietta North Carolina a major cotton mill town a clash fears loomed after Otis Bird and Virgil Cudd two black men attacked a white boy and a colored meeting was disturbed by whites. Police on duty dispersed the crowd but tension remained high as more trouble was anticipated.
Monsignor Falconio reports a Rome cable confirming Cardinal Sarto, patriarch of Venice, elected pope as Pius X. He calls for unity and obedience among American Catholics, praising the new pontiff and praying for a long, prosperous reign to honor the apostolic see.
Chicago announces the world’s largest French library outside France will open early next month. Prof Ingres of the University of Chicago leads Circle de Lux Alliance Francaise in running the project. Standard French literature will fill the collection with weekly Paris additions via a special agent. Quarters are in the Fine Arts Building funded by Chicago manufacturers and exporters active in Franco American trade.
Santa Fe, N M August 7 Clement Smith telegraphed from Hastings Mich that he declined the appointment as chief justice of President Roosevelt giving a reason tied to penance Searestient to sauna fhe amine sc.
In Muncie Indiana residents clash over where Indiana Union Traction will lay its double tracks as a planned terminal at the intersection of asupecty and Charles streets faces opposition. A citizens committee will propose acceptable routes to the traction company and City Council. prospects for Charles street fade amid protests.
Reports from Oaxaca and Pochutla indicate earthquakes shaking the region. The Colima volcano shows renewed activity with large gas clouds over Colima city.
Sheriff Major in St Clairsville refutes a circulating tale that a local plowyer named C Barnatte planned to lynch him over an assault on Mrs M E Stowe. No such persons or excitement are known in St Clairsville and the rumor is deemed untrue.
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