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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1903
Page
1
Representative Overstreet plans to push an investigation into the Post Office Department scandal, following widespread gossip among politicians sparked by an Ohio newspaper’s anti editorial against the Miller case stance.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Indiana national banks excluding Indianapolis hold cash resources of 101,671,796 with deposits rising from 92,616,082 to 66,388,026 and loans advancing to 1,24,732. Surplus reaches 4,54,00, undivided profits 2,16,612, gold holdings about 2,609,519, notes in circulation 1,995.40. Roosevelt nominates Gen. Leonard Wood for major general, plus other army and civil appointments. postal scandal inquiry eyed by Rep. Overstreet and House committee. broader political maneuvers draw interest in national affairs.
Galveston Texas December seven bids open for raising the city grade to match the seawall about seven feet with 11 000 000 cubic yards of fill. Low bid 181 2 cents per cubic yard from P C Goodhart and Linden W Bates New York. Project to cost nearly 2 000 000 funded by city bonds. Canal twenty feet deep planned inside and near the seawall. work to start in sixty days and finish in three years. Col C S Riche and George W Boschke recommended the award.
James M. Edge alias James Kane, arrested in Memphis on embezzlement charges totalling about $100,000 from the First National Bank of Paterson New Jersey. Edge says he vanished three years ago after the thefts and now admits the sum, claiming losses in turf speculation. He will waive extradition and be sent to Paterson.
Republican representatives hear the president review and recommendations as the regular session opens. The Senate closes a special session and begins the regular session while debating the Cuban reciprocity bill.
The House debated a bill proposed by Mr. Prince of Illinois to invest 100 million dollars of public funds through the Treasury at five million dollars monthly in state, county and municipal bonds paying under 2 percent. The measure, aligned with the Aldrich design, would permit limited monthly sales of up to ten million. The session noted routine work and other measures including a McKinley holiday proposal and a postal currency plan.
Grand Rapids, Dec 7. Judge Wolcott orders Henrietta Adams to accept a $10,000 reduction from the $30,000 jury verdict or face a new trial. The plaintiff, Caseville, charged R. Stuart Baker with breach of promise after he wed another woman during the engagement. Baker's marriage occurred while the couple were at college, and the judge set a 20 day window to decide between the reduced judgment and a new trial.
In Muncie Indiana on December 7 Richard Stepleton nine son of Mr and Mrs Stepleton was instantly killed at 230 pm by touching a telephone wire suspended across a trolley line during school recess The wire burned his hands and the teacher Miss Karn was severely shocked Neighbors cut the wire to free others involved in the incident
New York December 7 Lester C Fitzgerald a Glass Mfg employee shot and killed Mrs Matilda Wood at a Williamsburg Brooklyn hotel and then killed himself with the same pistol. Wood was married to a newspaper compositor who suspects Fitzgerald acted after Mrs Wood spurned his advances. Fitzgerald was divorced by his wife prior to the incident.
The Muncie Gas Light and Fuel Company offers a $10 reward for the conviction of the person who shut off gas to seven wells during the cold weather. The undisturbed wells were in a remote part of the field and customers suffered shortages. A new $100,000 pumping station will begin operation within two weeks.
Five fraternities at Indiana University have ostracized three rival groups and warned three sororities to boycott their events. The Independent co-eds rejected the social ruling, prompting public concern over college conduct. President Bryan convened a conference with Dr Mary Bes Nivel to mend ties and ease the breach.
In Isville Indiana December 7 a cable from John Gowdy Paris consul general reports Mrs Gowdy’s serious rheumatic illness. She recently presented Methodist Sunday school two original prints from 1800s paintings by Benjamin West, now in the Louvre Paris.
Hunters along the river at North Platte Nebraska discovered the dead body of a well dressed stranger hanging from a tree. He was identified as Robert Hanton of Union Grove Wisconsin, carrying money and papers showing a Chicago to San Francisco itinerary. Authorities believe two men are involved and may be the same person tied to an escape case from Wisconsin.
Bourke Cockran spoke at Washington Hall on Catholicism and Democracy, arguing that the Catholic Church fostered social progress, aided by its moral law, education, and charitable works. He linked church principles to democracy, asserting the church promotes honesty, virtue, and domestic purity while guiding labor questions and opposing divorce. Notable attendees included W.S. Onahan, John A. Creighton, and Timothy Howard.
Pittsburg reporter details the arrest of Abraham Thaller and Morris Opar both 26 of New York City. They attempted to bribe officers and were compelled to disgorge diamonds and other jewelry valued at $10,000 at the Central police station.
In Kokomo Indiana Pittsburg Plate Glass plant boiler house steam blast killed fireman Edward Woren and badly scorched an Italian assistant believed named Joe Valinsky. Woren recently moved from Indianapolis and carried letters and a photo from Miss Nettle Harris of Indianapolis who was to wed him soon. No relatives found. daughter believed to live in Indianapolis.
Bloomington dispatch reports Charles W. Speigel, contract manager for W. M. Spencer, fatally shooting an unknown man at a railroad work camp after being fired upon. Speigel claimed self defense as three shots were fired by two men who had applied for work. One suspect fled. another remains at large.
In East St Louis Joe Irvin a 32 year old Negro narrowly escaped a mob after shooting Edward Lawson a white man from Mount Vernon Ill Law son lay dying Lawson was shot when he resisted a attempted hold up at a saloon Irvin was captured by police and held on charges pending Lawson s injury outcome The mob was dispersed by officers and Irvin was taken to the city station
New York reports startling revelations from a confession by Max Karnfield, a convicted public fire adjuster, about false insurance claims. Assistant District Attorney Garvan says twelve suspects, including three lawyers and several merchants and adjusters, will face grand jury scrutiny as fraud losses total in the hundreds of thousands.
In Hastings Colorado on December 7 eleven women, wives of striking coal miners, assaulted Marshals Hightower and Waybright during the destruction of shanties at the Victor Fuel Company property in the Italian quarter. Marie Vanelli struck Hightower with a butcher's cleaver, nearly severing an ear, as others beat Waybright. The women were arrested and transported to Trinidad for trial.
Forty five Indiana window glass manufacturers met in Muncie December 7 and formed the Federation Co operative Window Glass Company with 132 pots represented and plans for 48 more. The group will coordinate with the American Window Glass Company to resolve trade muddle. Officers include President J B Scahy Matthews and vice presidents August Collet and B F Kreeng with Leopold Mambourg as secretary and sales agent Emile Major as assistant and August Phillipart as treasurer.
Cleveland Ohio December 7 Assignee Frank H Gin of Euclidavenue Trust and Savings will pay a second dividend of percent amounting to about nine hundred thousand ten days before Christmas An earlier dividend has been declared and Gin says assets are sufficient to cover bank liabilities About thousand will be distributed and among beneficiaries is John D Rockefeller to the extent of twenty five thousand
Eight human skeletons uncovered by workmen near the old Hall of Records in New York are believed to be remains of Continental soldiers who died in the Revolution. The site, once used as a prison for prisoners of war, yielded the finds as workers dug in the City.
Dispatches from Colon report a circulated rumor that 3,009 Colombian troops have left Cartagena for an Isthmus invasion, sources tracing to Port Limon Costa Rica. U S gunboats conduct reconnoitering along both coasts, with Atlanta dispatched to San Blas and expeditions planned toward Costa Rica and Panama frontier routes.
Washington dispatch notes the cruiser Atlanta heads toward the Gulf of Darien to monitor rumors of Colombian soldiers marching from Cartagena toward the Isthmus of Panama. Officials avoid confirmation as Colombians estimate 2000 or more troops ready along the coast for possible action.
Dec. 7 Colón reports the canal treaty arrived from Panama in a special car carried by Consul General Gudger to the purser of the steamer City of Washington. The box containing the treaty and its two keys was handed over for safekeeping aboard the vessel bound for New York.
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