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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1903
Page
1
Representatives Overstreet and Crum packer Led the Debate as resolutions were adopted. Two inquiries will be made by the Post Office Committee to consider the postal scandal, while the Judiciary Committee will probe the ceding of the Isle of Pines to Cuba.
In the Senate and House actions of December 8 1902 debate centered on a resolution by Representative Overstreet to compel the Postmaster General to submit all papers on the postal scandal. Crumpacker pressed for a judiciary inquiry into whether Isle of Pines should be U S territory or taken by treaty to Cuba. The House adopted the resolution after parliamentary debates, with adjournment following.
In Washington the Senate wrestled with a motion to refer Penrose’s resolution to probe Post Office Department conditions to the Post Offices committee. Gorman charged the department’s inquiry with partisanship while Lodge defended its thoroughness. Teller opposed the Cuban bill as Clopp defended Senate treaty powers.
A man offers a reward for the return of his four false teeth lost in Indianapolis. The ad notes the teeth were custom made for him and laments the difficulty of eating without them, suggesting they may have been stolen or misplaced in a gutter or ash barrel.
Edwin Holt Hughes will be inaugurated as president with Trustees Faculty Alumni and citizens taking part. Greencastle is crowded with older DePauw graduates and younger alumni present. Senator Beveridge from the alumni will share honors with Dr Hughes during the ceremonies.
City health department figures for December indicate eleven diphtheria, nine scarlet fever, eight typhoid cases with eighteen diphtheria, three scarlet fever, eight typhoid cases for the same period last year. No smallpox cases. measles dominate with 163 cases in eight days, about twenty-one daily.
Dr Edwin Holt Hughes to be formally inaugurated as president of DePauw University Greencastle Ind with four days of ceremonies. Senator Beveridge will deliver the principal address The event draws alumni faculty students and trustees from Indiana Ohio and Illinois Expected to be the most elaborate in the university s history with hundreds of guests and a large campus reception program continues on page 5 Col 1
Policemen, though feared by children, show tender sides as a five year old and mother from Anderson seek help at the police station. Officers raise funds from colleagues to send mother and child home, the act leaving all with grateful hearts.
FREHOLD New Jersey December 8 Nearly a full family perished when a two story frame dwelling in Clarksburn burned early today Clayton Fowler 42 his wife 36 and their four children aged 16 13 and two years six months died in the flames The oldest child escaped from a second story window with minor injuries while the parents and remaining children were overcome by smoke before reaching a window.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Evansville Ind Dec 8 Late last night Noah Seals aged seventy struck David Gates aged fifty over the head with a hatchet and killed him instantly in a drunken row at Huffmans mill Spencer county near the Perry county line Seals is a well known character in the neighborhood A telephone message from Rockport says he has not been a considerable feeling against the coedinor
Jay county leads the state in oil gushers as Colonel Drake Oil Company reports rapid production on the John Remakus lease. The Binghampton Trenton Rocket Company shows continued activity with two new locations on Kelley and William Kell farms, and drilling advances on Welch and Joseph Remakus farms.
A mob of 300 white Democrats attacked the Berkeley Baptist Church office and the Berkeley Improvement Board in Norfolk. County Treasurer Lyons and Republican County Clerk A H Martin were assaulted, with police escorting Martin home. The riot, rooted in political tensions, involved armed men amid shots in the street. C W Rockefeller, kin of Standard Oil magnate, was among the crowd.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Miss Elizabeth Gillespie a prominent Rising Sun society woman shot in the front room of her residence around six with a through window attack. The left head and ear were hit. motive unknown and no clue to the killer.
Indianapolis gambling syndicate Rahke and Jones outlines a plan to operate a Monte Carlo style venue in Cumberland with long distance betting by telephone and a future Indianapolis Cumberland telegraph company. The scheme aims to attract gamblers to Cumberland while debates over legality continue, drawing opposition from local preachers and mixed town support.
Four masked burglars blew the Garlock Frazee Laundry Company safe in Cleveland on December 8 escaping with $2,000. They bound and gagged the night watchman with a chisel, then nonchalantly went to a nearby hotel bar for drinks before vanishing.
Monon engineers received a roughly 10 percent wage rise after a conference with President W H McDoel of the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers officials helped push the deal, with engineers Jones Cullen Byrne Miller and Boruff cited for their delegation. The agreement sets wages above those of Big Four engineers in the region and ended a costly dispute without lasting friction.
Oliver Barnes was accidentally shot on Felix Bunner farm nine miles south of Muncie by his brother Jacob Barnes during a hunting trip. Oliver, a worker at a local rolling mill, was wounded in the rib and taken to a city hospital where doctors began their examination to determine the extent of injuries.
New York December reports Robert A. Ammon, jailed at Sing Sing for criminal confinement and alleged involvement in a fast money scheme, appeared in court as prosecutors pursued charges related to a rumored rich quick operation.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Society for Suppression of Disease and Degeneracy prepared a bill for the upcoming Assembly requiring a physician's certificate of examination before issuing a marriage license. In Houston, Allen Brown, a Black man, was sentenced to 100 years for attempted criminal assault by the Cherokee County District Court after a near-lynching incident at arrest.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Sullivan Indiana Miss Erline Sinclair a 19 year old teacher at district No 13 six miles east of town was subjected to an outrage by her students this morning. After a friction with pupils a hole was cut in ice and she was placed in the pond tied to an iron hog trough. Rescued by passing farmers after about an hour she had agreed to give a holiday treat to her scholars but refused to reveal the form of the treat leading to the incident.
Belief rises among Antioch miners in Sullivan Indiana that Hungarian coal miner Joseph Moroush was murdered. Coroner’s findings show a single head wound and a drag trail between his cap and lamp, suggesting foul play amid Hungarian and Kentucky feuds. Moroush leaves a widow and two children in Austria.
Jacob Raugh, 45, was beheaded when a circular buzz saw burst while he worked on Jerome Hege's farm eight miles east of Lafayette Indiana. Witnesses were horrified. coroner Morrison headed to the scene. Raugh left a wife and six children, with ties to Pettit.
Louisvill eky laborer Benjamin Fursting and his wife with seven children were evicted for nonpayment of rent. He was found frozen to death in a nearby alley after his family endured a cold night. The incident highlights harsh housing conditions and lingering poverty in the city.
William J. Bryan visited the Chamber of Deputies and Senate in Paris and met Premier Combes after an exchange of views with Senator Clemenceau. He addressed the American Chamber of Commerce, stressing free political discussion and highlighting American economic and political interests.
Marines landed from the cruiser Dixie at Colon and were taken to a camp not far from Panama City. The report notes concern over which Colombians might be used in any potential invasion, highlighting strategic tensions in the area.
A company of U S Marines from the Dixie, under Capt Wirt McCreary, landed and moved by train to Empire near Panama to set up a camp in canal company buildings. A second Dixie detachment followed. The camp will use Dixie water until tests confirm supply safety. The move aims to train camp building and relieve confinement aboard ship, with broader aims tied to regional security and political tensions involving Panama and Colombia.
Washington reports Admiral Glass orders a temporary camp for Marines from Dixie at Empire Panama as a precaution against tropical illness. If health conditions worsen and ships remain long, Marines may be sent ashore briefly. The move aims to avoid permanent shore duty and preserve mobility of naval personnel. Coastal presence near Yername is seen to bolster morale and readiness, with the option to assist the local government if needed.
A special train from Colon brought Dr. Manuel Amador and Frederick Boyd, Panama’s special commissioners, home to Panama City. Thousands packed the station and streets as arches proclaimed Panama’s savior and liberator. Speeches, processions, and fireworks marked the return with jubilant cheers as Amador greeted supporters. The Padilla and the US Concord sailed to Chiriqui later that afternoon.
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