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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
5
Dec 16 dispatch reports heavy fighting continuing for two days in Santiago Cape Haytien as revolutionists are repulsed. Government urges families to flee the city while President Morales is expected to arrive. Telegraphic links remain interrupted and news from Jiminez at Monte remains unavailable.
Forecast notes fair Thursday across multiple states including Washington Ohio and Kentucky with warmer Friday. Northern Michigan and Dakota see snow or snow followed by warmer, variable winds. Minnesota fair and warmer, brisk northeast winds. overall forecast varies by region with cloudiness, warmer temperatures, and some snow. A separate note mentions Phillip Stein appealing to marshal over alleged theft in Lawrenceburg Indiana.
Brill A Teague portrays Panama’s junta clinging to Washington’s support to secure the canal treaty. Leaders fear revenue loss from free ports, prefer cash settlement while hoping the United States guarantees independence and protection, shaping a wary path to a full republic.
New York, Dec. 16. District Attorney Jerome leads a Citizens' Union excise committee pushing amendments to the excise law. The plan includes Sunday saloon opening from 1 to 11 pm. Dr Parkhurst favors two hours but opposes a ten hour system.
In Colon and Washington reports, the Dixie disembarks 330 marines at Empire Station near Panama to bolster canal defenses. Sixteen machine guns and six automatics accompany them as the Dixie sails to Philadelphia. a Panama cartridge shipment arrives by steamer Alliance. A Caribbean State battalion is formed for isthmian use, with Elliott directing possible recon or command. Olympia sails from Norfolk for Colon as flagship. A United Colombian committee forms in Paris to explain Colombia's Panama rights.
Authorities monitor suspects in Rising Sun as case strengthens prosecution. The article notes continued surveillance and expected charges, with officials citing ongoing investigations and linked evidence.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Canton Ohio December 16 The ex insurance solicitor Edward Trout testifies that Lizzie Gillespie of Rising Sun Ind did not inform her brother James Gillespie that he was named beneficiary of a $2000 life policy. Trout’s account disputes grapevine connections to a crime. He says Lizzie proposed the policy as a courtesy and business move for her own funds.
Isaac Ressler Jr a 60 year old farmer and railway extra gang worker died near El Nora Washington County after a fire on an embankment burned his finger and he jumped back falling over the embankment breaking his neck. He owned an eighty acre farm and left a wife and several grown children in good circumstances.
Boston December news summarizes Protestant foreign missions with gains over last year. US and Britain combined income exceeds seven million dollars. totals include stations 5 771 out stations 22 364 missionaries 16 618 native workers 15 281 communicants 1 397 042 pupils instructed 1 127 853 and native constituency 3 618 391. United States figures show 6 911 stations 1 617 men 2 638 women 20 901 native laborers 506 600 communicants 43 723 added last year 259 537 under instruction. Mission counts remain twenty despite Hawaiian division, Philippines added. Boxer era Chinese mission members up 8 858, native laborers near tripled. Turkish Empire interests noted. US seeks equal privileges for American missionaries.
INDIANA NOTES. RICHMOND good outlook for National Guard unit. Col E P Thayer of Greenfield to recommend recruiting officer. ELWOOD Walter M Ramsey of Lea Electric attends Chicago stockholders meeting to reorganize and reclaim property. CAMDEN O C Sterling, wealthy farmer, fractures ankle and kneecap after fall. taken to St Joseph's Hospital Logansport. TIPTON Sharpsville to vote on incorporation after several failed attempts. BLOOMINGTON Samuel King, age over seventy, travels to Belgium to seek an estate valued at 75000. RUSHVILLE Whitewater Presbytery to meet to consider Rev T H McConnell call. LAWRENCEBURG Ora MM Slater wounded in head from engine fall at Big Four yards. CAMDEN Dr Charles Camp slips on cement, fractures right hip.
General Wallace denied illness when queried at Holland House in New York where he is staying. A friend said he was consulting nerve specialists Dr W T Bull and Dr John B Walker. Reports claimed nose treatment but were unconfirmed. In Laporte Indiana officials will file suit tomorrow in St Joseph Circuit Court against United Grain Company for damages found while employed at a grain state bot adjustments.
In Rushville Indiana on December 16 Captain J H Manzy sent two rare books back to Marysville College Tennessee after they were seized during the Civil War. The custodian had guarded the library during Shermans march to the sea and gratefully returned the London Magazine for the year 18 and the Ladies Magazine Boston to the college through Captain Mauzy.
At a Cary Club meeting Mrs. E. M. Michener spoke on The Receiving and Training Home for Orphans and urged a Christmas gathering of candy clothing and toys for the Indiana Orphans Home at Westfield. Members contributed two gifts each and a large box will be sent to Miss Margaret Dickey matron to be opened Christmas morning.
In Columbus Ohio on December 16 Doctor J F Eckelberry aged 58 died at dawn in unusual circumstances after an alcohol outing with James Stone aged 55. Eckelberry reportedly gave Stone medicine to ease drunkenness and Stone died that night. The coroner ruled death from excessive drinking but threats allegedly made against Stone’s sons unsettled the case. Stone’s last night included chloral use with suicidal intent.
In Paris Illinois on December 16 crowds gather at the Circuit Court for the Sam Davidson trial. Davidson faces charges of shooting Ed Van Sickle during a street fight with Van Sickle’s brother Ben Davidson. Van Sickle, a former prize fighter, survived after being shot four times and reportedly has thirteen bullets in his body from earlier engagements.
Frederick Moller sues American Lubricant Oil Company in Laporte Circuit Court seeking royalties on a Dewey township lease. He alleges the company owes one eighth of proceeds, not less than 100 a year, and claims no payment in the past year.
In Paris Illinois Green Afterburn aged sixty five died yesterday at his west Paris home from lysis. E Metcalfe northwest of Paris died yesterday in Dwight after seeking Keeley treatment. In Marion Indiana Ephraim Lipncott eighty died today at his home after moving to the town when it was a village. In Rushville Indiana J F Snave ly aged sixty died this morning after weeks of illness. funeral planned Friday.
In Goshen Indiana this morning at about 8 30 a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No 5 struck Emanuel Hochstetler a deaf mute aged about twenty two and he was killed instantly
Marion Indiana December 16 Mrs Emma Delight Saylors becomes Grant county s first woman attorney after admission to the local bar this afternoon before Judge J Paulus She will practice with the Elliott Hillott firm in Marion.
Marion Indiana December 16 Judge Paulus of the Grant Circuit Court ordered a special venire of forty names drawn to select a jury for the Hooper murder case coming up next to hear a plea of self defense.
Huntington and nearby cities including Cattletsburg Ashland Ironton and smaller towns are without natural gas after a break in the main pipes near Warfield Kentucky. Factories are closed and residents face cold and hardship across the region.
An advertisement for a guaranteed remedy titled Pilea claims to cure itching, bleeding, and protruding piles with a simple treatment. The snippet presents a classic 19th or early 20th century medical patent tone.
Teutonic sailing from Liverpool and Queenstown toward New York was reported to have passed Nantucket lightship at 6 10 PM. Pretoria arrived at Plymouth from New York for Hamburg and proceeded. Kronprinz Wilhelm sailed from Bremen toward New York. Cedric and Westernland departed Liverpool for New York and Philadelphia respectively. Switzerland sailed from Antwerp to Philadelphia. Mesaba arrived at London from New York.
Judge Townsend of the United States Circuit Court grants a permanent injunction for Castle Square Opera Company against comedian Frank Moulan. Moulan is barred from appearing under any other management until his eighteen month contract ends. He contended the contract allowed his employer to break it with two weeks’ notice.
Julius M. Nisson and Arthur J. Herbst were found guilty of using the U S mails to defraud. Operating as Western Supply Company with offices on Dearborn Street, they ran a large warehouse on Randolph Street and shipped goods to New York. The total loss to victims neared $30,000 and the court temporarily held sentence.
New York report on Alfred Dolge of Dolgeville Herkimer County outlining a renewed effort after the 199 crash. He claims to have secured financial backing for a Dolgevo local California venture, with two companies formed and capital set at 1 000 000. Land was secured for a felt factory on two acres and a model town on two hundred acres.
Lucius E Mayo, son of prominent farmer Llewellyn F Mayo, turned himself in to the sheriff in Marion two miles north of town. He had been sought since October on unspecified charges and was described as a local pen master in the city’s vicinity.
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