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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1903
Page
1
Disaster grimly tightens its grip on Kansas City as fires threaten amid floods from continued rains. About a hundred lives are reported lost in the city and suburbs with thousands left homeless and shelter short.
Kansas City Missouri confronts dire flood conditions with water works and lights down, gas restricted, and rail service disrupted. Rescue crews saved hundreds as ARMOURDALE and East Bottoms flood. deaths feared but unconfirmed, while food, coal, and bottled water run short.
The lowlands are underwater flooding factories and wholesale outlets. Food is scarce in Kansas City Kansas and Missouri as response efforts bring 20,000 rations, still far short. Power and water are cut, bread is expensive, looting occurs, and police are overwhelmed prompting a militia request.
Kansas City dispatch reports a historic railway collapse with bridges failing on multiple lines. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul bridge near Sheffield is downed, Santa Fe is the only line still standing toward Sibley, and many routes to Chicago and California are disrupted or uncertain. Some trains attempt crossings via Missouri Pacific routes, while Wabash and Union Pacific face shutdowns or severe delays. Continuous coverage notes a tentative window for Topeka operations within two weeks and a Burlington line outbound to Chicago.
Delegates arrive in Columbus for the Ohio Republican convention where Myron T. Herrick is favored for governor with Roosevelt endorsement. Key leaders Hanna and Foraker near arrival. platform draft by Gen. Dick awaits finalization. contest prospects noted for other statewide offices.
President Roosevelt attends a Cheyenne Frontier Park Wild West show. A sorrel gelding named Ragalona presented to him, saluting on its knees, with a riding outfit from Cheyenne and Douglas. Roosevelt praises the exhibition as finest yet and notes cavalry potential. Also reports his June 1 travel from Cheyenne to North Platte, Sidney address on citizenship, and Iowa and Illinois plans.
Jackson Ky June 1 The court session heard Commonwealth's Attorney Bird announce a request for a change of venue in the trials of Curtis Jett and Tom White. Judge Redwine signaled the order would be granted. A prior plan had called for a special venue from another county and the prosecutor had not urged a change until the last night.
A tornado struck Gainesville Georgia today killing eighty five people and injuring many, mainly workers from the Gainesville and Pacolet cotton mills and devastating cottages and buildings in New Holland and White Sulphur. Rescue teams from Atlanta and other cities treated dozens, with a large property loss estimated near two hundred thousand dollars and a growing death toll expected by morning.
In a wet election day in Chicago, fourteen of eighteen judges elected were Democrats with four Republicans. Judge Theodore Brentano (Rep.) retained the Superior Court seat, while Republicans Richard Tuthill John Gibbons and Frederick A. Smith won Circuit Court spots. Democrats Tuley Dunne Adams Baker Clifford Windes Walker Honore Brown Kersten and M. W. For provisional judges Hoyne O'Donnell Rogers secured seats amid light turnout and crossover voting by a minority that favored certain Republicans.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Bloomington Indiana June 1 the first skirmish in the whitecaps trial ended with indictments quashed for omitting Monroe county names then defendants rearrested and will await new indictments and a fresh trial while defense may seek a postponement eleven Monroe county men face charges for whipping a woman and a colored man plus two girls in a crowded courtroom with alibi defenses and venue questions in play. In Lebanon Indiana June 1 marshal Mose Brown prevented a whitecapping incident by taking Jerry Smith into custody after he assaulted his stepdaughter the case ending with a guilty plea and a thirty day jail term plus fine.
New York June 1 reports veteran artist and traveler Frank Hegger is slowly dying at his home from a stomach ulcer. He recently underwent an operation and is under medical care.
The bribery trial featured rapid cross examinations and dramatic exchanges as James W. Noel and Thomas A. Wynne faced sharp questioning by Henry N. Spaan. Detec tives and city officials testified on the Citizens League links to the alleged plot, while Spaan demanded admissibility of reports and Stahl's testimony, provoking courtroom tension and a charged, fast paced session.
Spaan demands Stahl swear to truth of his reports, creating a storm as tensions rise over credibility and allegations of honesty in recent statements.
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