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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
7
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Jeff Whitehouse shot and killed James Woods in Chrisney Spencer County this morning after a dispute over Whitehouse’s sweetheart. Woods, a married man, died instantly. No arrest yet.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Shelbyville Ind June 4 John Dake thirty five lived on a farm three miles southwest of Brookfield Shelby county. He committed death by own action by hanging himself with a halter from a barn rafter in the bar joft of the barn owned by his cousin. The deed was committed Saturday night but the body was not discovered until Monday.
Hudson Mosher a Philippine soldier tried to kill a domestic in his father's Ossian hotel yesterday and then attempted suicide by leaping into Eight Mile Creek from a rail. He was rescued by boys and declared of unsound mind today.
Sullivan Ind June 4 Thirteenth annual Epworth Leagues district convention closes with address by Rev W R Sheridan of Trinity Methodist Louisville Ky. Leagues contribute 3250 to proposed Indianapolis Methodist hospital fund. District membership 1452. Officers elected President J F McClure Oaktown first vice Denny Sullivan second vice Robert Parsons Shoals third vice Ada Kivett Carmela fourth vice Lettie Yens ville treasurer Murray Mason Mie Yan secretary Grace D Owen Washington Superintendent Junior League Edit Cottingham Washington Fort Wayne Ind June 4 YWCA annual meeting reports no current debt total receipts 6353 48 expenditures 8210 44 balance 113 04 gym receipts exceed 1 debt on gym about to be paid Officers reelected President Mrs F J Hayd vice Mrs Elizabeth Dawson secretary Mrs Martha Woodworth treasurer Miss Carrie Smith
The closing session of the Payton district Sunday schools convention of the Lutheran Synod of Ohio and other tes was held this afternoon in Richmond Indiana. The next meeting will be at Farmersville Ohio. Rev C D Franklin of Ohio was elected President Miss Itha Morris of Dayton Ohio Secretary and Walter Lowman of Dayton Ohio Treasurer.
Wa bash Indiana June 4 forty graduates at Wabash High School commencement at Harter's Opera House. Diplomas presented by Fred Lt. King after Goldsmiths play The Good Natured Man. Tomorrow a banquet at Maccabees Hall for the evening class.
LIDFORD June 4 Bedford High School presented The Lady of Lyons to a public audience at the Stone City Opera House last night. The senior class performance showcased students in principal roles with village support and received favorable local response.
Chicago dated report notes Richard Davenport Harlan being installed as president at Lake Forest University with ceremonies at the first Presbyterian Church. Speakers included Francis L. Patton of Princeton University Cyrus McCormick and Associate Justice Harlan. Harlan had joined nine months earlier after serving as pastor in Rochester.
Samuel L. Clemens known as Mark Twain was awarded a doctor of laws by Missouri State University in Columbia on June 4 and delivered the diploma to graduates. Other recipients included Mary James H. Wilson of Agriculture, Robert Brookings of St Louis, Interior Secretary Hitchcock, and B Galloways of the Washington Agricultural Bureau.
MUNCIE Ind June 4 Augustus Braun owner of the Braun Hotel announces a 25000 addition at the corner of Washington and Mulberry streets. E 8 Jaqua of Winchester represents a proposed interurban line to connect Dayton Greenville Winchester Farmland Parker City and Selma with Muncie. Captain Coy of the Salvation Army is hospitalized after an accidental fall while fleeing his wife. John A Neal aged 68 is seriously injured after being struck by a freight engine. Leonard Nattskemper of Terre Haute wins the Demorest gold medal with competitors Guy Edwards and Eva Houssear of Modoc Indiana.
In Terre Haute the Ministers Association urged enforcement of laws against Sunday picnics with beer and bullfights calling for a divinely mandated observance of the day. The group asked the mayor to enforce prohibitions while the press and citizens support a stricter rest and worship day.
The Masonic lodge of Hagerstown entertained visiting Masons with an afternoon gathering and a town hall banquet. Special trains from Richmond Connersville and Winchester brought over a hundred Masons for the annual observance. Six candidates were initiated into the Blue Lodge by visiting teams, and a new stereopticon outfit and paraphernalia were purchased for initiations.
Bloomington officials set a July 12 election in Bloomington Perry Benton and Van Buren townships on about 35 000 to fund the Indianapolis Southern Railroad. The Oliver brothers withdraw their 2 percent tax petition in favor of the line and agree the railroad will serve their quarries and coal and stone traffic. No bond is required from the railroad.
Pendleton Indiana June 4 Ed Hodges, janitor at the Friends meeting house, stunned a venomous blue racer over eight feet with a stick. The snake attacked after Hodges struck it to kill it. Hodges slipped, injuring his ankle and leg. Local youths, arriving as witnesses, killed the reptile.
In Edinburg Indiana on June 4 a valuable horse owned by Edmund Norton committed death by its own action. The horse first appeared ill and a veterinary surgeon treated it twice. When approached for medicine the animal broke loose and ran to a nearby river, jumping in to drown by holding its head under water.
John H. Pearsey, a Rushville grower, was wounded in the leg by an accidental rifle discharge. He was standing at Morgan and Second streets when the shot rang out from Witmer Hall’s dairy wagon. The wound is not serious.
Special to the Indiana journal reports at Bloomington city council on June 4 Eugene Carr was elected chief of the Bloomington fire department. Carr succeeds the prior chief and assumes leadership of the department facing city safety demands and future staffing.
Dr Wiltshire elected secretary of the Goshen board of health succeeding Samuel Gilmore after 29 years of service. Near Milford Henry Gibson, a wealthy farmer, commutes with a new automobile replacing his 31 year old driving horse. In Washington Daviess County during a severe electrical storm Patrick Springman of Canne rburg was killed by lightning. barns and other structures suffered considerable damage.
A roundup of short notices from Greenville to Richmond dated June, detailing a Versailles woman killed by a train in Greenville, Dennis O'Dea’s death in Fort Wayne, H M Pierce’s death near Brazil, Judge Jesse Burton’s passing in Washington, Catherine Beam’s death in Celina, Elks’ carnival dispute in Shelbyville, Emma Hamilton’s electric plant franchise, the Winchester Moorman family reunion, veterans returning from the Philippines, Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank organizing in Wabash, James Geraghty Jr. and Michael Scanlan acquittals in Rushville, Parker City oil well success, Robert Edwards' 75th birthday, Hymera incorporation petition, a large carp caught in West River, Wallace Leslie's damages vs. Fort Orange Oil, and Epworth Leagues convention set for Union City.
Sioux Falls June 4 The Republican State convention unanimously endorsed Alfred B. Kittredge for United States senator and nominated a full ticket by acclamation. The platform backs the national administration supports arbitration, Cuba independence, Philippine pacification, and praises state government and congressional representatives.
From Portland June 4 practically complete returns from all but five counties show Chamberlain Democrat with a 751 majority for governor. The remaining counties are not expected to alter this result materially.
Greensboro Alabama June 4 It is officially announced that Captain Richmond P Mobson U S N will return to the city and seek the Alabama Senate seat from this district at the next election.
Denver June 4 The Western Labor Union convention adopted a declaration for socialism and an independent political program signaling the formation of a new political labor party.
The convention adopted the name The American Labor Union and voted to deploy organizers across the East. President Daniel McDonald says the group will not seek political nominations for at least a year. It aims to enroll AFL members with socialist leanings.
Cincinnati Southern local passenger No. 5 running late struck an obstruction near Cave Springs twenty eight miles north of Indiana. Engineer Frank Finch of Richmond Indiana and Fireman Day of Somerset Kentucky were killed. None of the passengers was injured.
Albany June 4 Supreme Court Justice Chester issued an injunction restraining Ar mour & Co Swift & Co the Cudahy Packing Company the Hammond Company Schwarzechild Sulzberger and Nelson Morris Co from fixing or discussing prices or supply of meat in the state and from affecting labor or credit terms. order to remain until further court order. New York June 4 Schwartzchild Sulzberger official said injunction not served on his firm and prices set by farmers payments.
Attorneys Hagerman and New urged the court to allow Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Packing Co to admit the first count of the attorney general information alleging operation without a Missouri charter. The court issued a writ of ouster but stayed it on condition the company obtain a charter and comply with state corporation laws within five days. Fine questions reserved. other packers have until June 18 to respond.
Chicago Tribune reports Senator Spooner closed the Philippine civil government debate with a masterly, patriotic address. He argued the 1900 voters chose no independence, duty lies in governing the Philippines under U.S. authority, and urged the minority to acquiesce and aid the Republican solution rather than oppose.
Mrs Mary Lease of Wichita Kansas, recently divorced, denies plans to wed a city professor of an Asiatic cult. She says she will never marry again and will retire from public life when her youngest child Ben Fur reaches age in five years. Mr Lease offers no comment on the divorce charges or their implications.
King Edward elevates General Lord Kitchener to viscount and recommends a grant of 250,000 pounds as reward for South Africa service. He is promoted to general. Parliament debates the grant amid criticism as the war nears its end. Special thanksgiving services are ordered for June 8.
Vereeniging vote results 54 for surrender 6 against as Boer commandoes prepare to lay down arms on the race course. Civil authorities to ease martial law. thanksgiving services planned. women in camps seek return home once supply depots are set. Generals Botha Delarey and Beyers praise peace move while cordial exchanges with Lord Kitchener and British officers mark a shift toward unity.
The report notes plans to repopulate South African farms with wheat and cattle, including 66 head shipped from Pensacola as the first in a larger restocking effort. Government support will aid those unable to return to former vocations, with wooden huts to be delivered to families.
The day wore on with clashes and fear as meat wagons roll through crowded streets. Mayor says warnings won’t deter people, even as reports of beating the innocent circulate and city safety hangs in the balance.
At 9 o clock a caravan of thirty eight beef loads and five police buses moved from the stock yards to the Si r Illinois Central Depot in Chicago amid hoots from a growing crowd. Swift & Co led with sixteen wagons, Armour nine, Schwarzchild five, Nelson Morris four, Libby six, and one for the Anglo-American Company. Police guarded the unloading as some in the mob threw coal and bricks, but violent action was quelled.
A crowd of about fifty imported negro substitutes clashed with local toughs and strikers at Forty-fifth street and Center avenue. Six negros were badly injured, two mortally possibly, as wagons were assaulted with ice pick poles. A man suffered a broken thigh and another internal injuries.
After thirty hours the department-store delivery drivers union strike affecting 1000 men was settled in Chicago. Wages were increased and stores promised non discrimination against union men and provide uniform coats and caps where needed. Frederick Joh, chairman of the State Board of Arbitration, helped broker the agreement and the workers returned to work.
A riot at the American Steel and Foundry plant in Edwardsville Illinois injures five, including two Black nonunion workers and three white strikers. Names include John Buffington age 24 seriously wounded, S Mefford 35 with a gunshot wound, and Alexander Matthews 30 shot in the leg. The clash began when a train of nonstriking workers entered Granite City, prompting threats and stone and gunfire between both sides.
OXFORD Miss June 4 A J Russell Meridian speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives delivered the annual University of Mississippi oration yesterday and was found dead in his room death due to heart failure. KANBAS CITY Mo June 4 Charles D Busby Nutley N J former Armour Packing Company executive in foreign and canned meat departments died today after an operation.
Fire swept the planing mill and woodworking shop of the Illinois Car and Equipment Company at Hegewisch Illinois destroying the plant and causing estimated losses of three thousand dollars. About two thousand workers were left jobless. A telephoned alarm from Birmingham Alabama said Calera Alabama was burning and needed assistance. Fire engines were dispatched from Birmingham.
The Minneapolis Journal discusses Governor Taft’s trip to Rome, stating the Vatican understands the mission as a real estate negotiation. It argues the venture has no political aim and critiques the idea of establishing religious state relations, noting the U.S. government’s secular stance.
London June 4 The Hon Michael Henry Herbert secretary of the British embassy at Paris is appointed ambassador of Great Britain to the United States to succeed the late Lord Pauncefote. President Roosevelt approves the nomination and Foreign Office officials are pleased. Washington June 4 Herbert succeeds Pauncefote and Senor De Odjeda succeeds the Duc de Arcos as Spanish minister.
A New York Times note recalls Presbyterians presented to President Roosevelt. One minister voices a harsh duty bound rebuke, lamenting the administration’s approval of liquor in the Governor’s palace at Havana, while Roosevelt shifts to praising the General Assembly for discountenancing brimstone.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes Tillman’s sentiments are his own and unlikely to reflect national opinion. It argues the current session should focus debate on the future government of the Philippines and avoid prolonging unnecessary controversy with him.
A Franklin couple recounts long coffee induced headaches heartburn and nervous trouble. After switching to Postum their headaches subsided and health improved. The wife reports weight gain loss of pain and renewed energy while the husband never drinks coffee now.
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