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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
3
Witnesses recount pressure from contractors and political figures to secure city contracts and influence an investigation. Nolting testifies that Kennington offered payoffs to Logsdon and raised a campaign fund for reelection of Mayor Bookwalter. The proceedings feature clashes over questioning and procedural calls for written questions.
May 6 forecast for Wednesday and Thursday predicts showers in Indiana Kentucky Illinois with stronger north to northwest winds. Lower Michigan sees mainly fair weather south with showers in the north on Wednesday and cooler Thursday. Ohio expects showers west and fair east Wednesday with cooler days and variable winds. Iowa fair in north with south showers Wednesday. Nebraska fair Wednesday and warmer Thursday. Kansas Minnesota Missouri showery and cooler on Wednesday Thursday fair and warmer. Local observations note varied conditions across stations with temperatures and precipitation totals. W T Blythe, Section Director.
Shipping notices from New York Philadelphia Cherbourg and Bremen list arriving vessels including Koenig Trave Patria Ethovia Lombaria Amsterdam Genoa and Noordland from Liverpool. Other entries note arrivals at Moville Cherbourg Genoa and Kingstonian from New York and Antwerp departures of Chemnitz and Carpathia.
The investigation centers on Nolting and Kennington as witnesses about sprinkling contracts and potential favors. Nolting describes past political contributions and an affidavit given in Martindale’s office. Kennington’s expanding fleet of sprinkling wagons and subletting arrangements surface as the probe widens to the city’s paving program.
The Illinois Senate approves a House bill barring wage garnishment in another state. Mines near Florence Wisconsin report two men suffocated by gas. A Chicago assault case ends with a sixty day jail term. Six Nations Oneida chief Cornelius Hill to be ordained priest near Green Bay. Wellner acquitted of murder tied to a life insurance policy. Fort Adams tower fire destroys instruments. Beaver Valley car wreck injures multiple passengers. Civil E Werry finds Fanning Island chart accuracy in question. Pittsburgh recorder J O Brown exhumed amid will contest claims. Firefighter McNally dies after heroic rescue. McAvoy saved him but burned. Mayor Low honors McNally. John Griffith (Spanish-American War veteran) repels a gang assault in Delaware. one attacker killed, others wounded.
The New York Evening Post argues that the Vanderbilt church wedding scandal exposes a broader decay in marriage norms. It denounces the trend toward treating divorce as a convenient tool for the rich and criticizes the lax attitude toward family ties and social penalties among affluent circles.
William M Patterson, prominent Muncie citizen, was shot in his own home about 3 am. The attacker’s voice warned him to back away as he fired. Patterson cannot identify the assailant. No theft occurred. police secured the house. Patterson’s son Arthur is reported mentally weak and未 involved. Patterson is related to George F. McCulloch, Union Traction Company president.
Indignation grows in Danville as bloodhounds tracked two boys who escaped from Plainfield Reform School. An officer said dogs pursued them into brush and were muzzled. ownership disputed among school officers and locals. Officials deny knowledge of the dogs’ use and claims vary about muzzling and circumstances.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Lafayette Ind May 5 says the Moses Fowler Chase case shows no new developments as depositions are read in the court stenographer room all day Paul Paquet and Laurent Pachon attaches of the Paris consulate testified for both sides A bailiff kept the room closed J Frank Hanly counsel for Frederick S Chase grew ill during exams and was assisted home by Dr E C Davidson depositions proceed without hindrance
In Decatur Indiana on May 5 a gang of five masked men attempted to blow the Farmers Bank in nearby Ohio City. They blew the outer door and first steel sheet of the second door but stopped before finishing. Liveryman George McConnell was confronted by the burglars who bound and gagged him and placed him in a box car before the five fled via Clover Leaf line. The bank president is S. G. Sheller of Decatur.
Shively, a colored man, received a letter from Governor Durbin assuring protection by officers. He says there has been no threat since the night of the outrage and that he and three women will testify at the trial. No molestation efforts are known at this time.
Hartford City Ind May 6 The Grace Methodist Church Sunday School collections have declined prompting a quiet inquiry. The investigation revealed the funds intended for the Sunday school had been misused in slot machine gambling involving pennies.
Penny goods were sold to children passing a church as two shops operat ing penny slot machines for candy. Authorities warn warrants could be issued for selling on Sunday and running juvenile gambling devices. Clerks struggle to distinguish Sunday school from ordinary pennies.
In Salem Indiana the Hoosier Telephone Company seeks HQ in Leander Davis owned building while the Salem Dancing Club holds the lease. Club members found doors barred at their hall last night, entry forced, a switchboard set up and thrown into the street, and the dance continued. Legal action likely as the club refuses surrender or compromise.
Pittsburg May 5 American Flint Glass Manufacturers Association offers a unified wage scale across glassware types, while workers seek raises: pressed ware about 4 percent, finishers about 6 percent, blowers about 5 percent. Jeffersonville May 5 Laura White dies after ingesting corrosive sublimate, mistaken quinine, amid nervous illness. sister Nannie Rubel runs a private Indianapolis sanatorium.
Dr. T Henry Davis Richmond city health officer and state board of health member resigns from chairmanship of the nine man council to oversee the tuberculosis congress at the St Louis world fair next year citing lack of time. He named his successor to lead the international physician congress comprising England Canada Mexico United States South America Porto Rico Hawaii and other regions.
In Laporte county Superior Court a six hour jury deliberation returned a verdict for John Walton a minor, awarding 8500 in damages against the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company for the loss of a leg after an injury caused by train crew Poor and Heffrer were cleared of blame. The suit sought 20000 and there will be an appeal.
The Indiana state convention opens in Marion with 300 delegates officers and prominent members in attendance. Two candidates seek endorsement for national directors, J Fred France of Huntington and L W Otto of Crawfordsville, who have set up at the Spencer House for canvassing.
About 150 workers from Anderson and Alexandria arrived in Summitville to join forces from Marion and other points for a street takeover in Logansport. A warning to Logansport authorities led to the men being kept for about ninety minutes and then sent home without the expected confrontation. Marion participants did not arrive.
Evansville May 6 John Dean a labor organizer in the First Indiana district is charged by the miners union at Boonville Warrick county with embezzling about $100. Dean was arrested here and taken back to Boonville this morning. He was a candidate for the last Legislature and was defeated narrowly. His friends say he is innocent.
LAFAYETTE IND May 5 The state convention of barbers adjourned today after a highly successful meeting The next gathering will be held at Hartford City early in 194 The officers elected include President Alfred A Fletcher of Muncie Vice Presidents Charles C Rupley Lafayette and Charles Lawrence Kokomo and Secretary Treasurer Charles Stiss Fort Wayne MUNCIE IND May 5 A company of Indianapolis and Muncie capitalists has bought the J Wooley coal mine at Veedersburg Pike County The price was 75000 for 300 acres The mine is now in operation The buyers are W Whitson and R L Snapp Indianapolis W B Estey Dr S A Martin Char Buile John O Hara W P Stevens and C W Throop Seas
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports in Petersburg that the County Council declined to appropriate funds to pay ex Sheriff Bass under the new salary law. The council's attorney warned the measure may be unconstitutional.
The council weighs extending the Teanagers Northern Railway from 1 IG to Jan 1 194 with reluctance leaning to refuse. The firm cites labor famine as the reason it cannot obtain workers.
Vincennes Indiana May 5 Henry Kuhlmeyer Adams Express agent and prominent citizen was arrested on embezzlement charges. He allegedly took funds belonging to the Adams Company. He posted bond for 1000 dollars and protests his innocence.
Richmond Indiana May 5 Daniel G Reid the New York millionaire has donated 500 dollars to form a permanent fund. The purpose is to purchase an Eo annually from the city's exhibit.
Goshen High School invites Z. T. Sweeney of Columbus Indiana former consul general to Constantinople and now Indiana fisheries and game commissioner to deliver the oration at the Irwin Opera House on May 28 The class of 1903 numbers thirty seven the largest in school history Richmond reports no tax increase despite municipal electric plant costs R W Stimson of Indianapolis to purchase and expand the plant at Richmond Manufacturing Company Muncie workers at Ball Brothers No 2 glass factory strike for 1 10 per day about 125 men out Shelbyville Waldron's last saloon closes leaving the town without a tavern for the first time in forty years Connersville business men plan a street fair May 11 12 13 Municipal permission granted Petersburg high school commencement May 2 James A Hemenway to deliver address Jasper county truancy board re elected Capt J H Johnson as truancy officer sixth term Decatur Haymakers lodge organized with sixty names
A French Belgian syndicate forms in Valparaiso with capital of 3 million dollars to work Chilean mines. Metropolitan Securities issues a 25 percent stock call. American Cotton Oil elects James B. McMahon to fill a vacancy. Schwab reelected president of United States Steel. Dryden elected director replacing Hewitt. Springfield mills reopen with 200 and 300 jobs. Augusta Chronicle sale to new owners including Henry Cabanias. plans for active management. U S agriculture to demo reclaiming alkali lands in Yakima valley and other sites to convert 4 million acres to farming. E W H Lee named receiver for Cora La Vela Railroad in Venezuela over a $75,383 claim. subsidy of $50,000 factored into assets.
Washington Post laments the Declaration of Independence fading from public view as Jefferson’s words blur under new light. The piece warns of changes since the Spanish American War, cites a powerful college and a lost Constitution, and questions if prudent leadership will withdraw from the Philippines before it is too late.
May reports claim the Mad Mullah repulsed a British column at Galactia Somaliland with heavy losses while thirty Turkish and revolutionary forces clashed at Okrna. In Balkans, seventy rebels and one hundred Turks died with many wounded as fighting continued near Salonica.
Rev William Morris of Lexington Virginia reports to Congo State authorities and Brussels officials on abuses in the Congo rubber trade. He traveled 80 miles along the Kasai River noting widespread forced labor and depopulation as villages vanish. Morris boards Cunard’s Etruria from Liverpool May 9 to send further evidence to Washington.
King Edward arrived at Portsmouth from Cherbourg amid volleys of salutes and crowds. He proceeded to London, greeted by a vast throng and notable royals at the station, then bright cheers accompanied his Buckingham Palace procession. In Monti Casino Italy, May 6 Emperor William and Victor Emmanuel arrived to an enthusiastic reception as princely retinues gathered. A watchmaker sold a mechanical time fuse to Krupp for 50 dollars plus royalties, with rights sold to Schneiders and Vickers for various regions.
YOKOHAMA May 5 Reports reaching here on Russian activity along the Yalu river and doubts about evacuation of Manchuria cause keen anxiety. Jiji agency voices Japanese public opinion saying Russia's continuance in Shing-King and Kisin provinces will affect trade and the very existence of the Japanese empire.
Sir Thomas Holdich, the British commissioner for the Cane Srasatine boundary arbitration, arrived at noon Tuesday from South America. He said the entire disputed tract has now been delimited. Iron pillars bearing the labels Chile and Argentina are placed at intervals along the boundary.
A Great Britain locomotive combine now uses 7 000 workers and produces 600 locomotives annually with capital stock of 10 million dollars. The comment notes an ironic drought-like situation in the industry.
The New York Evening Sun notes Leland, superintendent of libraries for the Board of Location, urges removing Uncle Tom's Cabin from lists claiming faded value. The piece argues the work’s lasting influence remains a document of national life and development, echoed by its dramatized presence in the North.
An item from the Montreal Star notes the King's planned visit to the Pope will be welcomed by Protestant subjects who hold deep respect for his actions and leadership. The brief reflects on the potential impact across religious communities and public opinion.
A fragment from the New York Tribune reflects on a classical saying that the present month is named for rain and May snow and suggests weather affects work and progress.
A damaged testimonial fragment recounts suffering from muscular rheumatism and chronic pain. The speaker mentions heart cure pills and Lain Pills, claiming relief and urging others to seek the remedies. Names and places appear obliquely, including Decatur Michigan and Medical Co references.
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