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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
6
The court hears the defense as the trial proceeds with the defendant testifying he shot Miller in self defense after claiming he was forced into the act. The first witness to speak was the defendant himself, describing events leading to the fatal confrontation.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Rushville Indiana reports Rolla A Clingman testifying that he fired three shots with one accidental and that Miller had forbidden him to be on the farm. Defense argues Clingman acted to save his life while the state shows Siegen threats and fear in Miller's family.
Will R Pulse of Pulse and Porter contractors lumber firm received a post office letter demanding 250 dollars in a black rag at 8 pm or their yard and possessions would burn within ten days. The writer threatened poisoning if demands failed. A masked assailant later approached the site and fired on ambushers. the would be blackmailer did not appear again and no suspect is known.
A group led by L-J. W. Lovett of Anderson Indiana plans a coal land development in Clay County with options on 2000 acres and a Big Four spur to the mines. The project aims to attach gas belt investors to fuel supply, potentially offsetting winter fuel needs as Fort Wayne pipelines limit manufacturers.
In Muncie Indiana a new well on the Wilson farm north of town yielded a good gas discovery within a 60 foot radius of a prolific oil well. Oil was not detected in the new well, which belongs to Smith Neely Kittselman. Opposingly located east of the Wilson farm Reed farm hosts the Machinists oil concern well, a gas well early on in its life.
In Evansville Indiana laborer Louis Lamb sues to claim ownership of a petrified man found in the river. Captain mn holds the specimen and faces a bitter replevin battle. Court acts on bond and possible delays while experts confirm genuineness. In Logansport a separate dispatch notes council confusion over interurban matters and minutes. no firm action reported.
Council deadlock ends with Gillespie siding McCulloch backers after Mayor Vaughn rules ordinance out of order. Measure would let Boyd oversee interurban traffic and charge two and a half cents per passenger from McCulloch lines into city. Goshen plan advances steel contract for Goshen & Indiana Trac tion Co to Pennsylvania Steel, roadbed and preparations in progress for an electric link from Chicago to Toledo via Goshen, Angola, and county seats.
MUNCIE Ind Oct 1 Officials of the Muncie Portland Traction Company say the entire right of way will be secured in ten days Franchises have been granted in Portland Redkey and Albany The company considers building a spur to Dunkirk and work will start as soon as the right of way is obtained
President Simon Burns of L. A. 300 orders action to shut down cooperative factories at Shirley, Upland, and Hartford City for operating without a wage scale and against union wishes. Shirley and Blackford plants pause until October 15, Upland may shut this week. Desgrams reports new L. A. 300 emissaries lure glass blowers to independents, aiming to split Burns workers from their union. The plant closings seen as a major win for the parent group.
Marion, Oct 1. C E Woitle of Pittsburg, national president of the A F G W A, came to mediate a rift between Macbeth-Evans Chimney Co and workers. A meeting failed to yield results, but Woitle expects a quick agreement and aims to restart several company plants after clarifying a wage clause misunderstanding.
Survivors of the Fifty seventh Indiana Regiment met in Noblesville for their annual reunion with a campfire in the Christian Church. Speakers included Dr. Lucas Judge Neal and Ira W. Christian, Republican nominee for judge, reflecting on battles from Atlanta to Chickamauga and the regiment’s religious ties.
Madison Indiana October 1 The Sixty seventh Indiana Regiment will hold its annual reunion here tomorrow. Many members of the association are expected to be present.
Marion Ind Oct 1 The annual district meeting of the Indiana Pathfinders will begin in this city tomorrow with 300 to 400 delegates expected. Delegates come from Anderson Elwood Kokomo Logansport Huntington Fort Wayne and Wabash. A class of eighty five candidates will be initiated tomorrow night. The Fort Wayne lodge holds the banner from last year and many lodges are vying to win it again.
John Falmer aged fifty four of Elkhart committed death by his own hand today. He was despondent over ill health and a failed potato crop, according to a note in the Indianapolis Journal.
A fragment reports a father discussing his son’s lone saved cartridge for a revolver amid comfortable finances, fearing an emergency before replenishing supplies. The readable text hints at precautionary motives rather than explicit events or outcomes.
Miss Kate Johnson eighteen daughter of John Johnson of East Shelby township Shelby county was bitten on the nose by a rat last night just after going to bed. The rat’s teeth passed through her nose causing great pain and swelling. She was taken to a physician for treatment with doubts about recovery.
MARION IND October 1 The big American window glass factory at Gas City will not light fires this fall blamed on inability to hire enough workers. Industry observers expect the firm to install blowing machines as operations shrink and departments are dismantled. In Anderson the Lion store owners Kaufman and Davis dissolve their partnership after sixteen years building a prosperous business in the Indiana gas belt. George W. Davis will move to new quarters, Rex Kaufman joins his father for a hardware and fine china venture, and Dan Kaufman remains in the old Lion space. Elwood gas meters take effect 18 cents per thousand, causing many residents to shift to coal or wood as meters replace flat rates. officials expect a small rate increase overall once lines adapt.
Mrs. Sarah Wilkinson Martin files for divorce from Isaac W. Martin in LaPorte Circuit Court. Both in their sixties, married five years, with children from prior marriages. She alleges four years of neglect, cruelty, and that his conduct drove her children from the home and once beat her grandchild. The case draws unusual local attention due to prominent families and prior calm.
Nicholas Rogers, 65, an employee at Pittsburg Plate Glass in Elwood Indiana, was crossing a Panhandle switch with a glass plate when struck by a yard engine. Both legs were severed and hips crushed. he died within thirty minutes. He lived alone with a fourteen year old daughter nearby.
Desk Sergeant R. H. Ashley and Patrolman John Devana were dismissed for neglect of duty. Devana allegedly attended a watermelon frolic at headquarters while a safe on his beat was robbed. Ashley allegedly escorted a working girl home and urged a kiss good night.
Frankfort Indiana and Elwood Indiana reports two incidents. Howard Allen thirty died at Heavilan mill when clothing caught in shafting causing fatal injuries. He leaves a widow and one child. Elwood Elks lodge announces moving to a new home in the First National Bank building on the 15th with the second floor renovated.
The lodge will mark its entry into the new building by receiving a class of nearly ... into membership, with eight rooms at the end of the lodge including a banquet hall and ballroom.
Goshen reports John F B Kauffman and his brother Daniel plan moving to Zion City Illinois to join Dowie's real estate operation. He will liquidate Goshen holdings as his family relocates. son Earl already works as an electrician in Zion.
In Shelbyville Indiana White pelican killed by Wiley Weakly near Blue River this morning. The bird measured eight feet ten inches tip to tip. Forest Young captured an American eagle just west of the city yesterday evening. The eagle measures six feet one inch tip to tip and is described as very vicious.
Marion Light and Heating Company buys land along the Big Four Railroad to construct a large heating and lighting plant for a city of 30,000. Stockholders anticipate Marion's growth and arrange the site near rail transportation to support the project.
Friends in Anderson report Col W W Huffman in critical condition after over two weeks of near unconsciousness and unresponsiveness. Doctors describe a serious brain ailment and no improvement with medication, with recognition of familiar faces rarely returning.
Elkhart Indiana October 1 Hazel Ransh six year old daughter of farmer George Ransh is believed to have fatally burned herself with carbolic acid after finding a bottle in an unsold chest following a household goods sale. Her lips mouth and throat are badly burned and she was unconscious for a time.
In Kokomo Indiana Wilbur Defenbaugh was caught by a line shaft at the Defenbaugh stone quarry and sustained injuries likely to be fatal. He is the son of G W Defenbaugh the quarry owner.
Elwood widow Rachel Pearson dies after paralytic stroke at 72. Funeral Thursday. Muncie Civil War veteran Thomas Durman, 62, dies. funeral Thursday with Beech Grove Cemetery interment. Whitestown William Jefferson Markland, 60, veteran, gravely ill after second stroke. Portland hosts 20th annual Thirty fourth Indiana Infantry reunion Oct 9 10 with noon hot dinner. Wabash Daisy Henley chosen librarian of Carnegie Library succeeding Anna Ziegler. Bedford Lawrence Circuit Court: William Owen 24 sentenced to state reformatory for grand larceny two to fourteen years.
The body of Jennie Larsen twenty was found in Louis Appleard’s Harlem apartment. He, in a dazed state, was present when police entered. Medical expert says she died five or six days earlier from a criminal operation. Danish letters addressed to Appleord indicate a close relation and motive. Appleord, a fifty three year old horse car conductor, was arrested.
Portland Ind Oct 1 Good weather returns to the Jay County Fair grounds boosting activity and prospects. Track condition remains muddy though workers harrow and beat the surface. Exhibits are ready for judging and anticipated crowd size hinges on tomorrow’s forecast with several harness races and purses listed including 300, 250, 390 and 300 dollars for the events.
At Converse Indiana on October 1 a men’s road race at the fair grounds was won by Nettle B with Lizzie B second Poncona third Clara Roys fourth. The last trotting event finished in the dark and the half mile run saw Lady H win with Magetta second Lexington third. The program featured a 2:37 trot for $250 and a 2:26 pace, both unfinished, while the Jay county road race offered a $50 purse.
National Grain Dealers meet in Peoria for the seventh annual session with welcome and president addresses. Eloquent city and regional representatives delivered welcomes for the East Southeast Northwest and Southwest. The chief inspector's grain sample exhibit is described as the largest ever. Delegates are hosted by the local corn carnival committee.
The Board of Government of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America met in New York to map a national campaign. They will divide the union into six districts covering almost every state with an executive head for each, appeal to church hierarchy for support, establish lecture bureaus, and form a National Committee drawn from leading temperance workers.
The body of ten year old Julia Kachincky was found behind Joseph Breck’s blacksmith shop in Menominee Michigan. She left for church last Sunday and vanished until the discovery this afternoon. Marks about the throat and other violence were noted. Breck was arrested and charged with her murder.
The Iager of sites for states territories and fraternal groups was completed with crowds viewing ceremonies. President Francis and Works Director Taylor announced locations marked by flags while governors and commissioners accepted sites for South Carolina New York Mississippi Kansas Colorado Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma Indiana Tennessee Michigan Washington Maine and others.
Mrs James Lawrence Blair of St Louis was today elected president of the Board of Women Man.
Lima Oct 1 The Chamber of Deputies confirmed the grant of 25000 already sanctioned by the Senate to represent Peru at the St Louis Exposition.
Army orders from Washington dated October 1 list Capt James B Mitchell assigned to Fort Preble Maine Capt Robert H Nobile ordered to report to the civil Governor of the Philippines for duty Capt Wallis O Clark and Capt James Lockett ordered for examination for promotion Serjets Henry Roosen and Frederick Mayer John Cavendish and Patrick M O Sullivan reassigned from fort duty at the Newland Free Exposition Riverside Rhode Island and Sprit id Massachusetts to proper stations
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