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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
2
Dr Patterson denies a sensational claim about his convention address and says the exact words and views will appear in a forthcoming article. The controversy centers on hymns psalms and evangelical work as a two cent stamp could have clarified the record.
The Medianapolis Star notes the best time for Christmas shopping is now while holiday stock is freshest and clerks can offer better service. Early buyers get greater selections and lower prices, as stores fill up closer to Christmas with eager customers and crowded aisles.
A Vincennes Sun letter from Washington Democrat suggests the race for congress is open. It quotes A Mierg claiming a commendable congress record and argues it is time to quit for another to have a chance. The writer questions why the official form cannot be published for public view.
A Seymour Republican notes repeated gun incidents in the county and argues peaceful citizens should not carry revolvers. He cites Brownstown shootouts as proof guns near home cause harm and call for a penitentiary level offense for concealed weapon carrying.
The article notes Denby of Evansville being advanced to the role of third assistant secretary of state, succeeding Herbert H. D. Petree, with the appointment set soon as Norway sends a minister to Washington. Dendy, now state department chief clerk, gains the post with a salary rise to 4500 and direct charge of diplomatic service while remaining in touch with ambassadors and consuls worldwide. Pierce will become minister at a salary of 10000 annually, reflecting broader fiscal changes.
Vice President Fairbanks weighs a newspaper man for his secretary post. Advisers urge a diplomatic figure familiar with political ropes and publicity, noting the job could pay a higher salary than the $2,200 standard.
United States Senator J Ralph Burton of Kansas was convicted in St Louis federal court on six counts alleging he received compensation for practicing as attorney for a corporation before the post office department. Sentencing looms with potential penalties up to two years in prison and $10,000 per count. Burton’s lawyers plan a motion for a new trial and likely an appeal.
Jeffersonville grocers form a combine to establish a wholesale warehouse for their purchases and for outsiders at five percent over net cost. They predict the current wholesaler will be eliminated soon as Cincinnati retailers already obtain supplies through a central depot, saving enough to cover warehouse expenses.
Secretary Freeman of the state board of forestry will supervise the work on a large tract recently purchased by the Oakland City Land and Timber Company. The 400 acre Orange county site will host varied tree planting including estry reservation, locust, chestnut, catalpa and other species following state forestry plans.
The funeral of Anthony M Johnson of Harrigan township was held at Oak Grove cemetery Sunday morning. Services began at 9 30 o clock at the house. Rev Daniel Cooksley of the First Baptist church delivered the sermon. The Glen dale lodge of masons conducted the grave service.
More than 100 Warrick county farmers create a Farmers Protection Association to block hunting on their eight square mile territory for five years. They pledge to prosecute any hunter found on their land.
Edwin W. Morgan, currently American minister to Korea, is appointed American minister to Cuba to succeed Minister Squiers. Squiers resigns amid ill feeling in Cuba over his stance on annexation and the Isle of Pines, prompting his retirement.
David H. Padgett and George Kramer of the south side are home from Clay City where Kramer’s dog Rodgay placed second in the Indiana field trial. Kramer values the dog at about $500 and plans to enter him in the Texas field trials in three weeks.
Harvey Lee known as the Blacksmith relocates from Lae to Washington with his family. They will reside at 406 Maple Street and operate his blacksmith shop in Van inert amt af. Start.
Indiana cities debate when councilmen at large take office after recent elections. Vincennes rules wait until May 1906 while Muncie and others assign January 1 1908 as start date under the new law. Attorney General opinion sought on which date applies.
Rev. Mr. Laye of First Christian church cited editorials from the Evansville Courier Examiner during a Sunday address. He read clips from the November 19 and November 26 Courier editions, stressing newspapers spread thoughtful ideas and church federation themes.
The K of P lodge in Odon held a Thursday banquet and celebration for initiation of fifty new members. A music program took place in the Opera house, followed by a noon banquet for 200. State officers attended and spoke. Odon lodge now claims the largest membership for towns of its size in the area. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nugent.
A Lithing conference will be held in this city with sessions at First M. E. church Tuesday evening and two sessions on Wednesday at First Presbyterian church. Principal speakers include Rev. Mr. Asbury of Vincennes district and J. Ballard of Indianapolis. Public invited.
Charles F Masten married Glendora D Smead at her home Thursday evening by Rev Daniel Cooksley of the First Baptist church. The groom, a young farmer, is son of Stephen Masten of Bedford road. The bride is widow of Louis Smead killed by a falling tree two years ago. They will reside on a farm on the Beatford road.
Capt Jossina A Palmer and Mrs Palmer marked forty years of marriage at their East Walnut Street home with a large family dinner. The couple wed on November 9 1905. Relatives and friends joined the celebration across generations in this community event.
The Indianapolis Hello Girls will gain their first chance to take the civil service examination for vacancies on December 14. The new branch was recently added by the commission, and the test emphasizes spelling, letter writing, arithmetic, copying and penmanship. Salaries range from 240 to 840 dollars annually.
Peter Daily wed Miss Maggie Dowling in a surprise ceremony in Loogootee. After the vows the couple traveled to Indianapolis for a Thanksgiving and honeymoon trip. The groom is brother of John Daily, county assessor, who runs a secondhand store at southeast Third and South streets and will reside in this city.
Hugh McKernan Jr suffered a painful accident at Morgan livery when a pony struck his face while being bridled. His nose was broken and facial bruising occurred before a physician reset the nose. The injury was described as not serious.
Commission in doubt over a proposed gift by the family of the late author of Water Babble. They offer land around the seat of Gen Lew Wallace for a permanent fish preserve. Commissioner Bowers plans inspection after official notice and a formal report to Congress on use and needed funding.
The women’s auxiliary of the Red Men lodge conferred the Pocahontas degree on 100 charter members at Evansville Thursday afternoon with Kate Culhan of Bedford presiding. An eighteen-member initiatory team of young women from the city staged a memorable initiation. A banquet for 126 lodge members followed at the Vendome hotel, and festivities continued into the night as the Fork ceremony began in the Wahkee tribe’s lodge room.
Census Bureau findings show seventeen states with lower illiteracy rates among children aged ten to fourteen than Indiana. In 1890 Indiana had 18.4 illiterates per 1000 native white children. by 1900 this dropped to 5.21, indicating significant school progress and improved literacy.
Jefferson Bailey of the west end was arrested for intoxication and attempting to beat hotel keeper Abe White out of a board bill. The mayor fined him $1 in each cage, total costs, and he was jailed for nonpayment. An indictment for disturbing a religious meeting was returned against Bailey by the Isat grand jury, but he left town and could not be found. He will be tried on this charge when he returns.
County commissioners at the courthouse last Saturday signed gravel road bonds for Madison and Washington townships. The Washington bonds total 3,308 dollars for one plus nineteen bonds at 3,350 each. Madison township bonds amount to 11,000 dollars. John B. Moore signed the road contract today.
Guy Baldwin busked 178 bushels and forty pounds of corn in ten hours. He weighed, unloaded, and scooped the corn onto a crib in a field yielding eighty bushels per acre.
The mutinous ships at Seabasto po surrendered after two and a half hours of bombardment by the fleet and shore batteries, leaving the vessels sinking. Many crew members were knead or wounded.
Young people gathered at First Presbyterian for a morning praise service that drew a good crowd. A sunrise prayer meeting at First Methodist drew a large crowd at the same hour.
Mr and Mrs James McGehee and their daughter Mrs Seth Palmer left last Saturday for New Albany Mississippi. They plan to make their home there after living in Boonville for some time.
Deputy Earle of the Indians 3d and game commission says 21 500 hunting licenses have been issued not 30 000. The figure has been in effect since October 1903, with 2s reportedly reposed.
A. J. Wilson and Daily Edwards killed twenty-two ducks Friday on the Bedford road in town, breaking the season record.
Mrs Thompson, 72, of east Walnut street, suffered a left shoulder fracture after a fall at her rear porch Thursday evening and is recovering. Clementine Patton, six, was badly scalded by a boiling pot in a kitchen accident on east Van Trees street. a four year old injured nose with a slate pencil. a newspaper notice notes a flood of directory packages reaching surrounding cities and an agent seeking city directories for his company.
Report claims the American Tobacco Company arranged mass mailing of cigarette papers to Indiana residents to undermine the state law. Clerks allegedly use an alphabetic directory from a northern city to send parcels beginning with A and advancing, with no distinction among recipients, including clergy and reformers.
Mrs Bridget McGuire aged eighty five died in Cincinnati Thursday evening after general debility. She lived in Wheatland before 1866 then moved with her son Timothy to Washington and finally to Cincinnati. Survived by three sons Hugh of Bedford Thomas of Lafayette James of Memphis Tennessee and three daughters Mrs Robert Farrell Vincennes Mrs Mary McCarty Denver and Mrs Thomas McFeeley Cincinnati. Her husband died in 1877 at Wheatland and was buried at the old Catholic cemetery. Hugh arranged to move the body and it will be reburied tomorrow in St Johny cemetery with Mrs McGuire.
The Indiana Farmer requests experienced live canvassing agents to cover unoccupied areas this winter. Earn money by representing the paper. Send for agents terms and join one of the oldest agricultural publications in Indianapolis.
Judge Houghton of Shoals attended the Vincennes Knox County Bar association banquet on Wednesday night and responded to a toast, expressing pleasure at being with the lawyers of that court.
The Gear Scott company injunction against James Antney has been moved from Knox circuit court to the county court for further proceedings.
A dense list details numerous property deeds and quitclaims to various owners and heirs, including Clementine R Rosenburry to John A Overton and Lavina L Thompson to David D Thompson. It records parcel references in Clark and Washington additions, various lot numbers, and multiple court-related names and guardianships.
An elderly man identified as John Chestnut, formerly of the Southern Indians, died in a railroad accident near Bedford after being struck by a freight train. The incident involved railway workers and a passenger or goods train, with initial reports listing Chestnut’s age as about ten years. Further details were unclear due to mangled text.
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