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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
6
A miscellany of items from Bloomington and nearby towns recounts political frictions between L Buskirk and Cravens, civic notices, railroad updates, a train with seventy two cars, obituaries, court cases, social columns, and school events, highlighting local figures like Hon. P R Wadsworth and Dr Scanlon alongside misdeeds and community concerns.
Melvin Ingram was fatally wounded by Dana Darnell after a dispute over a young woman Miss Ethel Sims. The two men fought beside a buggy near a schoolhouse. Ingram was stabbed six times and died shortly after as Darnell fled and eluded arrest.
Huntington Ind July 14 The wholesale robbery by Epic railway employees expands as eight gang members are jailed awaiting trial with more arrests expected. Switchmen operators and freight conductors tied to yearlong plunder. Goods stolen include Brussels carpets clothing dress goods boots and china. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised.
After a three day legal fight in Fincennnes Indiana Mrs Peebham lost her petition to recover possession of two children. Warrior Pellman aided the defense against the Orphans home and trial ended with dismissal of the petition and costs. A related note reports a boiler explosion on a Fort Wayne Chicago railroad line causing injuries.
An old advertisement touts Dr Fowler's Extract as a universal remedy claiming to cure slummer complaints for youths and the weak. It presents the product as nature's cure for frail constitutions and suggests broad medical efficacy.
A compilation of terse local items reports Howard Ellis found murdered near Crawfordsville by a beer bottle blow, Noble Springle drowned in a hazy washout basin, a child trampled to death by a horse near Fort Wayne, a journalist seeking protection from threats in Rossville, a box of church valuables recovered near Monterey after a theft years ago, and other brief incidents across Indiana towns.
July 16 dispatches from Trick Walker and Pollan and Rising Sub describe multiple fatal accidents. Willis Lawson, 58, coal miner, was killed by a vandal on a railway track in Brazil Indiana while talking on the line. Fred Law relice died after attempting to drive a tram over a bridge that collapsed, body mangled. Metit Stanley, 70 foot jumper, fractured skull after leaping into a 28 foot pool and not expected to live. Lucy Washington, 50, dies from morphine overdose after months of neuralgia pain.
An old advertisement touts Allen a Foot Ease powder as a cure for painful smarting swollen feet ingrown nails and corns and bunions claiming instant relief and easy shoe fit. It offers trial packages free by mail and lists druggists and shoe stores as sellers with a 25 cent stamp price.
In Terre Haute Indiana on July 14 the Castro trial moved into defense presentation as Attorney Caldwell claimed Dr Castro was at home when the fire began at his stores The defense will also challenge witness Maysimio Kintz while a state chemist testified to oils and paints fueling the blaze creating an incriminating impression
In South Bend Indiana July 1 disruption rumors were dismissed as absurd. The ninth biennial Indiana Epworth League convention closed with attendance up to expectations. Officers and members expressed enthusiasm and reports said the state organization is not disbanding. Some dissension attributed to ministers seeking to influence governance.
The case of John and Bragk Diehl of Anderson faces charges of murdering Mrs Mary Baryid of Richmond. The circuit court opened proceedings today with the Diehls employing prominent legal counsel. The trial is expected to last about a week.
Terre Haute reports a new gas making process for glass manufacture shows potential to reduce gas costs below natural gas. The claim notes significant savings amid ongoing experiments at a local site. Also covered is the 10th Baptist Young People's Union convention in Washington and the offered but not yet accepted postmaster general first assistant position to Curtis Guild of Boston.
The item reports a court decision on a boundary question between states, noting a change in stance favoring North Carolina and South Carolina. It also mentions maritime and rail incidents, a murder conviction in Chillicothe, a mentally ill captain sent to a national asylum, and General Otis delaying duties until September retirement changes.
The fragment notes a resident of Hawesville Kentucky suffer for months from severe throat pain described as gore throat and a striking claim of being seared within twenty four hours by a doctor or remedy.
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