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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1905
Page
2
Humorous clippings mention Boston as the Hub of the Universe and a Cleveland girl suing for damages over a blotter image. A Vincennes visitor frightens a farmer with a pig joke, while a Princeton item promotes a new map of Daviess County at the Gazetteer office.
In Sullivan Indiana March 23 the four year old son of Norman Saide a coal miner was found dead in a corn crib with a bullet through his brain. His fifteen year old brother who handled a revolver disappeared after the shooting and is not yet located. Searching parties scour the area as the father contends the death may have been a drowning accident.
In Lafayette Indiana Grace McClutchey nineteen daughter of Rosa McClutchey was found dead after shooting herself two miles north of Independence. A note in her dress pocket claimed she had a reason for killing herself but would not disclose it. Also reported nearby is a severe farm accident in Bragil and a jewelry store burglary at Larwin.
A catastrophic blast at the R B Grover company shoe factory in Campello caused a raging inferno. Hundreds were injured or missing as flames engulfed seven nearby buildings and trapped workers inside. Rescue efforts, aided by police, firemen, and clergy, saved many but toll remains uncertain with estimates reaching into the hundreds.
A massive explosion tore through a four story factory causing its rear to collapse and fire to spread. Operatives at their machines faced sudden death or injury as upper floors gave way and escape routes proved perilous.
A collage of reports notes Tennessee banning gambling on horse races, Delaware ending pillory punishment, a federal grand jury probing New York beef trust practices, and a deadly colliery explosion in Hungary. Other items cover Grover Cleveland’s Florida trip and gout, Chicago railway convention, Indianapolis political appointee, an Oakland bank employee held up for 10000, Havemeyer sugar refinery layoffs in Brooklyn, and a Philadelphia hunting incident ending in a teenager’s death.
Indianapolis March 41. Vice President Fairbanks left for Greensboro N C to deliver an address and may return for the summer. His aides push a presidential boom while Indiana party workers receive letters urging early mobilization. The Harrison Monument Commission delays action until the federal building is finished, with treasury opposition cited. Several political moves loom, including a possible run by Rep Guirl in the Fifth district and John Billheimer’s bid for auditor of state. Governor Hanly may reappoint John Ward as adjutant general as competition grows for state posts.
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