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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1905
Page
1
A reader overview surveys how laws affecting saloons and musical devices are interpreted in Indiana towns. The Vincennes Sun, Indianapolis News, and Elkhart circuit rulings are noted with cautionary takes on installment purchases and political campaigns.
Simon Joseph departed Washington this week to settle in Indianapolis and resume business. He has been a longtime Washington citizen and prominent in civic and commercial life, known for his devotion to family and community, and remains in the prime of life with future prosperity anticipated.
In Indianapolis the police superintendent defends keeping a patrolman on duty awaiting murder trial. The force reportedly shields the officer, a repeated offender of prisoners, arguing police murder differs from other killings while an investigation proceeds. The board and public weigh power and punishment.
Southern Indiana roads long lag behind the north but county commissioners are spending heavily this year. Authorities say in a few years southern roads will reach northern standards.
William Mattingly of Montgomery was crushed under slate and coal in a coal mine near Barr township. Hayden Bingham found the body around 11 am and the death is attributed to the heavy mass rather than injuries. Mattingly, 60, leaves a wife, three children, and a brother in Vincennes. he belonged to the Catholic church.
Ged ologist travels to the county for several days to collect rock and gravel samples for analysis by the agriculture department in Washington. The aim is to determine if local rock and gravel are suitable for gravel road construction. He will visit High Rock Veale township and measure beds along White river at Hartiman's ferry and near Sandy Hook. Additional samples will come from other crop pings of rock.
John Leary, identified as a Black man who assaulted Mrs. Frank Mulky in Bloomington last week, was quietly committed to the Indiana reformatory in Jeffersonville under the Indeterminate Sentence Act. He was shacked and transported by Sheriff Hough to Martinsville, then to Indianapolis for transfer.
Sealed bids for four steel bridges and one culvert in Washington and Barr townships were opened at the auditor's office. The Vin cennes Bridge Company submitted the winning bid of 897 dollars for erecting the bridges and culvert, with a 10 000 dollar bond posted.
City records show ten saloons operate without licenses, with delays in payments totaling 787 dollars for the year. Henry Wolpert’s license was late and he remained overdue on quarters through July 1905. The issue prompts calls to tighten enforcement and recover lost revenue.
The board of commissioners voted September 5 to sell the contract for the gravel road system to John D. Moore & Co. Work to start next spring. Bonds issued in twenty series totaling 66 956 dollars. First bond of 3 306 dollars due May 15, 1906. remaining bonds mature semiannually up to ten years. Interest starts November 5, 1905.
Oshkosh owners C. E. Gray and Theodore Gray inspect a rapid progress filter plant overhaul led by Receiver Gardiner. C. J. Hoeppner of Manitowoc becomes the new superintendent while old supervisor Bosch stays briefly. A new pipeline to the B & O shops may cost under 15000 dollars and ensure alternate supply if one line fails.
Geologist Blatchley returns to Indianapolis with a mastodon jawbone and three teeth from southern Indiana. The find, from Marion Mathers farm near Orleans, is described as part of a historic American elephant. W. H. Kendall sends a gold headed cane to the state museum to be attached to the 49th Indiana flag for posterity. Col. James Keigwin, deceased, reportedly received the cane at a 1892 reunion and intended it for the museum with the flag.
Sleepers under the Christian church floor at Shoals gave way during Rev Dr Helt’s address. The crowded building caused a door rush but no panic, as exit order was maintained. The frame structure, built about fifteen years ago, had a roof spread and iron rods anchoring walls, raising fears with a new roof just installed.
Randall Newland of the United States cavalry writing from six miles from Manila reports cholera among the natives at Manila. The letter was sent to his brother Mrs J W Newland.
Mrs Francis Alexander aged seventy seven of Edwardsport road is dangerously ill with fever and in a low condition Tuesday night raising fears she may not recover.
In Freelandville Knox county Joseph Nolting shot and killed Pepmeter after a drink invitation said to be a murder in cold blood. Nolting was captured near Westphalia and jailed in Vincennes as threats of lynching circulated. Pepmeter, a 36 year old Freelandville resident, leaves a wife and four children. A separate stabbing in Vincennes left J W Murphy badly wounded. Dr Harwood, a Russellville physician, fled toward Illinois after the attack.
A dispatch claimed Tallholt residents faced loss of a post office as Tailholt would become a rural route. Officials confirmed no Tallholt exists in Indiana. Kinder post office opened 1847, renamed Carrollton 1869, Carrollton post office closed 1905 with free delivery.
Revenue officials in Indiana project a fiscal year total of about 28 million dollars in whisky output, with overall production near 36 million gallons. Seventh district collector John Bonnell visited Indianapolis as part of a statewide push, noting Indiana will rank second behind Tennessee in whisky production and underscoring water quality as a key factor.
Mary O A Hockersong and family woke to smoke Friday morning as fire erupted from the first floor beneath their two story building housing a store. Clothing and a counter were burned. flames were quickly extinguished. Loss is estimated near 104 thousand dollars, with smoke damage to stock and goods.
The Swan school group lists members Ethel Swan Ida Traylor Lara Wallace Dewey Colbert Luther Steele Paul Trasvlor Charles Wallace Emily Col bert Nora Swan Millie Steele Earl Chatting Flossie Praslor Pearl Chattin Charlvs 2. White is the teacher.
Ira Bowmask Ira Bowman money order clerk off duty returned from visiting parents near Epson. He attended the Odoge horse show and drove a horse for his uncle William Sims trustee of Madison township which won $20 in prizes. His sister Migs Nora also drove four horses and won a prize.
Thomas Lundergan a pro farmer and stock buyer of Barron is missing for ten days or more. Creditors accuse him of tangled finances with notes totaling up to 4000 or 5000 dollars. Washington National Bank holds a $900 note. Simultaneous lawsuits on Lundergan notes have been filed in circuit court by William Kelly Ines E O Neill and the National Bank.
Indiana state library commissions plan a campaign at farmers institutes to urge farm families to read healthful books this winter. Miss Hoagland and Miss Reynolds will speak to farm wives about suitable titles and a joint effort with Purdoe University to supply libraries through traveling nurses. Most counties already have libraries, with Wells and Clarke counties still lacking.
The president amended civil service rules granting cabinet heads power to summarily dismiss department personnel without civil service protections who, in the head’s view, have engaged in misconduct or shown inefficiency. The order emphasizes rapid personnel action within executive departments.
Walter Wood of Indianapolis, son of Mrs. Rachel Wood of South Washington, is credited with three creditable ink drawings in the current issue of the T.B. Laycock Factory News. Wood is employed at the factory.
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