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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
6
Representative S Gard of Clinton and Arrah proposes three measures for the coming session. One would set a uniform pay date for railroad and other employers. The second would bar vagrants from receiving outside aid, requiring county residency or jail. The third would elect county superintendents by popular vote, shifting power from trustees.
James Whit expac Riley hosts a reading where a mistaken identity leads to J. J. Skinner being presented as Riley. The Wabash Railway attendee Skinner was mistaken for the performer and introduced as Riley before the error was corrected by Rev. Mr. Choate.
Anderson Indiana reports Dee G Frank Ospecue tarred and feathered Sunday night over alleged insults to women. Mob action led to his restraint. trial scheduled Wednesday on charges of insulting women. Osborne pleads innocence, seeks damages against mob leaders.
Victor Garner, a one year old son of Mr and Mrs J S Warner of Elwood, was taken by a band of gypsies Monday night. The father learned of the child’s disappearance Tuesday after telegrams were sent nationwide to locate the suspects.
Wayne Ind Dec 7 The Fort Wayne Traction Co secured a franchise to build an electric railroad through the county to the Huntington county line. City officials and the company agreed on terms and the chief construction engineer began ordering materials Thursday morning.
Terre Haute Ind Dec 7 The Sintas of the Standard Wheel Co with central offices here has ordered the plant in Kalamazoo Mich to begin operations Monday The Kalamazoo wheel works is the citys largest employer with about 360 men it has been shut for two months during the dull season.
Early Wednesday a fire in Evansville Indiana destroyed the Mesker Agricultural Foundry Co and damaged several wire firms. One firefighter, Uniform Surbeck, was killed and three others injured. Mesker Foundry, a major local employer, employs about 1000 workers.
In Columbia City Indiana Friday evening Mrs Prugh of South Whitley was found dead by hanging in a summer kitchen. She left a note for her husband seeking forgiveness for her act. No others are named in the report. Her father previously took his own life.
In Kokomo Indiana on December 7 Orin Sea Graves and Harry Lennon hunted near Young Asseriea. A rabbit hunt turned tragic when Seagraves shot Lennon with a double barreled shotgun in a thicket. Lennon died from the gunshot wounds.
At mid night the jewelry store of A P Rein wmerman in Morristown Indiana was badly damaged after a gas explosion. A rubber tube leading to the radiator burst and the room filled with gas then ignited.
In Muncie Indiana on December 7 Charles and Joseph Keating face trial before Judge Lefiter in the Delaware circuit court for the murder of their brother in law Allen Robinson.
In Lafayette Indiana on December 7 a section hand on the Morand railroad allegedly struck Miss Frances Hahn at her home and then shot himself. Hahn denied an offer of marriage prior to the incident, with details remaining unclear amid the chaotic scene.
Four boys aged 9 to 14 faced a public whipping after confessing to breaking into a freight car and stealing a barrel of apples. In police court Judge Winfrey ordered parental whippings in the lockup corridors, with two dozen spectators watching the thrashing.
In Washington Indiana on a Friday afternoon Bill Cochran shot his 19 year old stepson through the lungs, delivering a mortal wound. He fled the scene but is expected to be captured. The victim is the son of Mrs Cochran from a former husband. The shooting was described as unprovoked and deliberate with three shots fired final hit in the chest. The wife wrestled with Cochran, tossed the pistol on the roof, and fled.
Indianapolis supporters press a second pardon bid for John Johnson formerly president of Logansport National Bank. Sent to Columbus penal colony for ten years over $400,000 in bank funds. The pardon petition lists about 2000 Logansport Cass county residents. Johnson lost the money in speculation.
President Stone of Purdue University says trustees will assemble a collection of typical American locomotives in a new Lafayette museum building. Several engines have been donated by railroads and three old locomotives have been removed from display.
In Muncie Indiana on Thursday a forged note for 1500 dollars was found by the Merchants National Bank. It bore the signature of John Watts who denied signing it. John Truitt presented the note about two months ago and is said to have left town.
James Matthews a porter at Woerlein and Trouston saloon in Alexandria Indiana was found guilty of manslaughter for ejecting Alexander Dick from the saloon, who then fell down stairs and died from injuries sustained in the incident in Madison County Circuit Court.
George Stagg of Greenspurg Indiana misplaced his false teeth last Monday. He believed they were swallowed causing a throat blockage. A local doctor diagnosed diphtheria and a surgical procedure later removed the teeth from his throat. He is rapidly recovering.
A locally built railroad locomotive was put on the Chicago & Southeastern Railway Co tracks in Muanese for a speed test. The trial proved satisfactory and the company plans to demonstrate its strength as soon as the varnish dries.
Work on the Hartford City to Muncie and Dunkirk interurban right of way will begin Monday under Civil Engineer Haley’s direction. The project aims to connect Hartford City with Eaton and other towns, establishing a new regional railway corridor.
Marion Indiana police report William Meyers and Otto Parsons both 22 from near Swayzee are in jail after being charged with robbing Frank Parker at Swayzee in Dec. local authorities stated.
Evansville Indiana December report says Matthew Hintzelman an Air Line road engineer was shot in the left side below the heart while in the engine cab. He does not know who fired the shot and felt a sharp pain in the side.
The superintendent of the rolling mill in Frankton Indiana received orders to close the mill. After a week of seemingly successful operation, every department is idle again.
Evansville Indiana reports a young woman Maggie Meinert who had strayed from virtue died by taking carbolic acid. She wished to return home but was refused by the family, leading to her death by self harm.
The sun ward or solarium is now a standard feature in up to date hospital plans. The south side glassed bays provide sunlit wards across floors with good ventilation and heating to support healing through sunlight.
Paris gossip paints the legion as the harshest force with brutal discipline and severe punishments. A London paper notes recruits come from many nations. It has fought frontier skirmishes in Africa and fought fever zones in Cambodia and Indo China.
A fragment mentions an observation about an open top car in railway architecture, highlighting its novelty and potential origin. The text references an era of car design and the latest railcar feature drawing interest from observers.
The article describes the Pullman built observation dining car for The American Tourist Association of Chicago by Beau Campbell, created to view Mexico’s canyons. It traces evolution from a side window trolley car to an open top car, then a coal car, and finally a passenger car without a top, named the Chillitha, noted as the largest observation or dining car with seating for six and dining for fifty six when tables are set.
The article promotes sun baths as useful and inexpensive therapy on bright winter days. It notes pleasant solarium views enhance benefit, but even institutions with limited southward exposure should maximize direct sun, since sunlight remains a valuable healing resource.
Aldermiun H. J. Zayas of Helena Montana received relics including a Spanish coat-of-arms that hung 67 years in Havana’s Plaza Vieja. It was taken down during the 1895 Cuban revolution and linked to a dramatic chase and execution for insulting the crown. A Spanish colonel’s inspection and a fatal blow during cleaning are recounted in history.
Lombardy in Italy offers the pope a province gift for the holy year an altar cloth for his private altar. The cloth is described as elaborately designed and woven with a record number of warp cards and weft reels surpassing six thousand, unmatched in Italian art history.
A physician studying legionary insanity states most cases are fully formed at enlistment noting few sane men would accept the corps conditions. He argues many men shot for discipline breaches were not mentally responsible and warns the same issue may fuel insubordination among French troops with allies in China.
The article profiles Huang a woman venerated in Shanghai for exemplary service to her people and the broader note on womens rising influence in China. It discusses historical female figures from Penelope to modern eras and notes cotton’s long history in China alongside the 500 year shift in the cotton industry.
The French Academy of Science discussed whether wheat grains from tombs six millennia old can germinate. It was shown the albumen remains unaltered but the embryo is altered and cannot germinate. a fresh embryo in ancient albumen could grow. The claim that ancient heat rescues sprouting was considered likely.
A Missouri note reports Thomas Watson of Hazelhurst sending Gov. Longino a drawing of a vast stone pile in Claiborne county Mississippi. Stones six feet long and three feet wide lie in four square miles, joined by cement, suggesting a pre historic city buried underground and a possible continuation of the Chinese wall.
Mr Bodkin recalls an anecdote about Francis Mac donach who dominated the Irish bar for over four decades. He narrates a young solicitor’s mistake in writing I clearly of opinion and the elder lawyer’s wisdom against declaring certainty on a doubtful point.
Recent improvements in telephoto cameras reduce the need for long exposures and make distant photography more practical. The article notes that advances in lens and shutter technology enable clearer images at great distances, transforming fieldwork and scientific observation.
Reports from The Hague show Kruger sought an interview that Britain and Transvaal discussed as war terms. Queen Wilhelmina met Kruger incognito in a brief audience. no aid offered. Russia’s czar declined involvement, sending Kruger a respectful but firm message. Netherlands disavowed responsibility for a letter supporting Kruger’s aims.
Washington December 7 old officers were reelected for the Tallows at the morning session of the WCTU convention. Officers named include President Mrs L M N Stevens Vice President Mrs Cienna A Gordon Corresponding Secretary Mrs Susanna M D Fry Recording Secretary Mrs Clara C Hoff Assistant Recording Secretary Mrs Frances E Beauchamp Treasurer Mrs Helen M Barker. The convention adopted resolutions pledging renewed loyalty to the WCTU, praising God for Brigham H Roberts defeat, urging prohibition of liquor, enfranchisement of women, eight hour day, living wage, child labor ban and laws for purity for both sexes, and opposing government regulation of vice in the Philippines.
The Hancock arrived from Manila via Nagasaki with about 1500 sailors and soldiers who died in battle or from disease in the Philippines China Guam and Honolulu. It is the largest death toll brought home since the Spanish American War. The ship will quarantine a few days before bodies are moved to the Presidio for interment or shipment to relatives.
London reports Gen De Wet continues maneuvering near the Basutoland border as he evades Gen Incex and keeps the British on edge. Rumor places a decisive test of strength between the Caledon and Orange rivers as England awaits results.
Washington December 11. By the death of her mother Mrs Washington McLean Admiral Dewey s wife becomes a millionaire. Mrs Dewey's mother died suddenly Sunday morning and leaves an estate valued at about 2 000 000 to be divided among three children Mrs Dewey her sister Mrs Dudiow and John R McLean proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Gold Badge for Mrs AteKintey Washington.
Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith outlines reforms to curb mail fraud and bolster second class mail separation. He notes fiscal 1900 revenue at 102.35 million with a 5.39 million deficit, and urges rural free delivery expansion with an estimated annual cost under 4 million dollars, plus facilities for New York and a Washington records wall.
In a severe Lake Erie gale the iron ore barge Charles Foster sank ten miles off Erie at four am Sunday. Crew losses include Captain Job Bridge of Cleveland and two unknowns, Robert Wood, William Kelly, Mrs May, and two unknown check hands. Cargo 1500 tons ore. value 19000 with no insurance. Iron Duke towed Foster. Captain Ashley of Iron Duke survived. Water depth 50 to 100 feet.
About two to two and a half thousand telegraph operators on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad walked out on a strike Saturday. They report freight traffic tied up and slow passenger service across 5000 miles, while railroad officials say only about 660 struck. The walkout followed an order from M M Dolphin head of the Railway Telegraphers. He claims 97 percent complied.
The deep waterways commission report to Congress details a vast plan for a waterway from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic tidewater. Estimated cost for a 21 foot channel is 206,358. The 30 foot channel would cost 317,284,500. Total for a 20 foot channel plus harbor deepening reaches 26,892,600.
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