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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
1
James Wade Emison, attorney of Vincennes Indiana, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor of Indiana.
The article notes the tie as the first candidate to announce for the office and mentions Air. Kimison counting on the Second congressional district for support.
Mrs Solomon Gobba and six children perished when a kitchen stove started a blaze that consumed their Lafayette home. Solomon Gobba survived with serious burns while one daughter Vessie 14 escaped. Coroner Nesbit opened an inquiry amid suspicions of arson by a neighbor with a grievance.
Anderson-Albert Davis, a union glassworker, admits giving false testimony to sway a strike dispute involving Dennis Meanny, a nonunion man. He testified he acted under instruction from Tom Conboy, head of the Glassworkers' union, in a case that followed Meanny’s fatal shooting of Duchetau. Davis’s second trial follows a hung jury in the first.
Hon. George W. Chapman aged SS years, father of Mrs. Dr. J. L. Gilbert and Mrs. H. S. Park, died at Dr. Gilbert’s home in Kendallville. Born February 1818 in Bethlehem, C. he moved to Indiana as a youth and became a prominent Christian church minister. He served as joint senator for Wells and Huntington in 1856 and as joint representative for Noble and Elkhart in 1868.
Deputy superintendent of insurance of Colorado E. E. Rittenhouse and Actuary S. H. Wolf, sent to Indianapolis, study the relationship between the Indiana State Life and an agency operating for the company. Officials provide full cooperation to the examiners.
Logansport report says Capt Frank Woodward head of the local Salvation Army corps and Miss Lil Nan Holmes fled to Argus but were captured by Rev J C Mainwaring. Woodward walked 20 miles to Logansport and surrendered to Sheriff Enyart exhausted in dust. He, 60, faces charges while Holmes is sent to Fulton county home. Brig Gen Cox of Detroit to assist prosecution.
Friends of Miss Miuude Barnes of Kingsbury wage a zealous bid for her as postmistress. A mass petition signed by nearly every villager backs her, with supporters including influential locals and many young men. The rival is the son of the current postmaster.
John Schaller a hotel dishwasher rescued Jimmy Brown a Chicago boy at Lake Maxinkuckee after the youngster sank while swimming. He stripped clothing and dived four times to bring the boy ashore and revive him for four hours. Col Culver witnessed the act and awarded a scholarship toward Culver Military Academy.
Hallie Matthews, 24, shot her father after he announced plans to remarry. She wounded him in the head and he was in critical condition, then repeated the act but did not deny it.
Ora Snyder aged 24 died in a Fort Wayne hospital from injuries after a horse kicked him in the stomach while he examined the animal for purchase. Stablemen failed to warn him as other buyers, leaving a young widow.
Jonah Williams his wife Minerva Williams and son Wesley Williams have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of James Leigh at Boonville last spring. Andrew Williams, another son, serves time for a petty crime, and two younger children are in the reform school.
South Bend reports from an official interview that Terre Haute and Evansville will probably withdraw from the circuit at season’s end, with a successor to be announced.
At Cedar Rapids Iowa eight children waded near a riverbank for a picnic. Lucille Sweeting slipped into seven feet of water and her rescue efforts pulled in Hazel, Gladys, Josie, Ruth, Sioux City Core, and Clara Usher. Ruth Kiersey survived. four bodies recovered quickly, Clara Usher not found. The tragedy ended the group’s outing amid sobbing crowds.
An investigation is to be made by the interstate commerce commission under United States senate authority into the elevator grain buying and forwarding trade. The aim is to uncover special favors from railroads, monopolistic influence on the market, harm to grain producers, and the extent of railroad ownership or control of grain companies and how such holdings were obtained.
At the O Laughlin Bros stone quarry near Bellwood a shanty housing laborers was blown up with dynamite just after 1 AM Friday. Three men were killed instantly and about a score injured, several of whom may die, workers said the explosion was a deliberate attempt to kill the occupants.
Albert O'Brien Totowa tax collector shot himself as officers neared his Totowa New Jersey home to avoid arrest on defalcation charges. He died shortly after the shooting.
Battleships Illinois and Missouri reach Provincetown after turret mechanism changes at Charlestown navy yard. They join the North Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans for war maneuvers off the New England coast.
About 4000 coal workers in the Central Pennsylvania bituminous district will return to work in the mines near Harrisburg on roughly the 1905 scale after an idle period since April 1 caused by operators resisting the 1903 scale restoration.
Secretary James Wilson closed his Chicago visit by denying meat packers the use of the federal inspection label until sanitary conditions in food preparation buildings are perfected. He will travel west to continue inspecting the packing industry. The new law inspection begins immediately where plants meet standards, and Chicago establishments are cited as improving toward readiness by August 1 or losing eligibility.
A sugar factory representative in Nikolayev Russia was waylaid and robbed of 15600 dollars while heading to the bank. One robber was captured and the soldiers shot another. the remaining gang members escaped.
In Paris a bitter floor fight over restoring Alfred Dreyfus to the army ends with a sword duel injuring Under Secretary Sarraut. The chamber, split between government and opposition, adjourns as Sarraut sustains a deep chest wound.
Washington reports that Guatemala and San Salvador have accepted U S good offices to settle their differences. Diplomats say a conference will aim to end hostilities and secure lasting peace with U S guaranties. Honduras may become involved as regional leaders press for sides in the Central American dispute.
A wreck on the Southern railroad eight miles west of Petersburg Indiana killed three. Investigators report a switch was spiked to permit either east or west bound trains to cross, causing the fatal collision.
A semi official denial claims Russia contemplates no foreign loan and would limit any borrowing to the domestic market. The statement counters reports that Moscow hopes to raise funds abroad to aid a distressed population.
Esther Mitchell 11 admits she conspired with Mrs. Maude Creffield widow of the Holy Rollers leader to kill her brother killer. Creffield telephoned police and will be held as an accomplice. George Mitchell killed F. E. Creffield over alleged wrongs to Esther. The depot murder occurred as children waited for a train to Oregon. Esther claimed Creffield bought the gun and that they planned to act immediately.
A warrant for John D. Rockefeller, now with Hancock County sheriff, charges him with violating anti trust laws by organizing and maintaining an oil monopoly. The document, signed by Judge Banker of the Hancock probate court, directs the sheriff to arrest Rockefeller or pursue him out of county to bring him before the court.
Deputy Sheriff Hammil of Pierce County was fatally beaten and City Marshal Isaacs of Prescott was severely wounded during a failed arrest of about 50 Italian track workers in Prescott. Warrants had targeted men for game law violations. One defendant was jailed. locals assaulted officers returning for others.
A Monday explosion at the Atlantic Dynamite Company powder mill near Ashland Wisconsin killed three men and injured twenty. Superintendent J L Pierce of Wilmington Delaware and workers William Wallace and George Woodisil were among the first to enter the building as the nitro glyceric acid detonated. Fire broke out across the 25 buildings but was subdued by workers delving through the debris.
The Marblehead arrives at La Libertad and is placed at the American legation's disposal. Commander Mulligan will present the ship to the minister to offer it as a meeting place for peace commissioners from Salvador and Guatemala.
Alfred Beit the South African financier died Monday after a period of ill health. Born in 1853 in Hamburg he was reputedly the richest man in London and controlled South Africa gold output. He was linked to a rumored gold trust with American financiers and donated to the Red Cross and other charities including a $500,000 grant to establish a Hamburg university.
Judge Thomas B. Buskirk of Orange County Court sustains third demurrer by French Lick Springs and West Baden Hotel companies in quo warranto action. State seeks temporary injunction against gambling at the resorts. ruling states insufficient facts to state a cause of action.
Passenger train No. 7 of the Colorado and Southern railway wrecked three miles north of Forbes Junction early Monday. Engineer Martin J. Cullom was killed. Hundreds of Texas Elks were en route to the Deriver convention.
Philadelphia. Sam Berger the California amateur heavyweight extended Jack O'Brien in a fierce six round battle Monday night. Berger pressed the pace with hard rights and steady footwork as O'Brien answered with sharp counters and grit.
A Paris council of ministers ordered Mart 3 promotion for a regiment tied to the Dreyfus affair. The appointment to Vincennes places an artillery officer in a key garrison role amid political tensions.
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