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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
4
Editor and proprietor Martin announces publish schedule, postal entry, and pricing. Weekly issue Thursday in Westville Indiana costs 1.00 yearly in advance. Obituary notices over ten lines priced at one dollar for ten lines. professional cards three dollars yearly or semiannually. Submissions due by Wednesday noon.
Indiana officials report rapid debt relief with $253,000 of 3 percent school fund refunding bonds cancelled and warrants for $133,779 issued to county treasurers. Governor Hanly’s administration aims to clear more debt while railroad valuation debates continue at the three day state board meeting. Wheat yields face weather risks but may still exceed expectations, with mixed threshing progress across counties.
Millers expect better wheat prices as marketing expands and weather allows hauling to mills. State prices range 80 to 90 cents with cautious buyers awaiting broader marketing. Oats, hay, and clover show potential but suffer from heavy rain. corn looks strong yet plagued by weeds and uneven cultivation in low spots.
Governor Hanly vows a four year effort to improve police boards across Indiana. He faces continued complaints from Muncie Anderson Marion Lafayette Michigan City and other cities as reformers push for stronger enforcement while old violators complicate progress.
Indianapolis dispatch reports former Kentucky governor Taylor saying the Goebel assassination case targets Caleb Powers in federal court. He notes witnesses have fled or died and claims Providence supports Powers amid political hatred. He also cites judge paralysis and juror deaths as evidence of a tainted process. Taylor adds Powers remains strong. Indianapolis July 11.
Dispatch quotes critics accusing Governor Hanly of missing a chance to act. One source says he should convene a legislative session to fund new penitentiaries and notes ongoing activities at the Lick Monte Carlo. The critic adds Hanly must hear the facts.
Governor Hanly commuted the death sentence of Edward Donahue to life imprisonment, saying the evidence warranted action. Donahue was convicted in Lake county for murdering Arminder Northrup of Benton Harbor near Hobart on October 5 last. the Supreme Court upheld the judgment, and the execution was set for Friday morning.
Mrs Eliza Crawford of Hammond sued Continental Casualty over a life policy. The insurer challenged death as an accident but paid 83500 into Superior Court in liquidation after a Michigan City jury verdict. It emerged doctors removed the husband s brain before his death was known to Mrs Crawford.
A quiet man buys fish from a persistent suburban peddler after mocking the meat as unfit. The peddler retorts that he offered two chances daily to buy it fresh, denying fault for spoilage. Nearby, 62 residents sue for divorce over an unplatted addition and lack of city funds for improvements. A representative from an institution considers town options, eyeing a project that could employ about 250 people.
New Brooms Michigan City Ind July 15. The governor appointed metropolitan police commissioners remove superintendent Bowlin and Sergeant Jenkins. Louis J. Weiler named superintendent and Frank Sewell day sergeant both Democrats. Changes take effect Saturday night amid Republican party bitterness over action against Michigan Central railroad and pending suits.
Argent Filigond, sixteen, a ballast worker with an extra gang near Porter, was crushed when he moved between tracks. His right leg was amputated at the knee and the left leg may require amputation. he is hospitalized at St Anthony's, with local doctors treating severe injuries. He lived with the Italian gang in a boarding car on a Porter side track.
Very Rev. Andrew Morrisey resigns as president after twelve years due to ill health. He will travel abroad for an indefinite period seeking restoration and hopes to return to the country.
Indianapolis July 13 Governor Hanly will notify sheriffs in every county where race meetings are planned that they are to suppress book making. He has already written three letters informing local law enforcement to curb illegal betting and gambling activities.
A small ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tes as a great beautifier offering a smooth clear creamlike complexion, rosy cheeks, and laughing eyes for 385 cents, sold by E T. Scott.
Chattanooga officials announce a September 18 to 20 reunion at Chickamauga National Park for regiments from twelve states that fought in the Chickamauga battles. The event promises the largest gathering in the South with reduced rail rates of one cent per mile and tours by old war generals.
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