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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
2
Reports from Heppner Oregon after a cloudburst show at least 200 dead with estimates up to 300 as salvage crews recover bodies and assess destruction. Property losses exceed 1 million dollars with 150 homes swept away and Lex Zegion and Ione also damaged.
Ottawa June 17 The supreme court issues several rulings. Clubs cannot sell liquor without a license. Liquor sales at picnics without a license are illegal. Chicago streetcar companies must follow river tunnel orders. Banks may not buy government bonds to evade taxes. No law authorizes additional Chicago judges election.
The fifteenth annual convention of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union met in Cincinnati on June 19 and elected officers. President Martin P. Higgins of Boston led the slate. vice presidents were Edward H. Randall of Toronto, R. J. Unger of Denver, and Charles Winnacoot of New York. secretary treasurer was William J. Webb of New York.
New York police report superintendent Charles F. McFarlane of the Anti-Policy society was shot and killed in the criminal court building on Monday morning. The assailant, William Spencer also known as William Rogers, was to testify against him in a policy trial.
William Koernke a Brainerd Minnesota farmer slit his throat with a razor then shot part of his head with a shotgun, afterward leapt into the lake.
Washington June 22. President Roosevelt will issue a statement after final reports on the postal scandals, crediting whistleblowers and naming responsibilities. Bristow says no immune positions, vows full investigation despite ranks. Indictments, arrests, and dismissals expected as week unfolds.
The Picket owned by Middleton and Jungbluth won the great American Derby at Washington Park track Saturday afternoon with Claude second and Bernays third. The purse for The Picket totals $27,025, Claude receives $3,000 and Bernays $2,000. Attendance ranged 70,000 to 75,000, the largest in Derby history, with total race-day receipts about $150,000 and total Derby wagering near $1.5 million.
Advices from Shanghai report a temple blaze at Ping Tu that killed about 150 worshipers. The temple caught fire near a stairway as incense and paper burning drew a large crowd, causing people to jump from windows and be crushed in the crush.
Washington publicizes Bristow reply to Tulloch charges about Washington post office irregularities. Inspectors’ reports cover June 30 1899 to July 31 1900 with Tulloch charges and Emory Smith conclusions. Postmaster General promises thorough follow up and public release of all facts. Metcalf dismissed over money order form contract issues. full inquiry to follow.
London reports an explosion at the Lyddite factory in Woolwich Arsenal. Fourteen men killed and 13 injured as the building wrecked and roof blown off after a shell burst. Six more missing amid crowds at the gates seeking news.
In Chicago on Thursday Judges Adams and Ball of the appellate court reversed and remanded the criminal court judgment against Alexander Sullivan who was found guilty of conspiracy to induce James J. Lynch to go beyond the court’s jurisdiction. Sullivan faced a $2000 fine in the lower court.
Announced from Tomsk in West Siberia a gold reef seven feet wide has been found in forests along the Barikulo river. Trial workings yielded six to 14 pounds of pure gold for every 400 poods of material extracted.
The trial in Allenstein East Prussia concluded with Frau Przygodda found guilty of poisoning four husbands with arsenic and the fifth survivor suspecting the same poison in his coffee. She was sentenced to death.
At the Modern Woodmen convention in Indianapolis on June 18 1904 officers were elected head consul A R Talbott Nebraska head adviser D B Horn Town head clerk Charles W Hawes Illinois head banker P R Smith Missouri and directors G W Reilly Iowa C G Saunders Iowa R P R Smith Missouri E E Murphy Kansas C J Byrnes Michigan. A June 1905 head camp meeting was set for Milwaukee. flood aid of 50000 was approved with most funds to Kansas and Missouri. Iowa rate increases 35 to 100 percent were adopted.
Scranton Pa June 17 There will be no strike in the anthracite region following operators refusal to recognize the credentials of District Presidents Nicholls Fahy and Dettrey. The United Mine Workers convention elected the three as miners representatives on the conciliation board. George S Baer of the Reading company called the action satisfactory. Mitchell said May sliding scale did not raise pay as coal averages stood at 4 52 dollars not 4 55 despite a 4 60 circular price. He predicted June will bring 4 62 and a two percent increase for miners.
Washington June 19 the executive committee of the B N A I B R I T H sent a petition to the president for forwarding to the emperor of Russia over Kishineff but signatures were not affixed so the state department has no official knowledge of the petition. It is generally understood the government will not make representations to Russia as the matter concerns her internal affairs.
Ambassador Clayton reports the Mexican government has deposited 1 420 682 dollars with the state department for the Pius fund award. The funds will be remitted to Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco as titular claimant with no attorney assignments.
E. J. Arnold, proprietor of the Arnold Turf Investment company and head of the exploded get rich quick concerns, surrendered at the four courts around noon Friday. He had been missing since February when his company collapsed amid fraud indictments.
Jackson Kentucky June 20 The jury reports an inability to agree on a verdict in the Mureum murder trial and is discharged by Judge Redwine A venue change is ordered to Cyn thiana Harrison county at the next term Prisoners are sent to Lexington under guard for safe keeping There is community unease over Breathitt county annexation and a lingering fear of reprisals amid past local office disputes.
A head on crash between Illinois Central Train No. 2 from Omaha and a freight train near Raymond Iowa at 2 40 Friday morning kills eight and seriously injures two. The passenger train was traveling 50 miles per hour and the freight crew allegedly misunderstood orders.
The New York Christian Advocate condemns matrimonial ads noting they lure women of all classes into dangerous schemes. It cites widows and young women deceived, families pleading for missing daughters, and a case with seventy five letters as proof of risk and exploitation, urging caution and legal awareness.
Glasgow Montana June 20 William Hardee, condemned for murder, and three others who escaped from the city jail after killing a guard and assaulting two others were killed in a Bad Lands fight with a posse led by Sheriff Gosner. Charles R Hill of the posse died from wounds received.
William C. Van Benthuysen of the World editorial staff died Friday at about 47. He joined the World in 1898 after departing the Chicago Tribune. Born near Bloomfield Iowa he began in newspapers there and later worked for Leavenworth Times before moving to Chicago. He rose from reporter to chief telegraph editor then night editor and in 1890 became World managing editor.
John Newbury of West Plains Missouri was killed and Rob Gross of the same city wounded on a Santa Fe freight train near Sherman as they left a bridge gang. Two black men attempted a holdup and a fight ensued.
Major General Frank Wheaton U S A retired died Thursday at age 70 after a general decline in health. He served actively in the Civil War and took part in campaigns across Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and Washington.
The piece recalls Charles Godfrey Leland the Gypsy scholar who charmed Gipsy horse traders and musicians worldwide. It notes a Philadelphia encounter with three Romany men and their secret language dialogue. It also cites Chicago Post comparing Manchuria to Oregon on fertility timber climate and rich mineral resources.
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