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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1903
Page
7
In Brazil Indiana the scale committee of black coal miners and operators met to discuss wage demands. Miners secured most requested raises including blacksmiths and firemen, while the first demand for 2.56 a day for inside day men was rejected. The agreement excludes the weekly pay law constitutionality test.
Gov. Durbin signed a measure compelling counties to keep rural routes in good repair. Five percent of the road fund will be set aside for this work. The bill, prepared by S. B. Rathbone of the rural free delivery service, marks Indiana as the first state to enact such a law.
The Wa bash river at Princeton is 23 feet deep while the White and Patoka rivers gained two inches on Thursday. Residents evacuated low lands, stock moved to high ground, and losses could reach hundreds of thousands as depopulation affects small towns. The White river receded at Indianapolis to 5 feet 4 inches.
The Kankakee River has burst banks in Laporte Indiana flooding miles of territory. Roads in the river district are impassable and hundreds of families travel by boat. The river reaches its highest level with little prospect of the flood subsiding. Buildings have been moved from foundations.
Indianapolis March 14 stockholders of Union Traction Co will meet in Anderson Saturday to discuss the planned distribution of Northern Traction Co stock controlled by Union interests. George P. Malott and Dr Light, Union stockholders, say they will seek a restraining order against the distribution.
Dr. Joseph C. Alexandria and Rufus Cantrell known as the king of the ghouls have been indicted together in Indianapolis. Alexandria faces a new indictment while a separate trial remains with a hung jury. Both cases are scheduled for April 6.
Tell City Indiana March 13 Anna Be tag the young daughter of Mr and Mrs J Betag was bitten by a dog in the yard. The animal’s teeth cut a long gash through the upper lip and left a bad scratch on the forehead raising concerns of possible blood poisoning.
Frank J. Zimmerman longtime Warsaw National Union editor was declared insane by an insanity board on Friday. He will be taken March 14 to Long Cliff hospital Logansport Indiana. Friends say political pressure forced him to relinquish his paper and sell it three years ago.
Evansville Indiana reports the Ohio river at 40.9 feet and falling slowly. The Wabash and White rivers continue to rise but are expected to decline by morning. The Wabash below Mt. Vernon is over ten miles wide with land unseen opposite the Kentucky strip. Farmers move stock and household effects as the scare subsides and Shawneetown levees remain sound.
A strike is on at the American Car and Foundry Co in Jeffersonville Indiana with an estimated 1500 to 1700 workers out. Superintendent Andrew P Williams says he has no official knowledge of a strike. The dispute centers on paying bottom men on a daily basis rather than by the day.
The 634th Indiana General Assembly adjourned at 5 PM after Gov. Durbin signed 90 bills. He has 42 bills awaiting his action. The session appropriated 150000 for an Indiana exhibit at St. Louis and approved two state institutions costing nearly 1,000,000. A voting machine law was passed for the four largest counties and the governor’s salary was raised to 862.
Noblesville Indiana reports that Rufus Cantrell, head of a Indianapolis gang, testified before the Hamilton county grand jury and implicated 11 residents, with six indictments likely. The list reportedly includes two physicians and an undertaker, plus others tied to grave robbing.
Evansville Indiana March 14 James Garland 26 a prominent young physician of Birds Eye Dubois county was arrested Friday and brought here. He is charged with carrying whisky in his prescription case and selling it at ten cents a glass.
Will concentrate at Anderson Indiana March fourteen. The Pioneer Pole and Shaft Co a combination of pole and shaft factories nationwide will dismantle plants at Canton Piqua and Ada Ohio and will consolidate several factories with the one it recently acquired in this city.
Shelbyville Indiana March 14 county roads prevent mail service with six routes extending from here all roads in parts impassable possible loss of rural mail routes statewide impact on deliveries noted by local officials.
In Ossian Indiana on March 14 burglars cracked the Will Manns drug store safe taking 200 dollars. They also entered the post office but found nothing to steal and escaped in a band car.
South Bend Indiana March 16 yesterday the dedication of St Pauls Methodist Episcopal Memorial church was held to honor the late Hon Clem Studebaker and the Laurel Mission founders. A public service occurred at 10 30 with Rev H A Gobin offering prayer. Rev J G Campbell read and William Forney Hovis is the present pastor.
The 82 year old former commissioner of Indian affairs under Lincoln, Robert G. Hedrick, died in poverty in Indianapolis after a lifetime as a traveling salesman and later a retired figure supported by family. His funeral at Wiese's featured memorials by Pastor Scheil and others, and the new church at Colfax and Laporte avenues was praised for its fifteenth century style and suitability to the congregation.
Former Attorney General Taylor says a clerk’s change from intestate to inestate in a drafted inheritance tax bill invalidated it. He asserts the governor would have signed it, and the error cost Indiana at least 200000 dollars yearly. Taylor had proposed the tax law in his final report.
Dr H W Wiley head of the bureau of chemistry at the US Department of Agriculture asserts northern Indiana, a double tier of counties, offers the best soil for beet sugar. He notes just enough sand in the soil to yield top quality beets and confirms earlier maps and experiments supporting the region.
A New York mother recounts her 1902 struggle caring for six children while her baby Charlie suffered a severe skin rash. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, Charlie improved gradually and slept through the night for the first time in six months. He is described as white and well now, with the family endorsing the products. The ad promotes Cuticura remedies and lists global depots and prices.
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