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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1903
Page
2
Dispatches report a looming massacre of Jews in Kischineff and Kishineff region with thousands fleeing. Czar’s safety concerns rise as police guard him. A circular forbids Jewish self defense, prompting emigration and legal actions totaling about 1.5 million dollars in damages.
Seymour W Talloch former cashier at the Washington post office files corruption charges against former Postmaster General Perry S Heath and other senior officials. He accuses Beavers bonding favors, Porto Rico furniture purchases, and widespread extravagant spending. An official report on post office scandals is due in three weeks.
Minneapolis reports Judge Elliott sentences former Mayor A. A. Ames to six years at hard labor after appealing for mercy. A $19,000 bond signed by Titus Mareck Conrad Birkhofer G. J. Heinrich A. B. Wierman L. B. Allen Gus Gluck and John Flannigan secures the delay until the supreme court rules on the appeal. Bond sponsors are mainly brewers.
General Miles says he served in an official capacity and obeyed presidential instructions. He condemns cruelties as not reflecting the army and stresses a clear line between honorable officers and condemned acts, praising soldiers who protested abuses.
Richard Henry Stoddard died in New York on Tuesday at his home. His wife Mrs. Stoddard and his son Lorimer Stoddard had predeceased him. Born July 2 1825 in Higham Massachusetts he worked as an iron molder before journalism and public service roles including New York customs official conductor to Gen. McClellan and city librarian.
President Roosevelt spoke in San Francisco on expanding American trade and maintaining peace on the Pacific. He laid the McKinley monument groundwork, reviewed troops, and praised a stronger navy. The trip included Berkeley, Vallejo, Mare Island, Oakland, and a Navy YMC A cornerstone ceremony before heading to Yosemite for exploration and camping.
In San Francisco on May 13 Judge De Haven accepted a guilty plea from the Federal Salt Company led by president D E Skinner. The company admitted to a monopoly violation of the Sherman antitrust law. sentence is due Thursday with a maximum $5,000 fine.
London reports detail a Jewish massacre in southwest Russia as retaliation for trade and labor friction. In Kishineff the violence lasts about a week with 50 killed, 350 severely wounded, and 1,000 lightly hurt. Police inaction noted as homes of Jews and Christians are attacked.
Victoria B C May 15 reports from South China describe hundreds dying in Kwang SU province due to famine. Correspondents note destitution and deaths, with whole families subsisting on meager scraps while missionaries feed thousands daily. The famine fuels unrest as the hungry resort to violence to obtain food and women and children are being sold.
Mayor Low revoked all street preaching permits issued to Mormon elders in New York City after a complaint led to an investigation. Permits will not be reissued, ending several months of street preaching by Mormons who did not disclose their faith when applying.
A historical note from the Boston Globe describes Pennsylvania’s Philadelphia and Columbia railway and early canal commission rules. It cites caps on loads and speeds, and duties of conductors to switch tracks to allow faster engines to pass, with penalties for noncompliance.
Hull house residents report a link between houseflies and typhoid fever based on Memorial Institute research. The pamphlet notes outbreaks concentrated on the West Side Nine teenth Ward where sewerage and plumbing were poor. It criticizes the Board of Health for inaction as flies were captured and cultured to show typhoid germs.
The Chicago Post notes Liechtenstein fought in 1866 when Prussia and Austria clashed and the prince sided with Austria. Peace was signed elsewhere, leaving the principality effectively at war since no peace treaty was signed with Liechtenstein, a state many forget.
Tucque suggests Johnson employed heavy set servants because his wife demanded such staff to complement her new heavy dining room furniture, a matter noted by the Syracuse Herald.
In Kokomo Indiana May 15 officers arrest Logan Ingles Frank Eads and Dillard Eads for the Yeager murder. A preliminary hearing moves to May 22 as witnesses are absent. Birch Green testified to overheard plotting at Hemlock Quaker church and identified the suspects.
James Green, 35, a laborer, was fatally shot by John Coburn in a crowd on Main Street as Gov. Durbin and staff passed during the G. A. R. parade. Three shots were fired. Green died from the injuries. In a separate note, the Woman's Relief Corps elected officers at its 26th annual department meeting.
Bedford Ind May 16 The stone mill operators and their employees settled their dispute Friday and work will resume Monday on an equalized wage scale for all stone branches. Delayed contracts can proceed and stone workers on the federal building in Indianapolis will return to duty.
George W. Grubbs of Martinsville was Thursday elected commander of the Indiana department G A R at the Anderson encampment. The next annual encampment site was left to the council of administration with no invitations except from South Bend in 1905.
Friday night a dynamite bomb exploded in the wall of the Ligonier Carriage Co. factory tearing away the west end and wrecking about 60 finished buggies. Detectives have been sent for.
In Indianapolis suburb Irvington on Wednesday afternoon a calf seized Mrs. Johnson of Emerson avenue and bit off her forefinger as she tried to teach it to drink milk from a bucket.
A fire caused by crossed electric wires damaged the rear of C. O. McNulty's saloon in Noblesville Ind on May 15. The interior and private electric light plant were ruined. losses estimated at 2500 dollars with no insurance.
Lawrenceburg Indiana May 16 Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John H. Russe ordered the arrest of James Harrison known as Ragtime Jimmie and Frank Caseline in connection with the death of William Gully whose body was found in the river here.
Ora Copenhaver must suffer death on June 12 for murdering his wife last September. The supreme court let the conviction stand, confirming the sentence. Judge Gillet notes Copenhaver shot his wife four times as she sat with their baby in her arms in North Noble street.
Gladys Elizabeth Morris, daughter of Mr and Mrs William A Morris of Indianapolis, requested to be buried in violets. Her funeral from the Hotel English featured a violet blanket over the casket. She died of typhoid fever after urging her parents to use her money to help found a library for sick children at Eleanor hospital.
Michigan City police hunt for Thomas Brown a paroled convict who concealed his past and partnered with Henry Bloom to open a store. They bought goods worth 8000 dollars and Bloom’s funds assisted other borrowers leaving Bloom and others about 4000 dollars in debt. Brown came from Indianapolis for forgery.
The south bound mail train derailed Friday morning one fourth mile west of the Salem Monon station. Four coaches and the baggage car left the track tearing up about three hundred feet of rail. Passengers were shaken but none killed. Stephen Smith of Bedford sustained internal injuries with doubtful recovery.
Lafayette Ind May 15 The strike of painters carpenters timers and hod carriers persists efforts to arbitrate have failed The Taylor Lumber Co attempted to start its factory Wednesday with non union labor but someone contaminated oil cups with emery dust delaying operations
A massive gas and oil combination including 16 Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania concerns with $6,000,000 capital will be incorporated in Pennsylvania immediately as the Pittsburg Gas and Oil Co.
United Commercial Travelers of Indiana gathered at their headquarters for a session banquet for about 200 delegates. After the business session, the convention is expected to adjourn on Saturday.
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