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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1895
Page
1
Henry Warren, a wealthy farmer, shot and killed a man believed to be a robber in his barn yard. The victim, named McCoy, was a harmless vagrant who slept in barns, and Warren, distressed, awaits authorities action as robberies loom nearby.
Workmen clearing timber near Farmland discover a man's skeleton beneath windstorm debris. Silver money and a pocketbook clasp inscribed G. G. are found. A Chicago firm's inquiries about Benjamin Griswold, sent to buy timber, suggest he was crushed during the storm fourteen years earlier.
Smith Milas S Smith a merchant of Solon surrendered to Clark county sheriff and posted 5000 bond for trial for the December 6, 1894 killing of Lemuel Pettit in a Solon store. The event followed taunting by Pettit brothers during a long feud and a sudden rush that ended in the fatal shot.
Muncie reports district organizer Richard Cooper of the Amalgamated Association says puddlers at the Union Steel works in Alexandria fear organizing now will trigger trouble. He notes workers won’t be molested until spring, then pressure to organize increases. contractors required workers to sign no-union contracts when hired.
L N Grandstaff postmaster and E B Crouse of Antwerp Ohio held a reunion at Monmovutu. They served in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana and were captured during a Johnsonville Tennessee relief mission in November 1864. The squad was shot and robbed. Grandstaff and Crouse escaped and reached the Union army.
The Indiana supreme court ruled counties cannot be sued for personal injury damages. A Jasper county administrator had won $6,000 against the county for a death caused by an insecure bridge approach, but the court held counties are part of the state and immune from such claims. The decision affects pending damage suits against county commissioners in several counties.
Hamilton County Mutual Insurance, a farmer-only company with about 5 000 members, has assessed 25 cents on the dollar. The Dec. 1 payment is the largest one-year assessment in its history, despite the company’s record of paying every fire loss in full.
Oliver Martin, the youth arrested for the Geneva fire, near lynching, was found insane by a physicians court in Decatur and ordered to Richmond asylum. Authorities report another fire at Geneva since his arrest.
In Maycig on November 27 a mock cockfight took place in front of Mayor Cromer in the police court. Two roosters named Owen and Brock 46d dolared allegedly competed while onlookers included women and a list of participants appears garbled.
Mrs. Jackson captured Brock's rooster and he was arrested for assault. The rooster was entered as evidence while the trial proceeded. Amid the proceedings the two feuding parties fought again, with the mayor reportedly enjoying the spectacle and each owner hoping their rooster would win.
In Union City on November 27 Charles Deardoff, his wife, and five children fell ill after supper with nausea and vomiting. A physician treated them after finding they had eaten baked beans with vinegar. The vinegar proved to be an acid concoction made to resemble cider vinegar, narrowly saving the family.
Lemon E. Reinhold, once sentenced to ten years in prison for burglary conspiracy, has been a free man since October 12 after a quiet gubernatorial pardon by Governor Matthews. Contemporary supporters believed he may have been a victim of a conspiracy.
In Knightstown November 27 a dispute during a New Castle craps game led to Julius Boone being found unconscious on the sidewalk with a club nearby. Reuben Colborn is under suspicion for wielding the weapon. All players were colored.
Rushville November 27. At Richland the forty third anniversary of the ordination and installation as pastor of Richland United Presbyterian Church of Rev Nathan Caldwell McDill D D was celebrated. A few original members joined Dr McDill to renew memories of his long pastoral career.
In Indianapolis on November 27 the new city administration launched a gambling crackdown. Detectives were ordered to arrest all professional gamblers lacking visible means of support. Ten top gamblers, many from Chicago, were taken into custody as Mayor Taggart reiterates no gambling during his term.
The Wabash Church and School Furniture company factory is closed and may not reopen without reorganization. In September the firm failed with liabilities of $80,000 and nominal assets of $125,000, later reduced to $55,000 under trustee inventory.
In Decatur area Typhoid fever sweeps the Gase family. The eldest daughter died Saturday evening, the mother died Sunday, and another child died Monday. Four more children are ill with the disease, grave outlooks reported.
In Anderson on November 27 Captain McCallister awoke to find his three acre lot stripped of its expensive iron fence. The ornamental ironwork and even clues about the culprits were gone with no trace left behind.
Miners at the Brazil Black Coal company No 1 mine return to work after a strike settlement. Most workers resume duties and no further trouble is expected.
Cooper Bros foundry and machine shops in Cortland New York were totally destroyed by fire on November 27. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars with 22000 dollars insured. Fire authorities investigated the cause.
New York markets show money on call near 154 1 per cent with sterling steady and bank bills active. Chicago Board of Trade quotes wheat soybeans oats and corn with mixed November through May futures and various cash prices. Chicago live stock market reports cattle hogs and sheep with wide range bids and receipts for the day.
Chicago reports the season’s fiercest gale abated with all hands aboard the John Emory Owen Michigan and Nicholson saved after wrecks off Evanston. Lifesavers, aided by student crews, reached, rescued, and ferried 35 sailors to safety as rails telegraph and trains failed. Property losses mount across Buffalo to Detroit with factory damage and idle workers.
Passengers aboard Calumet Electric streetcars were snowbound in isolated city sections Monday night and remained in cars overnight. Car 17 stalled at 10 p.m. near Sevety seventh Street with five passengers plus crew, while cars on the Seventy fifth Street line and at Stony Island Avenue Ninety first Street and Vernon Avenue also sheltered riders. Most travelers left the trains as hours passed, but some chose to endure the night aboard due to long walks home.
A powerful wind swept Indianapolis for eight hours on Monday night, toppling weak buildings, lifting rooms, uprooting trees and downing telegraph wires. Lights failed briefly, workers sheltered as chimneys toppled and fences fell across the city, with injuries reported at Elwood where the glass artery casting hall was demolished.
A Louisville report says no deaths from Monday night's gale along the Ohio River but widespread property damage across Kentucky and Indiana. Louisville homes unroofed. Jeffersonville barns wrecked. Front Street residences damaged. Arctic Springs coal fleet wrecked. shanty boats sunk. Port Fulton boats lost. Utica demolitions. Birdseye roofs blown. Franklin city hall ruined with $36,000 loss.
Niagara Falls N Y Nov 27 the cataract swelled greatly due to strong westerly winds and the wind speed was unusually high. The suspension bridge faced heavy strain and cables were feared to part. Erie freight sheds blew down 225 feet and Buffalo harbor rose to near record heights flooding breakwaters and washing away New York Central and Philadelphia and Reading tracks at Georgia Street. Squaw Island north of Ferry Street nearly submerged forcing residents to flee their homes to the waves.
A late Monday night storm brought widespread damage in Cincinnati with downed wires and numerous boats torn from moorings but recovered with minor damage. Statewide reports show many buildings wrecked and damages in the thousands, though no serious injuries.
The Standard Oil Company reports more than 1,000 derricks blown down in the Ohio field by Monday night’s storm with losses reaching 150,000 dollars. Wires are down everywhere and the village of Cygnet was nearly blown away, reflecting enormous private operator losses.
Storm across Cedar Rapids causes nearly all trains to run late as telegraphic communication is cut from Monday night until Tuesday morning. The severest early season storm in years disrupted rail travel and communications in the region.
MILWAUKEE Nov. 27 The steamer ashore at Mequon is the J M Olmindinger of this port It carries a load of leather from Manistee and is reported to have two lives lost though rescue efforts will continue.
Messenger reports in Clay County a pistol confrontation at a church door ended with John Boles dead and his two sons and Robert Helden fatally shot. John Roberts and Deputy Sheriff Allen were wounded while attempting to intervene. Julius Webb and Roberts fired the shots.
Harry Hayward, awaiting hanging next month for the murder of Catherine Ging in Hill New York, has confessed his guilt according to a Minneapolis special. He previously claimed his brother Adry committed the crime, a defense now abandoned.
Albany November 27. The court of appeals affirms Judge Ingraham’s dismissal of the $8,009,000 suit by ex Congressman Belden and bondholders against Stevenson Burke and associate directors of the Columbus Toledo and Hocking Valley Railroad and banks Winslow Lanier Drexel Morgan Central Trust.
The Peoria Afro-American league extends a vote of thanks to the Bureau county jury that convicted the Italian miners who attempted to drive colored miners from Spring Valley.
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