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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1895
Page
1
Greensburg prepares for the eighth annual Indiana P S C E convention with 2000 delegates expected. Notable figures include Founder Clarke and Gov Matthews future moves discussed. Diphtheria fears debunked. Isaac Doddridge, 86, builds stone wall and sells wheat as he nears a potential centennial birthday.
Ada Rushton the 12 year old who testified Hinshaw wife murder case at Danville is kept in a worried state by minister supporters pressuring her to recant. They haunt her from place to place claiming her oath was false and threaten hell for lying, endangering her school focus and mental health.
Cabel and Co coal operators report natural gas found at 600 feet while drilling in Pike county. Flames leaped when a torch was applied, singeing miners’ whiskers. If gas flow is strong, it may be piped to Evansville and nearby cities amid excitement.
Richard Phillips and his two grown sons were arrested after obstructing a tax levy at a Posey township farm. Deputies, aided by others, overpowered the men as they armed themselves and warned they would shoot if officers attempted a levy, and jailed them.
INDIANAPOLIS October 23 Governor Matthews opens his campaign in Ohio October 92. He has agreed to make ongoing speeches in five days then on November 4 he will start for Atlanta where he will make the principal address.
Rockville October 23 O A Harlow a leading shoe dealer for nine years has made a voluntary assignment. Liabilities total seven thousand five hundred with assets estimated at nine thousand. The Parke bank of Rockville and Jeremiah Harlow of Montgomery county are preferred creditors for five thousand. Excessive stock and heavy business failures cited as reason.
A northbound freight on the Grand Rapids and Indiana road wrecked at Seventh street crossing in Portland. A dozen to fifteen loaded cars wrecked. the dismembered remains of a boy about 15 found under the wreckage. Identification unknown.
Indianapolis Oct 23 Attorney General Ketcham issues an opinion that reduces reliance on special judges. He rules their pay should be deducted from the salary of the regular judge who fills their seat, rather than drawn from the main appropriation.
Democratic ambitions rise as ex-Congressman Stockslager of Washington City tours CoryoDown saying he will run again. Judge W. T. Zenor of CoryoDown also indicates he plans to seek a seat, signaling an open contest.
John Anderson, foreman for courthouse contractors, lies dying after eating too many green persimmons as a workyard prank by fellow workers. Prosecution may follow.
The Rev. Hayden Rayburn of Roxomo died at age 84. A prominent state preacher, he held a record for marrying 1,270 couples.
Telegrams note an expected 33 1 9 per cent rise in currency shipping rates among New York Boston Philadelphia and Chicago with further increases to Chicago to other points. Italy suspends diplomatic ties with Portugal after the king postpones his visit due to papal opposition. Gaius S Merwin who fired 44 shots at neighbors in Woodland Park Chicago rests at a detention hospital with Dr B F Swift predicting a favorable treatment outcome.
The weather indications for twenty four hours from 8 p m yesterday show fair weather across Indiana Illinois and Michigan with cooler conditions in southern portions and-northerly winds. Upper Michigan expects fair weather with light local snow and northwesterly winds. Wisconsin should have fair weather with westerly winds and a slight warm spell this evening. Snow areas are forecast to be fair with winds shifting from westerly to southerly and warmer this evening.
New York markets report steady government bonds and mixed commodities. Wheat and corn futures fluctuated with October and December contracts, while live stock in Chicago and bar silver prices moved within narrow bands amid ongoing trading activity.
In San Francisco the rebuttal phase in Theodore Durrant's trial features Dr. Gilbert F. Graham's interview about notes to compare with Durrant's own. witnesses contest Durrant's ferry alibi and Emanuel church burner claim as Minnie Williams' body ties to the case emerge.
President Cleveland and Cabinet visit Atlanta for the grand exposition. Crowds along Pryor Street cheer as the presidential carriage passes. A banquet at the Aragon follows, with no speeches, then a morning tour of the exposition grounds and an afternoon address at the Auditorium.
Lulu Laro plans a long bicycle tour to Chicago and back after her divorce from a Oakland barber. She will be joined by Mrs Benson Mrs Alice Johnson of San Jose Mr and Mrs Freeman of San Francisco and Miss Lilly D Arcy of Oakland. They will ride bloomers and travel south then east via Arizona and New Mexico to escape northern cold.
Acting Postmaster General Jones issued fraud orders against Kansas Mutual Coupon Investment Co. of Kansas City Kansas and against British American Loan Syndicate of Chicago Illinois. The action targets alleged deceptive investment schemes and consumer harm.
Vienna October 23 Reichsrath reopened Count Badeni the new protector said no radical changes planned and the government would open nothing prejudicial to maintaining peace.
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