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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1903
Page
6
A commentator surveys early 1900s clubs for women, arguing clubs are entrenched in modern life. He describes the Triflers as a fashionable, palatial group where tea and chatter mask social maneuvering, bohemian yet conventional leadership, and the varied types of women who gather, all while men remain excluded at the door.
The Connecticut, length 450 feet, breadth 7610-12 feet, and displacement 16 000 tons, with 18 knot trial speed. Armament totals 74 guns including four 12 inch rifles and twelve 7 inch rifles. Complement 42 officers and 761 men. Built at New York navy yard. sister Louisiana at Newport News. Navy League Journal reports them among the world’s most powerful battleships.
Henry Townsend Edson, 39, shot and killed Mrs Fannie Pullen, 33, at his West Ninety-second Street home before killing himself. The incident, witnessed by Dr David O Edson and others, followed alleged jealousy and a planned murder suicide supported by letters and papers found by Coroner Jackson.
Frank Weisbrenner of Oyster Bay was arrested near Sagamore Hill for demanding to see President Roosevelt with a revolver. He claimed to have telegraphed an invitation from the president to marry Miss Alice Roosevelt. Experts later deemed him insane. he was jailed in the town prison.
Detroit Michigan prepares for the fifty fourth annual international missionary convention of the Christian churches of the world to be held October 16 to 22. The reception committee has arranged for 20 600 accommodations and 10 000 more are expected. President Allan B Phillput of Indianapolis will preside.
A Southern railway wreck near Yorkville South Carolina at noon Thursday leaves six dead and 25 injured, including a fatal and two serious, when a 40 foot trestle over Fishing Creek collapsed. Names listed include Engineer Briskman and Fireman Frederick R. Hine among the dead. 22 others report minor injuries.
The jury in New York finds Charles Jackson guilty of murder in the first degree for the July River Avenue Bronx killing of Charles W. Roxbury. The verdict comes after a high profile trial drawing attention to the case and the jurors’ decision was announced.
In Chicago two men were killed and two wounded by three masked hold up men at the Chicago City Railway barns at Sixty first and State streets. The bandits escaped with 3000 dollars after breaking into the inner office with a sledge hammer. One robber was identified as leading the raid by prisoner John Sleuder.
Six men Winfield Baker John Walton Adam Murry Isaac Slade John Robertson and T Thomas Bell were found guilty of taking part in the July 25 race riot at Danville jail. William Redwine and Clay Biddle were found not guilty. The jury tied the attack on the jail to the mob that tried to lynch Henry Wilson. Sheriff Whitlock and deputies who defended the jail identified the six convicted men.
In Milwaukee on September 2 three men died after sewer gas asphyxiation in the North avenue sewer beneath the Chicago and Northwestern tracks. Names listed include R. J. Hickey, a sewer contractor, and city water department Superintendent Schunke. a third colored man unnamed. Several workers escaped narrowly.
Cincinnati report notes Mrs. John Henderson and Mrs. William Shaffer died in Blue Ash when a coffee spill ignited gasoline and an explosion followed a lighting match. Their children narrowly escaped as flames engulfed the scene. In Watertown Daniel Minthorn, a 90 year old inventor and geologist, died after pioneering iron ore and talc grinding for paint, despite vast earnings.
American cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco arrived at Beirut on Sept 5 amid calm harbor scenes. Admiral Cotton awaits Washington guidance while ministers weigh the need to project protection for U S citizens in Turkish waters. Paris reports a chain of fleet warnings from France Italy Austria Russia and Britain ready to act together if Turkish unrest worsens.
A Kansas City report describes an unknown Black man who tried to strangle Mrs. Margaret Gerahn in Armourdale, locked her in a closet, and fled to the Kansas River where he killed himself rather than face lynching. The victim, 48, is seriously injured but expected to recover.
A Denver special grand jury indicted Charles W. Grouter former state auditor and W. Cary Munsell his chief clerk. Munsell faces embezzlement charges involving eight thousand dollars of flat tax revenue and the ex-auditor is charged with failing to collect or turn over flat tax money. The cases comprise 19 counts.
Providence racing notes report Maj Demar, a bay gelding, lowered the world trotting record for geldings to 2:02.1 4 in a Friday trial against his own 2:04 record.
In dense fog New York on September 4 the Reliance defeated Shamrock III to clinch the America's Cup after four futile attempts to sail the final race. The Shamrock III failed to cross the finish line as the fleet celebrated, ensuring the cup stays in American hands.
The Alaskan boundary commissioners met in the Foreign Office to set roles and timetable. Reginald Tower was chosen secretary, J. R. Carter and Mr. Pope assistant secretaries, with Lord Alverstone as chairman. Arguments begin September 15 and may finish by October 9. Sessions run 11 am to 4 pm five days weekly with limited press access. Each government will have three counsel with alternating British and American speakers and Americans closing.
Minneapolis judge denies Dr. A. Ames motion for a new trial. The former mayor faces six years in prison for bribery. An appeal to the state supreme court is anticipated with a certification for October, though regarded as unlikely to succeed.
Eldorado Arkansas reports deputy sheriff Dallas Hunter killed Wednesday morning about four miles west of town on the road from his home to Eldorado. Bloodhounds are on the trail. Authorities believe the killing stems from an old feud. Hunter was a close friend of W. P. Lee, assassinated July 6.
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