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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
1
Jared Illegal waiting Bias, president of the Plan of Workmen of Porto Rico, was sentenced in a legal proceeding. The ruling names him in connection with the case and outlines the penalties imposed.
Santiago Iglesias president of the Porto Rico Federation of Workmen and nine companions were tried in San Juan on conspiracy charges. Iglesias received three years four months eight days. seven companions four months. two were acquitted of founding an illegal association and conspiracy in August 1900 to raise labor prices. The federation was ordered dissolved as illegal. The case will be appealed to Porto Rico’s supreme court.
From Scranton Pa December 13 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor expresses surprise at the San Juan cable and says if Mr Jeus is convicted of conspiracy to raise wages for Porto Rican workers the federation will press for his release and push to reform the island’s laws to American standards calling the law a relic of Spanish brutal code and regime and a gross violation of guaranteed rights.
At the AFL convention in Scranton on December 13 J W Bowman of Chicago presented a resolution urging the federation to protest the Senate confirmation of Frank E Baker as U S circuit court judge for Indiana Bowmans protest cites Bakers father Judge John H Baker of Indianapolis who issued injunctions against some union workers.
New Haven Conn December 13 Yale university basketball team will travel through the middle west during the Christmas vacation. The schedule includes a game with the University of Cincinnati at Cincinnati December 28 and Western Reserve university at Cleveland January 4. Knitting Mills Destroyed By Fire.
The Senate on Thursday confirmed a list of Indiana postmaster nominations sent by the President. Names include M. B. Pete New Harmony T. Reagan Plainfield J. H. Warnock Princeton E. E. Wesler Rockport J. E. Lawson Spencer F. J. Herrimann Tell City T. H. Adams Vincennes W. C. West Farmlands W. A. Stevens Columbus J. W. Ward Converse F. W. Boyd Covington W. D. Page Fort Wayne W. M. Mills Lagoda M C Garber Madison L. V. Buskirk Bloomington G. B. Gray Terre Haute J. S. Culbert Portland J. A. Yockey Plymouth C. F. Brown Pendleton E. A. Smith Montpelier A. M. Bain Martinsville H. J. Martin Franklin W. A. Finch Elwood G. T. Miller Cannellton W. L. Bryan Booneville A. L. Sharpe Bluffton R. P. Grimes Anderson J. M. Crain Wabash M. W. Pereing Tipton Homer Havens Rushville J. S. Smith North Vernon L. B. Holleman Mt. Vernon M. M. Nye Crawfordsville J. M. Teeple Charlestown Peter Aikman Dana Herman Miller Hope.
Owing to a labor shortage the No. 11 factory of the American window glass trust in Muncie will draw fires Saturday night and merge half its force with No. 10 factory. The measure follows recent shutdowns at Gilman Albany and Altoona plants and fuels rumors of recruiting Belgian workers to skirt immigration laws. Local company reps deny details but see the shortage as temporary.
Wahantah bank in Wahantah Laporte county closes after a two week robbery attempt triggers a run. The bank, owned by Julius Conitz, holds assets of about $91,000 with $40,000 in E N Railroad stock and $29,100 in liabilities. Depositors and creditors will be paid in full.
The Senate debated the Hay Pauncefote treaty to abrogate the Clayton Bulwer pact and clear the way for a U S canal across the Isthmus of Panama. A vote was postponed to Monday after four hours of discussion as senators pressed to be heard. The session adjourned Thursday with a plan for an executive session to consider the treaty. The Isthmian Canal Committee also favored Morgan's bill to obtain right of way from Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
The secretary of war has sent congress a 1.26 million dollar estimate for Washington barracks improvements. A 400 thousand dollar item covers a main building for the army war college and quarters for the president of the college and staff. An 860 thousand dollar item funds reconversion of the barracks to host an engineer post and engineer school of application.
In McCameron township near Burns City Indiana two Logan Fish sons aged 20 and 22 died after slate collapse in a family coal mine while collecting coal for home use. A search found them crushed in the mine four miles north of Burns City.
Thirteen young women from nearly as many cities joined the Sisters of the Order of the Holy Cross at St. Marys convent near South Bend Indiana. Priests from Notre Dame South Bend and Valparaiso participated in the ceremonies.
Berlin reports public controversy over U S cablegrams about President Roosevelt's Monroe doctrine. The German view suggests forceful collection of private claims against South American nations might be justified. Tages Zeitung notes Germany could occupy a Venezuelan port without U S permission.
John Verrall of Cincinnati, a self confessed forger whose crime stories recently stirred interest, was arraigned Thursday and pleaded guilty. He received a prison sentence under an indeterminate term.
Charles Griffith, a prominent miner and labor organizer, was killed by a heavy fall of slate at Collins Coal Co. in Brazil Indiana on Thursday afternoon.
Eleven bids were opened for Indianapolis three and a half percent emergency bonds totaling 165000 dollars. The bonds were sold to George A. Fernald & Co. of Boston for 166833 dollars with a 1833 dollar premium.
Public Building at Elkhart Washington Dec 13 Mr Fairbanks introduced a bill to appropriate 150000 for a site and public building to be erected thereon at Elkhart Ind.
Anthony Tweedy one of Indiana's oldest masons died at his Muncie home on December 13 following a long illness.
The secretary of war sent the house appropriations committee an estimate of 500000 dollars for bar racks and buildings at Manila Army Post and requested immediate availability. He also submitted 2400000 dollars for posts in other parts of the Philippines.
London December 13 Sir Edward Clark ex solicitor general urged that Britain should join the United States and others in a conference to treat anarchism as an offense against international law while praising Britain's stand against extradition of political offenders.
Preservation of the Adirondacks in New York moves toward organized action. At a Dec 13 meeting Lieut. Gov. Woodruff W F Fox Col A G Mills and Warren Higley spoke in favor of establishing a society to labor for the preservation.
Rome reports the senate fixed December 20 for debate on Baron Fava's interpellation regarding the lynching of two Italians at Erwin Mise in July.
London Dec 18 The War Office released a statement from a special inquiry led by Lord Kitchener about Col Benson’s wounded at Brakenlaagte. It says 18 officers and men were treated kindly while 75 witnesses claimed killings at close range and torture of survivors. Kitchener implies Boer leaders can no longer curb subordinates.
Fire gutted the three upper floors of the Lowry and Goebel carpet store at Elm Street while the lower floors flooded. Loss near 70 000 dollars with the Huntington estate owner of the building and Lowry and Goebel insured for 50 000 dollars. Private papers in the fourth floor office relating to the Goebel and Powers trials were destroyed.
London reports the December gale and heavy snow caused the worst breakdown of telegraph and telephone lines in 20 years. North of Birmingham the country and Ireland are cut off from London, with press dispatches sent by rail. The storm and snow continued, foreshadowing shipping disaster reports once wires are restored.
Sir Thomas Lipton's cup challenger Shamrock II narrowly escaped destruction by fire at Erie Basin Brooklyn where the boiler shop of J M Robinson Co. housed her during winter. One launch burned and total damage is estimated at 100000 dollars.
The largest bond filed in Northern Indiana and among the state's biggest is posted by executors of Clem Studebaker's estate. The $2,500,000 bond is furnished by a Baltimore trust company. The late estate is estimated near $3,000,000.
Lorenzo Vargis a Pueblo Indian of Picuris Taos county was stabbed and stoned to death by Mexicans of Penasco over a land and water rights dispute. Authorities fear further bloodshed as United States Attorney Pope investigates the case.
Pittsburg Dec 18. Pennsylvania crude oil fell from 1.30 to 1.20 a barrel Thursday, sparking widespread speculation about the buyer’s motive. insiders refuse to comment, leaving the reason uncertain.
Brussels correspondent reports Mr. Kruger has been informed that some powers are willing to intervene if Boer leaders accept autonomy under Great Britain.
An anonymous donor in Meadville Pennsylvania has given fifty thousand dollars as an endowment for the president’s chair at the Meadville theological school. The gift was received on December 13.
Diamonds and jewelry valued at 800 dollars are in the possession of Kansas City police Chief Zimmer who believes a portion of 15 000 dollars worth of goods stolen from Alfred F Lowenthal has been recovered. The jewelry was found at Mrs Milnie Allens home, sister of Prue Johnson, and W H Woods was arrested in Omaha Wednesday. Mrs Allen was taken to the station but not held and says the jewelry was left with her by Prue Johnson.
In Hugo North Carolina a post office confrontation ends with clerk Lawrence Hazelton firing a birdshot shotgun at Tom Tate the Negro. Tate dies from shock after his leg amputation. The report also notes heavy Kansas rains and a boxing result in Muncie Indiana where Hugh McWinters defeats Martin Judge on points after 15 rounds.
The chamber of commerce in Huntsville Alabama reports a New York company is forming with seven million dollars capital to build a railroad from Huntsville north to Winchester Tennessee and Jamestown then to Bowling Green and Litchfield Kentucky the project aims to link multiple Southern towns.
Guthrie Oklahoma December 13. Eight prominent cattlemen have been arrested this week by order of the Oklahoma livestock sanitary committee on charges they attempted to drive diseased cattle across territorial and federal quarantine lines. More arrests expected.
Gertrude Simpson, 15, was found not guilty of murdering her father A N Simpson, Mineral county coroner, after testifying he abused her and threatened to kill her. The trial concluded with a verdict of acquittal amid defense claims of self defense.
Joseph Schwartz missing for nearly two days was located in the Malthouse of the McAvoy Brewing Co. after being buried alive. Authorities report a rescue followed by medical evaluation.
Markets report on flour varieties and prices in Cincinnati with wheat corn and oats quotations. Live stock prices from Cincinnati Indianapolis East Buffalo and Canada list cattle hogs sheep and lambs with ranges for common grades and extra figures.
From Buenos Ayres and Santiago reports show Chile and Argentina strained over strategic roads with arbitration likely via Great Britain. Chile accelerates warship purchases while both nations mobilize reserves, confident a peaceful settlement will emerge despite tensions.
News from New Albany Indiana reports a mob of masked men whipped William Cunningham former justice of the peace Jesse Tyres and Miss Alice Haycock of Sterting township after accusing them of immoral practices. The back injuries were severe and the community condemns the attack as the first whitecap outbreak in Crawford county in years.
Brussels dispatch reports a proclamation dated November 15 by Gen. Botha ordering the execution of burghers enrolled with British forces who could be captured. The correspondent notes that 15 such burghers have already been shot.
The Phi fraternity at Sheffield Scientific School Yale held elections selecting Henry Alden of Akron Norris P. Ballou of Denver Robert V. Barkalou of Denver William E. Barrett of Chicago Frank G. Noble of Cleveland and Walter W. Root of Denver to join the organization.
Capt. James Parker, once counsel before the Schley court of inquiry, is collecting material for a biography of Admiral Schley. He plans to write the full work.
Salt Lake City Dec. 13 A court martial met at Fort Douglas to try Maj Peter BE Egan surgeon charged with failing to examine and give medical treatment to soldiers who applied for care between October 29 and November 8 of the present year.
The excerpt shows a dialogue where a speaker praises a poem and compares his work to Tennyson. The exchange highlights characterization and literary influence rather than a news event. The Chicago Record-Herald note places the remark in a cultural context.
A poetic exchange in which a lover asks why the beloved shuns an embrace. She counters that the pain lies not in fear of love but in her vaccination causing discomfort, as reported in the Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Chicago American notes a quirky line about luck while the Washington Star remarks that discussing trouble only makes it worse. Both papers reflect a world of shared frustration and wry humor in the early modern press.
Harlem Life reports on a convicted murderer demanding a New England boiled dinner as his final meal. The warden refuses, saying the law must not be cheated by suicide.
In a GlasgowTimes snippet a mistress laments breaking her handglass for seven years of misfortune. A maidboasts she also shattered the large drawing-room glass, echoing superstitious luck superstition in a humorous exchange.
A small boy calmly answers his mother that he is not afraid of overeating. She questions his apprehension, and he responds with a playful remark about ladies being naturally timid, illustrating a light, everyday exchange reported by the Washington Star.
A brief Town Topics quip references Mrs Merrygirl and her husband as a seemingly dull, unaware pair in a humorous exchange. The dialogue hints at a misunderstanding and playful irony about hidden knowledge within a social setting.
Uncle Jerry Peebles comments that many self-made men feel their work needs no polish, suggesting a belief in self-reliance over refinement. The remark appears in a Chicago Tribune publication.
On the steamer a quip arises over a fruit basket sent by Jack. A passenger asks where it is, another jokes about tossing it overboard, reflecting a playful moment captured by Brooklyn Life.
A humorous exchange quoted from Tit-Bits where Mrs De Blinks refuses consent for her daughter and vows to thwart the suitor. Mr Hicks retorts by proposing a role reversal with the mother-in-law, highlighting witty, societal banter.
A Washington Star excerpt depicts Miss Cayenne praising her industrious groom Harold who stays active all year. Harold plays golf in summer and whist in winter, described by a girl with a picture hat.
Tody tells Tit-Bits that Jennie declined a marriage proposal from young Wood last night while Viola questions his financial standing and Tody asserts Wood is well off.
A terse dialogue frames a father and son listening to a hopeful claim of wealth from a son-in-law hopeful for support. The claim centers on a silver mine and the implied risk of poverty without capital backing.
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