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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
8
East St Louis scene as J W Brown special policeman for Vandalia railroad is killed in a gun battle with six car thieves at Forest Lawn three miles south of East St Louis. An unknown felon also dies. two suspects are captured with injuries after a road chase.
Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. Greatest hustler and fastest seller on earth. Leave orders at Hostettler and Lehman’s hardware store. An w I. G. Lehman.
Pittsburg, Oct 80. Thomas Eaton, a plasterer on Trinity church Sixth avenue, dozed in a swinging chair 120 feet above ground. The chair swung in wind, Eaton slept until a boy alerted workers. Rescuers brought him down, then Eaton was discharged for sleeping on duty. Also, Richmond resident John Seifert, once jailed for alleged complicity in Miss Arletta Dwiggins death, is re-arrested on a new affidavit with $2,000 bond.
In Caracas on October 28 President Castro announced the revolution is quashed and internal peace proclaimed. Consul Esteves notes fighting has ceased on the Colombian frontier with troops kept at key points to guarantee the peace.
New York Oct 30 Gen Thomas Hubbard has acquired the Huntington estate holdings in the Pacific Improvement company ending the Huntington estate’s link with western enterprises once led by Collis P Huntington. The company controls the Guatemala railroad hotel Del Monte Monteray cattle ranges and mining timber lands with capital stock of 5 million. It is closely held by the Stanford Crocker and Hopkins estates.
Three unknown experts, recently arriving from abroad, are in the Black Hills prospecting for gold. Reportedly backed by London and New York banking houses, the Rothschilds, and Alfred Bell, they work incognito as part of a vast Rothschilds plan to dominate the world gold supply.
In Pittsburg on October 20 John McArdle a former Frick building worker shot and killed Charles E Youngberg superintendent of electrical construction for George A Fuller company. McArdle had been discharged for intoxication. One fatal bullet struck above the heart as two shots were fired.
Chicago October 30 news reports that policeman Edward Koeller killed his wife in a case developing on the city’s main avenue. Dr. F F Runn els described a twisted body with broken ribs bruising and missing organs suggesting beating and kicking prior to death.
Quincy Oct 30 members of the Illinois State Bankers Association oppose A B Stickney’s recommended banking changes and Mr Eckels’ asset currency plan. They expect no direct action on either proposal.
A receivership petition for Bissell Plow Company accuses directors Herbert Westervelt Edmund Westervelt and BE W Bacon of absorbing earnings. It charges H C Westervelt as president drew 36000 dollars as an exorbitant sum.
Leon Czolgosz, assassin of President McKinley, was executed in Auburn New York at 7 13 to 7 17 p m The process used 1 700 volts of electricity The witnesses included a jury and doctors The father and brothers observed briefly before leaving town
Leon F. Czolgosz faced the electric chair at Auburn prison in New York after being sentenced for President William McKinley’s assassination. The execution used 1,700 volts, with Czolgosz talking to witnesses as strapped in, and reportedly apologizing before death.
Auburn N Y Oct 30 The chamber where the McKinley killer was executed is a newer gray stone building in the prison yard, set apart from older structures. Czolgosz entered the death house and was confined in the cell nearest to the death chamber, ready to face the electric chair as the door opened.
Fragmentary dispatch from Cleveland Ohio dated October 29 notes a death chamber scene at a penitentiary. Report mentions Leon Zolgosz and unclear references to life survival and existential themes surrounding the execution news.
New York October 30 Mother Jones addressed about 1800 in Apollo hall Paterson New Jersey praising nonviolence and urging workers to seek redress at the ballot box. She condemned the assassination as harmful to all and warned wage earners against extra legal action.
New Orleans October 30 Governor Heard received a telegram from Sheriff Simmons announcing that the Washington county trouble was over and peace preserved. Troops he requested were not needed. The First Louisiana cavalry and the Louisiana field artillery were relieved from duty. Two whites and fifteen blacks were killed in the fight.
On Halloween eve 15 year old Fred Bradley was shot and killed by Mrs. Margaret Cameron after a prank near her Knercher street grocery. A crowd of boys frightened her 10 year old son. she fired four shots, hitting Bradley in the abdomen and killing him within an hour.
South Bend Indiana October 30. A Grant Webb and sister Cora Webb are freed by coroner Renne who rules Charles Webb died of asphyxiation. Cora Webb ill suspected poison and mother also ill. Charles Webb died at Epworth Hospital in South Bend.
The 22,500 car orange and lemon shipments to the East from Southern California last season set a high bar. This season is expected to reach 266,000 cars. The Northern California orange crop also looks set to exceed last year.
The president announced promotions and new ranks in the army. Second lieutenant cavalry Howard R. Smantey. Second lieutenants infantry Jacob Shick Alfred A. Hickox. Assistant surgeon of volunteers rank of captain Edward N. Bowen.
Madame Wu Ting Fang wife of the Chinese minister to the United States arrived in San Francisco on the Gaelic from China. She is accompanied by her daughter Miss Wu su Ching.
Waukesha Wisconsin October 30 fire swept the leading summer resort destroying structures and prompting emergency crews to battle the blaze through the night. Damages are estimated at substantial sums with no immediate word on injuries.
A historical ad style note credits Peruna with treating colds and catarrh. It includes endorsements from Harry M. Stevens and John L. Burnett, a Seventh Alabama District congressman, claiming Peruna as a superior tonic and catarrh remedy. The ad urges readers to write to Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for guidance.
The Phoenix Accident and Sick Benefit Company is notified to appear by December 28 1901 at 411 S Main St Elkhart Indiana to answer the complaint filed by John M Brumbaugh and J P William S Boner in a non-resident case. The notice is dated October 28 1901 and signed by St John M Brumbaush J P.
In Philadelphia on October 30 the Union Traction Company meeting adjourned after defeating by a large majority a proposal to strike and tie up the street car lines. The session lasted all night and was open to all trolley workers.
War Department insular affairs division releases a comparative statement showing seven months ended July 31 Philippine ports collected 5,025,139 dollars in customs revenue. This marks increases of 1,124,333 dollars over the same period in 1900 and 2,469,632 dollars over 1899.
In Des Moines Iowa on October 30 the Bank of Huxley in the town of Huxley thirty miles north of Des Moines was blown open by robbers during the night. Seven hundred dollars was taken. A posse has formed and pursues the band.
Articles of incorporation filed in Jersey City establish the White Mountain Paper Company with capital stock of 15 million dollars. Incorporators listed as John T. Morgan George H. Hansel and John Milton Ferry of New York.
Fire in Eagle flats at Lytle and Taylor streets shortly after 4 a m left two dead and three injured with several others overcome by smoke. In Washington, the State Department reports agents in Constantinople say communication has been established but no details are offered about the incident or those involved.
The fragment references Drachmann the poet in a Tu. en entry dated 30 with a note on danger or illness, suggesting a cataloged item in a historical archive. Further readable context indicates biographical or bibliographic indexing rather than a full article narrative.
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