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Newspaper
New Albany Weekly Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1901
Page
1
Pekin April 17 ministers of the powers meet and decide to adopt Rockhill’s recommendation to reform the Tsung Li Yamen. A waemu-pu or foreign affairs board will replace the Yamen with a president imperial prince and two ministers as its core leadership.
The document outlines a grand council member with direct access to the emperor. Two vice ministers would handle foreign affairs, one fluent in a foreign language. Ceremonial protocol requires ministers to travel in imperial chairs via central palace gateways and be received in the emperor’s customary halls, receiving honors akin to European ambassadors.
General Von Gyle leads a 5,000 German and 8,000 French expedition toward Liu Kuan Ting who sits 120 miles from Pao Ting Fu. Liu commands 10,000 men and refuses to withdraw, challenging the allies to push him out.
Odessa reports Pourparlers ongoing between Russia and Japan with hopes for a peaceful agreement on Korea. No details given on how European powers and the United States will be placated or reconciled to a modus vivendi based on Korea’s independence being compromised.
A dispatch from Lemberg says unrest grows in Russia with wholesale arrests in Odessa and other cities. Fifteen thousand signatures from merchants and landowners back a petition to Emperor Nicolas for a constitutional grant.
In Winetannley Park East St. Louis suburb two men were killed Charles Smith and William Jonson and two others were severely wounded J Fisher and W R Hamton during an election riot over the village presidency contest between Henry Drummond and Reymond St Dojo Fred Ayer alleged shooter is under arrest The slain and wounded were described as artisans of Drummond.
Police guard city clerk’s office after Toland’s election. Mayor Johnson ordered guards to prevent removal of records amid ongoing councilman bribery case concerns. Burgess disputes term end date, claiming authority until April 27.
At Juarez Mexico Andreas Garcia killed his bride Anita Teresas during a ball and then killed himself. The couple, 23 and 19, wed four months earlier in Chihuahua and came from prominent Mexican families. They studied in the United States and were visiting friends when the tragedy happened.
Erie Whitlatch, a young farmer from 20 miles south of Mena Arkansas, is jailed on a murder charge for slaying Florence Wiley 14, a neighbor's daughter. Authorities say he was infatuated with the girl and arrested April 4 on an attempted kidnapping charge.
The Enabling department adds 124 workers to the strike, leaving only the steel mill and hammer departments operating until current work finishes, after which a complete shutdown is expected.
Rev. George B. Reeser pastor of Emanuel Reformed Church in Hanover fell about 50 feet from a church scaffold in York on April 17 and died within a half hour after landing on a stone pile.
The National Good Roads association opened its Southern road demo at Flossmoor Illinois 30 miles south of Chicago Ground was broken for a quarter mile of stone road under Charles T Harrison of the US Department of Agriculture with six teams grading The Good Roads Special train will depart for New Orleans by week end to continue demonstrations Senator Martin Dodge USDA and R W Richardson National Good Roads officials led on site by W T Beatty and Prof W R Hoag will join the train southward.
About 100 switchmen in Scranton quit work after two men were discharged. Three hundred switchmen gathered at Carpenters' Hall to discuss a potential system-wide strike from Hoboken to Buffalo, but officers refused to disclose details and members insisted they were sworn to secrecy.
London reports compare late South African campaign hopes and fears with the American Revolution. Rumor of Gen French’s capture is denied by the War Office as a Pretoria dispatch predicts renewed action in six weeks. Lord Kitchener commands 230000 troops ready for sweeping movements.
The war office reports 60 000 mounted men with 40 000 horses. Lord Kitchener optimistic despite slow progress. Dispatches from Pretoria April 15 note Rawlinson's column at South Laager, Boer casualties and captures, Pilcher's Orange River successes, and unconfirmed word that General French was captured by Boers.
Rome reports from Aden that the Italian consul at Zanzibar arrived after a mission to disrupt contraband. He bombarded the Miserrain sultanate palace, captured the sultan’s son, and seized arms before the sultan fled inland. Italian Somaliland covers about 100000 square miles with roughly 109600 inhabitants.
Reidy for the Argument. Prankfort Kentucky April 17 The prosecution in the Ripley trial will close testimony in rebuttal this afternoon and the argument will begin in the morning.
In Terre Haute Indiana on April 106 George Gordon Hixon was found guilty by jury under the fraudulent marriage act after a short deliberation. Miss Grace Ellis testified alleging he procured a fraudulent license and employed a man to pose as a justice of the peace for a ceremony in January 1898. He admitted the license was spurious but denied any ceremony and said the license was made at her request to show relatives in Iowa.
A major Nashville Indiana fire, likely incendiary, endangers the town and damages several buildings. A burning timber fell from the courthouse tower, injuring 14 year old Ora Sellar seriously. Total losses estimated at 12,100 with multiple property claims and limited insurance.
Consul General Fellows in Yokohama reports to the state department that Japan faces a fragile financial condition. Indemnities and naval costs drive extravagant living, curtail trade, and widen imports, with living costs up over 75 percent. Loomis denies remarks about Castro and Andrade and plans a brief stay in New York before Washington.
Baron D. Bates a 60 year old farmer in Wapakoneta Ohio shot himself through the heart with a rifle ten minutes before a sheriff could place him under arrest on a peace warrant. He had threatened to kill his wife who had filed for divorce last Saturday.
Harold Crowley of Lockport New York son of ex Congressman Crowley and postal employee was arraigned in San Juan Puerto Rico and found not guilty after a recent arrest on charges of misappropriating postal funds.
Missouri supreme court overrules a rehearing motion in the beer inspection case establishing the law's legality. Brewers will owe about $250,000 in taxes already due to the state.
In Brazil Indiana on April 16 the miners national executive board and operators reached a settlement at 11 45 pm after a night session. Operators agreed to sign last year’s scale granting miners the right to buy powder in the open market. Miners celebrate a clear victory from the powder clause dispute, with belief that bituminous miners may also press the issue despite signing.
Daniel C French renowned for Death of the Sculptor will receive a commission from the Lawton Monument association to build a memorial to the Indiana general who died in the Philippines The choice follows extensive correspondence with the National Sculpture Society and other authorities on suitable design and qualified artists.
The Washington Indiana post office was robbed on April 16 with burglars taking 655 dollars mostly money order funds 350 dollars in stamps and box rent money and 143 dollars in money order blanks. A vault with a combination lock was broken by hammer strike revealing no powder or dynamite used and no clue to suspects. The thieves missed 2000 dollars in stamps and 253 dollars in money.
The dead man found floating in an old Richmond millpond is identified as George Wyourn a peddler with mental impairment. He had been arrested last December at Ottawa Ohio for alleged housebreaking but released after two months due to mental condition. Suicide by drowning is suspected.
In Kokomo Indiana a two year old child of Joseph Saul was struck and killed by a passenger train as it followed its father toward a glass factory. The mother, who tried to grasp the child, lies prostrate from shock and may die.
The Rev. E. J. Oliver, pastor of the Evangelical church, was killed in Peru Indiana while alighting from a passenger train at the Wabash and Lake Erie and Western crossing. He stepped in front of another train and his body was cut in two. He had been returning from the Berne conference.
A 4-year-old daughter of James Gray died from burns after her clothing ignited while her mother attempted to save her during soap making near Quincy Indiana. The mother suffered serious burns in the effort.
Sydney B. Trusier aged 41 died after taking carbolic acid by mistake believing it was ginger. He informed his family of the error before dying minutes later in his Anderson home on April 16.
Murderer pleads insanity at Newcastle Indiana on April 16 as the trial proceeds. Court proceedings focus on mental state and admissibility of evidence. Prosecutors argue responsibility while defense seeks to establish lack of mens rea under state law.
In Middletown the circuit court handles the murder indictment of Vincent Ginn for killed Frank Giltner at the tinplate factory. The defense plans an insanity plea. Evansville reports the Indiana Federation of Women's Clubs state convention will convene in Evansville May 15 with delegates from major cities.
Logansport Indiana April 17 no steps have been taken to arrest George P Chase the absconding attorney nor is it likely any effort will be made since no one will advance money to cover costs Chase swindlings and debts reach about eight thousand dollars but even the losers refuse to fund pursuit This is the second instance where lack of funds defeats justice Under the reform law not a dollar is available in Cass county for evidence in criminal cases County council withholding appropriations makes rewards and expenses impractical.
Judge Mc Master of the superior court ruled in favor of Indianapolis and Dr. Charles Poucher superintendent of the city hospital in a suit by James Goodrich seeking $2,000 damages. The case claimed his brother died at the hospital and the body was given to the Medical College of Indiana without notification. The judge sustained the city's demurrer, citing municipal immunity in governmental functions.
A rabies suspected dog bit William Hamilton's son J. W. Ellis and a 4 year old boy, plus farm laborer Alfred Clements and Hamilton's horse near Montgomery. Hamilton will pursue madstone treatment for the afflicted and exposure.
The Indiana Science Teachers Association gathers in Terre Haute on April 26 and 27 with a prepared program. President Parsons of the state normal will give the opening welcome address.
Frank Davis sues Coal Blut Mining Company and the Big Four railroad for $20,000. He was knocked under a train and lost a leg at Diamond sometime ago. The action seeks compensation for injuries and damages.
Elijah Brackaw, a machine man at Woolley’s mine in Boonville Indiana, was killed yesterday when slate fell while he operated his machine. He was in a stopping position when the slate gave way breaking his spine.
Jefferson County council approves eighty five thousand dollars to buy pike roads in Madison Indiana. Road owners seek ninety thousand dollars for the sale.
Marion Ind April 16 W W Mc Cleery cashier First National bank of this city and recent appointee by Governor Durbin to police commissioner has declined the post. He says gamblers and saloon keepers moved their accounts to his bank once they learned of the governor’s choice.
Garrett Indiana on April 16 John Stagle an old and respected citizen hanged himself in the woodshed in an apparent suicide authorities report a tragic death in the small town with no further details released
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