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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1901
Page
1
A vast Gulf coast inundation stretches from Alabama to Mississippi. Telegraph and telephone lines fail. Mobile and New Orleans report limited contact. Delta losses exceed initial counts as vessels and shore installations suffer widespread damage.
Dispatches report extensive damage along the southern Louisiana coast after a powerful storm. Two thousand residents feared dead at Grand Isle and Chentre Caminada. rivers blocked and rail lines washed out near New Orleans. In New Orleans, piers destroyed, the Neptune wrecked, West End flooded, and banks raised to prevent further inundation while a coal fleet sinks and salvage work proceeds.
New York August 15 The Press will say J Pierpont Morgan intends a labor union of workers and capital. United States Steel stock valued at millions would be offered to 165000 steel plant employees at inside prices to form a copartnership between shareholders and employers. The plan echoes Carnegie era profit sharing and may extend Morgan’s scheme across the Steel Corporation.
Reports from Colon Colombia describe daily raids along the isthmus as insurgents grow stronger while government forces conscript men. Foreigners flee to Jamaica to avoid army service and both sides accuse each other of atrocities. The US and French naval presence eyes Panama as rail traffic continues amid guard patrols and troop movements.
British steamer Darren reports heavy fighting near Panama and Colon with rebels advancing and government casualties. Namouna found useless after bungled gun mounting. Colombia eyes Bernard Hall as purchase. Darien passengers flee Colon to avoid conscription amid protests by Jamaica’s consul. Rebels’ strength estimated at 28,000 with initial concentrations across Magdalena Tolima Cauca and the Isthmus of Panama.
At a Cambria Steel board meeting in Philadelphia the capital rose to 50 million dollars from 4.32 million and three new directors were elected Leonard C. Hanna Frank J. Firth and Theodore N. Ely. The move supports a Pennsylvania Railway Company controlled merger with Conemaugh. stock approved by a 251.4 percent vote. In Bethlehem the Bethlehem Iron stockholders accepted Bethlehem Steel's 7.5 million dollar offer to acquire the works and a likely Schwab purchase is anticipated.
Washington reports definite plans to have U S warships on both sides of the Isthmus of Panama with Ranger likely to proceed south from California. The Philadelphia arrives at San Francisco adding a cruiser for potential service as tensions rise in Venezuela and Colombia.
Ardmore Indian commissioner W E B Burney was dismissed by Acting Secretary Ryan for refusing to separate town site property on the advice of Johnston of the Chickasaw Nation, in the matter of property appraisal.
Incoming reports describe a twenty six hour fight at Las Pillas La Parada and Pirineos with Colombian forces retreating after heavy casualties. Venezuelan General Resendo Medina and four colonels were among the dead or wounded. Rebels report multiple victories across Tolima Cauca and other departments, with several engagements in late June and July.
At the Harrisburg convention Judge Harman Yerkes of Doylestown was named for Supreme Court and Andrew J. Palm of Meadville for state treasurer. The platform excludes Bryan and national affairs, focusing on state issues. A harmony agreement ended Philadelphia party clashes with near riot over expulsion of delegates, police intervening as Ulrich’s motion failed.
The Democratic state convention in Norfolk adjourned sine die after a long day. Major W. A. Anderson of Rockbridge was nominated for attorney general in a fierce fight against J. L. Jeffries. The platform focuses on state issues and pays tribute to party leaders from Jefferson to Bryan.
Senator C W Fairbanks of Indiana was the guest of honor at the Kansas state G A R reunion at Camp General Sickles. He spoke to thousands of veterans praising the old soldiers and urging national unity and fidelity to democratic ideals. He argued for continued strength in peace and responsibility to guard the Republic from anarchy.
At the 35th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Cleveland next month, amended constitution provisions will be debated. A key change inserts voluntary before bearing arms, allowing Southern men who served the Union to join the G A R, with Arkansas Department approval.
A lone highwayman held up the Calistoga California to Clearlake stage on August 15. Fifty passengers, described as tourists, were relieved of money while mail bags and an express box were rifled. The robber wore a stitched eye hole handkerchief as a mask. Recovery amount not yet determined.
Edward P Thompson former Havana postmaster and former Indianapolis postmaster was convicted and fined 400 dollars or six months in prison. He allegedly issued four money orders for ten dollars each and hid a 400 dollar remittance, replacing it after an imminent inspection. A separate deposition in San Francisco covers testimony by George L Seybold on Neely case and accounting irregularities in Havana.
The attorney general ruled that government theft from a registered letter obligates the mail carrier’s bond to cover the full amount stolen. The Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland must pay the remainder beyond $1,500 recovered, up to the bond limit, clarifying the surety’s responsibility.
Arch Rock a major navigation obstacle in San Francisco Bay was demolished by a controlled explosion using over thirty tons of nitrogelatine. The rock lay between Alcatras Island and Lime Point, covering several acres with only its summit above water. The blast, fired remotely, caused widespread debris and a large water column.
The joint committee of the Anti-trust League and District Assembly No 1 of the Knights of Labor endorsed a resolution calling for a thorough immediate probe of savings banks in New York Boston and Pittsburg and other money centers. They seek to determine if depositors funds are used unlawfully to back stock gambling and labor crushing schemes tied to the steel trust. The preamble notes a Morgan Carnegie Rockefeller Steel Trust pool of 20000 to prop up United States Steel shares to break a strike.
Company I of the Eighth Ohio Infantry led by Captain Snyder ended a two day hunt in Holmes county for the robbers who tried to loot the Adams Bank. The thieves were sighted twice but escaped into woods and rough country near Danville. A citizen posse remains active though pessimistic about capture.
Bailey Lewis was arrested in South M Aester I T for involvement in the M K and T train robbery near Caney Illinois last Wednesday. T George Brown confessed implicating seven men now under arrest and all will be tried and bound over.
Three creditors seek relief in U S District Court against George H Phillips & Co. Chicago Title and Trust appointed temporary receiver to keep operations going. Directors Sackett Moore consent to petition. Phillips may resume business individually if funds allow.
Mrs. Felix Kahn of Cincinnati, 40, suffering nervous prostration, left her room at the Atlantic City hotel and jumped from the porch. She fractured her skull and died before dawn. The KHahn couple arrived the previous Monday and she had a late nervous spell calmed by a physician before she vanished.
John Dion was knocked out in the ninth round of a scheduled ten round match with Charlie Armstrong. He suffered a brain concussion and was taken to the hospital. Dion’s seconds and several others were arrested as authorities awaited the outcome of the incident.
Three hundred men at the Seamless Tube Plant in McKeesport quit work, joining the strike era amid nonunion material tensions. Organizers and lodge officials, including Shaffer, Adams, and Kelly, held meetings to discuss the stalled settlement and potential charter actions as mills shut down or stay on alert.
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