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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
3
Dispatches from Cartagena report the gunboat La Pope sank after leaving Savanilla for Cartagena. Four aboard reportedly injured, others feared missing. ship built in Wilmington Delaware. Canton note confirms Hay’s rail trip and U S stance on Central American affairs, pledging no broader intervention beyond keeping traffic open.
A dispatch from Gen. Alery Alfaro of Ecuador to the AP states that war between Colombia and Venezuela is improbable. He notes conservative union in both republics aims for absolute control, causing temporary conflicts, and the press condemns any armed intervention in internal affairs.
The Moroe Vremya quotes President Castro as desiring war with Colombia to strengthen his weakening rule. It notes uncertainty about outcomes and suggests possible war between Colombia and Venezuela, with expectation that the United States would intervene in the regional conflict.
The Petit Journal in Paris accuses the United States of feigned anxiety about Colombia to mask ambition for a new Isthmian canal. It claims Americans seek to seize and finish a half-built canal for profit and strategic gain.
Managua Nicaragua August twenty first officials deny US reports that General Alban Panama governor Manuel Calderon and others planned an expedition against Nicaragua. The country remains at peace and President Zelaya is reportedly on vacation in Granada.
Frank Jacks, a poor farmer, discovered a hidden pot containing more than 20000 in gold at a spring in a remote Madison County precinct near Huntsville. The cache is believed to date from the Civil War era, concealed long ago and now unearthed.
Forecast for Thursday and Friday calls for partly cloudy to fair skies across Ohio Indiana and Illinois with warmer temperatures in southern portions. Expect possible showers in northern Ohio and southern Illinois, light southerly winds, and generally warmer conditions Friday. Local observations from Washington list highs and lows, with Richard H. Sullivan noted as observer in charge.
Arrivals and departures listed include Ma from New York to Liverpool, Celtic and New England from Boston to Liverpool, and Atlantic and Servia sailing from Liverpool to New York. Aug 21 notes Saevic, Teutonic, Grosser Kurfurst arrivals from Liverpool and Oceanic Zealand sailing toward Liverpool and Antwerp via Cherbourg. Attested ships include Kaiser Maria Theresa to Hong Kong, Emte Indim from Vancouver via Yokohama, and Carta ginian from Philadelphia via St Johns. additional entries for Staten from New York via Houlogne sur Mer and Southampton to New York.
Wash W. Collum proprietor of a Mill Creek general store in Laporte county fought a robber at 3 AM. After a long struggle both men fired, Collum overpowered the thief who lies jailed injured. the robber, a telegraph operator, refused to reveal identity to spare his parents. Collum is said to have previously crippled two robbers with a shotgun. In Huntington county a post office safe was blown and $270 in cash plus $100 in stamps were stolen after three burglars held up the night watchman. Authorities expect arrests.
Covington burial for William Claypool aged forty three who died in Denver of lung trouble after arrival from Denver. Emery McCoy of eastern Indiana dies suddenly in Gaston heart failure at age forty two. Moses Dumas pioneer resident of Valparaiso dies at home aged seventy five. Mrs Della Hittle Whiteley wife of Byron S Whiteley dies at Milton home.
Noblesville lineman Henry Finley was shocked by a live wire and fell thirty feet in Greencastle Ind. He died from skull fractures. Also in Elkhart a 17 month old girl died after choking on a peanut kernel given by her brother, the kernel lodging in her bronchial tube.
WarSaw Ind Aug 21 Missionary day at Winona conference drew over three thousand attendees including ministers and Bible students on the grounds. Dr A A Fulton Canton China spoke on missionary work in China and Rev Courtney Fenn Peking recounted escaping the Boxer uprising. Other speakers covered the Holy Ghost and Acts of the Apostles with late arrivals staying at hotels.
John Schmacker of Burrington Indiana died after being struck by a Baltimore & Ohio excursion train near Chicago on Monday. He told his father two men robbed him of 50 cents and threw him from the train before his death. His relative Jacob Schmacker implicated four attackers in the assault.
Ora Jennings, umpiring a Farmersburg game twenty miles south of Terre Haute, was struck on the head by a ball bat after a disputed call. His skull is fractured and he cannot recover. Marcellus Forbes, the player, was jailed in Sullivan. Forbes is an ex convict who previously served a penitentiary term for attempted manslaughter.
Marion Ind Aug 21 Mrs Lizzie Bacon of Gas City wife of David Bacon is dead after taking carbolic acid in a personal crisis. She was a daughter of J Weaver of Remington Ind. The couple married only a few months ago.
A barn on the Dr. Brinkley farm three miles east of Pendleton was hit by lightning and burned last night. Milker M. T. Lorimer and hand James Godby were stunned but livestock were saved. About seventy five tons of hay and substantial grain and equipment were destroyed. Loss estimated at 3000 dollars, partly insured. Other minor damage reported across the county.
Covington Indiana reports heavy rains benefit corn planting. Farmers expect about fifty bushels per acre on much land. County auditor David Fergeson projects 30 000 bushels from his fields. State average last year was 36 bushels per acre and current signals suggest similar yields for the county.
PATRIOT Ind Aug 21 A nine week drought is broken by a light rain. Corn tobacco and toes the chief crops here and across the region are a total failure. Fruit mostly ruined withered trees dying. Even a good rain now would help only very late corn.
Benjamin N. Wasson, one of Crawfordsville's oldest and most prominent citizens, died in the city today. He spent twenty years with the First National and Citizens' National banks and was highly regarded in the community and across the country.
Julius Rosenheimer, whose death occurred suddenly Monday, was buried at Center Cemetery this morning. Services were conducted by the Masons, of which he was a member. Deceased was forty six, leaving a wife and five children. He was secretary of the Democratic county committee and formerly chairman of the State Populist committee. Guy McPherson, a well to do farmer from mouth town and brother of ease Meners of McPherson, Indianapolis, died of fever and cerebral hemorrhages.
REMINGTON Ind Aug 21 The Fountain Park Assembly opened a promising season with prominent speakers and entertainers. Dr L L Carpenter presided, Rev J H Garrison delivered Civil War era addresses, and Sunday schools led the afternoon program. Prof George P Coler directs Senora Bible studies through next week. Prof Karl Germain gave legerdemain shows to large crowds. Portland Ind Aug 21 Pennville prepares for a Sept 7 9 fall festival with Senator William E Mason of Illinois delivering an address. Two old settlers reunions are planned in Aug and following day in Green township with local speakers. West Grove Grange pneu institute and fair slated for Oct 6.
The Horticultural Institute of Southern Indiana, under Purdue University agriculture, met in the Orleans opera house yesterday and today. It drew fruit growers and enthusiasts from southern Indiana and featured officials from Michigan, Wisconsin and Kentucky state horticultural societies.
Sullivan Indiana August 2 The big attraction today was the floral Pageant in which all the representative society women of this city participated The successful contestants were Mrs EF Crowder first Mrs Joshua Beasley second and Miss Gladys Smock third The judges were James Soules Vigo county auditor County Clerk David Watson and Charles Neff Terre Haute Twenty five thousand people were on today including 7 from Terre Haute.
South Bend will welcome the Indiana Horticultural Society for a two day convention beginning tomorrow. Delegates from across the state attend as the event is described as the largest in the society's history. Aaron Jones of South Bend, master of the National Grange, is among the speakers.
Mrs Josepha Pyrkocki and two children reached Michigan City from Poland to find Albert Pyrkoski, the husband and father, had died after he had saved enough to bring them. He had prepared for their arrival a year earlier and sent money home before his death.
Circulars went to local preceptories announcing John Kunzler’s resignation as president of the American Flint Glass Workers’ Union. Vice president C. H. Woitle succeeds him. Kunzler cites health reasons, denying any union trouble. The move shocks the inner world of the union in Pittsburg dated August.
Marion Indiana August 21 after weeks of wrangling the Master Plumbers Association and the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union settled the two month strike tonight and all workers will resume tomorrow morning concessions on both sides credited to State Labor Commissioner McCormack of Indianapolis for brokering the adjustment
Monroe County mine owners received letters from promoters of a proposed Indiana coal trust asking that options on the mines be extended to February 15. Efforts to close the options previously set two months ago have failed, and some owners will withdraw while others raise asking prices as the trust formation hopes continue.
In Warsaw Indiana Professor Carl H Eigenmann head of the Indiana University Biological Station was arrested for keeping a fish net at the station used by students for scientific studies. He appealed the case. In Hartford City Kerlin Bros Toledo completed a pumping station on the Williams farm near town wiring gas to Dundee Montpelier Dunkirk Van Buren and other Ohio towns at a cost of 100000 with T J Driscoll in charge.
Richmond Ind August 21 Earlham College outlook for next year is excellent with a large enrollment expected President Mills announces changes including elimination of the preparatory department and the addition of two applied mathematics courses under Prof R L Sackett one on hydraulics and one on sanitation with practical work emphasis.
Jeffersonville Indiana faces a forty eight hour water shutoff after the main from the pumping station to the standpipe bursts. Officials cannot determine the exact location and will require extensive excavation to locate the fault. Fire protection relies on a chemical engine and an old worn out fire engine.
A post office inspector completed a trip over two free rural mail delivery routes, each about twenty five miles, covering the county's south half not yet served. Farmers welcome the system and expect improved service with the new routes installed promptly.
The Kokomo city council approved purchasing four acres near the courthouse for a water works station. The council rejected the old company’s proposal to renew the franchise with a 26 percent rate cut, paving the way for a municipal water system.
Terre Haute Ind Aug 21 Dr R E Earhart chosen successor to Arthur Kendick as instructor in physics at Rose Polytechnic Institute. Earhart, an assistant to press ent Mees in the department, graduated from Northwestern University Evanston in 1893 with a bachelor of science degree.
Hagerstown reports Will C. Wissler of Hagerstown was elected assistant principal of Cambridge City schools after training at Terre Haute Normal and prior teaching in Wayne county. Other notes include Thornburg and Lontz family reunion on Sept 5 at Hagerstown fair grounds with Charles Hernly of New Castle delivering the address. English sees Sloan Post 31% G A R reunion growing to record attendance. Oil prospecting interest rises in Crawford county Union township. Laporte notes Dr James L Hughes argues ten year reading age for optimal literacy. Valparaiso residents vote subsidy for Cincinnati Richmond Muncie railroad. rains boost Porter county corn prospects. Rockport reports a prize fight between Kid Ashe and Joé Montana set for Armory Hall with preliminary bout. Marion coroner verdicts on Carruthers and Pinkerton death cases from incorrect medicine at Soldiers Home.
Reports from Muncie to Orleans detail organizational efforts by the Woman's Union Label League for servant girls, a failed suicide attempt near Connersville, paralysis strike of J L Richey in Cambridge City, theft at Wabash Catholic parsonage, Terre Haute Street Fair efforts in Sullivan, a missing teen Maude Lewis near Greensburg, embezzlement arrest of J D Templin in Kokomo, Holloway family reunion in Knightstown, and a Knights of Pythias muster at Orleans.
A severe wind and rainstorm hits Anadarko at night blowing down large construction buildings and tents. Two people die, and many are injured. The dead are Antone John, formerly of Lamar County Texas, and Tevis, formerly of Weatherford. Antone was struck by a timber from the post office building as it collapsed. Tevis was in a nearby tent torn apart by the wind. All new town buildings and tents are destroyed.
Miss Lillian Giffin recalls a Japanese dining experience at the Maple Club in Tokio. Servants on all fours led them to a floor seating setup with tiny lacquered tables and intricate dishes. She struggled with chopsticks and San offerings, witnessed geisha performances, and finished with rice as the final course in a highly ceremonial feast.
The St Louis Post Dispatch notes milliners return for seasonal buying and introduces the shirtwaist hat. Described as a simple wide brim deep ribbon trimmed style, it is praised as fresh and inexpensive though tied to the shirtwaist. Authors ponder if year round hats will evolve to a bill attached design.
The Republican state convention in Harrisburg adjourned after nominating Judge William P. Porter of Pittsburgh for Supreme Court and State Representative Frank G. Harris of Clearfield for state treasurer by acclamation. Absentees included Senators Quay and Penrose. the meeting featured a brief program and a notable anti yellow journalism resolution accusing papers of political meddling.
At Des Moines Aug 21 the Iowa Democratic convention nominated T J Phillips of Ottumwa for governor with G E Ferguson as lieutenant governor and John Shortley for Supreme Court judge. The reports on taxation and state economies split the floor between majority and minority, with delegates urging equal burdens on property and calls for local option, abolition of state printer and binder offices, and cost savings in state government. The first minority report passed by 649 3 5 to 560 2 5.
The Republican State convention met in Roanoke at the Academy of Music with about 1200 attendees. It marks the first time in state history that a straight ticket has been named since Gen William Mahone era, and the crowd appeared hopeful and well disposed as proceedings opened.
Jackson Mississippi August 21 returns from Warren County show Dabney Marshall defeated in a special election to fill a legislative vacancy by a lead of seven or more votes. Marshall had been pardoned from the penitentiary by Governor Lonny weeks earlier while serving a life sentence for another crime.
Fresh oranges undergo a wash in a long tank with rotating brushes to remove dirt then pass through a second set of brushes for a bright finish. Workers, mostly women of mixed skin tones, scrub by hand before laying to dry in the sun and stacking into boxes for warehouse shipment.
A Hartford man recounts returning from El Reno Oklahoma where he tried to file on land via a partner. He notes barren soil, failures to improve it, and a culminating suspicion that the region cannot yield. References to dead graves and a family from Indiana illustrate local hardship and doubt about the land’s advisability.
A guest at the Weston Hotel in Minneapolis was overcome by smoke tonight and rushed to City Hospital in serious condition. The man is identified as the nephew of a former U.S. official. details on his identity and the incident remain limited.
Elbert Hubbard announces details for visitors to the Roycroft Exposition. A train schedule will carry guests hourly to Bat A Bouse, a location eighteen miles from Bula, with access entitlements noted on the map. The notice emphasizes concessions for attendees.
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