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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1902
Page
12
A remark on injury toll and missing details accompanied by news that several officials from the road department claim division departed for Owatonna that night. The report notes no specific particulars or expectations of tonight’s outcomes.
Springfield engineers gain wage rise from 3 10 to 2 0 per hundred miles and firemen from 1 73 to 31 percent per hundred miles. Monthly earnings upgrade about 20 dollars for engineers and 11 for firemen. Buffalo dispatch reports Labor Day salary increases of about 3 percent for 1200 trainmen including conductors and motormen.
ST. JOHNS N F Aug 9 The expedition led by Col Willard Glazier from New York returned after a short result due to lack of canoes forcing them to abandon a Hamilton Inlet run They went north to Nain and made a ten day trip discovering one new river Members of the party express dissatisfaction with the outcome.
Forecast for Sunday and Monday calls for local rains and thunderstorms Sunday afternoon or night in Indiana and Illinois, with Monday bringing showers and cooler conditions and increasing southeast winds. Ohio sees more clouds and showers Sunday afternoon or night, followed by cooler Monday. Observations note a high of 83 and a low around 60s, with past thirty one year records showing mean temp 67 and average monthly precipitation 3 inches.
Shipping news lists arrivals and departures across ports such as New York Liverpool Bremenhaven Moville Cherbourg Queenstown Havre and Antwerp. Vessels include Celtic Etruria Statendam St Paul Noordam and Lu cant a plus ships like Frans Saga Vaderland and Umbria with routes to New York Philadelphia Rotterdam Glasgow and Antwerp. Dates span early August with several sailings and arrivals noted.
August treasury receipts exceeded expenditures by 5 955 412 dollars with total receipts 15 605 512 and outlays 42 600 - the month shows a large surplus despite a Congress cut in wartime internal revenue. Customs led receipts at 26 522 and internal revenue 17 525 368. Banks plan to raise circulation by 12 200 000 via bond deposits, not yet withdrawn unless needed.
Washington August 30 Army orders detail First Lieutenant Louis F Buck to Fort Monroe as exam board member vice Haynes Second Cadet Duncan USMA resigns Contract Surgeon Chase to Fort Assiniboine proceeds to Fort ene Lieutenant Hyde to Fort Leavenworth board recorder vice Hershler Capt Conrad detailed as professor at Pennsylvania Military College Captain Baker proceeds to Omaha to report to Major General Bates Odus Horney to forts in maneuver district on firing appliances trial Major Robinson and Contract Surgeon Brown to Fort Sheridan exam board Vice Samuel Allen and Charles Smith Captain Head and Captain Alfred Fuller will report to Fort Sheridan exam board to determine fitness for promotion Christman detailed as professor at University of Idaho Hovey detailed as professor at Norwich University Vermont Scott detailed as professor at Georgia Military College Surgeon Many to Fort Slocum then Fort Riley assignment of Lt Col William Ennis to office of adjutant general Transfers in Thirtieth Infantry Daly to Company B Higgins to Company F Chitty detailed as professor at University of Missouri
Washington reports that United States Army ordnance officers after exhaustive tests rejected adoption of bullet proof cloth shields. The tests showed cloth shields were not as resistant as steel plate and weighed twice as much when wet.
Washington on October hosts a Fifteenth Army Corps reunion during the Grand Army encampment. Speaker Henderson, a corps member, is invited to preside.
Albert D. Jones, Omaha's first postmaster and early settler, died at eighty seven after a fall. A founder of Omaha’s early growth, he laid out council Bluffs town sites, served in the territorial Legislature and city council, helped survey Des Moines and Winterset sites, and organized the first Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges. He guided early Nebraska law as the first judge in the territory. He leaves a widow and was active in frontier defense and development.
General Tyree H. Bell once commanded Forest’s brigade in the Civil War died in New Orleans at a sanitarium aged 87. He had lived with his children in California and recently attended Confederate reunions. He was found helpless and unconscious at a Southern Pacific station while returning home.
NEW YORK Aug 30 William E Hagan a leading handwriting expert dies at his Troy home. Born in 1836 in the city of his death he aided major suits including the Davis will Molineux Dr Kennedy murder Dolly Reynolds and the Patrick case. NEW ORLEANS Aug 3 J F Adams former Denver city treasurer and Arapahoe sheriff dies at St Tammany La. He was well known in the West and campaigned for Bryan in 1896. He moved here four years ago for health and became a local businessman.
Ex Secretary of Agriculture Emilio Terry Charles F W Neely, Mrs Squires wife of United States Minister, and Miss Squires sailed for New York today on the steamer Moro Castle after liberation under the general amnesty proclamation.
A miners meeting planned at the camp rouses families evicted and living outdoors. Gov White told by miners ministers and business leaders there is no disorder. Troop deployment looms as clashes and shootings disrupt coal regions in West Virginia Kentucky and Virginia.
The Bureau of American Republics is arranging three congresses in the next months to promote commercial methods, industry, and sanitation among Central and South American nations. The coffee congress is set for Oct 1 in New York with delegates from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Salvador, and the U S. The sanitary congress begins Dec 2 in Washington. The customs congress will also be in New York, date to be announced.
United States Minister Powell reports severe fighting near Cape Haitien with 3,000 per side and towns Marmalade Limbo burned. Jumeau Nord rival factions clash as Petit Goave and St Michael suffer, women and children starve and seek shelter in the mountains.
Nine year old Norman Clark died after a street playtime illness later suspected poisoning by carbolic acid. Autopsy found acid in the stomach. A stranger allegedly gave him a drink from a bottle moments before illness. Police say the case remains mystified.
The Chen-Chou prefect in Hu Nan confirms missionaries Bruce and Lewis were killed August 1 after a mob, incited by a woman who scattered poison in Chen-Chou streets, beat the woman, then wrecked the new post office and killed the two missionaries.
In Cyn-thiana Kentucky on August 30 postmaster George M Dickey and three others were seriously or lightly wounded by stray bullets in a street confrontation between two African American men Saint Miller and Orville Fisher. Fisher was arrested.
George B. Schmidt of New York is twenty one and owns a seat on the Stock Exchange purchased for seventy thousand dollars. He leads the firm Schmidt & Gallatin and runs a prosperous Wall Street operation. He belongs to Princeton University’s 190 class.
Recess appointments and promotions in the Philippine scouts issued from Washington. First Lieutenants named G J Hasson dated July 7 and Henry H Moore dated Aug 15 to fill vacancies from resignations. Second Lieutenants promoted include First Sergeant HM Drake and First Sergeant Charles Facrell with July dates and replacements noted. Roy T Bullard of Ohio elevated from Second Lieutenant to fill a Thirty-Second U S V vacancy dated July 24.
Signor Marconi aboard the Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto declares constant communication with Berlin and British warships from Ferrol Spain and Cornwall. He says he has solved the problem of maintaining the integrity of individual messages in wireless transmission.
In 1835-36 the Monte De Piete imported from France aided the Irish poor while Mr Olcott added songs to a strong performance making tonight a pronounced success.
William Toll of the Second Bedfordshire Regiment confessed to killing George Landis in Kansas City January last and is held by Scotland Yard for extradition. Landis, an ice company worker, was slain in railroad yards and robbed. Toll’s wife in St. Louis disputes the confession, saying he did it to obtain transport back to the U.S.
Washington dispatch reports major Army medical gains in the Philippines. Dysentery, once the deadliest soldier illness, has almost disappeared due to boiling water, bathing rules, and hand washing. The adobe itch tropical skin disease also faded after changing laundry practices. Typhoid and cholera cases decline as rains aid eradication efforts.
Dr Vernon Lyman Kellogg, head of entomology at Stanford, returned with specimens and details from Samoa. He studied Tallaria, a worm-like organism on mosquitoes linked to elephantiasis, affecting nearly half the native population. A plan, urged by Governor Capt. Uriel Sebree, aims to curb the disease by preventing use of infected water and contaminated sources.
Max Von Gutmann a leading coal mine magnate narrowly escaped death at Selzthal when Hugo Scholtz a Moravian engineer hurled a bomb loaded with bullets as Von Gutmann and his escort entered a carriage. The chief forester was seriously injured while Von Gutmann had slight wounds. Scholtz was blown to pieces and nearby windows were shattered. The motive remains unknown.
Winchester report states ex Secretary of War Russell A Alger and the Anderson heirs sue over 1.0 acres in Middle Tennessee alleging fraud during prior litigation. The bill charges Alger sold the land to Michigan Governor Renee Bliss while Court proceedings continued and seeks reversal of the sale and repayment of costs.
Information for this bill comes from Governor Bliss and his lawyers in Chattanooga as they tried to dispose of lands Bliss bought from General Alger during a prior suit. The deed was not registered until lands were sold after a decree to repay Alger, with Alger purchasing the lands at the sale. The amount involved is 000.
A newspaper note reports a new copper company combination formed in Buffalo New York with aggregate capital of 97 600 000. The list includes Copper River Mining Alaska Green Consolidated Copper Arizona Garretson Furnace Buffalo Pittsburg and Montana Company Garretson-Canada Company Garretson Southern Company and Suarshipa Mining Company. The aim is to compete with major U S copper firms.
Honolulu reports from the U S Fish Commission steamer Albatross arriving after a fruitful cruise. Fifteen species new to science were secured including three varieties of tiny eels that cannot close their jaws. At 6000 feet depth a chimer a species was found, the first ever recorded in Hawaiian waters.
James Edgey, with a police record, assaulted John Giblin on Maryland Street near West Street. Giblin, intoxicated and returning home, suffered a severe head wound from stones and a large scalp gash causing concussion. Edgey faced assault and battery with intent to kill charges.
St Paul dispatch reports Northwestern No. 2 fast mail eastbound wrecked at Fairchild Wisconsin late tonight. Two trainmen reported killed, but no passengers injured.
In St Paul Aug the new play Old Limericktown by Augustus Joo with Chauncey Olcott opened at the Metropolitan Opera House before a large enthusiastic audience. A dress rehearsal preceded the premiere with several newspaper guests in attendance.
Lord Charles Beresford announces intentions to visit America to study naval methods and shipbuilding. His prominence as a naval authority signals a major focus on U S maritime practices and defense techniques during the visit.
Police raided James Armitage's gambling rooms at 11 pm on West Washington street arresting forty three men for visiting a gambling house. Three poker tables and twenty six dice players were found. Armitage and William Armitage posted bonds. Victims used fictitious names. lighting failure caused a pause in operations.
Within twenty four hours police are called to the conduct of Red Finley a notorious character. Last night Finley and Tim Nurse beat his mother over use of a home as a barroom. John Davis and his wife intervened and were threatened with revolvers as a bucket hit Mr. Davis. Mrs. Davis suffered a jaw injury from a rolling pin. Finley fled and Nurse escaped arrest. Finley is wanted for various offenses.
Senator Beveridge may not confirm his return plans as letters arrive from Representative Cannon inviting him to the Elks fall festival at Danville Indiana from September 15 to 17. He is also sought for a campaign in northwestern Indiana and an address at a Wabash camp fire on September 17. Delegates to the National Association of Letter Carriers left for Denver yesterday with Indiana messengers assisting in Indianapolis.
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