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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1901
Page
1
Congress opens as the 57th Congress begins with marks of respect for President McKinley. Senate shows plans for ship subsidy and canal bills, cursory handling of Roosevelt’s message, and anticipated committee fights over reciprocity treaties. Early days focus on reorganizing committees and selecting a foreign relations chairman.
Washington December 1 The opening day in the House will follow routine precedents yet remain picturesque. Cards admit visitors two per member as desks bloom with flowers. The speaker is elected and escorted to the chair, with General Henderson to give the oath. McDowell will swear in members then the old officers are re elected. Resolutions form committees to inform the President and Senate that Henderson is speaker and McDowell clerk. Temporary rules, hourly meeting time, and seat drawing are set, with the President's message held until Tuesday. Gen Grosvenor will announce McKinley's death and present resolutions for eulogies. The death notice aligns with past presidencies as echoes of Garf ield era reverberate.
Washington December 1 1920 Senate Penrose and Representative Wagner plan bills to acquire Valley Forge and create a national park as a Revolutionary War memorial. The plan seeks 2000 dollars for park purposes backed by 27 patriotic associations including Sons and Daughters of the Revolution Colonial Dames and Junior Order of American Mechanics. Edwin Fairfax Naulty secretary of the Valley Forge National Park Association will organize a 14 member Pennsylvanian delegation for hearings early in the coming session.
Cincinnati December reports rising tensions as the United States Spirits Association and the Standard Distilling Company known as the Whisky Trust clash over price hikes for spirits. The trust raised prices to $1.32 per gallon citing corn cost increases, while the Spirits Association questions the need and contemplates sourcing outside trust markets. Output runs about 4 million gallons yearly, with the recent rise under debate and potential financial impact of $800,000.
In Sofia a Macedonian committee head denounces rival leaders and accuses them of kidnapping Ellen M. Stone. Indignation meetings erupt, highlighting a schism within the Macedonian camp as Bulgarian authorities tighten vigilance amid US pressure over the Stone affair. Meanwhile naval officials say Dixie’s Naples to Smyrna voyage is training related and not tied to Stone. In Mush Andranik again seizes a monastery as Turkish troops hem in Armenian forces amid fresh reported outrages in Sassoun and Bitlis.
In George Station near Altoona Pennsylvania Mary Burk and her four children Adam Mary Joanna and Joseph Victor perished in a morning blaze. Husband Carl Burk was badly burned while trying to help and later sought treatment. The fire destroyed the kitchen and home with unclear cause possibly an overturned lamp.
Sousa and band performed for King Edward and Queen Alexandra at Sandringham. The two hour royal concert featured classical and sacred music with American hymn tunes, bells from London, and a royal reception after dinner on the train to and from London. Mrs Sousa attended with Maud Reese Davies and Dorothy Hoyle performing after dinner.
Fire at Creamery Package Manufacturing on Eleventh and Jones streets injures three firefighters. Lieutenant M. J. Cuff suffers severe burns and possible death. George Trexler and J. Greenman hurt. Wall collapse caused the blaze. two rescuers pulled Cuff from the rubble. Stock losses total about 55 thousand dollars with 44 thousand in insurance. Lewis Supply Company also reports ten thousand in stock loss.
A Cameroons dispatch reports three merchants punished for cruelty to Africans. Wittenberg receives five years in the penitentiary for impaling a negro on a ramrod. Keltentch gets three years for pouring petroleum on a man's hands and setting him ablaze. Haesloop is fined eight months for forcing a negro chief to stare with a whip.
London observers reported a largely peaceful “Buller Sunday” with extensive police presence along the Embankment and near the War Office. The procession, led by a Buller portrait banner, moved through Northumberland Avenue Pall Mall St James Street and Piccadilly to Hyde Park amid thousands of spectators. A plaster Buller bust near Charing Cross sparked minor disturbance as mounted police intervened.
A fire today wiped out all the top works of mine No 2 of the Madison Coal Company at Glen Carbon south of Edwardsville. The blaze caused a loss of 7500 dollars. The mine had a capacity of 120 tons daily and employed four men. Insurance details could not be obtained.
A St Louis fire at the Mueller Boyles Shoe and Glove Company caused about 40000 in stock damage and 10000 in machinery loss, with the blaze insured. Foreman Frank O Donnell fell thirty five feet and sustained serious injuries.
A parade outside the War Office faced restrained protests as some marchers sought to attack police. Hyde Park crowds groaned yet calm, and speakers from England Ireland Holland Wales Devonshire and colonies urged sympathy for General Buller. The event featured memorial buttons and portrait sales.
A Chinese high official memorializes the throne to publish an illustrated book detailing the empire's sufferings during its flight from Peking. The book to be circulated across China as a warning against supporting the Boxer uprising. An imperial edict abolishes the bow and arrow in favor of the gun, read in Canton. Reports from Yokohama note Amur river closure and shift to eastern Siberia routes.
Peking reports Prince Ching informs foreign ministers the imperial court journey is postponed one week because the dowager Empress is fatigued from travel. Palaces and temples are repainted and regilded for the royal reception with Manchu bannermen. Foreigners note improved order and strict punishment for offenses against foreigners.
Pittsburg reports from rail managers and operators say the new workers are handling the switchmen strike well and yard congestion is easing. Strike leaders claim advances after 20 Jones and Laughlin men struck on orders, with police escort dispersing protesting workers and the protracted negotiations continuing. A joint railway union meeting denounced a rival organization and reaffirmed loyalty to contracts, noting only 129 switchmen are on strike in the district.
Speech by Chicago Federated Labor leaders warned manual training and technical schools threaten industrial unions. They urged forming labor leagues among school pupils and cited the Publicly funded schools supplying nonunion workers to the Teleplase Company. Proposal calls for graduates to organize into unions enforcing the union wage scale and barring strikebreakers.
Francis Chandler of Manchester urged an international labor alliance for offensive and defensive purposes between U S labor unions and Great Britain at the Chicago Federation of Labor meeting. He represents two million organized workers in Great Britain and was in Chicago as a fraternal delegate to the AFL.
The 1901 annual report of Controller of the Currency William B Ridgely details record resources for national banks, with total resources on Sept 30 near six billion dollars and a year rise of 647,208,795.47. It notes large net earnings for the year ended March 1 and outlines bank reorganizations and charter extension recommendations alongside gold standard discussion.
Liberals and Conservatives resume cordial contact in Colon and Pignama with no disturbances. Belizario Porras blamed for Liberal splits and the recent turn of events. Bodies along the railroad line burn, while Tribune sails toward Bocas del Toro amid disrupted Colon Sunrise communications.
Charleston opening day exercises precede the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition dedication. Bishop Ellison Capers invokes, Sass pens a dedicatory ode, staged with First Artillery Band. Depew and Governor McSweeny attend as marines parade.
In Petersburg two farm hands Harry Cummins and Harry Watson quarreled over a craps game on a wagon. Cummins stabbed Watson who then shot himself, killing Cummins’ foe and leaving Cummins wounded. Watson’s death followed his own fatal shot. Cummins was arrested as he survived. In LaPorte two traveling men were attacked by a gang of robbers near the Lake Shore station. One victim was badly injured and both declined to prosecute. Police hunt the assailants, suspected to be part of a long‑active gang.
In Greenfield Indiana early Saturday night Robert Glascock of Cleveland was shot by his 18 year old son Arthur Donal Glascock. A revolver shot entered the right side high, passed through the upper lung, and lodged near the backbone. The father, who had been drinking, threatened to kill the witch with a knife during a dispute over work. Glascock may not recover.
The Nitroglycerin Workers' National Association held its regular Marion meeting at Spencer House with about fifteen members present. Five new members joined, bringing total charity charter memberships from 22 at Findlay last June to 47. The group plans separate Ohio and Indiana field organizations next January, plus widows and orphans insurance, as it expands across fields where nitroglycerin is produced. Officers include A. T L. McCabe president, W. W. Jolly secretary, and BE 8. Mitchell treasurer.
Terre Haute Ind December 1 The jury awarded Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad Company 4000 in damages for opening onto a street through the railroad yards. City officials hailed a victory yet opposition grows as council funding and injunctions become flashpoints amid a heated dispute over the case and its fiscal impact.
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