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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1901

Page

6

Rockhill Report on China Negotiations Issued to Congress

Special Commissioner Rockhill's long awaited report on the Chinese negotiations in Peking is submitted to Congress with the protocol and detailed statements. He details the twelve demands, China indemnities, and the United States push for moderation while backing a strong but independent Chinese government.

Washington Rockhill Secretary Peking Congress United States China Mr. Rockhill Shanghai Wu- Chang Conger Tien-Tsin Chi-Li Tsung Li Yamen Bureau of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Death by own action ends life of F. C. Steinmann in Chicago

F C Steinmann head of F C Steinmann & Co a New York jewelry firm committed suicide in the National Stamping Company office 118 Michigan street Chicago. He drew a knife after a conversation with manager Kohlhase and died within minutes. He was 38 and had been laughing moments before. Partners in New York said no known reason. He lived in Brooklyn and was married. A Des Moines business trip was planned from Chicago.

Chicago F. C. Steinmann New York F. C. Steinmann & Co National Stamping Company Michigan Street Kohlhase Steinmann Des Moines Mr. Steinmann Brooklyn

Two Fitzgeralds Die By Poison After Hardships

In Boston on December 11, the medical examiner ruled Maurice and Edward Fitzgerald killed themselves with unknown poison to end twenty years of hardship. Maurice, once a priest, was excommunicated by Archbishop Williams for violations of priestly vows and fought to lift the ban. In New York on December 1, John A Hess of Buchanan West Virginia died by inhaling gas at a small hotel. Hess, found dead, had rented the room for two days and previously published a chain of socialist newspapers in the South.

Boston Maurice Edward Fitzgerald Williams New York John A. Hess Buchanan W. Va Hess South

Royal Baking Powder Claim Highlights Quality

The text asserts Royal baking powder offers economy and top quality, touting it as the finest and most wholesome, producing delicious foods with consistent results. It presents a promotional claim emphasizing value and superior baking performance.

J Walter Esterline resigns as Purdue graduate manager

J Walter Esterline retires as Purdue athletics graduate manager after four years, noting he will not accept the office again. He helped wipe a $2,000 debt and oversaw expenses during four difficult seasons, while remaining popular with students and staff.

Indianapolis Journal Lafayette Ind J. Walter Esterline Purdue Athletics Purdue Fort Wayne Ruby Cornell Ide McKee Leslie Purdue Exponent Pee Persise Kappa Sigma Sigma Nu

Homer Binford Improves at Home After Thanksgiving Injury

Earlham College notes Homer Binford, badly hurt in the Thanksgiving football game, has been moved to his Greenfield home and is rapidly improving. Examinations start next Monday and students depart after Wednesday for Christmas vacation. The semi annual piano recital occurs in Lindley Hall I Saturday evening with Inez Nixon, Ruby Davis, Marie Ganton, Grace Forrey, Florence Davis, Mae Sipson, Mary Spray, Josephine Evans, Mrs. Clarence Hadley, Katherine Johnson, Katherine Jenkins, William Eversman, Allen Tomlinson, Effie Small, Albert Clark, Walter Wilson, Mrs. Horace Hadley, Grace Baker. Ionian and Phoenix societies announce a public entertainment Friday at Lindley Hall.

Grace Baker Ionian and Phoenix Literary Societies Lindley Halls Effie Small Inez Nixon Ruby Davis Edmund Albertson Allen Tomlinson Wilfred Reynolds Frances Shepard Katherine Johnson

Senior lecture honors read by Thomas Clarkson Trueblood

Thursday evening honors the senior with a large company attending. Thomas Clarkson Trueblood of Ann Arbor, professor of elocution at Michigan University, will read Hamlet Friday evening marking the first number of the lecture course for the year. ITHACA New York December 11 Cornell faculty of arts and sciences decides to extend the course for the AB and medical degrees from six to seven years. Princeton to Have a New Gym Princeton New Jersey December 11 a mass meeting of undergraduates promotes a new college gymnasium. Ground will be prepared soon after about 175.00 of 275000 needed has been subscribed. Harvard appointments Boston December 11 board of overseers names Olmstead landscape architecture Bigelow Carey Cabot trustees museum of fine arts for one year from Jan 1 1902 Edward Robinson lecturer on classical archaeology Theodore Richards professor of chemistry Moore Parkman theology.

Indianapolis Journal Bloomington Ind Indiana Phelps Darby Evansville Rocker Nunewehr Elfers Clevenger Smith Knight Marion Carr Anderson Thomas Clarkson Trueblood Ann Arbor Michigan University Ithaca, N. Y Cornell Faculty of Arts and Sciences Princeton N. J Petton Bayard Henry Boston Harvard University Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr Bigelow Arthur A. Carey Arthur T. Cabot Museum of Fine Arts Edward Robinson Theodore Richards Edward Caldwell Moore Parkman

Brush Plan Fails as National League Persists

New York dispatch reports John T. Brush’s plan for syndicate baseball dead as the National League votes to remain perpetual beyond the Indianapolis agreement. A. G. Spalding was briefly poised for presidency but election deferred amid heated talks. Clubs including Pittsburgh Boston Chicago Brooklyn Philadelphia favor Spalding. others undecided.

New York John T. Brush Fifth Avenue Indianapolis Brush Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati

Bicycle Race Scores At Madison Square Garden

Ten thousand spectators watched a late night bicycle race at Madison Square Garden as McLean and Butler gained a lap without dismounting, prompting a protest upheld by the referee. Final scores at 2 am showed Fischer and Chevalier leading with 1422 miles 4 laps and Butler and McLean right behind. Butler later left the track and demanded the protested lap be restored.

New York Madison Square Garden McLean Butler Fischer Chevalier Newkirk Munro McEachern Walthour Mayo Wilson Lawson Julius King Samuelson Babcock Turville Fredericks Jack Hall McLaren

Faculty Additions at Tri-State Normal and Library Dispute

Angola’s Tri-State Normal announces two new faculty members Prof Charles E Reber to head pedagogy and psychology and Miss Laura Read teaching French A library funding dispute between Crescent and Philomathean societies escalates with possible legal action and arbitration Read about the secret senior class at the college and an upcoming class pins reveal following holidays Bloomingdale Academy junior class hosts a reception in Overman Hall.

Indianapolis Angola Ind Tri- State Normal Charles E. Reber Charles Nason Laura Read Crescent Philomathean Philos Brary Fund Crescents Philo Hbrary Brary

Voyage Around the World Starts From Seagate

The sloop Volante left Seagate with six young men aged under 25 aiming to circumnavigate more than thirty thousand miles. Passengers are Harry Langdon M J Mc Gehan Russell Millard C R Middleby H C Dana and W C McMichael all from Boston. First stop will be the Azores en route to the Indian Ocean via the Mediterranean. Built in Brooklyn in 1817 the Volante is a 14 ton gross cutter with 40 feet length and home port of New York.

New York Volante Globe Seagate Harry Langdon M. J. McGehan Russell Millard C. R. Middleby Boston H. C. Dana W. C. McMichael

Louisville Savings Association Files Deed of Assignment

Louisville Savings Loan and Building Association, operating eleven years, files a deed of assignment. Liabilities are estimated at several thousand dollars, assets amount to about 8 1/2 cents on the dollar. The move follows an unfavorable Kentucky Court of Appeals decision affecting savings and loan associations.

Louisville Louisville Savings, Loan and Building Association Kentucky Court of Appeals So and Loan Wees

Yesterday's Running Winners Card

A list of odds from New Orleans and Oakland races shows New Orleans-Little Scout at 3 to 1 Frank M. 3 to 5 Golden Link 2 to 1 Fleuron 15 to 1 Free Pass 7 to 1 Little Elkin 4 to 1 and Oakland Afghan 2 to 1 Jarretierre 5 to 2 Native 7 to 6 Water Cure 3 to 1 Piohn 6 to 1 Tysherna 15 to 1.

New Orleans Little Scout Frank M Golden Link Fleuron Free Pass Little Elkin Oakland Jarretierre Native Water Cure Piohn Tysherna

Chicago bowlers back Indianapolis for national congress

W. W. Thompson head of Chicago bowlers urged Indianapolis to secure the next national congress and tournament in a letter received by Marion team members. Marion decided two man teams Knox with Carter Bryson with Brown and Quill with Leap, with special uniforms planned for the Buffalo event.

Chicago Indianapolis Buffalo Marion W. W Thompson Thompson Knox Carter Bryson Brown Quill Leap

Lehigh football captain elected nephew of Schwab

GENERAL SPORTING NEWS reports Lehigh University selecting Drew Farnbaugh as football captain, a nephew of Charles M. Schwab. It also covers Oxford defeating Cambridge in rugby with solid defense and no score until late, plus other sports items from boxing to swimming and jockey affairs.

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