24 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1902
Page
1
The report discusses a plan to appoint eminent tourists for arbitration if Allied powers push for settlement of the Venezuelan dispute. It notes Latin American Calvo Doctrine obstacles to arbitration and Cabinet doubts about the Hague Tribunal. It also covers Italy attempting to exclude an American steamer from Laguayra Harbor and the Giovanni Bausan commander presenting himself as a key figure in the blockade.
The Dec meeting centered on the Venezuelan dispute and the possibility of submitting it to The Hague for arbitration. President Roosevelt may appoint a high caliber board. some cabinet members oppose invoking the Monroe doctrine before a European tribunal. The Calvo doctrine looms as a crucial issue in potential arbitration.
Discussion on sending the Venezuela dispute to The Hague stalls over procedure while blockade risks and arbitration delays loom. President may push immediate arbitration to avoid red tape. Former President Cleveland declines to give opinion, noting the issue has been thoroughly discussed.
Imperial troops suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of rebels led by the pretender to the Moroccan throne. Forty sultan soldiers killed, heads displayed at the pretender’s camp. The sultan orders no mercy at Taza while reinforcements head toward the rebel stronghold. The pretender reportedly fled toward the Ghiatta hills as London dispatches describe a serious, unsettled situation.
Judge Thomas Nevitt of St. Clair county Missouri was freed from Marysville jail by Judge Philips to spend Christmas with his family and will return after the holidays. Nevitt has been jailed for failing to obey a federal mandate related to railroad bond payments.
The William R. Trigg Shipbuilding Company of Richmond Va was placed in the hands of a receiver today by Judge Grinnan of the Chancery Court after S. H. Hawes & Co coal dealers filed a bill for $2 043 for supplies. L. T. Myers vice president was named receiver under bonds of 60 000. Claims and liens total about 150 000 while bonded and equity debt reaches 2 750 000. The receiver said work would resume and steps are being taken to reorganize.
Lena M. Lillie was arrested in David City on a murder charge for shooting her husband Harvey Lillie in October. The prominent family connection and initial burglary theory were noted as investigators pursued the case. Lillie pleaded not guilty and posted bail of $2,000 provided by her father.
In Detroit on December 2, the Wabash Railroad moved in twelve damage suits filed for estates of Italians killed in a head on collision at Seneca Michigan on Thanksgiving Day. The plea claims the Italians were aliens outside Michigan death act coverage and that they were illegible laborers, seeking $360,000.
Retail districts along Washington Street brimmed with cosmopolitan crowds as interurban rail lines bolster holiday trade. merchants hailed unprecedented ten days of brisk shopping with expectations of record demand and exhausted stock by midnight.
In St Louis Judge Bland upheld an injunction against the Master Plumbers' Association preventing members from boycotting nonmembers. The appellate court ruled capital and labor have rights to form and restrain competition by lawful means, reversing Judge Woods and remanding. The association was deemed lawful and not dissolved.
Cable progress is behind schedule as the Silver Town reports only 1,677 knots laid by noon, with 107 knots laid in the last 24 hours amid a strong southwest breeze. Weather partly clear, location at 2 N, 148.24 W. Marconi telegrams to Premier Bond claim success in Cape Breton England wireless link and Newfoundland’s encouragement.
A gang terrorizing central Illinois robbed Leroy post office last night stealing $1,000 in money stamps and registered letters. They then attacked Seytr ol eight miles north, demolishing the jail with a telephone pole as a ram, and escaped on a stolen horse.
The Hemenway discussion has stirred Indiana politicians with remarks from the First District representative. Republicans across the district are weighing the talk and its implications for upcoming campaigns and party alignment.
A flurry of political chatter surrounds Representative Hemenway of the First district as reports of a gubernatorial bid circulate, fueled by a Washington announcement later denied by Hemenway. Observers debate whether the talk is a strategy to raise his profile or a genuine contest, with possible moves toward Senate plans discussed among GOP figures.
The Indiana Fraternal Congress plans a campaign to block changes to laws governing fraternal beneficiary societies. They argue current statutes, which have kept weaker or “wild cat” companies out, should stand. Milo Meredith notes strong legislative support and vows vigorous opposition to any loosening of requirements.CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COL. 4.
Across Albuquerque Santa Fe Pacific Hospital burns with 25 patients inside and uncertain fate for some. Cincinnati fires injure eight in a three story flat with several critical, while St Joseph candy factory blaze fatally injures two young workers and injures others. total losses reach about 100000 dollars.
A blaze at 8 pm swept through the John L. Roper Lumber Company mills in Gilmerton near Norfolk. By 11:30 pm eight large dry kilns and over 2,000,000 feet of lumber were destroyed, with little chance to save remaining stock as fire crews were overwhelmed. President John L. Roper could not estimate the loss but warned it would be heavy.
Bradford fire devastates the Odd Fellows block causing about 150,000 in losses. During evacuation a ladder failed injuring four firefighters. Thaddeus Green was killed while Thomas Angule, W A McCafferty and John Bigler sustained serious, though non fatal, injuries.
In Bellaire Ohio a morning fire gutted Boyd & Co wholesale produce, Camel Brick and Tile plant, Stewart & Goode warehouse, a flouring mill and four homes, with losses around 100000 dollars. In Escanaba Michigan the Es canalba Woodenware Company butter fish factory and warehouses burned, losses about 150000 dollars. In Beatrice Nebraska three business blocks and the Masonic Temple were destroyed, with losses near 125000 dollars.
The Navy orders rushed completion of the battleship Maine. At Cramps shipyard a Hes with steam up in the Delaware River awaits commissioning. Hull gleams white with nighttime electric lights. Maine carries four twelve inch breech loaders, sixteen six inch rapid fire guns, six three inch rapid fire guns, and torpedo tubes.
Geneva reports crown princess of Saxony living under the name Fraulein Von Oben with Professor Giron, a 24 year old French tutor, amid rumors of divorce and impropriety. Archduke Leopold Ferdinand and others travel with her as she plans Christmas in Geneva. Dresden reports unclear details of royal rifts and seized letters. birth hoped for in May.
In Dresden King George and Crown Prince Frederick accept the couple’s estrangement as irreparable. The princess intends to leave the court, abandon queenship, and visit her parents at Balsburg. She denounces the court’s artificial etiquette and vows to minimize contact with the crown prince. The princess said she will see her children as little as possible, citing the prince’s alleged intemperance and cruelty.
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