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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1902
Page
6
A two year old white brown spotted English pointer named Frits is stray or stolen. Property owner offers reward for return. Contact Monument Place.
A defective electric light wire in the Granger store at 8 West Washington street caused a fire at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. Lee Shoecraft living above reported smoke and flames from the rear building. Firemen faced barred doors, but water was directed into the rear as the blaze confined to the dry goods area. Stock and building suffered damage. owner KB Brown says his insurance will cover losses and expects no further issue.
The Pennsylvania Railroad aims to raise the efficiency of its Northwestern system. Starting Jan 1 Fort Wayne car shops will produce five cars daily with seven gangs of four men, replacing five gangs. Capacity is ten cars daily. the shop workforce is the largest in its history. A total fleet expansion includes 4,917 cars costing 5.5 million dollars. The plan includes new locomotives, then 72 locomotives from ordered 90. The Texas & Pacific extension to Trinidad, connecting Denver and Rio Grande, is discussed, with Rio Grande roadbed improvements and Gould system strategy to hedge against Hawley Harriman interests.
The Minneapolis Journal reports the flour rate dispute is settled with new tariffs to take effect January 1. Domestic flour to the seaboard will be 25 cents per 100 pounds, export flour 22 1 2 cents, rising to 27 1 2 and 23 1 2 respectively. Through rates for millers will adjust, and Eastern lines may be held to prior tariffs for routes not notified to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Prominent railroads announce leadership shifts with Cassatt touting Pennsylvanias talent amid a push for general superintendent duties. Locomotive firemen threaten no strike while awaiting pay increases. Federal probes target Chinamen smuggling on several trains. Advertising leader A Darlow stresses rail marketing value. North Western and Northern Pacific wage demands alarm managers. Cassatt offers to assume locomotives from any yard with 1903 orders, while Loree warns no locos before 1943 if orders lag.
National Convention of the Modern Woodmen of America will be held in Indianapolis next June. A preliminary meeting to arrange the Indianapolis Head Camp will be held in Denison January 8 through 10 at the Denison Hotel. Officials, lectures, and discussions from across the order are listed, with William A. Northcott and Charles W. Hawes named as head officials for Illinois and Rock Island, respectively.
The United Mine Workers may raise President Mitchell’s pay to 3000 dollars a year and Secretary Wilson’s in proportion from current 1800 and 1500. Mitchell led strike efforts from the coal fields while Wilson managed the relief fund and office staff. A January Indianapolis convention and wage talks with soft coal operators loom as likely to lift miners’ wages. S. M. Sexton predicts wage gains in the final issue of the union paper.
Captain Hyland and Sergeant Corrigan raided a pool room at College and Massachusetts last night arresting sixteen boys. A table held dice and a dollar. one boy escaped via a cellar door. Police filed visits and keepings against Brockway and others, with Goldie Smith named as operator absent at call.
Elisa Hedges aged sixty five a doorkeeper at the Empire Theater was stricken with paralysis yesterday morning at his home 12% East Vermont street. The age and condition are noted with concern. He previously ran an undertaking business on Westrket street.
Christmas services filled Episco pal churches led by St Pauls with 6:30 8:00 and 10:25 masses. Rev J A Brown praised large crowds and Rev C M Wilson preached. Catholic masses began at 4 am in St Johns Cathedral with sermons by Father Donnoghue and music by Mil lard and Mercadante. Over 5000 attended St Johns. vesper and high masses followed at multiple churches with orchestral and choral works by Novello and Verdi amid festive decor.
At the chapel on North Alabama street a Sunday school celebration featured five tableaux illustrating the church’s five ages. The program included music and other entertainment performed last night.
An eyewitness recounts how German and British warships precipitated crisis in Venezuela, detailing Count Yvon de La Motte on the Red D line steamer Philadelphia and Caracas crowds reacting to ultimatums. The piece covers Castro's leadership, ammunition gains, and mob violence against German and Belgian officials amid fears of U S intervention.
A veteran observer describes endemic yellow fever in Caracas and the German and British economic push in Venezuela. He notes German colonization, marriages, and debt claims fueling anti German sentiment, the sinking of Venezuelan ships by allied forces, and fears of a Monroe Doctrine crisis as President Castro vows to defend sovereignty with stark measures.
Philadelphia records a bowling revival as new alleys rise across the city. The sport draws crowds to public and private venues, with initial build costs of 400 to 500 dollars signaling growing interest and accessibility for players of all levels.
In August a large iron duck mill in New Hartford Connecticut shut down under a trust order forcing nearly a thousand residents to flee. Dozens of houses were boarded up rents offered free to remaining workers many aged due to scarce job options. Payroll pre closure was over 175000 dollars a year government and local services suffered real estate declined and churches and schools weakened as the town faded under industrial caprice.
Baltimore American argues President Roosevelt should decline the request for arbitration. The Hague tribunal is cited as the proper international mechanism to uphold law and precedents, with a mixed commission as the next best option if arbitration cannot be settled. The piece claims acceptance would provoke trouble and dissatisfaction, worsening the Venezuelan dispute.
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