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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
2
At Alexandria Indiana a gas regulator caused a morning fire at the Penn American Plate Glass Company plant. Prompt work confined flames to the boiler room, saving pumps and preventing mass layoffs. insurance covers the loss.
Fire at Denlinger Bros oil refinery on Smallman street caused by a plumber’s torch igniting woodwork. Flames spread along the Allegheny Valley track to Jelly’s foundry and nearby brick dwellings. One man Andrew Schubert died after being trapped under floor. another worker Jackson Ballard tried to rescue him. Fire under control by 2 PM. damage to Jelly foundry and homes estimated around m0.
John E. Dempsey a printer died at St Joseph's Hospital after leaping from a fourth floor window during a fire at the Washburn building on Fifth near Wa bash. The blaze began on the second floor in J Fox's taller shop from a gasoline stove at 5 pm. Firemen rescued occupants as a woman clung to a fifth floor window with a dog. Damage to the building was small.
In West Philadelphia two more deaths followed a Wednesday fire at the home of James H. Connelly. Four year old Mary Connelly died from burns, while Ella Connelly aged twenty eight died after leaping from a second story window. Two month old Connelly infant died later, and two other family members remain severely burned but expected to recover.
The Nippon Yuzen Kaisha liner Shinano Maru is afire in Port Townsend after returning from sea with several thousand tons of cotton and general freight aboard. The ship arrived at port this morning with a fire in her hold, taking out the most valuable Oriental cargo ever sent from the port.
Guthrie Oklahoma December 26 Simon Owens 102 a former slave born on General Andrew Jacksons plantation died in a cabin fire today. He was crippled during the Civil War era and witnessed the city siege during General Grant's campaign.
A string of fires devastated sites from Chicago to New York. An A F Mueller grain elevator on Fifty fifth street burned with machinery and grain losses around 200000, forcing nearby families from cottages. Chickasaw fire on Christmas day weighs heavy, losses around 75000. Gull Ship Island depot frame buildings burned near Hattiesburg with 40000 loss and 10000 insured. Cudahy Packing pharmaco department fire causes 35000 to 40000 damage. Zepp cabinet factory in Brooklyn burns, valued at 50000.
The forecast covers Friday and Saturday with Ohio and Indiana Illinois and Kentucky highlights. Fair on Friday, increasing clouds and possible rain Saturday with light to fresh southerly winds. Temperatures show a maximum around 38 and a low near the normal for late December. Blythe notes regional departures and precipitation totals.
In December ships listed sailing from New York to Havre and Bremen. The Cymric sailed from Liverpool to New York while Noordland arrived from Philadelphia at Liverpool. The Pennsylvania reached Hamburg from New York and Lahn arrived at Rotterdam from York bound for Genoa. Maasam arrived in Rotterdam from New York.
In Basel Switzerland the Zionist congress opened with Dr. Theodore Herzl presiding. More than a thousand delegates from all major nations except Australia attended. Herzl praised the Sultan for sympathy with Zionist aims and voiced confidence in a national colonization path over charitable efforts.
A World cablegram describes Christmas in the Holy Land with clear skies and chill air. Crowds arrive from Jerusalem, Europe, and America, mingling in vivid attire as Catholics, Greeks, and Armenians worship at the Church of the Nativity. High mass and continuous vigils mark the holy day.
Queen Wilhelmina weighs restoring the Dam palace in Amsterdam to its original municipal use. A Hague dispatch says the project would fund a new town hall while reassigning the palace to city authorities. The plan pleases Amsterdam residents who view the site as a historic wonder.
Emperor William arrived in Gotha for the tercentenary of Duke Ernest the Pious birthday and visited Friedenstein palace. The city is decorated as he addressed Prince Ernest of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and spoke of uniting the Evangelical Church in Germany and hopes for blessings across the nation.
London opinion on how to respond to American and German competition reveals wide disagreement among notable leaders. Also reported are Dix extradition plans, Naples tornado damage, and Japan cabinet differences resolved.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe possible government financial programme passing the Diet. Mention of Marquis Ito intervention and redrafting efforts suggests political maneuvering around the budget.
Rome reports a pontifical mission will be sent to the Edward coronation modeled on the Victorian jubilee effort with a head of mission yet to be chosen. In St Petersburg a draft Italy Russia commerce treaty was signed awaiting ratification by Italy’s Chamber of Deputies. In Madrid Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch is awarded the Golden Fleece. London confirms King Edward will personally open Parliament.
Pittsburg district railroads raise wages for brakemen yardmen and yard firemen by 2 cents an hour for yard conductors and brakemen and 1 cent for yard firemen. Yard engineers keep pay but are now relatively higher. Move follows failed strike and aims to ease increasingly difficult yard work. Cleveland reports Lake Shore Railroad plans similar rises soon after year start with other eastern trunk lines expected to follow.
Cleveland report says General Manager Wolgin of the Pittsburg Steamship Company fleet, part of United States Steel, is gathering names of engineers to receive year end bonuses from 1 to 100 dollars. The move is seen as reducing the chance of labor disputes next year.
Former President Grover Cleveland has accepted a position in the industrial department of the National Civic Federation formed after a labor and capital peace conference. In a December letter to Oscar Strauss he cites duty and his aim for industrial peace, while Strauss notes all general committee members have accepted. In Chicago, Ben Tillett of the London Dockers Union criticizes Andrew Carnegie for not raising wages, suggesting he buy beef instead of books. the remarks were made at Hull House during a AFL convention gathering of trade unionists.
A New York evening paper reports that Andrew Carnegie has offered Columbia University a very large sum. Acting President Butler declined to comment on the offer.
Kalispell Montana December ? Andrew Carnegie proposes to give the city ten thousand dollars for a site and a thousand dollars yearly for maintenance the city already spends that amount on library support if the deal proceeds the city would provide the site and sustain the library at current levels through Carnegie funds
The Board of Estimate adopted a resolution of thanks to Andrew Carnegie for his gift of 5,400,000 to build libraries in New York City.
Kansas City reports the local A Y P C T U sent a telegram to Senator Cockrell of Missouri protesting wine use at the Missouri battle ship christening in Newport News next Saturday. Cockrells daughter Miss Marion Cockrell of Warrensburg Mo will christen the ship and the senator will deliver the oration.
Four boys skated on Lahave river yesterday and all four fell through the ice and drowned. The victims were Ferry Rhodenhauser eleven? actually fourteen, Melville Rhodenhauser twelve, Curry Hublein ten, and George Bachman ten.
In Galion Ohio on December 26 a premature explosion of a small cannon during a celebration at the Gottner residence five miles southeast of the city seriously injured five youths. One victim John Gottner suffered facial burns and eye injuries as a result of the blast.
A short note promotes Jen-O dessert as a two minute no bake treat. Prepare with hot water and cooling time. Flavors include orange raspberry and strawberry. Tracers priced at 10 cents each.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Warren Lafayette Wabash Fort Wayne cover a spate of deadly incidents. Elmer Sprowl 25 oil pumper killed by a gas engine accident near Liberty Center area. J R Lynch injured in Hazelrigg wreck on Big Four railroad deteriorates. internal injuries and spinal damage. William Wallace hurt severely at Pioneer hat works by shaft entanglement. fatal head trauma. Henry Anderson linked to Christmas orgy death at George Shaffer home with postmortems showing possible asphyxiation.
The cant for a liquor license against B F Gif ford and 356 remonstrators, long stalled since fall 19, was compromised as rival interests paid witness fees and shared court costs. The applicant will obtain the license amid the bitter temperance versus saloon factions in the township. In Muncie Willard Miley, 30, of Yorktown, shot himself in the breast with a dobert rifle at 1 am, dying likely before morning, after his wife left him four weeks prior for Gas City. He went to his father's home and, undressed, lay in bed and fired. the bullet struck just above the heart. In Greensburg the county Republican field shows a spirited campaign for county offices, with every courthouse post open to new candidates except the sheriff, who seeks a second term amid strong challenger interest.
Bloomington ind dec. Prof William H Glascock superintendent of city schools since 1899 died at 5 am of acute ascending paralysis after recovering from typhoid fever. He planned to attend a state teachers meeting before relapse. Funeral plans call for services in Bloomington and burial in Greenfield. He was 44, a native of Hancock county, and father to one son. He held posts in Hancock Greenfield and Indianapolis before leading Bloomington schools.
In Winslow, Indiana, nine miles south of Petersburg, a smallpox outbreak has infected more than a dozen residents. One death reported and several others in critical condition as health officer Basinger fights to enforce quarantine and halt further spread.
Across Danville mines three serious cutting affrays occurred. A Kentucky arrival Edwards nearly cut Charles Pilseher. Jackson was shot and cut at Fairmount by Cook. Frank Davis was knifed at Mission Field in a clash with a white assailant. Minor stabbings occurred at Kellyville and Himrod. No arrests yet. Noblesville, Ind. Dec 26. Brisk investigation continues. motive unclear. Seay murder linked to Will Fodrea. A shotgun found near the city may connect to the mill homicide. Seay buried in Richmond, Virginia.
Wabash County Commissioners awarded the public printing contract for 1902 with Burford of Indianapolis the low bidder on most items in Classes 1 and 2 while Plain Dealer Company of Seymour secured Class 3. Petersburg Republicans plan a mass meeting January 1 at the courthouse with J. W. Wilson as principal speaker for attorney general nomination. Seymour grocer George W. Guthrie made a voluntary assignment with A. & Lewis as assignee. assets exceed liabilities. Portland reports the eastern county resident Ira Miller stricken with smallpox in serious condition. Greensburg thiefs steal over $60 from widow Lucinda Cruser while she visited friends.
Olympia dispatch reports Gov John R Rogers died at 8 tonight after pneumonia developed from a cold. Born 1838 in Brunswick Maine, Rogers held roles from schoolteacher to Kansas editor and Washington governor. Lt Gov Henry G McBride will succeed him, with McBride’s rise from La Conner to Mt Vernon and a prior four year term as Superior judge.
Phoebe Johnston a well known colored woman died and was buried in Greensburg on Christmas Day. Born in Virginia in 1797 she lived across three centuries. She left a daughter over eighty and several grandchildren past fifty.
In Clay City Bud Rogers and his brother Walter disturbed a Free Methodist service Friday night. After being told to exit one struck a congregant Irwin Smith, causing injury. fines were imposed and later remitted. A second charge carried a $2.58 fine. A drunk man at an opera event was dragged out, and another man armed with a shotgun was beaten and expelled from a restaurant.
In Anderson Indiana Frank Timmons a discharged worker stabbed Toner Davis a wire nail mill employee and brother in law of foreman Patrick McLaughlin tonight Davis sustained multiple facial wounds including cuts to the nose eyelids and a stab wound and was hospitalized with possible fatal injuries Timmons fled after the assault. Davis is young and unmarried while Timmons is a widower.
Greencastle Indiana January 3 and 4 will host the Putnam County Farmers Institute in the courthouse with a large local speaker lineup and outside guests from Purdue University Orleans and Fairfield. The Putnam County Poultry Association will hold its annual exhibition January 1 4 boasting one of its largest entry lists in years. Windfall Indiana December 9 The celebrated case of Joseph A Guymon appli-
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Henry Frederick a well known blacksmith in Knightstown died suddenly at work this afternoon. His body was warm when found. He left a widow and eight children and came from a large connected family.
Whitestown Indiana December reports William Wright a prominent resident died this afternoon of heart failure at age sixty. A Civil War volunteer with the Fifty first Indiana Regiment he belonged to Whitestown Lodge I O O F and funeral services will be held Saturday under the Odd Fellows lodge. Benjamin Fifer prominent Bear Creek township resident died suddenly from paralysis in Bear Creek township. Portland Indiana December 26 Mrs Swarner eighty one died at home after paralysis leaving few hours. Tel Seitz cigar and tobacco dealer in Muncie died at his farm near Muncie aged fifty eight. Seitz a charter member of Indianapolis Lodge of Elks attended Muncie Lodge and funeral will be held there.
Sir Joseph Noel Paton the painter was found dead in his Edinburgh bed today. Born in Dunfermline on December 13 1821 he studied at the Royal Academy and won Westminster Hall premiums, later becoming an academician and Royal Manner. He married Margaret Ferrier in 1855 and authored Poems by a Painter Spin Drift. He was knighted in 1567.
Henry C. Seabrook president of Seabrook & Smith Carriage Company was found dead in his New Haven residence later thought to have died Tuesday night of heart disease. His daughter was away from home over Christmas and he lived alone. Moses Weller former Cleveland leather dealer died in Pittsburg at age seventy three. Remains will be taken to Cleveland for burial.
Telegraphic briefs report Governor Pleasant Porter of the Creek Nation securing a Congress bill via Rep De Graffenreidh of Texas to admit Indian boys to West Point. Schwab travels abroad for rest, denies business purpose. Embezzler Alfred Vanhorn arrested in Cincinnati. Ohio Valley Shoe Co. involved. Pope bicycle works transfer filed in Hartford with about 300000 dollars stamp value. Mahoning and Shenango Valley Bessemer Association sells 75000 tons pig iron to U S Steel at 15.75, plus sales to independents. Buffalo mayor removes City Treasurer Philip Gerst after misconduct inquiry. council to elect successor.
Empire City race track at Yonkers N Y was sold at public sale to Frank Farrell of New York for 218000 Farrell declined to disclose plans for the track Tod Sloan to return to saddle on the metropolitan turf next spring with English Jockey Club clearance pending Walking match at St Louis Coliseum canceled after weeks of setup with top walkers from across the country involved
The tenth annual convention of the National Duroc Jersey Record Association was held in Des Moines Iowa. Officers elected include President Aaron Jones South Bend Indiana and Secretary Treasurer Robert J Evans El Paso. Chicago was chosen as the next meeting place.
Creditors of Robert M. Britton of Brazil filed a petition in the United States Court seeking a declaration of bankruptcy. The filing states he is insolvent and unable to pay his debts as a farmer involved in the bankruptcy case in the U.S. court.
The University of Kansas men’s basketball game with Y M C A was canceled for next week. Crawfordsville High and Shortridge High face off in a double header followed by a Wabash College matchup. Charles Gardner totaled 2083 in ten games against Lee Graff at City Club alleys with high set scores listed.
Tommy Ryan, once a prize fighter now KC businessman, sues James J. Jeffries in Circuit Court for 1000 claimed as unpaid training fees from Jeffries preparation for the Corbett bout at Coney Island in May 1890s. Papers served during a Turkish bath. Jeffries slept through. Ryan says 1680 already paid in installments, leaving 1000 due. Jeffries gave an exhibition last night.
Thomas J. Hickey in St Joseph denies dispatches claiming the American Association will place a club in Louisville or Chicago. He confirms Omaha as the eighth city with a top baseball man leading the Omaha club and Milwaukee forming a compensation setup to manage it. No member would consent to altering the circuit.
In Muncie Indiana the Muncie and Anderson polo clubs faced off for the second of sixteen games for a 220 purse. Muncie again won as crowds packed the arena. Mike Richmond is set to meet Anderson tomorrow night.
ST. JOSEPH MO DEC president Hickey of the Western Association denies that the magnates meeting called for Chicago in December has been declared off.
Joe Wise confessed taking chickens from Keystone Dairy near Nera with a bag found on him as Patrolmen Hart and Redmire detained him at midnight in the city. A letter shows past work for a chewing gum outfit in Richmond and Danville. A fire at David Bell’s home on Ta oma avenue caused $500 in losses.
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