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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1902
Page
12
London officials report reception of Secretary Hay's messages and similar notes from Rome and Berlin. No decision yet on cession of the Cinckade or the arbitration terms. All powers involved have shown mutual forbearance and moderation.
Paris December 27 Baron D Estuernelles De Constant French deputy and Hague arbitration tribunal member writes to President Roosevelt praising the submission of Venezuelan arbitration to The Hague. He lauds the American moral leadership, says Europe is quiescent, and credits the United States and Mexico with opening The Hague tribunal to world duties.
Forecast for Sunday and Monday calls for fair and warmer weather in Indiana with rain or snow possible later, cloudy and warmer in Hleness with rain or snow at night or Monday, and fair in Ohio though clouding and a chance of snow or rain on Monday. Local observations show west winds, light precipitation, and temperature readings with Blythe noted as Section Director.
Arrivals and departures listed for New York Liverpool Glasgow Cherbourg Havre and Havre routes. Ships include Philadelphia Scotia Etruria Minneapolis Bluecher Lucania Umbria Georgia Canadian Corean Furnessia La Touraine and Finland with destinations to Southampton Glasgow London New York Portland and more.
A fragment quotes a call to awaken the public from lethargy and push forward justice and progress, urging bold action to retake civic momentum amid general abstention and complacency. The language emphasizes leadership and courage to confront authority.
Kingston Jamaica dispatch reports British West Indian papers back Britain over Venezuela. Allegations arise of unjust imprisonment and flogging of British subjects in Nicaragua, prompting a view that current actions will serve as a general lesson and deterrent.
CARACAS December 27 United States cer Marietta will depart tomorrow for Willemstad Curaçao to avoid misinterpretation of her La Guaira presence and will stay there awaiting possible call from Minister Bowen.
In Chicago on December 27 plans are underway for a benefit at the Auditor ium Theater featuring the Theodore Thomas orchestra under an Italian composer. Mascagni issues a statement denying debt to any single party and expressing concern for his three children amid reports of trouble and arrest.
Iowa and Omaha officers identify two of three Burlingtion train robbers suspects. James Conroy formerly of Anamosa penitentiary and John Lee linked to Nebraska and Sioux Falls prisons. Third suspect Standish unnamed. Police deny any discovery of $2000 stolen money.
A New Orleans dispatch reports Standard Oil Company has secured control of the Beaumont oil field in Texas and the Jennings oil region in Louisiana. With only a few small rivals remaining, fuel oil prices are rising to 1 dollar per barrel and expected to climb further.
Fire in San Pedro California center of business district destroys about 75000 dollars of property. One laborer B Swift and retiree N C Andrinsen perish. Another San Pedro block wiped out with half insured. Other fires report in Athens Tennessee and Brooklyn New York causing combined losses.
Papers found with George Pleydell, frozen to death on Christmas Eve near Duluth, show he was the son of Maj. Thomas B. Pleydell of Acton, England. Once a tea and coffee house head in London, wealth vanished. he came to America to recover, worked as a lake sailor, and his mother’s death left him a Queensland estate valued over 20.
Cold and rainy weather marked the funeral of Col. A. E. Buck the United States minister to Japan. A large crowd of Americans and officials from Japan and other nations attended at Trinity Cathedral Tsukiji Tokio. The remains will be shipped back to the United States.
News from Seattle reports John H. Rouse died of starvation in central Bolivia during a 1900s exploration in June, with only one of thirty in the party surviving. Rouse was a pioneer mining figure in Washington and once represented Bolivia to the government, and friends seek a State Department investigation.
Denver dispatch reports Republicans filed 19 contest papers to challenge House seats from Arapahoe county and four other districts and three defeated Senate candidates joined in. The contest papers total more than 1,000 pages, signaling a lengthy legislative battle.
ERIB Pa December 27 scaffold failure during construction sent eight men crashing thirty five feet into the icehouse interior. Charles Hahn Jose Foght and Charles Neyland were seriously hurt possibly fatally.
The United States cruiser Panther departed League Island navy yard with 250 seamen and marines aboard to augment Admiral Dewey's force at Culebra Island. The vessel also carried medical supplies and medicines for the fleet.
Cuero Texas December 27 The home of Walter Laer burned today trapping three victims including two small children who perished in the blaze authorities report the fire caused total destruction of the residence and the victims were unable to escape.
The Michigan Central Railroad sued the State of Michigan for 6 million dollars in Wayne Circuit Court, claiming damages from revoking its special charter at the end of Governor Pingree’s term. It argues higher permitted fares and taxes under the charter were lost, with counsel from Henry Russell, Milburn, and Johnson.
W H Blissland is promoted to assistant general ticket agent with offices in St Louis. H D Wilson becomes assistant general passenger agent based in Memphis Tennessee. J Pannill is named traveling passenger agent with Memphis as headquarters, succeeding Ellis Farnsworth who moves to Denver. All three have long service with the Missouri Pacific.
The Seaboard Airline awarded a contract to South Baltimore car works for 1000 freight cars of 60000 pounds capacity each. Deliveries start in March and the entire order to be completed and turned over before summer. The contract represents an outlay of unspecified amount.
Buffalo division chief James P. Bradfield has been named an assistant general superintendent of the New York Central. He will assume his new duties in New York on January 1.
The Rock Island Railroad Company will spend $2,000,000 on permanent improvements along its Iowa and Nebraska lines and west to Denver. The project focuses on ballast rebuilding and enhanced depot facilities.
St Joseph Missouri December 27 8 E Crance after fourteen years as general superintendent of the Burlington Railroad has agreed to reconsider his plan to retire on January 1. He will stay on in an advisory role for an indefinite period.
Indiana brickmaker George Hinchliff awarded 22000 by a Chicago jury against the Chicago Masons and Builders Association and the Brick Manufacturers Association. He sought 100000 damages, claiming a 1898 boycott of his Hobart Indiana brick yards harmed him and his business.
Two hundred workers at the J. N. Ward & Co. overall factory in Peoria, Illinois, went on strike. President Larger arrived and gave official sanction to the action, signaling a formal backing for the labor action.
Dolly Earle a Merry Widows performer in a Philadelphia burlesque house died tonight by swallowing carbolic acid in her dressing room. She left a note to J A Fallinger Rochester N Y saying Forgive all cant stand trouble. She was about thirty, formerly with Runaway Girl and believed to hail from Oklahoma.
Cableship Newington reports passing Mont Pelee in violent eruption with grey ash plume rising from the crater. Earlier reports indicate the cone was luminous as it spewed gases and lava, with observers at St Thomas noting the dramatic display.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange opens its permanent home today in the remodeled Merchants' Exchange, marking the first time the body owns its quarters. The move reflects a historic modernization and consolidation of space once used by others since 1876.
Lewis G Reynolds of Dayton announces formation of the Carnation League of America to perpetuate McKinley’s memory and promote his principles. A general promulgation is planned for January 2, McKinley’s birthday. The league will be permanent with nationwide membership and fundraising to support its aims. The carnation symbol will be worn on the anniversary of McKinley’s death, with women and men both invited to join.
Los Angeles dispatch reports Mrs Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of General John C. Fremont, died at 79 after a pneumonia illness. Daughter of Senator Thomas H. Benton, she stood beside her husband through his career, wartime actions, poverty, and presidential campaign, leaving a renowned home filled with mementos of the Pathfinder.
A roundup of obituaries reports Prof P H Van Diest in Colorado and other notable figures dying in New York St Louis Albuquerque Springfield Philadelphia Appleton and Rome. Included are geologist Van Diest discoverer of Diestite, accountant Benjamin H Callen, Major James B Dennis, city physician Nokaloseknek, Eben Howelson mining official, cloth importer John Ellison, physician Rush Winslow, and former U S Consul General W F Jones.
In Terre Haute Indiana on December 27 a five year old girl, daughter of Gilbert Lewellyn formerly Sullivan, burned to death. The child clung to a charred doll when found, and authorities believe the doll sparked the blaze at the grate as she tried to extinguish the flames.
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 27 Dr C B Beller a noted physician from Garrison has been arrested on a charge of threatening to kill his former fiancee Miss Hall of Vinton who married on Christmas Dr Park of Fort Margon Col
New York banks arranged what is described as the heaviest January skeeetenen ever financed. About 150 million dollars is believed to be paid out, with a disbursement target of 100 million dollars.
A reader in Atchison Globe asks a married woman about the hardest part of her married life. The reply centers on chores and household duties, noting the burden of cooking and dishwashing as key strains in daily domestic life.
The readable text presents a fragmented phrase set lacking clear subjects or events. It does not specify names, places, dates, or concrete actions to summarize into a valid news item.
The American Sheet Steel Company inks a record contract with the National Roofing and Corrugating Company, value 6.49 million, to supply 80 000 tons of black sheets mainly gauges 24 to 30 next year. About 4 000 tons of galvanized product add 2.25 million, with all material from United States Steel constituents.
Certificates of incorporation were filed in Dover Delaware for the American Public Utilities Company of Cincinnati with capital of 2 million dollars to build operate and maintain electric light gas works and heating apparatus. In Cincinnati the Dover dispatch caused stir over a presumed new local power company but incorporators said it will not operate there.
Max Hayes of Cleveland, a noted Socialist leader, challenges D. M. Parry, president of the National Manufacturers' Association, to debate labor versus capital and Parry’s quoted statements. The meeting venue and date are at Parry's discretion.
A Japanese innovator Seikichi Kayene from Mito pursued a thirty year effort to remove skin stains and tattoos. The method relies on a crude compound that absorbs elements and contracts blood vessels to fade marks. The crust forms a dark layer then peels away after about two weeks revealing faded skin unless the blemish is especially stubborn.
A London Standard piece on touring English cathedrals in York Durham Exeter and Canterbury. It contrasts grandiose structures with intimate city charm, notes the storied past and ceremonial breadth, and discusses how historic dioceses influenced cathedral size and design.
The essay praises England’s cathedrals along the Thames and across the realm. Westminster and Canterbury anchor the sacred history, with Winchester and Durham famed for Saxon and Benedictine legacies. Wells, Lichfield, Exeter, Canterbury, Westminster, York, Salisbury, Gloucester and others are celebrated for beauty, tradition, and the religious arts they embody.
A New York Sun anecdote recalls how a penniless youth wooed his future wife through a soda fountain ruse. He joined a rival shop, befriended the clerk, and, by frequent ice cream soda visits and social maneuvering, drew the attention of a young woman already courted by another man, ultimately winning her hand.
Watertown special recalls guide Chick Bruce guiding Grover Cleveland in the Adirondacks. Bruce recounts a Saranac Lake hunt where Cleveland held a loaded double barreled shotgun near his heart on a buck hunt. Bruce says he kept a watchful eye on the President and often brought his boy along for safety duties.
The piece argues chronic indigestion stems mainly from improper eating rather than stomach disease. It urges thorough mastication, slow eating, adequate but not excessive water, and avoiding overloaded meals. It suggests trying single food items at meals if digestion remains poor.
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