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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1902
Page
12
A fragment references preference to veterans and well qualified applicants for federal positions, mentioning Theodore Roosevelt and a January 17 White House note. The text hints at civil service hiring priorities and veteran retention, with unclear date formatting.
The Democratic House steering committee reached a secret decision on a policy line to be recommended to the minority caucus. They plan to refer all questions to the full caucus for discussion and have requested a caucus call for next Friday night.
The House convened with Mr Joy of Missouri proposing two more messengers, which passed. Mr Cannon moved an urgency deficiency bill totaling over 16 million dollars and signaled another such bill later, listing items for towns, buildings, ordnance, and diplomatic expenses. The state department contingency fund for Prince Henry was set at 40 thousand dollars. After amendments to a Charleston exhibit bill were approved, the House adjourned at 12 43.
Washington January 18 The census director released findings on urban population growth in the North and South. Large Northern cities rise nearly twice as fast as the nation, while Southern small towns surge, and Southern rural areas expand rapidly. The North’s city share remains higher, yet the South grows as fast overall. The paradox underscores regional urbanization patterns.
Washington reports a Sunday and Monday forecast with fair conditions in Ohio and Indiana, snow in the east and colder winds in the east and central regions. Indiana is expected to stay fair with light northerly to variable winds, while temperatures average around 42 degrees with lower minimums.
Shipping notes show departures from New York Havana and Cherbourg with routes to Genoa Naples Hamburg and the United States. Battleship Minnesota sails for a special cruise. Arrivals include Bergen Cygnic and Umbria from Philadelphia and New York. Port calls at Liverpool Cherbourg and Antwerp are noted with outbound and inbound vessels.
The data show large cities grew fastest in the North due to rapid expansion of big urban centers, while the South lagged in large-city growth but gained in small cities and rural areas. nationwide city populations rose 35.9 percent in metros, with regional variations in size brackets and per capita living in cities.
Minister Wu approached Secretary Hay over restoring 378.60 dollars in silver bullion seized by American marines at Tien Tsin. The funds, part of salt revenue, could not be returned due to Chinese government disarray. Wu has no authorization to accept the money, which will be paid as a Treasury draft exchangeable in Shanghai.
President receives Berlin official Ludwig Max Goldberger. Kahn introduces Chinese exclusion bill with Pacific coast backing. Philadelphia river and harbor delegation seeks Delaware River Channel project with 6000000 dollars in present and 2100000 dollars in contracts. Mason reports post offices bill on Franking for Mrs McKinley. Republicans defer war tax reduction until Cuban reciprocity review by Ways and Means. Post office committee to investigate second class mail next week. Coast artillery at Fort McHenry contributes to McKinley memorial arch. American Association of Masters and Pilots of Steam Vessels meets in White House East Room. Industrial committee to present recommendations to Congress in about a fortnight. Roosevelt and Knox dinner hosts include cabinet members and Dalzell.
J B Bottineau, son of Pierre Bottineau and longtime counselor to the Turtle Mountain Indians, warns in Minneapolis that forcible removal of long hair and ban on traditional dress by government order would spark a revolution. He says strict enforcement of Commissioner Jones's directive threatens racial identity and could trigger bloodshed.
Frankfort witnesses testifying in the Jim Howard trial indicate Howard was at the Board of Trade Hotel when Goebel was shot. Poore and Robertson describe Howard’s clothing and appearance, challenging Stubblefield’s testimony. Judges and editors doubt Stubblefield’s credibility as impeachment hearings continue toward a conclusion by Tuesday.
Louisville mayor receives a letter from Andrew Carnegie's private secretary offering 250000 for a city public library if Louisville provides 25000 annually for maintenance and a suitable site. The offer follows Mayor Grainger's request for library support and mirrors a prior Carnegie proposal.
Mrs Helen M York and John Blanch linotype operators were trapped on the fourth floor of a Milton place building as flames closed in from below and behind. Firemen lifted a long ladder to the window and both escaped onto the ladder then to the street. Loss totaled about 50000 dollars. the building housed printers, paper dealers, and electrical goods storage.
A seven story La Strain Hotel at 3515 Ellis avenue in Chicago was nearly destroyed by fire. Sixty women and children were inside, with Otto Bola the elevator boy rescuing them after making several perilous trips through smoke. One fireman injured. Loss estimated at 100000. In Harmony, Illinois, R L Spears home burned, two year old daughter died, four children saved. roof collapse trapped the infant.
In Milton North Dakota on January 18 Mrs Lars Hanson perished while starting a kerosene fire. Her visiting sister Miss Lottie Dotty from Chicago died at 6 this morning from injuries sustained in the rescue attempt.
Spokane Washington January 18 Cen tennial Milling Company roller mill at Sprague Lake was burned today at an estimated loss of 10000 dollars.
London obituary announces the death of Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett after an appendicitis operation. Born 1849 in Plymouth Mass, he became a prominent politician and author of Thessaly battlefield works. Also reported in New York is Lieut Thorwald Fritzsche, linked to Denmark and U S Navy service, and Ernest Victor Clergue of Sault Ste Marie dies in Chicago at forty one.
Rome obituary notes the death of composer Fillipo Marchetti aged 88. Born February 26, 1835 at Bolognola he led a Rome music college as president from 1881 and authored operas including Romeo and Giulietta in 1866 Ruy Blas in 1889 and Don Giovanni dAustria in 1580.
An east bound Southern Railway passenger train near Wautauga was sabotaged when a spike was placed in a rail joint. The engine left the track at forty miles per hour but stayed upright and stopped without injuries to the forty passengers aboard.
Health Department officers swarmed the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce this morning vaccinating occupants and visitors. Police barred the exits causing excitement as about thirty country visitors and about thirty traders received shots amid the crowded scene.
A check for 1000 dollars was received in St Paul to settle the life policy of the late Minneapolis millionaire Frank H. Peavey. The check is payable to George W. Peavey and Frank T. Heffel finger, special administrators of the Peavey estate. The payment is described as the largest settlement of its kind to date.
The testimony cites drugs similar to those in the victim’s stomach, along with chloroform and chloral hydrate, allegedly sold by Thomas the day before the murder. Garments worn by the murdered girl were introduced as evidence, and relatives of Miss were overwhelmed by the scene.
Dr Antonio Jose Cadivid and Gen Manuel Mallarino have arrived in New York from Panama to negotiate sale of the government emerald mines at Muza Boyaca. The government reportedly earns 20000 dollars monthly from rent but seeks outright sale due to financial stagnation and military costs. Mallarino says the rebellion is reduced to a few guerrilla bands and will be suppressed.
The Illinois Central Railroad will install telephone wires at principal stations to transmit orders and messages. Proponents claim improved safety and service, with costs about 100 dollars per mile, totaling roughly 5400000 to cover the road and branches. Initiation will begin in Chicago, with work also starting in New Orleans and St Louis as the system expands from three centers.
TOPEKA Kan Jan 18 W A Nettleton of Kansas City appointed successor of George R Henderson as assistant superintendent of machinery for the Santa Fe Railroad He was formerly superintendent of motive power for the Kansas City Fort Scott Memphis and resigned before the road’s consolidation with the Frisco He is the son of ex President Nettleton of the Frisco.
Springfield Jan 18 James D Welch resigns as chief dispatcher of the middle division of the Wabash Railroad with De catur as headquarters He will join the Denver Rio Grande Railroad as superintendent of car service with headquarters in Denver He departs Monday for his new assignment in Denver
San Francisco January 18 K H Harriman president of the Southern Pacific Company has authorized five large contracts. The project will straighten eighty seven miles of the Central Pacific line east of Vista Nevada. The total outlay is set at 1 750 000 dollars.
Fulton, Mo., Jan. 18 report on the Commercial Bank after its cashier Philip S. Adams vanished shows a worse condition than expected. An added shortage of 35,800 in collections since Jan 1 was found, bringing total missing to at least 19,000. The bank held about 6.00 county funds. Adams has not been heard from and friends say he may return to make an accounting.
A State Board of Charities and Corrections report to Governor Orman harshly criticizes the State Industrial School for Boys in Denver. It finds excessive and unnecessary corporal punishment and calls for the removal of Superintendent Mirick and other officers. The document urges a complete change in the school's conduct.
New Orleans news reports a meeting of Ninth colored regiment members urging a colored man be appointed naval officer of the Port of New Orleans to replace the late John Weber. They note colored individuals have held the post under Republican administrations from Grant forward and request Roosevelt follow precedent.
In the Maybe mine John Warner and Gus Peterson were lowered in a bucket to the shaft bottom when gas overcame them. Both men, about thirty and single, were fatally asphyxiated. Reports from the district note gas prevalence due to atmospheric changes.
In Criminal Court Thomas Redmond aged seventeen, recently convicted of second degree murder for stabbing to death Thomas Scruggs son of a wealthy cattleman, was sentenced to twenty five years in the penitentiary.
Guthrie Oklahoma January 18 two boxers Elmer Jones of Helen and Michael Parker from Pauls Valley fought over a card game in a back room. A pistol shot ended the confrontation both men were killed at the scene.
Interest in the Mabel Schofield murder case rose today prompting officials to limit public access. A druggist testified he sold to an individual named Thomas on trial, with ages and other details given in the proceedings.
CHICAGO January 18 Judge Smith denied a motion for a new trial for Alexander Sullivan who was convicted of conspiracy to keep James Lynch, a fugitive from justice, out of the State. The court reserved ruling on the arrest of judgment.
A section of concrete floor collapsed at a new hotel on King Street in Toronto this morning. Four men were badly hurt and one, James Spencer, may die as rescuers fought to reach trapped workers amid debris.
Washington letters recount the 1888 Prince of Wales ban on Wetmores after Edith Keteltas Wetmore declined luncheon with him in Hamburg. The tale links royal snub to Mary Audenried and Mary Anderson anecdotes, noting further royal attentions to American women and humorous canal map quip.
A New York mother known for giving instructive replies to her son's questions faced a geography puzzle recently. She explained places and borders with clear, practical guidance, reflecting her habit of turning inquiries into learning moments.
Charles H. Coffin argues that city beauty remains undervalued by most, despite rapid transit gains and conveniences. He notes Paris beauty as a world trade asset and Italy’s 15th to 16th century urban art as a lasting dividend, valued at millions annually.
A Detroit Free Press piece recounts a minister lamenting his trouble with his son who throws stones at a neighbor’s boy. The boy defends himself saying sermons can be preached without a pulpit, citing his father’s own claim that there are sermons in stones.
A Philadelphia letter argues that tunnel signals were obscured by smoke and steam and that a train must be slowed when lights fail. It claims engineer Wiskar failed to do so, suggesting nervousness or overcaution. Rail managers doubt him but cite occasional mental lapses in even the most experienced crews.
Night keeper reports a bizarre scene in the snakehouse cobra cage. During the day garter snakes placed to bait cobras were devoured except one, where two hungry cobras battled over a single prey, each gripping it by different ends as darkness fell.
A furious row erupts as two cobras strike and thrash against the cage glass. The keeper leaps in with a knife and cuts the garter snake in half, releasing the snakes. The cobras retreat to their corners and digest their halves.
Washington Times describes a Pittsburg operator who coined the nickname B O 9 for Mrs Bonine after confusion over Mrs Boine. The piece highlights how abbreviations shorten dispatches and spread nationwide, with humor about the death of James S Ayres and the misreading of names.
Springfield Republican reports Colonel Russell B. Harrison denies opposing a pension for General Benjamin Harrison’s second wife to spare old friends and admirers the hurtful tale.
In St Paul Globe report readers express strong opposition to Maclay giving a lecture. Many would welcome a chance to protest and throw a brick at the event, reflecting heated public sentiment and potential disruption.
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