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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
1
Four missing American school teachers were discovered fatally harmed on a Philippine island after a picnic outing on June 10. Three men and a woman, alleged to be involved, were identified as assailants by local authorities.
War Department dispatch reports the murder of four missing school teachers in Cebu, with the leader of the attackers killed and eight captives. The Cincinnati teacher Ernest Heger and Clyde France from Delaware are named among the dead or missing, while Thomas reportedly safe in Japan. Major Parker’s statistics show 2,561 engagements in the Philippine insurrection and 4,470 total deaths and wounds.
Washington July 23 The cholera epidemic hits the army medical corps in the Philippines with deaths and heroic nursing. Private G. M. Eiseman dies after nursing a comrade infected, and Private Leonard B. Stevenson continues duties after tending others under danger. The casualty list honors duty well done amid war’s bullets and disease, a public salute to courage. The report also notes passport rules issued under new law, extending to loyal insular populations with guidance to governors.
War Department reports progress on the Manila post funded by Congress with 40 000 dollars and 1 40 acres along the Pasig river. The tract three miles by one mile hosts graded roads and rapid building, with lumber from the Columbia river and Puget Sound costing about 15 dollars per thousand plus transport, cheaper than Manila prices. Denver clergy adopt resolutions on Philippines schooling and friar issues, praising a public instruction department while opposing forcible friar removal and missionary proselytizing.
Indiana fourth class postmasters were appointed today in Cory Clay County L G West replacing J R Ferrell resigned and Tyner Marshall County A E Fink replacing J M Schroeder resigned.
J Frederick Lyman, distributing clerk at the Cleveland post office, was killed at his door by an unknown man who fired three shots, two striking him in the abdomen. He died within fifteen minutes. Lyman said he had no idea who his killer might be.
Three Americans allegedly halted the Wells-Fargo express messenger and robbed the safe of $53,000 aboard the northbound Mexican Central train near Bermenillo. The bandits fled as rurales pursue them.
News briefs report several drowning incidents across locations. A West river native steamer capsized near Hong Kong, with about 200 perishing. In Savannah a pleasure sloop capsized on the Ogeechee near Hell Gate. Captain Calder’s mother and infant daughter drowned, while Calder's father and wife were injured and later died. Washington reports two hospital corps privates drowned while bathing in the Potomac, their boat found abandoned with clothes aboard.
Elliott, county Republican chairman, forms executive and campaign committees as he seeks permanent headquarters. Maps reopen precinct boundaries to 254 from 240, shaping staff deployment. a speakers bureau and card system will boost outreach. State committee kickoff slated Sept 8, with Bev eridge expected to open the county campaign.
Winnipeg dated report recalls Trumpeter Davy and Private Esple of the Canadian Mounted Rifles drowned when their boat capsized in the Assiniboine River. Davy recently returned from London as an attache to the U S military mission for the coronation. Forsythe Montana note reports Edward Philbrook's drowning in Rosebud River. Philbrook was a wealthy eastern Montana cattle owner.
Newport Rhode Island July 2 Society at this resort has given itself to weddings. The naval affair yesterday across the bay at Jamestown joined Miss Marion L. Cutler and Lieutenant Arthur Chester. Tomorrow will see Miss Lillie Oelrichs wed Peter Martin of San Francisco, and Saturday the marriage of Miss Sarah Van Alan to Robert J. Collier. The OelrichsMartin wedding expects an immense turnout, with guests from the summer colony and from distant cities.
Evidence of another mysterious tragedy found on shore as a man’s body with throat cut from ear to ear was discovered inside an old grain sack near the Brooklyn shore at Bay Ridge.
Senators Beveridge and Fairbanks receive numerous invitations to address meetings nationwide. They plan to defer many as they place themselves at the state committee’s disposal when the Indiana campaign begins. One invite comes from Freeman E. Miller of the Indiana Association of Oklahoma Territory seeking Beveridge’s attendance at a summer or fall meeting.
Constantinople July 2. Spies report palace eunuchs conspired to kill Abdul Hamid. An official investigation has been ordered.
R Shipp reports Senator Beveridge almost always refuses invitations to speak outside Indiana as he prepares for a September campaign. He will also study issues for the territories committee before Congress reconvenes, with statehood on the Dec 3 agenda. William H O'Brien and son visit to discuss committee matters as Overstreet plans New York talks with Babcock on campaign plans.
The Democratic county ticket bases its strength on Arthur A. McKain but he now plans to withdraw. He is plaintiff in a suit against the county auditor over assessed claims as president of the Indiana Manufacturing Company. The ring hopes to replace him and push a Congress nomination toward him, while Joseph E. Bell may seek mayoral prelude next year.
In Salem on July 3 the Eighteenth Ohio district Republican convention adjourned after 200 ballots without nominating a successor to Congressman Tayler. Final tally stayed unchanged from the first ballot with Charles B. Speaker leading Kennedy and other candidates. The convention will reconvene in the morning.
Dennis Dannacher identified in Judge McMaster's court as the Springfield swindle figure. Shoffner, a Greensburg dry goods merchant, backed a bogus Springfield Athletic Club foot race with $5,000 and lost it all. The scheme involved conniving club members and a phantom runner, culminating in Shoffner being fleeced ten days ago at the track after staged bluffing with bank deposits.
The second race saw Shoffner lose his $2.50 wager as he faced pressure to run or be shot. He met Connors in Chicago to arrange another race while Greensburg friends urged caution. Investigations reveal a wider Springfield fraud ring with "millionaire" impostors and bank fleecing linked to multiple states. Dannacher, Osborn, and Tackett & Wilson prepared to pursue recovery actions as Deputy Ryan warned of forthcoming sensational arrests involving prominent locals.
Evan Thomas Brewer a Springfield alderman and J R Stileson a barber were arrested on a larceny charge. Bonds were posted for later court appearance. Robert Shoffner of Greensburg Ind alleges a fraudulent foot race with bantamweight Johnnie Connors, claiming losses of 2500 dollars on two occasions. Brewer reportedly posed as Colonel Roberts and bet on a man named Kent.
The coroner's jury found Albert C. Latimer was killed by a pistol shot at his Brooklyn home on July 2 with no person accused. Private detective Parker testified Latimer had hired him to gather evidence against Latimer's wife and a man named Tuthill, with involvement at Tuthill's Vanderbilt avenue residence. Maggie Fitzgerald testified seeing a man resembling Latimer call for help at a window and another person on the roof as police arrived.
In Pittsburgh a woman named Agnes King was killed in a rear room of the Traction Hotel after a dispute with a man. The killer fled after slashing her throat with a dirk. she died en route to the hospital. A lone witness offered no description of the murderer.
An official departed Tokyo for Marcus island to establish Japanese ownership while an American schooner left Honolulu for the same destination in late July, signaling a Pacific territorial dispute.
Rioting sweeps parts of France over Prime Minister Combes order to close congregational schools. Demonstrations erupt in Paris and Brittany with clashes, arrests, and injuries as crowds resist expulsions and demand continued nun education amid political dispute.
In London the House of Commons opened Irish debates. John Redmond urged cutting the chief secretary George Wyndham’s salary, arguing Wyndham failed to aid Ireland. Wyndham countered that no constructive policy exists and agrarian strife will not cease, with emigration and home rule contentious amid fear that paralyzes national life. Continued on page
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