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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1903
Page
4
A fragmented list of bonds and locational issuers across Indiana and other regions. Entries cover United States government issues, city, county, and company bonds alongside railroad and utility securities with varied par values and ratings.
The June Cosmopolitan features contributions from William R Light Antoinnette Van Hoesen John Brisben Walker and Julian Hawthorne. The issue collects twenty one stories and articles across its pages.
Thomas Dixon Jr drafts The One Woman for Doubleday while Conan Doyle’s Holmes stories shrink to eight at the same pay rate. Wister works on Theon Musk Ox Sheep and Goat Family for Macmillan. H L Wilson’s Lions of the Lord due June 10 at Lothrop. Amos K Fiske writes The Modern Bank for Appleton. Wesley and His Preachers by G Holden Pike from Lippincott to illustrate Shakespeare and Methodism era portraits.
George Harvey of Harper & Brothers returned from London with plans to secure exclusive future works from Maurice Hewlett Gilbert Parker Mrs Humphry Ward Onan Conrad A E Mason Anthony Hope and others for Harper periodicals and books. John H Whitson, born in Seymour Indiana, is profiled as a rising American novelist. He trained as a lawyer, then moved to journalism and now resides near Boston with Little Brown & Co. as his publishers.
Chicago marks a new hospital exclusively for consumptives as Bishop Muldoon dedicates St. Anne's Sanitarium at Forty eighth avenue and Division street. The facility, run by the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, features sanitary design with marble and porcelain finishes and serves tuberculosis patients in early stages built by public subscription.
Police precautions kept peace during St Petersburg bicentennial celebrations on Friday. Authorities banned illuminations and dismounted bridges over the Neva to curb crowds at the People's Hall gardens where a disturbance occurred, and the theater attached to the hall faced suppression.
Lima May 31 reports say elections proceeded peacefully. Preliminary results indicate voters chose a President and that Lino Alarco Calderon was elected First Vice President and others named Second Vice President.
Historical ad copy markets a remedy for teething and crying infants, claiming it soothes gums relieves wind colic and diarrhea, and promotes healthy bowels. The text references long use and offers the product by Mrs Whos yi A Be and low's Soothing at wartime sale stands.
Col Williams orders a full cell inspection in Jackson Kentucky after concerns that a weapon or saw could be smuggled to Jett or White. Authorities recall a prior escape and separate the two inmates while Commonwealth officials plan trials at this term with jurors drawn from other counties and no venue change sought.
A Jackson resident, now in Lexington, warns sensationally that removing troops from Breathitt county will trigger a mass anti Hargis exodus or a bloodier feud. He claims local officials favor acquittals, that indictments were known early, and that Jackson is a powder magazine ready to explode once soldiers depart.
A tornado near Welsh Louisiana killed Ed Burgess from Crystal River Florida and seriously injured farmer 8 E Carroll and his wife. The two story house and all outbuildings were wrecked as the storm swept about two miles south of town. A report adds that two white men and a Negro were killed by lightning west of the area.
A violent afternoon storm in Atlanta caused Miss Eula Higgins to be struck and killed by lightning on her Marietta street rear porch. A nearby small Presbyterian church near Grant Park was hit by lightning and burned to the ground.
The second and final North American Skat League tournament was held in Cleveland. Prize winners will be announced tomorrow night. Elected officers include President Henry Hartjohn and Secretary W. P. Petersmith with a slate of directors from Chicago Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee and Indianapolis. The next convention will meet in St. Louis. A social time is planned for tomorrow for visiting skatters.
In Paris on May 31 the Free Thinkers and Anti Clericals attempted a demonstration in Place de la Republique. A strong police and Republican Guard presence blocked the plan, resulting in clashes and thirty arrests as protesters led by Sebastian Faure regrouped at the Labor Excha.
Dispatches say the Porte exiled 103 leading Bulgarians from Macedonia without trial, mostly schoolmasters and merchants, amid renewed rebel activity. Times reports Constantinople claims tranquillity after Albanian chiefs’ exile, while Uskub bearer foresees further fighting in Albania. Bombs allegedly smuggled from Bulgaria fuel tensions.
Charles Moore aged twenty attacked Mamie Williams on an electric car after she broke their engagement. He stabbed her repeatedly cutting her throat and body before fleeing. captured after an hour, he reacted with disappointment upon learning she was not dead. Indictment for another murder case followed in Aurora where Harry Wheeler was charged with a March 18 double murder and related arson.
Lawrenceburg Indiana May 31 The County Council approved a $500 reward for the murderer of Rosa Kaiser killed near Manchester Station May 21. County citizens added another $500 making the total reward for the capture and conviction $1,000.
Philadelphia textile workers strike warning parallels Chicago labor turmoil as Waiters' Union plans a citywide walkout over a 2 percent wage hike and a ten hour day. Restaurant Keepers' Association vows no concessions and may lock out members if demanded actions proceed.
The Philadelphia strike by textile workers for a 55 hour week will take effect tomorrow. Leaders claim up to 100000 may stay home, though unions dispute the headcount. Four more firms adopt the shorter week, bringing total to 47 firms with about 12000 workers. Dyers seek higher wages and a longer term. If the strike endures, mills not involved may close due to dye shortages.
Lowell mass mills Boott Tremont Suffolk Lawrence Hamilton Appleton Merrimac set to open gates to 17000 plus textile operatives who struck nine weeks ago over 10 percent wage increases as most plan to return. Over ten thousand workers expected to answer the mill bell call tomorrow.
At a Civic Federation executive meeting in St. Louis the Freight Handlers' Union asked for dispute adjustment. Ralph M. Easley opened the item and it was sent to the conciliation committee for settlement.
Parkerburg News reports 22 year old Frank Mounts died instantly during a Blenner Hassett Island baseball game when a pitched ball tipped Mounts bat and struck him at the heart in the fifth inning. Frank Tucker pitched the ball. A sudden on-field death shocked spectators.
Terre Haute coroner Tabor seeks the explosion cause at the powder mill where four deaths are listed and accidents are frequent. A Dupont representative and witnesses clash over responsibility as a lantern is alleged at the scene. Nearby Richmond reports an unknown man killed by the Cincinnati fast express near New Hope.
Muncie Indiana May 31 The Smith Neely Wood Oil Co drilled what is believed to be the largest well in the Indiana oil field on the Rhoda Meeks farm one mile north of Parker. The well spouted for thirty five minutes and is flowing forty barrels per hour. Another well on the same farm is flowing four hundred barrels per day. New operations begun at Modoc and nearby Yorktown wild cat territory. Delaware county prospects excite locals as experts foresee oil all over the area.
The Blue River Oil Gas and Mineral Company struck a good gas flow at nine hundred feet near Fredericksburg eighteen miles north of New Albany Indiana. Brooks and Cartwright of Alexandria will deepen the well and study oil prospects with local capital interested.
The Rev. Harvey L. Vannuys, D. D., after over fifty years as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Goshen, will sever relations and take the title pastor emeritus. The presbytery dissolves the relationship tomorrow. his nephew Rev. E. Allen Vannuys of Franklin will succeed him. Dr. Vannuys spoke of change but broke down, and his wife’s recent death and ill health are cited as factors.
It rained hard across the eastern part of the state with swollen creeks and flooded streets. The Ohio River is rising with a likely high stage by midweek, but no serious damage reported yet.
Word from New York says William F. Clarke formerly of Richmond and son of the late Dr Dougan Clarke married Miss Clementine K Strickland of Lakefield Ontario. Clarke is associate editor of St Nicholas. The ceremony occurred during his illness with fever and a larger wedding was planned for June 2 at the bride’s home.
Herbert C Fuller aged thirty nine dies at home near Windfall after a year long illness. He was born near Ottawa NL and married Florence Cook in Logansport January 2 1888. Funeral at his residence Tuesday with Rev E A Howe officiating. Captain Stephen F Finney former thief of sea in New Albany dies of cancer at seventy six after Ford soda ash works in Wyandotte Michigan and travel to Louisville. He leaves a wife and one daughter and is brother to Major Russell P Finney of this city.
Bishop Joseph Francis of Indianapolis preached at St Pauls Episcopal Church in Richmond on Sunday and confirmed a class. The church reports growing membership under Pastor H H Hadley Jr since he took charge a few months ago. Terre Haute received a coup of 100 homing pigeons for a flight to Pittsboro including Red Light and King Boit. Shelbyville resident William Fairley of Fairland was struck by a Big Four train breaking three ribs but expected to recover.
The Nip pur expeditions of the University of Pennsylvania uncovered a limestone tablet bearing a tailor's bill nearly five thousand years old. The document lists temple robes and related garments, mentioning ninety two robes including twelve white robes of the temple and ten collars of the house of his lady.
Archaeologists note indecipherable inscriptional words likely technical dress terms. Experts compare with modern dressmaker language such as applique herring boning piping passementerie and swatch, suggesting specialized vocabulary in ancient attire.
Lem Hearns said McGovern cannot continue training for the June 15 Fort Erie fight with Abe Attell because doctors warn he will break down from malaria. The match is off and the $1 posted with the International Athletic Club of Buffalo is forfeited.
Five Indianapolis students will graduate from the University of Michigan at the June commencement. May Wheeler will earn a Doctor of Philosophy, an honor granted to only a handful of women at the university. Jessie Belle Bassett and Benjamin H Hoag also graduate, with Bassett completing the law program and Hoag the pharmaceutical chemistry track. The article notes Indiana’s long contribution to the university and lists other Indianapolis students and recent Indiana graduates.
Terre Haute May 31 Indiana Normal students completed a Saturday teachers license examination. The Women s League elected Rose Duenweg president Lena Swope vice president Ruth Kelley secretary Blanche Wolverton treasurer. Dale Crittenberger of Anderson retires from the board. Henry Hoover led strength tests with 900.1 points Sanders 820.9. Tests included grips pull ups back leg and other measures.
Earlham College, recently relieved of indebtedness and with a growing endowment, seeks funds to erect a fireproof library and museum. A $50,000 target is suggested. Lindley Hall houses the museum and library but is not fireproof or large enough for current needs. Earlham also selects a basketball team for the Bloomington state meet.
The track team has disbanded for the year and Captain Turk cannot take part in the Intercollegiate meet at Bloomington on June 6 due to an ankle injury. Managers decided not to field a small team headed by Turk.
A major blaze in Racine Wisconsin on May 31 damaged the Racine Boat Manufacturing Company plant and J L Case threshing machine shops plus oil company tanks and nearby homes and small factories. Losses totaled about 300000 with a tower of flame 200 feet high. no injuries.
Canton reports the John Danner Company bookcase and office specialty plant burned this afternoon with $100,000 in losses and $40,000 insured. The plant will be rebuilt at once.
A Courier-Journal dispatch from London Kentucky reports John Farmer and a youth named Whittaker were killed in an ambush late yesterday. Whittaker’s brother J Whittaker was slightly wounded. The attackers fled after firing four shots and wounding the men.
Burglars entered the residence of Miss Dora Hicks at 1 West North Street securing a gold watch and two pocketbooks containing $20. They also entered Joseph Rosner's Feovery at Ho Wi Tenth Street and took $2 from the cash drawer. Entrance was forced through a rear door in both cases.
The Philadelphia Record notes Dr Frederick A Cook together with geologist Robert Dunn and botanist Ralph Schanaild depart from the city to reach Mount McKinley in Alaska. They plan a 40 mile overland trek to Keechatna river and into the Alaskan range carrying Arctic rations.
The Old Dominion line steamer Monroe Hulpepper sailing from New York to Norfolk was found ten miles off Atlantic City in a disabled state. It had lost its propeller and drifted at sea with a cargo of tons and two passengers aboard. The mate reported the propeller slipped at Egg Harbor Inlet around midnight Saturday.
Alabama is praised for its dual admission to statehood as the Ohio example is challenged for never gaining formal admission. The Birmingham Ledger notes Ohio’s claims and contrasts it with Alabama which, the piece argues, has already been admitted to the Union twice.
At the Wisconsin State Capitol a thief stole a typewriter from the Senate judiciary committee room and a Webster's dictionary from the chief clerk. Wisconsin detectives believe the culprit is a professional typewriter thief with a likely Capitol connection.
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