This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 40 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1901
Page
1
Trade between the United States and Spain shows rapid growth with exports to the Peninsula exceeding nearly all prewar years and imports also rising. Cotton dominates shipments while manufactured goods move freely, signaling expanding American commerce amid the era’s trade patterns.
Special dispatch notes Spain-US commercial ties renewed with rising exports for fiscal year 1901. Through March US exports to Spain reached about 11.9 million, with total annual exports expected near 16 million. Main items: raw cotton, breadstuffs, oils, and wood manufactures. imports from Spain include fruits, nuts, wines, and iron ore.
Frank H Hitchcock analyzes ten years of US Scandinavian trade with Denmark Sweden and Norway from 18 to 19 including exports rising from about 1,000,000 to near 29,000,000 and imports from Denmark leading lately while Sweden and Norway supply most farm products. Denmark remains the principal export destination though imports from Denmark show modest totals.
The report details export patterns to Scandinavia, noting non agricultural goods such as mineral oils and iron and steel manufactures leading the trade. It cites values for breadstuffs, corn, wheat flour, wheat, rice, oatmeal, and other agricultural exports, with oil cake, cotton, vegetable oils, molasses, tobacco, seeds, and nuts as notable.
Consul Brittain in Nantes reports 80 American reapers mowers and horse-rakes arriving last season and rising farm labor costs boosting demand. Exhibits of meat choppers sold well in Nantes, with over 200 units moved. wringers could profit from similar displays. Consul Covert notes American hardware gains steam against tariff, with stoves and woodworking tools popular. American saws praised, wrenches face English and German rivals. Consul Tourgee highlights Bordeaux Bayonne railway record and mispriced canned goods, with French preserved vegetables perfecting appearance for U.S. markets and hand-packed production in France.
W H Klensmire, a 48 year old German farmer, was arrested in Kansas City Kansas after his wife was found murdered near Holton and buried in a shallow trench. He claimed she killed herself and hid the body to avoid disgrace, then buried her the next day. His testimony described tension over land deeds and a family trying to keep the tragedy quiet. He was sent to Topeka for further handling amid public disgrace concerns.
A risque song by Robert Crawford at a Pleasant Valley church festival near Parkersburg led to a disturbance. B. Hedrick and MacLaughlin were badly cut while P. G. Knopp and John Pettit were arrested. details unclear due to damaged text.
John Alexander Dowie denounces the pope, government, preachers, and bankers in a wild sermon claiming to be Elijah. He declares a theocracy of God and vows to pay tithes to his storehouse and oppose all counsel in his methods.
Chicago June 2 three thousand people applauded as John Alexander Dowie proclaimed himself the living embodiment of Elijah and John the Baptist. He denounced ecclesiastical garb, denounced the pope Masonry bankers and the press, pledging a theocratic government and God centered constitution while demanding tithes and offerings.
Buffalo June 2 The Pan-American exposition opened its gates for the first Sunday hours from 1 to 10 pm. Exhibits remained largely closed with Midway and government buildings shut. Organ recital by W P Stanley of Brooklyn marked the evening as heavy rain and sun alternated earlier. Intercollegiate games at Stadium Tuesday draw wide national interest.
From Oaxaca, Mex a Chicago Tribune dispatch reports a major fire on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec lasting ten days. Over seventy laborer families perished trapped in huts as thousands of acres of coffee bananas and citrus crops were burned. The blaze began on a coffee plantation and was halted only by torrential tropical rain.
Thirty seven states and territories are represented in contracts for quarters during the twenty eighth triennial conclave of the Grand Encampment to be held in Louisville August twenty seven to thirtieth. Illinois leads with about twenty locations, average party size ten knights and ladies.
Holyoke Mass June 2 Tomorrow inaugurates the first complete day of the big strike. If the strikers’ expectations are realized there will be nearly 3 000 operatives out from mills that have not agreed to the demands. Firemen met and will call a meeting of women operatives Tuesday to establish a union. Pickets will be posted at all mills in the morning with no serious trouble anticipated. The State board of arbitration is due to arrive to attempt an adjustment.
A heavy spring storm swept across the region, causing damage and injuring four people. In Whittaker near Homestead a partly finished store and dwelling collapsed, trapping three boys and a man, with Daniel Martin in critical condition. The boys George Marley Frank Sturgiss and Daniel Ashton were rescued and expected to recover after treatment.
Washington reports no word from the strikers or shop superintendents as telegrams indicate many strikers plan to return Monday to meet the company's ultimatum. Officials warn those who do not return will be paid off and future employment with the company may be impossible. Boston notes the nine hour committee says about 2 20 machinists in Boston area have won nine hour days and wage gains with five thousand more workers gaining shorter hours. Golding and Co. grants forty machinists the demanded concessions, leaving five shops with 1 720 workers still on strike.
Von Waldersee and his star depart today and the expedition will follow as fast as possible. Much loot is going out as Germans take a vast quantity of Chinese souvenirs. Restoration of control in Peking to Chinese hands will be made gradually during this month.
W S S Champ in charge of Frithjof equipment sails for Tromsoe aboard City of Rome. Expedition members Andree Billiet and Sandin depart to join the America as Dundee beats toward awaiting Commander win’s arrival.
Kingston reports that the Santo Domingo uprising was crushed at its inception. Several prominent rebels were shot or imprisoned, including a son of the late president Hereaux, alleged to have led the movement. Royal Mail steamship La Plata notes scarce cargo from Colombian ports due to new export duties.
In Peking on June 2 allied generals agreed to gradually hand city control to Chinese officials in June. Count Von Waldersee and staff will depart tomorrow as two special trains run to Taku. The Baluchi Regiment left this morning amid ceremonial farewells with British troops and American officers in attendance.
Cincinnati on June 2 witnessed the first agnostic marriage in the United States as Frederick Federle wed Miss Marth Seaman in a ceremony conducted by Justice Alexander Roebling. The couple pledged not to resist divorce and the bride added a vow not to bear children unless born of affection in case of un congenial or mismated life.
London dispatch cites Times Hong Kong correspondent stating that France plans to annex Hai Nan in July. The single-sentence report emphasizes a government move and international reaction, noting the potential shift in colonial power dynamics.
Nashville June 2 The Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company will raise its capital stock by 2 percent to 700000 dollars. Funds will finish a direct line under construction between Nashville and Louisville. The firm serves Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi Louisiana and southern Indiana and Illinois. Lines from New Orleans to Shreveport and to Beaumont are under construction.
A man registering as George Gilbert of Portland Ore was found dead in his Fergus Falls hotel room with a bullet wound in the forehead. A revolver lay nearby and no letters or clues identified him. He was about thirty, well dressed, and possessed a substantial sum of money.
A Bennettsville dispatch says Senator McLaurin may resign before Congress convenes in December and ask Governor McSweeney to appoint a successor aligned with Bryan and Tillman. If appointed, McLaurin would campaign in 1892 to regain his Senate seat, arguing he defines true democracy against populism and socialism. A daily morning paper will be started at Columbia with a South Carolinian editor based in Richmond Virginia.
Lieutenant John M. Neill, formerly of the regular army and cashiered after Presidio peculations, was arrested in Butte by a deputy marshal on San Francisco instructions for forgery of army vouchers dating back three years. Neill, claiming innocence, has a Oakland wife and several children, and has worked for a year as an engineer for the Anaconda Mining Company. He will be returned to San Francisco.
A collision at McKeesport between a United Traction car and a Pittsburgh and Lake Erie train left nine passengers injured, with one child possibly fatally hurt. The badly hurt include a six month old infant of James Monteville, Edna Fey aged six, Tony Jordan, James Smith, James McQuaid, and Irwin Montgomery the conductor, all from McKeesport.
A drunken dispute outside a saloon on West One hundred ninth street sent five men to area hospitals. Stephen Laporte with head wounds and a neck knife stab was listed in serious condition along with Andrew Stark who suffered multiple wounds. Joseph Howarth Joe Dare and Louis Kovach were injured, while all participants had been drinking prior to the outside confrontation.
The Havana municipal election results confirm Nationalist gains with Senor Miguel Gener elected mayor on 11 115 votes to 7 433 for Senor Mora and 2 for Senor Garcia. Nationalists win eighteen municipal council seats, Republicans four and Democrats two.
New York June 2 delegates vote to reconsider last Sunday's action and empower the rapid transit committee to settle the dispute. Strike on the tunnel is virtually ended following the decision.
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, commander of the polar expedition, departed by Pennsylvania Railroad for Chicago and St. Louis with plans to return in about ten days. He aims to visit western sites and Dundee on this trip, and will proceed to western points after the New York departure.
Washington June 2 Mrs McKinley remains very weak with no significant gain in strength since yesterday. The illness linked to a San Francisco complaint continues to cause concern despite some moments of comfort. President McKinley stays by her side most of the day while Doctors Rixey Sternberg and Johnston monitor her condition.
The Cunarder Etruria docked after fog off Sandy Hook bringing 318 passengers including Rev. Thomas Vincent Finn a St Patrick's College Ireland graduate who says he was ordained and left the Catholic Church to advocate war for Ireland's salvation. He plans to write while in America for Irish freedom.
The boiler makers at Pennsylvania engineering works in New Castle have ended a nearly month long strike for a nine hour day instead of ten hours. The workers declare a victory as the dispute closes.
A British press notes the reception of American visitors with approval as King grants royal seal. The report highlights a national welcome organized by business leaders and capitalizes on Anglo American cordiality amid concerns over public order.
The Daily Telegraph praises King Edward's reception of the New York Chamber of Commerce delegation and argues British and American business rivalry should be studied in the United States. It notes mutual indispensability and dismisses European coalition against the United States as idle for Britain.
A military riot broke out at Shorncliffe last night as a Dublin Fusiliers detachment, sparked by an imagined grievance, wrecked a barrack room. The guard responded, shots were fired, and a volley of bayonets wounded two sentries. The clash, lasting two hours, ended with rioters dispersed.
Madrid reports the government dismissed the Corunna prefect after clashes with gendarmes. The torpedo-boat destroyer Audaz has landed marines to restore order. two injured workers later died. Anarchists detained earlier in Marseilles were freed for lack of evidence.
Berlin June 2. The long awaited withdrawal of allied troops from China did little to lift trading last week. The market showed a generally weak trend across sectors with most quot ations lower or flat. Only Chinese loan dealings rose, with rising quotations amid a broadly disappointing week.
MADRID June 2 The weekly Bank of Spain report notes changes in gold in hand and currency in circulation with a 37 30 gold quotation and a noted decline in peretas. Spanish fours closed yesterday at S. London June 3 severe heat storms sweep continental Europe with lightning deaths and a demolished convent in Boppard.
A large crowd filled Home today for the national fete day with King Victor Emmanuel reviewing the troops. The king personally conferred the collar of the Order of the Annunziata on premier Zanardelli. In Madrid, elections for the elective half of the Senate were held, with Liberals securing 11 seats and Conservatives results noted.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.