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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1901
Page
1
June 3 Tiensin reports a violent clash as British Fusiliers policing a housebreak encounter French soldiers. Germans and Japanese join the French in the ensuing street fight. Five Fusiliers shoot, one Frenchman is killed and others wounded. Reinforcements quell the disturbance.
Peking June 3 field marshal Count Von Waldersee leaves Peking amid a grand allied military display artillery volleys and band music. The diplomatic corps escorts him to the depot as Von Rauch stays to escort Prince Chun to Berlin for a formal Chinese apology over Baron Von Ketteler’s murder.
In the Chamber of Deputies M Delcasse addressed the China situation amid talk of American competition and the alleged yellow peril. He urged prompt troop withdrawal and outlined that indemnity principles were agreed, with China expected to pay via customs duties while keeping commercial relations intact. The Sisaro praised the powers unity and called the long Chinese nightmare near end, hailing civilized triumphs though noting Seed of France and Russia still loom.
W H Hunt secretary of Porto Rico arrived on the Ponce from San Juan. He noted conflicting Porto Rican case reports but expected free trade with the United States within months. He foresaw revenue sufficiency after July 1 with foreign import duties and excise taxes. Porto Rico's people adapt to the new government with hope for gradual improvement.
Ballington Booth, head of the Volunteers of America, denies plans to reunite with his father and return to the Salvation Army. The statement, issued by authority, says there have been no secret negotiations and no contact since his father left the country.
Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army stated there is no truth to reports that negotiations are underway to amalgamate the Volunteers of America with the Salvation Army. He cited fundamental government and principles differences making a union impossible. The remark followed a contested personal communication from Mrs. Booth Cubborn and ongoing criticisms from siblings. June 2 Cleveland report noted the denial.
The American Shirt and Collar Company plans a $20 million linen goods trust to control wholesale shirt and collar trade. Eight large Troy manufacturers signed tentative agreement. Bond of $20,000 required to deter manufacturing for ten years outside Nevada Montana and Idaho. Also reports a $50,000 cotton duck combination with incorporation in Tren ton New Jersey and a 3 percent dividend to be declared July 1.
Nine companies of the Ninth Regiment arrive from China aboard the transport Indiana at Manila. The Forty third Regiment will sail on the Kilpatrick June 4. Sick regulars to be embarked homeward on upcoming transports as other regiments and civilians follow. Trial of Harold M Pitt begins and Barrows and Boyer testify for the prosecution amid related military and civil developments.
Madrid on June 3 reports that three Filipinos living in Spain have been elected to Parliament. They intend to raise during the throne speech debate the condition in the Philippines, arguing it is worse than before.
Acting Adjutant General Ward reports General MacArthur says the transport Thyra left Manila on June 1 bound for San Francisco via Nagasaki carrying three officers and seventy-eight enlisted men and Company B of the Thirty-eighth Volunteer Infantry.
The Forty fifth Infantry United States Volunteers were mustered out of service at the Presidio today in San Francisco on June 3.
Benjamin Zetty alias lateon aged twenty eight narrowly escaped lynching by a mob of five McKeesport citizens after being accused of assaulting a four year old girl. Police used maces to separate the crowd and escorted him to the station. The child lies unconscious and may not recover. High excitement remains and the prison is guarded.
Columbia S C June 3 Governor McSweeney received a letter from Senator McLaurin stating he will retain his United States Senate seat to support peace for the state. He rejects intimidation or political coercion and pledges to act with responsibility to the people and state interests.
Proposals require literacy or property or wartime service for voting with a provision for ex slaves of good character. A poll tax for under forty five and veteran exceptions, with an educational qualification after 1910. Observance of Jefferson Davis birthday features Hannis Taylor urging cautious disenfranchisement of black voters for the common good.
Denver reports Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, en route to Washington after a two week family visit, issues first statement on Supreme Court Porto Rican cases. He says the Downes ruling supports federal discretion over insular revenue relations and avoids constitutional confusion harming progress.
Seven thousand dollars recovered beneath a sidewalk at Mineral Point near the boarding place of Stewart Jetleff who faces charges for robbing the First National Bank. Two bottles of nitroglycerin and a bundle were also found as residents combed the area for clues.
The speaker argues the ruling follows John Quincy Adams, John Marshall, Daniel Webster, and earlier court decisions. He notes pro slavery efforts failed to popular support, and the nation will breathe freer as the administration pursues its course with renewed assurance of universal good results.
The second section of a repairing train on the Pittsburg Ohio Valley and Cincinnati line rear ended the first section near Powhatan, killing Amelia Chan and John Meting and injuring over twenty others including Tony Ywetrine and Barney Metzinski. Twenty injured Italians cared for by physicians, most from Bellaire Ohio.
Teddy Oliver, 19, was gravely injured during a Midway act at the Buffalo exposition grounds. His bicycle stunt from a forty foot platform ends with a dive into an eighteen foot deep basin that slants to five feet near the edge, causing a headfirst fall as his wheel swerved at the moment of the dive.
Three unmasked highwaymen robbed Costen Burns of $2100 near Elwood seamless tube works. A pursuing posse exchanged fire. one robber was wounded and captured, another jailed with $400 found, a third fled with $1700. Escapee headed toward Ohio line.
New explosive Maximite invented by Hudson Maxim has been adopted by the United States after tests at Sandy Hook. The material, said to be safer to handle yet more deadly than lyddite, can pierce twelve inch Harveyized nickel steel armor and explode beyond, potentially revolutionizing battleships and fortifications. Maxim predicts shifts toward fast torpedo craft and cruisers as heavy battleships fade.
Fires set last night in the business district of McConnellsville destroyed Byle's livery stable and Partes's storage building along with adjacent structures. Losses were reported but insurance status unclear as the town reels from the incident. Authorities investigated possible causes as fires disrupted commerce and raised safety concerns.
Chicago June 3 Edward Forshay an actor shot and killed Miss Edna Stokes in a Victoria Theater stock company parlor. He was arrested after a pursuit by hotel staff and stated he intended to kill himself but his nerve failed. Miss Stokes had previously beaten him in a quarrel and had sought to exclude him from the Vernon Hotel. Forshay claimed to be crazy for a year and left letters to his mother and to Chicago police.
Lulu Prince Kennedy, married a month, sits in county jail facing first degree murder charges for allegedly shooting her husband Philip H. Kennedy. Conspiracy charges loom for her father C. W. Prince and brothers in a case with 1235 witnesses cited by the State and defense. The Kennedys and Princes are longtime Kansas City residents with prominence in social and business circles. The trial opens amid sensational expectations as both sides prepare detailed cases and additional arrests are pending.
In Kansas City on June 3, Mrs Mary Schuyler aged 70 was struck with a hatchet while rocking a baby at her Second Street home. She died from a fractured skull. The assailant, described as a negro, fled. Robbery motive suspected as drawers and bedding were searched. Neighbors heard screams and found blood on the floor.
Washington June 3. Hope of slow improvement in Mrs. McKinley's condition followed an hour long consultation with Dr. Osler of Johns Hopkins joining the attending physicians at the White House. The report said her condition was favorable and there was no immediate apprehension, with another medical review planned in the morning.
Benjamin Adams of Yonkers Board of Education was arraigned in City Court on a Sunday law charge for playing golf at Saeghill Golf Club. He seeks a jury trial with June 7 set for the case. The Sunday blue law crusade has drawn clergy and congregants into heated conflict over enforcement.
BRISTOL Tenn June The Fairmount Hotel was burned this afternoon by children playing in the attic. The hotel and furniture were destroyed with a loss of 166 percent. The hotel, a relatively new structure, stood on a high hill built for summer use.
United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge arrives in St. Petersburg and starts a week long review of Russian industrial and commercial conditions. He will visit Moscow factory towns the Volga region and iron works around Yekaterinburg before touring Siberia.
Sir Alfred Hickman replies to Lord George Hamilton over American built locomotives used by the Burmah Railway. He cites reports showing higher fuel and oil use by American engines and argues British industry benefits from export bounties while warning of protected markets. He urges a committee to probe the allegations and condemns biased reporting by Burmah Railway officials.
London reports continued public unease over scant battlefield details from South Africa. A three line Kitchener dispatch adds three officers killed, while Zeerust relief shows months of siege and food shortages. Pretoria dispatch notes Malan, son-in-law of the late Seeberg, captured by the constabulary.
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