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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1901
Page
2
The Daily Chronicle notes the Constitution shows sportsmanlike conduct and rejects unfair advantage against the Shamrock II. The piece warns that the two Shamrocks and the Constitution could become dangerous monstrosities if misused, and the incident may dispel belief in the challenger's special pretensions.
The Northman arrived at Hamburg today from Quebec after a 35 day voyage including 19 days on the Great Lakes and canals. It is the first Chicago to Hamburg steamship in the new service, following a delayed sister ship Northwestern. Captain Ross commanded the 496 ton net steamer, which left Quebec on June 22 and Sydney thereafter, aiming to maximize cargo through canal transit and unloading at Buffalo before Montreal reload.
Commander Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America outlines a Georgia settlement project aimed at aiding tenement dwellers. Proposed is a stock company forming a colony with up to 10,000 acres, profits to support humanitarian efforts, and a committee reviewing feasibility before directors decide on action.
The Havana municipal council unanimously rejects the Dady bill for sewering and payment contract, deeming it too general and urging broader advertisement and longer bidding period. Mayor Sener Gener notes the contract, about 14 million dollars, requires more extensive publicity.
Mrs Edna N was arrested in Toledo on June 4 as she prepared to wed James M Shields Jr. A diamond pin valued at 19 and a watch valued at 50 are alleged stolen items. The case ties into local sensations surrounding Mrs Kaiser ineland and Detroit.
A bolt of Hebb ing struck La Jones J H Gallup and his son Ralph recently from Grand Ridge Ti as they stood by an open window, killing both occupants instantly and shocking Welch, Louisiana. Authorities described the incident as a fatal weather-related accident under investigation by local officers.
Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday calls for fair and warm weather in Indiana and Illinois on Wednesday. Thursday brings fair conditions in the south with showers and cooler in the northern portions and fresh to brisk southerly winds. Ohio also fair Wednesday with warmer in the north, followed by showers and cooler in the north Thursday.
Fox shows speed and bat control stealing four bases and scoring three runs while Guese pitches well for Indianapolis as Columbus struggles on defense. Heydon returns behind the plate but the home club misplays balls and Eagan falters at key moments. Fox’s bunts and baserunning drive the visitors to a win, with Griffin and Bey adding early damage and Guese holding Columbus to topple.
Louisville hammered the ball all over the lot to win with little effort. Bailey puzzled Dayton as each hit off him was of the scratch order. Attendance 40. Score Dayton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Louisville 1 0 3 0 2 2 3 4 0. Batteries Damoth Cross and Ble Bailey and Zalusky. Umpire Latham.
Marion defeats Wheeling in a June 4 game led by strong Marion batting. Ames struggled earlier but battled to score, while Yerkes and Smink shared mound duties for Marion as Fox and Ames teamed on offense.
Fort Wayne edged Toledo in a pitchers battle as both hurlers fanned seven. Fort Wayne produced runs in key innings including a two run span while Toledo managed scattered support. Maullin and Fuller teamed for Fort Wayne behind the plate with Joss and GraMus catching for Toledo. Umpire Mullane presided as attendance figures were not recorded.
In Chicago the Brooklyn team dominated, with McFadden shining as Cincinnati dropped a loss. Batteries Katoll and Sullivan, Gear and Brady contributed in a muddled Detroit-Philadelphia section, signaling a busy slate of other ball games.
Transcribed snippets show multiple battery pairs playing at venues including Cleveland Milwaukee Terre Haute Evansville Rock Island Decatur Cedar Rapids and Rockford with scattered scores and attendance figures. Umpire Camp referenced in Rock Island item.
The Western Baseball Association moves the Grand Rapids club to Wheeling after a dispute with former manager George S. Ellis over an arbitration order. A $20,000 stock backing backs the Wheeling franchise. Indianapolis aims for a four game series with Fort Wayne as Sheckard is ejected after disputing a call in Cincinnati. Crawfordsville and Matthews schedule five games June 12 to 16 for $100, with two in Rochester and two in Wabash and one in Matthews. Clarence Jessup signs with Richmond to replace Haberer as catcher.
Six favorites lost at Gravesend on a fast track where two new records were posted. All Green won the second race at one mile and a sixteenth in 1 1961-5, and Scurry captured the final race at one mile and seventy yards in 1 444-5, each beating the old marks. Other race results list Gay Boy, Contend, Carbuncle, Nastura, and Scurry among the winners, with multiple locations including St. Louis Hawthorne Oakland and Cincinnati noted for various races and contenders.
Runnymede and Raceland yearlings owned by Col. E. F. Clay and Catesly Woodford sold in the sales paddock at Sheepshead Bay. Twenty head brought $54,325 total, averaging $2,726 each. Capt. H. S. Brown paid the top price of $10,300 for a Sir Dixon colt, full brother to Blues and Blue Girl.
Weather favorable as local and out of town riders prepare for tomorrow night’s big opening meet. About twenty five riders trained yesterday with professional entrants including Gibson Leander Bowler Kramer Gordon and others. Amateurs Coval Reardon Carson Pulliam Sullivan Andrews also entered. First race pays 30 dollars with a band concert an hour earlier and trick biking planned.
AP dispatch from Managua reports Nicaragua’s Congress assent to a 19th century Clayton-Hulwer treaty. Discovery in Palacio Nacional archives reveals Senator Morgan of Alabama noting lack of Costa Rica or Nicaragua consent. Assent likely not sent to Washington as relations were indirect, with belief it would satisfy the United States and Britain drop Mosquito claim.
Hugh Colburn, a sheep herder, told Gunnison, Colorado officials that twenty masked men raided his camp six miles from Spencer. They captured the herders and killed 2.50 of the 5,00 sheep driven from Utah, with the mob likely consisting of local cattlemen.
The Pan American Stadium in Buffalo hosted intercollegiate track events with 4000 spectators. Georgetown’s Daffy won the 100 yard dash. J M Perry of Princeton took the 44 yard dash. the Maloney brothers of Chicago swept most events. Endsley of Purdue won the pole vault and Purdue led several events with notable finishes by Cornell, Minnesota, Yale, Princeton, and others.
In Chicago on June 4 Dr. E P Noel who did the autopsy in the Unger insurance conspiracy case testified the girl Marie Defenbach died of dysentery. He noted cyanide could be administered without odor. Francis Wayland Brown defended himself after Darrow arguments. judge Tuley predicted a jury verdict by Friday night. In Golden British Columbia Frank Lascelles shot and killed his Chinese cook after a dispute over horse ownership. He became deluded and was arrested after accusing the cook of burglary.
In Kansas City on June 4, the examination of witnesses in the Lulu Prince Kenedy murder case proceeds as jurors are drawn. A forty seven member venire is awaiting selection of a twelve person jury, with the case postponed to tomorrow. Mrs Kennedy appeared light hearted and eager for a swift end to the trial.
Lincoln city solicitor J Albert Brink and Mrs Mabel H Walker attempted suicide together in Brink’s hotel room. Brink is in police custody and Walker died. Brink says they were infatuated and that Walker challenged him to die with her, claiming she swallowed cocaine and wood alcohol.
In remarks about local issues the speaker, General Dick, notes tax reform could become an issue but doubts it will require action. He signals readiness to address it if pressed though expects no direct call to act.
In New York cable reports the death of Rev E W Parker missionary bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church for southern Asia. He died at Naini Tal where he had gone for health reasons after a long stomach ailment. his regular station was Lucknow. In Pensacola Florida Lt St John Liddell Caffery of the US Marines, son of ex Senator Don Caffery, died after an accident in which he fell into a pond causing neck injury and paralysis.
On June 4 a string of notable deaths was reported including Captain Robert Patterson in Dayton aged 58, R E Hull a long time editor in Youngstown aged 79, E P Church superintendent of the Michigan School for the Blind aged 66, Col Sar gent McKnight a central Illinois Republican figure, Mrs Anna B Fuller widow of General Fuller in Toledo, and George Vierling Berlin composer born in 1550, with brief biographical notes for each.
Reported labor activity includes a Springfield boiler works strike for ten hours pay for nine hours work by about two hundred boilermakers, a fatal shooting near Springfield Missouri involving cadets from Drury College, and a Baltimore motor-paced race won by Edouard Taylore over Burns Pierce. Hartford will switch to nine hours work for ten pay with no strike, Toledo machinists return to work, and a Chicago union pressures the disbanding of the Chicago Association of Machinery Manufacturers while over two thousand machinists remain out. The New York Rapid Transit tunnel strike ends with an agreement and workers reinstated.
OLD POINT COMFORT Va June 4 The Travelers' Protective Association held two business sessions and closed its convention with a reception at the Hygen The Texas Horns award to Nebraska for the highest percentage of new members drew praise Tennessee protested and will take the matter to the national board of directors The president and secretary treasurer reported amid other business The convention moves to Richmond tomorrow.
At Monmouth College annual trustees meeting Dr S R Lyons tendered his resignation as president and the entire board offered their resignations. The move ends a two year dispute over management and policies since Lyons' 1888 inauguration, leading to a complete change in control of the institution.
In Metropolis Newfoundland and Labrador on June 4, Marshal W. E. Oakes was fatally shot in the back by A. M. Covington, a hotel and saloon keeper, after demanding Covington remove women he was harboring. Covington was then shot three times and killed by Marshal Oakes.
Francisco Alaska aged 22 shot and killed his cousin Mrs Angelina Faia aged 27 in her St Elizabeth Street tenement, then killed himself with a breast shot. The man, in love with the woman, died in the same incident in New York City.
Senator M A Hanna Congressman Charles F Dick and State Secretary John K R Malloy spent three hours in Hanna's Cleveland office. The discussion centered on Ohio state politics. General Ick described the Republican battle cry as stand by the national administration. General Dick said the state platform would focus on national issues with no campaign pledges specific to state concerns.
The General Assembly of Philadelphia ended without action to rescue non elect infants. A 21 member committee was named to review the issue and report next year. In the interim, babies face uncertain outcomes.
General Gaseler, the British commander, says the fracas at Tien-Tsin on Sunday was only a drunken brawl, likely to happen in any garrison town, and it has not disturbed cordial relations between British and French authorities.
Dodge Center Minnesota June 4 Miss E B Petton a teacher in the Kenyon schools was burned to death in the Transcr Hotel early today A county attorney and coroner are investigating the matter
A cable message from New York reports vast asphalt deposits found on the island of Quaneo off Ecuador. Trinidad is noted as the leading source in the field, replacing other producers in the region.
An unhitched horse belonging to Philip Davis of 146 North Arsenal avenue ran away on Massachusetts avenue about 6 pm. Near Alabama street the horse struck a boy on a bicycle, knocking him from his wheel. He was taken to Dr Jatte son’s office with bruises about the hips and other injuries.
A man identified as Robert Gibbons Bidwell of Jacksonville Florida leaped from the Brooklyn bridge, after being seen waving two American flags. He carried papers and letters, including references to lectures in Jacksonville and a Times-Union issue. Authorities say he appeared unbalanced. his mother and sister fear temporary mental instability.
The American Sugar Refining Company declares a 14 percent quarterly dividend unchanged. Arbuckle Brothers cut soft sugar prices by 10 points, others reportedly follow by tacit understanding. Prof George F Jewett becomes Lasalle Seminary president in Boston after resigning Raven High. A $20,000 China famine relief remittance is sent via the Christian Herald to Rev Arthur H Smith in Tien-Tsin. Benjamin Fetty, facing mob violence in McKeesport, Pa, is moved to Pittsburgh for safety. Senator McLaurin replies to a Republican on how his views differ from Republicans. The National Association of Master Plumbers holds its Kansas City convention with over five hundred delegates. English bicyclists Gascoyne and Jenkins arrive to ride the Grand Circuit. Father Amado is to be extradited to Mexico after Madrid arrest news. A general rain benefits Kansas drought-stricken fields. Arcola sees rail damage delaying Union Pacific trains. Swift & Co plan a Fort Worth packing plant near $1.3 million, executives visit. James Pettit of Peavy Elevator suspended in a May corn corner case. other executives cleared. James A Herne’s funeral held in New York with tributes from Juliette Crosby and Augusta Thomas. J L Whittaker of Labelle County Kansas captured near Fort Scott amid prior mortgage cattle scheme. Archie Laird wins reversal of lien issue in Powers & Co. bankruptcy case. labor claims favored. Day-on-day arbitration resolves Day ton street railway dispute. Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit Association elects officers at Niagara Falls with one-year term agreement. Richard F Loper’s Philadelphia trial for conspiracy to defraud the People’s Bank begins. John F Hopkins dies by his own hand.
A Belgian cabinet council signals a decade to annex the Congo State. Other items note U S electric engines for a mountain railway, royalist arrest in Paris, a King Oscar photo gift, Oxford honors, Malay doctor Ibrahim's killings, Servia Bulgaria frontier tensions, and meat inspection delays. Public events include Choate’s London reception for New York merchants and a Boston motor-paced race won by James Moran with Champion and Ross close behind.
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