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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
2
A Siberian paper reports that the Tartar village of Irprak on the Yenisei Tiver was massacred by Russian peasants in retaliation for horse theft. The incident seems tied to an insignificant affair and appears in a fortnightly publication.
June 6 dispatches report the Porte paying over the balance of compensation for French losses in the Armenian massacre case. Paris and Berlin notices note diplomatic felicitation by embassies. Other items include Morgan buying four tapestries, and various royal and public notices from Vienna to Rome.
CHICAGO June 5 Edward Kimball the noted church debt raiser died in this city and at his son s residence from a complication of diseases He was seventy eight years old credited with converting Dwight L Moody his work paid off vast church debts since 1877 he founded a nationwide campaign and helped pay 15 000 000 of indebtedness His largest individual debt paid dated to Dr Robinson s Presbyterian Church New York Dallas Tex June 5 Congressman R Burke dies in Dallas after three months home stay born Ave 1 1847 he served four terms in Congress from this district
Dwight Stone aged eighty four died at his summer home in Worthington Massachusetts today. He was a wealthy iron owner from Louisiana and had spent many summers at Stonestead in his native town.
West Point cadets B Vernon of Syracuse and C S Perry of Iowa were court martialed and dismissed for falsely obtaining leave and drinking at a nearby Newburgh site. They leave without travel pay for home. Fifty six of fifty nine new cadets reported for exams today.
The superintendent of the Naval Academy causes Cadet J. of California from the seventh class to be dismissed after a court martial conviction for hazing. Details remain undisclosed though the cadet was found in the act of hazing a junior by forcing him to stand on.
Washington forecast calls for thunderstorms and cooler conditions Thursday with showers and cooler southerly winds Friday. Illinois and Indiana expect showers Thursday and fair cooler weather Friday with a shift from southerly to northwest winds. Local observations show cloudy skies, light precipitation, and mild temperatures with a high around 71. Wappenhans, local forecast official, provides mean temperature and precipitation data.
Indiana druggists attend the twentieth annual Indiana Pharmaceutical Association meeting in Muncie with over one hundred registrants and several hundred more arriving, as sessions review the year and the group discusses debt payoff, new officers, and upcoming address by Thomas Wooten.
MOORE'S HILL INd June 5 police report arrests of students for firing holes in a hot air balloon receptacle and a punctured kite. Each youth fined 71 and costs. A seniors versus freshmen class fight over a trophy occurred nearby with near equal honors. RICHMOND INd June 5 recital entrants listed for elocution and piano song at the department of elocution events. Commencement notices follow for New Albany Wabash and Manilla high schools with names of graduates and speakers.
Special to the Inlanapolis Journal reports Elkhart Indiana on June 5 that County Superintendent Ellis, urged by Health Secretary Ashani and doctors, indefinitely postpones district school graduation exercises set for June at Miller Park due to smallpox fears. About ninety pupils finished, aiming for a joint celebration amid several mild county cases and five varicella cases in Elkhart city.
Capt Henry D Moore aged seventy two died today from paralysis after a year long affliction. He led Company A 108th Indiana and later Company K 155th Indiana. He was related to Bishop Moore of the Methodist Church. Five children survive. Burial set for Thursday afternoon.
Peru attorney PPRU Albert Switzer and his brother John, a former Stanford student, tour the Philippines and show interest in Cebu business. County Commissioners levy M cents tax on Peru township first half of 40.00 rating and 70 cents on Jackson rail vote. first halves collected next year. Kling named Miami county infirmary superintendent for two years starting Sept 1. Lyons Arthur Jordan's poultry house burns with $2.00 loss, 2.08 pounds poultry and eight cars of fce melted. Jordan plant at Mattoon, Illinois burned earlier. Reverend Dr J S Tuttle, former Wabash College president, suffers heart trouble at 80. Union City pastor G T Hunter installed after theology degree in Chicago. Madison: William J Bryan accepts Madison Chautauqua address July 6.
In Frankfort Indiana the Manson and Colfax neighborhoods report five new smallpox cases, prompting a townwide quarantine. Vandalia passenger service to the area is halted amid the outbreak and one death has occurred with more cases feared nearby.
A notice from Wabash Indiana states Noah Stebbins of Red Bridge applied for a license to open a saloon. He listed the metes and bounds of the proposed lot in his public notice, but the application faced rejection as read in the newspaper notice.
Indianapolis men prominent in the roster of officers as the American Medical Association meeting closed. The session adopted a new constitution and debated the army canteen issue. Nominating committee named officers for voting. further section officers were elected for various medical groups. Also reported were actions by the American Medical Editors Association, the Temperance Association, and the Proctologic Society. Other items covered included grain market rules, a railroad stake sale, and the formation of the United States Cotton Duck Corporation with substantial capitalization and planned plant expansion.
Buffalo June 5 A fire at the Pan-American exposition grounds struck the Orient Midway show causing smoke in a small concession building. Two performers were badly burned while fighting the flames. The theater crowd exited safely as the fire department contained the blaze. Fennville Michigan June 6 Fire wiped out the business district starting at Dickinson's warehouse. By 2 a.m. the Opera House block and nearby stores burned, with total loss heavy and unestimated.
A fire at Mare Island navy yard in Vallejo California consumed between twenty and thirty tons of smokeless powder. The incident caused losses estimated from 490000 to 500000 dollars. The blaze burned for most of the day and was not extinguished until nightfall.
Amalgamated Association delegates adopt by voice vote the wage committee plan for a continuous scale at the Milwaukee convention. Details await further consideration as unions face extended strikes and labor turmoil. Cincinnati machinists plan a camp to cut strike costs, with $3,900 in benefits distributed over three weeks.
June 5 in Detroit delegates debated reciprocity with foreign nations urging concerted action toward a reciprocal trade system. Speakers urged modified tariffs, open doors in China, and protection for Western farmers, with votes on river harbors and free distribution of cattle virus stirring debate. A reciprocity conference was likely approved for tomorrow as the session adjourned and a banquet followed.
A severe wind and electrical storm hit Zanesville Ohio during a Wild West show. Tent wrecked, Henry Butler and William Case fatally struck by a tent pole, James Cann suffocated by flying rope, and about a dozen people injured. At Rose farm nearby Daniel Giles killed and Jacob Ross fatally injured by lightning. Crooksville Baptist Church also struck and damaged.
Ships arriving and departing across major ports: Majestic Germanic Servia from Liverpool, Kaiser Maria Theresa from Bremen Cherbourg, St Louis to Southampton, St Paul from New York, Lahn to New York, Pretoria from New York to Cherbourg Hamburg, Amsterdam from Rotterdam to Boulogne, Teutonic from New York to Liverpool, Nederland from New York to Antwerp, Mesaba from New York to London.
New York June 5. Richard A. McCurdy of Mutual Life leads a new venture to endow churches hospitals homes and libraries through life insurance policies. Rev E W Hunter organized the Church Endowment Society with Episcopal bishops backing. Banks J P Morgan Co act as bankers. trustees include bishops and lay leaders. no fees charged. the plan aims to raise millions for cathedral and university projects while avoiding burdens on givers.
At the National Woman's Suffrage Association session in Minneapolis the by law amendment to move the annual convention to alternate years was defeated on Susan B. Anthony's appeal to keep conventions as object lessons to Congress. A special fund of 8000 dollars was designated for campaign work. The steamer Monmouth sailed from New Orleans with five horses and many mules bound for Cape Town.
Miss Kahne Beveridge, sculptress, arrives on the Majestic to visit her grandfather, ex Governor Beveridge, who had come from California. She earlier traveled to South Africa last September where her sculpture Rhodesia was sent to Alfred Bell of London. Lord Kinnaird and Granville Waldgrave accompany him to Montreal as Scottish YMC A representatives. Lord Kinnaird will unveil a tablet on June 16 marking the first Y M C A settlement in the world.
The Philadelphia rapid transit bill passed the House and moves to the Senate for concurrence. American Snuff Company declares a 1% dividend on common stock and paid 3% on preferred stock on January 28. Cramp-Maxim-Vickers shipbuilders group resumes talks with Bethlehem Steel stockholders about a consolidation. Amalgamated Copper seeks to absorb Boston Montana and Butte and Boston via capital increase, challenged by attorney Flavel McGee in Jersey City. Collector Charles H. Treat reports over one hundred bucket shops closed in New York.
In Passaic New Jersey June 6 girl strikers at the Acheson Herden factory attacked those who replaced them. Police charged the rioters and three girls along with a man who aided them were taken to the station in a wagon. A mob of about 30 followed hooting and stoning until a fire company dispersed them with a water stream.
A compromise resolved the estate of late playwright Charles H Hoyt. Claimants Mary Green and Clara Hale of Concord and Joseph Merrit of this city were involved. Terms not published.
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