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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1903
Page
11
The Civil-service Commission reports to Postmaster General Payne on charges of civil service violations in the Washington post office. The inquiry highlights officials using gossip and personal attacks, with calls to expose improper conduct and graft within the department as inspectors pursue corruption.
Forecast for Sunday and Monday calls for warm and fair conditions across Indiana Illinois Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Kansas Nebraska Tennessee Kentucky with variable winds and occasional showers in portions. Local observations show a maximum of 74 and a minimum of 44 with clear skies and light winds from the west.
Testimony and a Proctor summary allege departures from civil service rules in Washington post office promotions. Findings indicate department-directed appointments bypassing examination, implying political use and reduced postmaster authority, with transfers and merit hires misaligned and office crowded by politically favored staff. Postmaster General Payne defends compliance with Civil Service rules and cites pre‑1902 actions and reforms to end irregularities, noting open competitive appointments and limits on promotions since his tenure began.
Washington June 13 Alvard Cooley of Westchester New York has been appointed civil service commissioner by President Roosevelt to replace James R Garfield. Senator Platt of New York luncheon with the President and announced the appointment after his conference, though he did not indicate it as his selection. The decision was reportedly made earlier and acquiesced in by Senator Platt.
United States Consul Heenan reports on the killing of Queerkin B. Chitjiar an American citizen in Odessa by Turks. Chitjan born in Harpoot Turkey in 16883 later lived in Worcester Massachusetts where naturalized and ordained as a clergyman. Russian authorities expected to mete out justice. Also notes European squadron arrival at Southampton and Senator Platts luncheon with the President.
Dispatches describe conspirators’ claim of justification after the Belgrade murder of Queen Draga and King. The late Alexander’s drafted bill for crown heir is found, while Russia expresses profound emotion and hopes Servia can pursue national life peacefully under a new sovereign.
In Constantinople on June 18 the terrible events at Belgrade stunned the Yildiz Palace. The Sultan, deeply affected, refused to hear newspaper details and allowed courtiers to speak only of the death of the King and Queen of Servia, banishing the word assassination from conversation.
A Rome dispatch quotes a semi official note saying that whoever is made King of Servia will face punishment by the powers for the murder of King Alexander and Queen Draga. The statement emphasizes that civilized nations will not tolerate such governance.
Clifton Place lots offered at $50 with high city point. sales pitch claims value will rise. A representative will be on the ground Sunday after call. contact William L. Elder at Inzalls Block for details.
The column reports on diplomat Bellamy Storer and Gen. Greely aboard the steamship New York arriving from Southampton. Sir Frederick Pollock accepts to read at the American Bar Association meeting in Hot Springs Virginia Aug 26 to 28. Gen McCook’s funeral planned for Dayton at 8:20 am. Immigration Chief Sargent proposes fifteen more coast boundary inspectors amid immigration concerns with Chinese crossings. Open in Baltimore for the Northeastern Saengerbund festival with large-scale rehearsals. Loch Torredon arrives in San Francisco from New Castle Australia in record time. Mary E. Mininas took 107 days. Montana Flathead tensions flare over cattle tax enforcement with tribal resistance. Frisco Railway agents thwart a train robbery plot near Empire Junction. Diamonds worth eight thousand dollars alleged stolen in New York. suspects arrested. Boston dory traveler Ludwig Eisenbaum returns after 38 miles at sea in fog and cold. DC government sues James M. Watson for about 73000 in defalcations with attached auto and bulletin sheet.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad has absorbed the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company with headquarters at Vancouver and has taken over its fourteen steamers plying between Victoria, Skagway and other points. Also filed at Dover on Saturday were incorporations for Keeler Manufacturing Company in Cleveland capital 100000 to make car fixtures and Itzel McClane Company in Lisbon to operate stone quarries capital 25000. Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York seeks co receiver status for City Trust and Banking Company of Baltimore, claiming 100000 creditor status. United States Steel Corporation filed its year 142 financial report with the Bureau of Corporations.
Thirty machinists and helpers in Chesake and Ohio shops at Hinton West Virginia strike in sympathy with Huntington strikers. Fourteen other labor clashes unfold as a Chicago injunction case fines sixteen strikers ten dollars each. Charleston and Atkinsonville see resistance arrests with fines and five month jail terms. Textile workers in Philadelphia gain Coxe Brothers concessions amid yarn shortages. Pennsylvania Railroad employees petition to cut workday to eight hours across trainmen car inspectors and baggagemen with early favorable talks for car inspectors only.
W A Porter attempted to shoot his son in law at Denison Wyoming. His wife intervened and was shot in the head. Porter shot himself and may die. Mrs Porter critical. Robert Catlett of Sevier County Tennessee to hang July 31 for complicity in the Whaley murder. General Turner captured in Tennessee and jailed in Kentucky. Elmer Haver killed Timothy Morris after a confrontation near Newcomerstown Ohio. Louis Harmon and Otis Loveland, ex convicts, under arrest in Columbus Ohio for the Geyer murder at Alton Ohio.
The confession by Love land links a principal to the prison robbery and names two accomplices. Miles Wallingford is identified as the third member and remains a fugitive.
The small steamer Jes H. Davis foundered near the mouth of the Cleveland harbor Saturday amid a heavy northwest storm. Captain Erastus Haskins was drowned. The wreck adds to a grim week of maritime losses in the region.
Lorraine Barrows, famed automobilist, died in Paris from injuries in the Paris Madrid race on May 24. Emperor Franz Joseph’s carriage incident in Vienna concluded with the assailant declared insane and jailed. A violent typhoon battered Hanoi Namdinh Thaibinh in French Cochinchina, killing natives and injuring Europeans, with trains overturned. The Vatican reportedly accepts Mgr Martin Garcia y Alcocer’s resignation as bishop of Cebu, likely leaving the Philippines. Italian Premier Zanardelli announced the cabinet’s resignation, with temporary duties by ministers. Berlin comments anticipate Reichstag dissolution if Socialists and Agrarians unite to oppose commercial treaties. London Appeal Court grants retrial to Lady Cook in libel case against J H Wallace over accusations relating to Sir Francis Cook’s death.
Ships arriving and departing across ports including New York Liverpool Queenstown Cherbourg Rotterdam Plymouth Moville Hamburg and London dated June 13 with vessels such as Auguste Victoria Minnehaha Lucania Zeeland Commonwealth Celtic Phila delphia and Barbarossa among others indicating frequent steamship traffic and routing in mid June 1900s era maritime activity.
In London June 13 the Irish party held a dinner in Parliament for W Bourke Cockran of New York. John Redmond chaired as Nationalists listened to a blistering speech critiquing Chamberlain and British policy. Cockran attacked protectionism, lauded U S justice in interstate issues, and warned colonial surrender risks. Redmond praised Cockran as a powerful, principled American ally.
A fragmentary dialogue recounts social snobbery about descent from old families and farming. The speaker contrasts Adam and Eve’s husband with Josiah Allen, touching on class pretension and gendered expectations in a humorous, literary vignette.
Bloomington June 13 Indiana University marks 74th commencement with law graduates to be announced Thursday night after a senior class reception hosted by President and Mrs Bryan. Tri Kappa ends its first state convention with a seven course banquet and officers elected as Skull editor chosen for Bloomington publication.
Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute announces a full week of events from June 20 to 26. Highlights include a concert, class day at the opera house, a play The Foresters, alumni meetings, and the commencement with address by Dr. Winfield Scott Chapin. About seventy five graduates expected. notable speakers include Dr. W. T. Stott and President W. W. Parsons.
A New York Commercial feature traces the rise of hair restorers as a booming industry. It notes a major firm issuing roughly one thousand barrels yearly, with many factories and widespread use of preparations containing alcohol bay rum quinine and salicylic acid. It also describes drug stores crafting prescriptions and the vast annual output across the United States.
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