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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1902
Page
6
The debate weighs Panama and Nicaragua routes for a canal. Proponents cite costs, time, and title validity versus Panama Canal Company. Opponents warn of constitutional and diplomatic hurdles and Costa Rica’s stance complicating Nicaragua.
A reader describes relief from coffee related headaches and nervous trouble after switching to Postum. She notes improved sleep, better weight gain, and a clearer complexion, praising the beverage and advising proper preparation.
The Senate approved measures authorizing the Santa Pacific Railroad to sell or lease its property and franchises, and a resolution allowing the secretary of war to donate up to 15,000 pounds of condemned bronze cannon for Maj. Gen. Charles Devens statue in Worcester, Massachusetts. It also authorized oath transmission for vessel ownership to any authorized corporate agent and adjourned after an executive session at 5:66 p.m.
Culver Military Academy in Culver Indiana will host a summer naval school. Regular man of war cutters and full equipment will teach boat drills elementary naval science and marlin spike seamanship to Culver cadets and neighboring states. Instruction led by a Navy Academy graduate.
A criminal warrant for forgery was sworn out at Muskegon for Luther W Shear district agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company who disappeared last week. The sheriff offered an $8 reward for his capture. Dr J C Nolan of Muskegon has attached Shears library summer home at White Hall and all personal effects holding $100 of Shears paper.
Ottawa report from Superintendent Constantine states there is no truth to rumors of boundary monument destruction. The surveyed boundary at issue is between British Columbia and the Yukon territory. Indians traveling in parties erect small camp monuments if a member dies, which may have sparked the rumor.
The six week coal strike in Pennsylvania shows fewer fire bosses quitting than expected as heavy rain keeps 150,000 idle workers indoors. Reports of assaults surface but no serious injuries. officials dispute figures on worker turnout while Caspar Clark proposes union support through the Team Drivers. A distant soft coal mobilization is denied by Central Pennsylvania leaders amid notes of possible work-week reductions. An incident near Lehigh Valley colliery involves disputed gun fire with Italians celebrating and company officials denying an attack.
A heavy downpour in Scranton floods cellars and threatens river overflow. if rain continues, many mine openings could be reached. Delaware and Hudson watchman Charles Robinson, wounded at Oliphant Saturday, remains unable to identify his assailant. Coal firms report arrests of strikers preying on workers as a magistrate fines four men $25 each for threats to workers.
Roanoke Virginia reports a rare parade of strikers through fields with armed men. Widespread meetings and marches reduce activity as some return to work. About 350 coal cars loaded Saturday, up 75 from Friday. Bluefield West Virginia describes armed parties at Plat Top and Buckeye, guards exchanging shots, and reduced workforces in various mines. Charleston West Virginia notes intensifying Kanawha field strike with Winifrede miners striking and three mines authorized to operate while others close.
Several hundred strikers returned to work this morning in the Flat Top and Tug River fields near Bramwell West Virginia. About half the number who struck a week ago have resumed work. others remain out and growing more desperate. A heavily armed striker left Simmons with three collieries to march toward Pocahontas, threatening to halt all work there. Troop deployment is anticipated to quell possible trouble.
Indianapolis Journal reports at United Mine Workers Indiana headquarters no notice of a Mitchell backed conference on a bituminous strike to aid Pennsylvania miners. Indiana miners unlikely to be urged out. Van Horn predicts possible action despite officials’ view. In Illinois, UMW officials say Peoria accord ensures no sympathetic walkout while agreement remains in force.
Ten civic leaders including Mayor Fitzgerald and Police Chief Rice say tranquility is restored in Pawtucket after militia deployed by Governor Kimball for the street-car strike will be withdrawn. Three stone-throwing incidents aside, the day was quiet. Cars operated on local lines during the day and in Central Falls. troops to be replaced by others as the entire militia force serves ends.
More than 700 workers at independent Chicago glove firms strike amid wage disputes. American Glove Company, Appell Hoffman, Hall and Ross, Burnham Grove Company among firms affected with 125, 100 and 200 workers respectively out or locked out. Union action in New York urges city employees in crafts unions.
Baltimore the fourteenth annual convention of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America meets in the city. The gathering begins at 9 am and runs daily through Friday with over five delegates from each state and from Canada. Key item on the agenda includes autonomy and a separate national organization for press feeders assistants.
Alliance Ohio June 16 150 machinists at the Morgan engineering works return to work after a three month strike. Discharged workers who caused trouble will not be reinstated.
Two hundred Warren City boiler works employees walked off the job today in protest of the discharge of their union president by company officials. The strike signals tension between labor and management at the Warren facility.
Dr. MacArthur at Calvary Baptist Church in New York on June 1 spoke of the millennium beginning, predicting a future federation of nations under the golden rule with the United States and Britain as leading powers. He spoke of large mergers and world enterprises, suggesting an imperialism of love to offset self interests and envisioning a global federation guided by altruistic trusts.
King Edward, strained by lumbago after a rain soaked Aldershot review with 32,000 troops, recovered enough to travel by car to Windsor. Queen Alexandra and royal family attended Windsor races. a patrol of officials noted no new health bulletin as physicians urge rest.
In London the chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach rejected an amendment to drop maize from new grain duties. He warned the small rise would not be as severe as Irish critics claimed and offered to lower offal feedstuffs duty while considering maize cuts for starch makers. In St Petersburg, Plehwe seeks milder policies after listing 60,000 exiles over two and a half years under Sipiaguine, amid reactionary influence at court.
In New York on June 16 Prince Henry of Prussia agreed to act as godfather by proxy for Newark couple Mr and Mrs Christopher Blume’s newborn twins born the day Emperor William's yacht launched. The prince sent a gift for each child and consented after a letter asking his sponsorship. In Nuremberg on the same date the German museum’s semi centenary was celebrated with Emperor William and a large royal party in attendance.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland rests at Castle Schaumburg in the Lahn valley after illness. She drives out daily with the Queen mother and smiles at passersby. Emperor William had planned a visit a week ago but she asked him to defer due to her condition.
Extreme cold and storms grip Cape Colony with telegraph wires down and sheep numbering in the thousands killed. A brutal weather event disrupts communication as officials report severe agricultural and transport damage. The passage notes the third and final game of a series at Hurlingham for the American Volo Cup was not completed due to the conditions.
A sports event was postponed yesterday due to rain and the date of the next contest remains undecided. A cyclone and tidal wave swept Kurrache, the main port of Scinde, India. Viscount Dunluce, heir to the Earl of Antrim, will sail on the Celtic from Liverpool June 2 for New York. In Baden, the Wetzell family died in a house fire. Baroness Halkett, once Mrs Stokes, obtained a London divorce on cruelty and infidelity grounds.
The W C T U of the Sixth Christian Church will hold an ee meeting today. William Melon of Downey street and Madison avenue fell from a hayloft injuring his arm and wrist. he was treated at the City Dispensary by Drs Goodwin and Schenck. Dr. Frank Fetter, once at Indiana University and linked to Stanford, may succeed Dr Swain as IU president. William Lowe Bryan is expected to be Swain’s successor. A team of blind horses owned by T R Paul fell ten feet into the Claypool Hotel basement but suffered no injuries. Emma Redding of Hamilton avenue reported a gold watch stolen after leaving doors open while she visited a nearby grocery. a peddler entering by the front and exiting the back is suspected.
The remedy praised across classes for summer health. claims of banishing neuralgia rheumatism dyspepsia and kidney and liver troubles. Testimony from Mrs A T Lermond of Chicago notes surgical recovery and renewed strength after Paine's Celery Compound, prescribed by a top local physician.
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