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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
1
Secretary Gage questioned whether the proposed maximum duties on bicycles resins and machinery imported from the country would infringe rights of the United States. The issue is described as possible discrimination akin to violations under the 1882 convention.
Washington dispatch outlines debate over Russia United States tariff clash triggered by 1833 treaty provisions. Russia's duties on bicycles resins and machinery draw protest while US petroleum duties raise questions of treaty violation. Cassini downplays political stakes, urges mutual, reciprocal commerce amid possible denouncement.
New York June 19 Judge Henderson M Somerville chair of the board of classification of the United States general appraisers explains the board s April ruling that Russia s sugar export laws confer an indirect bounty within the tariff act. He noted M De Witte s remarks on the decision and discussed its implications.
In a legal conflict over sugar bounty and Russian price controls, judges debate Secretary Gage’s actions and the role of U S policy. The Detroit manufacturers convention urged Congress to amend the Dingley act, arguing courts cannot legislate.
London dispatch reports the German government has definitely adopted a single tariff system for all commercial treaties, as stated by the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express.
Denver dispatch reports a Times claim of a vast scheme by Western financiers to transfer all U S railroad lines to the government within years. The group of Rockefeller Harriman Vanderbilt Gould and Morgan interests would be paid about 10 billion in value, with banks controlled by them to finance the deal.
Captain Henry N. Manney will attempt to steer the battleship Massachusetts through Hell Gate tomorrow, leaving Brooklyn Navy Yard at noon. No first class battleship has tried the channel. earlier ships Maine and Minneapolis succeeded only due to lighter draught and beam. He will proceed without a pilot.
San Francisco reports persistent rumors that Princess Hatzfeldt plans to contest Colis P. Huntington's will after an alleged Sacramento adoption record surfaced. Her admission of dissatisfactions over a $1,000,000 life interest contrasts with residuary bequests possibly exceeding forty million for Henry Huntington, fueling talk of simultaneous legal actions in San Francisco and New York.
Despondent over difficulty learning English Porfirio Castor of Havana, son of a wealthy custom broker, committed suicide last night by jumping from a fourth floor window at a boarding house on West Twenty-fifth Street. He had been suffering from nervous prostration and was said to be insane at the time.
June 13 Muskogee reports Mrs Jessie Miller shot and killed her neighbor Mrs M J Brake at Clarks ville after a quarrel over a goose. Miller surrendered after the incident.
Thousands gathered outside and inside Queen's Hall for a pro Boer meeting amid hooting and scuffles. Delegates including Labouchere, Dillon, Lloyd George and Hardie faced obstruction as protesters urged independence for Boer republics. Police and stewards controlled crowds while the press described hired “stalwarts” as keeping order.
War Department notes Captain Reichman of the Seventeenth Infantry observed seven months with Boer forces in the Transvaal and at Madagascar. He found disciplined troops, ages ranging eighteen to fifty, with 25,411 in Transvaal and 14,834 in the Orange Free State. He described Boers as reserved yet dignified and not inherently trained soldiers, blaming hostile reports on inaccuracy or accident.
The Boer army included a diverse mix with an Italian company of seventy five under Captain Ricardi who had served with Aguinaldo in the Philippines, Irish-American hospital corps who ditched insignia for rifles, and American scouts under Captain Hassel. The Kaffire played a notable role in the Transvaal Republic forces.
In Trenton on June 19 the Amalgamated Copper Company filed a certificate raising its capital stock from 75 million to 156 million to acquire the Butte & Boston and Boston & Montana companies. Signed by President Anson Flower and Secretary William Rockefeller, the document records consent from over 1 000 stockholders including Marcus Daly and J. W. Sterling. Boston reports say National Shawmut Bank received a majority of Boston & Montana and Butte & Boston shares to facilitate the transfer, following a New Jersey court decision dissolving the injunction barrier.
Two Black men, Proph et Smith and F D M'land, accused of aiding in the murder of planter J G Gray, were hanged from a tree at Benton Louisiana. The mob action followed accusations of involvement in the crime.
In Lagrange, North Carolina, June 19, D B Jones a black preacher accused of attempting an assault on Mrs Noah Davis was taken from the guardhouse and lynched last night. Distress cries and pistol shots were heard, the lock-up broken into, and the preacher vanished.
Chicago June 19 Ambassador Jules Cambon told a Chicago Club luncheon that intellect, not commerce or expediency, will prevent future wars. He praised arbitration boards led by reason, not business sentiment, as the path to peaceful solutions and noted America's educational advantages must sustain world peace.
New York report quotes Henry D. Clayton of Alabama on southern tactics to remove black suffrage. He asserts Democratic supremacy has endured despite enfranchisement and would be strengthened by complete disfranchisement in states like Mississippi Louisiana and South Carolina.
The seven judges hear arguments on a new trial for Roland B. Molineux, the convicted poisoner of Mrs Katherine Adams. Former Senator Hill urges duty and warns against technicalities, while John G. Milburn counters. General Molineux, the prisoner’s father, endures the tense scene as the court schedules further action.
In Eldorado Kansas on June 19 the state rested after two days as Jessie Morrison faces murder charges in the death of Mrs Olin Castle. The defense plans new evidence including a death bed statement and a peddler’s affidavit once found, with witnesses slating Morrison over Castle as the violent assailant. Emma S Spangler testified to screams and blood at the Castle home and described Morrison over the dying woman urging Get off of me Jessie Morrison.
T A Kramer for Miss Morrison stated this afternoon that she killed Mrs Castle in self defense and that Mrs Castle never gave up hope of life, arguing that the dying declaration is not valid since only testimony pertaining to the actual killing was admitted by the court.
The Barker case in Jersey City over the shooting of Rev. John Keller proceeds with Thos G Barker and his wife on the witness stand. Barker claims sudden insanity sparked by his wife’s testimony and Keller’s alleged insult. Evidence of an “outrage” referenced to jurors but struck by the State.
Harrisburg June 19 The House passed two rapid transit bills after Senate action to place franchise power in a Governor backed board. Insurgent Republican Coray condemned the process as wealth and graft driven, vowing to oust the “infernal machines.” Others criticized the measures as poor policy while defending them as curbing speculative charters. The measure passed 105 to 5 amid a disputed vote count.
Cincinnati report: William C. Mott of Fifth and Baymiller streets shoots John Clancy porter of the Great Western Hotel and Mrs. Mott in a hotel room. Clancy wounded in the neck likely fatal, Mrs. Mott head wound not dangerous. Mott arrested, says he tried to kill both out of jealousy and anger.
William E. Coffin, broker and former Coffin & Stanton partner, had debts totaling 4 150 900 and assets of five dollars in a U S bankruptcy discharge. The petition filed April 12 listed unsecured claims of 873 134 arising from Coffin & Stanton's 1994 failure tied to suspended institutions. The largest creditor was the city of Santa Cruz California for 332 000.
Andrew Carnegie will erect a monument to James G. Blaine as a token of longtime friendship. A site is expected in Schenley Park near the Carnegie Institute. Plans are not yet formed.
Storm aftermath reports deaths and injuries while central areas suffer heavy property damage. Crops, homes, and businesses endure severe losses as crews survey ruins. In related notes, concerns rise over a new minimum wage law affecting Fort Wayne public works as contracts and projects stall.
Storms swept Greencastle Kokomo Union City and nearby areas causing barns to burn from lightning farm losses heat exhaustion and downed power lines. A buggy collision with fallen wire left two men shocked and one son not expected to recover. Widespread wind hail and lightning damaged homes windows and crops across multiple counties.
Pendleton Indiana June 18 lightning struck the Big Four bridge over Fall Creek during a storm. Telegraph poles were shattered and fell across the tracks with their wires delaying traffic. High wind heavy rain and hail damaged fruit and grain with fencing blown down in many areas.
In Terre Haute on June 19 a six teen year old girl, daughter of Harvey Larkins of Riley, was instantly killed by lightning while a small slater she carried was unharmed. A man, unnamed, was also killed by lightning near Riley at Youngstown.
A severe storm hit Booneville Missouri on June 1 leaving one man Tobe Fisher dead after walls toppled and a brick building collapsed. Nine people were injured while the local Bank roof and several homes were destroyed and the Telephone Company exchange wrecked.
In Bedford Indiana John Huron died from gunshot wounds after a late night arrest attempt by officers led by Constable Mark Cloud. The suspect, once a saloon keeper, was described as dangerous when drinking. Cloud was shot in the abdomen but is expected to recover. In Evansville Indiana Walters, a butcher from Gentryville, was found dead with a bullet in his heart. authorities consider the possibility of suicide following a daytime quarrel between Walters and his wife.
Madison Ind June 19 The Democrat Printing Company sues Chairman Miles of the Democratic central committee for payment of printing. Judge Bear overrules a plea that the whole committee is liable, ruling only those who ordered the work are responsible, a decision stirring political circles.
Margaret Skinner and her husband John Skinner of Hartford City Indiana filed suit against Hindman Oil Company seeking cancellation of an oil and gas levy on their three acre oil nick damages and related claims arising from the levy.
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