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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1901
Page
1
Judge Woods died suddenly from angina pectoris at midnight after a slight prior pain. The incident occurred without warning, shocking colleagues and the local judiciary. Funeral arrangements are pending as the community mourns the respected jurist.
Judge William A. Woods of the Seventh Circuit died suddenly in his Delano apartment. Dr. Henry Jameson cited angina pectoris as the probable cause after a stomach pain worsened, with Mrs Woods administering medicine and whiskey as aid. Messages went out for his son Floyd and daughter Alice while neighbors aided and Dr. Jameson spoke on angina’s signs and timing.
William Allen Woods born May 16 1837 near Farmington Tennessee rose from farm labor to law and politics. He studied at Wabash College taught at Marion Indiana and joined the Union army after Bull Run later serving as United States district and circuit judge. He refused to sell a slave girl despite her status as chattel, aided by abolitionist views shaped by family.
The article recalls Circuit Judge William A. Woods a long career in Indianapolis and Chicago. It highlights his rulings on the World’s Columbian Exposition Sunday closing case the Dudley bribery matter and the 1858 mail and interstate commerce injunction. It notes his integrity his late career vindication and a celebrated funeral portrait by Justice Brewer. It ends with details of his marriage in 1870 and his two children Alice and Floyd.
William L. Taylor and Judge John H. Baker, longtime friends of Judge Woods, learned of his death at the Denison Hotel. Taylor recalls Woods as circuit judge for LaGrange and Elkhart counties, then an Illinois Supreme Court member and later a U.S. judge. Floyd Woods, the judge’s son, has long worked with Taylor in their law practice.
Report indicates a judge died after a severe coughing spell amid hot weather. He had been working hard, but recent health had been excellent. He planned to travel East to visit his daughter soon. The judge was not seen late last night and is believed to have died before morning.
Roscoe O. Hawkins recalls Judge Woods as a strong Supreme Court jurist from Goshen who rose to United States district and circuit judge roles under Harrison and Cleveland. He praises Woods for unwavering fairness, careful listening, and willingness to change views when proven wrong.
Frederick R. Smith naval officer retired dies at 61 in Binghamton New York after Annapolis 1861 service in Civil War. William Dresbach pioneer wheat man known as Wheat King dies in San Francisco at about 75. T S Parvin longtime Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge grand secretary dies at Cedar Rapids after fifty eight years in service.
Daily list reports William E. Clarke and two daughters Mary B and Frances D ages twelve and eight drowned at New Bern North Carolina. George B Bryan aged ten also drowned. Bodies of the two girls recovered. Clarke was a Republican who served as state senator representative deputy collector of customs and postmaster of New Bern.
Angu Hodgson seventeen and Frank Beatty twenty four camping party members from East Liverpool were drowned when their boat capsized at Grim s Bridge. In Owensboro Kentucky John L yson fourteen and Howard White twelve were swimming in Green River below Curdsville when they drowned and their bodies were not recovered.
Brig. Gen. A. W. Greely, chief signal officer, has arrived from the United States and is conferring with the Philippine commission on transferring subsidiary telegraph lines to insular government control. The commission will fix compensation. Fifty teachers have arrived.
Burford Kilpatrick and Buford depart for New York via Manila in July. Buford sails around July 10 with aims in the Cuban trade. Kilpatrick follows about a week later. Logan and Thomas ship teachers to the Philippines, Logan around July 5 with 125 teachers, Thomas a few days later. Grant carries army officers and civilians, sailing about July 15.
In San Francisco on June 29 the Root versus Carter bout lasted fifteen rounds with Root awarded the decision after a foul in the final round. Carter struck low, sending Root to the canvas and limping to his corner. The crowd roared as police cleared the ring and Callahan beat Joe Bernstein in the prelim.
Articles of incorporation for eight companies with five million dollars capital have been filed by Philadelphia and Pierre residents. The ventures aim to cover wireless telephone and telegraph services across the United States including Alaska and other territories.
A fire at Harry Fletcher's henhouse near the Country Club destroyed the structure and about 1000 chickens. Loss estimated at $600 or more. Fire suspected incendiary.
A severe storm in Indiana causes a fatal lightning strike in a Clay County barn where three farmers tending cattle were killed. Separately in Wisconsin live wires detached by wind caused two instant fatalities in St Paul and further damage to buildings and livestock around New Richmond.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports more rain in the devastated Elkhorn Valley delaying relief efforts. In Brazil Indiana a severe night storm struck a barn killing Frank Bridgewaters, Anderson Webster, and a man named Wiggle. Webster's widow and family survive.
A severe storm swept Huntingburg with St. Mary's Catholic Church struck by lightning and damaged. Velpen lay in the path, with several houses unroofed. No fatalities reported.
Heavy storms sweep across sections of Minnesota and Wisconsin causing farm losses, damaged buildings, windmills, and livestock deaths. A major tornado south of New Richmond wreaks substantial property damage with no fatalities reported. Star Prairie and nearby areas report significant losses, while hail and flood damage affect several towns including Hector, Bird Island, and Montevideo. Weather continues to threaten crops in multiple counties.
A severe rain and wind storm struck Minneapolis with funnel-like threats. Holly Bennett died from a live wire, Dell Elek was shocked, and Mrs Morris suffered a broken leg and dislocated shoulder. The Home laundry collapsed, a Wild West show tent was torn, a grain tank building collapsed, and several workers narrowly escaped.
In Ann Arbor Michigan a severe electrical storm damaged property with lightning striking several houses the courthouse tower and gas company building roof while a crowded streetcar panicked as globes exploded. In La Crosse Wisconsin a tornado caused thousands of dollars in damage blowing the Hotel Boycott roof off and wrecking the nearby hospital portion the storm moved in from the west with intense wind rain and lightning.
EAU CLAIRE Wis June 28 Lightning struck the animal tent of the Wallace circus killing an elephant and stunning the entire menagerie. Many persons were severely shocked. The report notes heavy rain and general storm impact across the area with flooding in basements and power lines down.
New York residents faced the hottest day of the year as the official thermometer hit 9 degrees at 4 pm and street readings rose higher. By midnight Greater New York reported eight heat deaths and fifty prostrations, while Jersey City and nearby towns logged about twenty prostrations with no deaths. A gentle breeze later cooled the air.
Pittsburg reports a heat wave with a high of 88 and low of 7. Three deaths occur Mary Dermo aged fifteen Gilbert n sixty five and Robert Hous ton eight years old. Prostrations reported among scorers and residents across the city.
A government weather station in Lincoln Nebraska hit 108 degrees at 4 PM, breaking June heat records. The heat wave extended across southeastern Nebraska with similar readings. In St Joseph Missouri the shade temperature also reached 108, marking the peak of the hot spell in the area.
Former Secretary of the Navy H A Herbert spoke to the Alabama Bar Association in Montgomery on the duties of the American lawyer in the twentieth century. He warned of new global complexities and urged greater independence of thought, independent press influence, and tariff reform to curb corporate power and ensure honest elections.
USSVILLE Ky June 2 The attorney for the Thacker mine operators plans to file for an ancillary injunction in Covington Ky to restrain union miners and holdouts from interfering with Thacker mine operations The case will split Kentucky into two federal districts with Judge Evans in the western tract and Judge Cochrane in the eastern as soon as the court opens
The first through train from the Pacific coast over the Great Northern arrived in St Paul at 5 05 this afternoon after a lay of fifty hours caused by a cloudburst that damaged the main line between Williston North Dakota and Glasgow Montana Tuesday night. A severe storm struck West Superior Wisconsin this afternoon flooding the city and demolishing a steeple.
Henry Marquand & Co stock brokers faced forced assignment as Femnk Sullivan Smith took charge amid likely distress. The firm’s liabilities echoed a banking failure with over one million five hundred thousand owed to the Seventh National, while the Currency Controller disapproved its securities in a Thursday statement.
The Bankers and brokers Henry Marquand & Co were announced in the stock market amid the Seventh National Bank failure. Frank Sullivan Smith was named assignee, taking charge after an assignment without preferences. Legal and financial officials forecast gradual clarity on assets and liabilities as securities are managed and creditors’ positions assessed.
The directors of the Miami Valley National Bank in Hamilton announce a restructuring to remove suspicion tied to Fletcher Heath. Heath, previously vice president of the Seventh National Bank of New York, is replaced as president and is removed from his dual roles to restore confidence in the local bank.
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