This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 43 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1902
Page
6
To the decided advantage of an easily available stock of Seasonable Merchandise complete in every department sold at wholesale exclusively and to a thorough knowledge of the requirements of this market we add a personal endeavor to please. Mail orders solicited.
Market updates list various stocks with prices from multiple Indiana entities including Belt Railway, Indianapolis Fire Insurance, Ind Title Guaranty and Loan, Law Building Stock, and HE P Wasson Co Prof Stock. Prices shown include 140, 105, 146, 85, and 1035 with details available on request.
A meeting of delegates from Alliance Francaise branches in the United States organized a federation to promote diffusion of the French language. Jules Cambon presided. J. H. Hyde elected president. by-laws adopted. representatives from many cities attended.
J. T. Cedarbury, listed among the healed from the Liberty Bell mine snowslide last Friday, is alive after digging out and reaching safety. Officials expect no further lives lost as workers avoid dangerous hillside activity and mines in the path of the Eisen project are deserted.
Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, who confessed to forging the Dreyfus bordereau, was reportedly spotted in New York City. He is said to have dined briefly in a Broad Way restaurant with a young man and woman, dressed shabbily and appearing very thin. Count Pangaert of Belgium and two waiters claim to have recognized him. Esterhazy had previously fled to England after declining to testify in the Dreyfus trial and has said he will lecture in the United States amid his obscurity since leaving France.
In Grand Rapids on March 4 ex attorney Lant K Salsby and Stilson V MacLeod pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the banking law by obtaining over ten thousand dollars from Old National Bank on fraudulent checks. Money was later repaid. MacLeod formerly bank teller and clearing house manager and used his official position to aid the fraud.
The will of John B. Sherman, founder of the Union stockyards, is filed in probate court. Personal property valued at 1260 dollars with estate totaling about 750000 dollars provides an annuity for the widow and relatives before the remainder is placed in trust for his two children Margaret S Burnham of Evanston Indiana and John J Sherman of Mount Clemens Michigan.
Henry A. Everett resigned today as president of the Cleveland Electric Company known locally as the Big Consolidated Company. Fred E. Barton secretary and W. Wasson purchasing agent also resigned along with their directory resignations. The Big Consolidated controls about twenty two miles of traction lines.
The Carnegie Library in Atlanta opened to the public today. Furnishings cost 155 dollars, funded entirely by Mr. Carnegie.
Governor Taft testified on slavery in the southern Moro islands and said many were enslaved by debt while Dato Mandi had already abolished slavery by decree. He warned ending slavery by force could trigger resistance and noted U.S. influence grows for eradication.
General Chaffee calls the court martial review a lesson for sentinels in the Philippines. Viernes, a native held for larceny, was sent to the fields with a bolo to cut bamboo and killed Private John Carter amid the attack. Viernes was condemned to death by hanging.
The transport Meade, bound for Manila, returned to San Francisco and anchored at the quarantine station after a smallpox case and a scarlet fever case were found among recruits aboard.
In Trenton on March 4 Senator Gebhardt Democrat Hunterdon introduced a bill to repeal and dissolve the Northern Securities Company's charter and corporate existence. The measure argues the company was formed to allow the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads to violate laws, harm revenues, destroy competition, and fix freight rates, reflecting strong public concern and urging action to end the group’s illegal aims.
In Kearney New Jersey six boys aged ten to twelve were brought before Recorder Krebs on charges of area freight cars and property destruction. Two police officers held the boys across their knees for spankings selected by the parents as an alternative to fines. After the corporal discipline the youths were admonished by the court, expressed remorse, and were discharged.
Ex-congressman John J. Lentz tells an Irish Nationalists meeting in Chicago that it is America's duty to aid republics and to annex Canada if Britain pursues imperial war. He links Ireland and Boer sufferings with a call for U S expansion, warns against allowing a monarchical Canada. He ties policy to the Monroe Doctrine and neutrality duties.
In Baltimore on March 4 Congressman David A. DeArmond of Missouri and Henry George Jr of New York led the Crescent Democratic Club’s 30th anniversary celebration. Letters from notable figures were read, and DeArmond attacked the Republican administration’s imperialistic policy while advocating a stronger American merchant marine. George urged free trade.
The Supreme Court affirmed a Hamilton county Circuit Court judgment ruling that the Cincinnati and Cleveland Railroad Company cannot enter Cincinnati to build an electric railway from Cleveland. The lower court had held property cannot be condemned for street railway use.
A mail bag left at Lake Shore station for the American Steel Hoop Company was found in a box car in the Lake Shore yard. The bag contained invoices and checks totaling 20000 dollars. the letters had been opened and the checks taken, but payments have been stopped.
Fred W. Hagen, Alpena city treasurer, has been found in Mexico about seventy miles from the Texas border. The alleged shortage is $9,900. A warrant for his arrest has been issued and a suit filed against the company on his bond.
In the House of Commons the army estimates were introduced showing 69,310 pounds, with War Secretary Brodrick defending the War Office. He outlined changes in administration, recruitment plans including three year enlistment with reserve service, incentives, and a volunteer and militia reserve scheme to bolster manpower for India and overseas postings. The government argued for efficiency, broader reserves, and stricter enforcement against officers, while keeping army strength intact.
Telegram reports from Klerksdorp describe the Feb 24 assault on a British convoy southwest of the town. The Boers under General Delarey attacked from multiple points, overwhelming the overwhelmed garrison after two hours of fierce fighting. Destruction and confusion followed as guns and mules were captured and wounded lay scattered.
London dispatch reports Australian officers and soldiers accused of firing at wounded in Boer outrages and of harsh discipline by Lord Kitchener. Courts martial reportedly sentenced some to death. No official confirmation from London.
Boer prisoners report General De Wet was shot in the arm during a failed attempt to breach a block house line held by New Zealanders near Harrismith and Van Reenen in the Orange River Colony.
Lord Avebury warned at the Association of Chambers of Commerce meeting that disquieting subsidy trends exist in Europe and the United States. He contrasted French support for beet sugar, wheat and textiles with British openness, urged open competition, and urged Britain to press for fair play in world commerce, including in north China with U S and Japan participation.
The transmitter and receiver resemble common telephone devices with a small coil adding slight intensity. When buried deep in the earth, messages traverse vast distances, cutting through forests, rivers, and mountains. Armies separated by terrain can still communicate via earth based wireless telephony. Messages cross seas shore to shore and between ships with clear voice transmission.
A March 4 report from Hong Kong says rebellion in Kwang-Si province spreads to Kwe-Lin and Nan-King with Canton dispatching over a thousand troops for defense. Rebels, likely former soldiers of Marshal Su, seek dynastic change aided by reports of French covert support. Peking orders Su to resume command. fear of pay delays hampers control as a French officer is said killed near the Tonquin border.
Reports from Brussels cite a crisis in the diamond trade with several firms in Antwerp Amsterdam and London facing failures. Newspapers claim diamond merchants absconded with large sums and fled to London and New York. Extradition of two men who fled with francs worth of diamonds is demanded.
A Madrid dispatch reports several Barcelona riot participants arrested were shot at Fort Montjuich this morning. A brother of Carlist leader General Moore was arrested for complicity and faces court martial. Anarchist houses yielded seized papers indicating a broad plot. Strikes were declared today at Cadiz and Terrol in Spain.
Paris dispatch reports Figaro noting President Loubet received an autograph letter from the Czar inviting him to visit St Petersburg. He is asked to fix a date, with late May likely, and Loubet would remain in Russia about four days.
Aeronaut M. Santos-Dumont arrived in London and said he hopes to add to coronation festivities with ascents here. He may tour St Pauls Cathedral as he did the Eiffel Tower. He will then visit New York for exhibitions.
London report notes the Duke of Bedford receives the Order of the Garter in place of the late Earl Fitzwilliam who died February 20 and the Marquis Waterford is made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick succeeding the late Marquis of Dufferin who died February 12.
London, March 4. It is reported the projected visit to Ireland by King Edward has been abandoned due to the aggressive actions attributed to the United Irish League.
Berlin March 4 tariff committee of the Reichstag lifted the duty on barley malt from fm 2pigs to lim Spies and increased duties on other malt from $m to lim. St Petersburg March 4 the Czar sent 100 roubles for Sha Maka Transcaucasia earthquake victims relief.
In a Paris dispatch to the Journal and American Academy of Science E Ducrotet, the French engineer, discusses the system of wireless telephony he has invented and asserts its telephonic operation without wires. The report comes from New York dated March 4.
London March 5 reports a new five firm steel combination in Wales led by Baldwin and Co Limited of Wisdee Swansea announced from Swansea.
Cape Town reports Cecil Rhodes, once ailing for some time, showing signs of improvement. The update notes his condition has stabilized and he is on the mend following weeks of illness.
In Lynchburg, twenty miles from Houston, Frank P Jacobs aged 25 shot his 18 year old wife today and then slashed his own throat with a razor. The two bodies were found side by side. The couple had been married one year.
In New York on March 4 Albert T Patrick's trial featured handwriting expert John W Truesdell confirming forged signatures on a Rice will. Witnesses described a scheme where Jones pressured witnesses to back a 1896 will and proposed substituting executors to benefit an 1896 will.
MOUNT PLEASANT Pa March three miners at the antard mine were instantly killed this evening in a mysterious incident. The cage conveying them upward fell suddenly. A miner on the cage said one man lost his hold and tried to save himself pulling down Alex, aged forty five, and another unidentified man.
The subcommittee appointed to prepare a new hymnal for the Methodist Episcopal Church met in New York with chairman M V Simpson of Philadelphia and professors C T Wince Middletown Conn P J Southin Milford mm C M Stuart Evanston Ill and Karl P Harrington Orono Me present. They expect to be in session for three days.
Oxford postoffice in Hamilton district was found robbed of stamps and cash. Postmaster Wallace discovered the break at about 1 o clock this morning. The safe was forced with a chisel and tools, and 1500 dollars in stamps plus 100 dollars in cash were taken, with the remaining contents scattered on the floor.
In Taylor Nebraska Ira J. Laundy killed his wife with a gun and then fatally shot himself following a jealous dispute last night. Police found both bodies. the incident appears to be a domestic murder suicide.
An old advertisement touts Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike’s Toothache Drops as universal remedies. It claims relief for teething pain, coughs, colds, wind, and bowel issues in children, with druggists selling the syrups at a stated price. The copy mentions decades of use and urges asking for Mrs. Hale’s product.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.