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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1901
Page
2
Governor Durbin vetoed bills on township reform warrants sheriff pay scales and school funding plan. He asserted legal and constitutional issues including invalid warrants, timing based on 1900 census data, and lack of state insurance supervision. Several measures failed to pass or were returned without signature as the legislature adjourned.
The President plans a six week trip starting April 9 to California then up the coast toward Washington with possible detours to Buffalo for the Pan American Exhibition. A full office and telegraph crew will travel aboard the train to handle Cabinet and Ohio delegation business en route. Stops include New Orleans El Paso and numerous coast points.
The Rev. es Kelloge, a noted writer for boys, is dying at his Harpswell home in Me. on March 11. He is widely known for his children's literature and religious writings.
Forecast from March 11 predicts Tuesday increasing cloudiness with rising temperatures and brisk westerly winds for Washington. Wednesday brings rain. Indians Illinois forecast shows warmer Tuesday with southeasterly winds and rain on Wednesday. Local observations note cloudy western sky and a maximum temperature near 41 degrees.
Marcy's offers big bargains this week on diamonds and jewelry. The sale features a range of pieces from rings to necklaces with discounted prices and in-store specials for shoppers.
General MacArthur reports in Manila cable that Mariano de Dios with four officers and fifty-seven men surrendered at Naic Cavite. The capture marks a collapse in the insurrection with 3168 arms surrendered since January 1. Colonel Schuyler reports further surrenders and rifle captures in Cavite Batangas regions.
Report from Manila dated March 11 details how the Mandoducats secret society abducted and killed Filipinos favoring American rule, with about 49 victims buried alive in two months. Ringleaders arrested after military commission hearings, while other insurgent actions and naval activities are noted.
From Muncie Indiana March 11 Charles Cotterell son of Dr Cotterell now in the Philippines writes on the canteen question saying the W C T U has abolished the canteen and soldiers will face hard rationing of hardtack beans dried apples coffee salmon bacon and embalmed beef with 80 percent of troops going mad over no beer and no fund for green corn canned peas potatoes peaches chickens tomatoes radishes pork sausages butter and other extras restored by the canteen.
Washington dispatch notes orders converting the Fourth provisional battalion at San Francisco into the first battalion of the Thirtieth Infantry for early service in the Philippines. It lists marching units and sailing transports Indiana Meade and Pennsylvania with designated troops for Philippines duty.
The quartermaster general was informed the transport Logan left Nagasaki Thursday for San Francisco carrying Major General Young and the Thirty third and Thirty fourth Volunteer regiments. On arrival in San Francisco General Young will relieve General Shafter and the latter will retire as major general.
Advices aboard the steamer Goodwin say seventy five sailors mutinied on the cruiser Albany at Hong Kong last month over pay and a berry. The unruly sailors were placed in irons and sent to Cavite for trial.
A disastrous explosion at a theater built in 1879 near Throop and Madison streets caused the roof to lift and collapse. Debris trapped workers amid flames and dust while rescuers shifted wounded women to stores for medical aid and hospitals. Several bodies were identified by relatives as the death toll mounted.
Five bodies found under heavy timbers in the east end of the Waverly Theater complex as a blast wrecked more than a dozen shops facing Madison street. Rescue efforts halted after Mayor Harrison ordered debris removal only if no more victims remained.
A digest of developments across Russia and Europe includes 120 libraries planned in rural South Russia, a St Petersburg philanthropic course project, German tariff proposals on artificial sweetening, and military postings to Turkestan and the Caucasus. Financing plans for St Petersburg harbor improvements and efforts by the Russkoye Sobranye to educate youth in a national spirit are reported, with seismology work planned and police actions noted in Vilna.
In Arkansas City Kansas panic followed news of the First National Bank of Niles Michigan failure. C A Johnson once Niles cashier now heads Farmers' National Bank of Arkansas City. When opened Monday the bank faced a crowd with cashier A H Denton supplying over $1000 in currency. Deposits stood at 22 505 with over 107 000 cash on hand.
An advertising claim states Laxative Bromo Quinine will remove the cause of pneumonia and grip appears as a remedy. The text presents the product as a universal cure, urging use for illness prevention and recovery.
Rufus Cummins Garland of Denison Texas dies at Fort Worth while employed by the Dawes commission. Gilbert Wilkes of Denver a veteran naval officer and engineer dies of a lung hemorrhage in Denver. Agnes Sunday Hilton of New York dies in Paris. her husband Henry G. Hilton once disinherited by his father. Leonard Chenery retired Navy officer dies in New York hospital. Edward Conrad, famed New Orleans diver, dies after inspecting the Maine wreck.
Col B Cowlam a Madison Indiana resident and Civil War era chief telegrapher under General McClellan was found dead in bed at the Cosmopolitan Hotel New York on March 11 authorities indicating heart failure as the likely cause his death marks the end of a noted military communications career once serving in McClellan’s staff.
In North Baltimore near Bowling Green Ohio a large posse surrounds Ody McCarthy in a house after a blood hound chase. McCarthy and J C Insley faced a dispute over his child’s punishment. McCarthy reportedly has a penitentiary record.
The Dominion government cuts the gold royalty to five percent. The La Chame arrives from Havre with 398,968 francs in specie. River and harbor committee members visit Havana from Washington. Schlatter, a self styled healer, is arrested in Seattle under the vagrancy law. City Treasurer John L Walters of Charlottesville is shot by his brother in law Stuart Bailey, who may die from wounds. The William Mayer Company assigns to Cincinnati Trust Company with assets $49,000 and liabilities $20,000. Mrs. Sarah Jane Hess is murdered at Bladensburg Ohio. motive robbery. James Callahan implicates Pat Crowe in Cudahy kidnapping and asserts if acquitted Crowe will surrender. Fall River manufacturers vote to curtail production. terms not public. Ernest De Koven Leffingwell will accompany Baldwin Zeigler expedition as geodetist. Hickory Swamp colliery strike ends. nonunion join United Mine Workers. Yale observatory notes a dimmer Perseus star. one observer notes redder color. American Steel and Wire declares quarterly dividends. preferred 1.5 percent, common 1.4 percent, down from prior. Nebraska senator vote tallies listed. multiple names with fusion tickets, 46 absent or not voting. Mme Januschek testimonial fundraising advances in New York via committee on arrangements led by Bingham, Allen, Bates. Labor saving machinery at Brittain & Co overall factory causes strike at St. Joseph MO. 40 girls suspended, superintendent Phillips demand for discharge. Louis Grand, ex water rates official in St Louis, commits suicide. leg amputation feared. Camperdown mutiny sailors arraigned in NY, held for March 14. Berwind-White Coal Company posts notice of average advance of per
Wages rise set to continue from April 1900 as ten thousand workers face notice. Advices report freezing deaths and severe December cold. Stampedes and strikes noted. Beattie sues Metropolitan Street Railway for 100000 dollars over contract breach. Governor Nash refuses Kentucky requisition for Tuggle due to paper irregularities. Tuggle travels with Somerset official to Kentucky without a requisition. Frank Brown, ex German National Bank official from Newport, Ky., traced to Honduras partnering with S. A. Piper of Montana. Coal contract worth over 2006000 linked to wage troubles in anthracite fields via Kana wa and New River districts. Longshoremen convention in Cleveland to set wage scale. no wage increase expected. Sheriff Sparks brings Henderson from Corsicana. governor forbids return. Chihuahua dispatch misstates engineer Rives killed. both he and Bean survived in El Paso. Tipton arrested for petit larceny after safe robbery claim. total shortage reported 2639 with bondholders backing order.
Chicago records describe West Shore Railway bonds offering perpetual interest for life. Despite 4000 year maturity claims, bonds trade at premiums while other long dated issues from Northern Pacific and Commercial Cable Company are noted. Jefferson quotes caution perpetual debt beyond a generation’s span and warns constitutions expire in thirty four years.
The Detroit Tribune reports a chaotic scene as police hauled out Irish members in a closure dispute. One obstinate rebel required nineteen officers to enforce the speaker’s orders, prompting humorous remarks on numbers and Irish conduct. The piece notes American comparisons and questions policing and national character.
The Crean case is cited to argue police can quell uprisings with a 19 to 1 force ratio While Hazen Pingree’s London visit and his Monongahela bottle are noted as a curious coincidence commentators ask if this marks a new pattern in British Commons history or a mere oddity
Maritime brief notes list arrivals at Southampton Hamburg New York Beyrut Genoa Glasgow and Gibraltar on March 1 to March 11. Vessels include Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Columba Staten Dam Auguste Victoria Trave Werra Santaian and Sama tian with routes from New York Boston Rotterdam Cherbourg Plymouth Naples Genoa and Boulogne.
Springfield Tl March 11 The joint convention of Illinois coal miners and operators adopted the scale submitted by the joint committee. The new scale is the same as the old except in the first district where the price is raised from 78 to 81 cents. The hoisting engineers are rarely to become members of the miners union.
Richard Harding Davis asserts U S agents bought horses and mules for a British government in violation of neutral obligations. He argues Congress is excused from judging the matter due to this conclusion.
Fragmentary excerpt from the Buffalo Times discusses liquor safety in Kansas and the railroad. It mentions the Sunflower State and compares offenses related to breaking seals on box cars, suggesting varied views on crime severity. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or names.
A fragmented item hints at rising violence and social tension in Indiana with a humorous jab at locals. The reference to mob fatalities and drinking trends suggests a volatile era shaping public behavior and regional culture in Southernized America.
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