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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1902
Page
6
Importers jobbers dry goods and notions announce a complete stock of seasonable merchandise available wholesale only. They emphasize understanding market requirements and promise personal service with mail orders solicited.
In New York March 21 Justice Gildersleeve heard arguments in suits by H Vontent and L S Wormser to block a proposed lease of the Metropolitan Street Railway to Interurban Railway Company. Plaintiffs call the plan illegal and fraudulent, claiming earnings would shift to non stockholders and the Metropolitan Securities Company fee arrangement amounts to a bribe.
Senator Guthrie notes eighty miles of New York streets run horse cars and argues a shift to electric motive power. He claims the Metropolitan operated at a deficit of 21000 dollars last year and backs statements with affidavits. Counsel for the Metropolitan and Isidor Wormer respond as legal briefs are due to Judge Gildersleeve. In Los Angeles, Senator Clark reportedly gains control of the Los Angeles Traction Company, sole street railway rival to Huntington lines.
In Shamokin Pennsylvania March 21 the United Mine Workers convention for districts 1 7 and 9 failed to reach a decision on miners grievances. The scale committee report was discussed extensively but not adopted in full by adjournment. President Mitchell spoke of partial adoption but did not reveal accepted clauses or a set plan. He expected final action and possible adjournment by noon tomorrow amid uncertainty and divided opinion on drastic measures.
Cincinnati report states Newport Ky police are investigating assaults tied to the brewery strike. John Klink, a striker who had recently returned to work, was attacked last night after leaving a meeting with others still on strike. His condition is listed as serious. several Weideman's brewery employees in Newport are also said to have been assaulted. No change reported in the strike across Cincinnati Covington and Newport.
The executors of Samuel P. Lee of New York notified President Denny that his will leaves the university a legacy of 0,000. Mr. Lee's nephews were educated at Washington and Lee.
In London and Dublin meetings, retail tobacconists condemn Imperial Tobacco’s agreement to boycott American goods as unjust. London dealers demand fair profit margins for British products, while Belfast accepts the American offer. Imperial issues a manifesto delaying its plan to April 2 and allowing sale of American tobaccos without pressure.
Alfred Stead, son of William T. Stead, denounces annexation’s impact on Hawaii in the Saturday Review. He cites reduced shipping due to coastwise laws, higher freight, costly travel for island elites, quarantines from transports, and Chinese labor disruption. The Review condemns U S protection as punishment for Queen Liliuokalani's treatment.
Lord Francis Hope was granted a divorce in London for his wife May Yohe's misconduct with Putnam Bradlee Strong of New York. The court heard details of the marriage, their 1900 United States trip, encounters with Strong, and the couple's Japan trip under assumed names.
In Paris on March 21, the Chamber of Deputies backed by a small vote, the government blocked discussion on amnesty for workers jailed over strikes and writers jailed over anarchist writings. Socialist M Viviant proposed clemency, but Minister Leygues warned of unintended consequences. The vote ended with a silent squeak, revealing deep tensions between reformers and the government.
The chamber adopted amnesty for imprisoned strikers in one portion while rejecting the anarchist writings provision by 44 to 150. Lasses urged extending amnesty to military offenders, save treason cases, in 286 to 1 vote. Le Herisse’s amendment to include De roulede and others failed 45 to 1. After chaotic votes, 245 to 24, every amnesty previously adopted was annulled. It then passed a shipping bounty bill 48 to 1, with navigation bounties capped at 200,000 francs and construction bounties at 50,000,000 francs.
Berlin March 2 Professor Slaby and Count Arce promote an international accord to regulate wireless transmissions. Slaby claims Marconi could monopolize aerial transmission with British capital and notes the Nantucket Marconi station refused a Hamburg America dispatch. St Petersburg March 21 Russian press sees Franco Russian declaration easing tensions. Times London March 21 advert seeks English country estate for a wealthy American. Berlin March 21 Emperor William studies US industrial dominance. Goldberger reports aid German inquiry. Liverpool March 21 King Edward’s absence affects Grand National. Shannon Lass wins. Cape Town March 21 Princess Radziwill forgery case resumed. London March 2 Commission on alien immigration formed. Standard endorses cautious asylum approach.
Berlin reports Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia telegraphed Secretary John B. Jackson, acting as charge d affaires in Andrew D. White’s absence, asking for continued cordial relations and cooperation between Germany and the United States.
Dispatches note provisional consular and commercial ties after 1867 interruption since Maximilian’s execution. Reichsrath upper house approves the bill. lower house passed it March 18. Also reports Irish politics and a Russian general arrest in Warsaw.
Berlin March 21 United States Steel Corporation plans broad iron purchases in Germany to support structural uses. Agents told to be ready to buy extensively with 2000 tons of pig iron recently bought in Silesia on Pittsburgh account. Additional Westphalia sales also announced.
Rome reports that Scotto was found guilty and sentenced to eight years for thefts from the Vatican treasury totaling £16000 while two co-defendants were acquitted. Cape Town notes cooler weather with rain and Cecil Rhodes improving slightly though his condition remains fragile.
London dispatch reports the Queen and the prince consort will soon begin a tour of the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies. During her four month absence a regency will be established.
Paris March 21 The budget committee of the Chamber of Deputies adopted a credit of 60000 francs for France's participation in the Saint Louis exposition. The funds will be used exclusively for the fine arts and state manufactures exhibition.
Indictments against former Internal Revenue Collector Charles E Sapp deputy Leonard Parsons and Joseph Potoning were announced by a federal grand jury in Louisville on March 21. Bail set at 1000 each Judge Evans noted two indictments against Sapp Parsons and Potoning jointly and a third against Potoning individually. Counts allege unlawful civil service violations and solicitation of political contributions to aid Republican candidates in Jefferson County with further claims that Potoning received funds from storekeepers gaugers in the Fifth District Kentucky.
A Columbus dispatch says Supreme Court judges are nearly unanimous for a decision striking down Cleveland’s federal plan law. The ruling, expected in days, could leave Cleveland without any form of government and spur passage of the municipal code bill to adopt a general city government system.
In March 21 report from Pierre South Dakota Governor Herreid rejected an Illinois request for J H Stover and John Howard Jones accused of obtaining money by false pretenses in Codington County. A later request for E Bailey of Watertown charged with perjury in Cook County was also refused.
Papers filed in Lexington Kentucky today announce the incorporation of the Federal University by J. M. and W. J. W. Sanders Nathan Wells W. R. Hill J. A. Wheeler and James Todd. The plan seeks to establish a Christian and economic education university near the city with a seven member board and a faculty not exceeding seventy, aiming to secure an endowment to sustain the institution.
Stanislaus La Croix hanged in Hull Quebec for murdering his wife and an elderly man named Thomas who tried to shield her. Radcliffe the hangman, mobbed yesterday for doubting La Croix’s sanity, presided beside La Croix as the execution was carried out.
The House naval affairs committee adopted by 7 to 4 Roosevelts conclusions to end the Schley controversy and indefinitely postpone all related bills. The report notes four inquiries and quotes Roosevelts call to stop agitation, with party-line voting except Mudd siding with Democrats against the report. Mudd’s motion to thank Schley failed 4 to 7.
Elizabeth City March 21 Judge Jones instructs jurors to base verdict strictly on evidence in the Wilcox trial for the Nellie Cropsey murder. He warns against public sentiment and outlines reasonable doubt guiding a not guilty verdict unless the state proves guilt beyond doubt. Jury retires at 4 p.m. without a verdict.
Newport News ship Olympia former flagship of Admiral Dewey sails Wednesday for the West Indies to join the North Atlantic squadron. She will coal at Newport News tomorrow and Monday, filling all reserve bunkers.
March April May There is a best time for doing everything that is a time when a thing can be done most effectively Now is the best time for purifying your blood Because your system is now trying to purify it you know this by the man and other eruptions on your face and body.
A favorable testimonial extols Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as thorough reliable spring remedies. The writer claims consistent relief and better feeling during warm months, praising Hood's as the medicine always recommended.
The Century Billiard Parlor opens today with a room measuring 0 by 70 feet, elegantly decorated and illuminated by electricity. It features eight new tables from the factory, with J. A. Anderegg as proprietor.
A vintage advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a superior spring tonic that purports to purify the blood boost brain function and heal nerves. It claims rapid relief from debility neuralgia rheumatism sleeplessness and digestive ailments and includes testimonials from Rev J W Ricketts of Sugar Grove Ohio and Mrs Jennie H Steele of Vaughns Georgia praising recovery from dyspepsia biliousness constipation and neuralgia.
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