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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
3
The Indianapolis Journal discusses subscription details and distribution, references five state and city locations for the paper, and comments on stock panic, fishing laws, arsenal grounds, streetcar protection, state troops, and a tariff plan for the Philippines with expected revenue and commerce growth.
The Woman's Relief Corps in session at Logansport sent President McKinley a message expressing the sympathy of its members. The organization in Indiana is presented as the fitting voice of the state's women in token of support.
The city acknowledges growing turnout for conventions and urges officials and residents to plan and prepare. With the season approaching, authorities insist on putting the best foot forward to welcome large crowds and ensure a smooth reception and entertainment experience.
By gubernatorial proclamation the provisions of the law are in force and the bound volume of acts resolutions index and contents is issued. It runs 265 acts in total with a few padding pages and treasury and officer lists. The public already knows the main laws and will learn the rest soon.
Indiana delegates attend the state encampment at Logansport with unusual unanimity. The commander-in-chief praises Indiana’s condition and a focus on the dedication of the soldiers and sailors monument. The gathering aims for a historic demonstration in the state.
The measure sets up a three member commission serving four years to study and report on voting machines offered for competition. Any county may purchase an approved machine, but purchases are not mandatory. The panel must include a mechanical expert and must avoid partisan balance, with one member free of pecuniary interest in voting machines.
The new militia law proposes a large scale appropriation for military purposes and envisions an efficient state militia organization. The measure allocates a 50 year budget frame with 191 year funding details remaining unclear.
The statute requires for each National Guard unit regular weekly drill nights and three days yearly of large practice on the rifle range with at least one hour and a half of actual instruction counted as a drill and at least eight hours per day on the range. It also provides pay for officers and privates. The author regards the law as the best militia measure the state has had and expected to yield results.
A Pennsylvania League of Republican Clubs banquet honored United States Senator Quay with enthusiastic support from party leaders manufacturers and local officials. The speech reviewed the GOP record in Pennsylvania noting lower state debt higher school funding and tax shifts while defending Quay as a stalwart machine politician backed by party ranks.
Consul General Mason reports Berlin, a major manufacturing hub with 1891 employment figures in 331 establishments and 44 089 workers earning 48 363 475 marks. Smoke is largely eliminated by chimneys, underground flues, and new fuels. private plants run on gas motors, oil, or alcohol fuels with no smoke.
A jumble of voices on juror life and shop talk unfolds with quick quips from a coal dealer and grocer. References to Chicago Record and Detroit Journal hint at satirical literary jabs and a tense bargain day exchange ending with a sharp remark about two-cent prints.
In a Detroit Free Press note the phrase amount of common courtesy to a customer is discussed. The Philadelphia Times quotes a playful dialogue about grammar with a boy named Tommy who asserts he is the ninth letter of the alphabet. The exchange highlights quirks in speech and schooling.
Mrs. McKinley showed brief signs of improvement after a day of uncertainty as doctors warned of limited strength and the President sought fuller medical updates. Cabinet members and officials crowded the Scott residence while crowds in Lafayette Park awaited word, and Bishop Nicholas visited amid solemn mood.
Mrs McKinley sickens during a West Coast tour. The illness worsened after El Paso with a bone felon causing great pain and nerve strain. A lancing at Los Angeles and Surf delayed travel as Dr. Rixey treated her bowel trouble and fatigue led to near collapse at Del Monte.
After Mrs McKinley falls ill in San Francisco a conference with Mr Scott leads to bringing her to safer care at his house with nurses and physicians. Dr Hirschfelder is introduced as consulting physician and described as brutally frank. The President, warned by Scott, shares concern over his wife's prognosis.
Governor Nash of Ohio, visiting California, contracted poison oak and is bedridden, forcing cancellation of events including open air reception and speaking at Golden Gate Park. Oregon Governor Geer spoke at the banquet, with Ohio delegates and officials among those called out by toastmaster De Young.
In Canton Ohio on May 16 Mrs. McKinley’s illness shocked the family after a telegram from the President said Ida had rallied from a sinking spell at 5 this morning and was then fairly comfortable though critically ill. The warning came after earlier reports from El Paso suggested she was improving.
London papers express deepest sympathy for Mrs. McKinley noting the compassion shown by President and Mrs. McKinley at Queen Victoria's death. They recall how the royal death stirred public sorrow and compare the current illness to that moment of unity.
London reports Andrew Carnegie donated 10000 pounds to establish district libraries in Glasgow. He recalled leaving Glasgow for America fifty two years ago and said it was a pleasure to give back after aiding many places.
In St. Petersburg on May 17 strikes erupted at cotton mills along the Vibov side of the Neva. Reports indicate many workers were killed as riots escalated amid industrial unrest and clashes with police.
The timeline notes King Edward will reside on the new royal yacht during Cowes week. A 141 year old manuscript Bible sold in London for 130 guineas. Francis Paget named Bishop of Oxford succeeding William Stubbs. France reportedly negotiating with Ecuador to buy a Galapagos ferry. Spring crop failures in India deepen hardship as Lord George Hamilton updates in Parliament on aid recipients.
At a Havana committee meeting on May 16 a majority voted to submit next Saturday a report urging acceptance of the Platt amendment. The minority asked for more time to draft a minority review, and another committee meeting will be held.
Fort Wayne May 16 Anderson was selected by Congregational churches and ministers for the convention next year. Delegates heard Rev. A J Erleman Amboy discuss opening exercises and Rev J Perry Ratsell Orland and Rev C Helming Indianapolis addressed ministry problems.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Anderson Indiana May 16 delegates from Clinton Boone Hamilton Tipton and Madison counties attend the eleventh annual convention at Central Christian Church Anderson. Miss Lena H Bryant Frankfort district secretary treasurer and Rev S C Johnson state secretary attend. The opening service featured a praise led by Miss Ora Evans with remarks by Mayor Dunlap and several ministers. A Palestine talk by Rev L E Brown and a discussion by Rev A L Prentice followed.
In Terre Haute Indiana master plumbers and journeymen held another futile conference with both sides deeming it the last. Masters seek workers from elsewhere while journeymen may have to quit by Monday. Pay disputes center on eight dollars and eighteen cents an hour for a nine hour day and work at journeyman rate claimed as 15 cents an hour by masters. Machinists have accepted a new scale from their national officers and two employers have agreed.
Evansville workers walk out at Crown pottery after Adolph Kralopp a non joining stockholder is not discharged. Kralopp who moved from Ohio ten years ago had always earned union wages. A prolonged struggle is threatened.
Evansville Indiana May 16 miners at the Newburg mines walked out demanding better ventilation. A general strike in southern Indiana is threatened as the action spreads.
In Benwood Sullivan and Wabash three separate blaze incidents caused heavy losses. H M Johnson Co store and Morton Morans residence burned in Benwood with over 7000 dollars lost, Sullivan County reports 36000 at Merom bakery's fire, and a Samuel Cuffle barn near Roann destroyed with five horses lost and 2000 dollar damage.
A Percheton Indiana boarding house with ten occupants including six students goes under strict quarantine after Miss Hall contracts smallpox. Miss Richards escapes the guard during transfer to the smallpox hospital as the community enforces close containment. Wabash College Commencement Programme outlined for Crawfordsville with sermons, contests, Phi Beta Kappa events, reunions, and dinners from June 16 to 19 led by local and visiting speakers.
Annie Pennington Kelley Pennington of Jeffersonville Indiana has a tumultuous history as she married thrice to different men and was twice judged insane. Her first husband William Pennington Jr. died after a brief marriage, her second husband William Kelley died while she was confined to the asylum, and she later married her first father in law. Recently she developed homicidal mania and was placed in detention as insane.
The Morton Stahiaker family in Terre Haute received news from San Francisco that he died in a hospital in Peking of pneumonia. A member of Company B, Ninth Infantry, he previously served in the One hundred fifty ninth Indiana during the Spanish American War, then with the One hundred sixty first, in Cuba, later joining the Ninth and serving in the Philippines before heading to China last June.
The annual state prohibition oratorical contest will be held Friday evening in Meharry Hall Greencastle under the De Pauw Society. Debaters include B E Faulkner Moore's Hill College on The Attitude of the Church Member Toward the Saloon J L Dean Marsham on The Need of a Third Party W B Warroner De Pauw on The Problem of the Liquor Traffic B H McCoy Taylor University on The Success of Legislation J G York Franklin on The Ballot of Conscience.
The Meek lease in Parker City near Farmland Indiana reached production yesterday after completion last Tuesday. Three hundred barrels were pumped in the first twenty four hours of operation as speculators flock to the town offering high prices for additional off leases in the area.
James M. Snethen of Alexandria, an elderly florist, was acquitted in Anderson Indiana after a weeklong trial for criminal assault on ten year old children at his greenhouse. The jury reached a verdict shortly after midnight amid lengthy deliberations. The man wept openly as the verdict was announced.
Anderson Indiana May 16 The Columbia Encaustic Tile Company plans a large expansion to its plant already among the nation s largest Ten lots were purchased for a new addition to be erected this season The Wilkie Refrigerator Company buys its entire supply from the Encaustic Tile Company and the plant will run at full capacity all season.
In Elwood Indiana on May 16 about one thousand spectators watched the state championship live bird shoot at the Zoo Club second annual tournament. E E Neal of Bloomfield took the trophy with 24 of 25 targets. Ed Voriles of Crawfordsville previously held the trophy.
In Martinsville Mrs. B D Blackstone 72 died after months of illness. Born 1828 Worley, she wed Dr B D Blackstone in 1860. surviving are husband a daughter and two sons. Also Anna Louisa Mitchell died of consumption at her brother in law Col J K Scott’s home. Theodore Callis of Indianapolis is a brother and Ada Thomas of Indianapolis a sister. In Kokomo David Lee Ervin township farmer died suddenly of heart trouble at age sixty after he fell onto a bed where his wife lay dead. In Cambridge City Mrs Mary A Williams 83 died at her son Thomas J Williams home of heart trouble. she came from Conn ersville and five children survive.
The Indiana Medical Society met in South Bend on May 16 for its 52nd annual convention attracting about 150 women and a larger attendance. Delegates toured Notre Dame and St. Marys with a lawn concert by the University Band. Evansville was chosen as next year’s host city and Dr. John A. Wyeth of New York spoke at the Oliver Opera House. A nominating committee proposed officers for the coming year, to be acted on tomorrow.
Miss Richards, a Indiana State Normal School student and boarding house inmate where smallpox was found, fled the quarantine at midnight and went to Terre Haute seeking safety and possibly aid from authorities.
Rathbone Sisters of the Eleventh Pythian district met at Brownstown Wednesday in a prosperous convention. A banquet concluded the day. The Lawrence County Stock and Agricultural Society plans a Bedford fair this season with details to follow. Col A C Voris was elected society president. Anderson delegation led by Mayor Dunlap returning from Logansport received an ovation for securing the next G A R encampment. Franklin township commencement held with eight graduates. Construction on Machior drainage canal in La Porte County resumes after federal delay. Anderson recruiting officer Captain Coggeshall enlisted ten men for three years. Three Spanish-American War veterans reenlisted and one just back from the Philippines. Terre Haute Commercial Club asked to advocate for a southern fort project in Ferre Haute but the report is cut off.
The American Congress of Tuberculosis and the Medico legal Society in New York heard papers on transport of tuberculosis passengers and disease causes. A Brooklyn physician denied contagion, while others urged government action, education, free sanatoriums, and sanitary inspections. A free annex for consumptives will open at the Montefiore Home.
The Western Gas Association elected officers in Louisville on May 6 led by President Thomas P. Miller of Dale, Texas. A. Hile Barrett of Louisville was named first vice president with H. F. Stelton of Philadelphia as second vice president. James W. Dunbar of New Albany, Ind. became secretary and treasurer, and F. H. Shelton was re elected editor of the publication. Indianapolis was chosen as the site for the next meeting.
The National Order of Saloon Keepers, opposing faction of the Knight of Royal Arch, formed the Knights of Fidelity and elected officers led by Commander James ey of Chicago and other posts. Indianapolis will host the next convention in 19 A. Royal Arch leaders under C S Rogers planned to meet in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on June 18.
Reports from the Grand Aerie in session at San Francisco list Delcary Smith of Spokane and Dr J B Schwatka of Baltimore as candidates for worthy grand president with Schwatka also seeking Baltimore mayor.
A series of crime briefs recount killings and alleged frauds across multiple states. John Monteith fatally shot his uncle Fillmore Gladson during a quarrel near Lovilla Iowa. A US prisoner Louis Gallett was pardoned by the president. In East Scottdale Pennsylvania a man named William Poor killed EM Sheller at a negro dance. An insurance agent Thomas Maltland was discharged in Toronto for extradition issues. Frank Miller, jailed for murder, attempted self harm by setting his cell alight but was stopped. A Chicago man John Flynn reportedly murdered in Chilitlethe Ohio house of Walter Hand. Missouri seeks Edward J. Brixbane alias Sullivan for insurance fraud. The Ayres murder mystery in Washington draws detectives. A 14-year-old Wille Wolfe reports gunshots and a woman seen fleeing. The coroner notes the wounds were not self inflicted.
Mitch Wagstaff, longtime marine editor of the Detroit Free Press, died of tuberculosis. A respected authority on Great Lakes shipping, he was about 34 years old, unmarried, and hailed from Buffalo. The report notes his professional standing and sudden illness.
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