Telegraph and Journal Reading Notes May 18 1901
Aggregated items include subscription rates for The Daily Journal Indianapolis with postal details, offices in major cities, and calls for readers to send manuscripts with writer details. The column mentions labor on harvest in Kansas, Detroit and Chicago municipal utility ownership, sugar and coffee price controls, nine or ten hour demands, and the Panama versus Nicaragua canal routes, plus remarks on press access to records and public prosperity.
Relief Channel Established For Jacksonville Fire Aid
The Jacksonville fire response now uses Bishop Edwin G Weed as press representative and the Associated Press as the official conduit for relief updates. Authorized information on relief needs will come from Bishop Weed, as authorities stress the city’s losses demand external aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Edwin G. Weed
Diceese
Florida
Associated Press
Weed
Anglo-Saxon roots shape modern American identity
The speaker argues that Americans are a diverse mix, not solely of English descent, yet the dominant spirit remains Anglo-Saxon. He notes French anglophobia and suggests Americans might call themselves Anglo-Saxon with modern improvements, acknowledging the country’s cosmopolitan makeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Cambon
United States
Americans
University of Chicago
America
Street Railway Riots and Public Utility State Intervention
The annual street railway riot shifts to Albany this year after St. Louis and Cleveland in prior years. The piece argues street railways are public utilities, needing state or city power to operate during strikes while a tribunal resolves disputes. It urges arbitration with public safety and warns against riots and military use.
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Albany
N. Y
St. Louis
Cleveland
Mitchell
Coal Miners’ Organization
Professional jurymen block verdicts in repeated civil trial
A civil suit ending in jury disagreement after twenty four hours prompts criticism of so called professional jurymen. The piece argues these bystander jurors bias courts, urge removing such practice, and prefer decisions by judges to avoid delays and partial verdicts.
Sugar Prices Before and After the Sugar Trust
F B Thurber analyzes ten years of sugar price data before and after the formation of the Sugar Trust, disputing claims of vast profits from a refined sugar monopoly. The article in the North American Review presents year by year figures for raw and granulated sugar and notes changes since the trust's organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Trust
F. B. Thurber
The
North American Review
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust prices and Albany rail strikes contrasted
Historical review notes the Sugar Trust formed in 1888 to consolidate refining, with price gaps between raw and refined sugar shrinking from 2.46 to 0.77 of a cent over years. It details shareholder growth, restraint of trade accusations, and a 1901-1909 tariff effect, alongside Albany strike tensions where a negotiated agreement was repudiated amid violence proxied by nonunion elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbuckle and
Havemeyer
al- Duckie
Shore
Sugar Trust
American Sugar Refining Company
St Thomas views on U S Denmark sale and annexation
Recent advices from St Thomas report strong local interest in U S Denmark talks on selling the island with many favoring annexation if open ports are preserved and tariffs avoided. Black business leaders fear treatment under the American flag and question status, education, and access to stock markets, while a quip about a Snake Indian mission cites appetite for sincerity as a political test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
United States
Denmark
England
New York
America
From Hither and You Life Quip Exchange at Show
A fragment filled with quips from a personage and replies about marriage, advice, and dog show chatter. It cites a juvenile visitor and a bulldog, with a bantering exchange about recommendations from a former father-in-law and a painter named Peachblow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicano Tribune
Fragmented Detroit Journal Scene In Kitchen Encounter
A domestic scene in Detroit Journal text shows a narrator arguing about work abrupt satire. A policeman enters the kitchen and comments on the cuisine while the speaker pretends to drown and the officer laughs encouraging self pursuit.
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Detroit Journal
New Clearings Record Near Three and A Half Billion
United States sees record high clearings totaling nearly 3.5 billion with over 75 percent concentrated in New York, raising concerns about the trade outlook as the data signals a potential risk factor for the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cloud in the Sky and Market Trends Report
Bradstreet's outlook notes a steady yet unsettled trade landscape in May with a mostly favorable underlying economy. Crop prospects for cereals look strong while machinery and leather trades show active demand. textiles lag. Wheat and corn exports rise, but failures edge higher, and labor unrest looms as a potential constraint.
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New York
Bradstreet
Dun
Boston
Chicago
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Lawyer Charged With Counterfeiting in Philadelphia
John A. Semple a Camden N J attorney was arrested in Philadelphia on charges of taking part in counterfeiting United States treasury notes. Semple acted as counsel for engravers Baldwin Bredell and Arthur Taylor of the Jacobs and Kendig gang, a syndicate broken up two years earlier by Secret Service agents in Lancaster and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John A. Semple
Camden
N. J
Comeee
Semple
Baldwin
Bredell
Arthur Taylor
Jacobs and Kendig
Secret Service
Lancaster
Jacobse
Kendig
Elle
Royal Neighbors of America adjourns for Indianapolis meet
The Eighth Supreme Convention adjourned in Springfield Michigan. Mrs Ida Dietrich of Indianapolis was elected supreme chancellor and announced the next gathering will be in Indianapolis next year.
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Springfield
Supreme Convention
The
Royal Neighbors of America
Indianapolis
Ida Dietrich
Presbyterians Hear McCook On Predestination In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia today the Presbyterian General Assembly held a twentieth century observance at the Academy of Music with ministers and laymen from across the nation. Rev Dr Willis Craig and Rev Dr Henry C McCook spoke on church progress and predestination, noting President McKinley’s remarks to a revision committee. Evening sessions featured Rev Dr H C Minton Rev Dr George Purves and Robert E Speer with Wanamaker in chair. fundraising reports totaled 3 397 071 dollars for churches colleges seminaries hospitals and related bodies.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
Academy of Music
John H. Converse
Willis Craig
D. D
Chicago
Henry C. McCook
Presbyterian Church
Craig
McCook
McKinley
Revision Committee
H. C. Minton
George T. Purves
New York
Robert E. Speer
New York City
Minton
Goa
Dr. Purves
God
Christian Church
Speer
John Wanamaker
Samuel J. Nicolls
St. Louis
M. A. Brownson
H. W. Roberts
Young Men's Christian Association
Roberts
W. C
Humphrey
William McKibbin
Cumberland Assembly Reconvenes Adds New Member Viannin Woolsey
The Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly reconvened at 8:30 a.m. with 224 members after enrolling six new commissioners. Miss Viannin Woolsey of Litchfield Presbytery is welcomed as ruling elder, an unusual enrollment. a telegram to President McKinley expresses sympathy for Mrs. McKinley, and reports highlight boards of publication and ministerial relief. The educational commission plans nearly one million dollars in new endowment, including James Milliken University at Decatur Illinois. Springfield Missouri chosen as next meeting site, over McKinney Texas.
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West Point
Miss
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
Morris
Viannin Woolsey
Litchfield
Woolsey
L. M. Woolsey
Caneyville
James Milliken University
Decatur
Springfield
McKinney, Tex
Presbyterians Refers Overtures On Sleek Infants Clause
In the Presbyterian General Assembly at Little Rock Arkansas on May 17 moderator Dr N M Woods announced the committees. Morning session devoted to referring overtures including many on the sleet infant clause and a special committee of one representative from each synod was formed to consider them. Other key overtures involve Texas and modification of the pastoral duties and words about dancing.
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Little Rock
Ark
Presbyterian General Assembly
N. M. Woods
Texas
United Brethren Bishops Re-Elected at Frederick Conference
Frederick Md May 17 The principal business at today s United Brethren conference was the unanimous re election of Bishops Kheppert of Pennsylvania Hott of Ohio Castle of Ohio and Mills of California They also voted to create a mission district covering Tennessee Kentucky Georgia and Alabama
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Frederick
Conference of the United Brethren
Kheppert
Pennsylvania
Hott
Ohio
Castle
O . and Mills
California
Tennessee
Kentucky
Georgia
Alabama
Crimes of various degrees at Huntsville and beyond
Judge Hicks sentenced Riley Lowe to death for the poisoning of his nine year old stepson with the date set for June 1. Lawrence Bennett alias Lawrence J Curtis, a 29 year old clerk, is jailed in New York for forging a $2,500 check. Lorrie Maudauso, 24, shot a nurse and killed herself in Washington Park. the girl may recover. George B Whitney, former Morris Beef manager in Chicago, indicted for embezzlement. a $10,000 shortage noted. A $100 reward offered for Charles H Wright, Memphis native, theft and forgery. he left Memphis amid a $3,500 books shortage and forged the firm name on a $1.5 check.
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Washington Park
George B. Whitney
Philadelphia
Morris Beef Company
Chicago
Daugherty
Whitney
Charles H. Wright
Memphis
Wright
Nelson Morris Company
Chilean Claims Commission to rule on Itata arms case
The Chilean Claims Commission will reconvene in June to decide the Itata case involving a 1891 steamer loaded with rifles and ammunition for Chile. The long dispute centers on neutrality laws, with the total claim around 320000 dollars, including cargo, repairs, and related losses.
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Washington
Stata
United States
Chilean Claims Commission
Itata
California
Chile
Charleston
Provisional Government of
San Diego
Cal
San Clemente
Spaulding
Itate
Iquique
Pacific
Admiral McCann
McCann
Remey
Congressional Party of
Republic
Tiernon Heads Army Promotion Board at Governor's Island
Lieut. Col. John L. Tiernon of the artillery corps, an Indiana native born in 1841, is president of the army promotion board at Governor's Island New York. The board yesterday examined nine recently promoted artillery officers. Tiernon, dating from 1862, rose through ranks to lieutenant colonel last year and is noted for his professional attainments. The Buchanan postmaster appointment for Debcarbo, Sullivan county, was approved and commissions sent today.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
John L. Tiernon
Artillery Corps
Secretary of War
Army
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
Tiernan
Indiana
Old Third Artillery
Cavalry
Robert N. Buchanan
Debcarbo
Sullivan County
Will's Point Tragedy Ends With Double Death
T C Elzey of McComb City Mississippi shot a woman companion in Will's Point Texas after learning he was wanted in Louisiana. Officers pursuing him exchanged gunfire. Elzey died and it is uncertain whether he killed himself or was shot by officers.
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Will's Point
Tex
T. C. Elzey
McComb City
Miss
Elzey
Louisiana
Elizey
Elmo
Blow Of His Own Head In Wisconsin Tragedy
In Watertown Wisconsin on May 17 Joseph Busert a laborer died by suicide after placing a powder fuse in his mouth and lighting it. His head was blown off in the grisly act.
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Watertown
Wis
Joseph Busert
Drowned child in ice cream freezer tragedy
The two year old child of Mrs Robinson of New Paynesville Minnesota fell into an ice cream freezer filled with water and drowned last evening.
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New Paynesville
Minn
Mrs. Co
Turkish postal question sparks Dardanelles pressure rumor
London May 17 rumor spreads that an arrangement may force Turkey to yield on the postal question. Constantinople correspondent says France would receive a European mandate to control the Dardanelles if Turkey resists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
The
Daily News
Dardanelles
Turkey
Persia's Ruler Dying Signals Russian Coup in Persia
London dispatch reports the Shah of Persia is dying from kidney disease. The death is expected to trigger a Russian coup in Persia, cutting short his planned visit to Contrexeville.
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London
Persia
Tiflis
Daily Express
Contrexeville
Alfonso Reviews His Troops in Madrid Grand Maneuver
King Alfonso rode for five hours in the Madrid garrison maneuvers, surrounded by General Weyler and top officials, while Queen Christina and royal family observers watched. The event drew elite society and thousands of residents who applauded the King and later joined a luncheon with cadets.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Weyler
Molto
Christina
Misconception Over Edward’s Birthday Holiday Choice
London May 17. A misinterpretation explains why May 24 was chosen for a government offices holiday, not Edward VII’s birthday on November 9. The King approved May 24 as a suitable observance with colors for the day, aligning the event with the Scots Guards and resembling the Trooping of the Colour. Coronation day remains undecided and may be celebrated later.
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London
Edward
Scots Guards
Stormy Debate in Chamber of Deputies Over Pope's Temporal Power
In Brussels on May 11 the Chamber of Deputies saw heated scenes during a foreign affairs debate. M. Dohet protested the Pope's temporal power, Socialist M. Furnement shouted down the priests and called for the Rightists who began singing “Long live the King” as the president left amid lively party clashes.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
M. Dohet
M. Furnement
Lenn
Cable Notes and International Events Report
Suspension of Charles Kelman noted on London Stock Exchange day. Brache and Picardo surrender to Santo Domingo government. revolutionary chiefs imprisoned. Major Taylor and Jacquelin arrange three Paris races May 17 with pacemakers. Ninety Boers, including Barendvorster, term ends at Johannesburg. French officials deny Galapagos island claim. French cruisers arrive at Tangier to enforce indemnities after murder. Norwegian Independence Day celebrated in Christiania with statue unveilings. Emperor William to review corps near Metz for Czar’s birthday.
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Charles Kelman
London
Jose Brache
Pipe Picardo
Santo Domingo
Major’ Taylor
Jacquelin
Paris
Barendvorster
Heystek
Landrost
Posenger
Jetersburg
Foreign Office
Ace
London Daily
France
Galapopos Group
Ecuador
du Chayla
Pothuau
Tangier
Kebdana
Christiana
Nordenskjold
Gustaf
Ole Bull
Bergen
Emperor William
Freseat
Metz
Russia
Fire at Masury & Co Paint Works in Brooklyn
A stubborn blaze at Masury & Co paint and furnishers on Plymouth Street in Brooklyn caused $151,002 in damage and is likely to claim two lives. The explosion started the fire. Injured were John W. Thomas, his son John N. Thomas, and Thomas Scott. young Thomas may die. A badly burned body found at night is believed to be Dennis McDonough. another man is missing and unaccounted.
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New York
Brooklyn Fire Department
Masury & Co
Plymouth Street
John W. Thomas
John N. Thomas
Thomas Scott
Young Thomas
Dennis McDonough
Editor's Double Crime in Laredo Tragedy
In Laredo at 5 o clock editor Penn proprietor of the Daily can Seas wounded W. B. Pace vice president of the Texas Real estate Association. He killed himself. He was brother in law of the late Governor Ireland and well known throughout the State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Aes
Penn
W. BR. Pace
Texas Real-estate Association
Ireland
Smelting Company Capital Increase Filed in Colorado
American Smelting and Refining Company files with the Colorado secretary of state to raise capital from 35 000.00 to 100 000 000. The filing fee for the paperwork was 10 500.
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Denver
Col
American Smelting and Refining Company
Colorado
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