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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1901
Page
12
The two victims' funerals will be held tomorrow afternoon in their home cities, with expectations of a sizable demonstration as mourners gather to honor the deceased and authorities monitor the events.
A bulletin from General Manager Ramsey at the Wabash Hallway shops rejects the idea that wage gaps exist and pledges wages comparable to rivals. He refuses to concede the right to dictate staffing but contemplates a conference next week at Ingfield Fort Waste or Moberly. At New York, May 18, machinist delegates laud district maker decisions and note about 8,000 of 11,600 in Greater New York will work Monday under new terms. 4,000 may be idle pending settlements. In St Louis the union and employers avert a strike with a wage increase and a 54 hour week. Columbus machinists remain calm with a nine hour day pledge if nationwide agreement, while Youngstown notes Ample talks with Ames and Amalgamated. Cincinnati reports a nine hour basis beginning Monday with most signatories and high union participation.
In Toledo on May 18 the Craig Shipbuilding Company granted a nine hour work day and a 1 percent raise to its twenty six machinists who led demands, and extended the same terms to all its remaining 64 workers.
May 18 report says if demands persist for a day the Union and Risdon iron rail plant in the city will close for an extended period in anticipation of a strike.
Kenosha Wisconsin May 18 The six hundred foundry employees of the Simmons Manufacturing Company are on strike because the managers refuse to pay the scale agreed to yesterday for the next year. The plant will probably close.
Springfield reports General James H Barkley once a brigadier general of volunteers in the Spanish war is suddenly ill with congestion of the brain. He was attacked today and remains very ill tonight as doctors monitor his condition.
Fair in northern Ohio and Indiana with showers in the southern portions. Monday fair with warmer air in the south. Winds to be fresh northeast. Applicable to Ohio Indiana and Illinois. include similar notes for Indiana southern showers and northern fair. Local forecast official Wappenhans provides comparative May precipitation data for earlier and year-to-date periods.
London reports the draft of Secre tary Hays proposals for a new Nicaragua treaty received from Lord Pauncefote. The docu ment is voluminous with annotations and will be printed before examination. Officials expect weeks before cabinet discussion. Discussions touch on Panama route and possible abrogation of outdated treaties.
Washington May 18 The British Foreign Office received papers forwarded by Lord Pauncefote about ten days ago. Officials say the documents are mainly a memorandum by Mr Hay outlining lines for a treaty that would meet the views of United States senators with whom he has consulted.
In London a meeting of labor leaders, MPs, and employers discussed forming a National Federation of Employers' Association and Trades' Unions. John Lockie announced forty unions back the plan. Debate touched on international cooperation, defense needs, and uniting masters and men to protect industry prosperity.
Constantinople May 18 The customs authorities prohibited entry of typewriters into Turkey and ordered 200 machines returned to the consignor. They argue typing lacks distinctive authorship or traceability, allowing seditious writings without risk. Heetographic paste and fluid are similarly banned as a precaution, with embassies urging a more reasonable stance.
In Christiania on May 18 the Lagthing voted 16 to 12 against the Odelsthing bill granting communal voting rights to women paying at least 20 crowns income tax. The issue moves to a plenary Strothing session for decision.
Copenhagen May 18 reports confirm the Danish West Indies have not been sold. Negotiations proceed on details, with no treaty likely before the Rigsdagen and Congress convene.
Reports from Vienna on May 15 claim Queen Dragana of Servia took poison after the king confronted conflicting statements about her health. The sensational tale suggests she died from the poison’s effects.
In Petersburg on Thursday strikes accompanied by street disorders broke out. Police arrested 1% persons as several large spinning establishments and other factories became involved.
In New York on May 18 Dr Kirk Stanley faced a coroner after the body of Rev Edward Phillips of Hazleton Pa was found in Stanley’s rooms. Stanley was held in 10000 for examination next Wednesday as his lawyers deny any immorality and describe the priest’s conduct as morally pure. The body was taken to the undertaking establishment after remaining there until late afternoon.
Report notes Remains of the deceased will be laid to rest by the priest with rites at the old Catholic graveyard. Dr Doug, a nephew of Pather Phillips, declares no further comment on the death beyond belief it was natural causes and expresses surprise at any police findings. He says he has not met Kirk Stanley and knows nothing of him.
Brig. Generals Frederick Grant and J. C. Bates arrived from Manila aboard the Sheridan in San Francisco. Grant heads east to join his son at West Point. Bates plans a Chicago and St. Louis visit and may command the Missouri Department. Also aboard, Titus the An napolis-bound musician and Carson, a brave signal man bound for West Point. Three deaths occurred on the voyage. Separately, Townley faces court martial for alleged commissary frauds in Manila, with Kempff suspending him and orders to trial.
Manila dispatch reports the United States transports Hancock Buford and Aztec carrying the Thirty first and Forty first Infantry units sailed today for the United States.
In Springfield on May 18, dentist Joseph L. Barnes of Monticello Pratt County died at Central Hospital for the Insane in Jacksonville after convulsions following a visit by a man named William Winn. A crystal on the chair and undigested apple in vomit suggest strychnine poisoning. the stomach sample is en route to Urbana for analysis. William Webb Ferguson is jailed in Jacksonville as the man who gave the name William Winn.
In Frederick Maryland on May 18 the United Brethren conference expects to close by Wednesday. Topeka Kansas was selected as the next quadrennial site in 195. The missionary and both home and screen boards merged. William Bell elected secretary and William McKee general treasurer. Offier salaries were raised as the church grows wealthier. Bishops to receive 32.00 annually. Total expenses reported 7101.53 with a 2001.53 deficit to be covered by publishing house profits.
Chief Postoffice Inspector Cochran received dispatches from New Orleans announcing the capture of two alleged postoffice safe blowers tied to the Lawhorn Louisiana robbery on May 11. Oscar Roberts was arrested near Ringgold after a fierce confrontation. wounded and taken to Shreveport. Hubert Schrader, the Confederate suspect, was also captured, wounded, and to be moved to Shreveport.
In Grand Rapids on May 18 Mrs Elizabeth Wilson alias Mildred Preston alias Mme Zingara, a reputed clairvoyant, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of swindling Ethryn Quimby, daughter of a local lumberman, out of nine hundred dollars. The jury retired only twenty minutes. Sentencing set for Monday.
Mexican troops entering Chan Santa Cruz, Maya rebels capital, report bodies of several men eaten by wild beasts after cruelties. The temple of the Mayas is in excellent condition, full of artifacts, with a battalion camped inside.
Smallpox detected among a steerage passenger on the Hamburg American steamer Pretoria arriving from Hamburg via Boulogne and Plymouth. The ship is delayed at quarantine with 2,404 steerage and 1% cabin passengers aboard.
Ottawa reports the Dominion government will grant a bonus of 1? a ton for Canadian refined lead and not exceed 100 dollars in any one year. The support will be provided through the same mechanism as the iron bounty.
London May 18 Winston Churchill draws praise for debater skill but criticism for nepotism as he rises in the Conservative ranks. Contemporaries note insufficient means and the burden of political legacy while T. P. O Connor surveys Parliament’s apathy and habit of favoritism within Lord Salisbury’s circle.
Washington May 18 Funeral services will be held at the secretary's residence on Massachusetts avenue Monday at 9 o'clock for Mrs Gage buried in Rose Hill Chicago. Secretary Gage and Mrs Gage will be pallbearers from the Treasury with officials Spaulding Tylor Ailes Roberts Yerkes Wilkie Bingham. President Hayes telegrams sorrow and Treasury officers adopt resolutions of sympathy.
Shipping news across ports shows arrivals and sailings from New York Hamburg Liverpool and London with vessels including Umbria Pretoria Empress of China Cymric City of Rome Lucania Zeeland and Koenigin Luise. Dates range May 18 to May 38 with destinations to Bremen Rotterdam Glasgow New York and Liverpool.
W. Boardman, president of Maryville College, resigns and leaves for Newark New Jersey to make his future home. He cites old age at seventy as the reason. He opposed the board’s policy excluding Black students, a factor in his decision.
Paullo Higgins claims he gave Captain A. E. Lucas crucial data that led to boring Beaumont's first oil well. He seeks 4,000,400 dollars from Lucas and associates, asserting the information was worth one-tenth of the output and that the well produced about 35 dollars daily.
HAMILTON Bermuda May 18 No doubt now exist ae to Boer prisoners being sent to these islands. The British steamer Cayo Rimano which sailed from London May 2 for New Orleans by way of Bermuda is discharging large numbers of tents stoves utensils stores and bedding many of the articles being marked For
The steamer Ben Arnol traveling from Port Arthur to Duluth struck rocks near Spit and faced likely salvage concerns as reports detail the incident from Duluth on May 18.
A tug Dowling and a scow rescued passengers a few miles from Two Harbors after the Bon Ami accident. News reached the area via carrier pigeon, meaning the report would not have arrived until tomorrow without the bird.
At Rock Island Illinois head office Grand Secretary C W Hawes denies Jefferson City claim that Modern Woodmen are in arrears on matured mortuary liabilities He says funds meet all legitimate claims and promises mailed copies of Illinois department examination report within ten days Milwaukee named for next Sovereign Camp convention in 13 with session likely ongoing next week coal miners proposed as extra hazardous risk referred to full committee.
The Philadelphia Record notes Mr. Schwab’s view that business education should be brief and life‑driven, but counters with examples from technical schools and industry. It cites how electricians, engineers, and mill work rely on technically trained staff and references J Pierpont Morgan’s Goethe University ties.
The Philadelphia Record weighs whether Washington should invite factories while keeping public grandeur. It cites Consul Mason in Berlin noting heavy industries with tall chimneys and soot control, and argues American cities could adopt Germanys soot reduction. It urges nations to burn sootless fuels and contain emissions at source.
The board of geographic names has studied Philippine spelling, adopting official Spanish charts and an atlas prepared for accuracy. Hydrographic and Coast Survey sources yield about 5,600 names, unAnglicized but standardized for uniform use. The Porto Rico spelling battle remains unresolved as a temporary government shorthand may continue beyond two years.
The Independent notes a humorous trust in Moundsville West Virginia where the reform Council raised saloon licenses to a high price and the eleven saloons became stockholders in a single central saloon paying one license while the owners served as bartenders. The piece suggests one joint saloon is better than eleven.
A well known Atlanta resident, A. Boyleston, was shot and killed in Birmingham by unknown highway robbers. Three suspects were arrested as authorities warned of possible lynching if the assailants are caught. Boyleston served as vice president of the Georgia Redemption and Loan Company.
Cleveland Moffatt recalls the peril of constructing the new East River bridge in the late 19th century. He notes workers’ fear, the dangers of steel saddles and falling gear, and a yard buzzing with scaffolding as the colossal structure rises, its massive legs looming above the worksite.
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