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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1901
Page
2
A church meeting adopted an amendment allowing the minister to use a simpler form of the Apostles Creed. The term Hell was softened to Hades and will be used in future. Rev. W. McKee was elected general secretary.
The Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly discussed appointing a largely new board of managers and locating the orphans home and industrial school. It abolished the systematic beneficence committee, recommended funding for Sunday School, and discouraged probationers' marriages during preparation. Forty six ministerial ordinations occurred, with a platform on ministerial education and relief slated for tonight.
The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly in Little Rock Arkansas debated attending Thursday's Confederate Desolation day exercises. A motion to send a committee was opposed by elder ex confederates who argued the church should stay with ecclesiastical matters. A compromise allowed individual sympathy without formal participation by the assembly.
At the eighty fourth annual Episcopal Diocese of Ohio convention in Cleveland Bishop William A. Leonard critiques sensationalism in preaching. He warns that some clergy avoid sin talk as outdated, arguing about origins and eternal duration while clergy wander from core messages.
DES MOINES Ioa May 21 The forty third General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America opens tomorrow evening with an address by Rev J P Sankey of Rochester NY retiring moderator The committee for revision of creed recommends modification of the restriction against secret societies and abolition of the rule against a man marrying near relatives of his wife The changes will be the chief work of the assembly
The National Congress of Mothers began at Columbus Auditorium with limited attendance due to bad weather. Mrs. Theodore Birney presided as welcome addresses were delivered by Mrs. Exigar M. Hatton and L. C. Laylin. About 100 delegates arrived, with sessions set to run three more days until Friday night.
A strong shock struck Cumana, Venezuela at 6 o clock yesterday, causing property damage but no fatalities. The event was centered near Caracas with maritime concerns noted, though no injuries were reported.
May 21 weather bulletin predicts rain in Illinois Indiana and Ohio on Wednesday with brisk northeasterly winds turning variable. Northern Ohio may see cooler temperatures and Thursday rain with a shift to northwest winds. Local forecast by Wappenhans notes mean temperature and precipitation comparisons for May starting May 1.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Fort Wayne Ind May 21 Judge O Rourke of the circuit court ruled the police commission law invalid noting the fire department and police under the commission’s charge and the vacancy in the police judgeship created after an election cannot be made. An appeal was taken and the Supreme Court will be asked to advance the cases before June adjournment.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Terre Haute Indiana May 21 reports prospects for a merger of all Indiana coal mines under one central control. John Bays of Sullivan arranged options with four month terms and prices not disclosed until options are reviewed by an executive committee. The plan aims to standardize yearly coal contracts and establish a central trust to replace local bargaining with the United Mine Workers.
In Greene county at Island Coal Company mines firemen and company dispute $4 versus $5 monthly pay. An arbitration board, with two members from each side and Prof. Lake of Terre Haute High School as fifth arbiter, has been formed. Workers returned to work awaiting a Saturday decision.
The great camp of Knights of Maccabees of Indiana convened in LaPorte for a biennial session. Officers elected include Milo Meredith as commander, J. W. Replogle as record keeper, Adam F. Wise as finance keeper, Dr. A. J. Irwin medical examiner, and George H. Snyder chaplain. Delegates named and South Bend seen as likely to win next meeting site. rain disrupted the parade with 80 in line. The Lady Maccabees chose officers led by Grace Meredith and Rebekah Vaneilder, with several others serving as commander, lieutenant commander, record keeper, sergeant, and picket.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Hartford City Indiana May 21 Cyrus Neff Republican trustee of Harrison township reports heavy trouble settling affairs due to numerous warrants issued by former Democrat trustee Frank Messner. Several duplicate warrants and unrecorded orders totaling about 1240 dollars surfaced with banks and vendors. Neff vows to resist payment and promises a thorough investigation and possible prosecutions. Ex trustee Messner now works for M N Johnson.
Hartford City Indiana May 21 at Buckskin Bill show an afternoon clash broke out between farmers led by Joseph Feaster and his son John and resting cowboys. The fight threatened a riot though details remain unclear.
Police restored order after a biting melee at a farm show where about six heads were cracked. Reported losses total 91000 dollars as a gambling contingent followed the event, calling boldly while officers intervened but failed to stop them.
Noblesville reports Brig. Gen. Luther Hare and his father ex- Congressman Silas Hare visiting the city. Born in Noblesville and West Point graduate, Hare credits his Philippines rescue of the Gilmore party with his promotion. He notes island wealth and future self government potential, warns of ongoing brigandage, and predicts Americans can live anywhere with adaptation. He departs tomorrow for New York. Franklin College commencement plans listed with events from June 6 to June 12 and multiple ceremonies and meetings.
Delphi Indiana May 21 oil rose to a height of & feet by 4 pm from a 12 foot trench in Trenton rock. A Standard Oil representative, present for analysis, says it may yield thirty barrels daily and more wells will be started. Fort Wayne reports Freie Presse control shifting to Democrats.
Loganport Ind May 21 The northern division of the Independent Editorial Association met with about twenty five editors to choose a representative for a Bloomington southern division meeting next week. They aim to coordinate action against ready print and plate houses charging high prices. C M Walter of the Rossville Populist Journal was selected.
Anderson Indiana May 21 Never in the history of Anderson has such a spirit of progressiveness been manifest by the Council as at the session last night. Fourteen signals were ordered paved with brick sidewalks cement and sewer extensions made in many parts of the city a large addition to the electric light plant ordered. The contracts will be awarded early in June.
Kokomo Indiana May 21 city council rejected an ordinance for meter measurement of natural gas. The measure failed because the gas company did not pledge to supply patrons and the rate of ten to twelve cents per thousand was deemed too high unless service continued as long as gas exists. Anderson Indiana May 21 school authorities face action over senior class bolting from high school. Those who left returned and were suspended with orders not to report until summoned.
Wabash Ind May 21 A letter from Rev J S Grant a noted local Christian minister traveling in Asia says he is confined to his bed in the Beaconsfield Hospital at Smyrna after three weeks of typhoid fever He is improving slowly and will continue his journey
Bedford Indiana May 21 B D W Parker trustee of the W C Winstandly Bedford Bank which failed years ago has filed his final report and been discharged. The last payment for creditors is ready for distribution at 10 of 1 per cent making a total of 39 per cent paid to creditors.
The Indiana Macadam and Construction Company plant at Monon was sold to Edward Healy of Louisville Kentucky for 15000 dollars. The new owners assume all old firm contracts and plan to hire a larger workforce soon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond Indiana May 21. Elizabeth Hopkins ninety seven in poor health. longtime resident and former Earlham matron noted in Zanesville report.
Dr B A Line, a pioneer Madison County settler and sister of the late Daniel B Crawford, died at 2 o clock this morning after a long illness. He was seventy years old and regarded as an active leading citizen in Alexandria. May 21.
J McSheehy passed naval examinations for Annapolis. Crawfordsville council awarded J M Waugh a nine mile sewer job at 22365. D W Norton Co won street pavement work in Crawfordsville for about 4000. Bedford High School nine teen commencement last night in Stone City Opera House with 14 graduates.
Machinists at J. B. Allfree Manufacturing Company walked out yesterday while Louis Rexroth workers will return after Rexroth signed a nine hour day agreement with a 12 percent wage increase. The meeting had a tone of confidence that demands would be met soon.
Atlas engine works and the International Association of Allied Metal Mechanics signed a satisfactory agreement. The proposal from May 8 for higher wages nine hour day and overtime was approved. Workers gain a 12 percent raise and other terms agreed. Union members praise fair treatment and satisfactory outcome.
Twenty five machinists quit work yesterday morning at L B and W Railroad Company followed by five copper smiths and steam fitters. A committee met with Superintendent Graves and were given until Thursday to contact President Woodford in New York. They later believed the superintendent's plan to dispose of on hand work, and notified the committee they would not abide by its action.
In Washington Indiana on May 21 machinists of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway held meetings to form a Cincinnati conference with B and O Southwestern shops representatives. They aim to push a wage rise from 4 to 30 cents. Cincinnati reports indicate the dispute was settled though terms are not released. The two local workers are pleased and plan to return to work in the morning.
At Milwauker May 21 delegates convened in secret session for the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers. President T J Shaffer spoke on constitutional revisions and a proposed committee to adapt the constitution to changing conditions while the wage committee neared completion of its report. He warned that trusts, including United States Steel, are under scrutiny and urged wealth holders to be placed on a common level.
In Buffalo on May 21, all Lehigh Valley Railroad yard switchmen struck, stopping freight movement. Reported that some engineers and firemen were laid idle due to lack of switchmen to handle trains. The strike’s direct outcome limited to yard operations and train handling.
In Lehigh yards machinists ended work leading to police patrols cited by the machinists. Switchmen refused to work under police protection and struck though they have no stated grievance. In St Paul the Order of Railway Conductors nears biennial convention results with likely re election of Clarke and a race for Maxwell and other officers.
Milwaukee delegates organized committees and read officers reports as Grand Master Hawley praised recent growth. The union, with about 2500 members and a $21000 treasury, considers compulsory insurance. Hot Springs Arkansas and Denver are named as next convention candidates.
In Pittsville Pennsylvania Hammond colliery operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company stands idle as union men refuse to work with contractor Dennis Curley who earned a 14 percent advance last October to drive a hole for a pumpway. About five hundred men and boys are idle due to the dispute.
In St Louis planing mills woodworkers vote to strike unless unions win a nine hour workday by Wednesday morning. The general strike could involve 1200 to 1400 workers across the mills.
Heavy rain flooded Asheville and surrounding areas on May 21, washing out Southern Railway tracks at Biltmore and flooding homes. Bridges vanished, roads blocked, and the city endured a blackout as rivers reached record highs. Trains halted and communications weakened across East Tennessee and western North Carolina.
A tornado struck Fort Mill North Carolina at 6 this morning and traced the Catawba river to Mountain Island. The Charlotte Brick Company office building at Fort Mill was blown away leaving only the ground floor and a safe. Several small homes were destroyed but no lives were lost. At Mountain Island three houses including James Vanpelt's residence were blown down with extensive timber loss and farm damage.
Flooding near St. Charles creek ten miles south of Pueblo washed out a Denver and Rio Grande Railway bridge and submerged a passenger train. Two deaths occurred at Beulah as Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown of Avondale drowned in a cabin. Eighteen passengers escaped.
The new College of Agriculture at Urbana was dedicated with a large gathering of agriculturists students and university officials. Speakers included Thomas F. Hunt dean of Ohio State’s Agricultural College and Congressman J G Cannon. Visitor Mortimer Levering of Indianapolis secretary of the International Livestock Exposition attended. The building cost 152000 dollars, covers two acres of floor space and is touted as the largest best equipped agricultural structure in the world.
Two separate fires destroyed major railroad ware houses. In Wichita Santa Fe freight house burned to the ground after an electric wire sparked flames, with vast shipments lost and no definite total yet. division headquarters nearby was saved by firefighters. In Glendive the Northern Pacific warehouse storing wool and tools was struck by a spark at 7:38 pm and burned, with a total loss estimated at 100 400 dollars, partly insured.
Nine hundred emigrants embarked on the steamer California at Guanica for Hawaii today, with four hundred more ready to sail. Joyous departures accompanied by weddings and baptisms, while emigration agents estimate spending about $19,009 on recruiting and support. Favorable Hawaii reports encourage continued emigration.
A registered mail package from the National Bank of Commerce to a Great Bend bank, valued at $8.00, vanished in Kansas City. Detectives investigate a postal clerk theft theory as tampering clues surface in the mail pouch.
General Fitz John Porter died at his Morristown home at seventy nine after chronic diabetes. The obituary notes his Civil War service, court martial conviction and later vindication by Hayes commission and Grant praise. It mentions his West Point start, key battles, and New York business leadership. Funeral planned at Trinity Church with notable pallbearers and Major General Brooke in charge.
Former Representative Charles A. Boutelle of Bangor Maine dies at McLean Asylum Waverly after a year with brain trouble Pneumonia causes death He was sixty two and had retired from Congress last winter to a navy captain’s retired list Three daughters survive Boutelle was born February 9 1839 and served in the navy during the Civil War before entering politics He later edited and owned the Bangor Whig and Courier and concluded a long congressional career in 1880 with captain’s appointment confirmed by the last Congress
Colonel L C Bullock a California pioneer born 1828 in Sturbridge Mass died in New York after a long illness likely accelerated by pneumonia He crossed the continent at twenty in an old stagecoach served as Placer County sheriff and later California land commissioner At the outbreak of war he led a regiment as a colonel then moved into shipping owning vessels to China and Australia about fifteen years ago he worked in Washington representing Western iron works of San Francisco
London May 21 Sir John Edmund Commerell admiral of the fleet from 1892 to 190? is dead Born in 1823 his death marks the end of a renowned naval era.
Victoria reports J C Vose, who left for Paris from here two years ago but halted at Panama, now departs in a decked war canoe with sails. He is joined by Norman Luxton, newspaper man from Winnipeg and Milwaukee, bound for the South seas and beyond including Australia South Africa and Great Britain.
Lexington Ky May 21 Horace W Means a well known Central Kentucky tobacco dealer committed suicide in the stable lot behind his boarding house at 1 through his body below the heart. He had been despondent over ill health.
Milan reports a deadly avalanche that partially destroyed Aurenga village. Fifteen bodies have been recovered, with the total death toll still uncertain. Local authorities coordinate search and rescue as residents assess the damage.
Reports from the era note Queen Draga's political return in Servia, a serious paralysis case for Chile’s President Errazuriz, papal audience involving a Portland bishop, and results from Spain's new Chamber with two Ministerialists and fourteen opposition members. Also covered are Russian officers jailed for harbor mapping, a czar centennial council note, a London bankruptcy ruling, Italy demanding satisfaction from Turkey over a death, British House of Commons voting on a nonconfidence motion, Vienna imperial audiences, a French interpellation plan linked to Metz, Belgian Senate's stance on Transvaal, and British conduct in Boer conflicts.
Grover Cleveland returned to Princeton New Jersey from a ten days fishing trip to Middle Hass island near Toledo. He appeared in excellent health amid his wife Esther’s illness with diphtheria. The Cleveland household awaits awaited reassurance as Esther recovers.
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