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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1901
Page
1
The dominant forces of the nation anchor their strength on the prairie broadlands. Signs of prosperity appear in farmers homes with books pictures and pianos purchased from current receipts.
Otto Carmichael notes a broad revival of business and rising wages across the Midwest, with banks swelling, railway orders up, and farmers investing in bikes, phonographs, and home reading. He tracks a shift from reliance on external markets to a booming home market, where prosperity touches small towns and farmhouses alike.
Manila reports Lukban refuses surrender terms until all Americans withdraw from Gandara valley. General Smith orders all American troops on Samar and Leyte armed at all times and during meals. He vows no more surprises, keeps scouts active, and orders destruction of captured rice and hemp. Capture of Lukban seen as imminent.
In Manila on November 10 the Federal convention remains riven by political bickerings and resignations. Senor Buencamino twice leaves the chamber and finally tenders a resignation, though he returns later. The convention's debate centers on friars, with strong antipathy and near unanimity that they must go.
Incriminating evidence mounts against Gibson Easton, a Manila representative for two large firms, recently expelled from Samar on a charge of dealings with insurgents. He likely faces arrest and trial. Lukban’s commissary general, captured, says both firms agreed to supply 500 sacks of rice annually, with delivery dates provided to men in Cebu.
Two steam fitters at Schwarz child Sulzberger packing plant in Armourdale Kansas were killed when a valve failed in the water pumping system. N R Murphy suffocated or drowned J H Russell scalded. James McMahon and W B Hoover were seriously injured. Russell survived four hours after extraction.
In a Negro church near Hopkinsville Kentucky during morning service Henry Davies quarreled with Abe Allen. Davies fired a shot that missed Allen but killed Jerry Wilson on the opposite pew. Davies was arrested.
In Topeka Kansas on November 10 two escaped Fort Leavenworth convicts disarmed Sheriff Cook and Deputy Williams at Pauline five miles south of Topeka and held them with Mrs Wooster as a shield. They fled through a police cordon and disappeared along a rail line with a posse closing in.
None of the fourteen Fort Leavenworth escapees were captured after a night of mutiny and robbery at Manhattan Kansas. Wounded white convict John Greene had his leg amputated and will recover. Bodies of Fort Nortonville victims Quinn Fort James Huffman and Jay J Poffenholz were buried, and guard Wadrupe remained critically wounded. The hunt resumes Monday with renewed vigor as guards and citizens press the search.
Joseph Carter twenty two killed Ed Campbell forty four with a single fist blow over the heart after Campbell threatened him with a knife and challenged to a fight. Both men were farmers. Death occurred almost immediately.
Havana reports Senor Tamayo secretary of state and government was challenged to a duel by a Union Club member after a banquet for visiting Chileans. He was detained by police and later released. La Lucha criticizes officials and calls for restraint amid Reconstruction turmoil.
Havana Municipal Council, by 10 to 8, accepted the $10,393,015.99 bid of S. P. McGivney and R. T. Rockeby of Jersey City for sewering and paving. Debate focused on a pamphlet alleging bid favoritism and Gov General Wood’s letter as a military directive. The council had previously balked at the bid over bid specs and bidding. Maso named by Democrats for Cuban presidency.
Sheriff Cook arrived in Topeka recounting his ordeal with convicts at Wooster farm. A target rifle fired by an eighteen year old fledgling soldier wounded one convict in the arm and another in the leg as Cook, battered yet unbroken, entered the house to face the danger and retrieve those inside.
Reports from Capacho Viejo claim President Castro asked his brother Celestino Castro to mediate with Colombia, igniting unrest among Venezuelan troops. Generals Uribe Uribe and Modesto Castro rushed to San Cristobal for details amid rumors Celestino’s alleged cattle transfers fueled clashes and deaths on Tachira frontier.
A dramatic report notes widespread starvation among Russian peasants as grain production suffers from a deficit. Crops are described as bad to very bad with root crops scarce. The item links famine to the grain shortage and outlines harsh conditions facing rural communities.
Across a broad dispatch the Associated Press reports that ships will depart Mitylene as the French fleet moves toward Greek waters while diplomatic ties with the Porte resume. The piece covers Danish apple crop woes, Russian crop reports, relief measures, and European reactions to U.S. power. It notes Mitylene actions, Franco Turkish diplomacy, and the Levantine naval disposition.
Paris dispatch reports the French Foreign Office announces the Sultan has slowed an execution order for a trade dispute. The move comes amid diplomatic tension as authorities seek a negotiated settlement.
M. Delcasse authorizes M. Bapst to resume diplomatic relations with the Porte tomorrow and hints that M. Constans will soon return to Constantinople. Baron De Calice has secured from the Porte a satisfactory settlement of several questions.
Consul General Dickinson presses Sofia to surrender Miss Eben M. Stone and demands payment of ransom. Bulgarian troops' actions hinder negotiations and threaten Stone's life. brigands, led by captain Yanne Sandansky, may kill captives if pressed. Dickinson vows Bulgaria would be held responsible for any death.
Active preparations are under way for the sixth national convention of the American Anti saloon League to meet in Washington in December. Sessions run from Tuesday December 2 through Thursday with plans for railroad excursion rates and broad participation. The call is signed by Rev Luther B Wilson acting president and urges hostile bodies to send delegates with a report to the national board of direction.
A Milwaukee Ministerial Association committee reports thirty-two wide open gambling houses operating, 116 saloons with winerooms, and sixteen tied to questionable resorts. It clears police of revenue motives but suggests officials are restrained by higher powers.
In Tower Minnesota the first monument to William McKinley was unveiled amid a large turnout from Minnesota and the Northwest. Thousands attended as bands and officials from nearby counties gathered for the ceremony with Governor Van Sant presiding.
A major blaze in Logansport inflicts at least 860 000 in damage. Mill and church burned, several residences scorched, and another building damaged. A shooting death occurred when Newton Innis was killed by William Mohler. Mohler jailed at Noblesville. victim, a former soldier, to be buried today.
Terre Haute dispatch reports the death of ex judge Farrell from heart disease. A White County widow dies in a carriage. In Terre Haute an early Sunday fire destroyed Obenchain and Boyer flouring mill and engine factory, a Presbyterian church, Wilson Humphries printing plant, and the Baptist church, with extensive damage and high losses. A separate Indiana note covers an incendiary fire at Hagerstown destroying a barn and killing a stallion valued at $1,000, with further property losses nearby.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports the Frankton rolling mill, cut off by gas shortages, idling about 150 workers. After window glass plants closed earlier, the Reese Glass Company wells supplied gas but new wells failed to sustain both operations. The mill was disconnected and left near collapse, but officials reportedly secured gas from Manufacturers' Natural Gas and Oil Company of Indianapolis, with work slated to resume Tuesday.
William Mohler a night watchman and laborer in Atlanta Indiana was jailed for murder after a confrontation at a medicine show in the Noblesville County town hall Innis a soldier recently returned from the Philippines and Cuba was boisterous and attacked Mohler with a knife Mohler fired his weapon twice killing Innis instantly Mohler was deputy marshal and sought to restore order as crowds grew tense.
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