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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1902
Page
3
Philadelphia council night set to discuss a firemen pay raise while Mayor Bookwalter is away. supporters claim the ordinance is effectively dead and council sponsor Ed H. Sourbeer doubts a revival. City business may wait until after November elections.
Mayor Bookwalter departed Saturday night for Philadelphia to reach his seriously ill brother. He will be away from the city until Wednesday.
May Connors, a resident of a resort at 130 South Missouri Street, grew despondent last night and bought laudanum. Returning home she told fellow inmates life had no pleasures, then swallowed poison in her room. Dr. Lambert from City Dispensary counteracted the poisoning and said she would recover. The inmate expressed gratitude to the doctor.
The article lists Tonight's schedules for Vineet Buyers Grand Park Empire and English venues. It highlights Ezra Kendall's return to the city in a comedy, previews The Vinegar Buyer a Winslow farce, and notes tomorrow’s program San Toy with a cast and orchestra. It also mentions Lazarre by Otis Skinner and a new vaudeville bill at the Grand with Rice Sabel and others and Zigzag Alley at Park.
A brief notice advertises a limited select party traveling first class to the Mediterranean region including the Holy Land. The January departure is prepared for by Mrs. M. A. ChosL SLY at Fifteenth Street, offering travel arrangements and exclusive accommodations.
The Rev H W Kellogg preached on The Great Strike as It Is Seen from the Pulpit at Central Avenue M E Church. He linked the anthracite conflict to social progress, praised arbitration, and urged patience and disciplined faith as keys to future harmony between labor and capital. Kellogg praised President Mitchell and argued the strike educated miners and elevated public sentiment toward conciliatory settlement.
The Rev Worth M Tippy of Broadway Church preached at Meridian Street Church in St Louis last night in Dr Stansfield s absence. He spoke on The Patience of Faith noting faith as a strong yet reasonable belief that endures through suffering and duty. He warned faith often meets ignorance and inertia but demands long patient effort in personal and social life.
The Rev. R R Lloyd Ph D of Greek Exegesis delivered the first in a series on Studies in New Testament Scriptures at Memorial Presbyterian Church on The Three Groups in the Garden of Gethsemane. He spoke on progress in position duty and revelation and urged earnest Bible study to counter new sects. He preached the Incarnation as mystery and cited Plato Socrates and Napoleon to illustrate belief in God and the Bible. He will speak in Indianapolis next week with afternoon Bible study at 4 30 and evening sessions at 7 30 in the chapel. This afternoon he will discuss A Look In the Bible.
Col Alexander Hogeland president of the National Curfew Association gave three talks in Indianapolis detailing the curfew movement now operable in 3000 cities. He cited school statistics, described police needs, and urged laws to prevent youth incarceration and to promote employment services. He spoke at Villa Avenue Methodist, YMCA, and Thirty-first Street Baptist, calling for broader state action and continued church outreach.
The Rev. J Cumming Smith preached on Life's Fallacies from Jeremiah, arguing idolatry stems from a cry for the divine in human hearts. He distinguished two skepticisms, praising earnest doubt that seeks truth in Christ, while condemning careless cynicism fueled by wealth, fame, and illusion. He urged seeking concrete realities in God and love, with the Incarnation as central anchorage.
A fragmentary religious passage extols earnestness, holiness, and obedience to the Master. It links heavenly devotion to a renewed view of earthly life, suggesting money and fame are sanctified by divine focus and both heaven and earth share a single essential nature.
In Albany on October 19, a second life loss is suspected after the Tower Brooks Boston store fire. Watchman Ten Eyck La Mouse is missing, believed buried under debris. Estimated total loss about $500,000, with $350,000 to Tower Brooks and the rest divided among about twenty small firms.
A Venezuelan rebel leader in Curacao explains the La Victoria retreat as orderly not rout. Castro refused to attack outside La Victoria. rebels cut the only retreat road, lacked ammo until a train reached them with half a million cartridges. Government forces blamed for light losses. Castro’s troops at 3,100 and Matos at 9,000. Rebels expect to be near Caracas soon.
Washington reports from Caracas dated Oct 18 and 19 indicate the revolutionary army withdrew from near Victoria while government troops held Valencia. A later dispatch says the battle has ended with no decisive outcome. Minister Bowen relayed the updates to the State Department.
Kingston Jamaica reports the steamer Orinoco has arrived with news that fever and smallpox have broken out among Colombian government forces in Colon, with ten soldier deaths daily from these diseases reported onboard.
Oct 19 report from Port au Prince describes Gonaives as quiet under Gen Lt Foix Colin, with many refugees at foreign consulates. Killick family remains at the German consulate while marine guards depart with warships returning to their vessels. Cincinnati sails to Port de Paix, D Assas to Port au Prince, Falke to Cape Haitien.
May Manton shares a shirtwaist design with slot seam effects, shown in cream white brilliantine with black corticelli silk stitching and large pearl buttons. The pattern 4253 fits busts 32 to 40 inches and requires 2 to 4 percent yards depending on fabric width. pattern coupon cents, include envelope with name, address, size, and return by mail.
New York dispatch describes a season favoring the odd waist as a durable fashion element. Designers showcase lace waists, chiffon and peau de cygne silks in cream whites and pale colors, with box plaits, extensive hand stitching, and velvet trims. Velvet ribbons, Irish crochet, and Eastern-inspired embroidery popularize tailored yet decorative shirtwaists for theater, home, and informal wear.
The 1901 annual education report to the interior secretary notes 17,299,280 pupils in all schools, up 273,520 from the prior year. Tax-supported enrollment reached 15,710,344, with special institutions adding nearly 500,000, totaling about 17,750,000 educated during the year. Public school property value rose to 576,963,089, and total common school expenditures reached 226,043,236, up from 63,296,666. Per capita spending hit a record 2.93, and average attendance ran 99 days, up 34 days.
In Boston on October 19, Unity and fervor marked two large United Irish League gatherings at Symphony Hall and Hollis Street Theater. John E. Redmond M P and colleagues Davitt Dillon Finerty and Blake urged support for the Irish cause, denouncing British policy and wartime taxes while pledging renewed agitation to back Ireland in the impending national convention.
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