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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1902
Page
3
A wartime speech extols railroad workers for quick obedience to orders and self-reliance, praising soldierly traits while urging balanced patriotism. The speaker celebrates organized labor, defends unions, and calls for disciplined action within a broad, evolving industrial society.
Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday calls for showers in Indiana Ohio with cooler conditions and brisk winds. Central and south Indiana see cooler air, Ohio expects much cooler conditions with fair Wednesday. Local observations note barometer, temperature and precipitation.
Shipping news lists arrivals and departures: Furnesia from Glasgow. Vaderland from Antwerp. Minneapolis from London. Noordam from New York bound for Rotterdam. Fuerst Bismarck sails to New York. Algeria and Bremen arrive from New York. Zeeland arrives in Antwerp from New York. Minnehaha sails to London. Laurentian sails from Glasgow to New York.
President delivers a speech to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen praising union led self help, individual effort, and courage. He lauds workers who rise from fireman to general manager, emphasizes character over mere affiliation, and urges equal focus on strong laws, organization, and personal virtue.
President Roosevelt tours Tennessee delivering a message on citizenship unity, recalling Civil War valor and the Chickamauga battlefield. He praises the spirit of brotherhood, honors Union and Confederate soldiers, and urges Americans to know one another across Northerner and Southerner divides. The parade ends with a courthouse speech before rain cuts the program short.
President Roosevelt arrives in Athens and continues to Knoxville on a southern trip. A crowd greets him in Athens and at Riceville a water stop leads to brief handshaking for the first time on this journey. In Cleveland Centenary Female College girls present a bouquet and the President thanks them, praising the trip’s impact on citizenship. A young boy is almost swept aside as the crowd calls for a speech at Grant University.
A Knoxville reception committee planned to meet the President at Chattanooga. Secretary Cortelyou warned of train accommodation limits but invited Congressmen Gibson and Brownlow. Brownlow could not attend, and Austin filled his place.
President Roosevelt spoke to about 12 000 people in a steady downpour on Main avenue Knoxville praising Tennessee and its citizens. He rode through the rain with bared head, thanked the crowd, and tied their rugged character to national leadership before a late return to the depot.
President Roosevelt's train paused about five minutes at 8 45 oclock in Morristown Tennessee. He expressed pleasure at visiting the battlefields around Chattanooga and spoke of valor by both blue and gray soldiers. He praised Tennessee as the home of notable figures and named Farragut as the greatest admiral in the last ninety years.
President Roosevelt arrived by train in Jefferson City Tennessee and spoke briefly to a crowd of several hundred. He recalled his trip yesterday and the Chickamauga battle of history while thanking locals for their warm greeting.
Citizens of Newport Tennessee gave a fiery welcome as President Roosevelt’s special train passed through at night. Barrel flames lined the track on both sides and were lit moments before the train moved slowly through town without stopping.
The special train bearing the President and party arrived in Hot Springs tonight. The group will spend the night there before the train resumes to Asheville, scheduled to reach at 8:30 a.m. Officials planned rest and preparation for the following day’s events in Asheville.
In Grand Haven Michigan on a September day Harry Fo of Fruitport and Miss Effie Reams of Kalamazoo drowned when their yawing party’s boat capsized on Spring Lake. One other member was rescued, while a remaining seven aboard faced tragedy.
Nell Overton of Claiborne county Tennessee was shot and killed at a Cumberland Gap blind tiger. An old grudge was cited as the motive in the violent shooting.
The Haliteian Provisional Government described the Firminist gunboat as an out invader and informed Germany that the destroyer action against the Crete-a-Pierrot was warranted.
The German warship Panther intercepted the Firminist gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot off Gonaives Haiti. After the crew abandoned ship, an internal explosion crippled the Crete-a-Pierrot and a subsequent forward magazine detonation sank the vessel. The Haitian provisional government and rebels seized Gonaives as the admiral and rebel leaders went aboard.
London papers debate the Crete-a-Pierrot sinking by the German Panther near Haiti. They warn of Monroe Doctrine tensions, Monroeism limits, and potential US reaction while praising Germany's actions as legally justified in halting Haitian unrest.
Washington reports the sinking of the Crete-a-Pierrot by the German gunboat Panther after Killick refused surrender. Crete-a-Pierrot crew initially feared lost, later said to have escaped. US officials deem it a Haitian-German matter with no American interests harmed, hoping the action deters revolutions and interference with neutral vessels.
Commander Henry C. McCrea praised recent naval actions in Haitien waters as likely to boost foreign commerce. He linked the Crete a Pierrot incident to German actions against Firminist forces, noting orders aimed to curb interference with shipping and clarify the belligerent status while questioning the Firminist ability to move troops by water.
General Chaffee orders General Sumner to lead a Mindanao column against the Macéin Moros with eight infantry companies two cavalry troops and one battery to move within a week. Lieut Parker wounded in attack at Mauling Falls as US troops faced Moros. further operations authorized to secure pledge of good behavior from locals.
James Wilson, second assistant engineer of the transport Lawton, says Mindanao could become a rich field for gold prospectors coal miners and rubber and gutta percha producers with adequate land and mineral claims legislation. He notes Americans already prospecting and that Mindanao coal is superior to Japanese coal.
Captain E H Southall, a former head of the Manila cholera hospital, arrived on the Buford in San Francisco and warned that the epidemic in the Philippines resists suppression. He blamed enforcement difficulties and natives hiding deaths for unreliable mortality figures.
The transport Sherman sailed from Manila on September 4 carrying ninety five sick and nineteen discharged sailors with seventy one sailors discharged.
In Havana the House of Representatives debated Cuban loans with a majority in favor of a 35 million dollar loan. Palma would be authorized to raise the amount in one or two installments, 31 million and 4 million. A sinking fund from 10 percent of customs receipts and a tax on alcohol would cover interest, estimated at 150,000. The lottery plan was dropped. An amendment sought to raise to 40 million with dedicated duties for interest and sinking fund.
In Freehold New Jersey six men connected to gambling dens at Long Branch were arraigned before Supreme Court Justice J Franklin Fort for sentence. Fines ranged from 1000 to 2000 dollars each for members of the New York Club and the Pennsylvania Club including William P Jones David Johnson Samuel E Merry Phil Dalgdy and keeper William H Harlowel.
Sioux City Indiana reports the death of Dr. Schinwig a prominent Kiowa City physician who died from chloroform use. He had battled an addiction for several years.
A descriptive report details a dangerous stream of fiery liquid advancing toward the sea driven by unknown forces. Observers describe the molten flow's speed and potential hazards to nearby shore areas and infrastructure while authorities assess containment options.
Kingstown reports dramatic changes in St Vincent Windward district after Sept 3 eruption. Rabacca River glowed with fire, new ridges and ravines formed near Haracal, and several estates suffered ashfall. Fifty laborers narrowly escaped as the mountain erupted again, sheltering at its base overnight.
Copenhaver, a glazier by trade, shot and killed his wife in their North Indianapolis home after a pattern of letters and threats. He wielded a new dog-pattern revolver, four bullets fired, two still in the body of the gun. He told police nothing, awaiting proper time to speak. The couple shared two young children, an 18 month daughter and a four month son.
Mrs Etta Taylor, sister of the dead woman, told police her husband Frank Taylor threatened her life several times. She said he stood near the front fence before the shooting and fled to Roeber's saloon after the shots. She cited nightly work at Johnson's excelsior works on West Market street and asked police protection.
John C. Leneman was shot in the abdomen during a quarrel last night by his son in law James C. Duane a prominent Boston business man from Brookline and died today. The shooting stemmed from a series of family quarrels. Leneman was fifty and Duane twenty six. he is under arrest.
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