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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1902

Page

6

Bonds We Own and Offer in Indiana and Graphs

Bonds and stock offerings listed for multiple Indiana counties including Gosport Pike Newton Sullivan with details on Belt Railroad stock and bank stocks. The item includes a miscellaneous ad for invalid care chairs and items from Armstrong Co. plus a lengthy report on Adjutant General Liller’s suspension and potential union of veterans groups with references to officers and messages from Gen Fitzhugh Lee and Gen Charlie King.

Gosport Ind Pike County Newton County Sullivan County Belt Railroad National Bank Fire Ins. Co Lew Belding

Letters From Absente Captain English Regrets Meeting Absence

Captain William B E English, touring Europe, sends regrets from Ostend Belgium for the national meeting of the Ish American War Veterans He declines candidacy for commander-in-chief but pledges support for a capable leader to unite the group and welcomes a reception for Colonel Roosevelt He praises Roosevelt as a loyal comrade and hopes to join in spirit with Indiana Pennsylvania and other states comrades in the late war organization.

William BE. English Engish Europe Belgium Indiana Department Poland Pennsylvania Roosevelt White House Captain English Ostend

Cat Prefers Postum to Coffee Elevating Mrs Gould in Maywood

Mrs Alice Gould of Maywood Illinois says coffee left her run down and nervous, while Postum Coffee improved her health. She reports gaining weight, renewed energy, and now even the inn cat drinks it, after using Postum for six months.

Alice Gould Maywood

Auditing Committee Examines Liller Accounts in Denison

Col E R Hutchins of Iowa Lieut I L Schulhafer of Louisville and Lieut F Ellis Reed of Milwaukee audit the books of William C Liller for the Spanish American War Veterans at the Denison hotel. The panel will work late tonight and part of tomorrow, with a report due to the association. No discrepancies are alleged, but past audits were neglected during 2 previous meetings.

E. R. Hutchins Iowa I. L. Schulhafer Louisville F. Ellis Reed Milwaukee Wiliam C. Liller Denison Hotel Hutchins Liller Association Chattanooga Assation Buffalo McKinley

Delegates Seated From Across States In Credentials Committee

The credentials committee seated a large delegate body led by Col Charles Jewett. States represented included Indiana Illinois Ohio West Virginia Montana Arizona New Mexico Wisconsin Kentucky South Carolina Michigan New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Iowa and others. Some delays occurred with New York credentials as Adjutant General W Liller was not forwarded proper papers. New Yorkers were seated by request of the commander in chief.

Charles L. Jewett Hall Pennsylvania Foster Illinois Hutchins Iowa Kessler Montana Freed Ohico Indiana Russell B. Harrison F. 8. Clark J. C. Jackson Ray P. van Camp John F. Barnett H. L. Hutson Henrey Micboom W. P C. H. Ricketts Georges. Wallace H. C. Kessler Samuel Hellburn F. J. Adams A. H. Paxton J. M. Croft Arizona New Mexico W. E. Dane H. Jennings Frank Muller George Christie Wisconsin S. D. Branahan J. P. Eons Ogee Oo William H. Zulbulke A. Kollin F. H. Morrill J. H. Laabs William Abel F. H. Gruetamacher Kentucky I. C. Money A. A. Hallenberg H. Bass James Brooker South Carolina F. C. Blank Michigan John McLennon New York T. F. Lynch C. Cummings J. Phalin Captain Staa O. T. Rentchler R. Bruce Gamble J. Levan Taylor Ralph B. Applewhite Thomas M. Stratford W. H. Smith Joseph W. Mans Ferdinand Koenig G. H. Hayes M. J. Means E. Elliott Paul B. Stout E. R. Hutchins

War Veterans Session in Statehouse After Roosevelt Departures

A business session of the Spanish American War Veterans will convene in the Senate chamber of the Statehouse this afternoon after President Roosevelt leaves. Officials expect the auditing committee to report on Wer, with other business items on the agenda. Resolutions may be acted on and plans to unite with other veteran groups likely to be discussed.

Senate Statehouse Roosevelt Wer

Camp fire at Tomlinson Hall features notable speakers

The Spanish American War Veterans plan a public camp fire at Tomlinson Hall tonight with speeches by General Coryell Captain Hobson General Jacob H. Smith General Benjamin Starr Governor Durbin Senator Fairbanks Senator Beveridge Admiral Brown Captain Harry Hall of Pittsburg and others James Whitcomb Riley invited to attend.

Tomlinson Hall Coryell Hobson Jacob H. Smith Benjamin Starr Durbin Fairbanks Beveridge Admiral Brown Harry Hall Pittsburg James Whitcomb Riley Presen

Colliery Disaster At Stafford Shaft In West Virginia

Four men are dead and seven missing after a gas explosion at a Stafford coal shaft in Fairmont West Virginia. Three unidentified victims lie in hospital with severe burns while five others suffer cuts and injuries. Gas from a leaking pipe was ignited by a miner's lamp.

Fairmont W. Va A & Ss Stafford

Treasury Secretary Shaw Clarifies Subtreasury Remarks

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw issued a statement denying misquotes about plans to abolish subtreasuries. He says he has declined to discuss the issue, as it will be covered in his annual report, and that any words attributed to him on the matter are not true.

Teal Liller Frank S Appeir Statehouse Gilbert Ina Pennsyvania Ambrose Higgins Enectment Frank Eshieman Lancaster Liller Higgins Pennsylvania Ohio Coryell Charles Dick Council of Administration Association Detroit Haseen Pepence Tata Russel B. Harrison Harrison Chicago Treasury Shaw

Police called for troops as coal towns riot in anthracite region

Disorder erupts near Scranton and Shenandoah as miners strike turns violent. Sheriff Schadt appeals to Governor Stone for state aid after crowds of foreigners torch breakers, attack engineers and threaten workers. Troops deployed. arrests follow amid widespread disturbances in Lackawanna and Schuylkill counties.

Scranton Schadt Lackawanna County Stone Stewart Citizens’ Alliance Archibald Raymond Washery Ontario & Western Company Crescent Electric Light Company Miles McAndrew Oliphant Pennsylvania Coal Company Oldforge William A Charles H. Schadt Lackawanna Oxford People’s Coal Company Tidewater

Governor Stone denies plan for Philadelphia conference

Governor Stone said there was no truth to reports of an upcoming Philadelphia meeting with People's Alliance representatives and Senators Quay and Penrose about an extra session to enact legislation to end the anthracite strike. He dismissed the rumor as unfounded.

Harrisburg Stone Philadelphia People’s Alliance Quay Penrose

Miners Strike Looms With Governor Open to Session

The governor hinted at a possible special session if a constitutionally valid arbitration bill could settle the Pennsylvania coal strike. He noted wide legislative opposition and urged certainty before calling such a session. Meanwhile AFL leader Gompers said miners are prepared to hold out for months, ready to concede, but not on dismembering their union. Plymouth and Rochester mines signed the scale, while Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron heard a return-to-work proposal contingent on Baer’s local adjustments.

Ise Alliance Elkins Senator Quay Washington Gompers American Federation of Labor Pennsylvania Tome Charleston W. Va Plymouth United Mine Workers of America Rochester Guyandotte River Philadelphia Peter Williams Mahanoy City Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company Baer

Meeting of the Friends at Plainfield Session in Indiana

At Plainfield Indiana September 22 Friends conducted a lengthy session focusing on ministry oversight to deter impostors, adopted resolutions from the Western Yearly Meeting name, and elected foreign mission officers led by Sarah J King. Reports noted Cuba Mexico and Mathenola missions with updates on missionaries Everett Morgan Sarah Lindley and Zenos Martin. Harriet Green spoke and temperance was addressed by Rev Robert Pretton.

Indianapolis Journal Plainfield Ind Indianapolis Western Yearly Meeting of Friends’ Church Foreign Missionary Work Sarah J. King Laura Matten Lucy Kenworthy Martha E. Newlin Margarite Seii Eucario Seii Mathenola Mexico Rs. Seii Sevi Re. Zenos Martin Cuba Kew Everett Morgan Sarah Lindley Catorola Harriet Green England Temperance Robert E. Pretton Wilmington

Indiana Methodist Conference longest session bids fair to run late

WORK OF THE METHO STS. VINCENNES Ind Sept 22 The Indiana Methodist Conference faces a unusually long session likely to end by Tuesday noon. Bishop Walden said the session will exceed prior limits and many reports on members and finances were presented. Several preachers were ordained deacons and elders, memorial services held, and officials approved small expense totals. A traveling secretary post was abolished and Rev A R Beach returns to pastoral work.

Indianapolis Journal Vincennes Ind Indiana Methodist Conference Walden F. H. Collier F. O. Beck Oscar Haas J. K. Abe J.T. Scull, Jr Clarence Mciver C. R. Stone Homer Manuel P. W. Coryear J. W. Hange F. B. Ward H. L. Liddle C. L. Griffiths Dunham Delaware Preachers’ Aid Society A. R. Beach Indianapolis

United Brethren St Joseph Conference Appointments

The fifty-eighth annual session of the United Brethren St Joseph Conference closed in Peru Indiana on September 22 with appointments announced for Peru District presiding elder F Thomas North Manchester and Peru mission station James Colburn M M Le Count Louis B Wells Frankfort Grimes Frankfort circuit J W Hindlee S E Butler Gale Creek GBE Luke

Indianapolis Journal Peru Ind United Brethren St. Joseph F. Thomas North Manchester James Colburn M. M. le Count Louss B. Wells Frankfort Grimes J. W. Hindlee S. E. Butler Gale

Indiana Methodists List of District Clergy and Stations

A long roster lists Fayette and Warsaw districts with presiding elders, mission stations, circuits, and named ministers. It includes J A Cummings and J W Lake in Fort Wayne area, R P Burton in Elkhart, and evangelists E C Avis and I V Shilling, plus missionaries to the Philippines and China.

Adamsville L. A. Stangle Bremen L. O. Oyler Brimfeld J. W. DeLong Fawn River W. P. Taylor Nappanee J. C. Albright Waterloo W. 8. Gandy Pleasant Lake J. . Coverstone Angola Mission Station R. P. Rivens Butler C. H. Bell Ligonier

Germans Catholic Society Protest of Philippines Policy

Evansville Sept 22 The German Roman Catholic Society adopts a resolution denouncing the government's policy toward the Friars in the Philippines. It objects to church state separation and sale of friars lands and will send the memorial to President Roosevelt. Dayton, Ohio is named for the next annual convention. Northern Indiana Epworth League Richmon Indiana Sept 22 Planned program for Bluffton Oct 30 to Nov 3 includes Rev A E Schell D D and other church leaders. The body comprises 270 senior chapters with 15 000 members and 162 junior chapters with nearly 9 000 members.

Indianapolis Journal Evansville Ind Philippines Roosevelt Dayton, C Richmond North Indiana Epworth League Bluffton A. E. Schell D. D Worth M. Tippy Frank G. Brown Western Christian Advocate Cincinnati W. W. Halstead Madison Swadner

Muncie ministers resign as exodus hits city churches

Muncie Indiana reports day with six ministers resigning in a month. Pastor C A Larrick of English Lutheran resigns after receiving a call to a larger Pennsylvania church. Pastor H G Porter of Madison street Methodist elected president of the Muncie Ministerial Association. Whitestown Baptists begin a two week tent revival conducted by noted divines including I B Morgan of Elizaville J C Rhodes of Kokomo C A Cook of Lebanon.

Indianapolis Journal Muncie Ind C. A. Larrick English Lutheran Church Pennsylvania H. G. Porter Madison Street Whitestown Baptists of the Judson Association I. B. Morgan Elizaville J. C. Rhodes Kokomo C. A. Cook Lebanon

Olive Branch Synod to Convene in Richmond Next Month

A gathering of the Olive Branch Synod of the Lutheran Church will meet in Richmond starting October 21, continuing for a week. The synod covers southern Indiana and all of Kentucky and Tennessee. The auxiliary missionary group for women will meet concurrently.

Indianapolis Journal Richmond Ind Olive Branch Synod The Lutheran Church Indiana Kentucky Tennessee Missionary Organization of Women

Pastor resigns from Thorntown church to join Upper Iowa University

Dr. T. J. Bassett longtime Thorntown Methodist pastor resigns from the conference at Rensselaer session and accepts a call to Fayette Upper Iowa University. He and his family depart for their new home today.

Indianapolis Journal Thorntown Ind T. J. Bassett Methodist Church Rensselaer Upper Iowa University Fayette

Resignation of Rev Henry O McCook after 33 years at Tabernacle Church

Rev Dr Henry O McCook a leading Presbyterians pastor resigns from Tabernacle Church after thirty three years due to long illness. He plans retirement to Devon to write science history. McCook served in the Civil War with the Forty first Illinois Volunteers and acted as chaplain for the Second Pennsylvania during the war with Spain.

New York Henry O. McCook Presbyterian Church Tabernacle Presbyterian Church Philadelphia McCook Devon

Church Militant Army founded in New York diocese

An arm of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the New York diocese has created the Church Militant Army to aid churches missions and societies and to conduct evangelistic work. It will follow the model of England’s church army though past attempts in the United States failed after a short time.

New York Protestant Episcopal Church of the New York Diocese Church Militant Army Church Army of England United States

Roumanians Defy Powers Amid Jewish Persecution

Vienna dispatch says Roumanians likely to defy signatories and world opinion by continuing the persecution of Jews to force them to seek asylum abroad.

London Vienna The Times

Akron electric car derailment injures dozen in Kent

An Akron Kent and Ravenna electric car jumped the track on Water street in Kent early today and struck a telephone pole. A dozen passengers were hurt with the most serious injuries to Jacob Repbosie of Akron, S K Force of Akron, Miss Lottie Reinble of Stow, Miss Almie Harris of Kent, plus a Haitian man and Motorman Miller.

Akron Miller

Rival men in Langdale churchyard shooting claim life

Langdale Alabama. After a church service William Owens was instantly killed and William Phillips mortally wounded in a fight over a young woman, both men members of the same church. Authorities investigate motive and sequence of events.

Langdale Ala William Phillips William Owens Phillips Church

Murder Suspect William Hooper Young Arrested in Derby

William Hooper Young, linked by New York police to the murder of Mrs. Anna Nelson Pulitzer, is arrested in Derby after weeks of eluding capture. He admits his identity and consents to return to New York without requisition papers, following identification by Mac Levy and Detective Sergeant Edward Hayes. Local officers reported finding clothes and other items tied to the crime in documents of the case.

Derby, Conn William Hooper Young New York Anna Nelson Pulitzer Derby Young Mac Levy Brooklyn Edward Hayes Levy Bert Edwards Portland Ore Hooper Hughes Dixie Anzer Hoboken Mr. Anzer Anzer Peter A. Finley Gustave Ernst Ernst

Dr Sipes Promises Free Trial Modern Cure for Diseases

An advertisement touts a new medical method claimed to cure many illnesses rapidly replacing old remedies. It urges anyone with heart lung kidney blood liver skin or nerve issues to call for a free trial.

Sipes

New York man under arrest confesses to murder plot

Hooper Young reports confessing that an accomplice killed Mrs. Pulitzer in Derby Connecticut. He says Charles Simpson Eiling of Bridgeport killed her with chloral hydrate in beer, then fled. Young claims he helped dismember the body but fled. police doubt Eiling exists and suspect a bid to shield Young.

New York Hooper Young Derby Conn Pulitzer Young Mac Levy Charles Simpson Eiling Bridgeport Eiling Eling Chicago Elling

Evidence of murder trunk reveals bloodied clothes and weapon

In New York on September 22 a trunk opened at police headquarters showed a blood stained sword stiletto, blood soaked skirts and bedclothes, a blood smeared undertshirt, and numerous items tied to the missing William Hooper Young. Police note the trunk contained Young's garments and other items from his apartment linked to the murder of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer.

New York William Hooper Young Anna Pulitzer Young St. Solomon First Street Hoboken Garvan Derby Conn Titus Young Apartments Jersey City Amboy N. J

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J. F. Wild & CO Bankers Stevenson Building Main WM. H. Armstrong & CO Meridian Street State Department International Congress of Commerce and Industry George W. Powell Fitzhugh Lee Charlies King General King W. E. English Bel Gium Paul Jones W. C. Liller Credentials Committee Anthracite Shenandolah Shenandoah Beddall Girard Estate Gobin Oere Twelfth Regiment Clement Pottsville Reiff Williamstown Diamond Knitting Mill Company Mr. Gompers OF the Friends Methodisal Conference St. Joseph Conference German Catholic Society Northern Indiana H. 0. McCook Roumania Br. Lipes Dr. Lipes Lipes LU. G. Lipes H. Messenger East Washington St Lehigh Valley Jackson West Virginia Brazil Blossburg Mrs. Pulitzer William F. Hart Paris John W. Young William Hooper Han Iooge Oreuke Denton McDaniel Burton Willieton Bud Thompson Rhodes Hall Pistole Riley Imples Blackhe Peoria Cericena Ortmann
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