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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
4
The Sun in Indianapolis provides daily publication from 18 E Ontest with home delivery for six cents weekly. Rates list outside city subscriptions yearly and monthly options while encouraging agents and advertising inquiries. If a carrier misses a delivery, readers are asked to notify the office by phone or mail.
The Indiana tax board argues for taxing intangible attributes such as goodwill and notoriety, proposing assessments well beyond tangible property. It cites theatrical scenery valued at 15,000 possibly yielding 50,000 in a season and even a blind beggar’s daily take as basis for tax. The piece condemns invoking an income tax by executive fiat and urges legislative specification of goodwill taxation limits.
The piece contrasts past Democratic praise of England with current denunciations of an Anglo-American alliance. It notes shifts on free trade and protection, questions McKinley’s imperial motives, and criticizes the push to enjoin him over the Philippine Islands. It also condemns illegal gambling, calling for an end to betting on coins.
The secretary of state proposes a bill requiring all corporations doing business in Indiana to incorporate under state law and file annual reports. This would raise revenue and curb stock watering, with annual disclosure acting as a deterrent. Indi anapolis census counts are questioned as inaccurate due to inexperienced enumerators. A redo of the Indianapolis enumeration is urged.
The Sun reports Supt Quigley ordering officers to curb cigar store gambling with promises of arrests for future violations. The piece defends the city directory against census attack while noting mixed views on anti imperialists and insurance trusts. It also critiques District Attorney Wishard’s action, or lack thereof, under the Sherman act.
Rabbi and Mrs Messing travel to Michigan while Judge and Mrs Carter camp at Vawter park. Embroidery club met at Brookside. Miss Laura Martin hosted on Broad Way. Musikverein chorus hosts a trolley party Friday night. Mrs Henry Churchman visits her mother on N Pennsylvania St. Mr and Mrs T Larkin plan a two week Franklin visit. In Cambridge City Miss Jenny Hoby wed George Babcock at home of Mr and Mrs George Reby. Miss Katherine Warren wed Harry I Pierson at Windsors, new Woodruff Place home to follow.
A collage of editorials and quotes argues about U S China policy and imperialism. Roosevelt era voices note risks of entanglement, labor and coal oil prices rise, and calls for racial politics caution amid national leadership debates. Strong entities include Philadelphia Times Detroit Free Press Philadelphia Record and Atlanta Constitution with figures like John D Rockefeller.
The article surveys the Trans Siberian route noting expensive construction with bridges over the Irtysh Obi Yenisei and Selenga rivers and 1,429 wooden bridges to be replaced. It contrasts Russian progress with the American Union Pacific, and details rail, ballast, and elevation data along with broader notes on dye colors coal tar pigments orange industry and early agricultural electricity experiments. It closes with bee industry growth and census forecasts showing 300,000 beekeepers and a $20 million annual value.
A dispatch discusses the high cost and long delays of China cable news with Chi fu and other stations. Urgent rates soar to over four dollars per word while regular rates are about 13 5 cents per word, and filings take 11 to 14 days, causing frustration for the Minneapolis Times and similar outlets.
William Dudley Foulke of Richmond has issued a long statement from the Denison rebutting anti imperialist claims that the United States promised independence to the Philippines and betrayed allies. He cites official documents to show U S officer Filipino relations and notes Cherokees aided Union forces in the Civil War without freeing Indians from congressional control.
A collage of seeming verse and prose sketches recounts names, places, and scenes from a singer’s world. Vignettes touch on identity, ambition, humor, and memory with a mix of dialogue, moral quips, and poetic fragments.
Police were summoned to Kingan & Co. on a Wednesday where J. H. Hammell of 338 East Washington street reported falling from a railroad bridge. He alleged two gold watches and 400 were missing after his feet tangled a wire fence and he hung head downward until rescued. police speculate intoxication.
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