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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1901
Page
4
The Sun announces its publishing base in the THE SUN Building at East Ohio Street with temporary offices and editorial rooms on the Journal Building. It lists mailing, communication channels, advertising rates, agent opportunities, and subscription options including six months for 1 50 and yearly plans.
The railroad consolidation bill is seen as aiding trusts and expanding the great railroad combine. It would move damage suits against rails to federal court, forcing costly trials across long distances. Critics warn it aims to bind state power to railroad interests and fear rushed passage signals broader leg changes.
The Sun notes alleged money changing hands in bills and praises Indiana for aiming high in reforms. It warns that the primary bill serves political managers and may not curb corruption, urging non-boss figures and fair legislation as trials unfold.
The text mocks Senator Kittinger and other political figures with wordplay about monkeys monks and ambitions. It mentions the Bosscheiter affair imitation and the Cudahy kidnapping case inspiring copycats. It jokes about Teddy's bravery and references Mrs. Senator Fairbanks and Bob Fitzsimmons in a satirical tone.
A provocative editorial argues leaders should focus on urban improvement rather than ceremonial displays. The piece urges budget prudence and progress in infrastructure while urging scrutiny of public figures.
A collage of remarks from detectives, merchants, clergymen, and residents reflects opinions on policing, rewards, counterfeit money, gambling, rent, patriotism, theater, and local civic issues. Notables include Detective Adolph Asch, Henry Smith, Joshua Zimmerman, and Rev. F. H. Gavish sharing observations about law enforcement, finance, and community life.
An informal verse set rails against literary pretensions praising Berthy Clay and Charlotte Brame over Shakespeare. The speaker, using dialect, favors popular entertainment in lieu of highbrow poetry while mocking societal pretensions and Christian hypocrisy. The riff includes lines about college readers and saloon life.
A clipped excerpt presents a classical paradox about divine favor and downfall. The lines contrast joy and sorrow, suggesting fortune brings distress while ruin seeds happiness. The phrasing mirrors literary proverbs about fate and madness.
On the Manila shore a narrator and a native girl share a playful moment over a philopena offering. The scene turns tense as the narrator wonders if the girl fears danger or mockery, imagining she may think him mad or a cannibal.
A merchant asks about collecting a bill from Slopeigh. The collector replies he has not collected it because the man is sick and cannot open his pocketbook due to cramps in his fingers.
An elderly wife reflects on her husband's fidelity. She insists she can sense a rival through his actions and face, recounting how she learned of the other woman when she saw her husband take out his watch. The brief, bittersweet exchange ends with the wife crying.
Rural papers voice concern over Russia tariff boosts and a Texas style political shift. Editors harp on Indiana dog law, capital city monopoly fears, and police bill fallout. Major criticism targets legislature for pay and debt issues amid national foreign policy strains.
Indiana college medics held a Friday night banquet at Shelsh’s with Walter E. Thorn as toastmaster. Toasts honored Medical College of Indiana and faculty, with remarks by L. T. Leach, R. B. Leavitt, C. C. Root, B. B. Pettijohn and others.
New York February 2 Rev John Keller of Arlington, shot nearly three weeks ago by Thomas G Barker, is likely to be practically blind for life though out of danger. Barker expected to be released on bail of five thousand dollars Monday.
Local applications cannot reach the disease so internal remedies are needed. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is a nonquack prescription from a leading physician, blended with strong tonics and blood purifiers. Testimonials available. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills also recommended.
Miss Elie Graham plans a Sunday at home in Charleston. Miss Jessie Beanouse hosts a large Friday card party on N Meridian. Daughters of the American Revolution host a Washington birthday musical tea Friday. George Washington tea drawn by Miss Krauss attracts many guests. A Turner hall masquerade draws hundreds of children and a German house ball marks an anniversary. Delegates to the national DAR convention in New York in April are listed with several attending from Noblesville, Laporte, Vinesennes, Greencastle, and more.
Railroads will grant a rate of one cent a mile for the state G A R encampment in Logansport in May. A separate civil case involved damages of 700 dollars awarded to Stapleton Crutchfield after an accident with a streetcar.
Churches and ministers listed for Sunday services including St Pauls Rev Lewis Brown 10 45 and 7 30 Christchurch Jas D Stanley 10 45 First Baptist Rev Thos J Villers 11 and 7 30 St Davids Rev Henry R Sargent 10 30 First Presbyterian Rev M L Haines 11 and 7 45 Meridian St M E Rev Wm A Quayle 6 45 and 7 30 Second Presbyterian Rev Joseph A Milburn la m Central Christian Rev A B Philpot 1 45 and 7 30 Central Ave M E Rev Charles C Lasby 10 30 and 7 30 Plymouth Congregational Rev H C Meserve 10 30 and 7 45
A Vatican report states the Holy See will merge the diplomatic representation for the United States and Canada into a single ambassador due to economy. The decision reflects centralization of Church diplomacy in North America.
The excerpts mock political unrest and punitive justice from several papers. They critique Cuban sovereignty, Kansas liquor secrecy in rail cars, Chinese death penalties negotiated by envoys, and Mrs Nation’s imprisonment as misguided and harmful.
John O. Spahr, attorney for Kis sell, said a rehearing will be filed within 60 days following the supreme court's Friday order closing the beer garden. He noted Kissell has not run the establishment for about two years, that it was sold by Kissell to Frank Ward during the temporary injunction, and Ward sold it last summer to a man named Schmidt.
Madrid reports a ministerial authority states the ministry will resign on February 27. The note signals an imminent government change amid political tension.
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