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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1902
Page
2
President Francis L. Patton of Princeton argues at a Presbyterian social union banquet that trusts threaten daily life and marriage. He condemns Philippine policy, laments Cuba, defends democratic principles, and calls for free trade while criticizing corporate trusts and tariff barriers.
The resolutions committee worked through Tuesday night into Wednesday morning debating the party platform. Henry Colerick interrupted with a call to endorse William J. Bryan, while others warned against harking back to 1896 issues. Delegates from ward 7 and Marion County backed Thomas Taggart as chairman amid machine influenced delegate selection and a name switch controversy.
Election night reports show smooth voting across precincts as the democratic primaries proceed. Unclear details reference the Taggart machine and potential issues.
John W. Kern and B. F. Shively met privately at the Grand hotel on Tuesday afternoon. Upon emerging, it was announced that Shively would not seek the chairman role, prompting a harmonious smile among witnesses.
Chairman John W. Kern declares the Indiana Democratic Party reconciled after decades of divisions. He recalls Hendricks, McDonald, Vorhees, and Gray as the old guard and asserts that unity makes Indiana Democrats invincible. He notes past splits as historical matter, praised by Republicans.
A grain-based remedy story cites a 17 year old from Caro Michigan who credits Grape Nuts with restoring strength and focus enabling her to return to school. An aunt who traveled to India and later fell ill also improved after using the same breakfast food, gaining weight and muscle.
A volatile passage notes an injunction suit against a powerful trust cutting meat supply while farmers face price pressures from steel oil lumber and sugar trusts. It claims government action may target the trust for electoral gain and urges public scrutiny of the trust question amid recipe tips on meat substitutes.
Sheriff O Brien says the third jury panel will serve three months and includes John D Rockefeller Jr J P Morgan W K Vanderbilt and John D Archibald among its members. Fourteen jurors have a combined wealth above one billion dollars.
Frank Burgenheim of New Albany Indiana builds the world’s largest automobile. It resembles an ordinary electric car in appearance and will seat 30 people, powered by steam.
Gustave A. Efroymson and Philip Adler file separate suits in Madison County Superior Court against Adolph Straus alleging slander and seeking 20000 each. The suits stem from a 1901 agreement to buy the Grimes store at Anderson and accusations of fraudulent appraisals and conspiracy by Straus against the appraisers.
The missing Camosta has been located in 15 fathoms of water near Rangoon. All 650 passengers and 90 crew members are confirmed lost after suspected cyclone conditions on May 6.
W Bourke Cochran denounced the United States for its Boer War stance at a United Irish League of America meeting in Chicago. He praised the Boers, called the government’s action perfidious, and questioned American aid to Britain while linking Irish land grievances to the burghers’ struggle. He warned of sending an envoy to England.
Two new agencies opened by coal operators in New York to recruit pump men and engineers for the anthracite region. One basement Bowery hotel agency was shut after protests by the proprietor. another hired firemen but secured few workers. Reading railroad president Geo F Baer conferred with coal-road presidents who said mines were properly protected and staffing was adequate.
Washington June 4 President Roosevelt will open the eleventh annual meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States at the National Theater Thursday morning.
Martin Anderson of Hoboken deposited 200 dollars in the Bank of Savings in 1840. He lost the bank book and recently his daughter found an ad. The bank confirms the deposit, now grown with interest to more than 3 000 dollars, and heirs are asked to call.
An advertisement explains kidney and bladder disease signs using a urine test and promotes Dr David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy for kidney liver bladder and related ailments. It quotes Rev Henry P Miller praising relief after two weeks and notes availability in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with a sample by mail from Rondout NY.
The Democratic Congressional Committee will mail one million copies of Senator Hoar's Philippine speech. The notice mentions Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a bowel remedy and promotes local services at the Denison house barber shop. Also lists travel details for Lake Erie & Western and Wabash routes with a June 7 1902 departure and a $1.50 fare to Sandusky and return.
In Pretoria on June 4 the Vereeniging group’s peace delegates left late at night. Bonfires lit along the track drew Boers and Britons together as they sang Home Sweet Home and Auld Lang Syne. The Orange River colony train led the departure amid low cheers.
New York on Tuesday Henry Leonard found his keys inside his apartment and attempted a five story descent from the roof to the fire escape. He slid down the Harlem clothesline between tenements and broke every line but survived the fall.
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