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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1902
Page
24
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In two police raids led by Captain Kruger and Sergeants Schroeder Hagerman and district patrolmen twenty three gamblers were taken from Gus Rahke’s resort known as The Farm near the fair grounds. William Jones’s crap game at Reese's saloon on West Ohio street also yielded six gamblers. Rahke’s lookout plan failed as authorities closed in while Rahke sang on the veranda. All detainees posted bond and were released. Rahke himself was present and later bonded. Carrie Nation arrested in Nebraska City and released to leave on the next train.
A woman roamed saloons making threats to demolish a large Picture and smash the bar. The bartender slapped her twice and ejected her. She returned with supporters, was arrested by a policeman, and taken to jail, promising to see the bartender prosecuted.
Last night Jim Dacey was arrested by Bicyclemen Streit and Losh with Sergeant Giblin and Patrolmen Golnisch and Dugan after a chase. He confessed to burglary on the South Side, with part of the loot found on him. Police linked the suspect to Summers's laundry theft and recovered items including a fountain pen.
At a large Milwaukee gathering the Democrats ratified D. S. Rose for mayor and pledged support for him as the Democratic nominee for President in 194. The event occurred at the Exposition building and featured prominent local Democrats.
A clubman relates a Rudyard Kipling story about a funeral where a widower refuses to ride with his wife's mother in the family carriage. The director explains options, joking that a new wagon would delay the cortege and affect the drive. Irvington Rebekah Lodge to hold an event at its hall next Wednesday evening.
The Senate steering committee did not place the Cuban reciprocity measure on its programme because it has not been reported to the House and no such measure is pending in the Senate. Conservative senators predict slim chances as major bills dominate the calendar, with little time left for Cuba unless changes occur.
Three Democratic representatives from Louisiana Nevada and Texas filed separate minority reports on the Cuban reciprocity bill. They claim the bill mainly benefits sugar interests and the sugar trusts, not Cuba or the American people, and warn it would provoke international complications.
Senator Hanna and AFL President Samuel Gompers addressed the sixth annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia. Hanna spoke on Industrial Conellation and Arbitration while Gompers discussed Its Possibilities and Limitations. They highlighted the National Civic Federation’s role in settling strikes and fostering industrial peace through conciliation and education among diverse labor groups.
The report details leaders like Senator Hanna and President Gompers arguing strikes express discontent yet should be avoided when possible. Gompers opposes compulsory arbitration while praising the social gains of organized labor. Other speakers include Straus and Pfahler as labor tensions rise across cities. In Pittsburg, 2000 structural iron workers win an 8 hour day and 5 percent raise after May 1 following talks with Joshua Hatfield. Appleton Wisconsin sees a large paper mill strike with about 1,200 workers out, including 400 finishing-room girls, affecting fourteen mills.
The Borsing palace on Wilhelmsstrasse Berlin overlooks Wilhelmplatz near the chancellery and Foreign Office. Built for iron dealer Herr Borsing who died before occupying it, the gray edifice hosts exhibitions inclusing Emperor William’s antler show. For fifty years US envoys have urged purchase of an embassy site. Ambassador White says he will press strong bids when he retires.
In London on April 5 the unsettled trade has curtailed American cotton yarn output across southeast Lancashire spinning towns. About 10,000,000 spindles are partially idle and 20,000 workers are employed on shortened shifts due to the curtailment.
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