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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1902
Page
4
The Indianapolis Journal surveys national affairs with focus on President Theodore Roosevelt's Charleston visit and the Chinese exclusion debate. It notes partisan views on immigration, tariff issues, and the broader controversy over racial and labor competition. It highlights Senator Fairbanks's defense of exclusion and the push for a common church reunion amid color still dividing the Northern and Southern churches.
The American Federation of Labor speakers in Philadelphia lauded the Civic Federation for preventing strikes that would have left thousands idle. Senator Hanna said the federation lays industrial peace foundations, while Mr. Gompers called it a path to success without friction. Both praised its aims and methods.
The ten year investigation exposes a wide scale scheme of bribery among Municipal Assembly members. Franchises were bought and votes auctioned for cash sums. Many council members are described as illiterate or morally degraded, unfit to legislate, prompting calls for reform and even possible suffrage limits on municipal elections.
The proposed reciprocity with Cuba via the Payne bill faces a doubtful path. House passage seems likely but Senate opposition from West Coast Republicans and Democratic lawmakers could kill it. Democratic sentiment shifts on sugar duties threaten to block reciprocity, with minority reports from Ways and Means members McClellan and Robertson highlighting the debate.
The piece argues Newlands dodges a motive tied to beet-sugar interests in Colorado and blames Washington leaders for failing reciprocity with Cuba. It notes potential gains from a Cuba trade deal and questions whether annexation or sugar beet lobbies will shape policy, while pondering Cuba's future state.
The piece defends Governor Durbin’s push for a thorough investigation into charges against a Michigan City Prison deputy warden, condemns attempts at shielding offenders, and praises Indiana Board of Control merit and strict accountability. It recalls 1890s reform precedents, notes oil production growth in March, and urges calm, rational handling of the natural gas dispute.
A collage of jokes and clipped classifieds shows humorists in The Philadelphia Telegraph noting a battered Willie and a gag about “Oh Willie,” while the Chicago papers poke fun at salesmen with quick lines about selling stamps to many women and a hilariously large family in the search for work.
A street scene unfolds as a policeman, in the midst of a dreamlike exchange about a baby, reaches for peanuts while a street stand proprietor, alert to trouble, stops him and declares he is on vacation. The dialogue hints at a contested birth and a fleeting return to normal life.
In Chicago News a humorous exchange has Emperor William puzzled by his brother's notes, asking why only commas appear between New York and Chicago. Prince Henry replies with a brisk joke about short stops, turning a geography quip into light travel wit.
In Baltimore, a poet who eloped with the daughter of the pork lard millionaire Porkenlard now works ten hours daily in the family business. He writes rhymes for street-car advertisements while earning his keep.
The Washington Star argues against hastening the flag’s removal from Cuba by May 20 and defends continued American trusteeship in the Philippines. It lauds restored order, health, and governance under U S control, urging gradual native participation while maintaining full protectorate authority to deter foreign interference.
Minneapolis Tribune notes European press faulting Yankee advertising excess amid a dispute over using Rhein Gold wine at Emperor’s Watch Meteor christening. French Moet & Chandon sues for 1,000,000 marks while German and French firms clash over branding. Old world officials may be drawn in, but observers call the fuss absurd.
The New York Evening Sun reports on W C T U discussions that claim rising smoker numbers among cultured women and widespread narcotic use. A speaker cites morphine and cocaine dangers while another warns of tea drinkers, suggesting sensational fears and skepticism about the claims.
The annual report of the American Beet Sugar Company states a 6 percent dividend. Congress may study the report as it weighs the sugar company plea against tariff concessions to Cuba, which could harm it.
A Norse tale of Leif Ericsson and his thrall a Saxon youth who becomes his favorite on a voyage from Greenland to a new land. The story blends historical detail with romance noting Norse customs dress and voyage peril tied to Christian conversion. Published by A C McClurg Chicago with Kinney illustrations.
A critique of Robert Eilis Thompson's book arguing that it presents God as directing national history, contrasting biblical and modern historical viewpoints. The analysis praises Thompson's knowledge and the book’s fresh, forceful treatment, published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co in New York.
A London edition presents a 365 sonnet collection by Lb Derry titled Round the Zodiac A Year of Sonnets. The work claims one sonnet for each day plus an introductory piece, covering grave to gay topics with varied quality and some machine-like elements. Published by Arliss Andrews at 81 Museum Street, London.
A brief note praises Dr. Anna M. Galbraith and her work The Four Epochs of Woman's Life on women’s hygiene. The physician, of high standing, treats key questions of hygiene for women in a modest, instructive manner.
The Abbey Press lists new titles across genres. Castles in Spain by Winifred Sackville-Stoner offers verse, Bobtail Dixie by Abbie N. Smith is a dog autobiography, Where the Magnolias Bloom by Frederic B. Cullens is Southern life fiction, The Silver Cord and the Golden Bowl by Grace Adele Pierce blends prose and verse, A Golden Way by Albert L. Bartlett records impressions from Ireland to England, The Phantom Caravan by Cordilia P. Odenheimer is a novel, Har Lampkins by Abel Patton narrates mountain life near the Virginia borders.
The April issues feature The Boys of the Rincon Ranch by H. B. Canfield in St Nicholas, an original Strand Magazine ghost story, Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes continuation The Hound of the Baskervilles, Alfred Ollivant’s Danny in Everybody’s, and various departments. The Engineering Magazine leads with a Panama Isthmian Canal report by John George Leigh, Bookman runs early histories of US newspapers, Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler serial Fuel of Fire, Tolstoy portrait in Critic, and multiple contributors across journals. The Typhoon by Joseph Conrad appears in a serial, International Monthly reviews Maeterlinck on bees, and World’s Work covers Eminent American Citizens and Tolstoy themes, among others.
News notes new and forthcoming books from Little, Brown and Harper and Brothers. Thomas Gold Frost, John Wutts, and editors are highlighted alongside George Alger works for Navy libraries. Also listed are Holy Days and Holidays, Ellen Olney Kirk’s A Remedy for Love, Nantucket legends, Arno Bates novel, Lamb’s King and Queen of Hearts facsimile, Quiller-Couch’s The Westcotes, Henry Coates import, Isham’s The Strollers, and career shifts of Isham from journalism to business and writing.
Harpers publishes a tale by Mr Isham detailing Captain Curtis and prairie life shared by West Point men. Augusta Evans Wilson releases A Speckled Bird a Civil War era novel. over a million copies of her works sold. Andrew Carnegie’s Empire of Business outlines money capital and labor, with Doubleday Page & Co as publishers.
Deseret News recounts ten years spent constructing a vast church organ for the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Pioneer builders sourced pine for 90 ft pipes, used home made glue, and hauled lumber from thirty miles away. The instrument has 198 stops across five organs and can produce highly varied tones with remarkable action and a per minute repeating rate of 726.
Nebraska State Journal argues Cecil Rhodes was misled about Jameson raid and that Dom Paul long planned conflict in the Transvaal. It contends Rhodes should have seen the plot by the two Presidents and criticizes secrecy that enabled the raid and ensuing war.
Boston papers rail at Funston for roughing up the little general’s captive Aggy and shipping him to Manila unharmed. They fault his mercy, claim it robbed their idol of a dramatic public moment, and say the episode proves Funston’s mean spiritedness.
The Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph notes a pleasant exchange of wit between Senators Depew and Bailey during a debate on a tax bill. The brief humor is praised as refreshing and preferable to harsh rhetoric, suggesting lawmakers entertain while governing and avoid overplaying dramatic bluff.
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