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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
5
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A compact column surveys travel, politics, and crime notes. It references a Journal subscription ad, critics about Governor strawboard policy, Vatican politics, the Colombian canal treaty, the Evansville policeman murder, Latin American tensions, wage settlements in glass, Mr. Bryan’s nomination picks, conclave cardinals, Russian passport limits, transfer of the Government Printing Office, and law-and-order shifts including Lawrence Murphy’s prison sentence and a London statue controversy sparked by Canadian Loyalists.
The article notes that the society of loyalists, Loyalists or Tories, fled the United States during the revolutionary war and many settled in Canada. It recalls that at the war’s start Washington’s siege of Boston forced evacuation by the British, with about eleven hundred loyalists sailing to Nova Scotia.
District Attorney Jerome of New York defends his record exposing labor union graft and argues that the graft problem stems from broader social and economic conditions. He calls for a revival of common honesty to root out labor, monopoly, political, and municipal grafts across public and private life.
The Boston Herald prints Rev. Dr. Berle's letter arguing Cleveland can win if nominated again. He cites testing sentiment across Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Missouri Minnesota and Indiana with German and Chicago St. Louis influence shaping Indiana Missouri affiliation and a Western independent upheaval. claims Cleveland would carry Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota and notes Chicago and St. Louis German sentiment backing him.
The text argues Dr. Berle views Mr. Cleveland as a capable candidate for high office. It notes Berle’s ease in supporting him reveals executive skill and suggests a potential shift into politics if preaching were to cease. The remark implies Cleveland could be a notable nominee in a future election.
In a notable address, the Governor commends the Evansville company for their role in repulsing a mob at the jail. He frames the guard action as a historic stand for state integrity, law, and the flag, rejecting calls to appease violence and stressing patriotic unity behind citizen soldiery.
A near decade battle over a new Indianapolis route frames the Indianapolis Logansport & Chicago Railroad franchise as a Pennsylvanian venture tied to Lake Erie lines. The piece notes grade crossing abolition promises and warns against grand promises. It also surveys Pope era prophecies, the Parocchi tale, and a Canadian push for compulsory voting with penalties.
In a critical note the author disputes accusations against public men and questions media motives. The piece shifts to absurdities like a steer blasting dynamite and argues noise from trains and owl cars is a minor nuisance. It ends with a cautionary view on heartbreak and timing in marriage decisions.
A collage of quips from Smart Set and other papers. Jokes touch on kisses larceny weddings and cars with punchy one liners. A playful scene includes a bride teacher violin and a car line resident with a flat wheel.
Indiana congressman Charles B. Landis criticizes Democratic plans to use alleged Washington department irregularities as a campaign slogan. He argues Republicans will handle internal reforms, notes past graft claims mainly target Democrats, and predicts continued rural route expansion based on need and equity.
James E. Watson and L. M. Hamilton with John A. Titworth visit the Columbia Club while Jerome Herff and Joseph Bergman attend the Grand. Fremont Goodwine and Joseph Cravens tour Colorado, amid campaign chatter. Mayor Menzies predicts Holtzman as Indianapolis mayor nominee. rural routes expansion eyed by D J Nivin with four new lines in Marion county. Socialists plan Sunday meeting. Larz Whitcomb and Beveridge group abroad. Stokes Jackson discusses Hancock county support and Hearst as future party standard bearer. Schuyler Colfax Jr says he’s out of politics while Con gressman Brick faces no renomination opposition.
George W. Benton has accepted the principalship of Shortridge High School, succeeding Lawrence Cameron Hull who resigned in June. A longtime Indianapolis educator, Benton taught chemistry at Shortridge from 1887 to 1902, led the Indiana State Teachers’ Science Association, and held roles at Winona Lake and in local clubs. he is 42 and well known in the North Side.
The Marion Repair and Machine Company of Indianapolis filed articles of incorporation. Directors are Frank J. Noll, Frank J. Noll Jr., and Clement W. Noll. Smith & Nixon of Touleville filed papers and will be allowed to transact business in Indiana.
Local firm Hoosier Construction Company secures contract to pave Ashland Avenue from Twenty third to Twenty-eighth street with kreodone oil and cement curb at 5.36 per lineal front foot. City chemist notes kreodone superior to creoline for block paying uses. Terre Haute’s J K Cooper bids matched in price but lower oil quality favored Hoosier.
City Controller Breunig announced opposition to raises for firemen and police due to strained finances. He warned a general 10 percent demand could trigger higher costs funded only by tax raises, noting past increases and current pension funding. A new salary plan would pay foremen two to two and a half dollars per day, with captains and lieutenants guided by revised rates.
Councilman Negley urged the Board of Public Works to extend the Bloyd avenue main to Twenty eighth and Oxford streets to provide Cantown fire protection. New fire plugs were set at multiple Michigan street crossings and near the Belt Railroad. He protested the uncompleted opening of a roadway under the Big Four tracks at Valley avenue, with levied assessments idle for about a year. The sewers streets and alleys committee may refile Billingsley street and Interurban railway speed ordinance after disputes in public safety and comfort.
Construction notes describe cement walks and curbs along Jefferson Avenue from Newland Avenue to a bridge over Pogues Run costing 400 dollars. Flintrock macadam roadway on Forrest Avenue from New York Street to Michigan Street estimated at 7100 dollars. Cement walks along a street from east to west sidewalk with an unspecified cost.
Adjutant general's department releases leaving times for camp troops on Monday August 3. No one leaves before 3 p.m. Battery DPort Wayne departs 4:45 p.m. over Big Four for Muncie arriving 6:30 p.m. Other units follow with trains via L E W, Vandalia, Pennsylvania and Monon routes to several destinations, with arrivals ranging from early evening to after midnight.
Mason Culver fifteen son of Dr Dudley M Culver was arraigned in Juvenile Court before Judge Stubbs on charges of stealing a bicycle from John Foley a clerk at the C H D freight office. He admitted the theft but named Elmer Sherrod as a possible accomplice.
The Indiana Reformatory board of managers including Terhane Hobbs Crittenberger and Newby will meet in Indianapolis to pass on the bond of superintendent elect Wil H. Whittaker who will take charge Monday He plans to present a report on past and present conditions at the Reformatory from his recent month there Governor Durbin may accompany the delegation to Jeffersonville for the change in leadership.
The Morgan county clerk filed with the Governor a certificate of Judge M. H. Parks inability to perform bench duties for nine months. Owen county plans a similar filing. Several candidates are named including Joseph W. Williams and Captain David Parke in Martinsville.
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