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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
5
The Indianapolis Journal announces subscription options for daily and Sunday editions with varying rates, club reductions, and agent distribution. It lists post offices and delivery details, states foreign postage norms, and notes manuscript submission rules, urging readers to address communications to the Journal Newspaper Company.
Democratic and Republican tensions surface across Arkansas and elsewhere with calls for debates and tariff critique. Mayor Johnson’s Cleveland spending faces scrutiny while discussions on corn cornering laws and Philippines governance echo through editorials. The piece notes stock gains for Indianapolis Street Railway and a Havana to New York raw sugar shipment at 33 5 cents.
The text notes a shipment valued at 1,800,000 pounds with a high sugar grade incurring duties of 365,000. After freight and insurance 396,000 remained for the planter, about 1.0 cent per hundredweight, or two-fifths of a cent per pound, less than the average production cost. Duties totaled 2.20 more than planter receipts after nearly 1 percent ad valorem duty.
The piece criticizes urban partisanship, urging nonpartisan, merits-based decisions on franchises and street openings. It cites Indiana state governance as businesslike and calls for city reform, citing boards of trustees and directors chosen for sagacity. It notes lessons from state practices and warns against diluting municipal efficiency by party politics.
Southern lawmakers press for tariff revision while E J Lister reports grim child labor in cotton mills. One tenth to one fifth of workers are youths aged 14 to 18, working 11 to 12 hours daily and earning 10 to 30 cents, with widespread illiteracy and brutal conditions. Mill owners resist child labor laws, opposing unions, amid warnings the situation mirrors pre legislation Britain.
A collage of comic snippets and jokes from various papers. Jests range from a wagging dog named Fido to a precocious baby and a quip about Peter the Great’s training status, reflecting light humor and social banter of the era.
In Troy Alabama a cross shaped ground fissure appeared near a school after a severe electrical storm. One arm runs forty feet and six inches wide, the other forty feet long and eight inches wide. Elias Burke, a carriage manufacturer, reported the discovery. A two foot diameter hole lies where the arms converge and a 150 foot line weighted with lead failed to reach bottom. Theorists suggest a lightning entry but locals deny an unusual bolt was seen.
Denver news reports that thirty fully armed farmers marched to the Fulton ditch headwaters near Henderson and broke the headgate, releasing a large water flow to save their crops. The gatekeeper was threatened with death, and Commissioner Banning cannot identify any of the attackers. The headgate locks ten miles north of Denver on the Pla above Henderson.
Bradstreet's reports trade quiet with focus on crops and industry. Iron and steel remain strong though some weakness hints appear. rail tonnage outlook improves despite potential car shortages. Dry goods quiet. shoes and leather costs rise while pig iron demand stays solid. Wheat and corn exports rise week over week. 168 business failures.
New York August reports strong manufacturing activity though fuel shortages slow some output. Iron and steel lead gains with high pig iron production and low unsold stocks. Imports remain large, engines and machinery scarce, steel rails booked ahead. Textiles see men wear worsted lines for next year, cotton goods favorable to buyers. shoes active in spring lines. Leather prices jump with large hides and hemlock sale noted. grain prices fall as speculative phase ends.
Cleveland Ohio Aug 1 The Foundry for August reports an inquiry into new construction in the foundry trade for the first half of the year. Total 442 new foundries under construction or projected, up over 6 percent. Illinois leads with 47 shops, Ohio 53, Pennsylvania 75. Steel foundries show 20 new concerns organized since January, up 27 percent. Malleable casting industry adds 10 shops, up 9 percent.
Bradstreet reports increased bank clearings across principal cities for the week ending July 31, with percentage gains or declines from the same week last year. The data outlines notable changes by city, reflecting varying economic activity and demand for funds.
In a brisk note from the Kansas City Journal the real plutocrat this year is the man who has a big crop of potatoes. Take the cue from this rural humor and wonder at harvest wealth as the season nears.
Mr McGee of Orrick reports his potato crop showing strong yields and high earnings per acre. He estimates 107.10 dollars net per acre after expenses of 3.39 dollars. Across his entire crop this would total about 12742 dollars with a notable community contribution.
The Brooklyn Eagle discusses President Roosevelts Harvard address and contrasts General Wood’s modest return from the Cuban conflict with General Kitchener’s celebratory reception. It argues republic rewards reflect a partnership between citizens and state, not royalty.
A custodian recalls depositors blame themselves for many mishaps at a Chicago vault. He cites lost keys, forgotten boxes, and clipped coupons from bonds, noting how waste baskets and sealed envelopes capture mislaid notes. He recounts finding a roll of white tissue with a bundle of money and a later death in New York.
Washington clerks and officials long tainted by private gambling saw Jackson City across the Potomac burn in a dramatic blaze that consumed major houses of chance. A candle flame sparked the inferno as divers gambling rooms and policy fronts collapsed with no insurance, and city owners were arrested.
The Kansas City Journal comments on Senator Bailey of Texas promising to return to Washington to push Penfield's removal. The piece questions whether the threat implies violence or force, notes Bailey's fighting image, cites past assaults on Beckering, and warns Penfield to prepare for possible danger while joking about the warm weather and overcoats.
In the mountain village of Loretto, summer home of Charles M. Schwab, the townsfolk rallied to grant his request for village property. A roadhouse owner spoke fervently for Schwab, praising his community efforts including a church for 200 souls, and the village agreed to gift the property without payment.
Booth Tarkington urges Indiana voters to approve an annual $00 distribution for Hoosier authors. The proposal would yield not more than half a cent per recipient, aiming to aid local literary talent.
The Sunday Journal previews in tomorrow's edition items like fortune telling, hot wiener wurst, mushrooms and toadstools, the country town banker, state fair Jubilee celebrations, stories of the town, an old-time garden by Emma Carleton, Vladivostock progress notes, George Ade's Social Study, The Whirr of Wheels by Aaron Watson, plus full regular departments such as sports labor news social record fashions and more.
New York Financier notes the Census Bureau's estimate that nearly 5.74 million farms in the United States hold total wealth of about 16.67 billion dollars. Buildings, land, and improvements dominate farm value, with machinery and livestock adding smaller sums. The piece argues farming wealth outstrips railways, cites Iowa land value rises, and lauds the farmer as the country’s true economic backbone.
Minister Wu argues foreigners must shed their native language and learn English quickly. He questions German language papers in Baltimore and urges assimilation over retention of non English media.
Chicago Evening Post reports a skull discovered in Kansas is dated about 25,900 years old. Kansas City coroner suspects foul play and plans an inquest into the death.
It looks so though cases may differ, the observer notes Wisconsin seems to crowd its prominent figure at this distant view, suggesting an uneven presentation of the key man amid others.
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