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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1901
Page
5
A motley blend of notices and opinion fragments covers subscription details for The Daily Journal Indianapolis 1901, telephones, and distribution. It references figures like Coin Harvey and Taggart managers, discusses European and German telephony, local council issues, and labor strike dynamics alongside brief notes on McKeesport and Neely operations.
The New York Board of Education president urged absorbing private and church schools into the public system to enroll every child in public schools in the Greater New York area. Critics called it extreme and noted rights to private schooling. The piece also cites U S Steel’s policy of breaking up mills and local hostility in McKeesport as examples of perceived injustices.
The piece argues that harming property of hundreds of residents due to factory turmoil is unjust. It warns that communities built around a major industry could suffer depreciation and urges balanced, lawful remedies that protect both workers and corporate owners.
The piece argues for a serious, issue driven municipal campaign free from sensational stunts. It criticizes beer aimed outreach, questions current fire, parks, lighting, and street projects, and urges focusing on prudent governance and effective city administration.
The interview at Pittsburg features Secretary Williams predicting a potential revolution if labor disputes with the Amalgamated Association and steel mills remain unsettled. It notes a demand for universal scales across mills and cites a secret ballot as decisive against forced union rule.
The passage portrays a Shaffer Williams board as small men who seize leadership roles. It notes that in defeat they abandon discretion, become victims of ambitious dreams, and, when the fight is close, lose their heads and unleash wild threats.
Commentary on the New York City police corruption expose notes Parkhurst and Moss orchestrated confidential relations with a law informant to trap police stations. It argues Tammany Hall operates with paid officials and extortion from contractors and vice, citing Croker and Bryan. It mentions Terre Haute beer and a broader critique of class-based law enforcement bias. It closes with reflections on James Whitcomb Riley and a moral verse urging contentment and Providence.
London will allocates 250000 pounds to charity with executors free to distribute. Portland to hold old home week on August 1 with Thomas B Reed to speak and Secretary Long to deliver main remarks. Miss Mary Eastman named Smith College registrar after Harvard related succession. Blambek monument in Dortmund trimmed to modest scale due to funding concerns.
A collection of brief notes: Otto loses fortune and withdraws an offer after a failed company, Berlin unveils its 72nd Bismarck statue honoring princes generals and scholars. A Wichita mob disrupts a raw liver act, Paris reports Rostand courting Maude Adams, Moody donates land for a YMCA camp rebranding Croth Island as Moody Island. Lawson of the Independence and his fatalistic coin tosses, numerology beliefs, and Boston base with yacht test and bead chain details.
A light verse excerpt notes admiration for a fast-class fielder and base-runner who can steal bases easily. It recalls two months ago a sweet girl graduate's pledge to cure social ills and, yesterday, her marriage to a man who manufactures pills, as reported by the Omaha World-Herald.
A sequence of brief Chicago newspaper snippets shows a woman declining flattery after a compliment about being an angel. In another vignette a boy mourns losing a quarter and a sympathetic man offers help. A separate incident features a passenger asserting a right to a window seat, then yielding due to heat.
New York Herald reports the Nantucket lightship wireless station will shorten transatlantic voyages by fourteen to sixteen hours. Lucania, sailing August 10 from Liverpool, will be first liner to greet the world with a mid ocean wireless message. Captain McKay and correspondent Milton Snyder will relay voyage incidents to readers as Cunard offers telegram greetings to waiting friends.
A Saturday Evening Poet recounts Frank A. Vanderlip resigning as assistant secretary of the treasury to become vice president of City National Bank of New York. At his farewell, a clerk praised a tribute and Vanderlip confessed he could not match the beauty of the writing, prompting the witty reply and a noted moment of graciousness.
In South Dakota people pray for rain and bore artesian wells. They hold to the belief that heaven helps those who help themselves with practical effort and religious faith guiding their work.
The Washington Letter argues Secretary Long’s stance treats Evans and Chandler as historical, not officials. It recalls Hazen’s 1885 incident where Endicott censored a military report, leaving one copy altered and later exposed by a newspaper, shaping an enduring historic record.
New York Press cites an $18,000 weekly fine for McKeesport over strike sympathy and the Dewees Wood mill case. It condemns Mayor Black and union pressure, arguing the city’s liberty and trade laws are at stake as friction between strikers and authorities intensifies in the Monongahela valley.
W G Nicholas argues Morgan shifted to defend against organized labor as strikes rose. He outlines Morgan’s past attempts to reconcile capital and labor, the rise of labor influence, and the uneasy stance of stock market giants like Vanderbil t and Rockefeller in stabilizing Wall Street amid tensions.
The commentary notes skepticism on Wall Street about lasting peace and asserts belief only after concrete results appear in six weeks or two months, indicating market caution until noticeable progress is shown.
The fragment discusses a letter to Secretary of the Navy John D. Long defending proper channels for grievance, criticizing Evans for public complaints and posturing as persecuted on political grounds. It cites Folger’s detachments, Whitney’s restoration, and Evans’s roles in lighthouse duties and ship assessments, praising Evans’ wartime contributions while noting disputes over Navy policy and construction shifts.
The Wall Street Journal reports a breach of contract by the Amalgamated Association of Iron Workers. Wall Street Journal notes that if the union is a legal entity it may be sued for breach of contract, referencing Lords judgments and the need for unions to incorporate to be held accountable.
Baltimore American notes Mr. Altweld’s belief that any Chicago man who wears a clean collar daily is ill used, reflecting a sharp critique of local manners and appearance in a concise column fragment.
The Brooklyn Eagle outlines a treaty linked crisis over Panama transit. It notes the Machias gunboat and a Puget Sound battleship deployment, past insurgencies, and the U S mediation stance. It discusses Colombia Venezuela Ecuador political fault lines and the role of Commander Sargent in maintaining neutrality.
The New York World describes J. Pierpont Morgan daily at his Wall Street office. He sits by an open window, recognizable by his build and mannerisms. The piece notes his hand to face, mustache push, glasses twirling, and varied postures signaling his engagement with letters and work.
The Nebraska State Journal critiques sensationalist papers like the New York Journal for stirring workers toward riots. It argues American workers are not fools, resenting manipulation that seeks bias or self interest rather than true improvement.
The Boston Globe reports on denial veriecs of poems and a film critique. The piece references poets and authors such as Scott and Mint while noting obscured, unclear wording in the review.
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