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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
5
The Indianapolis Journal outlines subscription costs by carrier and mail including daily and weekly options with rates. It lists agency distribution points in New York St Louis Denver and other cities and notes manuscript policies for submissions and postage details.
Leaders debate law and order issues as mob violence, corruption, and liquor house reform dominate the scene. Warnings against pistol culture, saloon partitions, and joint actions by Citizens League and officials are weighed amid budgeting, mining, and cabinet retirement notes.
The article notes strong public protest against a vice operation, cites the Police Court hearing, and states an mayoral order closing dens. It calls on the police force to enforce the order rigorously from the superintendent to patrolman, with the Journal confident in their compliance.
A royal commission report favors a new British immigration law to exclude undesirable classes. The measure mirrors American policy, excludes prostitutes lunatics and criminals, and adds deportation rules. It raises surveillance on overpopulated areas and warns U S officers to intercept any excluded individuals traveling here.
The attorney general argues New Jersey must overhaul its antiquated justice system, create a court of appeals, and curb corporate litigation inflating court workloads. He notes a surge in out-of-state corporate activity and trusts organized under New Jersey law, consuming substantial court time.
The text condemns one state granting incorporation and privileges to multistate trusts, arguing it violates interstate comity and constitutional principles. It laments New Jersey’s expansive corporate laws and asserts that a small state should not dominate commerce nationwide.
The Journal reports Judge Stubbs has started suits against two wineroom keepers. One awaits nearly a year in prison after a Police Court trial. The mayor, back in office, ordered police to arrest saloonkeepers selling liquor to minors and seek license revocation. Griswold and Metzler illustrate the crackdown. The city pledges close surveillance, shut partitions, and end upstairs rooms to curb liquor law violations.
The Atlanta Constitution questions President Roosevelt letter to Governor Durbin and defends Durbin for refusing to surrender the wounded Lee for trial at Evansville. It notes the city was under troops, cites Durbin’s claim that trials must be orderly, and states his actions aligned with law and justice as Lee died in Jeffersonville prison.
Public opinion supports strict penalties after Griswold’s saloon case where young girls were arrested and wine rooms operated. The law bars licenses to agents or partners and aims to keep licenses with actual owners, but questions linger on how unfit applicants obtain them and how county officers verify fitness to sell intoxicating liquor.
The article cites Governor Terrell of Georgia endorsing speedy trials to curb lynchings and improve law enforcement. It praises Georgia’s criminal law amendments, argues indictments and trials should be swift nationwide, and notes the Evening Review of Elkhart’s 31st anniversary and local councilman Eppert’s chicken ordinance.
A collage of humorous quips from various papers including St Peter jokes about eternity with a money marriage, a lawyer quip about Kansas City, and a scene of a country cow noting a red dress. A framed diploma, marriage certificate, and divorce decree gag concludes the spoof.
William J. Bryan toured Indianapolis between Ac ton and Zionsville but offered no guidance to the local Democrats on the municipal campaign. He denied knowledge of the Indianapolis race while noting past comments that favored Republican leadership, and he avoided accountability for any stance amid a split within the party led by James Leroy Keach.
The article details sharp exchanges after Charles Kern defends Grover Cleveland against a Bryan quote, with Bryan denying misquotation and clarifying no presidential bid link. It also covers Indiana Republicans' view of Bryan, Jefferson League ties, and surrounding political maneuvers during a western and midwestern swing.
Next Saturday the Ancient Order of Hibernians will celebrate Irish day at the fair grounds with a full program of Irish songs and dances and speeches by prominent men on the Irish question. The committee in charge includes John H. Mahoney chairman Michael Horan John H. Scanlon P. J. Griffin John Blackwell Maurice Donnelly P. H. McNeils John Shea James H. Bont P. B. Gallagher Bernard Kelly Daniel O'Donnell Martin Dugan Patrick Connelly William Flynn Bart Kavenaugh James McBr Jeremiah Costello Thomas Fox P. J. O'Mahoney and John Moriarty.
Sarah Robinson of 28 Franklin Avenue seeks information on the death of her brother Robert Robinson formerly in the shoe business on Olive Street. Supposes he died in New Mexico. Requests any notices or information through Indianapolis contacts and asks for publication to aid communication.
William Jennings Bryan told over a thousand Acton Methodists that the talk would be a sermon not a political speech, outlining three ideals from youth to law practice. He blamed materialism, praised character, and condemned international marriages while praising Cuba’s freedom before leaving for Zionsville.
Naval orders list transfers and duty changes including Commander Robison to United States Naval Observatory Washington D C Lieutenant Commander Burgdorff to inspect ordnance at B Atha Steel Co Harrison N J and B Atha Co Newark N J Gunner Thompson to await orders Acting Gunner Nicklas Dale to Alliance and others to Kearsarge and Florida Machinist Burns etc examination for pro mantee Daniel Appel surgeon Denver to the Philippines via San Francisco October 8 Lieutenant Orr Artillery
The interior secretary approved a contract to build an irrigation canal linking the Truckee and Carson rivers in Nevada. Charles A. Warren & Co. of San Francisco and E. B. & A. J. Stone Co. of Oakland will perform the work at about 42,427 dollars. The 30 mile canal aims to deliver Truckee River flows to a reservoir, irrigating thousands of acres in western Nevada and eastern California, including the old Forty Mile Desert.
The Indianapolis Journal reports the Christian Endeavor convention opening at Bethany Park on August 12 at 6:30 am with a quiet hour prayer service. W F McCauley of Cincinnati spoke on movement needs. B Le Allen noted Indiana leads in membership. Bryan plans to speak August 17 on The Value of an Ideal.
Notes from Bethany Park describe A M Hootman returning to Logansport and Mrs J B Sidener returning to Indianapolis. The Interate Society of Irvington attended, chaperoned by Miss Thormyer, with several residents visiting. Mrs Walter Howe and daughter have returned from the wa assembly, and Franklin residents Misses Bosa Sellers and Nell Hall also returned from the Endeavor cottage after two weeks.
A long roster lists hotel arrivals including W. M. Cunningham Mra Kelley Flora E. Drake Carl B. Drake Lillian A. Crock ett Mary Patterson E Fuller J C Crosa Harriette Welshaus Kathryn Lamson Samuel Glick Frank Arnold Carrien Phillips Josephine Caufield L L Shipton and wife E E Shelton and wife J T Hurlbus and wife Susie J Ry nhart Thibet Stella Franklin Damell India W P Bentley Sanenel China D E Damendu Talequah I J Powell Wabash Hyatt Smith Buffalo N Y & D Watts Gas City Oliver Carmichael Muncie Corene Phillips Lulu Showalter Wabash Jon Jamestown Henry Wirt Obe Teg SiL F McCauley Cincinnati Dublin Ollie May Bland Masparet Ellis Marie Burns Julia A Hunt Hunter Brownsburg Mrs F Db Thorpe R R H Wagnener Kansas City C KR Hudson Miss Jennie Coble Franklin.
A fragment of Andre’s balloon relic from the Polaris search is brought to Vancouver by a mining prospect, who spent four years in the Mackenzie wilderness. He was sent to the Kennicott River to the Arctic and returned Monday with the fragment.
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