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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1901
Page
4
The Daily Journal outlines subscription rates for city, suburban, and weekly editions, with prepaid options and club discounts. It lists mailing instructions, tourist notices, and a mix of editorials on politics, labor, and international affairs, including comments on Taggart politics, Cuba, wheat prices, and the Navy.
Dispatch from Paris notes Germany seeks control of Cayo Romano and Cayo Cruz near Cuba. A rich Spaniard in Paris negotiates with Berlin for transfer to a German syndicate, raising questions about private rights under the Spain Cuba treaty. Germany seen trying to seize islands wherever possible amid international tensions.
The article argues that large corporations are legal, not trusts, and cannot be abolished without harming smaller firms. It reviews federal and state limits on antitrust enforcement, noting Congress cannot ban interstate monopolies, states regulate intrastate issues, and court interpretations hinder effective action. It cites Cleveland's 1896 message and Oregon precedent, stressing complexities and mixed effectiveness of laws.
A Northern editorial attacks the grandfather clause as a hereditary voting right, arguing it violates republican principles and risks future officeholding. It contrasts the idea with the abolition of hereditary honors and cites its potential to erode democracy. The piece then notes the Oneida Community’s shift to a joint stock company and recalls its prosperous yet distinctive history.
The law makes every foreign corporation authorized to operate in the State subject to state jurisdiction and sueable in state courts under domestic law. If a foreign firm trades to restrain trade or fix prices, it may be challenged in state courts by common law, and no charter forfeiture issue applies to foreign firms as in the Portland gas case.
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers with snatches about Christian Science train robbers and a minister's dinner visit. Dialogues touch on voting, pistols, and a mother’s reminder to wash, ending with a cartoonish exchange about doing good.
Valparaiso Ind August 13 ex Sheriff Joseph Sego of Porter county was arrested on forgery charges filed by Don A Salyer water company superintendent. Notes forged in the names of Robert E Biggart and Jacob Charlier were traced to Sego. He waived examination, bond set at 600, wife refused aid, and Sego sought bonds from local businessmen without success.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Valparaiso Ind August 13 recounts a violent scene at Rose lawn last night. Peter Hancock was struck on the head with a gun barrel and severely injured though not involved in the dispute. John Hellinger was hurt, Reuben Gundy and John Bovie were arrested and jailed after posting bail.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Jesse R. Beck a well known farmer west of Bloomington became discouraged about crops and debt and took morphine dying in two hours. He was sixty seven years old and left a family. IL Evansville Aug 13 William File ill health led him to take morphine ending his life. He worked in the Louisville and Nashville shops at Howell Station.
The Ohio Lutheran Synod, in Fort Wayne after ten days, adjourned to reconvene in Cleveland in two years. A lengthy session on labor rights concluded with a declaration that strikes themselves are not sinful but become so if violent methods are used, addressing criticism from local labor leaders.
The Indiana Catholic Benevolent Legion opened its convention in Muncie with 100 delegates. Lake Maxinkuckee was chosen for the next meeting. Officers elected include President Judge John Williams Union City Vice president T Cunningham Kentland secretary John Tangan Tipton treasurer W S Margoski Delphi orator John Finan Elwood marshal James Ray and guard Anthony Geraghty Elk Mound.
In Bloomington Indiana a young Monon employee from Lafayette shops ran a nine minute schedule ride on handcars along the north division. A foreman’s complaint over unsatisfactory work led to discovery that Engineer Kent’s name was used by a motive power official to authorize the trip.
W H Belles of Potomac Illinois, formerly a county resident, writes a book asserting that black people should not be viewed with white biblical standing and that promises do not apply to them beyond the lower creation. He cites Scripture, and the work is said to be pushed by the White Taxers anti Negro group with Chicago ties.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports New Castle Indiana fair opening to-morrow with optimistic prospects. Henry county has hosted a long running fair and this year promises superior events. Races are crowded with at least eight entrants per race.
The grounds host top horses and a full livestock show as stalls fill across all departments Monday morning. Secretary Risk rents a nearby farm to house exhibitor stock. Hundreds of horses, about twenty sheep and hogs, sixty cattle herds, two hundred chickens, and more are listed. Twenty thousand visitors expected Thursday as sprinkling carts curb dust.
Winona Lake Ind Aug 15 The Presbyterian General Assembly evangelistic committee chaired by John H Converse will plan nationwide evangelistic meetings The roster includes D Ds J Wilbur Chapman George L Purves Sweeney and others with meetings set for Aug 2 and notable arrivals listed from Scotland Pittsburg Chicago and Boston
In Shelbyville Indiana on August 13 workers for the Big Four Railroad began widening the right of way by placing a fence fifteen feet into Nicholas Weintraut’s cornfield near St Paul. Weintraut and his son cut the posts with a cross cut saw as the men erected them. He consulted an attorney who said the company could be restrained from taking his land. The farm, entered seventeen years ago by deed from Owens to Weintraut’s daughter, has been farmed up to twenty five feet from the center. the company wants the fence forty feet from the center.
In Valparaiso Indiana on August 15 seventy five teamsters at Indiana Harbor struck at noon demanding four dollars per day, refused despite a three dollar fifty cent wage and a one hundred seventy five dollar offer. No team is working today while three hundred laborers continue at the new mill buildings. The three story hotel is finished the steel plant office is roofed and nearly complete another hotel is planned.
Ground is broken for the 1.5 million Kokomo Steel Company plant in Kokomo Indiana with foundations begun. The firm plans to begin operations by December 1 employing nearly one thousand workers producing steel wire rods and nails. In Vincennes Indiana ministers and the Metropolitan Police Board clash over gambling devices amid Red Men's carnival crowds.
Farmers in Hartford County face constant dread of being burned out by sparks from passing trains as dry grass and fences burn rapidly. Land and forest fires have caused extensive damage and corn yields are projected to be about half of last year, with little help from rain.
Elkhart Aug 13. Superintendent Rogers of Longcliff Hospital for the Insane warns county authorities that Kate Irene Canning may be incurably insane and may need removal to Barre Vermont where her parents reside. Canning, found on a county highway, claimed to be an heiress abducted from an Eastern seminary by a hypnotist. Clyde Ruple of Goshen dies occasioned by tonsillitis with some calling it diphtheria. public funeral held with Knights of the Maccabees in charge. Cleo, Ruple's sister, dies of diphtheria prompting county quarantine at the residence. Hartford City reports Ohio Oil Co well No 6 on U S Carrel farm shot with 260 quarts nitro glycerin. expected to produce about 206 barrels daily.
Valparaiso Indiana August 13 Mrs Anna Morrison once badly burned in the Kansas City wreck is dying tonight in a hospital here. Her daughter died recently from injuries in the same accident.
Special to the Lodiantpolle Journal RIDGEVILLE Ind Aug 14 The second installment of children twenty five in number sent out from Cincinnati for a two weeks romp in the country arrives and the group proceeds with the planned rural tour.
This afternoon the group from the G. R. S. were assigned to homes and returned to their city residences. They were well pleased with the visit and promised to come back some time.
In Jeffersonville Mrs George Lukenbill joined Clark Commandery United Order of the Golden Cross on June 17 18m alleging age fifty five though she was fifty seven. After her death her husband’s $2009 life policy was cut by deductions for misrepresentation and settlement期待, with litigation likely. In Connersville the mayor warns of a water famine amid a long dry spell threatening domestic supply if rain does not fall soon.
Meyer Bros hatters and furnishers announce via circular to creditors that they will declare bankruptcy. They have resold their large establishment and will use the proceeds to liquidate their indebtedness.
The dispatches from UNION CITY and nearby Indiana cities detail several deaths including Rev David Reigle and Prof James M Wolfington, plus accidents and medical issues. Other items note Fresh Air children arrival in Winchester, old settlers meetings, Knights of Fidelity gathering in Muncie, and local teacher institute in Brownstown with various community events.
Chicago, Aug 13 A Newfound land dog dragged the body of John Werner from a lake clearing a long mystery for Kenosha residents. Werner, son of Peter Werner, vanished after a lover's quarrel fourteen years ago and lived near the town unknown to kin until his death at the foot of Twenty ninth street. An insurance policy identified the body after exhaustive ads nationwide.
In Larned Kansas on a Sunday morning the five-year-old daughter of Samuel McPrease of Manston, twenty miles from Learned, reportedly sat up as a metallic coffin was struck by lightning. The impact knocked down horses and caused other damage but left the child in a fair condition. Funeral services were reportedly held later.
The Duke and Duchess are welcomed at Natal Port in South Africa by a large white and Zulu crowd. Cheers erupt as the royal party arrives. The event marks a notable imperial reception with significant public enthusiasm observed by observers on site.
The British steamer Ophir arrived in Durban with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York aboard. Flags half mast for Dowager Empress Frederick. A vast crowd, Zulus, Indians and whites, cheered as the party met Governor Sir Henry McCallum and Durban officials. A grand city park reception followed before a luncheon and a train ride to Pietermaritzburg.
At the South African Compensation Commission in London, Newton Crane for American claimants argued for nine men expelled for alleged plot against Lord Roberts. Major points included a letter from Lord Kitchener and testimony about the men’s worthiness to remain. Washington notes indicate claims were forwarded from the State Department to Ambassador Choate.
The House of Commons passed the factories bill to a third reading after a heated debate over the withdrawal of a clause that would have covered laundries. Nationalists objected to inspection of Catholic convent laundries as undermining the plank of reformatories run by nuns for fallen women. Conservative papers deride the surrender as weak and blame Mr. Balfour for mismanaging crucial business.
Dr A F Conroy of Chicago filed a 5000 claim with the British government for hospital equipment seized during Transvaal hostilities. He says he remained neutral as a Red Cross physician while attached to the Irish ambulance corps, was deported, and his gear seized under orders attributed to a man named Hamilton.
Berlin dispatch reports the Japanese demand 86,000 square meters on Ma san pho island near the Russian concession. The Corean government, backed by Russia, has refused thus far but is expected to yield to Japan pressure.
Grand jury indicted Police Captain Thomas J. Diamond on neglect of duty as a public officer. Witnesses subpoenaed include Lena Schmidt and Rosie Greenberg tied to Wardman Bissert's conviction. charge centers on Diamond failing to report a disorderly house at a suspicious location. Governor Odell says no action beyond gathering facts. unclear legal links to Commissioner Murphy or Chief Devery.
Louisville note says a pitcher who dominated the summer for the Western Association has landed a contract with the Cincinnati League Club. The agreement was announced this afternoon with a plan to join the team for a game tomorrow.
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