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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1901
Page
4
A dated 1901 issue covers subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, mailing options, and nationwide and foreign postage. It notes editorial content and public notices, plus snippets on politics, tariffs, and economic prospects, with references to Clark county officials and national figures.
Predictions and conjectures about damage to the corn crop persist, tempered by forthcoming rains spreading across the corn belt. Corn's tough fiber and late-stage resilience may keep yields from the worst forecasts, though a smaller crop is still anticipated.
The piece notes rising corn acreage and prices that favor owners while wheat remains resilient to heat or drought. Mark Lane Express cites the northwestern European wheat crop at 241 million bushels, with Britain, France, Belgium, and Holland supplying most of the supply. America holds a large surplus, suggesting any corn shortage may be offset by wheat exports as export clearances crest records.
An analysis disputes the claim that pensioners exceed Union army numbers. It cites May 1 1861 figures at 1,000,516, June 3 1901 pensioners at 997,735, and 2,898,446 men served. After deductions for duplicates and other wars the number of distinct veterans is about 724,000, with 435,114 disabled pensioners under the 18% act. The piece critiques liberal pension expansions and presidential approvals.
Wisconsin Republicans face internal strife as Governor La Follette pushes a partisan machine, clashing with party leaders over a primary election bill. A reformist committee forms a rival Republican League, denouncing factionalism and pledging unity under a broader public good.
The Wisconsin Republican League seeks to unify and preserve the Republican party in Wisconsin. Founded by 1001 legislators, it emphasizes a permanent, comprehensive organization to keep the party united against internal factions and to influence future elections without opposing any single individual.
A collage of humorous tidbits and light dialogue from various papers. Quotes touch on social hints about proposals, sports humor, religious beliefs, and a kitchen scene with Miss Ethel returning from cooking school.
Evictions by rental agents displace Resistencia Union members in Tampa. Over 100 women and children slept outdoors last night as the central committee cuts soup house support to one meal daily. A proclaimed appeal in the name of the people urges factories to reopen and pledges protection for Tampa’s cigar workers and employers.
Chicago police believe they have cleared up an alleged plot to wreck two stone yards with dynamite on August 12 aimed at depriving 20 independent union members of work. Frank Ha, a former Chicago Athletic Association employee, confessed and is jailed, with Michael Fitzgerald and Joseph Hayes also under arrest. The targeted yards housed stone cutters who split from the Building Trades Council during last year’s strike, forming an independent union facing frequent assaults amid ongoing trade rivalry with the old union’s 75 members.
The Paterson New Jersey Board of Aldermen passed an ordinance allowing labor union picketing of mills after two men were jailed for July 12 picketing. Silk manufacturers Crank and Dugan urged attachments in the two strikers’ cases, which were ordered imprisoned and fined, on appeal. The matter was set for Sept. 3 before Vice Chancellor Emory in Newark.
The first union of Chicago retail clerks composed exclusively of women was formed with Mrs. Emma Lanphere driving the effort. She pledged shorter hours, a Sunday rest day, and improved conditions as clerks organize citywide, planning similar women only unions in other districts.
In Cincinnati on a U S District Court bench Judge Clark granted a permanent injunction against striking workers after hearing arguments from former Congressman John J. Lantz of Columbus and Louis G. Addison. The ruling curbs picketing and related activity by the labor action under consideration.
Workers at the Ohio Pressed Brick Company plant in Roseville Ohio strike after the firm refused to compel several workers to join the union. A temporary injunction had been issued two weeks earlier to curb picketing and interference with the works.
Thorough canvass shows the plan to cut mill operatives wages by 15 percent on September 3 in Fall River may fail. Corporations controlling 1,458,928 of 2,042,472 spindles in the city will not join the agreement, affecting 1,750,000 total spindles.
In Brussels officials report American agents recruiting Belgian ice blowers for service in the United States. Japanese agents also offer high wages to skilled glass blowers willing to relocate to Japan to establish the industry there.
Fred M. Pease of Chicago files suit in New York against Charles R. Flint Joseph Auerbach Geo W Young and about thirty plow firms and the American Plow Company seeking an accounting of profits from the formation of the American Plow Company He also seeks an injunction to halt any further steps toward forming the company The suit names Deere & Co Moline Plow Rock Island Plow Peru Plow and Wheel Morrison Manufacturing Grand Detour Plow B F Avery & Sons Chattanooga Plow Fuller Johnson Parlin Oren dorff David Bradley I Case South Bend Chilled Plow T M Bissell Princess Plow Alexander Speer Sons La Crosse Syracuse Chilled Kingham Farquhar Toledo Penn Sattley and J Thompson & Sons among defendants
Julius C. Beige, president of the St. Louis Shovel Company, confirms the consolidation of the largest shovel manufacturers into the Ames Tool and Shovel Company with a capital stock of 5 million dollars. The merger unites Oliver Ames & Sons Corporation of North Easton Massachusetts Wright Shovel Company of Andersen Indiana H M Meyers Company of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania T Rowland & Sons Company of Philadelphia and the St. Louis Shovel Company.
Dover filings announce Ohio and West Virginia Oil Company with 1 million capital. Muskoka and Chequasset Lumber receivers named in Buffalo. National Railroad Blacksmiths' Association opens three day Denver convention. Aeanes Steel Refining Company formed in Dover with 1.5 million capital to rival Crucible Steel. Carnegie works secured near Pittburg. National Tube Company directors elected in New York with Hearne as president and Schiller as first vice president. US Circuit Court in New York hands final decree in United States Flour Milling trust case. Sale procedures outlined for Hooker Jones Jewell Milling assets.
Ernesto Sapelli steward on the La Gascogne was arraigned by Commissioner Alexander on bribery charges to admit unmarried immigrants for a fee and families for a higher sum. He was held on 2.50 bail for examination tomorrow. Fraud dates six years with an estimated ten thousand immigrants entering.
Fears of famine in Iloilo are not taken seriously by authorities. Manila papers offered subscriptions but were declined. The government has advanced $3,000 in gold for public works to tide over the difficulty. The provincial treasurer says Iloilo is naturally rich and needs judicious help. General Davis departed Manila to relieve General Cobb at Zamboanga Mindanao.
Knoxville Tenn August The Chancery Court ordered a 5 percent dividend to stockholders of the Southern Building and Loan Association which has been in receivership for five years. About $1,000,000 has been paid in dividends so far. Additional funds may follow as receivers settle affairs.
SAN FRANCISCO Aug The battleship Iowa sailed for Panama to join cruiser Ranger already en route to the isthmus. Both warships ordered south to safeguard American interests amid turmoil in Colombia Venezuela. Washington reports no developments while German editors stir sensationalism. Iowa stops at Acapulco for coal. voyage about twelve days.
Henry Willar Beam arrived on the Maracaibo from Venezuela reporting that Caracas is quiet but constitutional guarantees are suspended due to invasion. Castro claims 20,000 troops, martial law in Merida, Trujillo, Tachira, and proclamations praise frontier triumphs after San Cristobal.
New York August reports from the steamer Orizboa indicate no trouble along the isthmus. Captain Smith and Panama Railroad official J. R. Shaler say battles, revolutions, and incursions never occurred and trains ran normally. They question why U S warships were dispatched, suggesting officials exaggerate danger.
United States consul at Managua Custer Donaldson, on two months leave, arrived in San Francisco. He said Nicaragua is at peace and will not join with Venezuela. He noted President Zelaya rules firmly and the revolutionary spirit has died out.
Zelaya expresses strong support for building the Isthmian canal by the United States and credits Washington with leading regional progress. He notes U S influence is greater in Nicaragua than any other country and says he would seek U S protection for small republics if trouble arises.
European papers debate US policy in Venezuela and Colombia. Berlin confirms Washington sides with Colombia, warns Monroe doctrine may fail against Castro. German sources downplay intervention, citing commercial interests and neutrality treaty limits. Foreign Office says Allegory affair settled. investigation finds no German action needed.
The Neue Freie Presse reports the Venezuelan crisis is widening into an international issue. The United States shows direct interest amid sanguinary clashes, while England, bound by the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, may weigh in. The Monroe doctrine shapes the canal question as a broader American concern, with uncertain prospects for a greater Colombian republic.
In COLON Colombia Aug 3 Chinese claim raiders at Emperador Station included Jamaican negroes who flogged Chinese traders and extorted 200 dollars. Echatee in Barranquilla is rising rapidly. The American dollar equals 1 in Colombian paper money. Dr Rico Colombian minister to Venezuela denied Castro's invasion claim and blamed Gen Rangel Garbiras as chief invader aided by insurgent Colombians under Uribe Uribe. Dr Luis Deroud, boundary commissioner with Venezuela, arrived at the isthmus.
Colombia hires American sailors as officers for its navy. On the Finance’s voyage to Colon, Joseph A. Merritt and John Grandal were named first and second officers to serve on the gunboat General Pinton. The craft, formerly the Namoana, was bought in England for 400000 dollars after British officers refused service. General Carlos Alban, governor of Panama, had Captain Sakefort secure American seamen for the fleet.
The Eposa reports that the Washington government plans to dispatch a naval division to Panama and Colon. It argues this could be a first step toward canal appropriation if Europe ceases its long standing indifference to American affairs.
In Buenos Aires the foreign minister announced a moral compact not to increase armaments, linking it to the Pan American congress in Mexico and noting it caused Chile’s cabinet resignation. He praised excellent relations with foreign powers. In Lima a Peru Congress clash over a Cabinet censure left twenty three senators withdrawing amid cheers, signaling complex political conditions but no revolution.
In Kingston Jamaica a heavy test showed American locomotives pulling 128 tons over the toughest line in seven minutes, while English engines failed to match the load or time. English experts and local officials witnessed the test, and government officials may press Crown agents in London over locomotive costs.
John Engine and Adam Keast, rescued from the water works tunnel after nearly six days without food, are reported in a precarious condition at the hospital. They are largely delirious, but physicians expect eventual recovery.
Pittsburg August report on the Carnegie company of the United States Steel group notes mills stay open during downturns by cutting output rather than closing. profits rely on home sales while foreign markets are pursued to sustain operations, with armor plate a minor share of business and long-term plans to boost shipyard demand and overseas trade.
Dr Louis Knapp aged forty a St Louis physician will quarantine himself with Dong Gong a Chinese leper found here two weeks ago He leaves wife and four children to live in a city built three room frame house at quarantine He will study leprosy taking his library to quarantine Five other applicants sought the position.
Gen Samuel Pearson representing the Boer government filed in U S District Court in New Orleans for 20000 dollars against British consul Arthur G Van Sittart. He alleges Van Sittart demanded his arrest by police and accuses him of complicity in an attempted blowing near the British mule ships at the stock tending city early on the morning of August.
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