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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1901
Page
4
The Daily Journal lists subscription rates for carrier and mail with daily, Sunday, and club discounts, plus foreign and domestic postage notes. It also prints notices of newspaper distribution points in major cities, telephone numbers, and editorial brief items on local politics and labor, including remarks on Bryan, Lipton, and the Amalgamated Association.
The piece notes Mr. Sahm criticizing primary election law and predicting secret primaries. It reports Mr. Keach’s view on Democratic threats and a law against providing free beer to sway voters. It also covers Congressman Littlefield’s sharp critique of the Supreme Court and a Pittsburg citizen seeking steel talks with Amalgamated.
A business men view criticizes Mr Shaffer for unwise leadership that compelled the company to repudiate its contracts. The remark portrays discontent with top management and signals potential internal strife over contractual obligations.
The Mark Lane Express notes Europe faces a wheat shortfall requiring large imports, with France and Northwestern Europe needing about 328 million bushels. The United States expects 75 million produced this year, leaving 275 million for export, likely buoying prices as Europe’s dependency on American grain grows and foreign buyers accelerate purchases.
The piece argues Cuba will gain independence with US support and warns of potential ingratitude. It discusses immigration biases post independence, risk of Spain-aligned emigration, and the need for a stable, workable Cuban political system under US influence. It notes Virginia Republican reorganization and historical context of Gov. Mahone’s era.
The piece traces a Virginia convention’s racial makeup, a Republican Governor nominee Col J Hampton-Hoge, Indiana crop sentiment shifts, and Cuba’s protest over white militia units. It notes American race policy debates, bogus divinity degrees, immigrant language enforcement, rising British merchants in Philadelphia, and India’s favorable gold standard balance.
The New York Journal and other outlets are charged with bias against Admiral Schley and Sampson, attempting to steer the inquiry from charges against Schley to a trial of Sampson. The Salt Lake Tribune denounces these attacks as unscrupulous and damaging to the court inquiry.
Silly quips and classroom gags appear in the clipped notes, from a New York Times remark about Miss Hoboken to a Philadelphia Record joke about a Sunday school visit. A Wisconsin educator presents a word definition with a playful student reply.
London editorials warn that without stable government the isthmian republics risk a US intervention. The Times backs Hay’s stance on protecting interests and the Monroe doctrine, praising the Pan American Congress as a path to peaceful settlement under US influence.
Roanoke Va Aug 2 The Republican state convention reassembled at 10 o clock and adopted a platform supporting McKinley policies and the people’s sovereignty. It denounces racial discrimination, opposes conferring suffrage on unworthy persons, condemns Democratic misrule, and opposes the new constitution without a vote. Lurty spoke in support. Hoge defended the ticket as the session adjourned sine die at 11 30.
In Honolulu, the Hawaii Supreme Court opens a special term to rule on whether the Constitution follows the flag in criminal cases after annexation. About twenty five convicts face review as to illegal verdicts by nine jurors. Attorney General Dole cites insular decisions, while U.S. Judge Estes has ruled all Chinese born in Hawaii are American citizens.
General Jefferies, second in command to General Alban, predicts Castro overthrown with no war declared. He blasts Liberal regimes as bankrupt, cites Nicaragua and Costa Rica cases, and urges U.S. action to stop what he calls a pattern of robbery and anarchy. He asserts Liberals are thieves and warns against Colombian rebel victories offering no security.
Colombian minister Dr. Martinez Silva released a letter from Quito reporting a near Tomaco engagement where revolutions were defeated and arms seized. He said most Colombian refugee chiefs returned home and denied an Ecuador invasion. He stressed frontier calm and efforts to prevent Colombia from being used as a base for revolutions into Venezuela.
New York August session of the National Association of Newsdealers, Booksellers and Stationers backed a publishers clearing house in New York for local and country dealers. It urged standard book prices and higher penny paper prices, with penny papers nonreturnable and sold at a set per hundred.
A dispatch from Quito to New York reports the Liberal agent outlines the Pasto clash between government clerical forces and Liberal generals. The message notes the battle occurred on a Saturday and mentions Liberals led by General Sergie.
Perez and A Rosas scored a major victory over the clericals as Dr Restrepo explained from Pasto in the far south of Colombia that the battle confirmed the campaign plans of General Uribe Uribe. Venezuelan steamers carried 8 men from Maracaibo and Coro under General Davila to invade Colombia near Rio Hacha to aid Uribe Uribe, with ammunition sent to the point. General Petrie, a revolutionary leader, was captured near Magedenia but released by order of President Castro. Colombia enforces strict censorship in Colón dated Aug 22.
A powerful storm near Anadarko Oklahoma destroyed the new town area with collapsed buildings and tents. Two men W T Tevis and Felix Antone were killed, several injured, and damage pegged around 4000 dollars. Hobart reported a cloudburst with heavy rain and ruined merchandise but no injuries. The Kiowa Comanche land lottery towns had rapidly grown since Aug 1 with thousands of new residents and property.
Governor Longino reports a cash shortage of 107 621 after Aug 15 counting and credits due bills of 55 000, then recount on Aug 20 balances with the books at 66 914. He says the count followed constitutional requirement and that Treasurer Stowers may explain the matter. Stowers declined to comment.
D C Murray of Salt Lake, general superintendent of the Rocky Mountain Telephone Co, announces an agreement with Northwestern Co to build a missing link between Billings and Miles City in Montana and extend from North Dakota to that point, connecting eastern and western lines to form a continuous line across the continent.
At the American Bar Association session in Denver Maine Congressman Charles L Littlefield drew loud applause with his insular cases address while Adolph Moses of Chicago protested an attack on the Supreme Court. The debate prompted a point of order and a four oclock recess as committees reported on bankruptcy law and legal education.
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