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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1903
Page
5
The Daily Journal lists subscription terms and rates including Sunday and weekly options. It notes reduced club and agent rates and provides information on mailing procedures and offices in Indianapolis. It also lists paper distribution points in New York St Louis and Columbus with local news stands.
A scanned column discusses sending the Journal abroad for a vacation, with a note on adjusting the address and keeping in touch. It also covers a Texas farmer losing a case against a railroad, a preacher’s remarks on politics, and a tragic Hoosier family in Philadelphia facing starvation and eviction with a mother’s attempted murder suicide note.
The text notes grief for the accused in a murder case and discusses the killing of a Russian consul in Turkey. It describes Russian and Turkish reactions, including reprisals and apologies, and cites U S interest, State Department actions, and potential naval readiness to prosecute the crime amid chaotic Turkish provinces. The piece questions motives and asserts the need for atonement for offenses against the United States.
The piece condemns Ottoman actions in Macedonia and criticizes European powers for inaction. It argues the United States intervened in Cuba to end barbarities and urges a similar resolve to curb Turk ex termination, suggesting Russia as a vehicle to drive the Turk from Europe if needed.
The Loganport charter framework requires a two-thirds Council vote to approve major contracts, acting as a check on executive action. The Logansport Railroad franchise is presently before the Council, with the Journal noting potential for a better bargain and urging careful scrutiny.
The editorial denounces granting a new railroad franchise that would force grade crossings through city parks and busy streets. It urges elevating tracks or delaying the project, arguing the city lacks leverage in court and should instead encourage belt line routes until a broader solution is found. It also covers forestry trends, sheriff invitations to hangings, a dance healing a woman’s limp, and Indiana reform politics surrounding Polster.
J J Ryan appeared at Saratoga with a bushel of hundred dollar bills signaling a syndicate claim over corn yields. The Chicago waiters thrum a weary note as strikes loom with the public poised for a larger protest. A revival casts Carrie Nation and rival Job come midsummer as Sir Thomas considers Driver Saunders for the Shamrock skipper role.
A collage of short newspaper lines and jokes from multiple papers. It includes a pondering note on fairness and earning one’s due, a mock dialogue about money lenders among Indians, a terse dodger joke about a past injury, and a remark on political patronage.
A reader laments no vacancies in the district and questions who holds the post office job in town. The exchange touches debt worries, skeptical humor, and a scene of unrelated magazine quotes, ending with a quip about a slot machine owner rather than a preacher.
Sofia reports an east bound express from Buda Pesth to Constantinople was wrecked near Kuleli Burgas about twenty five miles south of Adrianople. Seven killed and fifteen injured. a dynamite bomb used. attackers believed revolutionsists rode the train. Constantinople notes two cars destroyed. dead include two Mussulman women, two children, three trainmen.
An additional rural free delivery service will start Oct. 1 in Syracuse Kosciusko County Indiana covering fourteen square miles with a population of 10. Charles H Pierson remains postmaster at Cadiz Henry County Indiana replacing Nancy M Alspaugh who resigned. Elmer E James and Billy W Cummings named as rural carriers for Warsaw and Carl J Johnson and Lars James for Winamac Indiana.
Returns up to midnight indicate James K. Vardaman will win the Mississippi governor race. The initial returns suggest a tight contest with a lighter turnout than the first primary and some critics acknowledging a near finish while not conceding defeat.
A memo reports the secretary’s drive against graft in Indian Territory. He seeks impartial inquiries into officials and Dawes commission charges, noting grafters and protective action for duty-bound staff. Dismissals cited. names withheld to avoid sensationalism.
Berlin reports Dr Schwartz manager of the State Sick Insurance Hospital at Muhlhausen Alsace Lorra ine killed Dr Schloss leader of a strike by outdoor relief physicians. Police seized the body before cremation. Schwartz was arrested amid a long gland dispute over pay and conditions between hospital management and physicians.
London reports the Foreign Office will aid a Basel Zionist Commission studying a British site offer for a Jewish colony in East Africa. The commissioner would oversee nominal control representing King Edward, while Jews govern locally and observe customs. Success could empower autonomous government. failure may lead to reoccupation.
Rome Aug 27 The King and Queen arrived at Udine amid enthusiastic welcomes and orations by locals still under Austria. Crowds waved flags and leaflets urging union of Trieste with Italy. Women from the Austrian town surrounded the royal carriage shouting loyalty to Victor and liberation by Marshal Von Steininger. A rumor says Von Steininger may arrange a Francis Joseph visit to Rome.
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius slows with lava flow widening to about one hundred feet. Fissures near the crater enlarge, some toward Naples reaching thirty five feet. Police and carabinieri guard the danger zone while Professor Matteiucci, director of the observatory, is allowed inside. Government orders telegraph offices in surrounding villages kept open all night to send alarms if needed.
Major Curt Morgen, in the Colonial Gazette, says Germany has begun steps and will push further to acquire Fernando Po should Spain dispose of it. He warns that British control would be a strategic wedge against Germany and argues the island's possession would extend Germany’s West African dominance and economic reach.
Berlin dispatch says leaders of the Persian Mohammedan Church told the Shah to expel foreign religious and commercial powers or face revolution. They demand restoration of Persia’s ancient religious and economic conditions. The anti foreign movement targets British and Russian influence, not Germany. Monks expelled from a monastery in Les Babies after barricaded building incident.
At 3 o clock this morning soldiers police and firemen surrounded the monastery. The bell called a crowd to defend the site as missiles flew from windows and several besiegers were hurt. Barricades were broken and the fathers took to the roof before water streams forced their retreat. Many arrests followed.
Ten vice presidents and president Theo F. Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers will meet in Cleveland for a two day conference to seek a uniform interpretation of the rules governing relations with employers. Attending are Llewellyn Lewis Martin's Ferry Ohio W E Exan Covington Ky John EB Jones East Chicago Ind P J McArdle Muncie Ind George Harbin Youngstown William Jenkins Birmingham Ala.
In Utica New York August 27 the New York and New England ministerial conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod adopted resolutions criticizing President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay for officially sending condolences on Pope Leo XIII s death The group contends this breached church state separation and echoed a protest against official recognition of the papacy The resolutions were sent to President Roosevelt and to Secretary Hay
New York reports the 16 year old Hugh Thompson, who claimed he was shanghaied from the French bark Marechal De Gontaut, was rescued four miles east of Sandy Hook Lightship by Collector Stranahan and the Revenue Cutter Gresham during an all night search. The boy, son of a Bangor, Maine seaman, went aboard with consent, hoped to return home after learning the ship bound for Yokohama. Captain Denniere alleged he paid a boardinghouse runner $86 for services. the ship was detained pending legal action. Thompson returned home with his parents.
Five members of the coal operators committee, named to meet John Mitchell, UMW president, to avert a strike that could close Missouri coal mines on September 1, depart for Chicago for a possible conference with Mitchell tomorrow.
Prominent Negroes in Tallapoosa County petition Judge Thomas G. Jones for a presidential pardon for George Db Cosby and Barnabas Cosby. The Cosbys are serving terms in the Atlanta federal penitentiary for violations of peonage statutes.
Public Printer Palmer said the order requiring all Government Printing Office employees to take the oath of allegiance was not a direct or indirect result of the dispute between the Bookbinders Union and Assistant Foreman Miller.
Senator Hanna, who has been ill for several days, was decidedly better today in Cleveland. His physician ordered him to remain in bed for a day or two longer, stating that he only needed quiet and rest to recover.
Bellefontaine Aug 27 Mt. Victory a town near here suffered a serious fire today. Buildings in the business section were destroyed along with their contents. Sashes enrance Gao.
At Hot Springs Virginia the American Bar Association heard Judge Baron B Colt of Rhode Island discuss the reasonableness of law. The bar’s committee reports warned that industrial combinations are displacing small dealers and producers and threaten competitive balance. Remedies include taxation and legal action to curb monopolies while stressing the need for unified professional leadership.
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