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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
5
A noisy mix of subscription rates, mailing rules, and office notices opens with rates for carrier and mail editions, lists several city distribution points, and notes changes of address. The page then shifts to commentary on political topics, national figures, and a brief report on an international observers’ trip to the United States.
The speaker explains plans to gather questions for British artisans, focusing on American wage earners housing living conditions hours unions and related topics. They expect to gain practical information and ideas from real inquiry rather than solely from scientists.
The piece argues volunteer mediators face long odds in settling the steel workers strike. It notes Shaffer’s firm stance and the Amalgamated Association’s hesitation, alleging leadership failures and a likely end to arbitration efforts. Debs is cited to frame the broader lessons about strikes and legality.
An editorial attacks City Clerk Geckler and Deputy Tamm over unpaid gamblers fines in the municipal court. It questions official responsibility, hints at political influence, and urges candid discussion of the failure to collect revenue.
The text argues Geckler must speak promptly to avoid public suspicion shifting to him. It contends silence could imply he was following orders from the Taggart regime. Until he explains, people will question why gambler fines were not collected.
In Sun Prairie Wisconsin the Prairie Sun editor Hammond admitted to setting his own office blaze on July 28 to claim insurance money. The confession followed an investigation and sparked public sympathy for the editor’s predicament before leading to the paper’s suspension. The episode raises questions about motives and the future of the publication.
The world faces a narrow wheat production margin with potential shortages if U S crops falter. European bread costs rise with high demand and slack industry, while Russia stocks gold for wars but not wheat. The piece also reports on the Kangaroo gang riots in Fairview Park and contrasts racial policing in Atlanta and Indianapolis, noting safe access for Black visitors in Grant Park despite tensions.
Parke swears vengeance on ruffians as outrages against colored citizens spark anger and warnings of serious trouble. Minister Choate praised by England for his flogging remark and school prize speech. Chicago Chronicle notes a historically large turnout in Democratic primaries amid voter indifference claims.
In the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph a short exchange has Squildig presenting an umbrella to McSwilligen, with the remark that it once belonged to Squildig's grandfather and the other calling it a shade of an ancestor.
A collage of brief humor and quips from several papers. The New York Times jokes about a new term the golfing spine while the Cleveland Plain Dealer playfully greets a visitor. The Philadelphia Press paints a hare and a hissed adder in a brief vignette as other papers stage quick wordplay about wealth and politics.
Gurley Brewer of Indianapolis criticizes Rev. John Blackshear for declining a Republican executive committee post. He condemns Blackshear as un American and anarchistic, arguing loyalty to the party and flag, praising Lincoln and black soldiers from Bunker Hill to San Juan, and contrasting with Democratic and populist views.
The Amalgamated Association opposes United States Steel and Tram Corporation as tensions rise in Nebraska strikes. A clergy man pleads with a plant manager not to hire nonunion workers, warning bloodshed may follow. The piece argues nonunion workers deserve honest wages as well as nonunion clergy.
The Milwaukee Journal notes Wisconsin soldier boys after weeks at Camp Douglas will be ready for another year of protecting the state by tending to personal duties. It praises the model method and laments no need to kill others in doing so.
Rev. Mr. Leach of Chicago stuns Chicago with the claim that heaven will be filled by women while most men go elsewhere. The remark sparks thought among club women who fear dwindling male church attendance as men’s habits likely won’t change.
The Buffalo Courier Jamaica calls for a reciprocity treaty and Senate approval at the next session. It argues for close commercial relations with the West Indies, stating their natural market for agricultural products and a rapid rise in consumption of American manufactured goods.
The hience college professors have decided that Lead Kind ly Light is not doggerel. It will be recalled that Old King Rockefeller furnishes the kindly light for that college.
R W Perks outlines the Wesleyan twentieth century fund in England Scotland and Wales aiming to raise one million guineas. Donors sign the historic roll, with 600000 names, and gifts average from guineas to thousands. Funds will support new churches missions education and a central London hall.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph reports the approaching Pan American congress may fail to be a success as Chilean congress refuses to fund expenses and several other nations fall short on support for tentatives.
Delegates' trunks filled with guns leave little room for peace as many Central and South American countries are unrepre sented. The Pan American congress meeting in Mexico City may need a name change to stay accurate.
A Boston Journal summary argues that tariff protection benefited American tin plate and steel rail industries. It cites Gunton's Magazine data showing prices fell in the United States after the 1900s McKinley tariff, while foreign prices rose, highlighting the advantage of domestic mills and wages.
A. Ados sides former palace insider now in Paris as George Dorys is profiled by Eugene P. Lyle Jr. in Everybody's Magazine. The Sultan is depicted as frail yet calculating, ruled by fear and self preservation, with Machiavellian tactics and a mix of Oriental and European cruelties.
A fragmentary narrative describes Abdul Hamid in a fearful regime with secret arming and a labyrinthine palace. It notes strict safety bans, secretive meals, and his nocturnal anxiety. The account adds details of Mourad’s imprisonment and mass killings of Armenians during unrest two years earlier.
A Northwest desertion portrait describes Port Townsend as a gloomy, sunken revenue hub with deserted blocks and decayed storefronts. Prominent buildings like a fine customs house and a grand county courthouse loom over rotting sidewalks while snow-capped Olympic peaks loom nearby. Despite climate, roses bloom in December as emptiness pervades streets and the once-bustling town stalls at the edge of Puget Sound. The narrative notes a solitary impost frame hotel perched on a hill and shuttered shops with faded blinds awaiting tenants that never arrive.
A fading Port Townsend review recalls a vanished boom era. The mighty State Bank of Washington block, four stories high, and Capt. H. L. Tibballs signaled prosperity now crumble. Across the sound, wharf piles rot as the town, once poised to be Puget Sound's metropolis, waits for a hoped revival.
The Virginia State Democratic ticket places a postwar father son pair on top tickets with the first place held by a man born after the Civil War and the second by the son of a Union veteran. The attorney general nominee is a veteran who sustained a wound in service.
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