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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1901
Page
4
An old Indianapolis Journal fragment outlines subscription costs with Sunday and without Sunday options, yearly and monthly rates, and agent distribution points in various cities. It mentions reduced club rates, mail prepaid for editions, and local newsstands in Cincinnati, Louisville, and other locations. It also references editorial notes on politics, labor federation factions, a Osaka world fair, and ongoing congressional activity.
The passage notes that limiting saloons per capita would reduce numbers in Indiana towns. It recalls Massachusetts prohibitory law unenforceable by state police, with violations in large cities as enforcement faced voter opposition. It credits the focal option law as more satisfactory, replacing prohibition.
A New York libel suit over Denmark’s sale of the Danish Islands prompts a clash over official privilege. Secretary of State John Hay refuses to disclose information he received in his official capacity, stating it would harm national interests and public negotiations. The case raises whether official communications are privileged and whether courts can compel disclosure from executive officials.
The Saturday Evening Post writer warns the flag is the greatest business asset and should not be used in advertising. Prominent leaders including Harrison, McKinley, Cleveland, Roosevelt, Miles, and Schley back a law to bar commercial use, urging Congress to preserve national sovereignty. Organizations like the Grand Army and Loyal Legion push for action, noting influential firms may hinder progress.
President Roosevelt urges a national forestry policy and expanded forest reserves to conserve watersheds and boost resources. He favors transferring public lands to the Agriculture Department, notes the high cost of forest fires, and cites existing preserves and parks in Western states with potential eastern reservations.
A Paris dispatch reports a “responsible personage” denying that Britain blocked powers during U S pressure on Spain. He says Britain told Austria the same as France, it would not act against other European governments. He notes Russia interrupted with a pledge to act later.
The piece critiques the Memphis Commercial Appeal defense of a South color line, arguing Africans’ capacity for government, cites Voorhees’ shinbone remark, and supports testing with time. It notes John W Foster's Independent article on a reciprocal U S Canada tariff plan and Times’ cautious endorsement, while Britain resists.
A collage of jokes and quips from papers like the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Chicago Tribune feature mock conversations about romance money and conscience funds. The items lampoon bachelorhood marriage and social rituals with playful city-press banter.
In a short vignette from The Way It Worked in Washington Times, Tim suggests a fair trade. Bobbie fetches an apple for Tim, who then returns with none. Bobbie questions his lack of an apple as Tim quietly explains Ma forbade another.
A compilation of edited opinions from multiple Indiana papers. Topics include Roosevelt critiques, Philippine policy for homesteaders, civil service commissioner Foulke’s Senate confirmation, racial disparities in disasters, Supreme Court Philippines ruling, Hague arbitration limits, Democratic caucus strategy, and civic monuments debate reflecting early 20th century political discourse.
The North Vernon Sun criticizes a spot in Indianapolis that would divert funds from the rest of Indiana while thousands elsewhere seek to contribute to a creditable monument. The Seymour Republican notes Harrison's wide influence beyond Indianapolis.
Congress this week faces a Philippine revenue bill likely to pass in the House as the Senate eyes the Hay Pauncefote treaty. Republican members debate temporary Dingley tariffs on Philippine imports versus a full tariff scheme, with Payne and Dalzell preferring the latter. The treaty's fate in the Senate appears favorable, with executive session planned and ratification expected before Christmas, though some criticism may arise from Southern senators tied to canal construction. Reciprocities, Anglo French and British West Indies talks loom, with tariff actions for the Philippines deferred. Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge to confer with President Roosevelt on the Indiana judgeship.
A Chicago meeting denounced English conduct in South Africa and urged strict enforcement of the Washington Treaty. Resolutions pledging civic action, care for concentration camp victims, and urging President to halt war excesses were adopted amid pro Boers cheers and widespread donations.
The essay reviews Otto Stechhan's shift from poetry to prose in Unrequited Love set on Phantom Lake near Indiana. It follows widow Mrs Rushton and her daughter Jessie, a romance with Henri Vernon, a mutinous yacht incident, and Jessie’s eventual illness and death. The critic finds the plot trivial, characterizations weak, and the prose stiff, though some local color and detail remain noteworthy.
The article explains the Harriman Alaska Expedition as a self funded, broad scientific venture planned by Edward Harriman for family leisure that grew into a major scholarly expedition. It sailed from Seattle May 30, 1899, covering 9000 miles in two months with scientists, artists and government experts, yielding numerous new species and mapped glaciers. John Burroughs and other writers contributed, with hundreds of illustrations, in a two volume work published by Doubleday, Page & Co. at $15 net.
H Twitchell translates Armand Dayot on Beautiful Women In Art from the Page press tenth in the Art Lovers Series. It surveys women's beauty's role in art from antiquity to now, with black and white and mezzotint portraits.
The Balzac complete dramatic works, five plays titled Vautrin Quinlacs Resources Pamela Givud The Step mother and Mercadet, are issued as part of the first English edition by Laird & Lee Chicago. Mercadet remains the only frequently staged piece at Theatre Francais Paris, while the others draw on historical settings and showcase Balzac's keen eye for character. Translated by A de Valcourt-Vermont.
An allegorical tale by W. A. Frasee features a wild dog and an old buffalo as outcasts from man. They meet on the prairie, form a bond, and share adventures while resisting common enemies. After misfortune, A'Tim the dog suffers a disastrous fate and Shag the buffalo wins a hard earned victory.
A Scribner's Sons volume titled The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales collects eight well written short stories by A. T. Quiller-Couch, popular author and Hib writer known for entertaining prose.
The Century issue surveys transportation’s role in Westward expansion and its spread to unsettled regions, with notes on water color supplements, forthcoming Harpers essays, and Eleanor Caldwell’s fiction. It covers Roosevelt, art, literature, and industrial topics, plus summaries of the North American Review December topics and a Cuban reciprocal trade note.
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