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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
7
The Indianapolis Journal notes exoneration of a boodlerion dispute and discusses justice versus law, plus editorials on Roosevelt, Bryan, Twain, Panama Canal, and civic reform. It cites Chicago gun lessons, New Jersey abolishing justices, and imperial expeditions to Abyssinia and Tibet as indicators of modern progress.
The remark suggests the case is resolved and the promotion, though controversial, stands. It argues that the rapid ascent over senior, educated officers should be regarded as settled and no further challenge is needed.
The Senate's passage ends a protracted fight over the Cuban reciprocity treaty ratified previously by both nations. The accord, negotiated in Havana, modifies tariffs, expands American access to Cuban markets, and promises increased trade and revenues for Cuba, with broad implications for US-Cuba relations and national honor.
The treasury report shows a surplus of 14 million for the current year but a projected deficit of 23 million for the next year. Increased military and navy expenditures drive the gap while revenues fall in some lines. Congress urged to curb outlays and avoid tariff cuts as deficits loom.
A biting compilation of curiosities and quips on suicide methods jokes about pickles and sour foods causing despair a telephonograph invention social satire about race demographics in the South debt collection in Chicago and a German officer’s cruelty charges plus political jab at the Chicago platform and party loyalties.
A streetwise exchange about hardship and rich jokes contrasts Christmas misery in the slums with a tale of a holiday spent among Russell Sage’s workers, delivered in Town Topics style.
Mrs. Oldcastle notes the rising difficulty of managing the working class while the hostess quips that Josiah believes people would sleep better if they did not eat hearty before bed. The exchange appears in a Chicago Record-Herald column.
A collage of humorous lines from The New Orleans Times-Democrat Judge Brooklyn Eagle and Chicago Tribune jokes. It features satire on fashion hats and professions alongside a polar bear dialogue and Niobe in a jeweler’s window. The snippets show era humor and playful wordplay through various papers.
An assortment of brief items covers global curiosities and notable people. Topics include Russia’s vast lands, Paris awarding a science doctorate, Brazilian social customs, Polish anthropometry in a disputed parentage case, biometrics for fiction, Ada Rehan’s statue plan, Mary Anderson de Navarro’s stage draw, Father Vaughan’s charity, a massive Kimberly mine cheque by De Beers, large checks in postwar indemnity payments, and General Young’s early military career.
The retiring officer in January 1991 will be followed by General Chaffee, a former private soldier who joined the Sixth Cavalry in 1861. The two top generals illustrate a trend of leaders rising from the enlisted ranks, though six of the seventeen generals in chief since the Civil War were West Pointers led to command by the conflict.
A batch of brief anecdotes highlights wit about sun and moon usefulness, suffrage tales in Colorado, a Missouri witness cross examination, and a lawyer's attempt to trap a witness by asking about a joint business interest. The witness reveals he was courting the lawyer's daughter.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger quote recounts a retired trolley conductor describing flat wheels. He says brakemen on steam lines flatten wheels when braking, causing flat spots as wheels stop and resume turning. He argues skilled brakemen avoid flats by maintaining momentum unless avoiding an accident, condemning careless trolley crews.
A New York World column recaps a long running gag about a saloon, a barkeeper, and a saloon keeper asking if Casey is good for a drink. Senators Hanna Scott question the tale’s novelty while joking about where stories originate and the theater crowd’s appetite for such tales.
General Charles Dick lauds Joe Miller of the National Brewers Association for nerve in a 1890s tax debate. Miller from Ohio urged doubling the beer tax cut to 70 million dollars to benefit brewers, but President McKinley kept to 35 million. The exchange highlighted Miller’s audacious persuasion.
A Philadelphia Record passage analyzes motives for enlistment. In peacetime about one in a hundred joins from patriotism, while in war patriotism drives thousands. A third enlist from discouragement, another third for change and excitement, and the rest for varied reasons including recovery from alcohol, relationships, or health.
The Columbian Exposition settles ten years of financial affairs with a final 4.67 percent dividend issued this year. A balance of $15,000 remains to cover costs from ongoing lawsuits, to be donated to charity if litigation is favorable. The city of Chicago, Field Columbian Museum, 20,000 stockholders, and individuals share the final distribution totaling about $4.25 million.
The Outlook laments that sympathy cannot be wholly divorced from judgment in the Colombia Panama dispute. It traces Colombia’s autocratic rule and aggression from 1840 to 1900, notes Panama’s repeated struggles for autonomy, and argues that U S empathy should align with Panama and the civilized world rather than Colombia, warning that sympathy for Colombia is misguided.
A Kansas City Star opinion piece argues Western decline amid moral panic and shifting social signals. It cites W. J. Bryan, Governor Dockery, and populist figures, warning that money power and demoralization threaten independence. The essay laments poker, baccarat, and modern fashions as Western decline and ends with a call for virility to save the West.
John L. Moorman editor of the Starke County Republican emerges as a compromise choice in the Thirteenth district. Pulaski and Starke counties back Moorman to avoid factional splits tied to Elkhart factional candidates Stephenson and Ross, seeking harmony and district unity under a nonpartisan chair.
Ida M. Tarbell reports in December McClure's on John Teagle of a Cleveland refinery who testified before a congressional committee in 1888 about a brother of the Standard Oil secretary seeking insider information. The bookkeeper set up a discreet arrangement to provide data for a small annual sum, detailing the firm’s shipments, pricing, and manufacturing details to the Standard Oil operatives.
A source describes how a person struggled to prove a point about oil shipments. It claims that records of the number of cars and destinations were known and that salesmen were sent after each shipment. It alleges that freight staff reported amounts and destinations of Independent oil to Standard Oil representatives.
In Philadelphia Record a tailor explains to a puzzled man that the bottom vest button is optional this season. He notes that well dressed men have been leaving that button unbuttoned following English style to avoid cinching and wrinkling when sitting.
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