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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1902
Page
5
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The court rules the U S federal court in Georgia may try New York residents charged with defrauding the Georgia public works program. It holds no Governor requisition is needed, as the matter lies within federal courts, allowing cross-state defendants to be brought to Georgia for trial.
The Colorado representative returns from the Philippines to oppose a colonial path as he urges independence for the islands. The Forum piece argues Republicans seek to build a free, secure government, with schools and roads, while delaying full self rule until natives are ready, and warns abandoning the islands to anarchy would be dangerous.
The Carnegie donation of ten million dollars will establish a new university in Washington, named in parallel to the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian endowment now totals about 912,000 dollars, while the Carnegie fund will be immediately available in gilt edged securities with higher income potential though lower interest rate. The Smithsonian fund, built from James Smithson’s bequest, remains a major scientific center and a benchmark for responsible management.
The Carnegie Institution will be a private corporation separate from government aid and oversight. Its initial board will include notable figures such as the vice president, chief justice, a Washington mayor, and members from Congress, with a 27 to 30 member trusteeship and a large endowment enabling ambitious grounds and building plans. Also mentions Mr Gilbert Parker in Canada, Kipling controversy, and criticism of Mr Bryan over sympathy to the Boers.
A collage of humor items and medical science snippets from various papers. Jokes about looks and bonds sit beside a spill of scientific explantions on nerve impulses and gelation. The Everett-Mooore syndicate shifts toward Everett Wrest as a name, while a Boston tuberculosis expert casts doubt on cod liver oil as essential.
A fragment notes the successful treatment of phthisis and reassures readers who have encountered the malodorous chemical that the remedy has been effective. The passage casts relief against the nuisance of the scent and frames the treatment as a positive outcome for patients and the public.
The Panama canal directors voted to offer their property to the United States for 40 million dollars, worth the isthmian canal commission value. The Panama route promises lower cost, shorter distance, reduced operating expenses, natural harbors, and a ready railway, with Nicaragua cited mainly for sentiment and political rhetoric.
J Bierpont Morgan’s end of year bonus averaged about 75 percent of salary, boosting morale. The plan distributes a lump sum from $500 to $10,000, encouraging savings and investments rather than weekly increases. The bank’s bonus totaled ~250,000 dollars, equivalently 4 percent returns on a 36 million stake, implying clerks share in the bank’s earnings.
Kansas City Journal reports W G Vincent and Thomas Foley of Hutchinson Kan plan to market a liquid claimed to cure a jag in about fifteen minutes by inhalation. They say it soberizes a drunken man, and offer demonstrations to chemists and reporters to prove the preparation’s worth.
The price for interoceanic canal rights through Nicaragua and Costa Rica is quoted as twenty five million four fifths for Nicaragua and one fifth for Costa Rica. Negotiations may soften the figure and might fall to zero when Panama talks resume. The article notes the broad advantage to Nicaragua or Colombia if the canal is built through their lands and suggests Nicaragua could concede the route for nothing to avoid losing the canal.
Representative Kahn of California praises Filipino music taste in a Washington letter. He recalls visiting Iloilo with friends, hearing a local Filipino band begin Dixie when Americans arrived, noting the natives’ skill at learning tunes by ear and linking the tune to American identity through a Tennessee regiment’s camp.
The New York Mail and Express reports a cordial Indy gathering where Senator Fairbanks declares no factions exist and all will back the President while Senator Beveridge rejects talk of contest over offices and forecasts a strong Roosevelt record.
Report says Miss Stone may retire to a back pew in Chelsea if verification confirms the rumor. The public, sympathetic yet tired, would be served by her quiet gesture and withdrawal to the far corner pew.
Governor Leslie Mortier Shaw, newly named head of the Treasury, is depicted as plain, practical, and maps driven. Anecdotes recount his frugal ways, democratic manner, and habit of carrying maps to illustrate fiscal points. The piece notes his background, wife’s readiness for Washington society, and earlier political rise from Milwaukee posts to national prominence.
Henry C Payne, newly named postmaster general in Roosevelt's Cabinet, is described as unassuming and abstinent. The former Milwaukee postmaster rose from an errand boy to his current role, with wife Lydia Vandyke noted for devotion amid long invalidism. Louise James joins the Payne household in Washington.
A Chicago postmaster's Christmas enforcement of postage for written matter exposes absurdities in the rate system. The piece urges adopting a simple rule: sealed parcels or those with written content pay 2 cents minimum, but books and merchandise rates apply otherwise, eliminating discrimination against written matter and reducing burden on mail handlers. Implementing this would preserve revenue while easing processing and could influence international postal practices.
M A L Judson of Clinton Iowa praises a governor and recalls telling a good story about a noted public man during an interview in the Washington Post. The anecdote centers on local pride and a revered state leader.
A visiting guest tours the Governor Shaw dome in Des Moines and learns the best view is from the other side. Shaw says only one other view in the world rivals the city panorama, then reveals it is the view from the dome’s opposite side.
The Edison battery uses perforated steel plates with mixed iron and graphite for the positive electrode and nickel and graphite for the negative. Potash electrolyte preserves the vessel and boosts durability. It may deliver two to three times the service per weight of lead batteries and charge faster, though cost remains high. Weigh reduction and faster charging could transform transportation, powering tugs, torpedo boats, trucks, and electric vehicles.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat recounts a veteran merchant's wary view on child kidnappings. He recalls a Vincennes Indiana case where a boy vanished after a trestle accident, later found dead in a water barrel. The tale underscores mob violence risks and the difficulty of proving abductions.
Michigan Senator Burrows, a vigorous worker for constituents, is pictured in a long cape overcoat visiting various departments from morning until afternoon. He humorously tells reporters he has not been offered the Navy portfolio and recalls a stop at the Agricultural Department where a plant was given for his wife.
The article notes that many officials, including Police Commissioner Murphy, kept extensive scrapbooks of press clippings, costing city time and resources, while Jacob Hees avoided the habit. It cites others who preserve volumes of their own misdeeds, and mentions Marconi in passing.
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