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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1902
Page
5
A condensed review discusses the Hepburn canal bill and Panama as a potential route, mentions Democrats factions led by Kern Burke and Shively, and notes Fleming’s upset in New York politics. It cites Bryanism, the Jackson Day speeches, a Minnesota attorney general action, and Canadian troops bound for South Africa.
The piece lauds the Supreme Court Gallup ruling as just and well received by the public. It thanks Attorney General Taylor for his vigorous pursuit of the case. It notes a Fort Wayne electric light contract offer reducing lamp cost and the city’s potential 2 percent gross receipts transfer. The article also discusses Senator Fleming’s defeat, Fort Wayne party dynamics, and views on the Isthmian canal question with remarks on Nicaraguan route advocacy and Democratic leadership.
A committee of workingmen appointed by the Chicago Federation of Labor investigated the subject of facts in the public schools and cited to report favorably regarding all the alleged facts. They find that most of the so called facts are useful and that their teaching does not interfere with the three E's.
A committee member says union labor arguments have long been treated as truth but are a detriment to offspring. He notes progress in education methods alongside other reforms and wishes such views had appeared earlier in his life.
This excerpt weighs Andrew Jackson against contemporary Jacksonian Democrats, noting his veto of the National Road bill and the shift to a gold standard. It critiques spoils politics, defalcations by New York officials, and widespread inefficiency, arguing Jackson’s integrity was undermined by his trust in friends.
The Interstate Commerce Commission probe into transportation reveals widespread law violations across major railroads and packing houses in the West. Testimony shows rebates amounting to millions, with leaders admitting noncompliance and calling pooling as a remedy, despite laws designed to curb such evils.
The piece argues that continued spring prosperity masks rail rate cutting, rebates, and discrimination. It urges breaking up the system and punishing offenders, noting the law's penalties for railroads and shippers and ICC enforcement by U.S. courts. Investigations in Chicago are expected to uncover fuller facts for possible legal actions.
Congress debates two similar Philippine government bills. The Lodge Senate measure legalizes the Philippine Commission and sustains U S control under armed resistance. The Cooper House bill ends Commission rule by Jan 1 194 with a Filipino legislature and American-appointed governor and cabinet, while preserving lands, internal improvements, and franchises. Democrats oppose the Republican plan.
Chicago inquiry into interstate rail rates grows from a presidential cue. The piece notes Roosevelt urging amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, disputes over rebates, favored rates, and the need for fair open rates. It also covers McKinley Memorial fundraising by Indiana clergy praising his Christian character and urging small donations.
Clergymen from several churches plan to take up collections on January 19 for the McKinley monument. The dispatches show the Emperor and Empress of China orchestrating a dramatic return of the imperial court to Peking to save face, a spectacle likely to leave a lasting impression on observers.
Hon. Charles G. Dawes argues against asset currency and bank notes based on assets, urging no radical experiments and proposing an emergency circulation to avert panics. A Fairport correspondent posts a riddle about a night watchman shot at by burglars, noting a telegraph pole riddled with bullets.
The asset bank note idea mirrors earlier unsatisfactory state currency and could cede control of money to large banks by altering circulation. It would flood the country with redeemable paper, forcing banks to rediscount commercial paper. Depositors would lose first lien protection as bank notes based on notes like Smith’s gain priority over deposits. J H Claypool of Indianapolis warns against altering a safe banking system, arguing against such currency reform.
Franklin Ind January 3 Special to Indianapolis Journal Miss Eggleston’s recital drew hearty applause as classes attended en masse and song interludes punctuated the program. A large reception followed at the home of Prof and Mrs Crowell and Prof Bester honoring Miss Eggleston with over two hundred guests from across the state. The Webster Literary Society and Periclesian Society elected officers, while the Alpha Gamma Alpha Sorority hosted an afternoon tea and a chafing dish party. A. C. Everingham prepared for the state oratorical contest with his piece The Unsolved Problem on the negro question.
A collage of quips and witticisms from various papers. Jokes touch on Manila papers, kindness in illness, town reputations, and social fashions, with lines about lending money, ocean skating, and public perception of honesty. Readers are guided through light satire and humorous exchanges from multiple era sources.
A letter to the editor argues for a gold standard and criticizes a proposed national bank plan. It traces the path from 1875 to 1900, praising the gold standard and cautious of private capital control over money. The piece warns that a large private bank could erode government issue and redemption powers and favor a money supply tied to banks rather than the people.
London papers discuss Count Von Buelow's Reichstag speech and his rebuke of Chamberlain. Most editors see the German chancellor balancing German and British sensibilities, while The Standard alone faults him as offensive. The Times condemns his effort and defends Chamberlain, doubting any assurances were secured.
In memory of their son John Rockefeller McCormick the Harold McCormicks launched the Memorial Institute for Infectious Diseases in Springfield. It will start by researching scarlet fever using facilities of a current medical institution and will later house the project in its own building and expand its scope.
The Philadelphia Record notes ex-Governor Shaw balked at a zero salary for secretary of the treasury while a cabinet officer in Washington earns 3000 dollars and a Manila commissioner receives a similar rate, highlighting the expense burden and ill fit of the pay.
Streeter’s “Republic” sold yesterday at sheriff’s sale to satisfy a $7,500 judgment against a claimant. The sheriff warned no title guarantee and the buyer’s title could not exceed the claimant’s. The sale involved a dispute over alleged squatters and years of strife, centered on a tract described as the district of Michigan.
In Tishomingo I T Pete McKile and W C Vanney are held on charges of killing Thompson Pickens Chickasaw senator and leader found dead by the roadside near Tishomingo. The Chickasaw Legislature appropriated 750 dollars to probe the death.
Col. L. E. Messmore, 80, died in Los Angeles after his wife’s death last Monday. A Michigan native, he helped organize the Thirty first Wisconsin Infantry and led it in the Civil War. He was a prominent Mason and G. A. R. member.
Charles Olmstead of New York was tonight elected coadjutor to Bishop John F Spalding of Colorado by the diocesan convention. Several other candidates were considered and multiple ballots were taken.
A 1900s article describes a girlless contralless telephone system where users dial digits on a rotating dial to connect directly to others. Fall River Mass leads with 700 subscribers, Chicago plans 50 000 autophones, and Havana and Berlin test the machine as nations adopt automated exchanges with no operators.
Among celebrated figures across history a recurring pattern appears at age fifty six with many renowned leaders artists and scholars dying upon reaching that age. The list includes Dante Hugh Capet Henry VIII Henry IV Paganini Alexander Pope Marcus Aurelius Frederick I Maria Louise Saladin Stephenson Scipio Helvetius Henry II Julius Caesar Kingsley Prim Knox Van Tromp Lincoln Marryat Whitfield Leicester Spurzheim and Frederick II of Germany.
Chicago Journal reports resurrection of the McKinley assassination controversy by two organizations claiming they aim to teach humanity a lesson. Rev. J. H. Smith of Valparaiso Indiana argues that the assassination root lies in United States conditions, while another party presents a competing view.
The Christian Temperance Association argues liquor caused social ills and possibly influenced the assassin's actions, though doctors Dr. H. A. Spitaka and Dr. George S. Huntington reported the killer's brain was normal and the perpetrator sane, a conclusion echoed by scientists at the University of Chicago convention.
In Franklin Pennsylvania near Coal City a mother away from home left two McKim children and another child burn to death as their house burned. The McKim family previously lost three children in a prior fire five years earlier at the same residence. Nearby in Charlotte Roxie Johnson and her two young children perished in a home fire near Winds.
Seven hundred miners at the Buttonwood colliery of the Parish Coal Company quit for the discharge of nonunion men, officials refusals sparked the strike near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania. New Harvard professor Thomas Nixon Carver named to political economy from Sept. 1.
The tenth annual convention of the Nations League of Commission Merchants of United States opened in Philadelphia with City Solicitor John L. Kinsey welcoming attendees. The meeting will run through Saturday with officers to be elected Friday. Delegations from Boston Pittsburgh Omaha New York Louisville Cincinnati Chicago St Paul Richmond Mobile Minneapolis Denver Cleveland and Buffalo are represented.
After a five hour conference on wages, a tentative agreement was reached between the La ncers and Todd officials. A further meeting is set for tomorrow. Engineers sought pay increases of 9 percent on engines, 12 percent on passenger engines, and 7 percent on yard engines, all approximate. A voluntary raise for yard engine men was refused until a general settlement. Cleveland, C. January.
Ottawa report says Signor Ma announced completion of arrangements for a bathing station at Cape Breton. Government actions mentioned include a plant and a $100,000 amount tied to Marconi, with New York reference. Details unclear due to garbled OCR.
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