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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1902
Page
4
A compact summary of notices and editorials from the Indianapolis Journal page. Content covers postal notices, subscription terms, and references to political and international items including Canada reciprocal trade, Pan American arbitration, Governor Shaw pardons, Caleb Powers, Prince Henry visit plans, Boer War casualty figures, and a stance on Indianapolis anti smoking ordinance and council authority.
Independent wire nail manufacturers seek to form a pool with the Can by which prices would rise from about 2 to 8 a keg. A prior 1890s wire nail combine set prices high, drew new plants, and caused prices to fall to 1.25. The American Steel and Wire Co appeared, control of nail machines followed, and prices around 2 to 3 were attempted. The text suggests a balance to avoid excessive profits that deter capital.
The text notes that all competitors except the Standard Oil Company have entered price wars, creating unprofitable competition. Vast capital is invested in plants beyond demand, wages suffer, and mills operate only half the year, harming both labor and capital.
The piece criticizes the Isthmian Canal Commission for reversing its stance on whether to favor the Nicaragua or Panama routes. It argues such shifts erode public trust, urges exhaustive, merit and cost balanced investigations of all routes, and warns against hasty congressional action. Senator Hanna’s views are noted, with calls for cautious, informed decisions.
The United Mine Workers convention in the city reviews U S coal output leadership since 1899 and notes the need for reasoned settlement with operators. It cautions against hasty wage cuts or strikes, urging free conferences and understanding to prevent most stoppages.
Before the convention, writers remind miners that all classes share aligned interests and duties to society and the public, urging calm conduct. They should remember their duty to the public and avoid emotionally charged issues.
The new measure favors a mail subsidy to establish regular service with South and Central America Asia and Australia and proposes initial subsidies near a million dollars annually with potential growth. It drops shipbuilding bounties and foreign ship purchase provisions while aiming to expand U S trade through mail contracts. The piece notes the bill resembles Harrison era policy and debates reciprocity and European reactions to U S Cuba policy while urging caution over possible changes.
Mr Ben Tillett told workingmen in Baltimore that their civil and political life is degraded and that Congress Senate judiciary would sell Jesus Christ. The remark drew replies noting the statement as a gross libel and implying many Americans in attendance disagreed.
A pensive maiden speaks of building a castle in the air while a gentleman questions the cornerstone, and a fragment references The True Reason in the Baltimore American as the Investigating Gentleman queries a Babconint about elt.
A collage of old newspaper quips and jokes describes a saloon keeper salt on free lunch to spark thirst, preserved sandwiches, velvet hands, a mother’s pride over sons who wore the blue, and a comical job interview remark about a sick month.
Edgar S. Maclay, at his Brooklyn home, declared no navy officer or naval associate biased his view of Admiral Schley. He said his charges stem from official Schley reports, denied any conspiracy, and noted some expressions were removed in a new edition of his history after Schley’s appeal to Roosevelt.
The London Times editorializes on British railways in the early twentieth century praising foot warmers as essential, while US trains face criticism for different heating methods. The piece notes a London terminus scene with porters and cramped carriages and cites Kipling urging islanders to wake up.
The Darien route, surveyed fifty years ago, offers a shorter ocean to ocean span than the Nicaragua option but requires a six mile tunnel through granite under the Andes. Estimates place the tunnel cost around 1,000,000 a contrasting advocate claims modern methods could cut it to 100,000. Congressional attention appears unlikely.
New York January 19 The murder trial of lawyer Albert T. Patrick begins in General Sessions with Assistant District Attorney Osborne leading. The case hinges on the testimony of landlady Mrs Addie M Francis who stands at the center of the defense and prosecution. The state seeks a conviction on grounds of dual motive involving woman and money as Rice’s fortune and forged will figures loom large.
The United Brotherhood of Railroad Employes adjourned after a week of meetings. Key actions included officer elections for two years and a comprehensive insurance plan covering annuity life, straight life, and benefits for disability or old age. Trainmaster George Astes of Roseburg was elected president. Officers and div bosses mainly from western states. Next session set for Chicago as the headquarter move proceeds.
At a university lecture on liquid air in Huron on January 19, Rev. R A Van de Las, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, was frozen on his right wrist. Gangrene followed and blood poisoning was feared, delaying his preaching for three weeks as doctors’ bills loom, with demand for payment from Davis's managers.
Miss Sarah Mackey of East Taylorville, age forty, suffers a nervous disorder causing extreme sneezing. On January 19 local doctor J H Dickerson reports she sneezed 137 times in one stretch then 96 and 52 in subsequent bursts, yet remains able to eat though body soreness is noted. Her prior convulsions years ago followed by recovery are recalled.
A government telegram reports Colima volcano again active and scientists link this to regional seismic activity. Renewed earthquake shocks were felt across parts of Mexico with a slight tremor observed Saturday afternoon. Governor Mora of Guerrero faces turmoil as a ruined city endures threats and guards patrol streets.
The bankers' Everett-Moore committee will meet tomorrow to pursue a plan aimed at preserving equity for syndicate members and preventing securities depreciation. It is now very likely that several properties will be sold and the syndicate interests in those properties disposed of.
The Rev Dr Charles H Parkhurst, president of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, issues a letter to Mayor Low asserting the new administration is unclear on civic rights and comparable to earlier corrupt regimes. He urges the mayor to align actions with established law, pressing suppression of open or clandestine violations. Mayor Low declines to comment.
In Washington on January 19, the Pension Office showcases an electric automatic sealer that licks and seals up to 25,000 envelopes daily for 60,000 western Pennsylvania pensioners each quarter. The device, fed open, dampens, folds, seals, and presses each envelope in moments, replacing the former manual, finger-wearing method. The machine, installed in the government building corridor, marks a weekly efficiency gain.
In Kaukaunee Wisconsin a joint meeting of Ap pleton Kaukaunee and Neenah lodges of the United Brotherhood of Paper Makers decided to close twenty five mills in Wisconsin. About 3000 laborers would lose jobs and over 780 tons a day would be cut from paper supplies. The union demands shorter hours and two weeks are given to manufacturers to reply. If refused a general strike may follow and spread through Northwest districts.
Cecil Rhodes is depicted as inherently fatalistic about his fate and that of others. The piece recalls his bold risks among tribes, such as entering a Matabele camp with a switch, and recounts Labram’s death near Kimberley after Labram’s escape stories. Rhodes insists on full-face portraits only, rejecting profile shots as a photographer’s constraint.
On the Celtic voyage from Liverpool to New York Earl and Countess de Grey travel with a history of multiple marriages and separations. The Countess faces the Durham divorce saga and the Tranby Croft affair, while she has publicly supported charity and even opened a London tea room to meet debts. Her royal favor remains, and she is linked to Lord De Grey as a future match in society circles.
Albert T. Patrick and Roland B. Molinieux share a cell facing each other in the Tombs prison where they are described as model inmates. They read and write, receive newspapers and magazines, and avoid the rougher prisoners as they await trials for murder by poison connected to the Rice case.
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