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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1902
Page
5
The July 1 1902 issue lists subscription prices and postage for The Daily Journal Indianapolis. It details weekly and annual rates, Sunday and daily copies, and reduced club rates. It also notes mailing and postage guidelines for domestic and foreign readers and lists newspaper distribution agents in multiple cities.
The item notes readers may have The Journal follow them by mail with flexible address changes. It mentions Uncle Sam’s ledger starting year with a large surplus, stamp tax repeal effects, political commentary on Bryan, Cleveland, and Dewey, canal towpath repurposed for an interurban trolley, and Congress budget shifts along with wage and profit data from 1850 to 1900. It also covers questions about a Philippine letter, and a Washington Agricultural Dept hog reform experiment.
The Journal questions a theory to train pigs by feeding clean straw and water in model quarters then offering a choice between such supplies and the usual slops. It argues hogs will prefer a mudhole to a porcelain tub, restoring to their natural rooting and wallowing instincts despite polite upbringing.
The piece argues Democratic senators block a reciprocal Cuba trade treaty until after the elections, blaming both parties for hampering relief to Cuban sugar planters. It cites Cuba’s sugar price, duties, and the Boston Journal’s praise for Roosevelt's reciprocity push, concluding Republicans and all Senate Democrats bear responsibility for the current Cuba situation.
The Kansas City Star attacks the Democratic House caucus for not endorsing a revenue only tariff. It argues the party leans toward protection, noting calls to revise duties on trust-made goods. The piece contrasts revenue only tariffs with protectionist aims, urging clear positions for voters and industry.
The Democratic House previously instructed its manufactures committee to probe trusts in Cleveland’s first term. The panel spent $10 000, heard many witnesses, and in its 1889 report after Harrison’s election noted numerous combinations affecting many industries but split on conclusions, offering facts for later Congresses to consider.
A historical editorial contrasts Republican and Democratic actions on trusts from Sherman Act use to antitrust enforcement. It extols the United States Steel Corporation as a beneficial, wage-boosting, price-stabilizing force, noting its restraint on prices, profit sharing with workers, and one strike over labor policy. The piece criticizes Senate dilatory tactics and comments on political figures and campaigns connected to tariff and trust debates.
The piece argues Miers’ shift from 16 to 1 to silence shows he never believed in silver policy and warns populists may align with Bryan’s platform. It recalls Bailey assaulting Beveridge after Senate adjournment and condemns such outrages, noting past episodes like Tillman McLaurin and a Money row over a fare.
A brief Los Angeles Herald item notes a sharp, light exchange with an Observant Person praising a man’s pride, comparing him to a country boy drafting his first letter on hotel stationery. The humor underscores vanity and self-conscious showmanship in social circles.
A collection of quips and lines from historical papers and sketches. The pieces reflect humor on pessimism domestic life and landlord tenant tensions delivered in a Provincetown style voice. The dialog references a janitor and a doctor with a toy pistol subplot.
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat snippet a bashful suitor longs for an ambassador and the demure Arabella maiden yields wedding vows. A Lattle Chronicle note recalls Ethel in Sabbath School, praised for good behavior until she explains a stiff neck caused her primness.
Jeffersonville Indiana June 30 Magistrate John H Hause longtime public figure in southern Indiana dies at sixty five. He is credited with marrying about six thousand nine hundred couples mainly elopers, rival to the late Justice Ephraim Keigwin who married many more decades earlier. Hause operated from a Front Street office near the fort with a windowed sign and a willing runner guiding eloping couples to his license office. Despite illness he continued to perform ceremonies from his bed, maintaining the same brisk pace and charm that made him a local celebrity in interior Kentucky.
In Baldwinsville New York a unique labor action declares Riverside Cemetery and the village jail unfair. The painters union bans burials and confinement there until fairness is restored. The Howard Opera House block had been ruled unfair weeks earlier by the same group.
By unanimous opinion the State Supreme Court declares Denver entitled to two million dollars bequeathed by George W. Clayton for the founding of Clayton College. The ruling affirms the city's claim to the funds for educational purposes.
The Philippine civil government bill provides a two house legislature with a native elected assembly after peace and a two year wait, with two Washington representatives. It authorizes bonds for friar lands, opens public lands to homesteaders, and tightens corporate land holdings while delaying banking reforms and mint plans. The report also outlines a war department response to a House resolution listing forty officers retired with higher ranks than their last promotion.
F. L. Underwood of New York, in Kansas City, is reported to be negotiating for a controlling stake in the National Bank of Commerce which holds deposits nearing 22 million dollars. He conferred with Dr. W. L. Woods, the bank’s largest stockholder, who did not confirm readiness to sell.
The account notes an assault on Beveridge after the Senate adjourned. Senator Spooner testified Bailey struck at Beveridge but missed. Fairbanks brought Judge Penfield into the discussion about access to State Department papers, and the Senate planned to take no official notice of the incident.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Bailey of Texas assaulted Senator Beveridge of Indiana after the Senate adjourned from executive session. Bailey, enraged by Beveridge’s remarks about Penfield, grabbed Beveridge by the throat, tearing neckwear as aides separated them. Witnesses and colleagues urged cooling off while Beveridge expressed regret but no personal resentment.
In Washington on a June day, Texas Senator Bailey clashed with Indiana Senator Beveridge on the Senate floor over Bailey's criticism of the State Department's handling of an American citizen’s case. After adjournment, Bailey assaulted Beveridge, who called Bailey’s remarks an unwarranted attack. Bailey demanded Beveridge withdraw his words first.
Senator Bailey is one year younger than Mr. Beveridge. Beveridge born on October 6, 182, and the Texan on October 6, 1863. Beveridge took a Senate seat on March 4, 18% and Bailey on March 4, 11. The Indiaman appears heavy though its muscles resemble an athlete. Batley is a large powerful man of the Southern fire eating order.
State of Colorado files to dissolve American Smelting and Refining Company and other smelter firms for monopoly, seeking forfeiture of rights and appointment of a receiver. Hearing on state’s right to proceed to be scheduled, with defendants to be informed of the complaint.
Eugene How ard aged forty nine shot his wife Catherine dead at their home on St Windsor avenue in Cleveland Ohio and then severed his own throat with a razor from ear to ear dying within moments. He was said to have been insane when committed.
In Havana on June 3 President Palma’s plan to expand the rural guard Cuba to 2438 men was read in the Senate. The proposal carries an annual cost of 1400 dollars.
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