Daily Journal 1901 Society and News Items
The passage outlines a June 1901 issue of The Daily Journal with subscription rates, distribution details, and mailing options. It also covers editorials on political topics including General Grant, the third-term debate, and remarks on Senators Quay and Dietrich, plus notes on military academy discipline, Philippine regiments, and a Cash Register Company strike with pay and welfare details. Strong entities include The Daily Journal, The Journal Newspaper Company, General Grosvenor, Senator Quay, Dietrich, Stark, and the National Cash Register Company. The piece references locations in Indianapolis and other cities, and dates around 1901.
Virginia Convention Debate on Negro Vote Strategy
A convention to revise Virginia's Constitution debates disfranchising Black voters. Analysts question risks if white counties swing Republican while Democratic counties show large majorities. The piece recalls Cortelyou rising from White House stenographer under Cleveland to Cabinet consideration.
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Virginia
Benevolent Orders Advertise Low Early Life Insurance Rates
Benevolent orders promote very low initial life insurance rates hoping to attract new members. They fail to note that as members age, death losses rise, and plans set a forty year limit, restricting coverage and renewal possibilities.
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Geveral
It 40
Insurance by benevolent groups must use age based rates
The text argues that death rates rise with age making flat rate plans unsustainable. It warns that organizations over thirty years old often raise assessments to survive and many members drop out. A durable plan should base premiums on experience tables and age distinctions, not equal rates for all ages.
Indianapolis Should Welcome Interurban Lines For Trade Growth
A Indianapolis newspaper urges embracing interurban rail to boost outward and inward traffic. It argues residents should not block lines, rights of way should favor out-of-city travelers, with fair fares and reasonable city taxes. The piece condemns petty politics and urges support for rapid interurban entry.
Imperialism and Cuba Philippines progress defended in editorial
The editorial argues that U S efforts in Cuba and the Philippines will succeed despite opposition. It asserts Cuba enjoys security and liberty under civil governance while warning against handing power to demagogues. In the Philippines civil government advances, Spanish rule exactions end, Manila improvements proceed, and education accompanies citizenship.
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Washington
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Congress
United States
Spain
Manila
Imperialism critique and false report debunked
Opinion argues against anti imperialism claims three years ahead and asserts American civilization as the best gift from U S policy. It also debunks a Chicago paper report about two Seymour brothers dying from lemon extract, clarifying the incident occurred in Seymour Iowa, a prohibition town, where excess thirst led to poisonings.
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Mr. Bryan
United States
McKinley
Chicago
Seymour
Ind
From Hither and You Private Opinion and Wit
A collage of quips and light sketches from newspapers and magazines. It cites remarks about piano on the Sabbath, colonial days, a witch, a trick with a stuffed canary, and comic exchanges in a trio of urban publications. The tone is satirical and playful.
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Chicago News
Miscellaneous Brevities From The Nation's Desk
A collection of terse notes reports legal defeats for a London bank in Nicaragua. A Fremont Ia man dies in a grain-elevator fire. Port Royal mine disaster fatalities reach eighteen with thirteen bodies in the pit. Ruth Hanna to christen the cruiser Cleveland in Bath Maine. Scorpion gunboat crew desertion triggers hunt. Buffalo pastor Burris A Jenkins accepted as Ohio University president. Pan-American Exposition honored by Hay and Root in Niagara Falls area. Milwaukee doctors lead American Medico-Psychological Association. Governor Samford remains laid in state in Montgomery. Mexican authorities detain twenty cases of antiquities seized from Saville. National Editorial Association tours Niagara Falls area. Leonard Kranze and a Michigan woman wed in Chicago amid smallpox scare. The groom ill with smallpox, bride vaccinated, both under health supervision.
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Supreme Court of Nicaragua
London Bank of Central America
Nicaragua
Frank Gunn
Fremont
John Kennel
Harvey Beveridge
McKeesport
Port Royal
Ruth
Hanna
Cleveland
Bath
Stix
United States
Scorpion
Memphis
Sargent
Burris A. Jenkins
The
Christian Church
Buffalo
N. Y
Ohio University
Hay
Elihu Root
Niagara Falls
Milwaukee
R. J. Preston
Marion
American Medico-Psychological Association
G. Alder Blumer
Rhode Island
B. Burr
Flint, Mich
Montreal
Samford
Montgomery
Ala
Tuscaloosa
Supreme Court Room
Capitol
Opelika
Marshal K. Saville
New York
Saville
Mitla
Professor Saville
City
Mexico
National Editorial Association
Chippewa
Ueenstown
Lewiston
International Navigation Company
Niagara Falls Park and River
Great Gorge
Niagara Frontier
Horseshoe
Leonard Kranze
Michigan
Chicago
Marine City
Mich
Kranze
Crimes of Various Degrees Feature National Outrage
A well to do stockman Julius C Benton shot his wife through a Denver window and then killed himself. Mrs Benton was daughter of ex State Auditor John W Lowell. The third trial of Dr Samuel J Kennedy for murder in New York's Grand Hotel nears end. Sheriff W T Morris wounded in Kennedy Tex clash as he arrested two Mexicans. Morris mortally wounded by one assailant, other fled. Melville Chester Findlay charged with forgery waived prelim and held to grand jury in 2400 bonds. son of Kansas City businessman Yale educated. Gustavus Schriekengast took pauper oath to avoid Congress action to remove him from Montana Penitentiary for counterfeit fine. Congress considered actions to address his parole status after term.
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Julius C. Benton
Denver
W. T. Morris
Kennedy
Tex
Morris
Texas
Melville Chester Findlay
Chicago
Findlay
Kansas City
Yale
Gustavus Schriekengast
Lay
Congress
Montana State Penitentiary
Idaho
Fed
Kennedy Trial Witness Barred From Defamation Theory
Kansas City June 12 Judge Wofford barred Edward W. Lewis from jurors as a defense witness in Lulu Prince Kennedy murder case. The proffered testimony claimed Kennedy was wronged and promised marriage by Phil Kennedy, who later refused to marry. The court required corroboration and ruled the statement not to the jury.
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Kansas City
Wofford
Lulu Prince Kennedy
Kennedy
Lulu
Lewis
Phil Kennedy
Mr. Nearing
Phil
Grand Rapids
Miss Prince
Jury Panel Drawn in Morrison Murder Case
In Eldorado Kansas on June 12 the jury selection began for the Jessie Morrison murder case. After exhausting the first 36 regular and special jurors noon, eleven were passed for cause by the State and a new venire of 36 was drawn. The defense motion for a continuance was again refused.
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Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
International Y M C A Boston Convention Opens With Notable Speakers
Delegates flood Mechanics Hall as the Y M C A International Convention begins sessions on progress over fifty years. William E. Dodge rebukes a Boston Museum of Fine Arts reception criticism. Noted speakers include Major General Joseph Wheeler Rear Admiral Higginson Captain Hobson and Colonel Guild presiding. A reception at the Museum of Fine Arts follows. In Cincinnati the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church opens with delegates from multiple states. Dr Lake delivers the opening discourse.
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Boston
Mechanics’ Hall
Y. M. C. A. International
William E. Dodge
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Joseph Wheeler
F. J. Higginson
A. V. Wadhams
United States Navy
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Curtis Guild, Jr
General Wheeler
Captain Hobson
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Museum of Fine Arts
Cincinnati
General Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church
First Reformed Presbyterian Church
Cession
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
Ohio
Indiana
Ninois
Kansas
Minnesota
Tennessee
Nova Scotia
J. Y. Bolce
D. D
Philadelphia
J. H. Kendall
Tarentum
Affinities Wedded in a Colorado Lecture Incident
Chicago dispatch reports Rev. M S Riddell lecturer on love courtship and marriage caused a mix up at a Baptist Church in Colorado Springs. Two couples strangers before his talk were allegedly joined in a marriage ceremony by the reverend amid misread lines and stage mimicry.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Colorado Springs
Col
Anthony Tweedlepunch
M.S. Riddell
Riddell
Colorado
Baptist Church
Annual Postmasters Pay Adjustments Reflect Prosperity Wave
Washington June 12 The annual adjustment raises salaries for 1 770 postmasters July 1 while 229 see cuts totaling 28 400 dollars The net increase amounts to 157 200 dollars Most gains cluster around 100 200 and 300 with a few larger rises New London Kingston Lima Shreveport Lockport Columbia Quincy Long Island Sioux Falls Winona Mount Vernon Parkersburg are elevated to higher classes Sixty nine move up from third to second class and sixteen from second to first while Middletown Pa drops from second to third Only 16 offices are discontinued during the year
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Washington
New Orleans
Middletown
New London
Conn
Kingston
N. Y
Lima
National banks subject to monthly circulation tax
Washington reports clarify that besides the annual internal revenue tax of 2 per thousand of capital stock, every national bank issuing circulating notes must also pay a monthly tax of one twelfth of one percent on the average circulation. The circulation tax goes to the United States treasurer, while the special tax is paid to the local internal revenue collector.
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Washington
Yerkes
United States
Internal Revenue
Dr. Rixey reports Mrs. McKinley improving steadily
Dr. Rixey, departing the White House after a late visit, said Mrs. McKinley is progressing very nicely with improvement continuing steadily and that the heat is not affecting her materially.
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Washington
Brunner Wins Cleveland Public Building Plan in National Jury
Washington report notes Arnold W. Brunner of New York is selected by a board of award from thirteen leading architects for the Cleveland public building. Secretary Gage and Assistant Secretary Taylor approve the board’s report. Also mentions marriages, divorces, naval notes, and an irrigation expert’s accident and amputation.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
W. E. Kurtz
Indianapolis
Arlington
G.S. Fowler
Fort Wayne
Raleigh
Cleveland
Board of Award
Arnold W. Brunner
New York
Gage
Taylor
United States
C. A. Coolidge
Chicago
T. C. Young
St. Louis
J. M. Carroll
Peabody
Boston
James Knox Taylor
The
Treasury
Elizabeth Moore Flagier
General Flagier
G. W. Mackin
Nova Scotia
Guam
Navy Department
Naval Station
P. A. Hern
Naval
Hall
Peking
Legation Guard
Myers
Elwood Meade
Department of Agriculture
Meade
Cheyenne
Wyo
Movements of Steamers Across Atlantic ports
New York note lists arrivals and departures of multiple liners. Lahn arrives from Bremen and Southampton. Majestic sails to Liverpool. Friesland to Antwerp. Fuerst Bismarck passes to Plymouth Cherbourg and Hamburg. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sails from Bremen Southampton to New York. Germanic arrives at Queenstown from New York bound for Liverpool. Staten dam arrives at Rotterdam from New York.
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New York
Lahn
Bremen
Southampton
Majestic
Liverpool
Friesland
Antwerp
Lizard
Fuerst Bismarck
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Hamburg
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Queenstown
Germanic
Rotterdam
Statendam
Honored by Their King at Horse Guards Parade
London witnesses a grand Medal presentation by King Edward to 5,000 South African campaign soldiers on Horse Guards Parade. Notables include Lord Roberts, Lord Milner, and Captain the Duke of Marlborough among medal recipients. The event blends cavalry regiments, foreign attaches, time expired veterans, and a royal procession lasting nearly three hours.
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London
Horse Guards
Edward
St. James Park
Guards
Household Cavalry
City Imperial Volunteers
Admiralty Horse Guards
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Carlton House Terrace
Frank Greene
Princess Victoria
Lord Roberts
Lord Milner
St. Petersburg
Imperial launch of battleship Zachringen at Kiel
Emperor William with Prince Henry and cabinet chiefs witnessed the launch at Germania yards. A crane collapse during shore removal killed two and wounded three. The battleship Zachringen was christened by the Grand Duchess of Baden as the Hohenzollern yacht salutes sounded.
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Kiel
Emperor William
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Germania Yards
Hohenzollern
Baden
Boers Captured by British Near Swaziland Border
British forces under General Pulteney report capturing a Boer party on the Swaziland border. Included among the captives is a brother of acting President Schalkburger, as of June 12 from Pretoria dispatches.
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Pretoria
Pulteney
Schalkburger
Swaziland
Papal Audience and International Mayhem in Europe
The Pope received Mer O Connell of Portland Maine in audience. Warsaw dispatches report arrests of prominent Poles including Niewiedomski. Mrs Botha arrived Brussels welcomed at the railway. Maya rebels in Yucatan number 150 and lack ammunition. Cane is dead. General Booth thought ill, but only chilled and fatigued. Russia bars German company securities without De Witte sanction. Emperor Francis Joseph visits Prague with 300 companions for Bohemian reconciliation. Labouchere fined for contempt of court. Copyright talks in Leipsic push standardization and protection. Holls reports to Von Buelow of high regard for The Hague Court. Pope discusses Philippines and Cuba orders with Cardinal Gibbons. White hosts Harnack at Berlin dinner praising progress of universities in Germany and America.
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Mer. O'Connell
Portland
Warsaw
Niewiedomski
Botha
Louis Botha
Brussels
Leyds
Yucatan
Prudencio Cane
London
William Booth
Salvation Army
M. de Witte
Berlin
Russia
Francis Joseph
Prague
Bohemia
Henry Labouchere
King’s Bench Court
Labouchere
Horace Vouels
Truth
Bruce
Philimore
Publishers’ Congress
Leipsic
Frederick W. Holls
United States
International Arbitration Court
the Hague
Count von Buelow
von Buelow
William
Hague Tribunal
Holls
Vienna
Rome
Temps
Paris
Pope
Cardinal Gibbons
Philippines
Cuba
Andrew D. White
Berlin University
Dr. Harnack
Fiske
Archdeacon Tiffany
F. W. Holls
White
Germany
America
Harnack
Trade and Industry Notes From Chicago and Pueblo
The Ohio O Company bought the Echo Oil Company assets at Findlay comprising seven hundred acres of leases and fifty producing wells for 175000. Colorado Fuel and Iron Co contracts for a wire mill nail mill and hoop mill to be built at Pueblo with total cost 4000000. Illinois Steel stockholders met in Chicago and M C Schwab of United States Steel was elected to the board. no officer changes. National Grain Growers Cooperative Association in St Paul re elected its old officers. Samuel H Greeley attended with a set of responses.
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Ohio O' Company
Echo O1l Company
Black
Findlay
Chicago
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Pueblo
Ilinois Steel Company
M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
National Grain Growers’ Co-operative Association
St. Paul
Samuel H. Greeley
National Association
Illinois Grain Growers’ Association
Board of Trade Aids Prohibition Push and Firm Changes
Resolutions adopted without opposition urge Congress to raise internal tax on bucket shops. Eugene Arnstein and Eugene Meyer to retire from Lazard Freres. Charles Altschul and Rieser to join. Ohio Valley conference seeks river improvements and a new five and harbor bill. Deputy Sheriff Findley seizes $15 debt. appeal planned. Chicago Board of Trade sues Odell Commercial for using quotations, seeking injunction in Cleveland court.
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Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Louisville
Congress
Hoffman
York
Findley
Edward
Stokes
Chicago Board of Trade
United States
Cleveland
Odell Commercial Company
Telegraph Companies
Odell Company
Board of Trade
Fund to Protect Employers From Strike Use
National Metal Trades Association adjourned after approving a $500000 strike fund for the employers. The fund will back the strike committee to aid pickets and support fellow workers in disputes, with members including Schwan hausner, Young, Watkins, Bliss, Payne, Sayle, Durban, Lodge, and Gilbert. The convention backed principles on hours and local settlements while awaiting broader federation guidance.
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New York
National Metal Trades Association
William Schwanhausner
Brooklyn
John W. Young
Milwaukee
W. Watkins
Charles Bliss
Ansonia
N. B. Payne
Elmira
S W. Sayle
Cleveland
Thomas B. Durban
Pacific Coast
Sigeeees
San Francisco
Seattle
Portland
West
National Association
Newport News Shipyard to lay off 1000 as strike widens
Newport News Virginia June 12 It was announced this morning that one thousand men will be laid off at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company due to the machinists strike, bringing total out of work to two thousand and signaling possible plant closure by night. The report says other shipyards nationwide refuse to meet machinists demands, expecting further indefinite shutdowns.
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National ‘Cash Register Company
Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Butchers in San Francisco Strike Over Union Label
The San Francisco butchers who refuse the union label walked out yesterday. The Butchers Union in the city has about 1.89 members. In Rochester North Carolina about 2,000 workers struck on street improvement contracts, attacked a rival gang, police dispersed rioters, and halted work on other contracts. The grievance committee of Maine Central Railway employees received word Canadian Pacific engineers will refuse to pull trains without patrolled crews. The bar iron wage talks set for Cleveland next Tuesday aim to raise base wages. Amalgamated Association fixed a base rate of one cent per pound with 60 miles of Maine Central line as the benchmark. further increases expected across six finishing departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Butchers’ Union
Rochester
N. C
Maine Central Railway
Canadian Pacific
Maine Central
Cleveland
Amalgamated Association
Imperial Cup Handicap Won at Lingfield Park by Flambard
Richard Croker's Flambard with Relff up won the Imperial Cup handicap at Lingfield Park in England during the spring meeting. Ten horses started. The Nutmeg Athletic Club offers a $10 purse for a McGovern Sullivan fight on July 4. McGovern accepts and the matchmaker seeks Sullivan's signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Croker
Relff
Lingfield Park
England
Nutmeg Athletic Club
Te McGovern
Dave Sullivan
Harttonn
McGovern
Sullivan
Judge
Stone
Coliseum
Troy
Halma
Hanover
Charles Fleiachmann
Sona
Jean de Roscke
Alvin J. Kraenziein
University of Pennsylvania
Stinson
Providence
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Vine
Union News Company
Union Depot
Washington, DE. C
Riges
Ebbitt and Willard’s
Daily
Sunday Journal
United Or
Canada
Grosvenor
Quay
Haggart
Deitrich
Stark
Point
Spellman
Jones
Connecticut
Lulu France Kennedy
Grant
Presit
Cortelyou
White House
George F. McCulloch
Union Traction Company
Washington Street
Anderson
Muncie
Greenfield
Franklin
Citizens’ Company
Union Station
Massachusetts Avenue
Puck
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Post
Weill
Braussy
Chicago Tribune
Lulu Prince
Mer
Aline Smith
Ayers
Wes
Eugene Ort
Joan
Army
Navy
Reformed Presbyterian Synod
Mrs. McKinley
National Capital Notes
A. W. Brunner
Cable Notes
Metal Trades Association Fund
Chalmers
Niance
Herald
Machinists
National Trades Association
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
American Federation of Labor
General Sporting News
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