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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1902
Page
4
The page lists subscription rates for the Indianapolis Journal and options for prepaid weekly editions, plus agent distribution details and postal rates. It also notes places where the paper can be found and contains a political commentary section discussing Democratic harmonization, figures like Bryan Watterson Croker and global topics including Panama Canal officials and J Pierpont Morgan in Venice.
A historical column notes a likely Fourth of July display of American loyalty in the Philippine islands and hints at a war ending proclamation. It comments on Democratic papers supporting Mr. Watterson’s attacks on Roosevelt and mocks Champ Clark’s remarks about Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin being Republicans.
Report notes colonial troops attending the London coronation feel snubbed for not being assigned marching places while Britain seeks closer ties with its colonies after South African War aid. Also mentions Bryan skipping a Tilden Club banquet, hinting at party dynamics. Jeffersonville Indiana to celebrate centennial as land deal traced to Thomas Jefferson. Havana dispatch says Palma to propose $3,000,000 aid to Cuban sugar growers and cattle raisers.
The text notes a rate of 530 cents per twenty five pounds to be returned in two installments in February and March. It mentions a premium paid to cattle breeders for each cow imported for breeding up to 10,000 and free admission of such cattle beyond duty. It argues the legislation shows Cubans ready to adopt practical relief measures, but does not alter the duty obligations of the United States.
The Pittsburg Dispatch backs protection and rebuffs revenue tariffs, arguing tariff for revenue is dead like free silver. It notes Wilson-Gorman, McKinley era shifts, and global moves toward protection, citing Northern states and European examples.
A New York dispatch reports a 4000 ton coal shipment from Wales now on the way as an experimental import due to the strike. The piece notes the cheap ocean transport and warns that a wider coal shortage could push Britain to reclaim the leading role in production, while detailing historic US coal output comparisons and the potential effects on anthracite and bituminous supplies.
Indiana, part of the central field, ranked sixth among states in coal production. Pennsylvania, Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio and Alabama outproduced it. Indiana yielded 6,484,086 short tons valued at $6,687,137, with a steady rise since 1896 and a 7 percent gain over 1899. Sixty counties mined, led by Clay and Vigo in 1900, total output rising from 900,000 tons in 1873 to 6,451,056 tons in 1900. A looming strike could further damage both local and regional coal supplies.
Minneapolis Tribune editorial argues that opposition to Cuban reciprocity by Minnesota Republicans stems from motives to humili ate the president. It asserts the nation seeks closer Cuba trade, and those who oppose it for petty reasons will damage yet empower the president.
The Louisville Courier-Journal frames Col. Watterson’s broadside against President Cleveland as a personal assault rather than a policy critique. It notes Cleveland’s consistent free trade stance and Watterson’s shifting views, signaling a party riven by internal factions and looming strategic losses.
The piece contrasts party lines on Grover Cleveland and Bryan with an anticipated clash among Democrats. It also reports a New Orleans dispatch alleging Boer sympathizers inoculated horses shipped from near New Orleans with glanders and malignant anthrax, risking spread to humans and animals in South Africa.
An eighty three year old orderly sergeant from a Mexican war company in Paris Illinois held a reunion with the company roster as his only company. He called the roll to silent trees as witnesses and reflects the fading memory of comrades from over fifty years ago. A Washington note adds that a Cuba reciprocity treaty may reach Senate as a single proposition for quick ratification or rejection.
A collage of jokes and quips from Ohio State Journal and Philadelphia Press humor pages. Bits include a boy’s bath fear and a brittle diamond gag, a wife’s income quip, a pastor’s lofty metaphor, and a cartoonish encounter with Mrs Clague reflecting social banter and suburban foibles.
Mrs. Ferguson demands control after firing a hired girl who refuses to quit. Mr. Ferguson dodges responsibility insisting he is only the master of the house while Laura advises them to settle the matter themselves.
The Chicago Evening Post notes the Western Association of Writers will hold its annual meeting at Winona Lake Indiana next week. It praises a mix of known and unknown writers while warning against success eroding artistic integrity. It warns against trends toward literary business and cautions about writers like Riley Tarkington and J Ade as potential signs of decline.
A review of George B Lockwood’s The New Harmony Communities traces the Indiana site’s influence on education, social reform, and science. It highlights New Harmony as a cradle of universal education, infant schooling, and early prohibition, while noting the work’s solid sourcing, illustrations, and Marion, Indiana origin.
A review describes an Englishman author of Col lections and Recollections style memoirs. The book, dedicated to Robert Earl of Crewe, favors old times over modern democracy and covers topics from monarchy to universities, aristocracy, manners, and women. Harper Brothers publishes.
The Little Brother follows a runaway boy adopted by a hobo who trains him to beg. The tale draws from Flynt’s tramp life studies and portrays the boy’s pride in improving train riding and thinly veiled hunger as he travels north with companions. The dialogue shows hardship, improvised shelter, and the haunting question of whether a home exists for the homeless.
By Wymond Carey, the tale centers on Monsieur Martin, an English tutor who falls for Countess Ebba. He rises from tutor to soldier and confidant of the king amid intrigue, violence, and danger during Charles II of Sweden’s reign, ending in reunion and hopeful sunshine after tragedy.
A French novel translated by Alys Hallerdin follows two American women abroad in Paris and Rome. Narrated by a foreign onlooker, the story probes independence and social constraints through Mrs. Ronald and Dora Carroll. The French narrator offers partial truths and blunt judgments, highlighting cultural perspectives.
Cyrus Townsend Brady weaves a mid twelfth century tale set in Frederick Barbarossa's Germany. The emperor, in love with Countess Matilda, seeks divorce to wed her, but she loves young Hohengollern. Plot twists involve capture, loyalties tested, and a perilous struggle as loyalties shift, ending happily in a medieval mood.
Ellen Glasgow’s historical Virginia novel The Battle Ground depicts prewar and Civil War life, showing slave era hardships, plantation strains, and Southern soldiers’ steadfast devotion. Doubleday, Page & Co. New York publishes a vivid, sympathetic portrait likely to draw readers.
L. C. Page & Co introduces a series presenting selected works from nineteenth century writers. The inaugural volume The Best of Balzac offers seven pieces including Adieu La Grande Breteche The Duel Master Cornelius Love and Chasm The Meeting In the Convent and A Passion In the Desert with a critical essay by editor Alexander Jessup. Future volumes noted include The Best of Stevenson and The Best of Poe.
A Westmoreland romance centers on two granddaughters of Richard Carrodusone. One is illegitimate and disowned, the other daughter of a disinherited musical son who settled in Germany. The latter becomes heiress to a vast hoard, not the titled heir Eleanor.
A brisk 18th century love story by T. Wilson Wilson with Beewih Marie Dix and Carrie A Harper. An English noble travels from England to Canada and Massachusetts, pursuing romance amid dramatic adventures. Published by D. Appleton & Co as Town and County Library series.
A romance recounts the unstable life of Ercole Rinaldo d Este, hereditary Prince of Modena, whose roaming nature sparks a tragic tale by Elisaeth Normeley Larimer. heroine Antonine ia, a Huguenot maiden, loves him in exile, but he won’t abandon status. She sacrifices herself. Published by A C McClurg Co Chicago.
The latest work by Rita blends Irish gentry life with an attractive English heroine and lively dialogue. A murder mystery drives the plot as Standish emerges as a villain of the blood-and-thunder school, keeping readers engaged from start to finish.
Mary Fisher debuts with Gertrude Dorrance, the tale of a gifted daughter of a failing musician who bears family woes. The plot is only passable and execution lacks polish. Published by A. C. McClurg & Co. in Chicago.
The Indianapolis Journal notes Kansas marked twenty-one years of prohibitory law on the first of May. Speakers include Governor Stapley, Professor James H. Canfield, Judge W. C. Webb, Senator Buchan, and officials like J. W. Hamilton and P. G. Lowe. They praise reduced crime, lower costs, and social improvement, while contrasting with earlier anti prohibition views.
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