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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1901
Page
4
A condensed issue page includes subscription rates, mailing options, and distribution offices across cities. It also features editorial commentary on Philippine Junta leadership, Bryan's party impact, Hanna's primaries, Russia trade figures, Yonkers golf on Sunday, and Wanamaker’s Philadelphia street railway bid with fare ideas.
M L Lockwood of Buffalo filed affidavits with the Industrial Commission claiming Standard OV Company shipped its product in tanks to Germany at 2 cents a gallon while charging customers in Arkansas and Texas 6 cents a gallon where no competitors existed. No coal oil duty, so tariff cannot explain higher U S prices. affidavits may lack full facts.
An expert in the Chicago Record-Herald voices confidence that the U S wheat crop will be the largest ever harvested despite recent wind and rainstorms causing possible damage in Indiana and Illinois. He notes mixed reports but warns of potential injury while segueing into glass as a dwelling material with speculative praise for stone glass walls and a durable construction method from M Jules Henrivaux.
A历史 description notes a glass three times as resistant as granite to crushing, less heat sensitive than steel, and capable of hammer blows twenty times stronger than marble. Walls of such glass could be joined by angie iron to form hollow conduits for heat, water, gas and wires. If blocks could have four times granite abrasion resistance, it could be used locally where materials are abundant.
Promoters from Populists single tax public ownership advocates Silver Republicans and Socialists form the Allied Third Party. Leaders warn over Bryan’s stance as delegates debate Chicago platform alignment and potential party reorganization. Analysts note Bryan’s silence fuels unease about the Democratic future and his possible stance if Chicago platform is ignored.
The piece critiques Senator Depew and General Grosvenor for presuming to speak for the nation on a third term, noting the President’s clear opposition. It argues neither man had authority to preempt public judgment and warns that ultimate choice must come from the people, not boastful oratory.
The article argues that the Constitution left third terms to the people, noting a custom against a third consecutive term and the Dewey-Grosvenor case as evidence. It asserts no crisis has justified a third term and urges the public, not leaders, to decide if the question should reopen.
The machinists strike shows signs of early settlement with many employers yielding to demands. Railroads and major plants have reduced the out, Hoe Printing Press in New York and Corliss engine works in Providence among latest to concede. A National Civic Federation mediated meeting in New York is expected to lead to an agreement and a full resumption of production.
The Alabama constitutional convention grapples with an amendment to disfranchise Black voters while preserving white suffrage. Proposed disqualifications include illegitimacy, loafers, disease, treason, bribery, forgery, theft, burglary, bigamy, seduction, incest, murder, rape, and domestic abuse. It notes that if loafing were punished, whites would suffer most, but argues Southern Blacks who do not work are the true loafers. The piece says adoption is unlikely but reveals the drive to disenfranchise colored men and keep the white ballot.
The Philadelphia Press accuses a rival paper of hostility to American interests for condemning a treasury order on Russian coal that, in fact, had not been issued. The piece notes the misrepresentation aims to persuade European producers the administration seeks to shut out foreign goods. Also mentions Chicago Mayor Harrison’s July 4 fireworks restrictions and street safety steps.
Frank I. Serrit notes in Vincennes that supporters of Senator Fairbanks are gratified by his favorable reception nationwide as a presidential prospect. The piece hints at political maneuvering and the desire to capture the Senate, framing Fairbanks as a rising national figure.
The article notes a man likens Fairbanks to succeed the beloved President and emphasizes his wish for the party to triumph in the State and elect a legislature that will return him to Washington. Friends are urged to unite, remove doubt, and make re election assurances absolute.
A Detroit Journal excerpt features a stage vignette with a mother tearfully admitting her heart was not in the service while her son rises early to sell the evening papers, highlighting family sacrifice and religious setting. The dialogue contrasts morning duties with church attendance and child labor.
In a Park scene a rescuer named Miss Properleigh offers help as a maiden cries for aid. The drowning figure protests with mock urgency while a man named Mr Manley and Sarah Prymm declare moral stances on liquor. Hiram Knipper questions the claim of alcohol in the home.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt features a traveler criticizing a high fare of thirteen dollars and a half for a brief voyage. The steamer line agent explains the cost with an apologetic tone. In a moonlit plaza, Simpson confides in Felicia about loneliness and longing, and she reassures him of God’s love before they seek shelter indoors.
Judge Taft writes William Foulke that the Philippine civil service law, the fifth enacted, has never been suspended. It required time for rules and exams, with temporary appointees later needing competitive tests. Provincial officers and teachers are discussed, with gratitude to President and War Secretary for support and no complaints heard.
Harrisburg June 23 The Pennsylvania House bans shirt sleeves during sessions. Speaker William T Marshall rules coats must be worn though hot weather, with Emory of Venango as the lone offender in the incident. Members seek cool spots, baseball games, and hockey play while workers are drafted for busy duties.
The executive committee in Cincinnati notes a $24,000 donation from W. Guckenheimer's Sons of New York and $5.60 from Mr. Brosdelder of Louisville to the Denver based National Hospital for Consumptives. With these gifts and others expected, the building under construction will be soon utilized.
A review touts The Old New York Frontier by Francis Whiting Halsey as a lively, readable history of the Susquehanna Valley from early exploration to the border wars and postwar restoration. It highlights Brant, the Iroquois League, and Sullivan's campaigns, praising narrative continuity, map, and index, with Scribner’s as publisher. Also noted is A Journey to Nature by J. P. Mowbray, a Wall Street broker’s retreat to nature that restores body and spirit and changes his city life, read in the New York Evening Post.
A critique says The Crisis sells well, with over a hundred thousand copies in weeks. It lacks a strong plot and cohesive unity, yet offers accurate Civil War scenes set mainly in St Louis and Tennessee, with vivid social tensions and plausible minor characters. Published by Macmillan Company.
A fragmentary narrative presents a series of sketches rather than a nature book or traditional novel. It frames outdoor observations and reflections on birds, flowers, and trees, exploring a quieter literary path through short, vignette style entries.
A review of John H. Giréner's New Yorkitis, a satirical study of New York life likened to a medical disease. It catalogs mental moral and physical symptoms, notes a limited horizon, sensational culture, and a plea for broader thought and charity in Manhattan society.
A review of Mary Howitt and Geneva Armstrongs The Queens of England from the Norman Conquest to these of Victoria. The work surveys nearly ten centuries and sketches forty one queens including Matilda Elizabeth I Mary II Anne and Victoria. It notes unmarried queens Anne and Elizabeth and Henry VIIIs wives among nonreigning consorts.
A well named tale by Mrs. Stannard about a poor proud British officer's daughter who marries a nobleman. A near-affinity tests her, the husband fights in the Boer War in Africa, and after trials she learns to love him again as the plot resolves happily.
Rochefoucauld, a courtier of Richelieu who later retired to study letters, counted Racine and Moliere among his contemporaries. In 1665 he published Reflections and Moral Maxims, a collection of detached thoughts famed as wit and wisdom, including the line that hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
The note asserts the work has several English translations yet this edition from New York publisher I. M. Caldwell Company is proclaimed the best ever published.
The British Army in Bloemfontein inspired a portable newspaper titled The Friend from March to April 1900. Editors included Julian Ralph Rudyard Kipling and A Conan Doyle contributed. The volume reproduces military era pieces sketches and verses reflecting camp march battle and conquest.
The Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady presents a new novel on love and adventure set during General Greene's North Carolina campaign. Aimed at summer readers, the book features bold character studies and a vivid battle scene likened to Stephen Crane, with E Plaisted Abbott providing illustrations.
Readers familiar with Altsheler’s Saratoga and related works will find The Wilderness Road a great treat. The narrative centers on St Clair’s defeat and Wayne’s victory set in bluegrass Kentucky and frontier Indiana and Ohio with Indian warfare and a strong love plot culminating in Philadelphia at the home of the first President.
Exposition "Chefs D Oeuvre" Parts 12 and 13 from George Barrie & Son Philadelphia release reproductions from the Chicago exhibition. Part 12 covers Russia Poland Finland with scarce artist lore and accompanying descriptive text. Color plates and full page photos are Framing ready. price one dollar.
An appreciative sketch by John A Joyce of Goldsmith, praising the eighteenth century poet’s genius and life. The Washington author, a witty verse writer, offers an attractive character portrait without a full biography. Published by Neale Company in Washington, D. C. Admirers will find the book readable.
A small collection of five love stories by as many authors, all first rate and originally published in McClure's Magazine. Now issued in neat book form by McClure, Phillips & Co., New York.
Mesers McClure Phillips & Co publish a separate book form of the FE H Sothern acting version of Hamlet. The text differs slightly from the standard play and uses Sothern stage directions. The book is attractively produced and handsomely illustrated.
The July Critic frontispiece features a John Burroughs portrait described as the most satisfactory printed. Current History June offers a Lord Salisbury life critique and world news review. The July Atlantic prints outdoor poems by John Burroughs and notes on Aguinaldo’s capture in Everybody’s July issue.
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