Telephone Calls and Editorial Notes in the Daily Journal
The June 2 1901 Indianapolis Journal page features notices on subscriptions and mailing options for the Daily and Sunday Journal, along with a bustling mix of editorials. It covers primary election implications, American soldiers reputation of marksmen, a Detroit conference on Democratic Democracy, and reflections on imperial trade and the Philippines. It highlights subscription details, postal rules, tourist address services, and mentions a potential military post at a city, plus remarks on foreign trade and American manufacturing.
Massachusetts shoe firms cut 54 hours to a week work pay same
Massachusetts shoe manufacturers announce a shift to a five day week after fifty four hours with unchanged pay, aiming to boost productivity and keep brands from market crowding. Free traders in Boston and Detroit push Canada trade talks, while Pittsburg calls for city government reform via gubernatorial appointees. Senate politics spark debate over Hanna and Johnson, as millionaires fund larger institutions and a small Ohio college receives a $9.00 grant amid education funding debates.
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Massachusetts
Hanna
Ohio
Indiana
Harris Sees Better Position To Gauge European Movement
Addison C Harris has gained improved access to real information on the evolving European movement, enhancing understanding of its direction and potential implications.
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Addison C. Harris
Europe
Rival Views on Philippines Policy and Citizenship Debates
The piece contrasts pro and anti annexation voices, noting Republicans favor keeping the islands under U S control with self government as natives are educated, while Senator Jones argues for constitutional rights for Filipinos. It cites opposition from Austro-German trade concerns, shipping interests, and past remarks about Filipino citizenship.
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Philippines
Congress
Senate
Luzon
Panay
Negros
United States
Jones
Arkansas
Washington Post
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Alaska
Insanity Inquests In Need Of Thorough Reform
Analyzes a legislative act amending insanity inquests as insufficient and ripe for abuse. Notes open-trial protections for the accused are weaker for insanity cases, with local records showing widespread use, judge and physician favoritism, and commissions dominated by a few physicians. Calls for medical professional review and legislative action.
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Justice of the Peace
Partial cure for old law urged by Indiana press
An Indianapolis newspaper praises a New Yorker Grand Army man opposing special pensions, while noting the man backs a bill to fit civil service and the Brooklyn navy yard with feeble veterans. John W. Kern declines a run for mayor after Governor prospects, sending a telegraphed no from Blue Ridge. Dr. J Ewing Mears offers real estate to Marion County Medical Society to honor his father Dr George W Mears with a memorial medical library. Woodruff Place residents celebrate a lawn fete for the Free Kindergarten Society despite Weather Bureau opposition.
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Indianapolis
New York
John W. Kern
Publc
Blue Ridge
Taggart
Kern
J. Ewing Mears
Philadelphia
Marion County Medical Society
George W. Mears
Woodruff Place
Free Kindergarten Society
Weather Bureau
Have you any shirtwaists for men
From Hither and You offers a humorous quip where a customer asks for shirtwaists for men and a friendly salesman replies that they do not have them but are selling corsets cheaply, directing the crowd to the second aisle to the right.
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Chicago Tribune
Quips and Quips from Old Newspapers
A collage of light humor and sharp lines from early 20th century papers. Jokes range from a child’s arithmetic to saloon banter and a crime sleuth exchange. Dialogues reflect social mores, with playful puns and fabricated crime banter amid everyday city life.
Russia Drops the Mask Sees Wider Diplomatic Shift
London dispatch reports the tariff conflict between the United States and Russia signals a major diplomatic shift. Observers believe Russia may abandon long held aims as a consequence of enforced conviction, reshaping European balance of power beyond the tariff dispute.
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London
New York Sun
United States
Russia
Europe
Great Britain
Worst of De Witte's Insults Paris Edition
Secretary Gage's suggestion that possibly the Herald correspondent developed M De Witte's remarks is fallacious the truth being that on the contrary the correspondent charitably suppressed statements which would have been still less pleasant reading.
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Paris
New York Herald
Gage
Herald
M. de Witte
Cuban exile leader Palma urged as first Cuban president
Salt Lake Tribune notes that many Cubans favor Hon. T Estrada Palma of New York to lead the republic. Palma is praised for experience culture and loyalty and for aiding Cuban independence and for practical US know how to help establish the new government.
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Salt Lake
Czar Should Name Fourth Daughter With Masculine Touch
A hint in the New York Mail and Express recalls an old belief that naming a girl baby with a man’s name ensures the next birth is a boy. It suggests the Czar should have given his fourth daughter a masculine, simple name such as Nicholasia Michaela Ed probe ee con Leopoldina Alexandra or similar.
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New York
Evil Communications Corrupt, Etc
Nebraska State Journal notes the old saying that a good name is more desirable than riches and warns against the appearance of evil while discussing public virtue and moral norms.
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Nebraska State Journal
Trouble in Guam Hoodlumism and Lawlessness Rampant
Navy scrutiny looms as Commander Schroeder accuses Guam marines of hoodlumism and lawlessness with terrorism at the fort gambling and drunkenness. A court of inquiry may be formed to probe integrity of Marines and officers on the island amid sparse official reports.
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Washington
Navy Department
Guam
Island
Seaton Schroeder
United States
Heywood
Marines
H. K. White
Manila hemp plot and famine relief cables reach capitals
The indictment notes Major Heistand led a scheme to control Manila hemp supply while abroad the committee scattered. Wu Tingfang reports a second $20,000 remittance via the Christian Herald to aid famine victims in Shan-Li and other provinces. Redshill plans August return from Peking as Congo delegation moves. A procordial pact extends the U S Dominican Republic reciprocity treaty for one year as Vanquez and Hill sign.
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Heistand
Manila
Wu Tingfang
Christian Herald
Tien-Tsin
Shan-Li
State Department
Redshill
Peking
Conger
Vanquez
San Domingan
Hill
United States
Dominican Republic
Fire at Central Hotel Kills One in Bakersfield
Fire swept the Central Hotel in Kern County early today trapping guests. One victim burned beyond recognition was George Clark, a Southern Pacific blacksmith, with John P. Thornton in critical condition and J. C. Bringer unaccounted for. Estimated loss put at about $10,000.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Central Hotel
Kern
Here
George Clark
Southern Pacific
John P. Thornton
J. C. Bringer
Philippines
Manila and Santiago prize cases ruled by equity court
Justice Brad ley in the Court of Equity ruled on the Manila bay and Santiago bay prize cases. Vessels captured or property from them were prize. ashore property and certain floating gear captured at Manila were not. About 2,000 Manila claimants may receive 288000 and about 3000 Santiago claimants around 300000, additions to earlier Court of Claims bounties. Appeals possible. Dewey service members urged to send addresses to Navy auditor for payment.
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Washington
Justice Bradley
Court of Equity
Manila Bay
Santiago Bay
Manila
Santiago
Court of Claims
Court of Appeals
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Novelette Finish At Western Writers Meeting
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Winona Lake Ind on June 27 the Western Association of Writers held a third day of sessions with literary exercises in morning and evening a memorial af ternoon and a program including Mrs Butler Dr Orpheus Everts and George S Cottman a Corkscrew Creek sketch and poems recitations The reading of the novelette continued with the fourth to sixth chapters read by Coates Kinney John W Carr and Mark L De Motte each member presenting work and discussions continuing into the evening
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Indianapolis Journal
Winona Lake
Ind
Western Association of Writers
Butler
Valparaiso
Orpheus Everts
College Hill
Cincinnati
Everts
Indiana
Association
Mr. Butler
George 8. Cottman
Irvington
Arrest of Leipziger Bank Director Exner Sparks Wider Probe
Berlin reports confirm 111,000,000 marks assets with 87,000,000 to Cassel Treber-Tracknung Company, largely unrecoverable. Exner, arrested after Leipziger Bank suspension, faces probable further arrests as public prosecutor probes negligent mismanagement. Bank stock and reserve valued at 1,000,000 marks deemed lost. Dresden and Leipsic bourses shun Leipziger shares. Local papers demand a broad investigation and banking reform amid failures.
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Berlin
Herr Exner
Leipziger Bank
Leipsic
Cassel Treber-Trackning Company
Tageblatt
Cassel Treber-Tracknung Company
Dresden
Vossische Zeitung
Aufrightsrath
Board of Directors
Envoys Still Talking At Peking Meeting
Foreign ministers at the June 27 meeting discussed only minor indemnity points. Satow refuses a 20 percent tariff rise if China cannot pay. De Giers has not agreed on 4 percent indemnity interest. Rockhill sees little delay. Arthur Smith warns that without China’s regeneration in years, twenty million Boxers could menace the country, recalling court approval of the Boxer movement.
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Peking
Ernest Satow
China
M. de Giers
United States
Rockhill
Arthur Smith
Tien-Tsin
Robert Hart
Treasury Refusal to Refund Porto Rico Duty Claims
Washington reports that the secretary of the treasury is not authorized to refund duties paid in Porto Rico on goods imported from the United States. The decision follows inquiries about authority after the treaty of peace with Spain and the 1900 act establishing revenues for Porto Rico, with refunds not permitted for duties paid between April 11, 1899 and May 1, 1900.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Department
Porto Rico
United States
Controller of the Treasury
Spain
Guam appoints first postmaster Alonso Leitana Perez
Washington reports from Commander Seaton Schroeder, naval Governor of Guam, that Alonso Leitana Perez is named postmaster of the island. He is bonded in 4000 Mexican dollars.
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Washington
Navy Department
Seaton Schroeder
Guam
Alonso Leitana Perez
Bonds Granted and Notable Movements Across Washington Events
The day’s notices list bond approvals for four postmasters in Leavenworth Crawford county New Paris Elkhart county Selma Delaware county and Hatfield Spencer county with commissions issued. Updates cover Miss Voorhees heading to Spokane for a permanent move, a Columbus wedding with an Anderson usher and Alexandria bridesmaid, Terre Haute post office supply contracts, and Aug 1 rural delivery expansions in Boonville Greenfield. The President and Mrs McKinley census drive noted. naval officers and marine flags exchanged. ships Vixen and New Orleans movements reported. and several medical and military personnel changes announced.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Oliver E. Hawn
Leavenworth
Crawford County
George W. Cart
New Paris
Elkhart County
Sherman J. Shroyer
Selma
Delaware County
Fielding A. Glenn
Hatfield
Spencer County
Voorhees
Senator Voorhees
Spokane
Wash
Mary Bertha Richardson
Wilbur Grant Neff
Columbus
James Kerr
Anderson
Ind
Josephine Neff
Alexandria
Terre Haute
Dean McLaughlin & Co
A. G Austin & Co
Boonville
Warrick County
F. N. Lawrence
Lewis Keller
Greenfield
Hancock County
J. F. Harlan
M. Tice
McKinley
Rixey
John Carling
United States Volunteers
Heywood
Marines
Forbidden City
Gibara
Hampton Roads
New Orleans
Che-Foo
North Atlantic
Benjamin 3
Pope
Benjamin FB. Pope
Charlies R. Greenleaf
Philip Priest
James Allen
Atsoal Corps
United States
Indiana Photographers elect officers at Winona Lake meeting
The Indiana Association of Photographers convened in Winona Lake for officer elections and next year’s meeting site. M. C. Harley was elected president, J. Bourgholzer first vice president, George E. Houser second vice president, George J. Parrott secretary, and M. Lacey treasurer in a unanimous vote for Winona as 2024 venue. Demonstrations on retouching printing and toning followed. An entertainment by H. Lieber Company capped the day.
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Indianapolis Journal
Winona Lake
Ind
Indiana Association of Photographers
M. C. Harley
Logansport
J. Bourgholtzer
Washington
George E. Houser
Warsaw
George J. Parrott
Fort Wayne
M. Lacey
Indianapolis
Lacey
Parrott
Winona
H. Lieber Company
House approves coal tax bill after heated debate
London June 2. In a late night Commons committee vote the coal tax bill passed by 86 as Irish members complained of bias in hearing opponents. A J Balfour announced the government would drop the educational bill due to busy business and plans to reintroduce it next year.
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London
House of Commons
A. J. Balfour
Treasury
Indiana Music Teachers meet in Terre Haute program notes
At the Indiana Music Teachers Association gathering Rev Worth Tippy urged ministers to control hymn selection and verses, while choirs should align with sermon plans. Papers on piano study and artistic singing were read. Recitals featured Buchheim Rich Ra vis Lennon Fisch er Windust and Schiller Moore Lawson. Mrs Pollard, Delphi, oldest member, sent greeting.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Music Teachers’ Association
Worth Tippy
Centenary
Pierce
Moody and Sankey
Tippy
Clarence Forsyth
Indianapolis
Karlton Hackett
Chicago
Johannes Wolfram
Cleveland
Edward Ebert Buchheim
Danville
Thaddeus Rich
Leipsic
Gabriel Ravis
Beatrice Fischer
Albert Windust
Emmett Lennon
Herr Hans von Schiller
Corinne Moore-Lawson
Cincinnati
R. P. Pollard
Delphi
Association
Riots at Chilean ports mar preliminary elections
At Concepcion and Antofagasta riots erupted during election night. Police in Antofagasta fired on a Ri esco procession, killing three and wounding several. Antofagasta police prefect imprisoned as mobs threaten lynching. Preliminary results favor Liberal Jerman Riesco over Conservative Pedro Montt in the Chilean presidential race.
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Valparaiso
Concepion
Antofagasta
Riesco
Senor Errazuriz
Chile
Jerman Riesco
Pedro Montte
Paris-Berlin auto race opens with Fournier leading day one
Paris June 27 M Fournier reached Aix-la-Chapelle at 2 30 p m ahead of rivals marking the end of the first day Bri enne автомобиль killed a 12 year old child at Rheims Fournier averaged 45 miles an hour excluding stops A tire burst on Foxhall Keene car leaving Bastogne Keene tossed into a potato field but escaped serious injury
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Paris
Hail Devastation Hits Rominten District in Prussia
News from Rominten Prussia reports that the entire Rominten district suffered extensive hail storm and cloudburst damage since June. Emperor William's estate at Rominten was greatly damaged and a relief fund was dispatched with a large personal contribution from the emperor to aid victims.
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Berlin
Rominten
Prussia
Willam
Coronation Proclamation Limits Westminster Abbey Ceremonies
King Edward issues a proclamation stating the coronation will occur in June next on a date yet to be fixed and will include only traditional Westminster Abbey rites. The proclamation excludes the King's Champion and many other ancient ceremonial usages from the procession.
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London
Edward
Westminster Abbey
Shelbyville Music Festival Opens With Seedtime and Harvest
Shelbyville Ind June 27 The Choral Society of the First Methodist Church inaugurated its June music festival with the cantata Seedtime and Harvest A program for children violin and vocal solos and organ and piano duets led to a grand Friday concert featuring Albert Porter Ricketts organ Miss Eva Kinsley piano Lori's chorus Spring and Love Brant Rembusch De Bertot Fantaisie Ballet and Beach Chanson d Amour with a program of Nelbig Campana Johnson Wentwich and other pieces continuing through the event
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Choral Society
The
First Methodist Church
Albert Porter Ricketts
Eva Kinsley
Bethoven
Lori
Brant Rembusch
de Bertot
Enos Porter
Beach
Nelbig
Campana
Johnson
Wen Twich
K 'S Chorus
Cot Organ
Bocity
Chien
Senators duel after high court altercation in Paris
Paris June 27 Senators Le Provost Delauna and Aucoin fought a pistol duel after a secret deliberation in the Senate following the trial of De Lur Saluces. Two shots were exchanged with no result.
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Paris
High Court
Senate
A de Lur-Saluces
le Provost-Delauna
Aucoin
Italian Troops Fire On Ferrara Strikers
In Ferrara during a clash with Italian troops, soldiers fired on the crowd. A Socialist paper Avarito claims six strikers dead and twenty wounded, though those figures are likely exaggerated.
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Rome
Ferrara
Avarito
Boers Attack Richmond as British Reinforcements Arrive
In Richmond Cape Colony on June 2, a large Boer force led by Malan and Smit assaulted at dawn. The Lasso held until dusk, then Boer assault ceased with advancing British troops. The fragment notes shifting Algarian affairs and waning negotiations.
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Richmond
Cape Colony
Malan
Smit
European News Briefs From Madrid to Moscow
Reports from across Europe note bubonic plague cases in Oporto, a Bulgarian financial dispute, and auctions in Loulea. Royal honors are bestowed on Moorish envoys and a German minister to Mexico. Debates in the British Lords touch Gibraltar and Earl Russell’s bigamy case. A Paris charity fete recreates Marie Antoinette’s life, while German East Africa contemplates slavery abolition. Naval architects in Glasgow receive telegrams of support from Emperor William and King Edward.
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Paris
Correspondencia
Madrid
Oporto
Portugal
Loulea
Lady Manners
Countess of Dysart
Soppner
Edward
Morocco
Bath
Kaid el Mehdi el- Menebhi
St. Michael and St. George Charlemagne Tower
Russia
St. Petersburg
France
Anastasia
Czar
Czarina
House of Lords
Gibraltar
Lord Selborne
Spain
Petit Trianon
Marie Antoinette
Countess de Castellane
Gilbert Hohenwart von Gerlachstein
Mexico
Austria-Hungary
Emperor Maximilian
Earl Russell
Francis Joseph
Vienna
William
Blackmailers Panic Fire at Wealthy Farmer Home
Wealthy Iola county farmer W C Carson refused to deposit 5000 dollars after two anonymous notes. His wife Mrs. W C Carson was left alone in the home when it burned Saturday night. She died the next day after severe injuries. Neighbors found her near the ruins and she was unable to recount details before fading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
W. C. Carson
Iola County
Carson
Dunn
Close of the Saengerfest in Buffalo
The North American Saengerbund saengerfest wrapped up at Pan-American grounds with a 10 000 seat stadium crowd. Havana municipal band performed and the event ended with America. President Deiler favored folk songs over classical pieces amid four Seventy-fourth Regiment Armory concerts that were artistically valued but financially challenged. An escaped lion from a living picture show caused a stir before being recaptured.
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Buffalo
Saengerbund
Havana
Cuba
America
Deiler
New Orleans
Thie City
Seventy-fourth Regiment Armory
Miners Did Not Shoot by Kentucky Bushwhackers
THACKER W Va June 27 The Associated Press says no shots were fired at deputy Hufford or during notices of injunction to strikers at Thacker. Hufford and Greenway Hatfield report the earlier alleged ambush and station shooting were imaginary. The only shooting since the strike involved a prior week, with no striker involved. The bushwhackers are tied to the Hatfield McCoy feud families, not the miners.
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Thacker
W. Va
Associated Presse
Williamson
Thia
United States
A. & Hufford
Greenway Hatfield
Hufford
Kentucky Hills
McCoy
Daniels
Court halts gas shutoff for Columbus customers
Judge June U Ludge Budget granted a temporary order restraining Central Ohio Natural Gas and Fuel Co from shutting off gas to more than twelve thousand Columbus area consumers. The action follows disputes over contract terms and notices given after July 1. The order aims to protect affected residents while pending unresolved issues.
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Columbus
Ludge Bedget
Central Ohio Natural Gas and Fuel Company
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