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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1902
Page
4
A 1902 Indianapolis Journal page discusses the monument dedication as a city milestone with strong calls for broad public support and funding. It notes congressional debates on tariffs, sugar and meat trade, and railroad traction mergers shaping policy and economics. Names of editors and places reinforce the period voice.
A fragment notes that certain light-spirited gentlemen can unite to challenge sources of prosperity without causing any peril, reflecting a confident, buoyant view of collaboration and progress.
Governor Durbin selects a committee of Indianapolis leaders to raise funds for the dedication of the Indiana soldiers and sailors monument. The effort relies on local subscriptions, with high hopes for a grand, well funded ceremony reflecting the state’s pride in its wartime heroes and industrial progress.
The London Saturday Review piece on Alfred Stead’s Hawaii critique prompts a defense of annexation. It notes rising U S trade with Hawaii since 1898, increased imports and exports, and population growth, arguing prosperity and a new era despite governmental friction and opposition from English and German planter interests.
The author argues that post annexation Hawaii shows growing foreign commerce and rising prosperity. They rebuke Stead's claims about shipping losses and lack of cable, noting improved maritime law effects and anticipated cable links. They compare Hawaii with Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines to assert annexation benefits and urge English critics to reconsider.
Railroads’ reach spreads population and industry while quietly shaping morals. They ban intoxicants during work hours, enforce total abstinence for employment, and impose polite conduct and educational standards. Companies justify these rules as benefiting business, yet the moral and civic effects ripple through society.
In Washington the Crumpacker plan to study state suffrage laws faces Republican hesitation seen as timidity or indifference. The piece notes disfranchisement across Mississippi, Louisiana, South and North Carolina, Alabama, and argues constitutional representation shifts since Reconstruction. It warns Southern hostility and North-South antagonism could derail action.
A discussion notes that a group of Republicans may oppose party decisions on sugar tax relief for Cuba, risking loss of the protective tariff. It mentions Democratic cooperation as possible, and cites figures of 49 Republicans potentially abstaining and 20 of 189 absent. The piece also references Lord Burton’s coronation offer and beer fortunes influencing British prestige.
The first annual encampment will be held in Springfield on April 2 and 3 for officers and men who served in the Spanish War to fill a role similar to the Grand Army of the Republic. Charter members include Roosevelt and generals Otis Wilson Wheeler Fitzhugh Lee Funston Grant among others. Charleston exposition managers prepare to host President Roosevelt and party with Cabinet members and a public reception. A noted odd remark about a new obesity cure links to social notes about coronation preparations and floor space observations.
A collage of jests and cartoon captions from Philadelphia Press Chicago Post Yonkers Statesman Chicago Tribune with quips on grammar, flying machines, and courtroom advice. Tales include a professor asserting a flying machine, a lawyer’s caution, mountain cooking misfires, and a handkerchief anecdote ending in marriage.
Prince Henry notes that what most impressed him in the United States was the people. The remark comes during a Kansas City mission marked by optimism despite expected disappointment.
A critical review of Thomas Dixon Jr s novel The Leopard s Spots a purpose fiction on the post Civil War South focusing on Hambright North Carolina the so called negro problem and white supremacy. The piece notes Dixon s background his political stance and the book s partisan portrayal of Reconstruction and negro suffrage with a love plot situated in the state s politics. The critic finds the prose dramatic at times but flawed in construction and lacks a viable solution to the race issue while praising its historical intent for Northern readers.
A review praises several Penn Publishing Company juvenile titles for wholesome tone strong morals and quality writing. Works include The Wreck of the Sea Lion The Lost Galleon Making His Mark A Cape Cod Boy Her Father's Legacy Dreamland Uncle Tom the Burglar and The Green Door. Books are well bound and illustrated.
A review notes Stephen Phillips as author of Ulysses and Paolo and Francesca, praised for poetic drama and stage spectacle at the Haymarket under Beerbohm Tree with epic scenes of Calypso and Hades. It highlights the play’s dialogue, Ithaca setting, Penelope’s suitors, and climactic duel, while contrasting with a broader critique of the Delsarte system of expressive movement for emotion and physical control.
This summary notes the Delsarte System of Expression by Genevieve Stebbins, pupil of Bredo MacKaye, tracing the three part work with an address before the Pailotechnic Society and lessons for class or individual use. It covers theory and pantomime, physical culture, and statue posing with applications for rostry teachers singers actors and public speakers. Published in New York by The Edgar Werner Pub and Supply Co in its sixth edited revised edition.
A review notes Renan’s claim that Jews cannot be citizens and argues the contrary. It highlights the book’s sections on Jews in early America wars, discovery, politics, and the world’s indebtedness to Jews, with an introduction by Oscar S Strauss. Also mentioned is Hortense Cora Jackson’s poetry collection Tanglewild and its poet’s cottage memory. Indianapolis: The Beck SS.
Miss Jeanne G Pennington compiles a new small volume of cheerful uplifting thoughts from Maurice Maeterlink Joseph Conte Horatio Dresser and Victor Hugo. The little book aims to offer bite sized wisdom for quick reads rather than full works and is published by Fords Howard and Hulbert New York.
Horatio Alger Jr offers Lester's Luck a tale of a boy whose honesty bravery and restraint lead to deserved success. The review praises the story for boys. Count de Saint-Germain presents a thorough astrology history with new theories and occult hints likely to interest occult readers.
A summary of varied periodical items mentions a Leslie's Monthly April issue showing a bloodhound scene with a runaway, plus Emma Carleton's article in Century about bottle collecting. It lists Smart Set contents with a Baron novella and works by Monnier, while Annals of the American Academy outlines taxation and prosperity papers. The Century April features a Appomattox surrender symposium with multiple Confederate and Union perspectives.
Benjamin Kidd postulates his new work The Principles of Western Civilization as a brisk seller now in its sixth thousand within a month. L C Page & Co announce Clinton Scotlard’s The Cloistering of Ursula, a popular Italian romance. Bram Stoker praises Americans in The Mysteries of the Sea, with treasure and second sight. Doubleday Crowell to publish late March. Crowell also revises Poe edition under Prof James A Morrison. A C McClurg promotes The Thrall of Leif the Lucky, by Ottilie A Liljencrants. The Strollers a romance of the early American stage by Frederic Isham appears from Bowens Merrill. Littie Brown publishes Versatiles edition in forty volumes, 980 net.
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