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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
5
The Daily Journal lists subscription rates for carriers and clubs, including daily and weekly editions, with reduced club rates and mail subscription notes. It details postage guidance for mail delivery and lists partner news stands in New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Washington, Denver, Dayton, and Columbus with specific street addresses.
Guidance for readers planning a summer away. Arrange mail delivery for the Journal, with optional address changes as often as needed.
Vermont votes hint prohibition defeats local option while Johnson looms over Ohio Democrats and Bryan. Roosevelt heads to Knoxville for a welcome as Monroe doctrine talk resurfaces. Campaign texts admit Miles report on Pine matters, and G A R enjoins post fundraising for ex Confederates homes in Alabama.
The speaker argues against schemes to thwart legitimate corporations while promoting plans to curb actual misconduct. He contends that some critics falsely claim all combinations of capital are dangerous and must be erased, urging readers to recognize the President’s stance on enforcing good conduct without harming lawful enterprise.
The article questions forecasts of an early settlement in the Anthracite strike as speculative and not sourced. It notes a failed conference between Pennsylvania senators and President Baer, warns against settling disputes on political grounds, and discusses potential arbitration as a route. It mentions troop costs, a possible special legislative session, and gradual resumption of mine work.
A sounding note argues Labor Day definitions should include all human effort that benefits humanity. It denounces limiting work to manual tasks and stresses capital's essential role alongside labor, citing railroads, credit, and land value as joint products of combined effort.
The statement argues that progress is not solely the result of labor nor purely of the capital used in road construction. It emphasizes the combined role of workers and funding in achieving improvements.
Mayor Tom L Johnson dominates the Sandusky Democratic convention dictating committees platform and ticket. He aims to endorse Bryan and shapes the Ohio party to boost his own presidential hopes. The move upsets Cleveland Hill NYT and Boston Herald while realigning with Bryanism.
Edward Eggleston was a serious writer whose Hoosier Schoolmaster opened a new field and portrayed Indiana life with vivid, factual detail. He combined literature with history and edited several periodicals, earning public respect and financial success. His death is mourned.
In addressing child labor evils, officials stress that state laws alone do not create the issue. Northern States pursue education over labor, with compulsory education spanning childhood and laws to regulate work. President Mitchell of the Miners' Union spoke on Labor Day about Pennsylvania coal miners.
The Journal argues for compulsory education and holds that child labor should be limited to ages beyond fourteen, with parental responsibility in preventing mines and mills work. It notes Roosevelt’s recent Pittsfield coach crash, calling travel by President risky and citing motorman carelessness.
In the 384 page Democratic campaign book, 115 pages discuss imperialism. The piece calls the topic a waste of space and argues the American people understand imperialism as a catchword, with a large majority endorsing the administration policy in the Philippines.
A string of humorous exchanges appears from multiple papers. A dialogue about optimism and wealth contrasts with domestic jokes on servants and safety boxes. The pieces showcase light, quick quips from The Baltimore American and Washington Star style humor columns.
A jumble of 19th century newspaper quips ties Dairy Duchess gossip to a mock Latin translation and a delirious tale. The Plain Dealer notes lavish hospitality for the Duchess of Marlborough while the Press and Tribune feature witty exchanges about language, misinterpretation, and a delirious raving investor.
The late Senator McMillan's grandson, now James Thayer McMillan at eighteen, aims to keep the given name on family records. Booker T. Washington’s London Speaker notes a White House dinner with President Roosevelt where two remarkable Americans met. Miss Alice Gilkey of Winchester Kentucky boastfully showcases a fishing tackle shaped like her finger and a diamond ring. While dipping her fingers, a boat lurched and a three and bass were landed, biting for the diamond. Judge Jackson of West Virginia, known for injunctions against soft coal miners, is referenced amid ongoing disputes.
The St Louis world’s fair authorities offer a $3,000 cash prize to anyone who can transmit electrical energy one tenth of a horsepower 1,000 feet without wires. This would mark a new milestone in electrical science.
The County Council finished reviewing 1903 estimates, raising Fall Creek bridge at College Avenue from 75,000 to 80,000 and trimming several items. They rejected other bridge projects, kept most salaries fixed, and reduced heat plant funding at the workhouse while approving a night watchman for the county poor farm. Final tax levy likely to remain at 37 1/3 cents.
Late afternoon Auditor Smith received a telegram from D W Dawson a San Francisco based council member. He sends greetings to the county and notes he and the aircraft passed him in San Francisco for Portland and Yellowstone. He says he is having a good time but there is no place like home.
Mrs Bobbs mother of W C Bobbs reports a telegram from San Francisco stating the transport Buford is at Honolulu with leaking betters. Her son in law Captain J K Miller Eighth Infantry is aboard the vessel which sailed Manila on July 28 and is long overdue. The note mentions a thousand them iy Sony of the Benth and In- as fragmentary OCR.
New York Sept 3 Edward Eggleston noted author died at his home Jones Lock Lake George cause paralysis health poor last year. A sketch by his sister recounts his Indiana birth Dec 10 1837 and life from boyhood reading religion and classics to later roles as pastor editor and novelist. He edited Sunday School materials and helped launch Hoosier Schoolmaster stories.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports that James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, is likely to resign early next year to become president of Iowa Agricultural College at Ames. The post was left open by Dr. William Bradshear’s Aug 5 death, with Wilson previously declining but keeping the chair vacant until he can decide. If he takes the job, it will be for life with a handsome salary and may aid a new agricultural building and ongoing soil survey and silk initiatives.
United States Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana, a Republican leader and possible presidential candidate, visits Kansas City as a guest of the Labor Day committee. He says Republican prospects are favorable, business conditions improving, and predicts Republican success in Indiana elections and congressional delegations.
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