Daily Journal 1902 Editorials and Local Notices
The page consolidates subscription rates for the Daily Journal Indianapolis and agencies, plus a long editorial note on political and international issues. It discusses stock market trust supervision, Pierpont Morgan’s political influence, Secretary Root’s Tokyo Peoria remarks, a St. Louis advertising contract inserting Bible quotations, and the Goone island dispute between Britain and Venezuela to be settled by an arbitration committee under The Hague.
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St. Louis
Goone Island
Great Britain
Venezuela
Trinidad
United States
Roosevelt Backing and Labor Strike Outlook, Minneapolis
The New York Republican convention cheered temporary chairman as he praised Theodore Roosevelt and pledged strong support for him. Carroll D Wright, lecturing at Minneapolis, forecast no mutual settlement of the anthracite strike, predicting collapse within four weeks and the possible formation of a separate miners union afterward.
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New York
Republican Convention
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Carroll D. Wright
United States
Minneapolis
Mining counties in Pennsylvania face lawlessness and strikes
Dispatches say troops are in five mining counties with more likely. Violence accompanies extended strikes as authorities struggle to control. Citizens demand action, defend operators' rights to operate and workers' right to work amid state intervention. Also a Superior Court order halts Indianapolis Gas from cutting natural gas service pending further hearings.
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Pennsylvania
Court decision on gas service contract and contempt risk
Public notice discusses company plan to discontinue gas service after Sept and notes court order prohibits action without contempt liability. It questions whether the city and company are bound by a contract and if specific performance could be enforced. Court order will not raise gas flow.
Portrait of Adelbert Ames Reflected in Mississippi Capitol Debate
The piece argues for hanging Gen Adelbert Ames’s portrait in the Mississippi State Capitol, noting his 1873 76 governorship, Reconstruction era tensions, and his previous role as provisional governor and U S senator. It contends excluding his portrait erases a historical fact and urges remembrance of a period past.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Adelbert Ames
General Ames
United States
Senate
Ames
Minnesota
South
Capitol
Wonderful showing of rapid employment gains in Indianapolis
A Labor Bureau based report analyzes 1897 to 1901 employment across twenty two factories in Indianapolis. It shows 6435 workers in 1901 versus 3917 in 1897, with 170 workers per 100 in 1901 compared to 100 in 1897. The piece argues wages rose and prosperity followed, while noting tariff opposition as a counterforce.
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Indianapolis
Venezuela's Offenses and U S Protection Claims
The piece notes U S interference in 1895 to stop Britain from seizing Venezuela, urging Monroe Doctrine protection as Venezuela defers to the United States for defense. It accuses the current government of trying to defraud German railway investors and portrays obstreperous behavior toward foreign claims and navigation of treaties.
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United States
Great Britain
Venezuela
Venezuela Conflict and Taft Vatican Talks Spark Old Newspaper Debate
The piece discusses Venezuela under Castro and US concerns over Goose Island, urging respect for the Monroe Doctrine, plus a call to consider stability via international understanding. It also covers Taft’s speech on Vatican negotiations, friar lands, and the political debate over tariffs and free trade conditions. The writer critiques free trade and praises sound money and protective tariffs as foundations of prosperity.
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Germany
Great Britain
United States
Castro
Venezuela
Goose Island
New York
The Humorists and Quick Quips of 1900s Press
A collage of jokes and quips from Washington Star Chicago Tribune Chicago Post and New York Weekly. A detective declares a prisoner from the secret service era and a man in a mackintosh mocks jury exposure. A woman contemplates ideal partners and a household scene ends with a humorous remark about a banging cabinet.
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Washington Star
Secret-Service Office
Chicago Tribune
Wise Kid and Wedding Shoes Cartoon Exchange
A humorous postcard style vignette features a boy claiming a two dollar cost for a task yet weeks of effort lie ahead. A second panel recalls a botched reply about shoes after a sister’s marriage. In another strip a girl warns George about Papa's mood over a dressmaker bill, with Papa promising to provide in the future.
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Philadelphia Press
George
Papa
British merchants block progress with stubborn customs
A New York Press column cites Edgar Fawcett and Westminster Gazette anecdotes to illustrate how British traders cling to insular practices. It notes a London bank refusing a £5 note to gold, and a London safes bid where rude behavior overturned a contract, highlighting Britain’s self-imposed barriers to commerce.
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New York
Great Britain
Edgar Fawcett
London
Fawcett
Westminster Gazette
Beresford
Alfred Moseley
Gazette
London House
Post office money order plan urged by Buffalo Courier
The Buffalo Courier urges passage of a currency printing plan to convert small denomination notes into checks via post offices. It argues the bill failed last session but should pass in the coming winter, offering convenience and savings by replacing money orders for small sums. The paper calls on citizens to contact their congressmen to support the measure.
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Buffalo Courier
United States
Congress
Protection of Sailors at New York Port
New York Letter in Baltimore Herald reports a two year effort to shield sailors from crimps and boarding house runners. Through cooperation of President Roosevelt, the Legal Aid Society and Collector Stranahan, the program has reduced robberies of sailors arriving in New York. Roosevelt esteems sailors. Arthur Von Briesen of the Legal Aid Society has led efforts on their behalf.
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New York
Baltimore Herald
Jack
Roosevelt
Legal Aid Society
Stranahan
Seaboard States
Arthur von Briesen
The Breaker Boy ages and labor law clash in mines
A nine or ten year old boy, claiming to be twelve, works in the breaker as part of a large cohort of about 16,000 young miners. The article notes the law requires twelve to work, yet many miners’ families are large and pay is low, pushing children into labor with a cyclical rise from breaker to miner and back.
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Botes
Iowa
Indiana
Elwood
Great Britain
Gompers
John McDowell
Typing to Replace Pens in Primary Grades
A St Paul Pioneer Press note argues progressive boards may equip primary grades with typewriters to teach letters and spelling. It foresees a quarter century of widespread use for book typewriters, manuscript records, and cheaper machines, making penmanship a quaint antiquarian pastime.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Wisconsin Conference Fears Roosevelt Pope Plot Rumor
The Wisconsin Methodist Conference expresses strong concern over rumors that President Roosevelt plans a dramatic meeting with the Pope in Rome. Church leaders warn the public against credulous accounts and urge caution in interpreting gossip as policy.
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Boston Herald
Wisconsin Methodist Conference
Roosevelt
Rome
Alger Endorsed for Senator in Michigan Republican Convention
Grand Rapids Mich Sept After a long session the Republican State convention endorsed Gen Russell A Alger former secretary of war for senator and nominated William L Carpenter Detroit for Supreme Court to fill the Long vacancy. The Alger majority overcame Ferry supporters in a roll call 427 to 588 and cheers echoed as the Alger faction carried the vote. Temporary chairman Hamilton of Niles opened with a tariff and trusts focus and forecast a Cuba reciprocity deal with Congress.
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Mich
Russell A. Alger
William L. Carpenter
Detroit
Supreme Court
Charles D. Long
Alger
Dexter M. Ferry
Committee On
General Alger
Hamilton
Niles
Roosevelt
Cuba
Birdsall Named Third Iowa District Republican Nominee for Congress
Judge B P Birdsall of Clarion elected on second ballot by 88 to 26 over C E Bansier in the Third Iowa district GOP convention at Hampton. Delegates endorse Des Moines platform and Roosevelt policies while lamenting Henderson's decision not to seek renomination. Birdsall, about 45, previously District Court judge, resumes law practice in Clarion.
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B. P. Birdsall
Clarion
Congress
C. E. Bansier
Buchanan
National House
David B. Henderson
Committee On
Iowa
Des Moines
St. Louis
Roosevelt
D. B. Henderson
Colonel Henderson
Birdsall
District Court
Democratic State convention adjourns after harmony and ticket
The Democratic State convention in New Haven adjourned at 5 10 pm after a daylong session. A full state ticket was nominated for governor Melbert B Carey lieutenant governor E Kent Hubbard Jr secretary of state Arthur B Calkins treasurer Philip Hugo controller Edward G Kilduff attorney general Noble Pierce congressman at large Homer S Cummings The platform backed repeal of riff on trust products and stricter trust enforcement with Cuba reciprocity and tariff relief urged. The Kansas City platform faced a heated stand but was not adopted.
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Conn
Melbert B. Carey
Ridgefield
E. Kent Hubbard, Jr
Middletown
Arthur B. Calkins
Old Lyme
Philip Hugo
Edward G. Kilduff
Waterbury
Noble Pierce
Bristol
Homer 8. Cummings
Stamford
Kansas City
Cuba
Kansas City Platform
Board of Control Members Named in Record
Michael Mullen, George R. Tibbles and Phillipe Winkler join Philip Fosdick and George Schneider as members of the Board of Control in a recent appointment drawing attention to governance.
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Michael Mullen
George R. Tibbles
Phillipe Winkler
Board of Control
Philip Fosdick
George Schneider
Planters Push Chinese Labor To Hawaii Jobs
The senatorial commission continues testimony in Honolulu on conditions and leper settlement. Planters urge Congress to modify the Chinese exclusion act to allow a limited import of Chinese laborers for plantation work, arguing whites cannot fill these jobs and mainland Pacific coast prosperity ties Hawaii to broader commerce. A nonviolent Kilauea crater flare-up was observed Sunday morning, with activity continuing.
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San Francisco
Senatorial Commission
Hilo
Hawaii
Honolulu
Planters’ Association
Congress
Pacific
Kilauea
Insurgents Block Train as Marines Guard Isthmus
Commander McLean reports 300 insurgents attempted to board a departing Empire Station train and seized a Colombian officer. A marine struck insurgent leadership with a musket butt and guards trained a Colt gun but fired none. Marines and sailors share duty. Mason named ashore.
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Navy Department
McLean
Cincinnati
Colon
Empire Station
Panama
Mason
N. F. Mason
The
Moody
Department
United States
Boston Navy Yard
League Island
Norfolk
Olympia
Coghlan
Caribbean
Panama Crisis Eases as Colombia Claims Sway over Isthmus
Transit across the isthmus is free as the revolutionary retreat to Agua Dulce reduces battle danger. Governor Salazar says Colombia can protect foreigners and uphold treaties and rights, protests U S marines landing as an overreach, and holds Commander McLean responsible for any outcomes. Twenty American Marines remain to safeguard American interests.
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Panama
Colombia
Agua Dulce
McLean
United States
Cincinnati
Salazar
Navy to Deploy Olympia and Vessels to Caribbean
The Navy Department plans early dispatch of warships to the Caribbean with the cruiser Olympia ready by Oct 20. Dispatch aims to prep for maneuvers amid unrest in Central and South America and to position ships for West Indies operations.
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Navy Department
Olympia
Coghlan
Caribbean
West Indies
Central
South America
Rumored Death of Korean Emperor Unconfirmed in Washington
Reports of the emperor of Korea dying lack official confirmation in Washington. The suggestion arises from a postponed birthday and accession celebration due to cholera, with the emperor turning fifty and having begun his reign on October 12, 1897. The postponement led to circulating rumors of his death.
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Washington
Korea
Crown Prince of Siam Delays American Visit by One Day
A cablegram from the Siamese minister says the Crown Prince will sail from Southampton on October 3 aboard the Fuerst Bismarck, delaying his planned arrival in America. Also, Colonel Charles Smart is named chief surgeon of the division of the Philippines and will depart for Manila for War Department orders, focusing on cholera and sanitation. The Post Office fixes mail-sack handling to clear sacks addressed to private individuals. Civil service Commission dismisses charges against Aya a ward and George Young Lebanor.
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Sept
Siam
America
Southampton
Charles Smart
Division
Philippines
Manila
War Department
Smart
Post Office Department
Civil Service Commission
Aya Award
George Young
Lebanor
Santos Wrentaarnces
Roosevelt well after operation but confined to room
President Roosevelt remains in favorable condition with no visitors except Cabinet. Doctors report a satisfactory wound state and slight temperature rise attributed to stress. He will be confined to bed for a week or ten days with two weeks the outer limit, resting fully and reading in bed as diplomats and officials call.
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Roosevelt
Lung
White House
Rixey
Navy Department
O'Reilly
Lang
Cortelyou
Shaw
Wilson
Hichcock
Bhaw
Chicago
Cortelyousim
Jempite House
Takahira
James .Ngstreet
Moody
Ankle
President to Review G A R Parade in Washington
President meets with Grand Army of the Republic encampment committee and urges Washington citizens to welcome veterans. Signs along railroad lines will guide visitors to the city and a reviewing stand will be erected in front of the White House for the President. Quartermaster Jal Burrows reports strong attendance expected.
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Washington
B. H. Warner
White House
Quartermaster Jal Burrows
Roosevelt May Be Offered British Regiment Post
The Daily Chronicle reports a rumor of a movement to appoint President Roosevelt as a colonel in a British line regiment. The paper says precedent is being examined to assess the action.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
Roosevelt
Peary Says Pole Reach Still Possible With Funds
Lieutenant R E Peary, the Arctic explorer, arrived in Portland and said he will not rush a return to the north. He claimed lack of funds and proper outfitting hindered the project, arguing two hundred thousand dollars could finance a staged march to the pole over ten years, with a suitable ship and time. His frostbitten foot is healing and may not require surgery.
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Portland
R. E. Peary
Navy
Washington
Pole
Peary
Markham Praises Sverdrup Greenland Expedition
In a letter from Sir Clements Markham president of the Royal Geographical Society, Sverdrup's Greenland voyage is hailed as the most successful to date, surpassing Kane Bates Hall and Greely Baldwin combined. It is expected to yield valuable results, noting 1200 miles of land mapped.
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Norway
Clements Markham
Royal Geographical Society (of England
Otto Sverdrup
Greenland
Kane
Bates
Hall
Greely _ Baldwin
Franklin
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