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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
5
The article extols native Australian trackers, especially Queensland blacks, as unmatched detectives who hunt fugitives through bush with uncanny instinct. It recounts Charlie the tracker guiding officers to a cattle thief across 40 miles, using ground senses, signs, and courage, earning a bottle of rum as pay.
Dr Gray and Dr Berner relate a City hospital story about a man with severed nerves in legs and back who could not feel pain. He sat in hot sand near asphalt workers and did not realize heat until his skin burned away, illustrating absent sensation and risk.
A man injured in a burn was brought to the hospital where doctors transferred skin from the front of his leg to the damaged areas. He reportedly felt no pain during the procedure and recovered.
Boston, Dec 26. Mrs Jack Gardner held a midnight dedication of her Venetian palace with Rev William Frisbee officiating. The ceremony included Holy Communion and secrecy about interior furnishings. Viewing will start January 6 after a guarded housewarming.
In New York on December 26 Madeline Sammons a nurse at the Laura Franklin free hospital for children was performing as Santa when her cotton batting dress caught fire from a small candle. She died from severe burns after blankets were used to try to smother the flames. A group of sick children watching the act were terrified.
In Pittsburg, a small boy walking downtown to buy a Christmas tree was struck by a Fifth Avenue streetcar and killed instantly according to reports. Details of the incident are sparse.
A collage of rural notes from Indiana papers cites a potential new bank in Andrews, a cold snap with minus 42 degrees, hog killing as common, a Bedford skirt and shirtwaist factory planned, a brick injury in Terre Haute, and various local curiosities. Dozens of small towns, people, and incidents are sketched with terse wit and period flavor.
New York police case details Edward F. Nishwitz who was reinstated after five years out. He served four days of work earning 6000 dollars, received back pay, and then resigned joining a Newark factory job as master machinist. He handed in shield and manual.
A practical guide outlines a lean to greenhouse built along a house wall with concrete floor, stocked with benches and racks. It suggests a cost around fifty to seventy five dollars, movable roof, and winter to spring care for roses bulbs crocuses and other flowers, including seed and root cuttings in the bench.
An eight year old boy testifies in a New York police court about life with Shakers at Canaan Four Corners. He recalls his mother’s absence at Grand Central, the stark court atmosphere, and the contrast between the serene Shaker home and the jail. He describes his mother’s singing and tears, the sheriff’s bar, and finally cries out for his mother as the drunken woman, his mother, is brought in.
Washington reports say Secretary of the Navy John D. Long may resign soon, possibly before Secretary Taft. A cabinet faction led by Mrs. Root is said to push a boycott over dinners and entertainment, while Long seeks private life and has verbally signaled retirement. confirmation awaits a successor, potentially an Ohio appointee.
George W. Stubbs Jr., son of Judge Stubbs, serves as captain in the British remount department. He details shipping 840 mules from New Orleans to South Africa, the perilous voyage, sea losses, and the harsh realities of transpor ted horses. He notes English and Boer conditions, pay for Americans, and lasting war prospects along the coast.
The first volume of the complete census population report will be issued December 31, eighteen months after starting the census. The work was completed in three years faster than the eleventh census. Clerks worked day and night, average force around 3,000 earlier, about 2,000 now. Director Iserman says a permanent force of 800 will be needed. Roosevelt endorses the plan. two years remain to prepare for the Philippine and Porto Rico census.
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