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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1901
Page
9
The August Clearance offers items like FRENCH ORGANDIE white grounds with dainty floral designs in linen and sheer fabrics. Includes INDlA LINON and PERSIAN LAWN at reduced prices, plus IMPORTED SWISSES and SILK MULLs in varied widths and colors.
Kansas correspondent describes Russian Mennonites who settled in western Kansas in the 1870s and built a lasting wheat culture. They avoided banks, used grain drills, and relied on heavy landholding growth, with several bumper crops since 1869. They remain politically quiet, financially frugal, and prosper as they expand land holdings across the prairies.
Russian immigrants in western Kansas form a religious community with Greek Catholic churches dotting towns like Catherinestadt and Victoria. They practice open immigration liberty, grow rich through wheat farming, and use new land schemes while labor unions challenge harvest crews, as fires threaten yields and prairie summers test folklore and faith.
The arrival of Elberta peaches from south Georgia revives fruit trade as growers report superb quality and strong prices. Orchard owners say the statewide crop will reach only 60 to 60 percent of maximum yield, but fruit is larger and sweeter. Cannery development near orchards helps preserve the crop, reducing losses and boosting growers' profits.
The government paid an old soldier money owed for thirty eight years after a tangled red tape delay. Washington departments, once slow, moved on the claim, clearing a long delayed entitlement and ending the veteran's wait.
Governor Yuan of Shan-Tung issues a June proclamation restricting missionaries from influencing local governance. He demands equal justice for Christians and non Christians, warns magistrates to avoid church interference, and calls for firm action against disturbances linked to religious practice.
Policy calls for nine cordon posts along the Ching-Ting to Pao-Ting-Fu road with escorts within twelve feet of travelers and a strict no-pay rule for guards. Reports from St Louis note tariff fears on Chinese flour imports affecting trade, while Ti’en-Tsin reports Yuan-Shi-Kai building arsenals in Shan-Tung and arms production at Pao-Ting amid improving trade yet sullen Chinese attitude.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, touring the Northwest, says drought damage is not as severe as reported. He stresses a scientific approach to reduce future losses, plans to publish findings in the August 10 bulletin, and contemplates visits to Missouri and Minnesota before returning to Washington.
Review of Reviews argues the Philippine governorship reflects Taft’s early life character and Yale esteem. It emphasizes his university standing and the unanimity of his college associates in shaping his suitability for grave responsibility.
A historical profile praises William H. Taft at Yale, noting his athletic prowess and academic excellence. Described as physically powerful, remarkably well-rounded, and of high character, Taft is portrayed as a standout leader whose popularity among peers led to broad support for his rise in public service.
Newport Aug 3 In a stiff southeasterly sea Independence loses to Columbia by forty seconds on a triangular thirty mile course. Independence struggles with a back sail and wild steering while Columbia sails straight and steady to finish two hours fifty one minutes forty eight seconds, a fast mark in race history.
The St Louis sailing from Southampton to New York carries a duplicate outfit of sails and gear for Shamrock II. Hon Charles Russell is likely to represent Sir Thomas Lipton aboard the cup defender. Lipton remains hopeful about the challenger and which American boat will be chosen as defender.
The new large steel mast of the Constitution was installed today in Bristol, with riggers preparing to set up standing rigging and finalize the mast assembly.
A. W. Miller Sandusky’s absconding city clerk was seen last night in Sandusky disguised as a woman. Recognized near his former home by Henry Cumming, he escaped arrest. His wife is in New York. Miller was last heard from in Tennessee. He allegedly embezzled $100,000 and has been missing for months.
In Montgomery on August 3 the Lowe substitute to the majority suffrage report was discussed in the constitutional convention. It removes the grandfather clause and sets voting eligibility by poll tax: those under forty five add six years of payments of 60 cents, and those over forty five pay 1.60. Bank of Russell County objected as a black belt Democrat, saying the majority plan gives no forerunner.
A speaker warned that easing conditions would let Negroes vote while stirring labor unrest, predicting white counties could become Republican in two years and the black belt would be at their mercy.
The Columbia Mining Company led by Atlanta men Oppenheim Bickart Bluthenthal with Storey and Fluker claims a Latimer vein in Wilkes county Georgia yielding $22 640 a ton from a single sample and a 178 pennyweight gold lump from 1407 pounds of ore. They say eleven tons of earth await panning at nominal cost and total value may reach $300 000, signaling a possible Georgia gold boom rivaling western discoveries.
In York Pennsylvania Mrs. Sarah Knaub aged about fifty three was killed by a pistol shot fired by her sister Mrs. Henry Reilley during a late night encounter with chicken thieves. Coroner's report cites internal hemorrhage from the wound as the cause of death, not heart failure.
New diocese of Altoona Pa established by papal briefs. Monsignor Eugene A Garvey named first bishop and vicar general of Scranton. Cardinal Martinelli seeks early formation with Archbishop Ryan likely to consecrate. Martinelli to spend weeks at Augustinian Villa Nova before duties resume. Also notes Bishop Scalabrini of Placencia Italy arrived to visit in New York and will stay till October.
Emmanuel M. Friend, Lady Hope's attorney, explains the contract with Lord Francis Hope. The paper signed in his office states Lady Hope will receive no support from her husband, only repayment of funds she lent, with a large sum promised to be paid in 186. She never took money from the Duke of Newcastle, and Hope has given nothing directly to her.
Buffalo Times notes three would be train robbers failed to locate the express car of the B. and O. near Chicago yesterday. The Youngers are at liberty, with authorities not suspecting them since they never missed the express car.
Louisville officials announced the Knights Templars parade route for the conclave week, stretching about four miles with fifteen grand divisions totaling 1,400 to 1,500 knights. Major Leathers, grand marshal, will lead a procession including dignitaries such as Most Eminent Sir Reuben Hedley Lloyd, and perhaps President McKinley, through major streets and past the Court of Honor before disbanding at Central Park after about four hours.
The piece argues European colonies pay tariffs to their mother countries while Porto Rico enjoys free trade with the United States. It notes US troops, famine relief, and civic reforms since 1898, including education expansion, tax reform, and banishment of yellow fever, with broad claims of economic and social progress under US rule.
In Hartford on August 3 Judge Nathaniel Shipman granted a preliminary junction restraining Consolidated Lake Superior Company from absorbing Ontario Lake Superior Company. Suit filed by Allen S. Miller, a stockholder of News, contends stock was increased without knowledge and directors planned to sell Ontario property at an exorbitant price to Consolidated. Consolidated, incorporated under local law, recently increased stock and operates timber and other properties near Superior.
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