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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1901
Page
5
The Daily Journal of Indianapolis reports on subscriptions and distribution details, including carrier and street sales, rates for daily and Sunday editions, and mailing practices. It also covers international and national news notes, political commentary, treaty ratifications, naval rankings, and remarks on Latin American border disputes.
A columnist argues that free trade advocates push for open competition while ignoring the harm of large-scale Chinese immigration on native labor. The piece criticizes papers like the free-trade press and the Boston Herald for praising Chinese workers and overlooking potential economic mistakes and native displacement.
A landmark meeting in New York brings together figures like Gompers Mitchell Schwab Hanna and Ireland to discuss methods to reduce wage and industrial disputes. The gathering aims to foster better mutual understanding between labor and management, potentially easing tensions and preventing strikes. Senator Hanna, a longtime employer of labor, pledges to use his influence to unite labor and capital, citing past successes and the broader benefits to government morals and social relations. The event is described as the first of its kind and signals a new era in labor capital relations.
The piece critiques Democrats in Congress for lacking a clear plan after abandoning the Cleveland platform. It notes their quarrel over tariffs, a border issue on fugitives, and attempts to exploit the Schley affair to divert attention from six years of party missteps. It mentions Senator Jones and Representative Griffith backing investigations as political moves.
The Journal contrasts views of Admiral Dewey and Rear Admirals Ramsay and Benham on the Schley Court of Inquiry. It notes differences over dispatch to Cienfuegos, the blockade, discovery of the Spanish fleet, and the move from Cienfuegos to Santiago, with the majority and Dewey offering differing interpretations.
The court findings affirm Admiral Schley's seniority and command during the Santiago campaign, while criticizing his July 3 conduct and coal reports. It endorses the view that no further proceedings are needed and urges Congress to accept the Navy Department recommendations. The article also notes business leaders predicting greater fortunes, contrasts with Bryan, and mentions Aldrich's banking charter extension bill for national banks ending in 1902.
A collage of humorous exchanges from the Philadelphia Record and other papers. Jingleberry, Harkaway, and Kostique appear in witty banter while a judge and doctor debate disease and the future of medicine. The Washington Star and Philadelphia Telegraph deliver quips on prosperity and pricing.
A playful verse describes a timid suitor bested by Sylvia as she coaxes him to open up in January. Her confident influence helps him declare his feelings, turning hesitation into a successful advance in a light hearted poetic scene from Smart Set.
In San Juan Puerto Rico December 16 a small mass meeting of the local American Federation of Labor drew fewer than 100 workers due to a court ruling legalizing the federation. Santiago Iglesiagas president of the Federation of Workmen of Puerto Rico urged Governor Hunt to replace two native First District Court judges with Americans. A political bias charge would be filed and the group decided to ignore the court’s dissolution of Federation Libre. Delegates from cigarmakers masons carpenters longshoremen attended.
A Bow en Merrill volume gathers tributes to imagined child figures by poets and writers, led by Charles Lamb’s Dream Children. The anthology features Dreamlike portraits by Dickens, Carroll, Hawthorne, Hugo, and many others with illustrations by Elizabeth B. Brownell and an introduction by Clara E. Laughlin.
A modernized Paul and Virginia style tale features a young heiress and a cultured companion cast away on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. They inhabit a dead man’s house, bury him, bond, endure adventures, and fall in love until rescued by a ship bearing an archbishop and a princess. Life Publishing, New York.
The Journal lauds Ade for his humor and street slang mastery in the new collection Forty Modern Fables. His keen observation of common foibles and vivid characters provides lasting literary value and many laughs, as readers who enjoyed prior newspaper appearances will discover again.
Ralph H Barbour presents a robust tale of American high school life where athletics are framed as recreation that aids study. The story follows young players and captains navigating games and academics, asserting that sport remains beneficial when kept as pleasure rather than pursuit.
Ray 8 Baker and an American artist travel through Germany observing the workingman at home and in shops the soldier scientist student industries and schools factories mills and shipyards The book presents unseen details and lively life with life like illustrations from the journey published by McClure Phillips Co New York.
Ian Maclaren’s Young Barbarians portrays Muirtown schoolboys with honor and grit. Dugald MacKinnon, the "Bulldog" old teacher, stands out as a vivid, original figure. The book blends realism and masculine virility, appealing to grown readers and schoollife fans alike.
Katharine Pyle writes As the Goose Flies a child books with twelve chapters such as The Five Little Pigs and the Goat The House of the Seven Little Dwarfs and The Great Gray Wolf Little Brown & Co Boston publishes the pleasant volume with large print and quirky pictures Matharine Pyle illustrations accompany the tale likely read aloud by parents if children can not yet read alone.
New volume contains ten short railroad life stories told by a switch man wiper roadmaster dispatch er night man master mechanic and others. Each tale independent with common characters and exciting incidents in a mountain railroad division in the far West. Realistic well told by a practical railroad man. New York McClure Phillips Co.
The Mershon Company of New York continues to cater to young readers with recent issues. Among them is Boys of the Fort by Capt. Ralph Bonehill, praised as a rattling good adventure for boys.
Arthur M. Winfield’s Volume 5 in the Flag of Freedom series follows Tom Dick and Sam Rover Boys as they endure a remarkable frontier voyage on Lake Erie. The trio faces perils and learns resilience during their self contained frontier military life journey.
Alice Brown's new work Margaret Warrener shows increased authorial power and clarity in depicting varied characters. The scenes unfold swiftly with skillful incident linkage, creating a panorama of living pictures. an artistic story published by Houghton Mifflin in Boston.
Bowen Merrill Company juvenile publication praised in the Journal for filling a Christmas demand. The book, illustrated by Virginia Keep of Indianapolis, offers attractive drawings that appeal to adults recalling childhood self deception about dolls.
The Applied Arts Guild of Worcester issues The Applied Arts Book with a December chapter of toy and gift-making hints for children. Harpers previews Mrs. Humphrey Ward’s forthcoming 1902 novel, its heroine a woman, serialized in Harper's Magazine. Scribner’s January asks how Europe will settle the trade balance if US exports to Europe surpass imports by six hundred thousand dollars annually. The Century plans outdoor city improvements from New York onward, with Sylvester Baxter expanding coverage to smaller towns. The Episcopal Church’s Christian Year Calendar is ready with 120 pages of lessons, rituals, and altar instructions for strong church participation. Leslie’s Monthly features Senator Tillman’s critique of Prohibition States. World’s Work promises a January Look Ring outward, about American expansion, with fifteen hundred foreign agents to receive copies. American Illustrated Methodist Magazine highlights a Famous Hymn Writer. connections to Mrs Adams and Richard Flower noted. Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris will serialize in 1922 Era beginning January, with Harris describing the work as a personal, nonautobiographical but deeply mine.
Jacob Riis new book The Making of an American reaches a second edition on publication day. Centennial Survey of world missions by Dr James S Dennis to appear as deluxe edition late December. Appleton poster for The Man Who Knew Better by Tom Gallon reflects holiday cheer. Henry Van Dyke The Ruling Passion deluxe edition signed by author, frontispiece by Walter Appleton Clark. Mary Johnston Aud rey to be issued in February, compared with To Have and To Hold. The Ship of Silence and Other Poems by Edward Uffington Valentine hailed as high quality verse. G W Dillingham reports King of Honey Island and John Henry top sellers. Norman Holt in press. John Winslow editions multiple. Dutchff Hyne A Master of Fortune second edition. five thousand copies of Arnold Voyage of Ithobal sold. Little Brown and Co. published about two hundred books and editions in past year.
A review notes Captain Alfred T. Mahan’s new volume Te of Naval Officers issued November 20, featuring fiction non fiction travel and essays. The piece discusses Truth Dexter by Shiney McCall as a best selling novel and The True Thomas Jefferson by William E Curtis arguing Northern support saved UVA while Southern figures offered little.
London letter praises Wells's The First Men in the Moon as a convincing impossible tale. Lunarians are pure brain, unlike Martians, sparking debate on anatomy and the need for human warmth in alien beings. The reviewer urges readers not to miss Wells's latest romance and its intriguing premise.
Seth Low was sworn in as mayor of New York in the Supreme Court and will assume office at noon on January 1. He announced department head selections and said many civil service positions may be abolished, warning current employees of potential losses and stressing that new appointments will come from an eligible civil service list.
Nineteen independent distilleries in North America prepare to challenge the Distilling Company of America. Corning Co plans a 30 000 gallon daily capacity plant in Peoria Ill. The whisky trust faces rising demand and may reopen the old Shufeldt distillery in Chicago. A Jersey City meeting will consider capital stock reductions from 125 million to about 86 million.
In Brooklyn Capt A H Hassell and Sheriff Grell spoke to the Platt Deutsch Volksfest Verein about oppression in the Transvaal. They forecast 2 090 000 signatures to a petition urging President Roosevelt to enforce the Washington treaty to bar England from any supplies in the U S. A delegation of 10 000 would then press Congress. Hassell claimed Boers could bankrupt Great Britain within five years if allowed to fight unrestrained.
Relatives of Mrs McKinley have little hope of her recovery according to Lieutenant James McKinley nephew of the late President. He said in Chicago that Aunt McKinley in Canton remains in the same condition as after the funeral with no improvement and no hope of improvement.
The Chicago report says one half of Josiah H. Bissell's estate goes to Yale University for student scholarships while the other half funds a new physical culture department at Smith College. The total gifts from the guests exceed $10,000.
The President sent to the Senate a batch of Indianian nominees for postmasters including Carter Aurora Niebaum Aurora Shryer Bloomfield Williamson Columbia Caldwell Lafayette and others. Other nominations cover consuls surveyors of customs marshal for Indian Territory and Army officers. The report notes leprosy commission bills and White House consultations with senators on Southern and Kansas appointments.
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