Subscriptions and notices in The Daily Journal 1901
The item lists subscription rates for the Daily Journal Indianapolis and suburbs, prices for mail and carrier delivery, and where the paper can be found nationally. It also reports on current events including railroad freight rates, Monroe doctrine references, political promotions, holiday profit sharing, iron and steel scarcity fears, statehood talks for Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indianapolis manufacturing growth, and personnel moves in government posts.
U S Navy Ships to South American Station Questioned
The piece argues the dispatch of ships to the South American station is misleading. It cites the secretary of the navy denying significance and accuses certain interests in Great Britain of crafting hostile reports to stoke U S Germany tensions. It suggests a pattern aligned with German efforts to show goodwill while hiding aggressive aims.
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Germany
Venezuela
Dispatch
New York
Secretary of the Navy
United States
Great Britain
Retirement of Secretary Gage Fades From Public Life
The retirement of Secretary Gage from the Cabinet marks a notable loss to the country. Appointed by McKinley, he was trusted to steer finances with conservatism and close ties to business interests. After nearly five years, he seeks private life as a banker, leaving behind a fiscally sound Treasury and broad public approval.
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Gage
McKinley
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Roosevelt
Mississippi anti trust law proves unwise and counterproductive
A Jackson dispatch reports the Mississippi attorney general dropped anti trust proceedings against foreign insurers, prompting widespread withdrawal of providers and leaving residents without coverage. Similar laws in Arkansas faced constitutional challenges, underscoring that unwise anti trust legislation harms investment and access to services, a lesson on constitutional rights and economic impact.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Arkansas
Opportunity for Real Reciprocity with Cuba Trade
The article notes Cuba’s exports rose 2.5 times from 1900 to the last fiscal year, hinting at sugar and tobacco recovery. It cites a small decline in imports and an overall encouraging trend, yet U S trade to Cuba fell 7 percent from 1900 while German exports surged 294 percent.
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Cuba
United States
Germany
Cuba Trade Outlook and Reciprocity Proposals
The article argues Cuba purchases from the U S drop while imports from Germany rise sharply, citing Cuba buying only 43 percent from the U S and $57 million from other sources. It urges reciprocal trade with Cuba, proposing reduced duties on Cuban raw sugar and tobacco in exchange for broader access for American manufactures and potential sales totaling around $0.5 billion if conditions shift. It criticizes existing reciprocity talks with France and stresses Cuba as a growing market under liberal policy.
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Germany
Cuba
Europe
France
Wood
China
Congress
Prosperity for Farmers Under Tariff and Export Growth
The New York World touts farmer prosperity amid high prices and growing exports. It notes strong corn and agricultural demand overseas, rising land values, and broad domestic bank expansion while criticizing tariff opponents. France studies reciprocity talks with concerns over industrial impact, urging caution on duty reductions.
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New York World
Europe
Kansas
United States
William McKinley
Congress
Factory Inspector McAbee Accused Over Prosperity Report
Democrats charge State Factory Inspector McAbee with issuing a Republican campaign document in his annual report. The report highlights unprecedented prosperity across all manufacturing branches, a claim the inspector defends as truthful.
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McAbee
Prosperity and reform cited in regional observations
The article notes a sustained wave of prosperity since fall 1897 delivering employment and a labor shortage across trades. It highlights improved factory sanitation, urging humane employers to pursue reform. It also cites governors Crane of Massachusetts and a Boston mayor-elect limiting ceremonial duties, and mentions naval mobilization in the Caribbean amid tensions with Germany and Venezuela, listing ships Kearsarge Alabama Illinois Indiana and Massachusetts.
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Crane
Massachusetts
Boston
Indiana
Caribbean Sea
United States
Castro
Kearsarge
Alabama
Illinois
The Humorists Judge and Christmas Banter
A humorous exchange from the Washington Star and Brooklyn Eagle features Ella and Stella debating mistletoe and courtship, with a wry quip about shopmen and thrift. Aunt Dinah jokes about a husband’s presumed other wife as Mrs. Johnson laments lack of work and wealth.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Dinah
Chile
Shade and Snatches of Historic Banter and Jest
A collage of quips and cartoons from The Smart Set and Chicago papers. Pirates of language mix wit on dogs Julius Caesar and Great Scottia. A child’s spelling lesson ends with a joke about shares driving a family to bankruptcy.
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Chicago Tribune
Winfield Scott
Julius Caesar
Great Caesar
Shade
Scottia
Chicago Post
Incoming Postmaster General Payne Defended by Indiana Letter
A letter to the Indianapolis Journal defends Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin against attacks by the Onlooker. The writer portrays Payne as a capable administrator and Milwaukee streetcar magnate, noting his ownership of the Milwaukee & Northern Railway and Milwaukee Electric Light and Power Company. The piece praises Payne’s record, Milwaukee’s transit service, and predicts regret at his retirement. Indianapolis, Dec. 20.
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Indianapolis Journal
Henry C. Payne
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Mr. Payne
Milwaukee
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Payne
Philetus
John C. Spooner
Milwaukee & Northerailway
Milwaukee Electric Light and Power Company
Yerkes
Chicago
Representative of the Past in Hartford Courant
Galusha A Grow spoke in the House recounting his long service since December 1, 1841. He is the only survivor in public life of the House over which he presided, listing former colleagues such as Lovejoy, Washburn, Colfax, and Conkling as contemporaries.
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Hartford Courant
Galusha A. Grow
House
Ouse
Henry Clay
Senate
Mr. Grow
Owen Lovejoy
Elihu B. Washburn
Deus Stevens
Daniel W. Voorhees
Fran- John A. Logan
John J. Crittenden
Thadds P. Blair
Schuyler Colfax
Henry L. Dawes
Clement L. VanJandingham
Sunset” Cox
Roscoe Conkling
Philadelphia
Capitol
Galusha A
Tea Cultivation Shown Possible in Barnwell County
A Barnwell County tea plant, several years old and thriving over sixteen square feet, proves that tea culture is practicable in South Carolina. The leading authority on the subject states it is highly profitable for the state and Barnwell should adopt this industry to diversify its economy.
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Charleston News and Courier
Barnwell
Wisconsin Grange Seeks Public Fame on Isthmian Canal
The Wiscon sin State Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry asserts its bold stance on public funds for a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific. The organization advocates for government support to connect the isthmian route with Missouri river regions and to expand free rural mail delivery.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Wisconsin
Steel Mill Explosion Kills Three in Pittsburgh Plant
A massive boiler explosion at the Black Diamond works of Park Brothers on Thirtieth Street injures twelve workers and kills three. Boilers from the 10-inch mill No. 3 and adjacent McNeil plant wrecked the factory, with one boiler crashing into a residence across the street. Estimated losses run from twenty five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars.
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Pittsburg
Black Diamond
Park Brothers
Thirtieth Street
John Welvik
Patrick O'Connor
John Wilts
Thomas Ellett
Albert Gesischie
Alexander Waszeloke
Robert Street
Valentine Perkiski
Jacob Chesnolanes
Isaac Washington
William Steinbaugh
Peter Mikoski
John McClusky
Munroe Larkens
Joseph Zunich
Steinbaugh
Reuben Miller, Jr
James McNeil
Bollers
Park Bros
McNeil
Rudolph Korff
West Penn Hospital
Bar Mill
Robert Price
Price
McNeils
Pittsburg Furnace Explosion Toll Grows With Missing Chief
Police report Alexander Clydesdale, in charge of the Soho furnace at Jones and Laughlin, is missing and presumed cremated. The death toll rises to eleven as Mercy Hospital reports John Sabo’s condition dire but not certain. Yentz remains seriously ill but with a slight chance of recovery.
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Pittsburg
Alexander Clydesdale
Soho
Jones & Laughlin’s
Mercy Hospital
John Sabo
Yentz
Boiler Blast Kills Fireman at Neville Island Plant
An explosion at the American Steel and Wire Company plant on Neville Island killed boss fireman William W. Neely. No other workers were hurt, but the blast damaged the plant and its operations, though not enough to cripple production.
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Pittsburg
American Steel and Wire Company
Neville Island
William W. Neely
Demon Kills Three in Davy Saloon Rampage
Wayne Demon, an eighteen year old from Catlettsburg Kentucky, shot and killed Lem Booton Frick Watts and Harry Good in Eugene Dye's saloon at Davy, during pay day celebrations. He escaped via a rear door and had not been captured by tonight. The victims were residents of the coal fields and Demon was employed as an assistant bookkeeper for Cole Crane and Co. of Cincinnati.
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Welch
W. Va
Wayne Demon
Davy
Eugene Dye
Demon
Lem Booton
Frick” Watts
Harry Good
Catlettsburg
Cole, Crane & Co
Cincinnati
Riley Reads A Poem At Pilgrim Banquet
Detroit delegates exceed three hundred attend the New England Society of Detroit seventh annual banquet at the Russell House to mark the Pilgrims landing anniversary. Yale professor William Lyon Phelps, poet James Whitcomb Riley, and ex-Senator John Patton spoke. Riley read a poem written for the event titled The Guest of the Fathers.
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Detroit
Mich
New England Society of Detroit
Russell House
William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
James Whitcomb Riley
John Patton
Michigan
Riley
Engineer and Fireman Injured in Freight Train Collision
Pittsburg December 2 The Cumberland Express on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad collided with a freight train at Scotthaven derailing the passed engine and badly injuring Engineer Frank Panes and his fireman.
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Pittsburg
Cumberland Express
Scotthaven
Frank Panes
Marconi Planned Steamer Trip From St Johns
Denial and hints of travel frame Marconi's schedule. Messages from London imply a Sardinian departure to Liverpool Sunday night with a return within a month. He aims to choose a site for a permanent wireless station and to marry in January.
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ST. Johns
N. F
London
Marconi
Liverpool
United States
Miss Holman
Mare
Dowie Defends Zion Lace Trust Amid Trial Testimony
Dr John Alexander Dowie told the Chicago court he is no tyrant surrounded by slaves as he defended a receivership suit against his Zion lace industries. He framed his leadership as a community service, claimed voluntary labor, and denied partnership with Stevenson. He admitted certain financial transfers but argued liabilities were miscalculated and stated his prophetic views remain on record.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion Lace Industries
Reeves
Dowle
Stevenson
Dowie
Frank Woodward
Zion Lace
Elijah
New York Rascal Hearing on Embezzlement Case Adjourned
In New York on December 20, the hearing for Charles P. Chipp charged with embezzling 30000 in public funds while an assistant in the controller department was adjourned to Tuesday with bail set at 10000. Chipp offered to admit irregularities but disputed the $30000 figure. Controller Coler disclosed cashier Edward L. Taylor, who died in 1595, was short in his accounts by 7000 to 8000.
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New York
Charles P. Chipp
Bureau of Assessments
Controller's Department
Coler
Edward L. Taylor
Bureau
Marconi Outdone by Local Inventor Keller in Chattanooga
Charles Oscar Keller of Chattanooga claims a six decade old discovery that locates ship distances within sixty miles and provides telephonic communication under all conditions including underwater. He plans to testify before Secretary of the Navy Long and foreign naval attaches in January, aided by letters from Senator Slater and other interested officials.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles Oscar Keller
Washington
Fires Reach Across Cities In Cold Wave
Marysville Missouri reports Saint Josephs Hospital burned with twenty five patients endangered as 13 below zero drives occupants to refuge. Salt Lake City fire destroys University of Utah Training School with eight thousand loss. Helena Arkansas fire wipes out Nonpareil Hotel, King's drug store and Lohman residence. Guthrie Oklahoma burns Francis Bank and eight buildings. New London Connecticut gutting of five State Street business buildings. Cleveland Ohio loss at Simon Lumber Company warehouse and factory totals thirty thousand.
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Marysville
St. Joseph's Hospital
Salt Lake
Utah
University of Utah
Helena
Ark
King’s Drug Store
Henry Lohman
Guthrie
O. T
State Bank
Francis
Stenner I. I
New London
Conn
State Street
Cleveland
Simon Lumber Company
Cold Wave Drives Settlers to New Territory
Guthrie Oklahoma dispatch describes prospective settlers moving into the region amid poverty and hardship. Families suffer through a cold wave with hunger, near-starvation, and several child deaths. smallpox cases appear across towns and cities in the two territories.
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Guthrie
O. T
Bryn Mawr Student Burned To Death In Dorm Room
Lillian Vickers, a third year Bryn Mawr College student from Los Angeles, Cal, was fatally burned in her dormitory room when her clothing accidentally caught fire. Assistance arrived too late to save her.
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Philadelphia
Lillian Vickers
Los Angeles
Cal
Bryn Mawr College
Return of Herbert Squirers
Herbert Ulerai, secretary of the United States legation at Peking, arrived in New York today aboard the steamer Barbarossa from Peking, marking a notable diplomatic homecoming amid ongoing Asian relations.
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New York
Herbert Ulerai
United States
Peking
Chinese Atonement Massacre Victims Given Military Funeral
In Peking area Tong-Chow officials arranged a public funeral for seventy native Christians massacred last year. Missionaries agreed not to seek punishment if officials publicly honored the victims and protected converts. The ten hour procession included Chinese cavalry, infantry, bands, and hundreds of mourners.
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Peking
Tong- Chow
Tung-Chow
Tien-Tsin
Conger
China
Travel safety notices for foreigners in inland China
Minister Conger reports to the State Department on correspondence with the Chinese government about precautions for foreigners traveling in interior districts. The Board of Foreign Affairs urges that travelers away from treaty ports carry passports and notify local authorities before proceeding so provincial officials can arrange protection.
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Washington
Conger
State Department
China
Board of Foreign Affairs
Japanese to Train Chinese Soldiers
Peking reports Yuan Shi Kai, new viceroy of Chi Li, has engaged Japanese officers to train the Chinese army after General Fukushima toured southern viceroys. Japanese officers wore Chinese clothes. Japan offers to detail a general to reorganize the Chinese army, with Yuan Shi Kai pressuring officials to accept tutelage and Chinese plans to enlist British and American officers for naval reorganization.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Chi-Li
Fukushima
Pao-Ting-Fu
Japan
Shanghai
American aide William H. Pethick dies in Peking
Pethick, private secretary and diplomatic adviser to Li Hung Chang for thirty years, died in Peking. He authored Li Hung Chang’s anti opium manifesto and left an unfinished work on Li and his times, including revelations about recent Chinese diplomacy.
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Peking
William H. Pethick
Li Hung
Pno
Pethick
Meade to Lead New York Masonry Investigation
The Press reports that Charles W. Meade, grand master of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, heads a rush to address a major Masonry crisis. An inquiry will probe alleged clandestine lodges and fraudulent dealings in Masonic degrees and admissions. The Grand Lodge of the State of New York plans a strict investigation into the reported frauds.
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New York
Charles W. Meade
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
Masonry
William Morgan
Grand Lodge of Masons
Notable deaths across the Midwest and London
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce president John Campbell is found dead at sixty. Col Richard Josiah Hinton, tied to John Brown, dies in London. Iowa judge W F Conrad dies in Des Moines after Civil War service and Libby prison escape. Peoria river pilot Capt Thomas O Hara dies at sixty four.
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Kansas City
John B. Campbell
Chamber of Commerce Association
Kan
G. A. BR
Fort Scott
St. Joseph
Washington
New York
Francisco
London
Des Moines
W. F. Conrad
Ninth Judicial District
Twenty-fifth
Iowa Infantry
Libby
Peoria
Thomas O'Hara
Objects to Being Called White From Snow Hill Institute
A male student at Snow Hill Industrial Institute Alabama sought to withdraw after objecting to being called a white man by peers. He said the label offended him and the incident drew attention to ongoing tensions as a Black student refuses to be identified with a white designation.
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Snow Hil Industrial Institute
Alabama
Saget
Argentina Delays Accord Demanding Chilean Troop Withdrawal
London dispatch from Valparaiso reports Argentina stalls a settlement with Chile by insisting Chilean troops abandon a neighboring position long regarded as in dispute as a condition to withdraw police from the disputed area.
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London
The
Times
Valparaiso
Argentina
Chile
Coe
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