Daily Journal Christmas yearend notes and prices
The Indianapolis Daily Journal reviews festive commerce and politics with mentions of iron and steel prices dipping 2% under United States Steel Corp policy, stock gains for Northern Pacific, and congressional debates. It notes ship subsidies, vice admirals, and tariff debates, contrasting prosperity with calls to curb tariffs. The piece critiques Congress and highlights Christmas season wealth among wage earners.
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Great Steel Combination
United States Steel Corporation
Reconsidering Shafter officers round robin and national affairs
Discussion of General Shafter’s round robin to the secretary of war and its routes. Comments on Governor Crane’s term, possible treasury secretary successor Hugh H. Hanna, Navy civil service issues with Maclay and General Miles, congressional salary talks, and postmaster general reform affecting one cent letters. Seasonal urging for forbearance before Christmas shopping surge.
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General Shafter
Secretary of War
Crane
Massachusetts
Maclay
Navy
Miles
Seasonal Strains Slow City Mail and Transit Decline
The article notes increased streetcar ridership and package volume in the current season, with tenfold more riders and twentyfold more packages via mail and express. Delays rise as letter carriers and express wagons struggle to process and distribute on time, worsened by cold weather this year.
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Express
Newspaper Bias in Schley Affair Sparks Debate
The piece condemns partisan press and argues editors on all sides misstate facts in the Schley controversy. It defends Admirals Bentham Ramsay and Schley, notes the court of inquiry was properly conducted, and cites McKinley’s promotion timing as proof of no ill will toward Schley.
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Schley
Sampson
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Schley
Fartisan
Navy Department
Bentham
Ramsay
Navy
Department
Court of Inquiry
McKinley
Secretary Long
Admiral Sampson
Oxnard’s conflicting statements on beet sugar profits
The Beet Sugar Association president Oxnard urged a government inquiry into production costs, while recalling a long published 1899 statement by Oxnard and Cutting that beet sugar could be produced cheaply with no tariff protection. They claimed high profits under free trade, arguing beets at a ton yield two pounds of sugar valued at four cents a pound, implying substantial net gains and urging duty retention.
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Oxnard
Beet Sugar Association
Messrs. Oxnard
Cutting
Europe
White House
Congress
Cuba
Beet sugar profits and tariff power clash in debate
The piece questions beet sugar economics arguing that profits of 0 to 4.50 per ton contradicts claims that beet sugar cannot thrive without heavy tariffs. It notes inconsistent statements from beet industry promoters across years 1899 and 1917 and calls for clarification from Mr. Oxnard.
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Oxnard
Second Class Abuse Prompts Calls for Reform in Washington
Washington discussions accuse lawmakers of tolerating second class mail abuse that drains eight to ten million dollars annually from the treasury. Postmaster General has begun action while proponents cite Schley era compromises and naval ratings. The piece also notes sugar price declines, refined by competition, and a Christmas buying surge reflecting overall prosperity.
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Washington Dispatch
Washington
Madden
Treasury
Oxnard
Trust
The Humorists and Quick Wits Parade
A collage of brief gags and jokes from multiple papers. Laughing exchanges include Santa Claus denial, umbrella ownership, a French pun, political party ire, and witty retorts about climate and speech etiquette. Notable snippets involve Willie and his sister, a count and a coat, and a misstatement about “I must say.”
Princely Gifts to Colleges in Chicago News
The University of Chicago receives a large donation from Mr. Rockefeller totaling 1,250,100 dollars with 1,000,000 directed to the general endowment fund. Other unnamed benefactors contribute 375,000 dollars, boosting the university’s long term funds amid a season of major gifts to education.
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Chicago News
University of Chicago
Rockefeller
the Universty
Rockefeller Endowments Accelerate University Growth
The university has received nearly 16 million dollars with more than 10 million from Mr Rockefeller himself. A patron giving about one million annually sustains its rapid expansion and impact in higher education. His generosity appears inexhaustible as the University of Chicago grows into a leading global institution.
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Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Periodical notices preview January literary offerings
Leslie's Monthly features Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Ian Maclaren. Bishop Potter writes of travel in India for Youth's Companion. Browning and Dickens themes appear in Critic and Century. McClure's teases Tarkington and Hewlett year plans with Mary, Queen of Scots, plus Dooley and Ade contributions. George Madden Martin noted as a female author.
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Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ian Maclaren
Uttle
Bishop Potter
India
Kipling
Mandalay
G. H. Boughton
Browning
Tennyson
Lowell
Episcopal Church
Church Kalendar Company
West Fourteenth Street
New York
The
Home Journal
Knightstown
Ome
B. W. Matz
Dickens
Mata
George Gissing
Prince Reckless
Arthur Grissom
Alfred Henry Davis
Edgar Saltus
W. Pett Ridge
Gertrude F. Lynch
Huxley
James E. Routh, Jr
A. J. Johns Hopkins University
Yeatharine Fullerton
A. B. Radcliffe College
Actaeon
John Erskine
A. B
Columbia University
Pearson's
Captain Kettle
Cutcaffe Hyne
Kettle
Africa
Sarath Kumar Ghosh
McClure’s
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Maurice Hewlett
Richard Yea
Nay
Mary
Queen of Scots
Richard
Edwin le Fevre
Wall Street
Edward White
Mr. Dooley
George Ade
William Allen White
Senator Platt
Standard of Company
John la Farge
George Madden Martin
Emmy Lou
Publishing notes on bestsellers and new books
The Crisis and Richard Carvel each sell 375000 copies in six months and two years respectively. Ingalls Kimball debuts as an independent publisher with Bliss Carman holiday verse. Pidgin buys a manuscript about Burr Hamilton duel. A revised edition of The Hesperine Tree appears with contributions from Howells, Thompson, Riley and others. Jefferson ambidextrous a new biography highlights his lack of humor and humorous effect in Congress.
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Richard Carvel
Ingalls Kimball
Stone & Kimball
Chicago
Bliss Carman
St. Kavin's
St. Kavin's.” Mr. Kimball Is Now Established In New York. Mr. Pidgin
Aaron Burr
M. Clark Company
Boston
Alexander Hamilton
Ohio Valley
John Scott & Co
North Bend
John James Pratt
William Dean Howells
Maurice Thompson
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
James Whitcomb Riley
James Lane Allen
John Arn Lloyd
John Hay
Hon. Henry Watterson
T. C. Steele
C. T. Weber
L. H. Meakin
H. F. Farney
H. Mosler
J. Q. A. Ward
Jefferson
William E. Curtie
Thomas Jefferson
J. B. Lippincott Company
Congress
Ohio Labor Federation to Demand End of Prison Labor
Buffalo Expresa notes the Ohio Federation of Labor plans to push abolition of contract labor in prisons. The move could create upcoming trouble for Ohio if the measure succeeds, signaling a major shift in state labor and penal policy.
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Buffalo
Ohio Federation of Labor
Ohio
Hanna Predicts Reduced Strike Evil in Civic Federation Plan
Washington letter from New York Tribune outlines Senator M A Hanna leading a National Civic Federation effort to prevent strikes. He says the movement aims to minimize strikes, foster discussion between capital and labor, and avoid compulsory arbitration while inviting both organized and unorganized workers to participate. The plan would offer mediation boards and avoid legislation, relying on middle-ground leaders like Potter Adams Cleveland and Buss.
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Washington
New York Tribune
Tribune
National Civic Federation
M. A. Hanna
Santa Claus
New York
Hanna
Civic Federation
Chicago
United States
High Court
Bishop Potter
Charles Francis Adams
Grover Cleveland
Cornelius N. Buss
Organized Labor
Europe
Mr Wu and His Friends in a Kansas City Visit
A Kansas City Journal passage describes Mr. Wu receiving fellow countrm en in ceremonial fashion in a secretary’s office. Wu sits behind a long table while visitors in Chinese costume bow and speak rapidly. Attire differs in color with Wu’s ornate brocade dress and red button cap, a scene filled with ceremony and subtle tension.
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Kansas City Journal
Rex
Gaw Wing
Chinese visit sparks lighthearted remarks at Kansas City meeting
The Chinese visitors, including Wu, engaged in a lively talk in Chinese in the committee room. Wu joked with attendees, inquired about local business and conditions, and laughed with members. The mood was genial despite a brief exclusion from the pub area.
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Gaw
Kansas City
Let Us Have Peace In Navy Rank Bill At Congress
The Boston Globe notes a House bill to restore the vice admiral rank in the navy and appoint Sampson Clark and Schley, with Evans Taylor and Wainwright possibly honored later. The piece urges unity on the Schley-Sampson controversy and praises the cited officers while urging fair promotion practices. It ends by recalling Grant and invoking reconciliation.
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Boston Globe
Congress
Sampson
Schley
Clark
Pearce
Maryland
Schley-Sampson
Santiago
Captain Clark
Oregon
Puget Sound
Cuba
Evans
Taylor
Wainwright
Court of Inquiry
Dewey
Republic
Maine
Ulysses SS. Grant
Southern Republicans Face Delegation Power in National Conventions
In a Star interview Vice Chairman Payne argues Southern Republicans wield disproportionate influence in national conventions despite limited home votes. He notes Mississippi and Minnesota delegate parity. urges reform to reflect actual strength, claiming both parties overstate electoral weight.
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Washington Star
The
Star
Payne
Republican National Committee
Mississippi
Minnesota
South
Republican
Tney
Congress
Mr. Moody
Roosevelt Christmas at White House Plans and Gifts
Washington Special reports a jolly Christmas at the White House with the Roosevelts. The President and Mrs Roosevelt will greet the family with stockings but no Christmas tree. The family attends church, then a charity tree at Commander Cowles. Theodore Jr may hunt and join a Dolphin river cruise. Mrs Ledwith arrives with trunks, to supervise gifts and household duties. Relatives and gifts fill the festive scene as Mrs Hay arranges silver token presents for Mrs Roosevelt.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Commander Cowles
Santa Claus
Theodore, Jr
Rixey
Neild
Theodore
Mary Ledwith
Mame
Ledwith
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hay
Root
Knox
Smith
Hitchcock
Miss Wilson
Tiffany's
Suppressed Army Camp Truth Sparks Debate
Washington poet cites Dr. Chas A L Reed of Cincinnati at Marion Ohio implying Camp Thomas abuses and mass preventable deaths. The piece accuses suppression by a wartime inquiry and urges congressional action amid trial disclosure claims.
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Washington
Chas
A. L. Reed
Cincinnati
American Medical Association
Marion
Reed
Sinal
Army Investigating Committee
Investigating Commission
Imn
P. 8. Conner
Conner
United States
Congress
Commercial War and Reciprocity to Aid American Exports
Atlantic Monthly argues reciprocity would improve tariff conditions abroad and guard against retaliatory policies. Europe’s powers pursue tariff revisions, with Germany drafting a new tariff affecting U.S. goods. Russia already eroded benef its of U.S. manufacturers by raising tariff barriers, signaling broader risks unless Dingley tariffs are tempered by reciprocal equity.
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Atlantic Monthly
Europe
United States
Germany
Russia
Valley Forge National Park Bill Introduced in Congress
Senator Penrose and Representative Wanger push a measure to acquire and incorporate Valley Forge as a national park. The piece argues Valley Forge marks the revolutionary war epic and should become a national shrine, with broad support for unanimous passage.
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St. Louis Republic
Congress
Penrose
Wanger
Pennsylvania
Valley Forge
National Park
President Roosevelt limits public handshakes and delegations
The Roosevelt administration curbs indiscriminate handshakes and restricts delegations at the White House. Roosevelt, a member of the Delta Mer Bypsilan college fraternity, declined a recent “Deke” convention visit, saying officials must guard time for essential public business. This move may affect popularity but follows common sense.
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Springfield Republican
Roosevelt
White House
Deltamere Bypsilan College
Hartford Courant on Marconi and Newfoundland stand
The piece mocks an injunction against Marconi staying on Newfoundland soil while conducting wireless exchanges with England. It argues telegraph companies cannot stop the wireless feat, comparing it to a stagecoach or locomotive and claiming the achievement was genuinely miraculous.
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Hartford Courant
Marconi
Newfoundland
England
DeArmond’s Gloom Ties To Philippines Remarks
Kansas City Star notes Representative DeArmond issued a somber interview on the Philippines. It cautions readers to weigh his mood against a long voyage home that delays his push for minority status in the House.
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Kansas City
DeArmond
Philippines
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