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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1901
Page
8
The king remains not dangerously ill and will remain at Marlborough, delaying Christmas plans. The royal timetable shifts as officials confirm continued residence at Marlborough Palace amid festive preparations.
London dispatch reports Queen Alexandra is ill with a chill but not in danger. Earlier notices suggested greater concern. a noon bulletin says she improves and plans to remain at Marlborough House during Christmas, after Sandringham preparations were disrupted by her condition.
London dispatch reports the Vatican growing hopeful that the United States will appoint a diplomatic representative. The Pope desires a semi official figure now with a path to minister or ambassador, while Washington shows openness to discussion. Possible cardinal moves in the United States are noted along with churchs battles against socialism.
In Rome on December 23 the Pope received cardinal assisters and delivered a lengthy address condemning excess liberty of thought, criticizing socialism and a vice for divorce while urging unity among Christian churches amid internal church hostility.
After a week long trial in Chartres France the farmer Briere was found guilty of murdering his four children aged fourteen eleven four and seven while they slept. He denied the crime claiming two tramps killed the children and that he was attacked during the robbery. A witness described his surviving daughter pleading for his innocence on the stand. The verdict left open the possibility of execution by guillotine.
In Constantinople the Turkish foreign minister Evfik Pasha says he knows nothing of a Beyrout notification forcing naturalized American citizens to renounce US citizenship within five days or face expulsion. The U S charge in Constantinople and Washington notes the lack of a Turkish naturalization treaty, while urging that any expulsion not cause hardship by rushing departures.
New York dispatches report Manchuria remains unsettled as Russian troops intensify abuses. Private letters describe violent outrages by bands of Cossacks against defenseless inhabitants, signaling deteriorating security under czarist-backed forces.
In a brutal incident six Mongol Rus subjects were sent in pursuit of horse thieves and attacked by Cos sacks. Unable to produce passports, five were tortured and beheaded despite prayers and entreaties in Peking.
A dispatch from Constantinople says no agreement has been reached with the brigands holding Miss Stone and that settlement is unlikely for about ten days. Sofia reports Mme Tsilka is well but immobile for a week. Miss Stone is also well. Washington notes Spencer Eddy has devised a new plan to secure Stone's release, details not disclosed.
Associate Justice David J. Brewer told a New England Society banquet that world power cannot be won by force. He argued the United States must justify its status through truth and justice, not merely military strength, during remarks in Philadelphia.
Col John N Partridge announced to President Roosevelt he will become police commissioner of New York City and return to the city. He has not yet named a deputy and expects a delay in announcement. If no appointment is made by January 1 Deputy Commissioner Devery will be removed.
Mr Dickinson, consul at Constantinople, complains to the State Department about the adverse impact of newspaper publications on Miss Stone's behalf, saying publicity undermines his efforts and commercial enterprise.
Paris dispatch reports Senator Chauncey M. Depew in good health on the eve of his marriage to Miss May Palmer. He was amused by a secretary’s delivery of over four thousand clippings from American papers about the upcoming wedding. The couple will wed in Nice at the American Episcopal Church and return to New York on the St. Louis, sailing Cherbourg January 4.
Berlin Times correspondent notes the Uganda Railway reaching Victoria Nyanza and cites the National Zeitung urging German urgency in building the East African Central Railway. The piece highlights British achievement, German delays, and potential future prospects for German colonial interests.
Japanese Mail Steamship Company approves building sixteen steamers in Japan by 17 to boost service to America Australia London and the Asiatic coast. Aimed at meeting rising competition from other lines in the Orient trade. Emperor William to visit London for Queen Victoria memorial service at Frogmore. A Levant line ship quarantined in Hamburg after plague ridden rats found on board.
A speech reviewing American strength and values calls for restraint and justice in international affairs. It praises civil service reform, merit-based official life, and a frank diplomacy aligned with the golden rule. Other speakers cover patriotism, commerce, and regional ideals.
The committee on extradition and suppression of anarchy presented its report in Mexico City urging a general treaty among American republics. It notes difficulty adding anti anarchist provisions without impinging on liberty, but supports criminalizing active expression and propagation of anarchistic ideas as an extraditable offense.
In Sofia on December 23 a revolutionary demonstration erupted with police struggling to control rioters who attacked the Turkish commission residence. Thousands joined the protest in sympathy with those opposing Turkish rule and shouting for a Macedonian revolution.
London report notes severe frosts in inland counties with residents in exposed areas freezing. Weather prevails along the coast as Thames mouth traffic comes to a standstill due to icy conditions.
The text states that extradition may be demanded from the date propagation of anarchy becomes punishable. It clarifies that such extradition shall be granted even if the individual faces imprisonment of less than two years, outlining enforcement scope for those accused of promoting anarchy.
Charges were filed today with Governor Ferguson and with Secretary Hitchcock against Probate Judges Crum of Caddo county and Brown of Comanche county, plus additional charges against Judge Finley of Kiowa county. Alleged extortion and gross fraud in proving up townsites in the new country have caused the officials to be ordered to Guthrie for investigation. Townsites have been held up, affecting at least 10,000 settlers.
Mobile Alabama December 23 Captain R P Hobson visited to assist in exercises for the Alabama battleship silver service fund He was the guest of the Daughters of the American Solution and addressed a large audience tonight.
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