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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
4
The Daily Journal cites broader Christmas cheer aided by mail service and rail, notes Uncle Sam as key Santa helper, covers diplomatic appointing debate about a U S adviser to the Chinese government, discusses naturalization questions for Armenians and others, and comments on Rome’s conciliatory Philippines policy. It also lists subscription rates, postal guidance, and multiple city news items.
The Pope orders friars lands be turned over to the United States with indemnity to be set by courts. Argentina and Chile edge toward possible war, with both powers possessing strong navies and substantial land forces. Both sides could field large forces. conflict would be intense with modern ships and skilled officers. Aiming to avert war, diplomatic discussions and arbitration by Britain are noted.
The narrative recounts Jesus' birth in Bethlehem with wise men from the East seeking the newborn king and presenting gifts. Shepherds in the field receive angelic tidings of great joy and the birth of a Savior, Christ the Lord, announced with praise in heaven.
Dispatches indicate President Roosevelt plans to ask Iowa Governor Shaw to become secretary of the treasury. Shaw’s acceptance is uncertain as Cabinet service requires living in Washington and risks sidelining private business and a political future in Iowa. Shaw, 53, is strong with his party and popular, but may resist shelving or sidetracking his career.
A Washington dispatch notes Danish objections to selling the Danish West Indies and reports a Danish proposal for a pl epublic vote by islanders on ceded status. The piece contrasts past support for annexation with current sentiment, cites 1867 voting precedent, and critiques naval controversy surrounding Admiral Schley.
Emperor William decorates Marquis Ito with the Order of the Red Eagle while Andrew Carnegie informs the New York Press Club of a $5,000 library gift to be chosen by a club committee. Senator Hanna’s mail volume is vast, King of Italy uses guard surrounds, Shays’s grave neglected near Scottsburg, and a London letter explains royal address etiquette. A judge named Jeff jokes with a hypocritical prisoner, and a prayer for Queen Adelaide appears in reminiscences. Austrian poets’ Danube verses upset by German scientist’s yearlong river study.
A fragmented OCR line references a Christmas song idea with phrases about a song in the air and a Bethlehem manger image. It mentions a star in the sky and a "slow cry" with poetic imagery attributed to J. G. Holland, but the text is incomplete and stylized.
A collage of jokes and quips from Philadelphia Press, Leslie's Weekly, Washington Star, New York Sun, and Baltimore American. Tiny tales include a wife’s hat costing 25 dollars, a comic misreading of journalism, Meeandering Mike’s city sympathy, a kitchen surprise with a padded rolling pin, and a playful gag about proposed engagement.
A verse recounts Christmas birth with reverent tone invoking Jesus Christ as Savior. Mentions Bethlehem Nazareth Galilee and healing of sorrows. Attributed to Dinah Marla Mulock Craik.
A Gallipolis dispatch reports a hidden manuscript in a centuries old clock revealing Adele de Alonquon, daughter of the Duke of Orleans later Louis Philippe. The text says Adele was sent to Gallipolis with a French colony, tutored, then to a Catholic school in France. Identified by Claude M. Wall, parts of the document remain unpublished.
In St Louis on December 4 1910 Dr E C Walden son of Bishop E C Walden of Cincinnati married Miss Bessie Simms of Jacksonville Illinois after a playful dare at 3708 Olive street. The couple who had known each other for months planned to marry the following Monday December 23. Bets from witnesses added to the festive mood as the knot was tied.
A seizure in Manila reveals treasure valued between one and two million dollars in coins and valuables awaiting final disposition by authorities. The find centers on colonial era cargo and raises questions about ownership, salvage rights, and potential repatriation to heirs or insurers.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Taft nearing home as insurgent chiefs in Bohol island surrender. Col Dougherty conducts a clean sweep of Laguna Province. court martial records noted. The Philippine Commission discusses treasury status, recent large road and harbor improvements, seizures of funds, and anticipated budget balances.
Record from the Philippines details the killings of five American soldiers and a president by insurgents led by Timoteo Dahalin and Manuel Gonzales. General Chaffee upheld death by hanging for Dahalin and Gonzales, while commuting the sergeant Clemente de La Cruz to life imprisonment with hard labor.
Civil Governor Taft departed Manila aboard the United States army transport Grant for San Francisco this morning. A large crowd gathered to bid him farewell as he expressed satisfaction with the progress in the Philippines and happiness that General Chaffee remains safe and in command during the transition.
The insurgent chiefs on Bohol including Samson have yielded with twenty heavy cannons and forty five guns after an engagement in Batangas province against a Twenty first Infantry detachment led by Lieutenant Edgar T. Side. One American private wounded. several insurgents killed. Subig Bay prison restored. many captured Filipinos sent there. Colonel Dougherty’s column burns insurgent tracks in Laguna and takes prisoners. enemy losses heavy. A naval reservation is created on Culebra Island east of Porto Rico as a U S Navy land reserve.
Bedford officials and businesspeople discuss direct rail access to Indianapolis via the Indianapolis Southern Railroad. They fear competition from the Southern Indiana line but back a subsidy to secure a Bedford to capital city route, boosting local stone trade and economy while noting political maneuvering in the state.
Chicago December 4. Minnie McCoy and daughter Lulu McCoy are charged with fraudulent transfer of a Kansas farm valued at 15000 dollars. Charles McCoy alleges the deed was signed by Lulu McCoy to James Coffey via a misleading ad. Wing and ex-Congressman McCormick defend, hearing continued to January 3 to bring Kansas witnesses.
W. L. Dodd, president of the Southern Mutual Aid Association and treasurer of the Birmingham Debenture Company, was shot by attorney M. W. Little in his Birmingham hotel room. Little, in night clothes, fired multiple times claiming it was a blackmail scheme. Dodd, wounded in the arm and back, remains under treatment as the U S Commissioner adjourns the case to January 15. Little, a noted attorney and former U S consul at Honduras, acted under dispute related to Dodd’s fraud trial.
Marconi leaves St Johns for Ottawa aiming to reach England by January 1 after a brief stay, planning to pass through New York. He expresses gratification over his Anglo American Telegraph Company controversy, reflected in a letter printed in the London Times. One assistant accompanies him to Ottawa.
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