Dec 26 1901 Daily Journal notes and notices
A compact compilation from The Indianapolis Journal includes postal and subscription details, distribution points in multiple cities, and editorials touching on politics, trade relations with Mexico, prohibition of gambling, and wireless telegraphy as a future substitute for homing pigeons, with reflections on Christmas generosity and wage-related service efficiency. Named entities include The Indianapolis Journal, New York, Chicago, Louisville, St. Louis, Washington D.C., Mexico, Croker, Belmont, Dewey, Miles, Schley, and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
British trade decline blamed on old methods and labor saves
Consul Boyle cites lack of enterprise and reluctance to adopt new ideas and labor-saving machines as recurring causes of Britain’s falling trade. His report may spur renewed effort to regain ground, but progress will be difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boyle
Liverpool
Great Britain
Indiana Teachers Association session urges practical public instruction
The Indiana Teachers Association opens its annual session with emphasis on public schooling as crucial to Indiana’s progress. It argues education must mix science with practical manual training, addressing how to prepare students for living wages and industrial work, and asks what Indiana’s next step in education should be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Teachers’ Association
Indiana
Association For Friday
General Howard Urges Peace and Crites on Boer War
Major General C O Howard argues the Boer War stemmed from Britain asserting limited sovereignty and calls guerrilla warfare indefensible after Pretoria fell. He praises Boer bravery but says continued fighting harms noncombatants and notes British camps as humane versus Weyler's Cuba reconcentrados.
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C. O. Howard
Howard
South Africa
Great Britain
Pretoria
Lee
Veyler
Cuba
Weyser
General Howard on war, refugees, and anti guerrilla policy
General Howard argues Britain bears no blame for South Africa methods, cites US refugee camps and Freedman's Bureau as a model. He recalls 1863 1865 camps feeding over 150000 noncombatants and distributing ten thousand to new homes, with both races finding work. He warns war progress depends on the man behind the gun and limits of arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Freedman’s Bureau
Howard
West Virginia
Mississippi
Washington
Grant
General Howard
South Africa
Philippines
Friends of Peace
Croker in Indiana and the French Lick visit
Indianapolis dispatch claims Richard Croker traveled to Indiana not for health but to corner ex Governor Hill and probe Tammany. Ex mayor Taggart allegedly invited Croker to French Lick to meet Democratic leaders before elections. Attendance dwindled after Tammany’s fall and a Sentinel rebuke, though Taggart warmly welcomed Croker. The piece also touches on Admiral Schley’s Santiago battle command and a dispatch dated July 10 1808.
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Indianapolis
New York Sun
Richard Croker
Indiana
David B. Hill
Taggart
Mr. Croker
French Lick
Tammany
Sun
Croker
The
Sentinel
Select
Lst
Taggart Tavern
New York
Exmayor
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Secretary of the Navy
North Atlantic
Brooklyn
Oregon
Schley
Political and legal notes on McKinley era figures and Senate terms
The dispatch surrounding Sampson and Schley shows McKinley's stance on appointments after the battle. Justice Jerome defends enforcing Sunday laws, while debates on naturalization probation and voting rights are debated. The Boston Journal notes Miles's friction with Root, Alger, and Miles, and the Senate’s changing membership across administrations.
The Humors of Public Life and Arts Echo in Brief Scattered Bits
A collage of jokes and light anecdotes from various sources. It wanders through humorous lines about missionaries, convicts, religion, and editors, then shifts to a brief note on a romance claim about Louis Philippe and Gallipolis, with academic and artistic honors cited for Professor Fellows and Adelaide Ristori in Rome.
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Adelaide Ristori
Rome
Noted Actress Praised for Arts and Patriotism
The piece extols the virtue and talent of a living personality famed in art and patriotism. It notes that many Americans would be horrified by honoring an actress, though Europeans hold a different view of art.
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United States
Europe
Editorial Notes Highlight Labor Mortgage Over Steel Power
Indiana editors lampoon political shifts and party discord while noting a Chicago address by President Schwab of United States Steel. He argues labor is the first mortgage on steel assets, a claim the Elkheart Review deems factually true and pivotal to protecting labor interests amid national debates.
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United States
Indianapolis
Ind
Postoffice
Jerry Simpson
Simpsons
Terre Haute Express
Richmond
Ohio
Buckeye
Kokomo News
Elwood
Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette
Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Chicago
United States Steel Company
Elkhart Review
World's Largest Wheat Field Planned in Kansas
A Western Kansas land deal transfers 190000 acres from J F Bellow of Wichita to William Ogden of McLean County Illinois for a venture to create the world’s largest wheat field. The item sits amid a collage of cultural notes and social commentary on Russia silk, Tolstoi manuscripts, Kipling humor, and urban assimilation debates. The narrative also mentions Booker T. Washington’s Minnesota lecture, and a claim about Emperor William’s wealth alongside evolving immigration and class tensions.
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William Ogden
McLean County
Ilinois
J. F. Bellow
Wichita
Kansas
Count Tolstoi
Rumjanzoff
Moscow
Booker T. Washington
Minnesota
St. Paul
Boston
Roxbury
Children's Aid Society
Stout Civil Service Chief Faces Carriage Quarrel at Post Office
Washington dispatch in the New York Post describes Civil Service Commissioner William Dudley Foulke intervening in a curbside dispute between a Southern letter carrier and a carriage driver near a northwest Washington residence. Foulke disarmed a drawn pistol, restrained the carrier, and later gave a full incident report to authorities. The carrier received a thirty day suspension and a strict pledge of good conduct, with the postmaster noting discrepancies in witness accounts. Mrs. Truxton Beale, daughter of the late James G. Blaine, was identified as the carriage's mistress. The episode highlights Foulke's prompt, direct action amid political pressures and public duties.
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Washington
New York Post
Civil Service
William Dudley Foulke
Washington City
Himsel
Mr. Foulke
Civil-service Commission
Pres
James J. Hill's Rise to North West Rail Dominance
A profile of James J. Hill, founder and president of the Great Northern Railway, detailing his poverty to power journey in the Northwest. From early work as a mud clerk and militia service to building a vast rail empire, the piece highlights his finance tactics, marriages, philanthropy, and demanding leadership that shaped regional development and rivalries with Wall Street, Canadian Pacific, and Northern Pacific.
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St. Louis
Great Northern Railway
Burlington and Northern Pacific
Wall Street
Northwestern Railroad
J. J
Hill
J. P. Morgan
Wall
Northwest
James J. Hill
Canada
St. Paul
Merchants
Iowa
St. Paul & Pacific Bonds
Holland
Norman W. Kittson
Red River
J. W. Farley
Dubuque
St. Paul & Pacific
Jim Hill
Knauft’s Hall
East Seventh Street
Joffies
Minneapolis & Manitoba
St. Vincent
Devil's Lake
Hines
Manitoba
Canadian Plains
R. B. Angus
Donald A. Smith
Lord Strathcona
A. B. Stickney
W.C. van Horne
J. M
Winnipeg
Iss
Canadian Pacific
Northern Pacific
Ninth
Rosabel Streets
H. H. Sibley
St. Anthony Hill
Summit Avenue
Princes of Finance
Summit Avenue Palace
Yale
Harvard
Minot
New York
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
Walker
Neers
Indianapolis Street Cars Compared With Minneapolis System
Indianapolis runs busier during peak hours with headways as short as one and a half minutes on some lines and roughly eight minutes on residential routes. Minneapolis shows longer gaps on many lines with several lines at three, five, or more minutes, and interurban services every four minutes at rush, though population and route differences color the comparison.
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Minneapolis Journal
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Como
Bryn Mawr
Eighth and Central
Fourth Avenue
Sixth Avenue N
Minnehaha
Washburn Park
Camden
Nicollet
Twentieth Avenue N
Riverside
Monroe
Lyndale
Plymouth
Cedar and
Emerson
Second Street
Broad Ripple
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the Daily Journal
Journal Newspaper Company
Indianapolis Journal
York—Astor House
Palmer Home
News Co
Dearborn Street
Auditorium Annex
Union News Company
Union Depot
Washington, Db. C
Rigel
Ebbitt Fairfax
Wizard
Maclay
Belmont
Congress
Mexico
St. Louis Republic
Dewey
Miles
France
Henry B. Joy
Michigan
Mr. Joy
State Teachers’ Association
McKinley
Sampson
Senate
Justice Jerome
Boston Journal
Root
Alger
Republican Congress
War Department
United States Senate
General Grant
President Hayes
Arthur
Grover Cleveland
the Humorists
Brooklyn Eagle
Foreign Missionary Bureau
Philadelphia Press
Puck
Mr. Huskinby
Leslie's Weekly
Ohio State Journal
Ananias
Tommy
Gallipolis
Louis Philippe
Gallipelis
Orleans
George E. Fellows
University of Chicago
University of Maine
Indiana University
Indiana Editorial Notes
Great Northwest
James J. Higl
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