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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
6
The board of trustees invites sealed proposals on December 23 for furnishing a full month of January supplies. A bid book will be on file at Room 45. Terre Haute Terre Haute Indiana notice and details accompany the legal ad in Haute & Indiana. The notice mentions bidding by the board and directors for January supplies.
A financial paper notes the abolition of trunk line exchange passes will affect thousands of agents who must travel long distances weekly while managers gain freedom from fare costs. Officials say some passes will remain for certain reciprocity cases including newspaper men. The Monon railroad and its stock prospects are discussed with earnings and dividends, while rate disturbances and possible legislative influence on railroads are examined amid car shortages and crew issues on the Big Four.
In Indiana the Anti saloon League plans a broad campaign to influence next years legislative races. It vows a personal, nonpartisan strategy using voter history and canvassing to discredit lawmakers who opposed stricter liquor rules. The effort aims to alter party balance and threaten federal Senate prospects.
After January 1 collectors will be carried in all through trains of the Wabash. Superintendent Tydon of the Denver & Rio Grande has been given indefinite leave of absence for ill health. Pennsylvania Company directors meet to choose a second vice president in place of the late J. T. Brooks. Travel packs Christmas season with heavy passenger demand as extra cars are run to clear delayed freights and ease division-point congestion. George B. Horner of the Louisville & Nashville retires January 1 after ten years. H. F. Houghton assumes charge of the Whitewater division of the Big Four, overseeing Cincinnati to Chicago main line, the Mar insville division, and the Whitewater. Colonel Samuel Moody of the Pennsylvania lines sends Christmas cards to friends with holly and happiness wishes. Thirty-one years ago the Richmond division of the Grand Rapids & Indiana opened. Charles D. Gorham founded Superintendent Gorham’s lineage. Dr. J. M. Dinnen named chief surgeon of the Fort Wayne division of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. The Chicago Great Western struggles to gain access to Council Bluffs and Omaha as speculative buyers secure land at every approach. Col. Robert Andrews, elected president of the Safety Car Heating and Light Co. of St. Louis, was formerly general superintendent of the Wabash. E. T. Jeffrey, president of the Denver & Rio Grande, to retire. Russell Harding to assume Western lines control, with Jeffrey becoming financial director for Gould Western interests. Mexican railway staff must now speak Spanish. information for shippers must be in Spanish. District Passenger Agent Frank D. Gildersleeve of the Baltimore & Ohio Southern stationed in St. Louis with passenger agent duties.
Mr Trevail, new president of the Society of Architects, says London’s streets and small shops look squalid next to Paris, Vienna, New York and other capitals. He urges a central authority to initiate a broad rebuilding plan after consultation with authorities and professional societies, citing Paris, Vienna and Washington as models.
A New York Commercial Advertiser piece describes southern winter freezes and widespread suffering as northern households heated by coal struggle. It relates a Georgia cook Martha who skips work during a cold spell then returns, arguing such weather excuses actions and that replacement cooks might worsen conditions.
New York Times reports Charles M Schwab was momentarily mistaken for Archbishop Ireland after leaving a Civic Federation conference with Senator Hanna. Clergy and steel magnate in conservative coats prompted gaze from typewriter clerks who, believing Schwab to be the archbishop, hurried back to work once the error was realized.
A New York Evening Poob? English rendering of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina shows a translator misquoting “Vengeance is mine, will repay” as “Revenge is sweet, I play the ace,” illustrating a notable translation slip.
A fragment from the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin describes a Saturday event where a ta is spread for a guest table. The text notes cold weather and dinner offerings as attendees gathered around the meal and talked of local happenings.
The label asserts Be. W. Grove must appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets 2c noted as the celebrated Cold and Grip Cure.
The Brooklyn Eagle argues the Schley case mirrors McClellan and Lincoln in judging a so-called wronged admiral. It warns a presidency must rest on policy and statesmanship, not personal grievance, and likens 1904 choices to Taylor era politics while emphasizing intellectual, reformist leadership over heroism.
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