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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1901
Page
5
The Indianapolis Journal outlines parliamentary notes on Cuba policies, arbitration, and cabinet changes. It mentions Secretary Wilson staying, President McKinley era trade gains with Cuba, and calls for Latin American arbitration and reciprocity moves with Cuba and related regions. It also comments on ex President Cleveland joining the arbitration committee and on Long’s cabinet future.
The article discusses Cuba purchasing ten million dollars of flour provisions textiles machinery and railroad supplies with most buying in the United States under reciprocity. It argues this is real practical reciprocity built on protection and questions why there is opposition.
The piece surveys late 1890s public reaction to army feeding and hospital care, then critiques the Schley Dewey court dispute. It contrasts differing court postscriptions about Cienfuegos and Santiago actions, cites Garfield on Latin Greek studies, Indiana school stats, and debates over China indemnities and prize money awards. It notes U S Canal route considerations and congressional leaning toward Nicaragua or Panama.
The Teachers' Association discussed the value of ancient languages versus modern languages in schooling. Pro ancient tongues: mental training, closeness to English science terms, and broad learning. Pro modern tongues: business value, but Garfield warned against overemphasis and mechanical teaching in colleges.
The commission comparing the two routes found Panama shorter and cheaper with fewer features but the panel favored Nicaragua. The Panama would lack locks while Nicaragua would include expensive elevational works. Obituaries note Senator Sewell of New Jersey died yesterday, admired for judgment and party leadership. He immigrated from Ireland as a boy, served as a soldier, and rose to high national political influence.
A collage of comic snippets from newspapers shows witty givens on gifts and speech. Mrs Smythe-See Nora jests about a French clock while Mrs Latto and Mrs Barkey discuss Bore reputations. The Brooklyn Eagle and Chicago Tribune items feature wordplay on manners and geography.
A Baltimore American report recounts a surgeon questioning why the patient was not taken to the hospital promptly. An ambulance driver cites hourlong delays following triage instructions from a guide titled What to Do Before the Doctor Comes, and the man died in the interim.
In the Philadelphia Press a woman notes the earrings are pretty yet small while a foxy man quips they would be out of proportion if larger. A street exchange includes Johnny Smith and Charlie Robinson joking about Santa Claus and candy gifts.
Harold Frederick notes Mexico shifting from risk to stability under a strong governing group led by a veteran president. Conservative finance and stronger title protections attract investors while mining, water power, and railways expand. Large prospecting companies, City of Mexico power plants, and rail consolidations signal broad-gauge links to Tehuantepec and Central America.
A New York police court faced a delicate question about whether a wife is justified in shooting at her husband if he leaves the theater between acts. The discussion notes women’s sacrifices and men’s roles, but concludes that a pistol is a too strenuous argument in such domestic disputes.
A Washington Star style meditation on how modern burglar alarms and safe technology deter bank robberies. It profiles famed cracksmen like Count Shinum Shinburn, Maxi Shinburn, and Chauncey Johnson, detailing their exploits, methods, and ultimate decline. The piece notes the shift from grand heists to petty crime as electricity and safes outpace skills.
Detroit Free Press notes the demolition of Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Only two hospital walls remain as workmen clear the ruins. The site will be marked only by the nearby oak and the convent bell replacing military echoes. The old federal cemetery lies a short distance away. Historic value yields to progress as the fort fades into memory.
A Richmond Dispatch letter from 1873 recounts Thomas T. Giles recalling John C. Calhoun predicting Atlanta’s rise. Calhoun noted railroads would connect Richmond and Atlanta to turn the mountains, implying a future line through Giles’s Virginia home county. The idea foreshadowed later railroad development by decades.
Edward P. Moxey, famed for government work, spoke to New York University School of Commerce on what an accountant should know. He urged broad business training and system design in bookkeeping, citing the Carter case to illustrate tracing large government losses and the need for transparent, adaptable accounting systems.
The Denver Times notes that Germany may freely establish colonies in South America to ease its people’s miseries, but warns a warlord not to attempt a Steel peak venture, lest he trigger a dangerous escalation.
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