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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1901
Page
4
The Indianapolis Journal announces the sale of a two-horse power press, used for years, now replaced by a modern double-supplementive press. It offers a Jenney motor with three years of direct connection, promising efficiency and power savings. Correspondence requested from publishers.
Subscribers may have the Daily and Sunday Journal mailed nationwide or to Canada at no extra charge during the summer. Addresses can be changed freely and frequently. The notice emphasizes flexible service options for vacationing readers.
A major city bank’s refusal to join the clearing house threatens misleading reports and city harm. Officials note it doesn’t help Indianapolis’ position, while War Department plans include new infantry and cavalry schools at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley with training camps. Jefferson Barracks in St Louis and Fort Sheridan in Chicago will be expanded, Arsenal unspecified.
Emperor Nicholas loosens press controls with a staged notice system that limits warnings to a year if no second follows, two years for a second before a third, and three years for a third. The change marks a shift from a twenty year old stricter regime that suppressed books and newspapers for liberal ideas.
A government order prohibits circulation of 125 works by Russian and foreign authors and suppresses four volumes of periodical literature. The list highlights major Russian writers and English thinkers such as Lyell Huxley Lubbock Adam Smith J S Mill Herbert Spencer Lecky and Bagehot. Minor relaxations could be seen as a sign of liberalism by the emperor.
Charles A. Bookwalter is the Republican nominee for mayor after a decisive primary vote in Indianapolis precincts. The campaign notes his executive experience, successful business ventures, and a pledge to govern with businesslike care, appointing based on fitness and prioritizing taxpayer interests.
An extended discussion argues that this term surpasses all official records for heat in extent and duration. It surveys sun spots, solar theory, and possible connections to heat and drought, noting expert opinions from Flammarion to Lockyer and the challenges of proving causal links.
The passage notes a legal device to eliminate Republican voters by barring ex-federal soldiers without property from voting if they receive a United States pension. It calls the tactic ingenious and aimed at Virginia voters, contrasting Confederate and federal service.
A gleeful collage of light dialogue from Detroit Free Press and other papers. Jests about heavy spectacles, matriculation, and weather sense mingle with playful pun anecdotes and a dry joke about corn and popcorn.
Aleshire reports to General Corbin that Manila area operations saved $3,000 daily over three months. Government transport vessels reduced from ten to five, and launches halved. Plans include direct Manila to New York trapeporting and a San Francisco to Manila monthly mail service. Deaths in the Philippines listed with causes and units, including multiple infantry and hospital corps personnel.
General MacArthur reports 6 additional World War II casualties dated June 19 for actions in the Philippines. Names include John Tague and Theodore Hanson of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, Willard Cressett of the Forty-third Infantry, Levi Custer of the Ninth Cavalry, Patrick McAleer of the First Cavalry, and Charles Daly of the Nineteenth Infantry. One corporal Daly was killed in action at Jagna, Bohol.
New York July 3 The port health officer Dr Doty will test Staten Island area near the quarantine station for mosquito larvae to determine malaria presence and prevention. The three by one and a half mile district will be surveyed with petroleum used to treat breeding places while local physicians and citizens cooperate.
July 2 in Louisville a Black man named William Hobson was struck and fatally injured while passing a pen shop on West Jefferson Street. A teen tobacco dealer nearby was arrested after the public safety incident.
Unmistakable case of measles found in Private Roy Snyder of Company G Third Regiment at the national guard camp. Major Hawkins and physicians quarantined Snyder, fumigated the brigade hospital, and isolated exposed men to prevent spread. General health overall good. several heat prostrations treated.
Officers and men at the National Guard camp anticipate Governor Durbin and General McKee inspecting them on Governor's Day. The drill field will host the National Guard as an entire unit for the first time, with regiments and artillery battalions positioned as staff information was limited yesterday.
London July 2 Dr Robert Koch told the British Congress on Tuberculosis that human and bovine tuberculosis are distinct diseases and cattle cannot catch human TB. He urged sanitarium isolation, consumptive hospitals, mandatory notification, and disinfection of quarters, praising New York City measures that cut TB mortality 35 percent since 1886. He believed ultimate stamping out of tuberculosis was possible.
The Grand Lodge of Elks opened in Milwaukee with informal addresses led by Charles H. Hamilton and welcomed by Mayor Ross and Judge Fisher. Hill reports show 72% lodges with 46,000 members, 115 new dispensations, $17,041 to Galveston fund, and a $6,000 treasury balance. Key officers elected include Pickett as Exalted Ruler and Reynolds as Secretary. A major outdoor parade and Juneau Park fountain dedication highlighted the social program as about 6,000 visitors attend amid ideal weather.
In the Ellis Glenn case today the first witness created a sensation by suggesting the defendant Elia Glenn had false teeth. Miss Agnes Riley testified about a scar on Glenn’s head, prompting a court scene as defense and state clashed over identities and the defendant’s dental state. Dr Wise made four head and hand exams finding no scar, while Mr Richter of Willianstown testified the prisoner was not Bert Glenn, who he knew well.
Lord Kitchener reports a Cape Town to Beaufort West train with 113 men and stores was captured and burned near Scheepers on July 21, causing three killed and eighteen wounded. Crabbé and Craddock actions follow, with rumors of London negotiations and Bermuda Boer escape attempts from Darrel’s island guarded by Merina and Medway.
London watchers witnessed Lord Milner receive the freedom of the city amid a strong pro war demonstration. Cabinet figures including Joseph Chamberlain and the Duke of Devonshire joined the ceremony at Guild Hall as Milner warned against concessions and treachery. He urged fair treatment of old burghers after the conflict while resisting outside intervention and noted Boer fighters must carry on to the end. General Delarey reportedly told the Klerksdorp commando there is no European rescue.
In London July 2, American women presented a medal commemorating the Maine ship’s work to King Edward and asked him to pass it to Queen Alexandra. The king thanked the American committee for their loyal sentiments and noted their role in the ship’s presentation to the government, though Bernard M. Baker of Baltimore arranged the transfer.
An explosion on the American schooner Louise Adelaide in Stockholm harbor killed Captain Orr, ten crew members, and four Swedish customs officials. Two crewmen were rescued. The ship carried 28,188 gallons of naphtha and petroleum products. Captain Orr had commanded the vessel for about thirteen years and was based in Portland.
The report notes King Edward has raised Evelyn Baring to the rank of earl. It includes various unrelated items on weather in Madrid Be ville Cordova and Cadiz and medical updates on Francesco Crispi Tolstoi and Tolsto, plus society notices from London and Cheltenham about engagements and wills.
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