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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1901
Page
4
The Daily Journal lists subscription rates by carrier mail and club plans, with rates for Sundays and daily editions, plus foreign postage notes and mailing addresses. It also reports editorials on General Harrison, Bryan, and China, and comments on Chicago politics and Philippine events.
Hold ups and assaults frequent in Chicago. Indications point to a more disreputable aldermanic board, with notorious looters nominated after retirement. City expenses rose under the Harrison regime and the debt increased, but little evidence of improvement.
The day and ceremony drew distinguished men and thousands to pay respects to ex President Benjamin Harrison. Simple, impressive services at First Presbyterian Church honored a life of public service as mourners gathered near Crown Hill to honor the chief magistrate.
A London cablegram reports John Burns and Thomas Burt among others weighing a National Federation of Masters Associations and Trade Unions to educate capitals and workers on trade expansion, meet foreign competition, and study global labor relations. The piece contrasts British progress with American labor practices and urges US unions to pursue constructive overseas outreach.
The New Voice accuses Chicago newspapers of deliberate mendacity in support of the canteen after their coverage of disturbances. The editorial frames the press as biased against the Prohibition party’s stance.
A long excerpt discusses local journalism credibility and state pride after the Fort Sheridan era, plus a dispatch from Austin about Judge Dillard quitting the Texas Legislature over railroad influence. It notes Indiana’s honor of General Harrison and the Indian Industrial School graduation, with a motto about making a path.
A Chicago paper cites one of the largest Irish cities in the world with over 230000 Irish residents, contrasting Belfast at 255000 and arguing the designation is now inaccurate.
A brief note from From Hither and You discusses an inference in Harper's Pazar and mentions a caterpillar described as the most voracious living thing. It states a caterpillar can eat about six hundred times its own weight in a month and features a query about a boy's identity addressed to Mrs. Ernot.
A Baltimore American piece recalls a tour guide’s joke about Pharaoh’s mother and grandmother as a witty remark by a touring group. The Detroit Journal vignette follows a young man who ignores warnings about drinking until a doomed marriage becomes his regretful consequence.
Editorials from Indiana papers discuss General Weyler and Spanish army rehabilitation, Democratic critiques of conventions, and political shifts in the Republican stance. They reference Utah polygamy vetoes, Governor Durbin’s vetoes on municipal measures, and critiques of legislative overreach affecting fire departments and local control.
A string of clipped editorials from various Indiana papers laments mob violence in Terre Haute and hails historical maple molasses and legislative work. The Noblesville Ledger, Columbus Republican, Angola Magnet, Richmond Star and Covington Friend comment on memory, state governance, and party independence with a mix of nostalgia and critique.
A chorus of editorials from Lafayette, Terre Haute, Richmond, and other papers eulogizes ex President Benjamin Harrison. They praise his patriotism, intellect, religious faith, and contributions as a lawyer, soldier and statesman, noting his loss to Indiana and the nation and predicting enduring memory and respect.
Maurice Thompson's historical romance of New Orleans pirates and General Jackson, with Pierre Rameau as king, Vernon, Burns, and Ballanche shaping the siege era. Brentano’s L Aiglon and Rostand's play discussed, Bernhardt stage interest noted. Lin net tale features Tyrolean singer with America bound love and societal intrigue.
A brief remark notes the author’s keen comment on Ife and its affairs within the New Amsterdam Book Cont rany, emphasizing the intensity of their scholarly critique and observational tone.
Abbott analyzes the Old Testament through higher criticism, tracing religious education beyond Hebrew origins. The work argues Rome Greece Asia and India contributed to Christian thought and claims a less dogmatic, more spiritual theology will emerge from this synthesis. Bos ton Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Dr K A P Martin a longtime Presbyterian missionary and former president of the Imperial College at Peking is profiled. The author recounts China before during and after the Boxer uprising, adds a chapter on Reconstruction, and argues for open doors both to light and trade. New York Fleming H Revell Company publish.
Henry Burnham Boone and Kenneth Brown begin a twelve part series with a Virginia set tale about sons of veterans adapting to postwar farming. The plot focuses on failed prosperity, hired labor, and horse racing culture with uneven execution but readable moments and vivid character study.
An instructive study contrasts the Jukes family representing poverty and crime with the Edwards family noted for high character and positive influence. The Jukes record shows many paupers and criminals among 1200 descendants, while Edwards descendants reveal broad virtue and achievement, illustrating heredity and environment. The book by A. E. Winship, published by R. L. Ayree & Co. in Harrisburg, is the source.
A list of new titles including Ballad of the Unsuccessful by Richard Burton and The Poems of Philip Henry Savage edited with an introduction by Daniel Grenerr Mason, published by Small, Maynard & Co. in Boston, along with An American Earl a two play work by Samuel Silverburg from The Neely Company in Chicago, Heart to Heart Talks mit Dinkelspiel by George W. Hobart in German dialect, and Ideal Drills by Marguerite W. Morton in Philadelphia where publishing houses are noted.
The March ITAterary Era from Philadelphia highlights book reviews and literary gossip by Keenan Smith Saltus and Foss with a genealogy feature. W A Fraser’s The Outcasts debuts as a short serial in The Saturday Evening Post, while the Atlantic Monthly expands to 199 pages in April. Wyckoff passes but returns in Scribner’s with day labor essays. Pearson’s Magazine previews Story of the States series.
Theodore Dreiser discusses European balloon travel and Francis, while Marcus Tyndal adds a piece on bicyclists defending against highwaymen. The issue features Rider Haggard serials, short stories by Cutliffe Hyne and F Frankfort Moore, and note on Pearson's entertaining reads. It surveys The American Illustrated Methodist Magazine Eden theory, Bowring, Meredith, Dowden, and Kipling, plus Theosophical Path content on drama and the soul theatre revival.
A sweeping list of forthcoming novels and literary works from major publishers. Notable titles include Will N Harben's The Woman Who Trusted, Victor Hugo Love Letters edition, Ben-Hur, Nell Gwyn novels, and Rand McNally's Nell Gwynne of Old Drury. Also announced are works by Johnson, Thorpe, and Steevens, with commentary on publishing schedules and author backgrounds.
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