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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
2
Berlin reports the German emperor advised China to rapidly create a powerful army as the sole means to protect national aspirations and counter foreign powers. He warned against Japan and urged use of own methods, while noting Germany seeks influence in China and the Far East.
A damaged account from London recalls a hunt where several wild puppies were captured near town. The event notes a man named Johnson and others digging for the pups, with two taken to jail and their mother seen nearby.
A writer promotes a “food cure” over drugs, advising a fifteen to twenty day breakfast plan with Grape-Nuts, cream, fruit, whole wheat bread, and Postum Coffee, plus a hearty noon meal of meat, potatoes and another vegetable. The piece claims this diet rebuilds tissue and prevents disease, presenting the advice as from a specialist in diet and hygiene.
The Indiana Law School notes annual events Thursday. The Spanish club meets at 81G N. Meridian St with Mrs Flora Wulschner. Faust концерт form by the Musikverein next Tuesday at the German house. Girls' Classical school hosts an at home Friday afternoon. Mrs Charles W Spear presents a musical recital Thursday at the Columbia club. Louise Grielve assists. W Thompson to expound Sunday school lesson at the YMCA. Anderson Yost GA R and the W R C hear a memorial sermon at Tabernacle Presbyterian Sunday night, Rev Nell McPherson speaker. State Panera ins elects Watson Cayuga president with Uiser Indianapolis and La Fotfige Now Tarté as leaders. Indiana State Alumnae of Oxford College names officers, Mrs Lillian Fauvre president. Purdue Alumni Association reorganizes with President M ueller and officers Pryte secretary. Upcoming meeting scheduled near Wednesday.
Boston May 18 Medical Examiner Harris changed opinion on the Page murder. He testified that a single knife could not have caused the back wound or other injuries, suggesting a frenzied killer rather than deliberate action. He urges Gov. Guild to consider new state charges in Tucker’s case.
President Grover Cleveland and Mayor Ba real dent jointly visited their summer home in Sandwich. Cleveland appeared on a rear train platform and extended his hand to a large crowd, drawing cheers from locals during a brief stop in Dover.
The Municipal League of Indiana meets in Marion June 12 to 14 to discuss amendments to the municipal code. Delegates from cities including Indianapolis, South Bend, Fort Wayne, and many others will hear program topics on sanitation, municipal ownership, waste and street cleaning, with officials urged to attend and propose changes for the next state legislature.
Inmate workers at Indiana Industrial School were used for outdoor cleanup north of the facility near Woodlawn Place. Officials defended the light labor as appropriate, while nearby residents condemned the assignment as unnecessary humiliation and heavy work for young women. Citizen Mr Ronald plans to escalate the complaint to higher authorities.
Richmond Indiana May reports say Prosecutor Jessup called the grand jury to investigate the escape of Joly Locke from the county jail Friday. The jury convened on the case against Locke’s alleged sheltering of her husband in the escape plot.
The United States Civil Service Commission reports difficulty in filling stenographer and typewriter operator posts and adds quarterly exams on the fourth Monday in January April July and October at Cincinnati. The next semiannual exam is Sept 3. New openings include custodian at West Point 3000 annual, ecological survey clerk 1000, map printer 1000, and ordnance draftsman Rock Island 1200. Contact HH K Miltons at the Federal Building Indianapol e for details.
Cornelius P. Shea, head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, urges humane treatment for work horses and proposes a $4 prize to men proven kind to horses. He highlights humane medals awarded by Boston Humane Educational Society and praises stables and livery groups in Indianapolis, calling for expanded involvement by the Humane Society and a monthly Teamster reading column to promote goodwill to beasts.
City park board investigates charges against J C Power park superintendent. Reports say interviews occurred Thursday night at Tenth Street Mission following a small plot incident. GAS R praises Mayor Bookwalter for effort to stop boxing match. Memorial day and birthday wishes for Patrolman Henry Choner noted. Inventor Tarnet Hogeland to reveal a patent related car wheel. A man named McDermont accused of striking his wife and asking police to surrender her purse. Two charges against him and his drinking cited. Divorce complaint filed by Antherine Wickersham with Fred Wickersham accused of cruel treatment and abuse of a baby. Late Bilas Baldwin estate valued at 68,861.20 dollars. Monthly stocks and bonds listed. Dame Burchfield arrested for robbery alleged to date back two years. Charles M. Cane charged with grand larceny after alleged misunderstanding. William Malcolm indicted for petit larceny but case dismissed. Capitol Ave may fall under park board supervision. Thomas Palmer ejected during an altercation on Broad Ripple. State Educational Commission met Thursday and will reconvene. more carriers and clerks sought for Indianapolis post office.
Alexander Berkman chronicles his 1892 attack on Andrew Carnegie associate Henry Clay Frick, arguing his aim was to spark action against capitalist oppression. He reflects on imprisonment, ideology, and his plan to influence workers at Homestead, noting his belief violence could backfire and his preference for nonviolent teaching. He describes the confrontation with Frick and Lehaman, and his subsequent conviction.
Alexander Berkman, who tried to kill Henry Frick during the Homestead strike and later served prison time, left the Allegheny county workhouse today. He plans to go to St Louis to work on a newspaper, greeting reporters with a grave smile as he begins a new life. He refused terms of a pardon offered seven years earlier and shaved his head for easier identification. He will visit friends before taking a train to St Louis this afternoon.
Notre Dame University won the joint debate with Georgetown University in Washington on May 18. The proposition argued that labor and capital should be settled by legally constituted boards of arbitration. Notre Dame presented the affirmative with Manoy Cosgrove and Barbaugh as speakers. Judges included Senator Car of Montana, Representative Cork of New York, and Edwin Walter Lima of the Commerce and Labor Department.
In a high tension trial the defense denounces the prosecution and calls Chief Metzger a victim of a partisan effort, while McCullough argues the evidence shows no duty excuse for striking Koons. The rhetoric frames the case as a battle between justice and political pressure.
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