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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
5
Contents cover subscription rates and closing notices for the Indianapolis edition, plus miscellaneous items on postal stamps and distribution. It also reports on Cuba trade policy, diverse banking views, a labor movement stance on machinery, a pension bill for Chicago Dragoons, and concerns over Kentucky representation on the rivers and harbors committee.
The piece surveys reciprocity with Cuba, ship subsidies, and voter disenfranchisement fears in Alabama. It notes a push for enforcing the fourteenth amendment, mentions Goebel reward discussions, tariff moves for the Philippines, and debates on currency expansion versus contraction amid bank bond activity.
The Financier notes seasonlong abundance due to small banks extending credit to farmers and merchants. More deposits and increased use of checks reduce cash demand. Currency shipments from New York to move crops have declined, signaling reduced Northwest dependence on the East for money.
A historical analysis argues the United States has long pursued noninterference in other nations domestic struggles, citing Kossuth and Hungary, Boer War era debates, and President Fillmore's 1862 stance. It condemns pro intervention calls while emphasizing protection aimed at stimulating home production and tariff effects on sugar and beet industries.
A writer in Tuesday's issue argues misinterpreting protection and sugar duties. The piece notes iron and steel prices fell under tariffs due to domestic development and export capacity, not tariff causes alone. It discusses protectionists backing iron, glass, earthenware protection and the evolving domestic industry.
Testimony before the Board of Safety described rough behavior in five engine and hose companies. Civility and accountability were stressed, warning that men relying on “pulls” must perform or be dismissed to restore order without continued trouble.
A collage of humor excerpts from the Brooklyn Eagle and other periodicals. Quips about joke writing, a rejected proposal, and light satire on holiday feasts and gifts are presented with brief punchlines and character dialogue.
In Berlin the Reichstag debated tariffs as Agrarian leader Count Von Kanitz warned of American economic dominance and a possible tariff war. Herr Singer of the Social Democrats linked bread profits to landowners and warned against “hunger tax” resentment while General Von Podbielski defended the government’s tariff plan and ordered restraint.
John W. Springer, president of the National Live Stock Association, returns from Washington where he met with President Roosevelt on congressional matters. He denounces the Great bill, urging all opposed interests to write to their senators and representatives to defeat it. He warns the bill would be contested in the Supreme Court if enacted.
Washington Dec 11 progress reported by the Presbyterian revision committee composing a brief doctrinal statement. Important subjects including the person and work of Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit were examined along with justification repentance and the life to come.
At a Ways and Means meeting Chairman Payne was directed to favorably report the Philippine tariff bill. Louisiana lawmakers split, with several leaning for protection as sugar interests push Dingley rates. Secretary Gage suggests a rebate provision for Philippines-ingredient imports. debate over anti anarchist and anti trust measures rises in Judiciary. Hepburn schedules canal legislation plans and foresees reporting Nicaragua canal bill after Hay-Pauncefote treaty ratification.
Reports say delegates clash over a key issue with appeals to the government to influence the outcome while the State Department declines to intervene. The army board will soon submit a brevet list including Roosevelt at brigadier general of volunteers. Senate meets briefly with prayers, then resumes debate on the Hay-Paunceforte treaty.
Washington December 11 The Democratic senators held their first caucus of the session to discuss committee assignments. All Democratic elected members except McLaurin of South Carolina attended, along with Silver Republican and Populist members and most independents. Senator Jones was re elected chair, Dubois added to the order of business committee, and Tillman urged frequent conferences to unite the party. Republicans urged new committee balance, but Democrats resisted.
National Capital Notes reports several military and diplomatic items. Major General Arthur MacArthur is reassigned to command the Department of the Colorado in Denver. Grain exports from Corea are suspended by royal consent to take effect November 15. The battleship Wisconsin, with Rear Admiral Silas Casey, arrives in Honolulu and will proceed to Acapulco then cruise the South Pacific. Clemency efforts for Miss Eastwick, jailed in London for raising a railroad bond, proceed via the U.S. embassy. The Spanish government cooperates to curb fraudulent American claims before the Spanish Claims Commission. The nineteenth annual American Forestry Association convened, with talks on reserving 500,000 acres for forestry in Nebraska and a National Appalachian Park. A convention on consular service reorganization approved the Lodge bill and engaged with Senator Lodge and Representative Burtori.
Mrs Ada Gilbert Dennis, a fashionable dressmaker, lies between life and death after a mysterious assault in her Washington apartment. Detectives note she speaks only fragments like It is a woman and It's in a book, with little chance of recovery and no clear motive yet. A hatchet found in her mother in law's room is being examined but shows no blood.
Washington dispatch reports Surgeon General Sternberg disputing Dr Alfred Reeds claim of an inability to fill army medical corps vacancies. He notes Congress expanded the corps with numerous higher ranking officers and that about eighty vacancies have been filled this year with more applications on file. He says lack of higher grade promotions has not deterred applicants.
Michael Zravion of Buckland Maine lies dying from two head wounds after claiming a midnight shooting as he slept. He says he did not see the attacker and asked his wife to fetch help but she feared going out at night. The couple had been well to do. neighbors and a doctor were summoned.
Washington, Dec 11 The State Department declines to engage in the arbitration dispute before the congress of American republics in Mexico. The core issue is compulsory versus voluntary arbitration and Chile is described as bitterly involved in the discussion.
Manila dispatch says General Funston will sail on the transport Warren for the United States December 16 on sick leave after improving at the hospital. Governor Taft plans to leave Manila aboard the Grant December 20, denying reports he will not return. The Filipino Women for Peace league urges insurgent leaders to seek peace, noting war’s devastation nationwide. A cablegram from General Lukban in Samar asks for an end to hostilities.
Washington reports at least six Filipino suspects were hanged or sentenced by U S military courts in the Visayas. Cases include Raymundo Fonte who killed and cannibalized a sleeping man, and Juan Oliver who led a band that murdered Teodoro Labrador and family then stole property. General Chaffee denounced abuses and stressed extreme penalties for murder by insurgents and bandits.
Washington reports Secretary Root declined to intervene in Captain James C. Reed’s court martial for alleged commissary frauds in the Philippines. He accepts a state of war existed but leaves unresolved whether a volunteer officer can be tried by a mixed court of regulars, a point still before a Western court in Deming’s case. Columbus orders Philippine deployment of several officers and 700 recruits.
Columbus December 11 The Carnahan conspiracy case ended with a verdict of not guilty. Carnahan president of the United States Navy Mail and Publishing Company of Washington. He was accused of conspiring with agents to defraud a pension bureau by misrepresenting officers. The trial drew wide attention.
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