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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1901
Page
4
The piece blends editorials and syndicated items across politics and international affairs. It notes potential U S senator candidates and a deadlock, China policy and Wu, Philippines insurgents, and Missouri and Maryland issues. It mentions navy movements, mining consolidation in Illinois, and Morocco. It cites bequests by Americans and U S claims against Spain or Cuba.
War Department officials denounced a conspicuously printed letter as untrue and a denial issued on Henderson’s authority. Henderson himself published a March 2 letter in the Newport Hoosier State paper denying he wrote the libelous statements. Sentinel editors are presumed unaware of the denials, as they would retract the slanders if seen. Publication in the Sentinel could partly atone for the attack on U S Army personnel.
Critics accuse Mayor Taggart of misrepresenting Indianapolis taxes using a bogus Labor Bureau table and biased street levy practices. The piece contrasts city and Providence debt and interest figures and lauds the U S Supreme Court for careful, time consuming deliberation shaping national policy.
Chief Justice Fuller announces a two week recess starting Monday the 3th to allow judges to consult and formulate opinions on insular test suits involving Porto Rico and the Philippines. The interval will be used to digest arguments and draft decisions on constitutional relations of the United States with island possessions.
The piece contrasts McKinley’s first and second elections highlighting domestic prosperity and expanded American influence abroad. It cites reactions in Hawaii Porto Rico Cuba Samoa and the Philippines, praising re election and urging opponents to accept republican governance. It notes letters from Samoa and the Philippines praising the vote and discusses post office stamp sales in Indianapolis as a side note.
Governor Durbin’s selections show independence from petitioned pleas and delegations. He prioritizes competent appointees and exercises personal judgment, signaling efficiency over influence. The piece notes distractions from moonshine rings, a New York basement, and odd relics unearthed in Kalamazoo while naming educational shifts toward the University of Chicago and Indianapolis’ booming status.
A collage of short captions and quips from varied periodicals. It notes light social topics as well as a detective’s quip about daily pay, library anecdotes, and a crowd yeller at a baseball game reflecting humor of the era.
Chicago officials confirm California reports of millions of dollars of oranges rotting in packing houses and fields due to transportation shortages. W B Jason cites railroads as partly to blame though cars are up 50 percent versus prior years. California growers and shippers convene in Los Angeles to address car famine, with resolutions criticizing delays and a rail traffic shift to passenger service.
The San Juan Chamber of Commerce calls a mass meeting of planters bankers agriculturists and merchants to draft a feasible relief plan for Puerto Rico with a view to petition Governor Allen for an extra session and a loan of 5 million dollars for agriculture. The aim is to aid coffee planters and fund ground preparation harvest support and fertilization as funds are scarce. If approved such a loan could yield about 33 percent on the first investment.
Queen Wilhelmina opened today's state council session and installed the prince consort as a member. The royal couple traveled in a closed carriage. The Queen wore green plush. the Prince wore a rear admiral’s uniform. The brief ceremony lasted about fifteen minutes and Prince Henry has only a consultative voice.
John Held of Cincinnati shot himself in his Mansion House room on March 21. The traveling salesman for an Indianapolis house left his address and a note reading Let the Masons take care of my affairs. Police investigated as a suicide at the Buffalo Ohio location.
The commissioner of internal revenue announced a circular on redeeming unused documentary and proprietary stamps issued under the war revenue act. Claims require Form 38, dealer or collector certificates, and claims must be for stamps of two dollars or more and filed within two years. Bucket shop brokers must pay regular and special taxes per the 1901 act.
Under the army reorganization law an increase of 20 percent for artillery prompts twelve new coast artillery companies. Locations include Fort Hamilton New York Fort Wadsworth New York Fort SLOCUM New York Fort Trumble Connecticut Fort Banks Massachusetts Fort McHenry Maryland Jackson Barracks Louisiana Presidio San Francisco Fort Stevens Oregon Fort Flagler Washington. each to hold 113 men with transfers and new recruits. An additional artillery band and quarters at multiple sites are planned with a $1,000,000 appropriation for construction.
President plans a western tour with stops arranged by communities along the route. Representative Meyer hands the Gulf coast city invitation from Louisiana officials and the New Orleans mayor. The President accepts warmly and is likely to stay a day in New Orleans, possibly May 2 if travel continues as planned.
The piece outlines a Western tour with stops in New Orleans Galveston and Houston and a possible meeting with President Diaz of Mexico. It notes Harvard commencement plans for the president and details volunteer army promotions including General Shafter General Wood and eight brigadier generals with positions in the Philippines or at home.
Washington reports a June transfer from military to civil rule in the Philippines with Taft commission data and General MacArthur guiding the shift. Civil authorities will rule with police duties by soldiers limited, while native police may be formed where possible. At Negros, civil governance under Senor Severine is briefly outlined, with military influence lingering. Taft and associates prepare recommendations for a general civil government likely to be ordered by President McKinley for July.
Washington dispatch lists deaths by cause and unit among U S forces in WWII theater. Entries include sergeants and corporals from Infantry and Artillery units with dates in February and March, noting dysentery, diarrhoea, wounds, drowning, disease and accidents, and one suicide.
Marine Hospital reports leprosy widely prevalent in the Philippines with about 20 000 total cases. Most in southern Luzon and southern islands Cebu notes around 2 000 lepers. Leper hospitals exist in Manila and Cebu with segregation efforts by army officials including proposed leper colonies and deportation to isolated facilities.
Manila report says insurgents burned the ungarrisoned village of Agius in South Nocos province and a Twentieth Infantry detachment overtook and chastised the marauders. Colonel Schuyler captured eight insurgent officers and 218 men at Wernate Cavite. Generals MacArthur Wheaton and Bates reviewed the Twenty-ninth and Thirty-second regiments.
Omaha dated dispatch reports General John C. G. Bates, leading volunteers in the Philippines, ordered to return to the United States to relieve General Merriam in command of the Missouri Department. He will sail within a week with General S. B. M. Youngs to take over the California Department in place of the outgoing general.
In Havana on March 21 the Cuban constitutional convention debates the Platt amendment. General Sanguilly, once the most radical delegate, now endorses a liberal interpretation aiding independence with restrictions and supports U S presence as safety. Senators Miles and Redfield arrive as debate continues.
Representative Devener who just returned from Cuba told President McKinley that the Cubans would accept the Platt amendment as conditions to relinquishment of the island. He and fellow river and harbor committee members studied the situation in Havana and noted educated elites favor the terms while political delays may occur until Congress reconvenes in December. Representative Mercer of Nebraska also expects the constitutional convention to accept US propositions.
New York report says the Treasury Department will refer fifteen Spanish shepherds deportation case to Attorney General Griggs for opinion. Assistant Secretary Taylor notes the question is whether relatives or friends information promising work can grant admission. If Griggs rules for entry, it may affect labor immigration nationwide.
Assistant Secretary Taylor ruled two English workers bound for a Philadelphia lace shop may land under the alien contract labor law. He found babinet lace making a new industry here, thus granting admission to the laborers.
Advices from Mengo Uganda dated March 24 report Mulodizi the Mohammedan prophet who claimed a new doctrine died that afternoon after a brief reign. The Sultan of Imboge denounced the doctrine and a native court ruled Mulodsi an impostor, leading to his death speculation and local upheaval.
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