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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
4
The page covers subscription terms for the Indianapolis Journal including carrier and mail rates, weekly edition pricing, and postage guidance. It lists distribution points in major cities and notes editorial commentary on Indiana politics and national figures like Philander Knox.
The piece notes Roderburg of Illinois, after joining the Civil-service Commission, had previously voted in Congress to strike the commission's appropriation. He offers that he did not expect to become a commissioner, while Governor Odell and Senator Pratt are referenced in a dispatch about a conference in New York. The report hints at political jabs and strategic silence.
The dispute between the States and Morocco appears to ease as the Sultan’s assurances avert armed actions. Instead of firing in Moorish waters, New York authorities plan immediate steps. Officials expect the matter to close without further friction.
The piece surveys Wu Tingfang’s cautious view on American intervention in China, warns against overestimating U.S. aid, and notes other theories on wartime dynamics. It also covers the Philippines conflict claim, Overstreet’s rural mail route gains, and Indianapolis area transit links, with a note on Cuban independence sentiment versus Spanish alignment.
Spaniards in Cuba largely support annexation to the United States. The treaty allowed a one year period for allegiance declarations, leading many Spaniards who remained in Cuba to become Cubans. They are praised as the island’s best class, driving business and interests, deserving consideration despite not being a numerical majority. The Cuban problem has difficult aspects, yet native Cubans should not outweigh Spaniards who chose to remain and become Cuban.
The Journal critiques Mayor Taggart's 1900 budget figures showing expenditures rising from 811,709 to 1,270,022, a 52 percent jump. It questions arithmetic used and highlights department totals, noting growth from city expansion and policy-driven costs such as parks, garbage collection, and street sweeping.
The Supreme Court issued three decisions on quasi public corporations and public rights, addressing how cities may regulate utilities like water and gas. It examined Illinois statutes authorizing cities to fix reasonable rates and whether such ordinances can bind future councils or lock in prices for set terms.
An opinion discusses the duty of quasi public water utilities to supply water at reasonable rates and the state's power to prevent extortion. It notes that licenses or ordinances fixing prices aren’t binding on future councils and emphasizes continual municipal oversight to protect public welfare. It also covers related notes on street railways, beet sugar factories, and public sentiment.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Thompson joking that more buttons on a wotten's enat increase the chance it fastens with books and eyes. A wheezy exchange covers wealth misuse and Carnegie as a philanthropist, with side remarks about booksellers and a playful card scene.
The Chicago Times Herald notes humorously that the new postmaster of Chicago started life in the milk business, prompting a quip from a club member who claims to be the best eucharist in their group and jokes about others starting in milk.
A collection of editorials from Indiana papers critiquing national politics and figures. Notes praise for Carnegie donations, debate over Nicaragua canal policy, concerns about missionaries in China, calls for a Vincennes public library funding, and sharp condemnation of rival papers over Benjamin Harrison death coverage.
A Pretoria dispatch reports two British dead and seven wounded as Boer losses reach at least 22 dead and 30 wounded after a rapid pursuit. Greys New Zealanders and Bushmen led the advance driving the enemy north and rout after the convoy was sighted at Leeuwfontein. Cape Town notes daily engagements at Tarwastad Henningfontein and Thaba N'Chu with scattered casualties and a two hundred strong commando dispersed.
New York March 28 Charles D Pierce the Orange Free State representative denied a Paris rumor that Mr Kruger would visit the United States to deliver a series of lectures. He stated there was no truth to the report and offered no further comment.
Ossining New York becomes the village name replacing Sing Sing after Governor Odell signed the bill. Assemblyman Apgar introduced the measure responding to residents who argued that Sing Sing harmed the village’s image as a place for manufacturing and general business.
Concord reports Kipling may become a summer resident in New Hampshire. After marrying an American, he built Naulahka near Brattleboro but left after a quarrel with Beatty Balestier. He has since lived in England and sold property including a Spotford lot. deed made to Mrs. Rudyard Kipling.
Postmaster General Smith emphatically denies reports he intends to resign the cabinet post. He states multiple times he has no plan to resign and cannot guarantee the future, warning against believing such stories as unfounded.
Secretary Long orders the cruiser New York to Manila from Tangier abandoning plans to move Consul General Gummere to Mazagan. State Department seeks to settle Moroccan claims through diplomacy, avoiding force. The Moroccan court had intended a return visit, delaying Gummere, with possible fresh talks to arrange a new appointment.
Washington March 27 The industrial committee released a 178 page report by expert George Clapperton on corporate taxation. It surveys states Massachusetts to Texas, finds property taxes unfair, notes inequitable burdens on real estate and personalty, and advocates income tax as more equitable with growing support for a limited supplementary state income tax under state supervision.
Washington march 27 the commissioner of internal revenue promulagted the recent decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals third district holding no stamp tax accrues on presumptive resale of stock where bucket shop transactions are settled by payment of differences. He clarifies paragraph 3 schedule A act 1901 and notes that only original transactions require stamped memoranda. The decision also covers keep ing books requirements and tax exemption for legacies for literary charitable or educational uses prior to march 1 1901, citing a Philadelphia School case.
Text notes that sales may occur locally and not abroad via agents with samples or by establishing offices to take orders, indicating restricted distribution and non export sales terms.
The Spanish war claims commission chaired by former Senator William E. Chandler has received from the State Department a full list of Cuban Insurrection related claims filed to the 11th of the present month. Total claims reach about 30 million dollars with five over one million. Notable claims include Mrs Ruise for 75000 and John W Brock seeking 2,162,514 for property losses in Havana.
Washington reports three more people linked to census fraud in St. Marys county Maryland. Joseph Ching a Leonardtown lawyer and former enumerator Goyter were jailed in Baltimore on charges of aiding and abetting fake returns and padding records. Bowles another former enumerator was arrested locally as part of the nine previously investigated.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports a new post office at Pedigo Spencer county with John T. Jacobs Jr named postmaster. Harry J. Martin receives Franklin Johnson county postmaster commission after bond approval. Additional Indiana postmasters named at Cerro Gordo Randolph county E F Edwards and New Britton Hamilton county A E Bell. Rockport inspector Charles Zuchreigle dismissed for unsatisfactory work after six years in service earning 2 190 dollars yearly.
P C Knox departed Pittsburg at 10 p m for Washington in response to a presidential summons. He is expected to be offered the attorney general post and is believed likely to accept if extended.
The Civil service Commission orders an investigation into charges against the Pittsburg Postmaster tied to the removal of a station superintendent. Spurr of the USGS tours Turkey to appraise Sultan mine holdings. General Powell Clayton, in Little Rock, pledges four more years in Mexico. Chilean claims commission narrows eight of eighteen claims worth over 5 million. Long settles a Naval Observatory dispute by appointing Harshman over Brown. The President pardons Wright Lancaster and John L. Bosley for past crimes due to weak evidence and lack of fraudulent intent. War Department staff work on updated army regulations amid expanded distant duties.
The Arch bishop of Mexico has again issued instructions to clergy in the archdiocese forbidding the Passion Play during holy week in the strongest terms. Last year the archbishop took a similar stance and in many places the play was abandoned.
In this dispatch the Ottoman Empire faces rising unrest as external pressure from Russia and internal discontent coalesce. The piece highlights growing sympathy for reform, signaling a possible upheaval against autocratic rule and the feared figure known as Abdal the Damned. The narrative frames impending change as imminent and warrants closer observation.
Advices from Constantinople say affairs in the Ottoman Empire are rapidly deteriorating. Turkish finances are in confusion with salaries eight months in arrears and war material debts surpassing a million pounds. Rebellion in Yemen and possible Macedonia uprisings stretch military expenditure. The Young Turks align with Arab proclamations against Abdul Hamid. Izzet Key may flee. patrols doubled. Muslims and Christians arrested. many moved to Asia Minor amid rising Macedonia tensions.
In St. Petersburg a ministerial committee with Grand Duke Vladimir debated placing the capital under martial law if unrest grows. Finance Minister De Witte opposed it for financial reasons and impact on industry. The interior ministry issued a circular, and 119 political prisoners are being examined secretly. Thirty-six student leaders likely to be released but barred from university for a period. Unofficial concessions to students reportedly considered, military regs eased for now.
Berlin dispatch from Vorwaerts states Russia reports growing enrollment in the army now over two thousand. The ex student Pirates, executed March 2 in Kiev for insubordination, is noted. Two former students Ryvakoff and Lanwtnth are to be tried for a similar offense.
In Rome on March 27 a group of university students attempted a protest in front of the Russian embassy after Tolstoi's son left his hotel but were dispersed by the police, ending the demonstration without further incident.
Three thousand people fill Irving Hall in New York for a mass meeting of Russian sympathizers discussing the St Petersburg demonstrations. Abraham Cahan declares the issue is not the czar but the system, criticizing Nicholas II and the Russian regime while praising the American spirit of 1776 and calls for rights for workers.
The American steamer Californian sailed from Guanten for New Orleans with 48 emigrants bound for Hawaii. Among them 26 men and the rest women and children, described as physically superior to the prior expedition. The Porto Fico carried eight workers for Cuban iron mines and recruiters from Guayaquil to Quito were in Porto Rico for labor.
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