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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
5
Old advertisement lists subscription prices by carrier, Sunday insert, and mail prepaid options, with rates for daily, weekly, and annual deliveries. It also notes reduced club rates, postal handling, and multiple city distribution points in Indianapolis and other major towns.
The Journal urges small subscriptions from many citizens to raise over 1000 dollars for the monument dedication fund. It proposes residents donate 1, 2, or 5 dollars, with Journal receiving and turning funds to the executive committee. Also notes political and judicial commentary on national issues and local Arsenal decision.
The city’s police vow to intensify efforts to identify and arrest the perpetrator of a crime against a person ostracized for race. The victim is described as a typical outsider with few friends, underscoring the need for vigilant law protection for all citizens.
The Tuesday results reveal no decisive party gains and a shift toward home rule and local issues. Voters act independently in municipal races, with scratch ballots common and independents influencing outcomes. Local good government, not party loyalty, drives success in city contests.
Senator Beveridge argues against Democratic claims on Philippine conduct, defending U S soldiers as fighting a semi barbarous foe. He cites The Hague rules as inapplicable to uncivilized enemies and recalls Lincoln on civilized warfare limits, noting no admission of mass crimes by U S troops.
The editorial objects to a new rail line from this city to Switz City arguing it would undermine the Indianapolis Southern road, noting promoters are nonresidents of Indianapolis. It urges a single route through coal regions and southward, predicting the first mover should prevail and criticizing plans seen as a tactic against the Southern road.
A collection of humorous exchanges and malaprops spanning newspapers from Philadelphia to Chicago and New York. The piece compiles jokes on photography truth, insured losses, in vino veritas, and sharp social quips including a mammy dialect vignette about an eye tooth and tongue.
A congressional floor exchange centers on Philippine policy with Senator Tillman accused of praising brutality while others defend the administration. Burton counterattacks by disputing claims of atrocities and defending General Funston, citing his thirty eight engagements in the Philippines.
A conference will be arranged with the Sultans as General Chaffer proceeds to Mindanao. Efforts are under way to avert further fighting and establish peace in the region.
Manila dispatch reports General Chaffee leaving on the Ingalls for Mindanao to establish a post at Camp Vicars and seek a conference with sultans and dattos. General Davis is asked to arrange talks, with two or three amputations anticipated among wounded Americans. Cholera totals up to date show 2,334 cases and 1,865 deaths nationwide. Senor Valdez of Miau is banished for six months after a libel suit by Benito Legardo.
Washington May 7 Secretary Root answers House resolution seeking all orders to General Smith and others in Samar. He states no new orders were issued beyond Lincoln era instructions and notes commanders in the Philippines understand operations better than Washington. The reply includes General Bell and Wheaton orders on reconcentration camps and a Chaffee endorsement praising measured action.
The piece discusses wartime policy stressing humane means and denial of harsh orders, cites Secretary Root on surrender of Malvar and end of northern Philippine resistance, notes Taft's War Department tasks and friars lands question, and reports Cornell President Schurman declining a committee seat on Philippine atrocities inquiry.
Washington May 7 Colonel Henry Sharpe assistant commissary general has been relieved from duty in this city and ordered to Manila where he will become chief commissary of that division relieving Col Charles A Woodruff Col Woodruff is succeeded by Sharpe in Manila and the change moves the division’s leadership to colonial assignment.
Manuel Rionda of Czarnikow MacDougall & Co testified before the Senate Investigation Committee that US independent sugar refineries import most Cuban sugar. a duty cut could trigger a panic as loans on Cuban sugar are called in. George Bryson outlined American control of Cuban plantations and Spanish mortgages shaping production. Amercans own many large and hundreds of small Cuban farms while Cuban citizens largely own nothing. Oscar Donner discussed pamphlets printed to counter sugar trust charges and influence public opinion.
New York May 7 Mrs. M. A. Livermore famed woman suffragist is confined to her Melrose home after two weeks under physician care for an eye ailment. A Boston dispatch to the Times reports a danger she may lose sight in one or both eyes.
Jefferson City Mo May 7 state moves toward quo warranto or ouster against the Big Four meat packers to bar them from Missouri. Witnesses testify to fixed St Louis meat prices secret rebates and C O D lists showing packers pressuring cattlemen and suppressing independent buyers amid widespread consolidation and lowered competition.
U S District Attorney Bethea returns to Chicago after talks with Attorney General Knox over the beef trust probe. A bill for injunction against packers is printed in Washington and likely to be filed Friday with Special Attorney Day expected to bring it. The inquiry scope appears widened to seek dissolution of packer contracts and seizure of goods in transit linked to railroad rebates.
Middletown Laborers Union with 300 members votes to abstain from Westernment for thirty days affecting over a thousand people including families. Portland Central Labor Union also approves a resolution protesting beef price by pledging not to purchase beef for days.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Washington on May 7 Clara Barton, president of the National Red Cross Society, visited President Roosevelt in the White House before sailing for Russia. He recalled meeting her amid Cuba relief, calling her ride and wagon scene the dirtiest he ever saw and promising ongoing support for the Red Cross.
New York May 7 John Most was released from custody after last Sunday night’s arrest with William MacQueen and Solomon Hiller following an incendiary speech at an anarchist meeting. MacQueen and Hiller remain in custody for trial. Most faces one year in prison to serve.
Boston hosts eighth annual National Municipal League and tenth national conference for good city government. Clinton R. Woodruff presents A Year’s Municipal Progress noting wage earner workers entering municipal politics and the merit system expanding. Officers elected include James C. Carter New York and C Rickson Bruns fifth vice president.
The nominating committee of the National Federation of Women's Clubs appoints officers to vote tomorrow. President Mrs Dimles T Denison of New York heads a ticket including Mrs Robert Burdette and Miss Louise Pappenhheim. A second ticket is rumored but not expected to prevail. The convention also considers the charter, Louisiana purchase committee report, and a $100000 memorial plan for a St Louis exposition building.
A second experiment with actenolite tests the germicidal actinic ray on Frederick M. Campbell a 14 year old tuberculosis patient at Flower Hospital his hip infection has shown reduced wound discharge after a ten minute treatment Anson R Flower funds his private room care amid broker support for the boy's plight
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