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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1901
Page
4
The Indianapolis Journal notes subscription rates and club discounts, including reduced monthly rates for clubs, and details on postal requirements. It also surveys editorials on civic topics, such as Cleveland taxation, Chicago schoolbooks, Tammany Hall politics, temperance canteens, and Cuban constitutional concerns.
The Architectural League of America meets in Philadelphia to discuss municipal group plans locating all public buildings together for practical and monumental effects. Other items include Dawes on prosperity and a Cuba political campaign with June elections in several towns.
Three tickets vie in Havana as local politicians claim the winning party will dominate island politics and influence future relations with the United States. The outcome is viewed as pivotal for the incoming government.
A Chicago editorial argues anti imperialists, once opposing McKinley over imperial projects, may pivot to support a third term. It critiques the idea as a scheme to tarnish McKinley while noting changes in U S governance and republican tradition amid global expansion. It also covers handshaking, credit management trends, and local political disputes.
The piece argues for two reforms inspired by illnesses and deaths linked to inauguration day and the ceremonial handshakes. It cites Mrs McKinley and Mrs Gage, cites President Harrison, and suggests moving inauguration to April 30 and limiting or ending handshakes by women.
A mash of brief city humor from Cleveland Plain Dealer Philadelphia Telegraph and Catholic Standard shows playful jests about stamps at the train depot home visits and a boy joking about tossing knives while his brother stands by.
In a terse anecdote the Detroit Journal recalls a figure who faced threats and peril, noting that some credit his survival to professional courtesy, with the remark Good land What saved him attached to the exchange.
A Diplomatic Corps youth at a five o'clock tea quotes Miss Morps as reigning belle. The exchange prompts a witty remark about women's work and cleverness, with Miss Cayenne adding that a woman can make a man do the work and enjoy the benefit.
Alice H. Rich outlines rites and harsh practices affecting Chinese children. News-like survey notes newborn washing, early head shaving, feast cycles, baby disguises to ward off spirits, and cruel punishments driven by fortune tellers. It contrasts loving regard with superstition that can lead to cruelty.
Lieutenant Franklin of the Twenty third Infantry reports on the China campaign comparing allied troops note the American soldier tops in best fed camps and policing. He praises American transport and discipline while criticizing flawed press depictions and stressing humanity and good order as true tests of discipline. The piece argues the report aligns with citizen pride in U.S. troops.
South Bend readers learn Lord Roberts’s official progress report cites Studebaker wagons with strength and durability. The piece notes London papers highlighted American superiority, while many U.S. papers omitted this praise, urging fair notice for an American manufacturing triumph.
A New York Press tale shows a junior reporter sent to cover the floor battle of brokers. He recounts wandering among the crowd, stepping to the chairman’s signal, while editors marvel at his claim of being “among the brokers” on the Stock Exchange floor.
Brokers at the Waldorf Astoria uptown exchange report a chaotic rush as a crowd broke barriers to the floor. Doorkeepers struggled, members who had not appeared in years mixed with regulars, and panic ensued while spectators debated the incident and the reporter’s ignorance of the tales.
The Chicago City Beautiful effort faces a setback with Mrs Potter Palmer’s withdrawal to Europe, while Mrs Horatio May steps in as ward garbage inspector. Alderman Honore remains, and a cadre of five hundred women in the Twenty-first Ward could still fuel a blossoming effort for an Eden-like city transformation.
An Albany manufacturer E Leroy Smith is fatally shot amid riot violence. The piece defends soldiers and denounces rioters while urging memorialization of Smith as a martyr to law and order, criticizing city officials and labor leaders for unrest.
A short tale recalls Mrs Reginald de Koven’s debut with her father Senator Charles B Farwell in Washington. At a White House reception she lingers near the Blue Room divan as Attorney General Brewster fixes his gaze, a moment linked to a famed facial accident he bore in saving a sister.
In New York Telegraph, W G Nicholas notes private wire houses suffered amid panic as vast branch networks failed to connect quickly, with bad accounts and looming litigation. He cites no dividend for United States Steel before July, forecasts 5-6 percent, and highlights record short interest in major rails and utilities. A bull leader seeks low stock prices, profiting from declines, while a top operator with ties to railroad and finance elites is believed to have netted $15 million from recent moves and may lead the next market surge.
The June 30 last troop transport voyage from Pier 22 ends a era of naval service between New York and Cuba and Puerto Rico. Of ten transports, only Igwick and McClellan remain active on monthly trips. others are wrecked, in harbor, or reassigned, with sale talks and possible routes to Manila discussed by Captain Palmer.
A New York letter in the Philadelphia Press quotes James J. Hill accusing trusted associates of bad faith in the Northern Pacific battle. The report names a prominent financier as the traitor who sold a large NP block and then 5,000 shares short, risking immense gains if the corner succeeded.
Reports claim a prominent financier faces severe financial losses and reputational damage. He is viewed as carrying a tainted character, with banks and arbitrage houses unlikely to aid him. His standing within his professional circle may be irreparably damaged, ending his usefulness in that circle.
A San Francisco Chronicle summary of Census Bureau findings shows population centers moving west along a nearly fixed latitude from Baltimore. Manufacturing centers, by contrast, have shifted south and west with new electric and fuel discoveries spurring growth, predicting the 1900s center to lie far west of 1900 figures.
A Washington correspondent argues favoritism shapes staff corps promotions under the army reorganization act. He notes cases where younger officers outrank Civil War veterans, citing Captain J. M. Patton born 1838 and Major John A. Hull born 1874, while praising Root and the President for merit-based appointments.
A Washington letter from the New York Post notes a Porto Rico assimilation problem unseen since expansion. US officials tried cordial welcomes but Porto Ricans largely withheld return hospitality, leaving frost in San Juan. A cynic suggests a publicity device featuring General Miles distributing flags to a wary crowd.
The Nebraska State Journal notes that national bank notes remain in circulation long after redemption by the treasury. The notes are reduced to paper pulp and sold to car manufacturers for wheel production, traveling the country as bold as ever.
A fragment from the Kansas City Journal notes a Boston Herald editorial remark about a woman named in a controversial line. The piece suggests the subject could have been estimable if she had behaved differently, reflecting newspaper rhetoric of the era. The passage hints at editor commentary and inter-paper tension without full context or names.
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