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Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-08-17

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10
TO PUNISH FILIPINOS
GENERAL. SMITH AND SOLDIERS SAIL
FOR THE ISLAND OF SAMAR.
Seventh Infantry Anxious tn AvenGe
the Massacre Of Company {,
of the Ninth Regiment.

MANILA Oct. General Smith sailed
from here to-day for the relief of the Island
Of Samar He Will take command OF Samar
and Leyte, so as TO enable General Hughes
to devote himself to the Island of Cebu,
where trouble is possible unless strong
measures are adopted. General Smith is ac-
companied by battalion of the Seventh
Infantry which is anxious TO avenge the
disaster to Company c, of the Ninth In
fantry. Further accounts from Samar, re-
ceived here, show that horrible indignities
were perpetrated on the dead bodies.
Congressman Edward Weeks, of Mich
igan. says that. judging by statements
made by officials, who lived among the
Filipinos, and also a result OF his own per
sonal observations, he considers the people
little better than savages. having a thin
veneer of civilization. He has seen no Fill
pino architecture beyond the Nipa shacks,
and no Filipino, he says, ever made road,
built a ship or reared a schOolhOuse. Mr..
Weeks considers that the mass OF people
are unfit to participate in any form of gov
eminent, and thinks that the best govern
ment for the archipelago is one that Will De
feared rather than loved, as the natural in
stincts OF the FiipinOs are TO mistake kind
ness for fear.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10
HONOR TO THE SOUTH SIDE.

Examination of the returns of the recent
election will show that the Republican vic
tory was largely due to gains on what is
called the South Side The northern
wards barely held their own, but the gains
which turned Republican defeat of two
years ago into Republican victory were
made chiefly on the South Side. There has
always been a compact, weII-organized Re
publican vote on the South Side, a sort OF
odd guard that could be depended on I'M
der any and all circumstances, but without
reinforcements it could never turn defeat
into victory. That this was done on Tues
day is largely due to the independent Ger
man vOtc-a vote which cannot be long con-
trolled in the interest of any party that
does not do right, no matter by what name
il is called. This class of voters on the
South Side had become tired of the bossism
and jobbery of the Taggart regime, tired Of
ring rule and personal politics, and they
emphasized their convictions by voting for
a change. They deserve credit on broader
grounds than mere partisan ones. The Re-
publican victory of Tuesday is largely due
to them, and it is hoped they may not be
disappointed in their expectations OF re-
form in the city government. The Journal
takes off its hat to them for having the
courage of their convictions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10
THE TEST OF A GOOD MAYOR.

one of the best features of the city char
ter is the concentration of all executive
power and responsibility in the mayor and
dividing the important functions of the
city government among boards of his ap-
pointment. The charter recognizes that a
proper discharge of all the executive duties
pertaining to the Office of mayor is too
much for any man. The duties are too
varied and the details too numerous for any
one man 10 discharge them properly. Con-
sequently, they are divided among boards
to be appointed by the mayor and response
BILE TO him. In prescribing the duties of the
mayor the charter says, first of all: 1T
shall be his duty to cause the ordinances
OF the city and the laws of the State TO
be executed and enforced" With that as a
starting point it creates a department of
finance a department Of law, department
OF public works. a department of public
safety. a department of assessment and
collection and a department of public health
and charities. The heads of all these de-
partments and members of all the boards,
except the department Of assessment and
this means the large duties of the office
are divided among heads of departments
and boards appointed by the mayor without
diminishing his responsibility. As these
heads of departments and boards constitute
the entire executive department of the
city government it is of the utmost inn
portance to the mayor and the people
that they be selected with great care, and
with especial reference to individual fitness.
Their selection is the test of a good mayor,
and they can make or mar any administra-
ton. The only limitation on the power of
the mayor in appointing the boards is that
not more than two of them shall be of the
same political party. With this exception
the charter gives the mayor full discretion
in his appointments, evidently assuming
that he Will appoint only persons OF
recognized fitness. The positions are so
important that no mayor can afford To
appoint to them any but men of recognized
fitness. If he does the people will be sure
TO divine the true motive of the appoint
ment and hold the mayor responsible. They
| cannot reach an unfit head Of a department
or member of a board. but they can reach
the mayor who appoints him or who keeps
him in office after his unftness has become
| apparent. The city controller should be a
| first class business man. the city attorney
| should be as good a lawyer as can be in
| dueed to take the office for the salary paid
| and the members Of the different boards
| should be men of such character and stand
| the start. The fact that the charter con-
| centrates all executive power and RESPONSE
| bility in the mayor and makes him respon-
sible for all the acts of all his appOintees
should make him exceedingly careful in his
selections
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10

he did not permit that tragedy 10 excite
him. The morning after that crime in Ha-
Nana harbOr there was white heat on the
lace OF everybody but the President. We
all wanted war and we wanted II right
away. Why, ne said 10 me at that time,
ana 1 was one Of the excited ones, why get
excited? Why plunge ahead? This tnlng
Will keep L asked him what he meant pS
that ana he replied: The Maine will Sun
be destroyed tomorrow, the next Gay, anu
next week. This probably means war. but II
we are going TO war let US do IL calmly dliu
with due celebration lie did not consent
70 declaration OF war until conditions
forced il and everything was ready.
AT last the die was cast, but only aItel
TINS declaration, made TO many puDlc mt
New problems, new duties ana new II
sponsibnities will come with TINS Wa, anu anu
1 want IL understood that we VIII sOiNe
these problems, we viii discharge these ou-
ties, we VIII meet these Responsiveness.
Gentlemen, once in this war. there viii oe
no lodging nor turning back Ana ne We We
true 10 that declaration 10 the Jay % Hie
death, and with the memory OF MS ueNo-
ton TO IL forever fresh in mind the hepup-
Ican party Will push ahead, VIII carry OH
the work, never Ceasing until the names oA
all those islands in the Philippines are WITT
ten on the scroll OF civilization and the
eight million people who inhaDlt them dle
in full enjoyment OF rational liberty.
Continuing, Mr.. Lands reviewed the pun
lie acts Of the martvred President, show
ing that everything done was in the inter
ests of peace and the glory OF the Repubilc-
In cOnluding. Mr.. Lands said; In MS
death there was that divinity ana pnllos-
Ophy. and that trust and faith eXempnIeu
on Calvary Let US say of him as he said OF
Lincoln: While the party with Whch we
stand, and for which he stood, can justly
claim him, and without dispute can ooasl
the distinction of being the first 10 honor
and trust him. his fame has leaped the
bounds of party and country and now De-
long TO mankind and the ages.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10

The election of the Republican ticket on
Tuesday with a majority of the City Coun-
Gil makes the party responsible for the
management OF city affairs the next two
years. 1t is very grave responsibility.
The elements which go to make an efficient
city government are many and the de-
mands are exacting. Yet the men upon
whom the voters of Indianapolis conferred
that responsibility are believed TO be able
to meet all essential requirements if they
will but adopt the methods they employ in
business. City government is simply the
management of a large corporation; but
city government is generally inefficient and
often wasteful and corrupt because the
men intrusted with the responsibility have
neither the capacity nor the disposition
To place the management upon high
plane. 1t is believed that the officers
elected, upon whom the responsibility has
been placed, have both the capacity and
the disposition to give the city a clean and
businesslike administration.
To Mr. Bookwalter has come an oppor-
tunity that rarely comes TO a young man of
1t is within his power to make himself
man of wide influence in public affairs.
The Journal most sincerely wishes he may
prove such an official-that he may make
the most of the opportunity which has
opened TO him. 1t will need brains, firm
ness and courage to do this, because the
men who will press themselves upon him
day and night are those who have an idea
that places in the public service are sine
cures which any person can fll-places
which the inefficient can hold as well as
the most efficient men. This is a vicious
theory. and any administration which
adopts it will fail The city for the wages
it pays has a right TO the best service and
the best labor in the market, and not one
man more than is absolutely needed for the
service should be employed. OF course the
mayor who rigidly enforces such policy
will have little enemies. but by doing so
he will win the support of the many. The
laws of Indiana must be firmly and i'm
partially enforced in a dignifed manner.
II is not a matter of discretion but a sworn
duty. The Police Court must not be a
refuge for lawbreakers.
indianapolis has not in recent years had
a City Council which has commanded the
degree of public confidence such a body
should. The majority of the newly elected
Council have the capacity and experience
to place the legislative branch of the city
government upon higher plane if it viii
but rise to the occasion by considering the
welfare of the city at large instead of re-
sorting to that demagogy which has SO
often characterized past Councils. The
Council is a coordinate branch and not
an appendix of the executive department.
Compared with the interests of the popu-
lation of this growing city political ad-
vantage is of little consequence; but the
best administration. clean, energetic and
intelligent, will be the best politics" that
can be devised. Shall the city have such
an administration? Shall the responsibility
prove a great OnDortunity?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10

known to and controlled exclusively by one
company and not obtainable by any other
is virtually awarded without competition
There is reason TO believe that many wood
en-block paving contracts have been
awarded 10 the same company under SINH
lar specifications If it is further true, as
commonly reported. that the head or
chief officer OF the Western Creosote Com
pany is a near relative of former chair
man Of the Board OF Public Works and
who is now interested I'm the creosoting
business. there is additional reason for in
vestigation of the transaction and of other
similar ones. This might be a good place
for the new administration 20 begin little
subsOiling.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10

a temporary restraining order issued by
Judge feathers, of the Superior Court, en-
joining the Board of Public Works from
laying a wooden block pavement on a GER
tain street until further hearing by the
court. discloses a situation which calls for
investigation. The order was based on
complaint filed in the interest Of certain
property owners alleging that the contract
for the pavement was awarded under con-
ditions which practically barred competi-
ton and gave the contract TO one bidder,
namely the Hoosier Construction Com
pauy, to the exclusion of all others and
that this was done by the board knowingly
and Intentionally. The following is from
city article in the Journal of the Sth inst:
The complaint alleges that the specifica-
tiOnS prepared by the city engineer for
block paving stipulate that blocks must be
prepared with "kreodOne, Republic creo-
sOte paving oil, which is manufactured by
the Western Creosote Company and its ex-
elusive sale limited to the Hoosier Con-
structiOn Company. The petition states
that no other company or contractor can
purchase "kreOdOne." that IL is not on the
market, and by collision OF the Western
CreosOte Company. the Hoosier Construc-
ton Company, the city engineer. the Board
of Public Works and Mayor Taggart all
other bidders otner than the HOOSier Con-
struction Company are precluded from Sc
curing contracts and competition is barred.
The complaint contained allegations tend
ing 10 show arbitrary exercise OF power
by the Board OF Works i'm ordering the i'm
provement on the petition OF property own
ers who, it was alleged, were less than
majority. and in refusing 20 heed a remon-
STRANGE signed by twelve out OF twenty-five
resident property owners. but no comment
is made on this feature of the case at pres
ent further than 10 remark that it seems to
show a determination on the part OF the
board to put the Improvement through in
spite OF all opposition. The point to which
attention IS now called is that the specif-
cations for the paving required the use of
heavy creosOte oil OF the grades known as
kreodone or Republic creosote paving oil
especially prepared FOR paving purposes,
and that there is no such thing on the mar
ket or known to science or chemists its ex-
elusive control being in the hands OF a local
company called the Western Creosote Com
pany. A contract awarded under specifica-
tions which require the use OF an article
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10
MANY NEW WITNESSES.
Trial of Caleb Powers Brings New
Faces to the Front.

GEORGETOWN, Ky, Oct. 9.-The trial
of Caleb Powers was resumed in the Cir
cult Court this morning. Among the wit
nesses for the commonwealth who did not
testify in the prisoners first trial are eX-
Governor w. o. Brady, ex-Congressman
John Henry Wilson, DR.. c. G. Cecil Bill
Dillon, a Republican politician in eastern
kentucky, and William Party, chairman
of the Republican committee OF Knox coun-
ty, Powers's home. The commonwealth has
thirty new witnesses in all.
Cen Basil Duke, of Louisville, and Judge
Clifton j. Pratt, former attorney general,
were among the new witnesses for the de-
Tense only about ten of whom answered
present.
The defense has called 213 witnesses, but
only thirty-siX can be reached when needed.
y motion by the defense for a continuance
on account of the absence of material wit
nesSes was made and the case was post
poned till tomorrow to enable them to
prepare an affidavit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Reports Submitted to the American
Board of Commissioners.

HARTFORD. Conn, Oct 9-Rev. Lyman
Abbott, o. New York. conducted the de-
votionaI exercises which preceded the OPEN
ing Of this mornings meeting OF the Amer
lean board Of commissioners for foreign
missions. The forenoon was given up 10
addresses by officers OF the board and mis-
sionaries. the report Of the secretary and
the sermon by Rev. Henry Hopkins. d. d.
OF Kansas City. No, vice president OF the
board, being the most notable features Of
the session.
Dr. Judson Smith stated that I'm the
eleven missions under his supervision there
are 29S missionaries, OF whom thirteen
have gone out for the first time and 2.032
native labOrers. Of whom eighty-tWO are
pastors OF mission churches.
The number OF missionaries IN the mis-
sOns under the Rev. DR. James l. Barton.
foreign secretary. Is go. OF whom ten have
gone out this year FOR the first time. the
number OF native laborers Is 1871. an in
crease over last year OF l5>. Or. Barton re-
ported that the indemnitics from the Tur Ri IA
empire for losses during the massacre OF
1856 only await certain formalities 10 be
distributed 10 the several claimants.
one OF the most interesting points OF the
report was It's reference To work in China
IL said. THE period since the raising OF
the siege Of Picking has been marked by
various Incidents the missionary board on
the ground has acted with calmness. fore
sight. and great prudence: the care OF the
Chinese refugees has demanded states man.
shin. patience and tact. and these qualities
have not been wanting: - tar as possible
missionary work has been resumed. schools
opened and religious service maintained
with the PROSTATE area az Picking. Tien-
Tsin and Pao-Ting-Fu- And now the way
is open FOR visits 20 Pamg-Chaung and Lin
early 10 forecast the real importance OF the
settlement that has been reached az Peking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10

The last time eX-Mayor Taggart was in
augurated the occasion was made parti-
san jollihcation. The men who had been
accustomed to orderly procedure in public
affairs would have mistaken the assem-
blage for a campaign meeting instead Of
the Inauguration of the government of a
large city. The Journal hopes, and every
Republican in the city who has an appre-
citation of the fitness Of things, hopes that
the occasion Of the induction Of the mayor
and other oficers-elect into office will be a
dignihed, nonpartisan function. IL Mr.
Bookwalter when he shall have taken the
oath of office, desires to speak he will
doubtless speak of the affairs of the city
and the man who calls the meeting to
order should, in a dignified manner, state
the purpose of the meeting, which should
proceed with decorum and the dignity be-
coming so important event in the life of
a leading city. 1t is certainly better that
the new administration, elected to carry
out policies different from the last, should
begin by doing things differently, and not
making the inauguration of the mayor a
noisy partisan demonstration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10

The figures by which Messrs. Moores,
Sweeney and Sickels were reelected to the
School Board contain valuable and timely
lesson. on the list of candidates were sew
eral worthy citizens, yet the three men
named have been reelected by majorities
without precedent in this city. One is a
Democrat and two are Republicans, but
when the voters who have an interest in
the public schools marked their ballots
they ignored party classification. They did
so because these men constitute a majority
OF board which has managed the affairs
Of the schools upon intelligent business
principles and upon a strictly nonpartisan
basis. The emphatic reelection of these
commissioners indicates that the best men
in both parties are in favor OF the manage
ment of public institutions upon a non
partisan basis. 1t also shows that men in
public positions can make themselves most
popular by pursuing an intelligent and up
right policy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10
The Dead Boy at DoneIxen,

IAN incident recalled TO the writer surgeon O.
the Twenty,hfth Indiana. General Veatch't
cences of General Grant in Sundays Journal
The guns were stilled, the battle won,
And slowly sank the setting SUM-
The hills were white with ice and snow,
And yet 1 marked the shadows grow,
For night came at Donelson.
Sweet Sabbath eve by men called best
IN quiet homes it giveth rest,
But there no bell rang out for prayer.
or babe mankind to cease from care.
And comfort gave where woes oppressed.
I wandered forth in pensive mood.
And reached height where cherries stood
A cabin built BY rustic hands
Before its front and on the sands.
Were ranged the dead all soiled with blood
Zach in a soldiers blanket lay
And waited for the judgment Gay.
Yet one was there Of stature small.
So fair, so cold in Deaths dark thraN.
l marveled at the strange display.
1 threw the blanket from his face
The features of child to trace
Was there parents friendly
To shield the lovely boy from harm.
or hold him from that dreadful place?
Perhaps. an orphan child was given
safer home IN yon bright heaven,
Beyond the circle Of the sun,
Far from ,he guns OF Donelson.
Far from those darklng shades OF even.
Perhaps. the Christ stood meek and mild.
To welcome home his soldier child.
triumphant from the field OF war,
I-nbIernIshed by lis battle Gear.
his soul made pure and undehled.
Those waving Jocks, that marble brow.
Are present 70 my vision now,
And mem ~ evermore shall find
The nournful picture in my mind.
Though STOPPING age my head may bow.
Arthur White
Roclxport, Ind, oct. T.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10

This from a London literary review:
Everybody talks about Count Tostoi now
works" This is shocking. y good many
persons are suspicious of the individuals
who are perpetually talking of Tolstoi.
Meredith. Browning and other stars in lit
erature. but the frank acknowledgement
BY one who should know that nobody
reads the first one named-and inferentiaIly
does not read the others is startling.
shams become 50 familiar tina; to tear them
down Is dizconcerting even 10 those aware
Of the fraud.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10

is not enough for the prrveyors of litera-
ture 10 ransack the libraries of celebrities
and TO importune their relatives for lit
Crary remains"-they must pry into the
kitchens. Politicians early learned the IN
wisdom OF committing their secrets 20
paper; people who modestly consider them
selves obscure must learn the same, for
the calcium light OF the relic hunter may
eventually find them out and hold their
humble a fairs In % the nnhlic gaze.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10
Ohio knights TempIars.

LIMA, O., oct. 9.-The annual conclave OF
the Grand Commandery, Knights Templars
o. Ohio, was held here to-day. The mem
bership was reported 20 be $50 The fol-
lowing officers We're elected. William II
Bates. Dayton. right eminent grand COM
mander; w. T. Mclean. Sidney. deputy
commander. Thomas Kite Cincinnati. gen
eraissimo; Carroll l.. clap. Warren. cap
tain general: Frederick l.. Goddess Toledo
senior warden; John r. Gibson, Cincinnati
junior warden; Rev John Mills. Lima. pro-
bate: Lafayette Little, Toledo. treasurer:
John y Bel Dayton. recorder. DAYTON
was chosen as the place for holding the
next conclaNp.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10
RICH VEIN OF GOLD.
1t is 200 Feet Wide and 5000 Feet
Long-S7 ,O0O, eco I'm Sight.

TUCSON, A. T., Oct. 9.-Charles r. and
Porter w Fleming, of this place, have ar
rived from the Galluro mountains, where
they report a remarkable gold discovery.
The rich find is located seventy miles north
of Tucson, and the vein of ore, according
to the Flemings, is 200 feet wide and 6,ooo
feet in length A canyon cuts through the
vein for POO feet. exposing the ore on either
side the entire length of the cut. 1t is esti-
mated the amount of gold in sight is over
s. 200, 900. The Tucson Star, OF this place, is
authority for the statement that the story
told by the Fleming brothers is authentic
and that it has verified the facts as above
given.