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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
4
A letter argues a young woman overexerted herself to run a church entertainment, attempting suicide as a result. It urges caution about social church actions overshadowing true Christian ideals of self sacrifice and giving in God’s name.
A miscellaneous editorial piece questions the New Jersey census figures and possible omissions by Merriam's enumerators. It laments a dismissive message to General Eagan and highlights local matters from West Grove Willard Orphan's Home to Asbury Park progress and a theater train letter from Baldwin.
Miss Sarah Snolgrass of Wilmina is the guest for a few days in Ocean Grove. A bread cake and pie sale will be held tomorrow afternoon in Woolley s pharmacy Main avenue Ocean Grove under the auspices of the Ladies Parsonage Association of St Paul s M E Church. The Asbury Park Wheelmen Entertainment Committee has sent invitations to a reception at the club house next Monday evening. Committee members are Clarence E Ancker George F Rainear and Clarence E F Hetrick.
Secret societies meet at 8 o'clock in Appleby and Winckler halls including Asbury Council No 23 Jr C C A M Monmouth Lodge No 107 Knights of Pythias and Simonides Court No 1 Tribe of Ben Hur In Manning building Coast City Council Royal Arcanum held last night elected Regent Winfield Scott vice regent Joseph R Weir Jr orator Andrew J Hill chaplain Lawrence B Rogers and other officers with retiring Regent D G Conover
City mayor Briggss veto of a Common Council ordinance requiring union labor on municipal projects draws heavy comment in Trenton labor circles. Briggs, a Republican and leader in Robeling's Sons & Co., oversees over three thousand workers in the wire industry.
In a quirky exchange, Penn explains he will take digestive tablets for the liver as part of his training routine. Stubb questions the use of such tablets for liver health during their boarding day.
John P. Holland declares his submarine will cross the ocean under its own steam. Six boats are under construction at Nixon shipyards Elizabethport with five for the U.S. government and one for Electric Boat. A January launch precedes testing of 1,000 to 2,000 mile trips, possibly to Cubs, with a full crew to demonstrate seaworthiness and comfort despite critics in Germany and England.
The report notes four Filipino students at the University of Michigan and 644 students in Harvard Law School with 82 colleges represented and Yale leading with 73 delegates. It states more men study medicine than law and theology combined, and Illinois leads in theology and medicine while New York has the most law students. Chicago teachers payroll exceeds 500 000 dollars monthly, with 6 200 staff on the payroll. At Carthage high school, bicycles valued at 3 000 dollars are owned by students, up from three bicycles two years earlier.
Town notes report several city curiosities including a Galveston jetty project priced at 3 500 000 and a mix of oddities from Baltimore night schools to a Downs Kansas town lacking lawyers.
In London the fifteenth parliament of Victoria opened amid fierce Liberal criticism of government policy on South Africa and China. Joseph Chamberlain faced near-universal attack while Lord Salisbury and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman sparred over letters and integrity. The queen's speech announced funds for operations in South Africa and China and called for an early spring session.
Imperial edict orders General Tang Fa Hsiang to forfeit all honors and offices but retain command of his army and relocate to Kan Su with 6 000 troops. Empress dowager and emperor remain under Tung Fu Hsiang's influence as peace talks stall and ministers debate punishments amid ongoing foreign pressures.
The Oklahoma governor's annual report notes broad prosperity across agriculture grazing manufacturing and commerce with a 1899 property valuation rise to 49338661. It highlights an excellent public school system five top tier colleges and 5733885 acres of government land available for homesteading, arguing current wealth and population justify statehood.
Louisville reports the American Federation of Labor began disposing of business after opening session focused on welcoming addresses reports and committees. Notable delegates include three women representing labor groups Miss Sarah Groshans of Illinois Mrs Emma Laphere of Illinois and Miss Elen King of Indiana along with Samuel Weir from Scotland and Peter Curran from the British trades union congress.
Henry Russell, composer of more than 800 songs including A Life on the Ocean Wave and Cheer Boys Cheer, died yesterday in London. He was born in Sheerness on December 24, 1813.
The New York Mail and Express reports a colossal rail merger plan involving the Northern Pacific Great Northern and Union Pacific with the Atchison and Southern Pacific systems. Hill and Morgan persuade voting trust dissolution and prepare Great Northern stock issuance to gain majority control while Hill steps down as president to his son in law Samuel Hill.
Most Rev Sebastian Martinelli presided at the dedication of the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Savannah Georgia, a grand Gothic fireproof church with 218 foot spires and 110 foot transepts. The marble floor seats 1100, rebuilt after the 1898 fire, costing 150000 to 200000 dollars with the main altar a gift in memory of Rt Rev Bishop Thomas A Becker. Other gifts enhance the interior.
The official Review notes 1898-99 import growth of manufactured tobacco especially cigarettes. It states native Indian consumption shifts from native forms to imported cigarettes, with Calcutta and major cities leading the change. The piece compares this to replacements in cottons oil and sugar benefiting consumers and hinting at local production rise.
An eastern exchange reports a man misjudging a cabman who returned a mistaken twenty dollar bill after an altered fare. The cabbie corrects the ten dollar miscount, then chases to explain the error as the stranger vanishes toward a subway, leaving the elderly observer puzzled.
A New York man discusses a tea house Chinese scholar and importer who contrasts Confucian heritage with Christianity. He notes missionaries pushing Christianity as rulers of truth while many follow their own rays of light toward the moon.
The article notes that women govern large populations, citing China’s empress dowager and England's queen as ruling about half the world. It highlights Holland's Queen Wilhelmina as a major figure with extensive overseas colonies, and mentions Spain under Queen Regent Christina with expectations on Queen Mother Margherita's influence, arguing for broad woman rule.
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