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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
5
A society tale from Chicago describes Gertrude Howlinson, known as the Youth's Companion for her youthfulness and charm, courting Jack Elliot. A dramatic interruption arises when a dentist's office caller claims to hold her teeth, prompting her family to depart for California and ending the romance.
The Nepaul king’s prime minister Sir Jung Bahadur wears a hat of diamonds valued at over £500000 with a priceless ruby centerpiece. The piece embodies status and power, while family relations and social approval loom large. It reflects social satire on wealth and personal success versus harmony with in laws and neighbors.
The Senate passed a Platt amendment by 76 to 1 to extend and apply Chinese exclusion to U S insular possessions until Dec 7 1904 and beyond if renewed. A House bill would provide permanent exclusion but was rejected by 48 to 33. The measure clarifies treaty terms and authorizes Treasury rules to enforce residency certificates for Chinese laborers facing deportation without proof of eligibility.
Captain Grossman of Cologne Germany, inventor of water shoes, completed a 100 mile surface walk on the Danube from Linz to Vienna with his wife in a boat. Aluminum thirteen foot long cylinders power the treaded motion driving four oar wings. He aims to outfit life saving stations and previously rescued twenty people in a flood.
The spread of Mormonism in New York draws home missionary groups to curb growth as Latter Day Saints claim three churches and about 8 000 adherents in the city. Apostle John Henry Smith outlined church history and doctrines while noting a defiant stance toward Federal authorities and rapid conversions across Europe. Church leaders say 2 000 missionaries are active and 20 000 converts gained in the country last year.
The worldwide YMCA meeting convenes in Christiania from August 20 to 24 this year. Norway’s storthing has approved government funds for the conference.
The United States unveils a four ton foury cal rapid fire cannon named the Brown regimental wire tube rapid fire gun. It fires a 600 pound shell 25 miles at 4 000 feet per second with 32 pounds of powder. The gun features a steel tube curled from one seventh inch steel and ten miles of wire, designed to withstand 92 000 psi. It could threaten New York’s coastal defenses.
Rev Dr Henry Spellmeier leads a committee inviting cities to bid for the next Methodist General Conference to be held for three weeks with total costs around 110000 and local support of about 20000. Minneapolis has shown interest, while Boston and New York are potential Eastern bidders as the event may move east after years in the West.
The budget to the House of Commons reveals a revived duty on flour and meal as Britain faces Boer War burdens. A 5 pence per hundredweight on flour and 3 pence on wheat will be imposed, sparking public uproar and fear of wider tariff shifts with potential impact on farmers and the United States.
Dr Herber F Fisk principal of the Academy of Northwestern University Chicago says 300 boys must give up cigarettes or leave school He notes no division among educators on the harm of tobacco to young men not yet mature.
The Grand Arch Council of the Ihi Kappa Pal in Pittsburg selected Indianapolis as the next meet location. Pirate Healy of the Twenty-seventh Infantry was hanged in Manila for the murder of Sergt. Moreland in April 1901. Charles M Schwab was elected an active member of the Automobile Club of America in New York. Col Albert A Pope faced questions about his resignation as director of the American Bicycle Company. An attempted dynamite attack targeted Dr P B Byrne, Spokane mayor. little damage occurred. Miss Elsie D Richards of Barkhamsted shot her mother and attempted suicide during temporary insanity. Effie Fay, a U S comedienne, was ordered confined to Holloway for twelve days for debt judgment default. she is in Paris.
The residence of William J Bryan and his family sits in a brick two-and-a-half story barn at Fairview, three miles from Lincoln, Nebraska. It serves as a temporary home while a $20,000 permanent house is planned and foundation already laid.
The Senate passed Willis and Cole tax measures raising 1 percent on gross income for quasi public corporations and 0.1 percent of capital stock for private profit firms. Gov Nash's plan envisions a full tax system reorganization and over 2 million dollars yearly added revenue.
A fire aboard the steamer City of Pittsburg near Turner's Landing caused a rapid loss of life with an estimated fifty to seventy five dead out of about 150 aboard. Passengers slept as guards and crew battled flames before the vessel sank, with life preservers exhausted and bodies recovered in the river.
Frank FR Stockton famed American writer died suddenly in Washington DC on Sunday from paralysis due to a brain hemorrhage. He was 68 and had attended a National Academy of Sciences banquet the prior week. He authored The Lady of the Tiger and other celebrated tales. He was born in Philadelphia on April 5 1834 and long resided in West Virginia recently.
Notes of Current Events report a $5000 reward for Bert Casey an Indian Territory outlaw. Oregon Democrats nominate G B Chamberlain of Portland for Governor. Kansas Populist State convention set for June 24 in Topeka. Missouri Pacific Railway negotiates for three large Leavenworth coal mines and Beverly Missouri coal property.
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