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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
8
Venezuela's conflict ends with President Castro in control amid costly fighting. Insurgents exhausted ammunition and fled abroad seeking safety while women in ranks and untrained mobs fought. Rebels faced livestock losses, destroyed crops, and scorched pastures as Venezuela's century of revolt continues.
An epidemic of bank and train robberies spans Indiana Iowa Wisconsin and the West prompting railway and express firms to launch a joint crackdown. Officials push federal action and offer rewards while detailing recent heists and protective plans.
A vivid sketch outlines Castro’s Venezuela amid Libera and Conservative clashes. The army shows a haphazard mix of veterans, peasants, and women soldiers amid shortages and improvisation, with little logistics or pay. Civil strife drags on as Matos funding and stratagems unfold.
Pietro Mascagni, famed composer of Cavalleria Rusticana, tours America age 85, praised as a rising master. Consul Evans sent a prospectus for the 1904 Johannesburg international peace exposition. State Fish Commissioner Haughey seeks a Kansas state fish hatchery. Miss Berence Hayward plans a Europe tour to promote rodeo.
Refugees arriving in Port Barrios describe widespread destruction after the Santa Barbara volcanic eruption. An estimated 7,000 lives lost, many Indians, ten villages wiped out, coffee plantations ruined, and prices soar as government censored reports reach eastern towns.
Photographic sketch of George F. Daer described as capitalist by divine right and president of the Reading Company and related lines. It notes his youth from poverty, rapid rise in finance, and vast employer impact, with mention of his succession after Joseph S. Harris.
Rioting and clashes in Havana leave twenty four dead and eighty two wounded as strikers attack streetcar lines and officers. Mayor Tamayo and government secretary Diego Tamayo deploy police with orders to quell the crowd while President Palma warns of state intervention to restore order. The Central Veterans Union pledges support to curb disturbances.
The Secretary of War reports net decreases in the 1904 War Department estimates compared with 1903 and the current year. Total reductions reach 31.42 million vs 1903 and 20.95 million vs the current appropriation, with military establishment down 21.86 million from 1903 and 14.21 million from this year’s total. Major cutbacks occur in cavalry and hill units, military expenses, hospital funds, and contingent funds, offset by a 1.41 million rise for barracks work due to resumed post renovations and new constructions amid army expansion.
The piece notes Joseph Chamberlain plans a personal investigation tour in South Africa to review problems linked to the country’s new settlement. It also reports on women’s suffrage progress in New South Wales, colonial finance in Cape Town, and warnings by Birmingham police on licensing and public conduct amid unrest.
President Roosevelt rarely attends theatre while Knox and other cabinet members often sit as regular patrons. Diplomats, the Leiter and Kassini circle, and visiting counts mingle with officials at seasonal boxes. Reports note widespread illustrations in official volumes and a push to merit systems, with naval and immigration data, and plans for a Philippine floating dry dock.
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