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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
3
Health department statistics show rising personal crisis reports as New York and European cities record higher death rates per 100000. The data compare 1802 rates with large urban centers, noting Paris and Berlin as notable examples and highlighting Europe’s varied mortality trends versus the American cities.
Chicago hosts the fourth International Live Stock Exposition with a record first day turnout. Prizes totaling seventy five thousand dollars will be awarded as 12,500 top livestock await inspection and judging. Canadian, French, Belgian, British exhibitors appear. a new coliseum to cost 115000 will seat 15000. Notable entries include Harvey VJ and a 2865 pound Hertford bull from Orange City Iowa. dissolution of Glass Company noted.
Major General Leonard Wood rises in prominence as he nears confirmation for a top U S army post while directing operations on Jolo in the Philippines to curb Moro resistance. His ascent faces Senate opposition led by Senator Hanna amid ongoing Cuba era investigations into his military governance and Rathbone’s accusations of improper influence.
Rev William B Hinshaw, once Belleville Indiana Methodist pastor, was paroled Friday from a Northern Indiana prison after a life sentence for the murder of his wife Thurza Hinshaw in 1905. Details of the shooting, the struggle, and subsequent indictment followed the sensational domestic tragedy.
The season produced new harness marks for several horses including Grace Bond Lou Dillon Delmar Crescens and Robert McGee among others. Fastest mile and pole team times are noted with several records set by Lou Dillon and associates. The piece also discusses the Denali Crop of Football and a tribute to players who died or were injured in the season.
The piece notes Charles Towne a former senator congressman and Minnesota resident now aligned with Tammany in New York City politics. It outlines his party switch from Republican to Silver Republican id inclines toward presidential or vice presidential nomination and recounts his lengthy political career and Wall Street fortune. It also touches on national debt figures and other congressional debates including irrigation laws and drug control in Washington.
The San Francisco News Letter explains highbinders as Chinese assassin societies active in the Chinese quarter. It describes their ranks, oaths, blood rituals, and how they extort merchants, raid gambling dens, and wage inter-society wars while preserving loyalty through payments and pensions.
The passage recalls Rev. Thomas Hant, a famous temperance orator in early Wyoming Valley history. It notes his Civil War service as a regiment chaplain and a vivid moment when, amid battle, the major asked what he was doing. The chaplain replied he was cheering the brave and watching for the feet of the cowards.
Fragmentary text shows dialogue about a bride and a girl lost in the dark. The garbled lines hint at a reported scene in Philadelphia with a husband and wife tension and a detective or writer tone. Readable parts evoke a early 20th century newspaper fragment with incomplete quotes.
A century ago New York marked the twentieth anniversary of Sir Guy Carleton's army evacuation with a public display. The era's press notes hundreds of adventurers flocking toward New Orleans following Jefferson's message on Louisiana. English fear mounts over reports of 12,000 vessels and 800,000 French under arms. Hayti gains independence after a three year revolutionary struggle.
The Postmaster General listed 26956 postal workers and 17584 horses in the U S service as railroads were rare. Fraf Hitchcock of Amherst College found the first American tin near Goshen New York. A survey says a cannon long enough with one lock could connect Lake Michigan to the Mississippi. Bolivar was urged to accept the imperial crown of Colombia amid daily executions in Bogota. US cotton output was about 120598 bales annually.
John Mitchell, an Irish exile escaped from Van Dieman's Land, reaches New York from San Francisco and receives a public reception. Prairie fires sweep Livingston and Shelby counties. Franklin Pierce faces criticism for a $2000 English carpet laid in the White House east room. Milwaukee reports 65000 bushels shipped in 36 hours, 14000 to Cleveland flour mills. Steamer Winfield Scott sinks near San Francisco, 500 passengers and $1,100,000 in gold saved.
Forty years ago President Lincoln faced a mild smallpox attack as White House business operated under quarantine conditions. The Knoxville siege ended with rebel retreat under Longstreet, while Longstreet’s army regrouped for future action. Grant told Congress the navy was ready for hostilities with Spain amid Cuba intrigues threatening Madrid’s control.
Thirty years ago Alexander H Stephens of Geo former vice president of the Confederacy spoke in Washington declaring the United States must get Cuba at all hazards with or without war with Spain. Jay Cooke & Co of Philadelphia then the government's fiscal agent was placed in a receiver's hands. Secretary Robeson stated the navy was inferior to a respectable naval power with forty eight ironclads and 121 guns. Henry Ward Beecher urged moral suasion to curb Mormonism and repeal the anti polygamy law. James G Blaine was reelected Speaker and Stephens sworn in as Congressman from Georgia.
Twenty years ago Kharum Egypt faced panic as Mahdi’s advance was reported. Only 2,000 men could be summoned for defense and one month of rations remained. A force of 6,000 Bedouins and 2,000 gendarmes were sent by the Khedive to Suakim to oppose El Mehd’s army.
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