03 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
1
News from Washington and distant regions covers a Senate vote on a $100000 monument for prison ship martyrs at Fort Green Brooklyn New York conferees appointed on the Philippine Bill and a resolution about territories. Reports include wrecks storms drownings and a Chicago jury bribery verdict.
Salvador debates declaring war on the United States while South American maps spot a small dot near a capital. Boers numbered about fifty thousand at the war’s start, three generations bearing arms. A four hour cut in the Chicago to New York rail schedule intrigues nervous travelers. The army adopts knickerbockers, hinting at the decline of long trousers, as 24 hour trains proliferate.
In a regional portrait, Pacific coast residents fear volcanic action while interior prairie areas stay flat and calm. In a separate note, corporations led by J Pierpont Morgan fund state government costs through corporate taxes. The total is 150,738 with United States Steel paying 54,669 and seven other New Jersey–registered firms sharing the rest.
The Hamburg liner Bluecher reaches New York on its maiden voyage carrying 152 cabin and 1,538 steerage passengers. The ship measures about 425 feet long, 62 feet beam, 45 feet deep with five decks, once remarkable but now small beside 700-foot contemporaries.
Edison explains a sealed steel battery case 12 inches high six inches long and four inches wide can be charged in 40 minutes for 25 miles and in a couple of hours for 100 miles. He notes the unit is about the size of a Webster’s dictionary and seems remarkable to store energy for a 100 mile journey in that space.
A Japanese commission discusses adopting the English alphabet and language as part of a broader push to progress and break from old associations. The idea reflects a restless impulse toward modernization and implies Japan will be a major force in the future.
A Chicago youth tied firecrackers to a dog’s tail provoking an uproar as worshippers filled the church. The narrator notes this as a misguided college prank versus older stunts like placing a calf in a chapel or peppering pew cushions, calling for progress.
In Boise reports more than 2,000 men and at least 50 women trek rough country toward Thunder Mountain where vast gold deposits are claimed. Flour sells for ten dollars a sack and bacon fifty cents a pound as about 30,000 people are expected to prospect this summer. The tale repeats with each new glitter of gold.
The article notes mountains and hills are described as trembling belching and spitting in playful terms. It argues the earth has long moved through ages and urges people to stay cool and let nature run its course rather than overreacting to recent eccentricities.
A cabinet meeting voted to issue a proclamation of amnesty for all political prisoners in the Philippines to take effect on July 4, including Aguinaldo and others like him. The session marked the first cabinet meeting outside the White House in 88 years due to mansion repairs.
Unskilled employees of the United States Steel corporation numbering about 100000 receive a ten percent raise, adding nearly four million dollars to the annual payroll. Baseball league percentages are listed for the week ended June 30, highlighting leaders in both the National and American leagues. An anthracite operators’ statement proclaims the mine strike broken as workers rush back. In Mount Washington a dairyman kills his wife and then himself, aged 65. The House holds its first Sunday legislative session in 99 years as a memorial for Congressmen Cummings and Otey.
Democrats nominate Jonas Olson for congress in Illinois fifteenth district and Wilbur Hinds in the nineteenth. Ohio lieutenant governor Henry Gordon to succeed Nippert. Toledo fatal accidents claim two youths. Milwaukee mourns Grand Lecturer Melvin Youngs. Cuban relief petitions rise as Dawson gold flows to Vancouver. Texas railroad figure George Van Houten dies by suicide. Morrison Illinois reports domestic tragedy as Henry Canfield kills wife then himself.
Physicians report King Edward is out of immediate danger and improving, sleeping well and eating. Delegates to the coronation finish their London embassy departures as the scene settles after royal health updates. Civil government to start in the Philippine archipelago July 4. A Paris to Vienna auto race covers 825 miles with Marcel Renault winning in 15 hours 22 minutes. A 1904 International Sunday School Association convention may meet in Jerusalem.
The Senate debated annexation of Cuba and a speech by Senator Wikins, while a House conference report on the Philippine bill passed and naval appropriation report was disagreed to. Other items note coal strike tensions, a London wedding, war tax repeal reducing revenue, immigrant arrivals, Cronje’s oath, and tensions in Haiti. Also reported are a McKinley fund gift, Mount Wrangel eruption, a record NY Central run, a Murdoch bank closure, Asia Minor earthquakes, and a Cleveland murder suicide. Senator Bailey attacked Beveridge on the floor.
After a week of anxious updates from Buckingham Palace, physicians report King Edward is out of immediate danger and improving. The bulletin notes the wound requires constant care, recovery will be prolonged, and a public appearance may be delayed. The nation weighs coronation plans amid quiet expectations.
Public Administrator P H W O'Donnell C S Simon and James T Brady among those convicted after a five hour jury deliberation. Gallagher given prison term. O'Donnell Brady and Simon fined 2000 each, John O'Donnell 500, H O Lawrence and Herbert Rothery 200 each. Motions for new trials filed.
Englishman S. I. Edge won the James Gordon Bennett cup in the automobile contest finishing at Innsbruck Austria ahead of rivals led by Knivfi who broke down 25 miles from Innsbruck This marks the first time the cup leaves France.
Washington June 30 The house adopted resolutions declaring the seat held by Mr Butler of Missouri vacant on grounds that there had been no valid election.
Berlin June 30 The treaty extending the Dreibund alliance among Germany Austria Hungary and Italy was signed in Berlin Saturday morning by Chancellor Count von Buelow Austrian ambassador I L von Szogyeny Marich and Italian ambassador Count Lanza di Busca The alliance was renewed in its original form.
A white marble tablet bearing gold letters honoring William McKinley was unveiled at Metropolitan M church in Washington on Sunday. Judge Thomas H. Anderson, Roosevelt, and Cortelyou attended as tributes were offered by notable figures and church choirs.
An advertisement argues female illness largely stems from catarrh and credits Peruna with curing it. Includes testimonials from Miss Lizzie Sneathing, Mrs. A Johnson, and Miss Mabel Meyers and invites readers to write to Dr. Hartman in Columbus for free guidance.
A historical survey notes England’s medieval beer tax, Java bamboo poison, and Hindu living on minimal income. It contrasts Chinese frugality with American expectations and cites record wine prices from Lord Bentinck era, including 1793 vintage and 1861 Hock auction results.
Bland Missouri resident F B Crider tells of years with kidney disease and back pain. After trying many medicines he used Dodd's Kidney Pills and says he fully recovered, calling them the only remedy that helped him.
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