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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1902
Page
2
Excursion tickets to Denver from June 22 to 25 with final return by October 31 issued to promote travel tied to the International 8.8 Convention. Applies to special spinal exhibit program.
Senate approves Spooner substitute for Panama canal measure by 42 to 4, authorizing president to secure a Panama title up to 40 million dollars, control Colombia land strip, and operate canal and railroad. If Panama title fails, construction proceeds via Nicaraguan route with 10 million initial funding and up to 195 million more. An Isthmian canal commission of seven, and 10 million bond authorization, arrange bonds payable in gold, with broad subscription rights.
In Lebanon Missouri on June 18 a bronze life sized statue of Richard Parks Bland, congressman from 1872 to 1899, was unveiled with large crowds and speeches by William J Bryan and William J Stone. The monument rests on a stone pedestal six feet high.
Dresden Sammy Fyne FO reports King Albert of Sasony died at 8 p.m. Thursday after a near thirty year reign. Crown passed to his eldest brother Prince George, surprising many who expected Prince Frederick. The king had battled cancer for two years but remained conscious until the end.
In Jackson Mississippi on June 17 Mrs Louis Westhrop shot five of her children with a Winchester, then tied an infant daughter to a bed and set the farmhouse ablaze. The baby was cremated and the mother fled, later found in a country graveyard where she shot herself in a failed suicide attempt.
Manila reports the Fifth cavalry sergeant two corporals and four privates captured May 30 by ladrones at Binangonan Rizal province were found dead with most bodies mutilated beyond recognition. Nine suspects named as belonging to the gang, including two Teresa police, are identified. The soldiers were buried together on Monday.
A telegram from Wanatah Indiana reports the drowning of Nelson N Reynolds and his family in a Tennessee flood. A bridge swept into a raging stream caused the tragedy as the family was traveling home from a visit. only a daughter survived. In other news a national coal mining conference may trigger a large strike. Johann Most sentenced in New York. a British combine forms to challenge Morgan shipping. Gen Crosier confirmed as chief of ordnance.
Washington reports detail June sessions with canal legislation advancing, Spooner reciprocity, and allied measures. Senate actions include canal bill passage with the Spooner amendment, reconnaissance of prisoners and census changes, and military academy funding developments. House actions cover pension reforms, bankruptcy law updates, civil war claims reimbursements, and labor dispute boards.
The Democratic state convention in Springfield on Tuesday nominated John L. Pickering for Clerk of the Supreme Court George W Duddleston for state treasurer Anson Z Bliss for superintendent of public instruction Dr Julia Holmes Smith J A White and S S Paxton as trustees of the state university Also reported trains wrecked near Staples Minnesota with six killed and 29 injured Rockefeller gifts to University of Chicago totaling 11 million dollars Palmas salary fixed at 325000 and Estevez at 96000.
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