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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1902
Page
7
Caracas reports Gen Castro's government forces win a sweeping victory after seven days of bloody fighting. About 3,000 rebels killed as their camp is routed. Cable messages from Puerto Cabello note the government's success and the rebels’ collapse.
President Mitchell worked on Monday’s convention arrangements for about 800 delegates and his addressing plan. If precedents hold the event may be closed to the public, with his speech possibly not released. No strike developments surfaced Saturday. Hazleton dispatch reports three companies of the First regiment moved to Drifton to quell an assault on a non unionist foreigner en route from Freeland to Coxe Bros. Co colliery before can none.
Noted viceroy Tsen-Chun Suan reports Boxers remain active at Cheng Ta and two other centers in Sze-Chuen. He asks ministers and missionaries to refrain from central Sze-Chien travel. Emperor’s reception at summer palace included diplomats and legation guards chiefs, except Sir Ernest Satow, who declined due to Ho Nan justice miscarriage.
Report recounts a lynching spree following the Hicks murder in a Southern town. Jim Buchanan confessed to the killings, a death sentence was set for November 17 but mob pressure intensified. Sheriff Spradley and deputies shielded the prisoner, with militia protection and multiple jail transfers ending in Nacogdoches guarded by five militia companies.
Omaha reports the national convention's women’s board of missions led a Bible study and worship. Mary Carpenter of Drake University addressed college girls on missions and urged recruitment for the field. The report urged educational expansion and new school building for the coming year.
Major Whitcomb leads a caravan to pay three men at three forts when an escort bumblingly delays to gamble at Spanish Pete's on the Cimarron trail. Sergeant Britt uncovers a ruse, guards the paymaster, and secretly moves the safe as the major joins a high stakes game. Britt follows, while the paymaster believes the money is in danger.
A compact reflection on remarks by Harriet Martineau Florence Nightingale and Galilei about heaven and afterlife. The piece juggles benevolence with sly malice noting clever quips on judgment and human foibles. It cites a minister’s hopeful and humorous heaven view and ends with a critique of selfish postures.
A young Highland plowboy pursues a servant girl and proposes. They meet a sleeping male servant who is beaten. The lover recalls his mother at home and fears marrying while she lives, promising to return and wed when she dies, invoking a blessing on his mother.
The passage recalls Edward Young known for Night Thoughts and notes his role as rector of St Marys Welwyn. It describes a garden moment in which he is interrupted by summons to the house while two ladies accompany him and he delivers a quatrain about departure and fate.
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