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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1902
Page
8
New York newspaper dated October 25, 1902 presents standard daily coverage with national and world news, commerce, society items, and editorials. Listings reflect period happenings, regional notices, and ongoing stories of the era.
A fragment lists newspaper offices in New York Harlem and Washington and references Philadelphia London and street addresses. It notes publication locations at 41 Park Row and 1 420 F Street and sixth and Chestnut Streets with printing house details at The Times London.
The notice lists daily and Sunday newspaper rates including weekly and monthly options. It shows pricing for daily and Sunday editions, with yearly, monthly, and weekly terms and an added foreign postage supplement. The fragment indicates costs for various subscription packages and an overseas rate adjustment.
The bar calls for the electorate to influence the Court of Appeals selection, arguing the elective system yields better results than appointment though flawed. It praises Judge Gray’s fourteen years on the bench, warns against machine politics and money in campaigns, and urges the bar to push for Gray’s election or at least a strong vote margin to set a rightful precedent.
A Saratoga era report confirms ex Senator Hill’s charge that Governor Odell holds stock in J. W. Matthews & Co. the Newbury grocery firm supplying state institutions. The document dated July 18, 1901 shows stockholder signatures indicating financial interest.
A critical editorial argues Gov Odell's ties to J W Matthews & Co raise impropriety concerns over tea purchases for state institutions. It disputes collateral stock as loan security and questions motives behind state contracting control while urging patient coal buying as supply stabilizes.
The article argues Denmark cannot unload its islands at this time. It notes opposition within the Danish legislature and official classes, contends a buyer could profit while improving the islands, and suggests the United States might be offered the purchase if Denmark tires of the expense.
The article criticizes coal operators for plans to prolong an artificial scarcity by distributing coal in five to fifteen ton lots. It portrays an intent to maintain panic retail prices at $7.50 to $9 per ton, hoping to recoup past losses and gain profits as snow approaches.
The $500,000 donation from Mr. Rockefeller supports rapid expansion at Teachers College. Student numbers have surged from 863 to 2,451 in four years, with resident students rising from 169 to 709. The college revises courses to boost focus and efficiency, under Dean Russell. The gift requires a like amount raised from other sources, feasible in this city and nationwide.
A reader from New Brighton Illinois writes to The New York Times in October 1902 disputing a Bermuda bananas claim. He asserts he has spent seven winters there and never saw bananas growing downward as claimed, joking about Kipling's possible observations.
A dialogue from the Boston Transcript features an employer noting a recent raise and an employee responding that aiming to live up to the pay hike led to overdoing it. The exchange highlights wage expectations and workplace humor.
A brief Chicago Tribune dialogue captures Riggsy's stance on employment with a casual exchange about whether a situation has arisen. He replies he has nothing yet, just a job.
A quip contrasts Naggsby and Waggsby on slow debt payers. The speaker praises patience with chronic debtors, noting the payoff feels like finding money once payment arrives. The Los Angeles Herald quote reflects a wary view of lingering debts and time.
A Washington Star quip notes admiration for a musician not for his music but for charging five dollars per seat, highlighting a bold pricing move over performance prowess. The remark contrasts artistic merit with commercial daring in concert pricing.
An Indianapolis News snippet notes that a worker nicknamed Young Digger is remarkable for diligence. The Old Man remarks on his fatigue and dedication while the bookkeeper hints he seeks a raise.
A poem recounts a man who commits a grievous wrong and later sins again though not severely. He seeks forgiveness from God each night, yet the memory of the initial fault lingers, carried by constant rumor and regret as the wind howls.
London observers report a royal progress planned to be popular rather than fashionable with crowds decorating streets and many districts showing little enthusiasm. The procession from Buckingham Palace includes navy and army units, eight state landaus, and royal escorts, with a lunch at Guild Hall and return by 3 pm. disappointment grows over missing Terrible crew participation and the nonUse of the golden state coach.
London dispatch reports The Times Johannesburg correspondent notes consternation over the Transvaal Loan bill delay. Citizens must now act on their own to push progress, with a cautious outlook for steady advancement. The Daily Mail adds the government may seek 2 million pounds next week for loyal residents, on top of 3 million for Boers under the peace treaty.
Nearly 400 recipients were invested by King Edward in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace this morning. The ceremony featured all great officers of State in full regalia, with participants wearing all rib bands orders and medals they possess as directed by the king.
Andrew Carnegie led a Dundee event series after laying the foundation stone for the first of five branch libraries funded with 185000. At a luncheon he received the freedom of the city and urged a closer Briton American understanding, saying prejudice kept English speaking peoples apart.
A Tangier dispatch says Sultan acted decisively after the Fez murder of missionary Cooper to stop a plot to kill all Europeans in Fez. London reports fear for Cooper’s wife and two children and four other missionary women as anti foreign sentiment grows amid Keminez dispatches. Later reports suggest Berber uprising near Mekinez was suppressed.
The Hamburg American liner Furst Bismarck arrives in Plymouth at 10 a m after a delay of about twenty four hours caused by a broken crank shaft in her starboard engine shortly after noon Sunday. She proceeded on voyage using only her port engine.
London dispatch says a government order to disband the Town Guards in Cape Colony has sparked strong indignation among loyalists. The Afrikander Bond resents the local forces and calls for their abolition.
The Brussels correspondent reports Dutch subscriptions to aid Boer war sufferers exceed £21,000 while Belgian contributions total £1,800, a figure less than a penny per Brussels resident.
Brussels reports indicate the Old Age Pensions act has burdened Belgium’s government. Local committees have granted pensions to many retirees not eligible, complicating financial plans. The government will dissolve such committees and revise the entitlement lists.
Senator Cullom, head of the Foreign Relations Committee, says the United States will eventually acquire the Danish West Indies. He argues the treaty will be ratified and not superseded, with no more payment than the stated purchase price and that St Thomas serves as a vital navy coaling station aiding Porto Rico and Cuba. He notes past efforts under Lincoln Seward Foster Olney Hay and says only awaiting Denmark’s disposition.
London reports the Foreign Office sees no obstacle to Shanghai evacuation and Britain agrees to withdraw. November 1 is proposed for allied forces’ move but strict conditions may delay. Peking notes Prince Ching seeks German interpretation to avoid implying Yangtse Valley bias, while Germany’s stance remains uncertain.
West Lebanon New Hampshire October 24 Augustus St Gaudens finished the equestrian statue of General Phil Sheridan and the sculpture is prepared for shipment to New York City where it will be installed.
The Odessa correspondent says the Governor leads a vigorous drive to stamp out the plague with support from the city corporation and Central Government. The government funds 25 000 rubles monthly for medical aid and private subscriptions rise. Deaths total fifteen. The outbreak is blamed on rats and a large bazaar has been burned to destroy vermin. Officials hope measures will end the disease quickly.
London reports an Athens issued order releasing M Tatarcheff president of the Bulgarian committee at Salonika who had been jailed in Athens six weeks for a Greek murder charge. Evidence deemed insufficient to convict. The decision eases tensions in Sofia and avoids Greek reprisals in Eastern Rumelia. Turkish subject Tatarcheff’s case drew no Turkish legation interference.
The Admiralty announced contracts for three scout warships with speed 254 knots in fighting trim and 17 000 horsepower engines. It also outlined plans to expand private shipbuilding input, interchange parts for heavy guns, and double some armaments while striking 57 ineffective ships from the navy list. Submarine construction is to proceed with five Holland-type boats from Vickers, Son & Maxim, featuring surface gasoline engines and electric undersea motors with torpedo expulsion tubes and safety devices.
A published text from London describes a secret Colombia Chile agreement signed in Bogota on January 18. It grants perpetual free transit for Chilean war materiel across the Isthmus of Panama, received September 21. In Panama the pact alarms Liberals as Colombia may upgrade the Chilean cruiser Presidente Pinto to its flag, threatening revolutionary gunboats.
Sofia report states Michael Stavreff alias Halju was found guilty of the murder of ex Premier Stambuloff after a three day trial. He faced a death sentence by hanging. Companions testified Stavreff fired the first shot. Stambuloff, dubbed the Bismarck of Bulgaria, died three days after the July 15, 1895 attack following multiple wounds and amputations.
In a report to the Secretary of the Navy Engineer in Chief George Melville says the personnel act has failed under administration and half the officers doubt its benefits. He urges an engineering laboratory at Annapolis and a postgraduate engineering program, plus changes to promotion, payroll, and the Bureau of Steam Engineering renaming.
A general order from Washington states the army’s enlisted strength will be reduced to 56 989, the minimum allowed by law, under the February 1901 reorganization act. It lists revised company and battery totals for infantry, coast artillery, field artillery, siege batteries, cavalry, and engineers with special exceptions at Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley, and the Peking garrison. Reductions occur by casualties, expiration of service, or transfers, and recruiting will prioritize re enlistment within three months of discharge or other authorized enlistments.
Postmaster General Payne and Secretary Cortelyou head to Canton Ohio to attend a meeting of the William McKinley Memorial Association trustees. They will select a site for the memorial and note about 550000 of 650000 goal is in hand with major contributions from New York and Ohio. The likely site is a prominent position in the Canton Cemetery near McKinley’s tomb.
Secretary Root approves a preliminary plan for a 300000 appropriation to supply substitutes at military posts in place of the abolished canteen. Major French of the Quartermaster's Bureau to lead a board with two junior officers to set up reading rooms gymnasiums and other amusements for soldiers. Funding from the last Army Supply bill.
Today signed orders transfer Hancock Relief and Lawton to the Navy Department while Grant moves to the Engineer Corps. A further transport will shift to the Navy once the War Department selects a vessel from those offered.
Washington October 24 Booker T Washington asked President Roosevelt to visit the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama if he makes a Southern trip this fall. The President promised to consider the suggestion.
Judge Brown reports that Johnnie Stick guided J W Smith and Frank Altermose to six boundary monuments in Rainy Hollow southeast of Porcupine. The ten foot stone markers lie in a vast mineral belt within American territory as Lieut Emmens noted.
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