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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
3
Queen Draga of Servia has been the focal point of political unrest and popular discontent since her August 5 1900 marriage to King Alexander. Once a lady in waiting to Queen Natalie she faces plots to topple her as she sits on the Servian throne. Draga, a Russian colonel's daughter, is 35 years old.
Detroit Free Press reports on California's Bolsom prison adopting a tiered discipline system. New inmates learn of three meal levels based on behavior from excellent fare to basic mush and water. High achievers rarely drop to lower classes amid rivalries among convicts.
Imperial historian G Mitsukuri spoke at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago before returning to Tokyo to complete a history of Japan. He credits America with Japan’s renaissance and calls Commodore Perry the first father of modern Japan. He spent years in Berlin London Rome and Washington researching. He found a 17th century letter from a Japanese prince to Pope Paul V requesting Franciscan missionaries for Japan.
Col Arthur Lynch defeats Horace Plunkett in Galway parliamentary race provoking conservative unease in England. Lynch, a Boer army colonel and journalist born in Australia, has previously campaigned for Irish representation and may face arrest if he enters Britain.
Ira Campbell of Glen Ridge New Jersey aged nearly 95 has just had a leg amputated after a foot injury led to danger of blood poisoning. He endured the operation with composure and refused anesthetics.
J Ashby Sterry argues in the London Graphic that casual nicknames for eminent figures such as Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington degrade respect due to distinguished leaders. He criticizes slang use for colonial secretaries and editors, urging formal address for soldiers and notable public figures.
The Ottawa mayor W O Morris is disqualified from office for two years for purchasing a glass of beer after hours. The dispute with Police Chief W F Powell led to investigations and an arrest under Ontario license act penalties. Public sympathy may prompt a pardon as the last Monday in November approaches.
The Pennsylvania Grit advocates laughter as a virtue for youth and women, urging cheerful conduct at table and in daily life. It argues a merry heart aids health, cures gloom, and can be a social grace, sometimes surpassing solemn sermons in aiding friends.
Min Lianche Walsh, noted actress, recounts losing and regaining her mother’s ashes kept in a tile bag. While between Des Moines and Warrington, she misplaced the bag at a station restaurant and regained it before Burlington. The piece notes a market town bustle and shifts in labor hiring practices.
London Mail notes Stratford-on-Avon preserves its centuries old Mop Fair traditions. Five oxen and twelve pigs were slaughtered, roasted in the street and sold as slices for (old money) per plate. The pigs and oxen were nearly all sold by early Saturday as crowds arrived by special trains.
Miss Wu Chen Ching adopted daughter of Minister Wu Ting-fang in Washington declares she will stop binding her feet to become a leader in Pekin society. She plans to urge other sisters to drop the custom.
The Privy Council from London ruled that provinces have sole power to prohibit intoxicating liquors, upholding Manitoba's three year old prohibitory act after a legal challenge by liquor interests. The decision blocks liquor trade restrictions from other jurisdictions and shapes temperance policy nationwide.
Josef Wormann, now in his early twenties, rose as a child prodigy thirteen years ago in the United States. His early tours thrilled audiences and critics alike, with many predicting a Rubenstein level career. Since then he has learned languages and developed a deep voice, while pursuing mechanical invention as a hobby and admiring Jules Verne as a favorite novelist.
President Thwing asked Professor Goldwin Smith to fill a history lectureship at Western Reserve University this year. Smith replied that his lecturing days are over. Meanwhile Minister Conger nears becoming the only foreign minister in Pekin to have survived the siege and soon the senior diplomat in the corps.
Prof Thomas Shaw of Minnesota University writes to The Farmer praising Western Canada after a tour. He argues the region offers vast tillable land and climate suited for wheat and stock, with Manitoba Assiniboia Saskatchewan and Alberta shaped into a grain and grazing empire. He notes high cattle quality, strong stock shows at Winnipeg, and government rail and land support for settlers seeking affordable or free lands.
Eminent chemist Ar mand Gauter reports to the French Academy a discovery promising hygienic value. Finely powdered volcanic stones boiled in water at 270 to 300 degrees Celsius yield a liquid identical in composition to ordinary sulphur water but stronger.
Reverend J. K. Smith of Louisville argues that Louisville with 200000 residents has more murderers than London and that Kentucky with 7000000 people has more murders annually than Great Britain with 40000000.
Count von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg died in London on November 22 at the German embassy after years of heart trouble. Born October 8, 1831, he served as German minister to Spain and ambassador to Turkey before becoming ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was twice married, first to a New York heiress, then remarried after a contested divorce.
Col Charles Page Bryan minister to Brazil spoke at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago on American diplomacy in South America. He said Brazil sympathizes with the United States more than with any other power. Dr. F W Gunsaulus announced future addresses by Schurman Harvard Eliot Harvard Draper Indiana Fairbanks Spooner Wisconsin.
In New York a practice using bit burrs to make horses look lively drew attention. Eight pairs were removed from mouths of horses hitched to private carriages before the Madison Square Garden show. The leather discs with bristles rub the mouth when taut, aiding an impression of friskiness. bristles are common, but tacks with dulled points are also used.
Servia faces a marriage crisis as thrift banks linked to premarital premiums spur early unions. Young couples rush to accept first proposals after saving a small sum, leading to frequent premature and unhappy marriages. Government considers abolishing the banks as the root of the problem.
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