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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1902
Page
3
A digest of seven days of events. The senate debated the ship subsidy bill with opposition from West and Tillman. The house advanced post office and rural free delivery funding while adjusting carrier and clerk wages. Updates cover Cuba, imperial relations, labor strikes, court cases, and disasters. Prince Henry's visit ends with receptions. notable lynching, suicides, and trials appear alongside fleet movements and tariff steps.
Secretary of the Navy<Long> tendered his resignation to the President, who accepted and named Congressman William H. Moody as successor. In Kansas and Missouri districts Republicans renominated or nominated several candidates, while Doorkeeper W. J. Glenn of Cuba, N. M., died of pneumonia in Washington. Ex Gov John P Altgeld of Chicago died after paralysis. Mrs Jane Smith of Marshalltown Iowa died aged almost 103.
Tidal waves along the Central American Pacific killed scores. A Peking censor accuses Wu Ting Fang of withholding 80000 in Tientsin silver turned over by the U S. The envoy denies the charge. General Methuen is wounded and captured after a Boer night attack that killed 38 and wounded 72 on a 1200 strong British force. Russia may withdraw from Manchuria in 18 months. Germany wins claims in Venezuela. U S exclusion law faces re enactment debates. Fear grows London wide that Methuen may be shot in retaliation for Scheepers execution.
Senator Foraker spoke in the US Senate for the ship subsidy bill while McLaurin and Harris opposed it. The Hague convention on conduct of war was ratified. In the House the post office appropriation bill passed. Territory committee favored an omnibus bill granting statehood to Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma. Major fires destroyed Winslow Illinois business district.
The Austrian legation in Washington becomes an embassy. Gov McBrige of Washington warns state employees against railroad passes. France considers forcing two year military service. Parisians discuss wireless telegraph plans replacing phones. Santos Dumont visits London and plans corona tion ascents. J A Alexander of Casa Ark is James Huddleston, Texas convict. Erie RR raises wages for conductors and crew. Capt J F Merry retires to rear admiral. Congress may fund three battleships two armored cruisers six gunboats and 11 other vessels. Marconi grams enter vocabulary. Louis C Withaup of Denver sentenced to five years for forging pension checks. Britain-US arbitration talks over Alaska border. Newfoundland 1901 census: 220,249 total. Newfoundland 216,615 Labrador 8,634. Bicycle industry 1890–1900 output up about 30 million dollars.
London reports Gen Lord Methuen and four guns seized by Gen De La Rey's Boers as Kitchener dispatches detail the battle near Two-Bosch and Palmietkuil. The capture shocks Parliament and prompts talk of sending more troops to South Africa.
Washington March 11 William H Moody chosen to replace Long as Secretary of the Navy in Roosevelt's cabinet reshuffle. Moody, born December 28 1853 in Newbury Mass, Harvard educated, former district attorney and congressman, known as a safe counselor and forceful speaker.
Senor A Fontura Xavier Brazilian consul general in New York has received a private cable from Rio announcing the election of Dr Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alva as president of Brazil.
Town dispatch reports that Greenwich Point, a small village south of Hempstead on Long Island, has been renamed Roosevelt. The change, effective immediately, designates the settlement with its new title in local records and maps.
W J Glenn longtime doorkeeper of the house of representatives died in Washington on Wednesday afternoon from pneumonia and grippe at age 39. The report notes he had resigned. In London Herbert Booth son of Gen William Booth reportedly rebelled against his father's Salvation Army policy and resigned as commander in chief of the Salvation Army of Australia.
Washington March 15 The senate ratified the Hague conference treaty on war conduct without division after a session focused on the Philippines and Gen Funston's Aguinaldo capture. Debate touched spies rules and humane warfare. Countries party to the treaty include Germany Austria Belgium Denmark Spain United States Mexico France Great Britain Greece Italy Japan and others.
London reports Field Marshal Lord Wolseley will leave for Cape Town today on a private visit. Officials deny a mission, but chatter ties the trip to the South African military situation and potential use by Lord Kitchener at the base or Pretoria. Tributes to John P. Altgeld featured Clarence Darrow and Jane Addams at a private funeral in Chicago. In New York a wife killed her husband claiming self defense.
The Agriculture Department launches a new system to gather growing crop returns from growers, banks, and railways for next summer. Early figures from districts show high yields with wheat reaching around 60 bushels per acre and oats averaging well over 50, highlighting strong regional production in western Canada.
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