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Newspaper
Postville Review
Location
Postville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1902
Page
4
Fresh eruptions on Martinique Island endanger Fort de France with Mount Pelee in a terrible eruption. U S government scientists warn the island may be doomed as residents flee by ship. Survivors describe the shipboard fight for life as Mont Pelee cast a rain of fire.
Lord Onslow cites hopes for peace before the coronation as General Hamilton and other commanders hold 400 prisoners. Boers largely surrender with little resistance, while a brother of General De larey is among captured. Other items report tornado deaths in Texas, fires in Philadelphia, and various regional incidents.
A wide range of reports cover a devastating oil and gas incidents, political shifts, legal moves, and personal tragedies. Fires devastate plants in Indiana and Morris Plains, a Tenn mine disaster claims many lives, while indictments ripple through Toledo and Chicago manors. Political contests widen with Landis’ congress nomination on a long ballot. International notes include Rochambeau statue events and Roosevelts Mount Vernon visit.
Reports describe heavy losses in an Indian hurricane and escalating revolts in Pechill, China. Venezuelan coast bombardments, Haitian exile of officials, and high political shifts in Paris signal widespread tension. A German firm seeks opium rights in China and a US led syndicate eyes West Africa trade, while a failed assassination attempt targets Emperor Franz Josef.
Jacob Friend of Fort Wayne died suddenly at 74 from heart failure while alone in his home. Captain John C. Kensill, veteran of the Civil War and longtime Fort Wayne citizen, died in Upper Sandusky while seeking medical care. Mrs. P. J. Foster of Aurora died at 80 after half a century in the city, born in Pittsburg and married to Rev. Caleb Foster. Mrs. Anne Walters, 92, died at her brother’s Springfield residence. she helped found the Illinois State Register. Major Seward Dill, 90, a Maine Republican founder and Phillipsburg postmaster, was a close ally of Hancock, Blaine, and Frye. Professor Williams Whitford, 71, Milton college president and longtimeWisconsin educator, served on multiple boards and state posts. Edwin Lawrence_COMPLETE
Federal lawmakers in Washington discuss the naval appropriation bill and the Sampson-Schley controversy, with amendments banning Maclay’s navy history at the naval academy. Philippines debate covers concentration camps and military protection, while bills for a new patent office and a South Dakota Soldiers' Home branch advance.
In New York about 260 restaurants run by Chinese men proliferate, with 75 in Chinatown and many in the Tenderloin. One Peet Street establishment features ebony inlay tables, stained glass partitions, and a Chinese orchestra during meals. Lead cook Fong notes rising American patronage, emphasis on cleanliness, and the after theater trend drawing guests to Chinese venues. Dishes include chop suey, Quo Mein, and expensive imports like shark fins and shirt ye, with prices reflecting the varied menu and unique dining experience.
A quoted tale describes banquet humor as a man seeks to display knowledge of proper eating with chop sticks, arranging a napkin and attempting rice. He ends up a laughing stock, his suit ruined by the clumsy act, a cautionary scene repeated in time.
A Star City Arkansas notice reports W E Melalls suffered two years with a head burning pain that puzzled doctors. After trying Dodd's Kidney Pills the burning eased gradually and finally vanished. His son George also benefited from the pills and would not exchange the remaining doses for ten cents each.
The Tolstoy name appears on a patron list for Archduke Franz Ferdinand erased before delivery. The Cape to Cairo railway survey reaches the Zambesi with a vast Victoria Falls bridge and a 275 mile river section, nearing 1700 miles from Cape Town. A Times correspondent notes M Sipiaguine’s death did little to shock St Petersburg, with the minister seen as reactionary, distrustful of liberal measures, and blamed for repressive schooling policies. In private life he is said to be amiable and popular.
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