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Newspaper

Sumner Press

Location

Sumner, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1902

Page

8

Congress Proceeds on Philippine Bills and Indian Aid

The Senate advances the Philippine tariff bill and related measures while the House acts on Indian appropriation. Debates feature Senator Tillman and Representative Wheeler, with Gardner and Kern arguing political capital and authority. Budget items include Deadwood public building, Tokyo legation, and treaty funds, amid cross-party exchanges on foreign policy and governance.

Lincoln Senate House Congress Representative Richardson Wellington Maryland Stewart Philippines Deadwood, & C Legation United States Tokio Japan South Dakota Gillet Massachusetts Wheeler Robinson Ind Thayer Mass Mr. Wheeler Talbert S. C Mr. Gillet Berrows Mallory Money Tillman Civil Service Commission Kentucky Bromwell Ohio Kern Llinoisy Fleming Georgia Bontell Wr. Kern Pattersom Cole Philippine Committee Philippine Commission Executive Departments Taft Nelson Minn Patterson McComber N. D Qile River Arl Carlisle Fitzgerald N. Y Mount Pleasant Mich Sherman Indian Office Wrideay Bate Spooner Philippine Islands McKinley Roosevelt Nardin Kleberg Dem Texas Prince Henry

Unclear text on Maryland assembly debate and bills

Fragmentary article notes a House of Delegates debate over a constitutional majority and a bill to modify existing Maryland law, with garbled phrases and alleged misreporting from a Daily Mail correspondent.

Butt Trest House of Delegates DLL Traste Trina Maryland Itn

Cornice maker killed as six workers shocked in Provo incident

An accident at a Provo building site left Cornice-maker Blumenthal dead after contact with a 5 900 volt live wire. Six workmen were severely shocked as they held the cornice during installation. The event occurred during construction at a new building site. The German tariff debate also reports a Reichstag compromise amendment outlining adjusted wheat oats and barley duties.

Provo Uteh August Blumenthal Blumenthal Reichstag

Fatality from a broken ball near Nelson avenue crossing

In Columbus suburb Shepards on the Columbus Sandusky and Hocking Railroad a broken fall caused William Smith of Grogan, an engineer, to die. Five men were injured including Frank Winteringer and F S Sweet. The accident occurred at the Nelson avenue crossing in Shepards. Local report.

Columbus Ohio William Smith Grogan Frank Winteringer F. S. Sweet J. F. Dickson Henry Tipton Jobo Kinkaid Columbes, Sandusky and Hocking Nelson Avenue Shepards

Fragmentary Biographical Note on Crockett Lineage

A garbled OCR passage references Crockett, his son Mewretary, and ancestor ties to Alamniad in the Stotteac Col Ureegert area. Details are unreadable. age and precise relationships are unclear.

Davy Trorkett Crockett Mewretary Statenakett Grandon Tare Crockett Stotteac

Mexican bandit leader Ramon Ga Niedo captured

Ramon Ga Niedo, head of the Island band of Ont lawa, who in 1633 plundered and killed Captain Fones of the Fifth Texas Band, has been captured. The incident marks a notable turn in the long pursuit of the gang.

Marien Bendh Ramon Ga- Niedo Ontlawa Cagt. Fones Texas

War debt and clerical opposition shadow British war mood

London reports raise concern over the South African conflict as casualties rise to 20 210 with 962 officers. Bishop Hereford publicly opposes unconditional Boer surrender. calls for peace terms and criticizes executions. Lords reject pro peace push while hints of undercurrent suggest steps toward ending the war before King Edward’s coronation.

Great Britain London Camalticn R. C America Fillingham John Percival D.D Hereford House of Peers Britain Scheepers Lord Salisbury Lord Weyms England Edward

Tuskegee Conference Outlines Negro Progress Plan

The Tuskegee Negro Conference in Tuskegee Alabama on February 22 highlights a growing movement with many farmers and educators from the South. George Foster Peabody attends as a philanthropist. Declarations urge soil ownership, mortgage avoidance, self sufficiency, tax compliance, cautious urban travel, youth guidance, bank accounts, farmers institutes and agricultural fairs, and stronger public schools.

Tuskegee Conference Tuskegee Ala Tuskegee Negro Conference South George Foster Peabody New York Orth

Wabash Rail Orders Worth Eight Million Announced

St Louis February 22 The Wabash railroad placed orders totaling over eight million dollars for 80 pound steel rails. An additional million dollars worth will be laid on Wabash lines to Kansas City Omaha and Des Moines this summer. Sixty thousand tons of steel rail will be laid on the Wheeling and Lake Erie and the Pittsburg division, with plans to have rails on western lines in time for the St Louis World’s Fair. Earnings for late January rose twelve percent to five hundred fourteen thousand eight hundred forty five dollars.

Ramaey St Louis Wabash Kansas City Omaha Des Moines Wheeling and Lake Erie Pittsburg

Illinois Fish Industry Grows With German Carp Trade

Illinois rivers host a thriving carp industry after state fish commissioners stocked German carp years ago. Pekin and Havana lead markets moving thousands of pounds weekly to Indianapolis, Boston and New York. The industry supports thousands of families along the river from Pekin to Beardstown, with potential expansion as the Chicago canal is stocked.

Illinois State Fish Commissioners Betwee Pekin Havanna Bath Beardstown Pekin Hingis River Mier Havana Cary Indianapols Boston New York Uilnois Chicago Lilinos Union

Gold Find in Illinois Prompts Prospecting Near Red Bud

Albert Capron digging a well on his Red Bud area farm struck gold bearing quartz that assays 18 dollars to the ton and grows richer with depth. Stranger offered to buy the Capron farm for poultry business, but Capron refused amid ongoing prospecting rumors. Separately, a head on collision near Carbondale injured three train staff and a passenger. cause blamed on missing flagman and the passenger train running on schedule.

Ton Op Red Hud Albert Capron Red Bud Dapron Carbondale Texas Junction Illinois Central Railroad Trai No Bryan Donahue Robert Allen Charles Ashley Lewis

Knox College Anniversary and Local News Roundup

The Knox college sixty fifth founding anniversary included a senior dinner by Mr and Mrs C M Avery and an evening speech by Co Frank C Lowden on American history. A shooting incident near Whitehall involved A Swank and Alvin Black. Local business updates cover First City Bank of Princeton, pride of Peoria factories shutdowns, and market notes on broom corn and lifting prices to incentivize growers.

Stephen's Address and Martyrdom in Acts Refined

The Sunday School lesson analyzes Stephen's defense before the Sanhedrin as a historical argument shaping present understanding. It argues his preaching declares Jesus as Messiah, rebukes his judges, and portrays his martyrdom with heavenly vision and divine approval, noting Roman and Jewish context behind the execution.

Stephen God Moore Temple Jesus Owen Oses Ryt Mothi Moses Thay Jane Hell Deasta Barker Plumpire McGiffert Jerosalem St Stephen's Gate Burke Roy Am Fey Pete Rome Vamdeny Tedett Otter

Export of French beer rises sharply over a decade

The exportation of beer from France grows from 47 421 gallons to 2 144 079 gallons in ten years, signaling a major increase in cross border sales. The rise reflects expanding demand for French beer and broader trade links between France and consuming markets.

France

Fragmented Historic Note On Town Life and People

Fragmentary OCR text references 4H mice in land, annual payments, funerals, commoners in Huss and Irishmen, health concerns while sick. Mentions many houses in Sedom and vague phrases about “caly’ ems qed Let.” No clear events or names emerge. summary preserves uncertain fragments as a brief item.

Funereta Hussan Sedom Ems

Wheatland Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Sheep

Markets list cattle categories with prices for native beef, medium weights, light weights, stockers, feeders, calves, bulls, and fat heifers. Hogs show medium and butcher categories with prices, while sheep include good to choice lambs and stockers. Kansas City and regional quotes appear with ranges for various classes.

Kaseas City Maton

Prices for dairy eggs poultry and fodder items

The notice lists prices from General Produce and local suppliers for butter Elgin dairy product ranges, country store egg and hay values, lard and live poultry. It shows varied prices for timothy hay, clover, market chickens and turkeys, with poultry at around 10 to 11 and lard about 7 to a correction: 7a

Elgin Prairie Timothy No

Condensed Telegraph Items Span Deaths and Disasters

A stream of brief items notes Dennis Leahy’s death in New York a 700 pound man, Mrs Julia Dent GrooI’s 70th birthday, and a Woodbury Canyon fire causing about 100000 in damage. It covers political visits, freight wrecks with multiple fatalities, a railway collision near Gifford Iowa, a DAR congress in Washington, price and market notes, an earthquake in Shamak, a Canadian oil syndicate, and a Detroit City Strings scandal.

Dennis Leahy New York Mra Julia Dent Grooi

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