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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
2
The Warsaw Union carries a publisher notice for Bartholomew Sincerely. The text appears garbled with repetitions and partial lines, indicating a printer or OCR error rather than a complete legal or public notice. No clear action, date, or location is discernible beyond the publication name and publisher reference.
A boy in Chicago attempted a dangerous stunt imitating an Egyptian fire swallower by pouring gasoline on himself and others. The incident left the boy and another child likely dead, with a girl injured and others escaped or suffered various burns as flames spread. Neighbors extinguished the blaze after a fierce struggle.
Rome special reports Judge Taft civil governor of the Philippine Islands has received a cable from Secretary Root listing definite propositions to present to the Vatican over friars lands in the islands. Also reports two women badly stung and deaths from bee attack in Indiana.
Fifty-seventh Congress closes major general legislation with the canal bill linking Atlantic and Pacific waters, and the Philippine civil government act extending internal governance, coinage, and banking rules. Other enactments include tax repeal, Chinese exclusion tightening, a 20-year bank charter extension, and irrigation funding for arid regions.
The first session of the Fifty-seventh Congress is described as a near billion-dollar session with total appropriations around 710 million dollars, highlighted by large increases for the post office navy and urgent deficiency bills. Proposals include direct election of U S Senators, immigration law codification, and a department of commerce, with several measures enacted and investigations ongoing into Philippines Cuba and Danish West Indian island purchases.
The United States posted a nearly 90 million dollar surplus at fiscal year end, surpassing last year’s 73 million. Despite large Congress expenditures and heavy Philippines war costs, receipts nearly matched expenditures. Interal revenue rose while customs gained, with Uncle Sam averaging about 1.4 million dollars daily in receipts and 1 million daily in outlays, yielding roughly three hundred thousand dollars daily profit.
The June rainfall across corn states and the United States breaks prior records with data from 1901 and 1902. Figures show Minnesota Missouri Louisiana Indiana Illinois and Chicago rainfall amounts, while the Weather Bureau notes decade-long June totals. The report also mentions coal strike effects on the navy and Rear Admiral Bradford overseeing equipment.
Senator Joseph W Bailey of Texas assaulted Senator Beveridge of Indiana soon after adjournment in the Senate chamber. Bailey sprang upon Beveridge and choked him as attendants pulled him away. Beveridge escaped with minor injuries and the desk was toppled. The incident followed Beveridge questioning government papers on a Mexican prisoner. Beveridge defended the department as having acted, while Bailey’s actions drew sharp rebuke.
The report to the Secretary of the Navy warns of a looming disaster as coal stocks fall and emergency funds are strained. It notes the strike’s impact on ships, naval yards, and fuel sources, urging an end to disruption to avert serious service impairment.
The National Memorial University at Mason City Iowa completes its fret main building costing $100000 on a 166 acre Patriots site. It aims to open in fall 1905 with Barton Hall funded by the American Red Cross and the National Alliance of Daughters of Veterans. An endowment of $1000000 is planned as part of the memorial project.
The piece urges building a memorial to honor war veterans and support patriotic work to advance free government. A New York woman, Rose Fox, was badly burned when her skirt touched a lit cigarette at a wedding reception. In Iowa, Burlington rail line 125 miles shifted from narrow to standard gauge in nine hours by 440 workers amid rain.
The Greatest Dry Docks New York plans a world leading facility with a cradle span to lift 1,200 foot vessels and future 1,000 foot ships predicted. A long search ends as Mrs Marian Thornton Egbert locates her kidnapped Chicago child in India after a 30,000 mile journey. A 22 year old woman, Mary Henderson, daughter of Lee Henderson, died by ingesting carbolic acid on a Sedalia farm, motive jealousy.
Notes of Current Events report the Cumberland Presbyteriana plan to open a college at Adgerton forty miles southeast of St. Joseph. Other items note Chicago authorities finding wornout horses slaughtered for meat, Julie Opp’s London divorce from Robert Larraine, harsh cold in Perpignan, and various European and Hungarian economic jitters affecting sugar policy and colonial land debates.
The Senate on Saturday discussed Estes Rath bone’s petition demanding a full investigation into his Cuba post director duties during the occupation. Amendments passed on tobacco packaging prohibitions and a House-approved ticket promise ban. A Hawaii investigation and district regulations for a Washington encampment were also adopted. Senate sessions featured sharp exchanges over annexation and naval promotions, with major votes on pensions, defense, and public lands. A conference report on the general deficiency appropriation and several memorial resolutions accompanied the day’s actions.
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