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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1901
Page
2
The final census report shows the 1900 US population by sex nativity and color with males at 89 050 242 or 51 2 percent. Foreign born up 12 4 percent native up 22 6 percent since 1890. whites total 66 990 802 and colored 9 312 685 including 8 840 785 of Negro descent.
Washington correspondents say President Roosevelt begins drafting his first congressional message. It will reportedly announce Cuban legislation convention work and self-government for Cuba, with a timetable for US troop withdrawal. He will address the Isthmian canal commission report and urge canal construction at the earliest opportunity. If the new US Britain treaty is unsatisfactory, ratification may be urged or transmitted without comment.
A Belgian driver in Empire City track event demonstrated a six mile run in 6 minutes 47 seconds aboard a sixty horsepower car, claiming potential to reach a mile a minute. Fournier, with prior Paris to Berlin victory, rode in the same car, maintaining speeds above 53 mph throughout.
The president's forthcoming message is expected to urge a navy expansion to match Germany and Russia, press for continued transpacific and wireless communications initiatives, and address China settlements. It notes plans for civil governance in newly controlled areas, Samar’s subduing, and possible Transpac cable ownership by the government, plus a push on reciprocity and anti-anarchy measures.
The article notes about 600 million acres of untapped U S land, mostly arid west of the Mississippi. It argues irrigation could ease crowding and unemployment, highlighting a potential solution from expanding water use in the western plains.
Martial law governs all of Cape Colony after a government gazette proclamation. The districts of Cape Town Wynberg Simonstown Port Elizabeth East London are placed under military control. The move follows a visit by Sir John Gordon Sprigg J Rose Innes and Lord Milner and suspends the constitution across the colony, signaling likely vigorous wartime measures.
The Court of Inquiry revisits Admiral Sampson and the Dear Schley letter as Lt. Dyson and Hodgson testify on coal calculations, Brooklyn’s role, and the battle of Santiago. Witnesses describe torpedoing and battery actions, chart disputes, and the interplay between Schley, Rayner, and Lemly.
Dr J W Heston of South Dakota Agricultural College told the farmers national congress in Sioux Falls that private effort is exhausted and only federal action can reclaim arid western lands He cited 500 million dollars raised from western land sales since 1875 and urged a 15 million dollar ten year appropriation to support a population equal to the current United States He urged Congress to press the issue with the purpose of a federal program.
A 1808 revolution anniversary was celebrated in Madrid and other towns. In Barcelona, a 20,000 strong crowd laid a wreath at Gen Prim's monument, clashed with police, who fired after a volley of stones. Three demonstrators and two police officers were wounded. Old papers for sale at this office.
A compendium of quoted editorials and notes from Cleveland Plain Dealer Detroit News Topeka Journal Buffalo Philadelphia and other papers reflects partisan spins on the Schley inquiry Roosevelt controversy and attorney arguments. It cites inflation of boasts about the Spanish fleet and mockery of public figures while noting pardons and press laws stirring public debate.
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