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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
1
Weekly Tribune notes football fades into guerilla warfare humor while Congress meets after the season. Highlights include King Edward coronation art, Vanderbilt nuptials, whisky from watermelons, France crisis cycles, Emperor William stove plans, Leavenworth convicts, and angels teaching tyne writer usage. One seventh of Americans work railroads amid transport worries.
An assorted, fragmentary column mocks racing danger along a Paris to Vienna route, hints at Aguinaldo and Gen Funston with U S ties, notes Georgia’s Union respect and fruits sent to Cleveland and Roosevelt, and cites a census figure of 27,123,364 capital across 159 satt establishments while proposing a theory linking disease to genius.
The piece notes how daughters of cabinet officers gain public prominence on marriage announcements while their fathers face less spotlight. It adds a legal point that New Jersey bans Sunday theater openings, yet charters can be obtained for many ventures there.
A Brown University professor demonstrates extracting light from beefsteak, claiming a breakthrough with potential to astonish the public. The предложение hints at wide fame if credit beefsteak extraction can be shown by a butcher.
One man killed himself after shooting another, another dropped out due to luxury, and a third failed to cope because of poverty. The notes reflect a range of personal crises amid everyday life events.
A clipped editorial notes 3000 Americans attended Mexico's bull fight season opening and condemns cruelty. It questions college education effects on a young woman's social development citing Barnard College dean's proposal to send sophomores home for social experience. Astronomical claims aside, Chicago saw a sign deemed portentous by some. The writer ends with a mordant line about climbing with a knife and not apologizing for stepping on others.
The Storm Lake jury finds Albert Phillips and Louis Brooks guilty of first degree murder for the Greenville bank raid and sentences them to hang on December 18, 1902. Brooks is white, Phillips a negro. they show little emotion as the verdict is read.
The Saturday Review calls for a German English friendship to check the United States, arguing Britain would be elbowed out of the Americas if Germany is kept at bay. It notes British policy toward Nicaragua and Russia, and warns a German alliance is unstable. The Statist urges Newfoundland ore imports and basic furnaces to revive Britain’s steel industry as US and continental competition bite.
Washington December 11 Republican Ways and Means members approve a temporary tariff measure for Philippine trade. The plan sets Dingley rates for goods from the Philippines until 1905 with special rules on coastwise shipping and internal taxes. Democrats are briefed on the bill’s timetable and expected debate.
Washington history notes a dramatic Senate clash as Senator Tillman of South Carolina challenged Senator McLaurin to resign together to wash their dirty linen at home. McLaurin rejected the offer, and Senator Lodge ordered an executive session to end the scene.
Deeds of gift by Mrs. Jane Stanford convey property valued between 28 and 30 million dollars to Leland Stanford Jr. University. The endowment, the largest ever given to education, includes bonds 18 million, vast stock holdings in Southern Pacific and Central Pacific, real estate across 26 counties totaling about 100000 acres, and Stanford mansion on Nob Hill. Instruction at the university remains free.
Congress reports detail the Senate actions from December including McComas and Hoar remarks on anarchist assassins, Alaska railroad and lynching provisions, Knox confirmation, isthmian canal treaty, and a large slate of nominations. House Speaker Henderson announces committee appointments. Grow pays Philippines tribute. Burke declares Kyle's death and House adjourns to Friday.
Admiral Dewey says rumors about the Schley court of inquiry are baseless and the court will not publish its conclusions. The report will go to the navy department by December 15 or earlier, with secrecy maintained until official release. The court even guards its writings and records to prevent leaks.
Senator Morgan introduced a measure to build the Nicaraguan canal at 180 million dollars with 5 million immediate availability. A U S board of eight citizens plus the secretary of war would govern the canal belt, each member paid 8000 annually. The plan includes a regular army regiment to guard the belt and courts under Nicaragua and Costa Rica rules. Three construction divisions would share chief engineer and assistants salaries.
Manila reports thousands flee Batangas province for safety as Gen James M Bell says an engagement near Labo Camarines pits insurgents against a Twentieth infantry detachment. Three Americans killed. enemy losses believed heavy. Troop F First Cavalry killed ten insurgents. Filipino opposition blocks wires and ports amid reconcentration opposition.
Washington December 10 Senator Frye yesterday introduced a new ship subsidy bill. It features four titles and fifteen sections with a general subsidy of one cent per gross ton per 100 nautical miles for up to 16 entries yearly, plus an extra quarter of a cent per ton for five years to promote new ocean vessel building. Vessels must carry mail if required and train American youth in seamanship or engineering, and be available for government defense service.
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