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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1899
Page
1
The Weekly notes Kaiser Wilhelm rated Admiral von Diedrich for pestering Dewey at Manila. It warns the German naval budget is large enough without risking a fleet sinker like Dewey.
A rural Illinois lawmaker and farmer said in a speech that transporting grain from barn to the nearest town costs more than shipping it to Liverpool, illustrating the heavy tax burden of average dirt roads.
The writer regrets war but lauds United States regulars and volunteers for their brilliant work in a series of battles from Manila to Melolos. Soldiers are described as invisible.
A Popular Science Monthly chapter argues trees in cities temper heat and vitalize air. A New York contemporary urges planting trees as essential as flushing sewers and preventing disease, viewing trees as beauty and comfort for urban life.
A historic accord between Great Britain and France partitions Africa to end the era of territorial grabbing. The agreement covers vast areas and leaves four recognized independent states Morocco Abyssinia Liberia and the Orange Free State.
Gov Voorhees admits uncertainty on how to regulate growing giants within New Jersey and nationwide while Attorney General Gray notes no trade regulation statute has withstood judicial scrutiny. The exchange highlights gaps in possible legal approaches to trusts and big business.
The government states rural free delivery will be promptly applied where good roads exist and maintained. It asserts that enforcing the system will accelerate road improvement where needed and that free penny of mails should not be attempted where roads are not kept up.
The piece notes that amid huge U S fire losses the value of human life is unpriced by law. Juries in New York previously capped at five thousand dollars, now no limit exists. Windsor hotel deaths value about two hundred thousand. Brooklyn theater blaze kills 304, equating to over forty million in human loss.
Good generalship and magnificent fighting by the rank and file are responsible for a notable American victory which, at this writing, has driven Aguinaldo's army to the threshold of his capital and appears to bring the war in the Philippines to a side. The insurgents massed to resist the advance and fought with superb courage, but Gen Otis's plans were too well laid to permit effective resistance.
The contrast between MacArthur's swift troops and Spanish tactics against Aguinaldo sharpens. The public in Europe and America slowly recognizes the Filipino as a tougher fighter. Quick American victory over Spain appears less surprising when seen alongside later deeds by volunteers and regulars under seasoned officers in the Philippine campaign.
The article argues British naval officers overestimate the Filipinos ability to be subdued. It suggests Aguinaldo’s forces suffer a crushing setback that could break the rebellion. It contends the U S might have granted home rule otherwise, delaying it due to the uprising.
Governor Stephens of Missouri personally offered the entire Sixth Missouri regiment now in Havana for service in the Philippines under the army reorganization law. The president promised consideration, with officers' wishes guiding initial steps.
A Cairo Illinois misreported steamer Rowena Lee disaster was corrected with five lives lost. The Stella tragedy near Alderney claimed about seventy seven perished in dense fog. Nevada City policeman Kilroy was shot. Ed Moore fled. UK yearly revenue rose to £117,857,253, with last quarter at £39,516,885. Philippines war winds down. carpet mill trust forming in Boston-New York with over $5 million capital. Missouri passes beer tax and labeling fee to fund state expenses.
Failures for the week ended March 31 show 194 in the United States versus 220 last year and 26 in Canada, down from 27. On March 31 Malolos the Filipino capital fell to Gen. MacArthur’s division after a stout fight, the rebels burning the town before retreat.
Telegraphic items report the Paris bringing excursionists from New York to Old Point Virginia on March 2 after departing Santiago de Cuba. Passengers praise the voyage and the West Indies cruise near former war theaters.
The Tennessee legislature passed a bill allowing all contracts made in the state to be payable in any legal tender. A popular actress Lolo Tranzolla shot herself on stage in Vienna crying that love kills. British Museum keeper Dr. Richard Garnett notes about two million books. Senator Allison of Iowa has been a widower for 15 years with his mother-in-law running the household. Edward Austin wills Boston Harvard 500000 and MIT 400000. Indiana Rep Landis has a Delhi house window pane with glass from Maria Teresa. Two American officers in Puerto Rico married locals. a third engagement to a San Juan belle is announced. Williams College prof Hewitt says Williams received 3,000,000 in seven years. Argentina contracts Remington for rifles and bayonets. A device labels 100,000 cans in ten hours along a chute. Gen Wade Hampton, Confederate general, in good health at 81 in Columbia, DC. War department circular says arms stored for volunteers in Spanish war will be returned in kind. Miss Edith Vanderbilt Sloane plans nuptials with John H Hammond offering dollar gifts to the poor per dollar spent.
Illinois state news lists local deaths of J F F Wallace 63 Cobden former justice of the peace Eureka businessman Francis A Shefer 60 Carbondale Mrs John Balcom 66 near Carbondale spinal meningitis B F Cook Elizabethtown Civil War veteran Hiram S Bunn 58 Clay County farmer Reuben Evans 7 Xenia pneumonia and a fatal Mill District Joliet domestic tragedy Mathew Orsini and wife quarrel over a boalter related love entanglement leading to Orsini shooting his wife twice then killing himself both living at 1504 Collins Street with the wife dying and Mr Orsini 15 years old and federal steel Co employee.
Women led a drive for municipal ownership of city street railways in Chicago. They used small cards addressed to men on crowded cars, prompting some riders to stand for women. The cards urged voters to back municipal ownership to stop the private streetcar era.
More than 200 members of the Eighth Illinois colored volunteers mustered out at Chicago intend to file pension claims for physical disability from service in Cuba. In one company all but five claim to be disabled. Capt. Wainwright says army surgeons examined the troops and every man’s condition will be reported to Washington to prevent fraudulent claims.
Gov Tanner appoints Joseph F Juda of East Saint Louis as fish warden succeeding A H Ray also of East Saint Louis who was removed. Thomas Armstrong of Lincoln named fish warden and S G Johnson of Chandlerville relieved of duties in this role.
Electrician Frank Kinahan was killed in a street duel in Chicago after more than twenty shots were fired. Kinahan, mortally wounded, said he knew his assailants but refused to reveal their names.
Frank Norton a section man for the Chicago Peoria and St Louis railway was killed in Springfield after stepping aside from one engine and being struck by a second. The incident occurred instantly ending Norton’s life and underscoring the dangers of railroad work.
Chief Justice and Mrs Fuller invite to the marriage of their daughter Miss Jane Fuller and Mr Nathiel Francis Jr of Boston on April 12 at St Johns Church in Washington
Hon L Y Sherman speaker of the house addressed Springfield high school pupils on the subject of making state laws.
The Thomas Harp farm of 180 acres in DeWitt county sold to Charles Cisco for 12000. Other nearby farms hold similar value, indicating strong regional land prices.
Jacksonville OM reports Shuff has sold his fine black saddle gelding Black Diamond to Mrs J E Barnes of Springfield for 600 dollars.
William Deardarff, a Springfield area farmer, died after being struck by a moving train near Cantrall a few nights ago. His legs were severed in the accident.
Prof Fred B Starr of the University of Chicago will return home soon after a three months ethnological study in southern Mexico.
Springfield reports from March 28 to April 1 describe bills in the Illinois House and Senate. Proposals include convict labor for rock breaking and road work, expansion of veterans home admissions, electric plant operations, barber licensing, and agriculture teaching. The Senate passed medical price controls and a tax for export horse exhibition. Amendments raised salaries for assembly members and clerks. A large omnibus appropriations bill failed in the House, with further action expected next week. The San Jose scale fight continued with reduced funding and free certificates for noninfested orchards.
George El Glenn assistant paymaster general died at Johns Hopkins hospital from pernicious anemia contracted in the Cuban and Porto Rican campaigns. He came to Baltimore two weeks ago for treatment after two months at Washington hospital. A Cincinnati native his remains will be taken there today, accompanied by Mrs. Ujeun.
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