12 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1902
Page
1
Census estimates show US population near 84.2 million in 1900 with 1910 likely surpassing 100 million. New Britain citizens filed 1 447 patents, about triple the state average, suggesting high inventive output or sociable microbe influence.
A man who claimed influence over St. Louis legislation faced two indictments. He boasted that his value lay in providing access for a price, and he noted that while he did not expect an indictment, even a long road has turns.
Mrs. Sally Bunnell of Provo Utah is 92 years old and has 7 children 72 grandchildren 135 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren making her the holder of 219 living descendants as a notable example of a large family.
In his will Cecil Rhodes says every man should have a definite occupation during a substantial period of his career and condemns a loafer as a beneficiary. He adds that if the Rhodes blood remains uniform it will be harder to hold family members back than to push them to action.
Missouri sits on coal across nearly forty counties with a strong rise in last year’s output. The fuel is priced cheapest for St Louis manufacturers, aiding Missouri’s 18,753 factories and tipping annual production to about 385 million dollars.
Final revised figures for 1901 show 5222 miles of main track constructed, up from 5057 estimated before year end. Texas led with 589 miles, Oklahoma followed with 427, and New Mexico with 259.
Russian students display boldness lately, with popular government advocates active and often operating openly. This marks a departure from past methods, suggesting they fear Nicholas II less than Alexander II or enjoy greater support now.
Ex-President Kruger doubts peace prospects as he foresees amnesty from England but rejects two small ex-republics gaining independence. He concedes belief may be correct yet questions how fighting Boers will respond if terms are offered. He argues front-line men should have greater say than distant decision makers.
The proposed post check system resembles a $1 bill with blank lines for the payer to fill the recipient’s name and address. The recipient signs to receive the amount, and forging a signature becomes a penitentiary offense. Public interest has long supported this idea, and Congress faces urged action in the current session.
A St Louis grand jury report portrays a nearly unbelievable scope of corruption within the municipal assembly. It claims franchises granted over a decade were secured by bribery, with votes bought by councilmen and delegates totaling at least 250000 dollars in one case. The document says paying for votes became a norm and a legitimate perk for legislators.
Across several days in both chambers, lawmakers debated the Chinese exclusion bill and related measures. Senators discussed treaty obligations and war tax reductions while House members split on exclusion, Cuban reciprocity, and charter extension, with vigorous but largely partisan rhetoric throughout.
On the 9th Maj Gen S B M Young, relieved from California command, was named president of the army war college in Washington. William Marconi sailed from New York to England for rest, stating two months abroad. Frank C Churchill of New Hampshire named special Indian inspector, formerly free schools agent in Indian territory. Brig Gen Funston arrived in Denver and assumed command of the department of the Colorado on the 10th. Grant Monument association banquet set for the 27th at Waldorf Astoria, 26th anniversary of Gen A S Grant. A new 12 day Liverpool to South Africa service via Harriman, E Nerman and Clan lines approved. Managua reports first complete electric plant to light a city, Ramirez supervising. Munster fusiliers at Rocky Island sack a canteen. Spike Island patrol arrests them. four fusiliers wounded in a bayonet fray. Postal receipts for three months ending January reach a record $32,005,621 with expenditures $30,947,131 and a surplus of $1,058,490.
A riot broke out among Czech and German radicals as the vote on the educational bill in the Austrian Reichsrat caused a half hour demonstration and the sitting was suspended. Official data show Australia s wheat sowing in the current year is the smallest in three years, with production near 8,012,762 bushels.
Telegrams report Senate discussion of the Chinese exclusion bill most of the day with brief post office talks. House focused on Cuban reciprocity. Grosvenor gave the standout proponent speech. Miss Ellen Stone arrives in New York after Bulgaria kidnapping. Cecil Rhodes burial in Matoppo Hills. creed revision panel in Washington debates The Divine Purpose. Boer peace terms reportedly accepted. ship subsidy bill heard in House committee. Diplomatic ties severed Switzerland and Italy. Miss Alice Roosevelt returns from Cuba.
A Nashville Tennessee election result favored the saloon element. Other items note a Texarkana fire destroying a residence and part of a Christian church, arrests, hangings, deaths, births, search, crop bulletin optimism, tax compromise, mine shaft survival, medical conditions, a double homicide casualty, a train incident, a 98th birthday celebration, and a Russian harness horse import to New York.
Reports from Illinois detail Fritz Nagel's death by his own hand at his East Alton home. Southern Illinois State Normal University plans to host George E. Vincent as commencement speaker. Coal miner Edward Reading died from a rock fall at Staunton No. 7 mine. Gas ignition at Robinson 1040 feet produced a 15 foot flame. Fisher in Champaign County suffered a night typhoon causing 100000 in losses. Casey experienced a night fire causing 40000 damage.
Mrs. Martin Kreon of O Fallon aged 51 and Joseph Hill a Bond County pioneer near Donnellson are noted deaths. William H Rhodes of Hurricane Montgomery County aged 57 and John Flemming aged 84 a Civil War veteran at Ram sey. George Ernst of Coffeen aged 82 and John Seibel Sr formerly near O Fallon now Belleville resident. Joseph P Staub of Greenville aged 57 recently moved from Champaign survived by widow and one son. Mrs Adtemus Ry Finn aged 57 wife of Alfred C Winn wealth horseman and farmer of Haines township Marion County.
Henry V Lucas was among 164 bankrupts whose debts totaling $40,000 were discharged by a United States district court in Chicago. His filed schedule showed no assets, and in 1882 he inherited $2,000,000 of a $9,000,000 estate left by his father. Once part of a wealthiest West of the Alleghanies family, he reportedly lost $300,000 in a St. Louis to New Orleans barge venture and later sought work in Chicago.
Adjutant General Jasper N Reece died at his Springfield home after paralysis confined him to his room since January. He led militia during the East St. Louis riots of 1877, rising to brigadier general of the Second brigade, and commanded state troops in the 1886 railroad riots. Reece was appointed adjutant general by Gov. Fifer in 1801, reappointed by Gov. Tanner in 1897, and served through the Civil War era. born Knox County April 20, 1841.
Carter H. Harrison, three-time Chicago mayor, says he is tired of the job and wishes to run a poultry farm or similar venture. He spent a day in St. Louis en route to New Orleans to reunite with wife and children and return to Chicago. He visited the World’s Fair, the fast bite, and wandered the downtown area seeking adventures, narrowly avoiding transit dangers.
Negro delegates from across Illinois attended the state gathering in Decatur. John G. Jones, Chicago legislator and league president, urged that the state’s 220000 Negro residents mobilize to strengthen the Negro exhibit at the St. Louis World’s Fair.
James Westmoreland a wealthy farmer and former soldier of Arrow Smith McLean County died from injuries after a vicious bull gored him in the field near his home.
Mrs W W Miller died at Casey while at breakfast. She and her husband had just returned from Florida where they spent the winter.
Gen. Jacob H. Smith and 12 officers describe their Candara river conference with insurgent leader Guevarra in Samar. Guevarra agrees to surrender on April 15 under six conditions including expulsion of friars and Chinese merchants, a school system, and freedom of worship. Banquet follows with water buffalo and chicken dishes as rice purchases are arranged.
Disorder erupted at Lexington Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical College when Commandant Robert A McKee was knocked down splashed with water and eggs by cadets in the dormitory after a late inspection. A reporter visiting the campus was also targeted as students objected to public disclosure. The faculty investigates the incidents and seeks to identify participants.
London April 10 The death of Lord Kimberley shifts liberal leadership in the House of Lords to Earl Spencer as the party awaits the succession and party balance adjustments in the upper chamber.
In Brussels King Leopold, arriving from Biarritz, was mobbed by socialists. His automobile was surrounded as crowds shouted republican and suffrage slogans. The incident followed a plan to expel Spanish republican deputies who had attended socialist meetings. Police moved the delegates to the station. the king narrowly escaped. A violent night saw a socialist riot damaging a Catholic deputy’s home and prompting military readiness.
In Vienna on April 10 the Reichsrat saw a riot as Czechs and German radicals clashed after a vote on the educational bill. The sitting was suspended after deputies stormed the podium, Lindner threatened the president with a stick, and the bell was hurled toward the chair amid paper pellets and abuse. Ministers were elsewhere, and procedural rules offer no penalty for assaults on the president.
In Bulawayo crowds packed the drill hall for a moving service by the bishop of Mashonaland. The coffin began the final leg to the Matoppo hills as troops lined the streets and the city’s population joined in the procession. The body lay last night in a hut on the Matoppo summit where Rhodes once lived.
London dispatch states the admiralty has ordered the cruiser Thames to hunt the North Atlantic for the missing Allan line steamer Huronian which left Glasgow on February 11 bound for St John New Brunswick and has not been heard from.
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