26 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1902
Page
1
Since 1890 the number of workmen engaged in manufactures in the United States has increased one fourth, reaching 5 321 000. With the world as a customer, the artisan force is poised to expand rapidly.
Eugene F. Ware's appointment as commissioner of pensions reveals his overlooked talents as a poet and humorist. The press now highlights his verses and wonders why they were not better known earlier.
Latest advices from South Africa favor an early peace. The British appear to have materially modified their terms. The civilized world watches the negotiations with deep interest and high hope for a successful issue.
The Portuguese diaspora to the United States grew as nearly 800 emigrants reached New York by a single steamship. Portugal, with a small population, cannot spare many wage earners for foreign work.
A reflective remark urges workers to consider the causes of high living costs. It frames the problem as man-made and implies that removing legal advantages would soften the pressures. The piece hints that discomfort arises from self-imposed or system-created constraints.
On May 24 the government will dedicate a monument in Washington to Marshal de Rochambeau. The French Republic informs President Roosevelt that the honor is recognized and will be properly represented by France.
The president selects Eugene F Ware as pension commissioner citing his veteran background and poet lineage. While Ware is a veteran and son of a veteran, the note suggests the role may reveal little poetry in practice.
The article reflects on Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage as nearly the last of the prominent preachers who defined the generation after the Civil War, alongside Beecher Chapin Bellows Boole Storrs Hall Collyer Swing and others once well known nationwide.
The Nicaragua route stands nearest to the country by several hundred miles with an unopened adjacent region to commerce. A Panama land neck already hosts a railroad. The canal length difference between routes is eleven miles. Nicaragua talks are simple while Colombia talks mix with French legal claims unresolved for years.
The prevailing view that the St. Louis World’s Fair will be delayed to 1904 gains strength as Congress moves toward action. Builders are confident they can finish by the original date, but foreign government and other exhibits may not be ready, suggesting a postponement.
President Roosevelt vetoed a pension of 17 dollars a month for Thomas F. Walter a Civil War lieutenant cashiered by general court martial for disobedience while on picket duty. Records show the offense was admitted and the veto cites the act of June 27 1890 requiring honorable discharge for pension eligibility. The move is expected to be warmly supported by old soldiers.
Senate and House debated and passed numerous measures including private pension bills and a temporary government for the Philippine islands. The Cuban reciprocity bill advanced, sugar differential debates continued, and eulogies were given for Senator James H. Kyle. Budget items for West Point and river and harbor projects were discussed, with several amendments and conference actions noted. A train wreck near Cheney, Washington injured several and killed one, while plans in Seattle advanced for a battleship keel lining up with July 4 ceremonies.
Gen Funston seeks Senator Lodge subpoena to question John Nicholson about the water cure. Nicholson claims Funston originated and used the method daily for months. Also, Supreme Court adjourns June 2 with docket calls suspended May 2, and Hay Concha sign Panama canal rights transfer treaty. Editor Little warns war between Japan and Russia considered inevitable with Port Arthur fortifications and massed troops.
On the 22nd Dr Dountzer ridiculed opposition fears about a 5,000,000 US appropriation to buy the Danish West India islands and argued the treaty lacks citizenship and free trade benefits. Also on the 22nd Dakota City filings announced Sioux City North Nebraska Railroad Co capitalized at 150,000 planning a line from coal fields near Jackson Nebraska to Sioux City Iowa. On the 23rd Paterson dye house workers stormed remaining plants, halted business, and clashed with police and managers, leaving many injured.
In the senate on the 24th several unobjected measures and many private pension bills were passed before Rawlins Utah finished his speech opposing the Philippine government bill. In the house the oleomargarine bill went to conference and most of the day was spent on the agricultural appropriation bill. A heavy rain drenched southern Missouri eastern Kansas and surrounding areas on the night of the 25th, easing drought in some wheat regions.
War in South Africa clears the west of small mules. G A Willard of New York elected president of the National Editorial association at Hot Springs. Joseph Cole of Poseyville Ind died aged 70, prominent stock buyer in southern Indiana. John H Snyder former editor of St Louis Watchman died in Clayton. Mrs Georgia Lee Cunningham a leading St Louis soprano signs to sing in vaudeville at the Columbia theater. Pearson's hall science building at Drury College Springfield completed at $50,000. World’s fair could be postponed to 1905 per Washington Star. William H Luster convicted in Harrisburg Ill for killing station agent J E Travis, sentenced 24 years. Odin Wills killed by lightning near Pittsfield Ill. Estate of George A Madill of St Louis valued at $1,632,126. Missouri Congregational churches hold state meeting in St Louis this week. Rev M House, notable southern Illinois minister, dies at 47 in Greenville. Lumber shipment from Pine Bluff Ark to St Louis World’s Fair grounds. Zinc ore found on C A Gordon’s Harrisburg Ill farm. ore paying and offer of $50,000 refused.
Obituaries note Dorothea Schaegmann of Carlyle aged 84, German native long resident in the U S. William Dowdall of Litchfield after 40 years there. Nancy J Barnsback, 81, pioneer of Madison county died east of Edwardsville. Catherine Chittick, 97, Cass county’s oldest resident. William H Chase, 79, Moline pioneer and retired capitalist. William Hadfield sentenced to 14 years for 1900 excursion train killing James Jordan. new hearing requested. Jacob Petefish funeral at Virginia, among county’s largest, aged 80, resident since 1825.
Fire at Gem City Sawmill Co in Quincy fueled by strong south wind destroys seven and a half million feet of timber and the entire plant including planing mill office sheds and buildings. The blaze seared crops and grasslands, burned bridges and tracks, and left 800 workers unemployed. Insurance covers about two hundred thousand of the estimated two hundred fifty to three hundred thousand dollar loss.
James Assleck, 89, of Belleville, died after cutting an old tree on his property. A. J. Wolfe saw mill at El Dorado burned, losses about 4000 dollars with no insurance, 100 men to lose jobs. M and Mrs Samuel Hirscheimer of Pittsfield marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary. A mail pouch with letters stolen from Wabash depot in Litchfield. Flora election for board of education produced 751 votes, about half by women. George Henry Seeger, 67, longtime Beardstown contractor since 1838. Thomas Thompson, 62, civil war veteran, Kinmundy resident.
A Coatsburg lad bitten by a mad dog near New Canton is treated at home with a madstone. the stone reportedly cures hydrophobia in Blivens family over 50 years. In Cooksville, seven year old Lawrence Fossett accidentally shoots his brother Lee, who dies within half an hour after a rifle discharges while a heavy Winchester slips to the floor.
8S H Finch aged 87 died at home in Tuscola after collapsing. He carried money sewn in his clothes and had 2500 in 3509 bills on him plus several thousand hidden in a secret drawer. He leaves property valued over 60000.
The agricultural experiment station of the University of Illinois in cooperation with the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture starts an agricultural survey of Illinois soil to map and study soil types and fertility across the state.
Los Angeles resident and former US Army lieutenant Charles E. James says anti water cure sentiment in the Philippines stems from untruthful exaggerations. He recounts his own experience with the method, describing stomach distension and pain but noting he would endure it over a beating. He recalls a June 1900 scouting march near Biacana and an encounter with forces under Gen Trezon, including Capt. Jack Roberts.
Washington reports that by presidential order General Funston must stop discussing public questions. The president also telegraphed General Frederick not to speak at the Middlesex banquet in Boston.
Denver April 24 Gen Funston said he has not received any order from Washington to stop public remarks. He warned future talks would avoid reference to the Philippines and claimed earlier speeches were garbled and full of misstatements. He will attend a Denver banquet on May 1 hosted by the Colorado Volunteers association, after declining a Middlesex Club banquet in Boston.
The German steamer Hercynia returned to Colon on April 24 with government troops. It announced that Bocas del Toro, seized by insurgents on April 14, was retaken by government forces. A bombardment threat from the gunboat General Pinzon forced the insurgents to surrender.
Fire sweeps through central Pennsylvania over 48 hours causing heavy property losses and two deaths. In Clintondale, six year old Agnes Felding drowned fleeing flames as a home burned with nine stables and a church and schoolhouse destroyed. In Sinnemahoning and Mosquito valley crews battled blazes that toppled a Barclay's Jurabec rail line and wiped out Sogo's sawmill. Over fifty men fought fires along Pine creek and Ramseyville, with more fires threatening Haneyville and Ridgeway as 100000 feet of lumber burned and towns prepared defenses.
A Wednesday blaze in Marienville Forest county wrecked about 150 structures and left roughly 400 residents homeless. Loss near 300000 with insurance not over 75000. The fire spread from town to a lumber yard then woods, burning two miles along the railroad. Editor S L Pickens and Kendall of A Neil firm were badly burned. John Johnson is missing. Post office opera house hotels church and many businesses burned. Only the bank store hotel and a restaurant remained standing.
A Thursday morning blaze in Red Oak Iowa destroyed an entire block from street to street including a livery barn and implement warehouse. The fire began in the Houghton block at the square's southeast corner at three o clock and by half an hour the flames encompassed the whole block with a loss of about 225000 dollars, of which only one third was insured. Fire department volunteers could not arrive in time to stop the spread to adjacent buildings surrounding the square.
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