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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1896
Page
2
A scattered digest notes Ohio adopting the electric chair, Cuba’s Antonio Maceo leads and recruits rise with pay around $20 monthly, and U.S. Senate hesitates on Francis and Forman appointments. It mentions a mayoral push for a city, a Collinsville death at 79, and veterans pining for war service. Congress votes to bar liquor in the Capitol as neutrality laws loom.
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The Illinois State Journal reports the next legislature will enact a new compensation law setting $1000 per session for house members and new senators, replacing $5 per diem. Drafts will total $700 during sessions, $300 withheld until adjournment to spur early adjournment. hold-over senators keep old per diems until their term ends.
Here discusses global naval expansion as nations push to bolster fleets. Notes Britain France Germany Russia Spain Japan and a general shift toward larger ships, cruisers, torpedo boats, and new battleships with projected costs and orders. Questions whether this leads to a test of nations’ power and influence.
Boards of trade and commercial bodies in central western cities meet in Indianapolis and urge a nationwide conference of business men to study and propose a sound permanent currency reform. The call stresses citizen duty, nonpartisan aims, and the hope that conclusions will influence Congress and the nation.
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