19 Feb 1897
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1897
Page
1
An editorial tone remarks that No Cumram4x may join a New Year celebration until settling all debts. It notes Western protests and spiritual implications of a wrecked distillery, and comments on employment, prison designs, and roof gardens on the Tombs site.
A commentator questions the Benin monarch’s vow to continue fighting England until all his soldiers are dead. The piece proposes testing leadership with a vote, cites a dismissive tirade toward a writer, and challenges Weyler’s reports on Pinar del Rio’s pacification and insurgent disappearance.
The death of Captain Philo N McGiffin, commander of a leading Chinese battleship in the famed naval action off the Yalu River, is universally mourned. He stood as the striking figure for China, wrote clearly on his experiences, and applied modern naval science to current needs with insight.
Reports from Europe say American apples found a large market in Germany last year. Frank Mason, US consul general at Frankfort, calls the rise due to superior quality not just cheapness, noting 6,000,000 double centners entered Germany, over 20 times prior seasons. Agrarian press seeks reasons for any exclusion.
Missouri legislators push to cut freight rates amid protests from railway workers who warn lower receipts would force wage reductions. Former assembly members favor advancing the plan and will study effects on employees afterward.
An obituary recalls Dr James P Hambleton a prominent Washington figure nicknamed Majahs and Judges. He stood out as educated and well-bred, a veteran in the long ranks of politicians and office seekers who haunt the capital’s hotel lobbies for fifteen years.
Senate and House swapped sessions with executive talks on the Anglo American arbitration treaty. A Texas district court bill passed over veto. House actions included DC business, electors returns, immigration bill accords, and post office funding. Senate moved on timber culture, immigration, and diplomatic bills with arbitration talks continuing.
The 11th Senator Pettigrew introduced a resolution directing the senate committee on public lands to investigate the Perrine land grant patent in Florida, issued to President Cleveland's father in law, with sub committee review possible. Also notes Scovel trial in Sancti Spiritus and Havana appeal possibility. Stanford to receive $1,000,000 gift for mansion and art. Wright nominated as labor commissioner. Curzon cites Crete violence. Also reports Capt McGiffin’s death by suicide in hospital and a New York self-inflicted shooting death of a 4-year-old.
A string of brief world and local items. A Philadelphia post office safe was blown open, stamps and cash stolen. A Springwells cottage fire killed a two year old and burned others. Chicago losses reached 1000000 with insured coverage. Vienna saw Count von Wolkenstein-Trosberg’s suicide. A Pittsburgh coal official faced embezzlement charges. A Youngstown mine boiler explosion killed a worker. Westinghouse works resumed full-time in Pittsburgh. British Niger expedition reported Bida capture with one officer killed. Greece warned it will intervene in Crete. Washington and Lee University named William L. Wilson president, starting July 1. Steel rails prices edged higher in Pittsburgh. A Pennsylvania snowstorm blanketed the state with several inches of snow and hail.
In the senate a joint resolution proposed placing a naval vessel with the San Francisco chamber of commerce to ship wheat and corn for India's famine relief. A Perrine land grant inquiry was directed in Florida. The senate also held an executive session on the arbitration treaty. In the house, debate focused on the sundry civil appropriations bill and criticism of the supreme court over the income tax in the Wilson tariff, plus administration inaction on Cuba. The Paris Gaulois cites Crete unrest and Greece forming closer ties with Austria and Britain. The Pittsburg Post building burned on the 14th, with losses of about 90,000 dollars and insured. NYC banks show varied changes in reserves and deposits for the week. BuNce’s squadron paused warlike activity on the 14th, with services aboard major ships. The porte warns Turkey will attack Greece in Thessaly if powers fail to restrain Crete actions. On the 13th, NYC banks exceeded reserve requirements by 51,650,225 dollars.
Reports from farmers institutes across Illinois show strong opposition to hard roads. Galesburg delegates urged no tax burden on farmers, preferring well graded dirt roads and wide wagon tires. Other institutes in Joliet and Decatur backed work regimes and bird protection, while Springfield population rises to 41,093.
Springfield reports show Senate and House delving into measures on court proceedings, libel law repeal, and a push to consolidate the supreme court. Other items include taxes, road and mining reform, divorce and insanity as grounds, and financing needs like a 250000 loan to cover deficits. Lincoln's birthday observed as a pause.
St Louis on February 13 Arthur Duestrow faces a grim fate as Gov Johnson loses hope for reprieve. He urges his client toward death next Tuesday while appeals are pursued with little expectation of relief. The court has refused to revive the case, ending further Supreme Court action.
Vienna Feb 12 Count Von Wolfenstein Trosburg brother of the Austrian ambassador to France committed death by own action in this city Thursday evening by shooting himself with a re
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