21 Feb 1903
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1903
Page
1
A historical note argues Alaska should receive full territorial rights from Congress, citing its ongoing support to the home government’s war efforts and invoking international law to curb shooting at debtors, while contrasting with South American borrowers and traders in good credit.
A provocative note reports that many married men feel vindicated as it reveals that the majority of turf investment losers are women, reversing typical gendered expectations and sparking debate.
James J Hill laments that high wages hurt manufacturers and profits. He concedes tariffs provide some help but argues even lower wages would be better for profits.
The new steamer Cedric has just completed her first trip from Liverpool to New York. At 700 feet long with nine decks, she carries 2,600 passengers. She surpasses the Great Eastern in length by 20 feet and displaces 38,200 tons versus 22,927 tons for the Eastern. The once famous leviathan is now outclassed by this modern ocean greyhound.
The piece laments that when cold weather depletes coal and ice, the new trust fears a shortage next summer. It questions why coal and ice trusts would harm the consumer simultaneously, calling the situation a mercifully short supply feared by households.
The speaker urges a calm, level headed approach to the Venezuelan question and the chance of a world war over the Monroe Doctrine. While acknowledging the possibility of conflict, they advise not to assume a fight is inevitable and to wait for clear necessity before mobilizing aggressively.
The piece notes many schemes to quickly profit, some foolish, some fraudulent, with law treating false statements by indicted promoters in St. Louis and elsewhere as a felony. It cautions that the innocent are protected to that extent.
The revision committee decides singular form for the phrase the United States is in the forthcoming Revised Statutes, ending the common use of the plural the United States are from a legal perspective. The change aims to standardize wording across federal statutes and reduce ambiguity in official texts.
Count de Montesquiou attended a fashionable New York dance. After an hour’s wait he remarked that his cards indicated ten o’clock, while the hostess claimed twelve was proper in the city. He replied that in Paris it is good manners to arrive at the invited hour and was right.
The 1903 1904 World’s fair plan features dramatic episodes in the Louisiana Purchase region. April 1903 opens with President Roosevelt entering from the east on horseback via the Eads Bridge. In 1904 President Loubet of France is expected to sail up the Mississippi, likely aboard a warship.
King Victor Emmanuel curbs extravagant lace in the Italian army to save funds. Ranks will be shown by stars on shoulder straps collars and caps while sleeves become plain. Grumbling follows the decree though authorities call it sensible.
The senate debated the statehood bill with attacks on polygamy and defense of Mormon rights while Rawlins urged noninterference. The house advanced the Elkins anti-rebate bill and sundry civil appropriations, with a record 325 pension bills, including a widow’s pension for Rumple. Subsequent sessions covered Indian and Philippine bills, naval appropriations, and continued statehood discussions amid clashes over rules and cloture.
Col Jose L. Cristo, once a Mexican army figure, died in Monterey on the 18th of throat cancer. Hilda Clark and Fred S. Flower wed in New York on the 18th. Orlo G. Pepper, a dental student, died by suicide in Ann Arbor after writing his mother that he was insane. Associate Justice Shiras offered resignation to the president on the 18th to take effect February 24. William R. Day to be named successor. Moroccan letters say sultan will appoint a commissioner. Morocco has appropriated 100000 for the exposition, half available. Chief Justice Fuller swore in George B. Cortelyou as secretary of commerce and labor and William Loeb Jr as president's secretary.
The congregation of the propaganda will decide the coadjutors to the archbishops of St Louis and Cincinnati on March 2 in Rome. All appointment documents have been received. A German cruiser Panther sought entry to Lake Maracaibo but Fort San Carlos commander cited need for presidential orders. Caracas foreigners say Germany seeks more trouble.
Reports from Honduras describe open war between rebel and government troops with several battles fought and Bonilla’s forces suffering heavy losses in at least two engagements. Also notes plague deaths in Mazatlan and record cold in Topeka with 12 below zero.
The senate spent one hour twenty minutes in open session on the 19th devoted to routine business and nonessential bills. Bailey pushed the Sabine Passport bill but no vote occurred. The house passed the naval appropriation bill after many amendments, including $500,000 for submarine torpedo boats and new ships. Other items note protests over Jim Crow, a railway labor arbitration, and several fatalities and fires.
New England states plan to back St Louis World’s Fair exhibits while Ecuador accepts invitation to participate. Illinois Governor Yates proclaims Arbor Day for April 24. Valentines volume at St Louis post office sets a record. A man jailed for a bogus fortune claim in Toledo. Nevada records extreme cold. western states endure cold wave. William Hooper Young begins life sentence at Sing Sing for murder. Oklahoma senate signals disapproval of cattle quarantine extension. Miner dies in Colfax shaft. widow and seven children left. Kansas Senate endorses Harris for Isthmian Canal Commission. Mrs Anna Ewald of Missouri drinks diluted vitriol, may die. Caldwell shoots self while climbing fence. Dr B B Viets restores sight to nine-year-old blind girl. Wilder daughter bequeaths nearly $1 million to St Paul charity. Alabama postmaster Foster charged with embezzlement. wife notes minimal cash.
A Thayer Illinois teacher Miss Martin saved fifty young pupils from a fire at Caldwell school. With the stairway blocked, she lowered each child from a second story window to the ground and then dropped to safety herself. Several pupils were injured but none seriously. The fire started in the furnace room, burned flooring, and trapped second floor occupants until help arrived.
Gov Yates designates April 24 as Arbor Day in Illinois urging schools to plant trees and teach tree care and the value of birds. He highlights forests economic value and the need to balance consumption with growth, urging teachers to integrate nature study into curricula statewide.
Dr John Murphys will probated after his death in Peoria the estate valued at about 500000. After 20000 to charities and 40000 to other beneficiaries the rest is split equally among Eliza Mary Love of St Louis Mac Sallie C Hoff of Fort Dodge Ir and William R A Wilson of Peoria. Other beneficiaries Tucretia A Wilson and Mrs William A Wilson of Louis receive 8001 each.
Panna Finalmente city ends six month darkness as council approves a regular lighting contract with a private citizen-initiated revival. The city will be lit for the rest of the year at 50 dollars per light per year on a two moon light schedule, pleasing residents.
The Springfield supreme court case People vs Butler Street Foundry and Iron Works of Chicago centers on a law requiring corporations to file annual affidavits that they are not in combinations or trusts restraining trade. The court holds the affidavit requirement does not force self incrimination under the federal and state constitutional guarantees.
The Illinois W C T U votes to feature an exhibit at the St Louis World’s Fair. The display likely recreates Rest College at Evanston, Miss Frances Willard’s home, as a centerpiece.
Two masked men entered the grocery of O A Ladd at Joliet and attempted a robbery. Ladd resisted and the intruders shot him twice. The wounds will probably prove fatal.
Charles Dixon aged 15 has been appointed agent of the East and West railroad at Reedleyville. The boy is believed to be the youngest railroad agent in the country.
Fire destroyed the mine store oil house and dwellings of the Kellyville Coal Co a saloon and other buildings at Hill rod causing a loss of 100000 dollars.
The legislature reconvened after a week’s break as bills moved in both houses. Notable actions include the $200,000 Hardin state sanitarium appropriation going to charitable institutions, $5,000 aid for famine districts in northern Sweden and Finland, and advancement of Port Massac site purchase for a state park. Clarence Darrow sworn in as a member of the assembly. a jury of notaries was confirmed in the senate. The house opened reception for John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers and several election contests were reviewed without final action.
Snow blocked coal roads in Reading Pa and Schuylkill region as heavy snow limited deliveries. Drifts blocked branches to breakers, lines were cleared Tuesday night, some breakers halted due to freezing water in separators. Train sizes reduced with ongoing cold. many collieries idled Tuesday resumed Wednesday.
The Missouri Pacific railroad will move its general superintendent E A Gould from St Louis to Kansas City as soon as quarters are secured. The policy follows George Goulds plan from last year and fits with the system already reaching Kansas City and Omaha with lines to Denver and a planned extension to Colorado making Kansas City the system center.
The St Clair hotel in Port Huron Michigan was destroyed by a blaze at an early Wednesday hour. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars. A yardman named Worthy is missing and feared dead. Fireman Milton Campbell was fatally crushed under falling walls as guests fled in nightwear.
Four battleships of the North Atlantic squadron the Kearsarge Iowa Illinois and Massachusetts and the pay ship Prairie arrived off Galveston Wednesday evening They will enter harbor and anchor in Bolivar roads The new Maine will join the fleet here The Scorpion tender to the squadron stopped at Kingston for coal and will arrive here in 24 hours.
Eastman Ga Feb 19 Frank Cook admits killing his wife near Hazlehurst with an ax saying he struck from behind. He cites infatuation with another woman as motive in the fatal act reported from the Georgia scene.
The fire protection project for the World’s Fair in St. Louis will use 191 railcar loads of pipe weighing 10,310,000 pounds. Manufactured in McKeesport, Pa., it will be laid underground and on building roofs by Hanley Casey Co. with 14 pumps, 600 standpipes, and 400 workers over five months.
In St Louis on February 19 Thomas Butler and Thomas Lee stopped at John Meyer’s saloon near Warne and Easton. After Butler threw water on the floor and smashed a slot peanut machine the bartender Andrew Laumer fired, killing Butler with a heart wound. Laumer was arrested.
Manila reports Capt. Pershing was honored by Moro leaders in Bayan Mindanao with consecration as a datto a priestly office. The act followed a pledge of peace over a Koran as U S forces raised the Bayan forts flag and Pershing’s batteries fired shrapnel salutes. The Moros were impressed by the shellfire.
Gen Frederick R Funston commander of the department of the Colorado has ordered a court martial to try Chaplain H C Gavitt of the First cavalry for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The charge stems from Gavitt allegedly refusing to pay a debt claimed by a Chicago business house contracted while stationed at Fort Sheridan. The court martial will convene at Fort Logan on March 2.
Washington February 19 Justice Shiras of the United States supreme court today presented his resignation as a member of the tribunal to take effect February 24 Former Secretary of State William R Day of Ohio has been selected as the successor of Mr Shiras
Washington on February 19 George B Cortelyou took the oath of office as secretary of the department of commerce and labor shortly after 1 PM Wednesday forenoon. Chief Justice Fuller of the United States Supreme Court administered the oaths while William Loeb Jr was sworn in as secretary to the president.
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