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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1902
Page
2
The Boers rushed a position held by three British companies with two guns. The incident raises questions whether the attack was a surprise or the defense was unsatisfactory, signaling an unpleasant moment for the British.
The 1873 three cent rate yielded about 3 million dollars in New York post office receipts for stamps. With two cent postage last year receipts surpassed one million dollars monthly, not counting money orders. A one cent postage would dramatically reduce stamp revenue and likely shift volume to alternative services and increased mail handling costs.
The gifts to colleges and schools will reach 75 million dollars, 20 million more than any previous year. In three years contributions have totaled 265 million. The twentieth century is seen as a marvel for education.
Secretary of the Navy Long argued in a speech at the battleship Missouri’s dedication that the proposed 100 million dollar navy buildup enjoys broad public support. Texas again tops the nation in new railway track laid last year, with 537 miles, followed by Oklahoma with 398 miles, totaling 935 miles.
England approves abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and Germany pledges temporary troop presence in Venezuela if needed. Both actions endorse U S policy in the Western Hemisphere, signaling strong backing from Europe amid tensions with Venezuela.
John F. Keller aged 80 near Pana Illinois faced a social dilemma and chose not to marry. He handed his intended bride $1000 in cash and they parted as friends.
The king follows a hotel manager’s advice to reorganize his household. Offices and customs are trimmed, petty servants travel in third class carriages, while the king aims to raise the court's dignity and status through these changes.
Report says President Roosevelt publicly reprimanded Gen. Miles with anger in front of others. Miles, a lifelong soldier and senior to the president, has rendered notable government service. Some say the president has been treated unfairly by zealous correspondents.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss John Wesley and his followers in relation to gender inclusion. References to general conferences and an Episcopal church vote hint at debates over women's presence in church governance and progressionist ideas within the church. Names and dates are unclear due to damaged text.
Christmas night saw Scottish artist John Dalrymple die of starvation in Belfast, his body found in squalor. Generals plan release of Geronimo and 298 Arizona Apache prisoners of war, with land allotments to follow. Rep Loud contends penny postage would bankrupt 35 million. postal reform debated as the American Historical Association gathers in Washington. Cuban Palma ticket expected to win, Estrada Palma to be unanimously elected. Porto Rico legislature convenes in San Juan. Gov Hunt hosts reception and reads message. President Roosevelt closes New Year’s Day at the National Theater with family. James W. Newman, former Ohio political figure and secretary of state, dies in Portsmouth, C.
Attorney General McClurg considers proceedings to dissolve the Southern and Mobile & Ohio railways merger. The move is likely to start within days. In Audubon Indiana on the 1st Lars Alexson, a wealthy farmer, was found dead with a crushed skull. He was undoubtedly murdered. No motive is known.
The New Zealand government plans to order all steel bridges from the United States after a recent bid by an American firm for a large steel viaduct came in at a quarter of the price asked by English competitors. An official Berlin note reports ongoing negotiations between Germany and Venezuela with the German minister still in Caracas. In Helsinki, three Finnish newspapers are permanently suppressed and seven more suspended temporarily due to russophobia. A steamer arrived at Victoria from Hong Kong reporting a smallpox outbreak in Philippine islands prompting a civil-commission act for compulsory vaccination. Writs filed in Nashville for 40 alleged gamblers based on affidavits by F K Odil. A Baltimore & Ohio passenger train derailment near Glencoe, Pennsylvania killed two and injured 17, five seriously.
Rockefeller offered to match all funds raised for Rochester theological seminary up to 150000 dollars and more than 100000 dollars had been raised, effectively doubling the gift. George Huesman, Cincinnati policeman, was deemed insane after dismissal for remarks about McKinley’s shooting and sent to an asylum. A war revenue act comparison shows July 1906 to Nov 1900 brought 46629308 dollars, while 1901 reduction yielded 29429642 dollars, down 17198666. Endicott reported the Sterling docked swiftly in New Orleans. 21 Chinamen were ordered deported from Ogdensburg with 45 in jail awaiting higher court action. Helen M Stone reportedly released as a captive missionary, but unconfirmed. A 39-year-old man, likely J W Cheek, died by morphine in Kansas City.
The Mayor condemns the St. Louis Transit Co as service worsens daily. An 88 year old woman, Mrs. Mary Young, dies in Pekin, Illinois. The St. Louis World’s Fair board nominates a list of lady managers. Harry W. Brolaski Jr. sues in St. Louis for 1050 from a gambling resort shooting. Eight of eleven Texas Christmas wound victims die. Texas World’s Fair commissioners seek 100000 for a state exhibit. A fire destroys Abingdon Trap Co. factory causing 5000 loss. Cleveland Hunt loses his right arm in a hunting accident. German agricultural experts to be posted at consulates, first to the U.S. A Negro kills a woman and maims a man in Franklin Texas. Albert Francis arrested. At Florence Alabama a man commits suicide by arm artery. War vessels hover near Venezuelan ports. German seizure port expected. Rollie Parks is captured in South McAlester and to be returned to Arkansas penitentiary. Joseph Greenburger, near Handley Texas, is assassinated.
Dunlap Smith a leading Chicago financier and real estate dealer youngest son of Perry H Smith prominent in seven ties and eighties Fred Stelhorn 76 farmer pioneer of Randolph county Mrs Frederick Eberspacher 60 longtime Pana resident prominent German Frank Stocker Pana Tecumseh Okla Elizabeth Johnson mother of Sheriff George Johnson Bloomington president of Deaconess hospital active in philanthropy Edward Sweeney Irish-American Bloomington longtime Chicago and Alton shop worker Mrs William Newell Olney 84 Christian Rodman Trenton 75 Mrs Moses Stiff Harrisburg died heart failure Mrs Caroline Hohman Nashville widow of Henry Hohman Cass county elder Harriet A Thompson Cass county oldest settlers Philip Kimmel 92 Murphysboro oldest man in Jackson county former Whig voter for Andrew Jackson City Oil Inspector F J Mammen Vandalia 43 after illness.
Sorrow visited the home of John Kirkman a noted Peoria railroad man on Christmas Eve as his wife eloped with W G Clarke a barber seven years her senior Rev William B Corbyn of Quincy aged eighty eight quietly marked the fifty eighth anniversary of his ordination Yale graduate 1839 taught at Phillips Andover John T Linkodle treasurer of Cad houn county was found 1700 short in his accounts bondsmen covered the shortage and Linkodle was arrested burglars robbed Coun ty Clerk James Buchanan Browns town store crime repeated from six months ago Abingdon Trap Co factory fire destroyed by flames with 5000 loss.
Senators Cullom and Mason visited the White House to urge the president to consider Illinois for a forthcoming cabinet vacancy after Mr Gage’s retirement. They did not name any candidate or position, stressing state representation over individual men.
Prominent young dentist Dr John RB McCoy died suddenly in Bloomington from an overdose of cocaine. A Chicago dental college graduate who excelled in cycling and bowling, he never married. His mother and sister live in Chicago while two brothers, Edward and James, reside in Miami, Missouri. Burial took place in Blue Mound, Macon County.
Henry Strathmeyer aged 52 father of six committed death by own action in a woodshed on his premises by hanging. Strathmeyer was an engineer for the Quincy White Lime and Cement Co.
At a meeting of the executive committee in East St. Louis a call was issued for a Democratic Editorial association gathering at Springfield on Friday January 24.
A through passenger train on the Baltimore & Ohio jumped the track near Glencoe 1 1/2 miles west of town, sparking a blazing wreck. Two engineers died, 17 injured, many seriously. The dead include Connellsville engineer Collins known as Katy and fireman McCune. Injured were mail clerks, engineers, and other crewmembers from Washington, D C, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Napier, Myerdale, and Chicago. Fire and gas tanks sparked a rapid blaze. rescue crews rushed to Myerdale for treatment. The vestibuled train left Pittsburgh at 8:40 AM bound for New York.
A disastrous wreck near Keithville Louisiana between a Texas Pacific fast freight and a Houston East and West Texas freight collided at four in the morning. Twelve cars of the Houston line burned. Fireman W J Daniels of Houston was crushed or burned to death. A negro fireman Bob Edwards was severely injured. Engineer Newt Denton reportedly fled the scene. Among the killed racers is George Arnold, winner of the Christmas handicap at New Orleans. January race injuries and losses are noted in the report.
Patrick Sullivan of Jennings Montana shot his wife and grandchild then killed himself leaving the wife in critical condition. A Kalispel report noted Sullivan as a longtime Butte miner. A separate railroad accident west of Lucerne killed engineer Herson and badly hurt fireman Wilcox in the same incident as doctors and a coroner rushed to Jennings.
Gov. Hunt's address to the Porto Rico legislature in San Juan commended 1901 work as wise and progressive, noting free trade with the United States, growing schools and roads, increased exports, and rising revenue. He urged municipal law revisions, modest tax increases, harbor improvements, and a peaceful path to labor organization within law.
Chicago report says Dr Thorroth Stein at the University of Chicago is examining slices of the late Frank Collier brain under a microscope. Early findings note peculiar brain cell generation, challenging the theory that Collier’s insanity resulted from a head blow. Further study could take two months.
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