19 Jan 1901
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1901
Page
1
The issue credits De Wet as a great Boer War genius while noting British success at prize firing. The cruiser Terrible achieved 800 hits from 104 six inch rounds, showing bluejackets as stronger marksmen. A Kansas physician aged 99 begins a longevity lecture tour, promising practical knowledge to his audience.
Two hundred girls clashed with male professors at an Ohio college as a flying wedge of instructors seized incendiary articles during a dispute over caps and gowns. The incident underscores a volatile moment if faculty had not had athletic training, suggesting uncertain consequences.
Philip D. Armour sought riches and found satisfaction in wealth. The effort brought him pleasure, yet critics suggest his happiness depended on the affection of a good wife and devoted children, implying family ties shaped his contentment.
A British commander of yeomanry who traveled with six cooks and a wagon load of champagne was dismissed from service after being surprised by the Boers. By the time he drops to a single blanket and a dog tent he hopes to escape many incidents he regrets listing.
The Pringle Memorial home in New York, funded by a wealthy banker for indigent elderly literary men, has been open three months but has no inmates and no admission applications. The editors wonder if there are no superannuated authors or if they balk at living on charitable support.
Several hundred miners in Weir City Kansas recently struck over the introduction of electric mining machinery. The piece urges acceptance of electricity as inevitable and argues workers should use it for their own benefit to the greatest extent possible.
In New Sweden Minnesota a 12 member family dies as sausage left undercooked after smoking leads to trichinosis. Father and oldest daughter are dead others in dire condition. The town seeks awareness of safe cooking practices to prevent further loss.
A bill proposes taxing all bachelor men aged 30 or more. The writer suggests American WCTU support to pass similar measures in Congress, arguing this would aid both men and women, and that abolishing the army canteen would push soldiers to seek beer elsewhere.
The founders aimed to advance education by the 1785 Continental Congress act setting aside 1/36 of public lands for public schools. Through this and later laws, 71,000,000 acres were granted over the past century for public schools and 1,165,000 acres for universities and colleges.
Ultra temperance advocates win repeal of the army canteen, ending club quarters where soldiers gathered off duty for social time and beer. Soldiers must seek amusement and refreshment elsewhere, with potential risk of less wholesome options.
In the senate on the 11th Bacon attacked the army reorganization clause granting the president power to raise forces to the bill’s max. Platt defended. Reapportionment measure passed. In the house 170 private pension bills passed including Gen Americus V Rice’s pension rise to 100 a month. Senate on the 12th paid homage to Cushman Davis. House moved river and harbor bill with Catchings praise for lower Mississippi improvements. Senate on the 18th debated hazing at West Point. final vote planned for the army bill. Vancouver bylaw on early closing passed by nine votes. Public lands committee declined to reconsider salt mines under placer laws.
On the 15th United States Ambassador Choate and the Marquess of Lansdowne held a second conference on the Ilay Pauncefote treaty but no outline or definite decision emerged. On the 16th A B Caldwell founder of the Independent Order of Foresters died in Syracuse. James A Mount ex-governor of Indiana died suddenly in Indianapolis. US Consul Hay at Pretoria has begun his return to the United States. Tom L Johnson reportedly bought the Baker Street Underground line. A Kansas bill would impose ten years in prison for kidnapping, supported by sentiment in the legislature.
On the 16th 30 insurgents about to be deported to Guam left Manila aboard the United States transport Rosecrans. Colorado Smelting and Mining Co was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey with a 5 million dollar capital. Mardi Gras rail rates to New Orleans and Mobile remain set for Feb 14 19. American Turf Congress in Chicago discusses $45000 surplus buildup. Navy ordered Scorpion from La Guaira to Guanoco Venezuela to protect U.S. interests. East Indian currency authority accepts 1898 proposal to keep coinage profits in gold as a separate reserve. new policy takes effect in April.
In the Senate on the 17th Money McComas and Bate discussed army reorganization and hazing at West Point. Quay’s advent drew large crowds. In the House most time went to revising postal laws. Port land laborers allowed to land. Grant memorial statue amendments proposed. Wisconsin battleship accepted conditionally. New Cleveland steel furnace blew in.
A digest of early 1900s notes: 1900 minted more coin than any prior year. Politicians from all parties denounced Germany over pension for veterans in Reichstag. Hol land submarine torpedo boat sails from Norfolk to Pensacola to join North Atlantic squadron. Duchess of Newcastle to judge Westminster Kennel Club show in February at Madison Square Garden. NYU Chancellor McCracken blocks student participation in Washington inaugural parade. Lord Curzon rumored to resign viceroy of India due to Lady Curzon’s health. The Volunteers of Zion gain permission to drill with arms but no ammunition to December 31 1901. Mrs Eliza A McCoy of Peoria dies at 85. born in McConnellsburg PA, daughter of Col Andrew Lindsay. John G Fee, abolitionist founder of Berea College, dies at Berea KY. St Louis World’s Fair bill sent back to committee for amendment. delegation to Washington expected. Cornelius and Mrs Vanderbilt skip Alfred Vanderbilt wedding at Newport and won’t give a gift. West Point hazing probe compels cadets to answer questions. witnesses told academy is on trial and hazing must end.
Illinois state news reports the will of P D Armour, valued at about 70 million dollars, will be read soon. Representatives of charitable institutions are notified to attend, with most of the estate to go to his widow and son J Ogden Armour, while the Armour Institute and hospitals are expected to receive gifts.
Joseph Leiter of Chicago heads a large company that has contracted for 2000 tons of coal daily to run 500 coke ovens at or near the new mining town of Herrin, about twelve miles from Carbondale. The ovens will be built at three principal mines and provide many jobs while utilizing slack coal previously hard to sell.
A daytime fire 18 miles east of Mount Vernon wiped out Keens business area with losses estimated at 25 000 to 40 000. Sparks from a mill engine ignited a roof near Shaw and Co causing the blaze to spread to adjoining houses. In a short time the entire area north of the Air Line track lay in ruins.
A Nashville license shows W H Carter aged 3s wed Anne Ke Crews aged 17 of Ashley. The couple’s age difference is the greatest on record in Nashville. Ashley residents are prominent, Carter a leading business man. Also reported are smallpox cases in Belle Air and Collinsville, vaccination drives, a fatal rifle accident near Rock Island, a Clinton county grip epidemic, a murder suicide attempt near Rock Island, rapid transit steps to Lookout Mountain, and a Barnett hunters club crow kill.+
The body of laborer Thomas Connell was discovered in his residence in Litchfield. He was described as about five years old.
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