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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1899
Page
1
In Boston a meeting gathered about 200 Mayflower descendants. A woman defeated rivals by presenting a genealogical chart proving 20 Mayflower claims, while broader notes reflect on Filipino distrust of European promises and the shift toward candid, direct U.S. actions in pacification efforts.
At a Pitts burgh meeting a ten percent wage rise was arranged for 7,500 workers. The move is described as a sign of returning prosperity, reflecting frequent wage increases across the United States.
The navy department decides that vessels of the monitor class will be used hereafter exclusively for harbor defense. The monitors have served memorably, including crossings of the Pacific and reaching Manila during a critical period in international affairs.
The passage imagines Admiral Dewey avoiding a Washington home and instead touring the United States for ten years, reconnecting with former Vermont schoolmates and expanding acquaintance with Americans nationwide.
A joint high commission report from Samoa, supporting Admiral Kautz in dethroning Mataafa, signals an international end to Samoa troubles. It is now considered exceedingly probable the commission will submit such a report.
Foreseen impacts of Klondike discoveries on Alaska boundary dispute suggest widening autriculties for settlement. The author blames Canada for most difficulties, noting an amicable agreement would have been reached sooner if only England and the United States were parties.
Some experts predict a small US wheat crop and a large European harvest. Under this scenario, exports could fall heavily next fall and winter, shrinking the favorable balance of trade from its recent peak toward near vanishing or total disappearance.
Twenty five years ago U S children learned Connecticut has two capitals Stratford and New Haven. After the beginning of June they must drop saying Newport and Providence are Rhode Island’s two capitals. Newport will lose its status and become a health resort after two centuries as a capital.
Connecticut board of health reports April mortality in 35 towns. Small towns show 15.8 deaths per 1000 with 66 100 population, while Latowns records 17.0 with 225099 people. The board says larger cities benefit from better water and sewerage systems.
Tagel envoys visiting Manila show no definite position or surrender offer on American sovereignty. Their recent multi day stay was a spectacular triumph, while soldiers and observers felt the display went too far under civil commission indulgence.
The article hopes that the recently resumed cordial relations between the United States and Spain will endure. It notes a permanent improvement compared with past tensions from colonial times through the Cuban War, when Spain and the United States were constant neighbors with frequent irritation.
The 30th issue carries a startling Manila report that Aguinaldo is dead but lacks verification or a recognized source. Also noted is Judge John Mackey of Sandusky’s death on the 25th at 82, leaving a widow and three sons plus a daughter.
A night train wreck on the Reck Island line near Link Creek southeast of Waterloo Iowa results in nine deaths and twenty injuries. Among the victims is Lena Douts and her brother, with Lena accused of murdering her father. Lightning kills Louis EK Bert in Oxford township and windstorm causes multiple fatalities and property damage across Michigan and New York stations.
The United States cable ship Hooker arriving from New York to Manila, the Italian parliament reassembling, and the ninth failed attempt to refloat the Paris after stranding off England are noted. A Hackensack meteorologist predicts a June blizzard. Hong Kong reports 498 bubonic plague cases and 436 deaths since March, with a recent day adding 36 new infections. Colorado Springs pest house shows eight smallpox cases, all but one in one house linked to a Puebla visit.
The steamer Umbria bound for Europe sailed from New York on the 27th and took out 415000 ounces of silver. A Berlin tuberculosis congress stressed that bread disease is not caused by sanitation alone. England leads in low mortality with 1558 per 1,000,000, while sparsely settled Russia shows 4000 per 1,000,000.
The Merchants and Manufacturers association of Los Angeles pushes the War Department to place a camp there for soldiers finishing service in the Philippines. Support argues southern California climate suits those acclimated to tropical conditions.
A group of Illinois obituaries and notices recount deaths in Carlinville Murphysboro Kalb Genoa and Edwardsville plus a Peoria melee near Elgin. A Chicago daylight holdup at Halsted and Boston ends with Thomas Fitzpatrick overpowering two would be robbers after a bold defense. He later reflects on facing the danger.
A meeting of state charitable institution superintendents was held in Springfield to assess needs and how to best use General Assembly appropriations. Gov. Tanner noted estate institutions are cramped and require enlargements to serve the growing number of applicants seeking admission.
In Chicoago, ten years after Dr. W E Farrell’s death, his daughter Gertrude V Reber guardian to her insane mother announces a claim for one third of property valued at $2000 she says belonged to Mrs Farrell. Purchasers unaware of the wife’s insanity or the late husband’s status.
Emma Galfre sought divorce from Louis Galfre in 1505 after a second marriage to the same man. The court dismissed the first suit. she later married River Thatcher. Louis Galfre had her arrested for bigamy, and she began another divorce suit, obtaining a degree and remarrying Thatcher recently. The case against her will be dropped.
The Aesculapian Society of the Wa bash Valley held its fifty second semi annual meeting in Charleston. Twelve papers of interest to the profession were read and discussed. Attendance was large. Officers listed include President J Ob Mandeville Chile J, vice president J P Worrell Verre Haute Ind, secretary and treasurer H McKennan Paris I.
A group of young Hebrews in Peoria aged over 20 formed a protective club. Its sole object is to guard members and to reimburse those who fail in their matrimonial conquests.
Twenty five society girls collected fares on Champaign street cars to raise funds for Burnham hospital. The event enforced the no change rule and drew local social figures into a charity effort.
Paris hearers stage a tense session as Maitre De Beaupre argues for a revision and retrial of the 1894 conviction. He asserts Esterhazy forged the bordereau and urges a court-martial anew, while M Maneau counters with fresh findings and calls the case open to doubt. In London, Queen Victoria reportedly plans cataract surgery after Parliament.
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