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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
2
The New York courts uphold one year imprisonment for Herr Most. Upon release he faces a new congressional anti anarchy act, with a harsher potential sentence.
A Havana dispatch notes 486000 tons of sugar in Cuba awaiting reciprocity talks with the United States. The prompt asks how reducing duty on this sugar would benefit Cuba’s treasury and people as a whole, implying higher revenue or wider economic gains from freer trade. The source presents the query without stating outcomes.
The Minneapolis Times notes a Wisconsin man who attempted to hypnotize a bull expects to be out again in about six weeks. It contrasts this with severe injuries from a crash, where multiple ribs are fractured, shoulders caved in, and a face distorted, making short-term racing impossible.
Americans who attended the dinner hosted by Ambassador Choate saw no worship of royalty but a broader European trend toward recognizing democracy. The encounter highlighted cross Atlantic appreciation for democratic ideals rather than monarchist sentiment.
A Pretoria dispatch says many surrendering Boers are youngsters of eleven years old and upward. Gen De Wet praises their fighting qualities. If Boers of eleven can handle a rifle, Gen Smith must have had reason to look after Filipinos who often brandish a holo. The tropical youth ripens early.
The piece mocks a Boston ruling that a man cannot be held for drunkenness without evidence of voluntary drinking. It decries assumed forcible imbibing and jokes about forcing an old inebriate to drink, calling the notion humorous and absurd.
The Automobile Club of America suspended two members for driving cars at excessive speeds during an endurance run. The article notes that within months the horseless carriage will be made safe for occupants and for all travelers on national roads.
The House passed the Senate bill creating a reclamation fund from public land sales to finance irrigation works. The measure limits government commitment to construction and maintenance within the state or territory of the land and does not commit beyond that.
Countess de Rochambeau, on the eve of returning home, remarks on Roosevelt’s strong character. She recalls sitting beside him at a Washington dinner and praises his wit, judgment, and enthusiasm, saying few in France possess such manly characteristics.
Senor Buencamino, once Aguinaldo's cabinet head, who recently visited St. Louis, says Filipinos are rapidly Americanizing and children are going to school. He notes unprecedented prosperity and happiness since Spanish rule ended, and he strongly favors the Philippines remaining part of the United States and growing with it.
From various locales it appears St Louis is not alone in municipal corruption. Public office is described as a synonym for private swap by many officials. It seems odd that men who present as respectable providers would join pickpockets and highway robbers in public perception.
The senate and house discuss isthmian canal fate, Panama or Nicaragua, and public pension, wound up in private pension legislation. Major actions include isthmus debate, district appropriation, and a war cost inquiry. Notable events: a fatal train wreck near Mexico, Missouri, and Mont Pelée activity heard in St Thomas.
Maj Gen Leonard Wood to visit President Roosevelt at the White House for several weeks. London reports King Edward VII advised by physicians to skip public engagements during coronation strain. Nebraska GOP convention deadlock ends with E J Hinshaw nominated on ballot 343. Bland Memorial unveiling in Lebanon Missouri honors Richard Parks Bland with about six thousand attendees. Carey J McAllister of Newark arrested at White House over mental concerns after a revolver claim. Estes Rathbone, former Cuba posts director, released to sail to New York after amnesty bill signed in June. he had been sentenced to ten years and fined $35,000 in post office fraud case.
In the senate the Spooner substitute for the Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill was adopted 42 to 34, two amendments approved, and the bill passed 67 to 6. A conference with the house on army appropriation amendments was requested. House debates Philippine government bill and Martinique volcano news. Fatal train accident in South Carolina and a drowning death in Oklahoma linked to water intoxication. Kilpatrick transport arrives with casualties from Manila. King Albert of Saxony dies at 74.
On the 17th the Denver building trades council agreed to arbitrate with the Contractors' association to end a four week strike that halted about 4000 workers and stalled the city’s building industry. The Ancient Order of United Workmen planned its next session for St Paul. On the 18th W McMichael, who killed E W Johnson in Oklahoma City, died from his wounds after being shot the previous day.
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS report Murry Manus shot Geo Breeden two miles north of Dean Arkansas on Friday. Other items include Evans welcomed to London by a large gathering with Gen Joseph Wheeler among the speakers. Charles Manewal of National Biscuit Co. in St Louis is dead. Initial reports of a Philadelphia fire were corrected with twelve injured. Burns cottage and Stirling castle planned for St Louis World’s Fair site. Mount Vernon Illinois suffered its worst fire in a year, with $10,000 loss.
Reports from Illinois cover Wanamaker eyeing a Chicago department store, deaths from accidents including a wagon runaway and a horse kick, a fatal drowning at Crooked Creek, and multiple local obituaries. Also noted are a fire destroying A E Bell’s Casey residence, a Hinsdale rail accident, college leadership news, and calls for a Robert E Lee statue.
Levi Simmons of O Fallon dies after lingering illness aged 74 a longtime Freemason and ex office holder J T Atherton of Grayville dies of heart disease aged 65 Civil War veteran Odd Fellow Margery Cooper 73 of Jacksonville Anton Voss 58 prominent Breese citizen Thomas H Graham 63 Shelby county veteran county clerk 12 years Noah Syfert 72 long Shelby county resident Mrs Margaret Thummel 66 Red Bud Mrs Anthony Kleber 72 Carlyle David Johnson 93 Virginia Civil War veteran from North Carolina David Clark Eureka wealthy citizen Mrs W D Deweese Blooming ton David R White 50 Sandoval at Keysport Mrs J P Baldwin Mulberry Grove heart failure
The Democratic convention in Springfield nominated John L. Picker ing for Clerk of the Supreme Court, George W. Duddleston for State Treasurer, Anson L. Biss for Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Dr. Julian Holmes Smith J A White and 8 B Maxwell for State University trustees. Henry Hamilton of Quincy was found dead five miles south of the city believed struck by lightning. Mrs Snyder of Charleston had deafness for 19 years until a teaspoon crash restored her hearing.
Louise Oxley aged 12 daughter of R A Oxley of Clinton dies at grandmother's home in Centralia from lockjaw following a double fracture of the arm two weeks earlier.
Gov Yates issues requisition for the governor of Kansas to extradite George W Livingston, wanted in Decatur on a grand larceny charge.
Charles Oller son of David Oller a prominent Pana businessman drowned while swimming in a pond with companions. Details of the accident and the identity of other swimmers are limited in the report.
Miss Myrtle Scott of the Garment Workers' union was elected carnival queen at Bloomington with backing from the local unions. The selection highlighted support from union members and affiliated workers in the event.
Pretoria June 19. Lord Kitchener telegraphs Generals Botha Delarey and De Wet praising burgher surrender and urging a new era of reconciliation. He notes the loyal conduct of the burghers and the British king and people’s desire to welcome them as fellow citizens.
Lord Kitchener’s dispatch from Pretoria dated June 16 reports 915 Boers surrendering, completing Transvaal capitulations. On June 17, 700 Boers surrendered at Bloemfontein, totaling 11,225 men and 10,813 rifles in Transvaal and 5,395 men and 5,280 rifles in the Orange River Colony. Cape Colony totals awaited. military operations cease with civil authority handover.
The Gazette prints Lord Kitchener reports dated April 8 1902 noting Gen Metheun defeated and captured after mounted troops failed to resist and abandoned infantry and guns. A March 31 dispatch praises Canadian defenders at Brakspruit as among the finest acts of heroism in the campaign.
Crowds filled streets around the Bank of England during coronation illumination tests last night as traffic was halted. Pedestrian throngs were dense and at times rough, with illuminations on the bank and in Princess and Lombard streets described as very effective. In Denver a post office robbery is under a Washington-led probe after clerks left registered mail on a table, aiding burglars.
Secretary Root informed the Senate on June 20 that total Philippine War costs to date amount to 170,826,586 dollars. Prewar expenses of the Philippine commission were advanced from the U.S. treasury and later reimbursed from Philippine funds. Expenditures by year show 1898 through 1902 totals with liabilities of about 473,072 dollars.
Washington June 20 Gen Jacob H Smith ordered to San Francisco to await orders after Manila court martial. He had been sent to command the Texas department before trial. execution suspended pending court martial, but home return is viewed as confirmation of acquittal in military circles.
Authorities in Pottawatomie county investigate the death of four year old Arthur Peu re near Shawnee. He died days after companions allegedly subjected him to the water cure by submerging him in the Canadian river until his lungs and stomach filled with water.
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