22 Mar 1902
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1902
Page
1
A report notes Mr. Carnegie breaking a daily record by moving 38 libraries in a day and remarks on his wealth optimism. It also describes another Boer group escaping pursuit by stampeding two herds of cattle through British lines, likening Kitchener to a zoo manager amid chaos.
One veteran of 1812 remains alive and has just received a pension increase. The piece notes the Mexican War soldiers are few and feeble, but asserts that Uncle Sam has nothing to regret in its system of caring for these brave men who offered their lives in defense of the nation.
A satirical note claims the Congress of Mothers resolved to abolish the cradle due to rocking harming babies. The Congress of Fathers is warned to brace for trouble as walking by night is suggested.
On July 8 Gen. Nitchener reported 13,500 Boers un der arms. Since then he cites Boer casualties and surrenders at 13,873. The arithmetic suggests another military blunder in the tally.
The secretary of state estimates Michigan’s bean crop in 1900 at 3,012,472 bushels, the largest since 1896’s 3,049,135. The estimated value is about $6,000,000, reflecting the state’s top producing year.
The passage contrasts Mrs Astor's view of a gentleman with George Eliot's sharp definition of a fine lady. Eliot calls a fine lady a squirrel-headed thing with small airs and small notions about life, likening her attitude to using tweezers to clear a forest.
Dun and Bradstreet forecast robust spring conditions with all industries operating at full capacity for months. Trade is lively, manufacturers are issuing large orders, and consumers are absorbing supplies as freely as ever.
China confronts another uprising with enhanced outside scrutiny from the United States, Japan, and European powers. The Boxer upheaval of 1900 taught the Chinese government that foreign intervention can curb domestic immunity to foreign surveillance.
A Louisiana petition asks Congress to appropriate money to complete and maintain the monument marking Jacksons victory over the British at Chalmette near New Orleans. Louisiana began the monument long ago but has left it unfinished due to lack of funds.
The island of Porto Rico attracts attention as a potential future supplier of bananas. Its geographic position climatic conditions and political status make expanded cultivation plausible and could add significantly to its commercial resources by extending banana production.
The announcement states France will have a larger display at the St Louis World's fair than at Chicago in 1893. It cites sentimental ties and commemorates events in which France was intimately involved, with several reasons for the increased purpose.
General Lord Methuen, defeated and captured by Boer commander De larey, has been released and returned unharmed save for a wound. The Boers’ decision to spare him astonishes Britain, amid fears of retaliation for the execution of General Scheepers.
A condensed report covers days in Congress from April 14 to 19 noting ship subsidy debate in the Senate, House action on post office and river and harbor bills, pension bills totaling 229 passed, and measures on Philippine correspondence, presidential protection, and memorial services for Stokes and Crump.
On the 18th Senator McMillan introduced a bill to make all U S paper currency except bank notes form post checks to secure safer mail transmission. On the 18th Representative Hill proposed subsidi ary silver coins from treasury bullion under the 1892 act.
On the 18th Ohio in assembly approved 75000 dollars for a St Louis World Fair representation. A Jamaica chamber of commerce meeting urged government action on possible Isthmian canal with a dock and sea wall. Secretary Hitchcock sent to the Senate a Yellowstone park enlargement bill citing game protection. Senator Proctor introduced a Chinese exclusion law extending current policy. New York cotton exchange backed Good Friday and the following Saturday as holidays. Fifty Russian and Polish students expelled from Prussian technical schools for political agitation.
On the 19th the Servian cabinet tendered its resignation after the national assembly adopted civil service reform against the ministry’s wishes. Also on the 19th the New York state assembly rules committee favorably reported a bill to appropriate $100,000 for New York’s representation at the Louisiana Purchase exposition in St. Louis.
In the senate on the 20th the session focused on a bill protecting the president with debate for and against. the house made slow progress on the river and harbor bill, defeating every amendment. The Franco Russian note on China was handed to Hay by ambassadors Cambon and Cassini. Hayti remains politically unstable with arrests and ships moving prisoners, while Henry C. Hale, a former soldier, was killed by a train in Eas. In Brooklyn, Charles Weston beat William McCune 125 to 71 in the professional pool championship. The American Telephone Co. reports earnings of 11,606,816 with net revenue 7,898,285 and surplus 2,048,262. The Anglia completed the Australia-New Zealand cable link via Doubtless bay. Free postal delivery starts at St. Charles, Missouri, on July 1.
Four injured in a Nickel Plate wreck in Indiana. A Beaumont Texas gas well spews stones 1000 feet high. Bowen trial in Pike county Missouri draws attention. Colombian liberals barred from night streets until order restored. Lord Beresford warns Britain on reverses in South Africa. Sixteen hundred St. Louis union painters quit for 60 cent raise. DC Court of Appeals declines reopening Lone Wolf suit. Boer delegates attend Altgeld funeral in Chicago. Ed Butler jailed in St. Louis on bribery charge, bond set at 1000. US Steel and Wire Co wins copper wire contract for St Louis World’s Fair, price 200000. Kentucky oil gusher yields sixty barrels per hour in Knox county. Gen Charles Stepham, Fallon Ill., Civil War general, dies at 76. Confederate Gen D H Reynolds dies at Lake Villagre Arkansas. Helena Montana court rules express license tax unconstitutional.
At Quincy Fred Moecker, 30, killed his wife after a premeditated attempt to murder her. He wounded her, then shot himself in a woodshed. A letter dated March 13 explains the plan to kill wife and children. He was son of Herman Moecker, a former hotel businessman, and had inherited money he spent riotously.
Recent obituaries list Elizabeth Dentha aged 81 of Ridgway and Dennis Boll aged 70 a large farmer near Greenup. Albert B. Davidson of Lexington aged 39, former police magistrate, and William Pendergrass aged 71 near Carlyle are remembered. Nancy D B Goodman aged 79 of New Baden and Edwin C. Carter of Colorado Springs mourned, father of ex Senator Carter. Two Jacksonville residents Mrs. J C Adams aged 83 and Mrs. M F Browning aged 81, Kentucky natives, are listed as buried in Pana.
Mr and Mrs Nic Matsler aged 71 and 69 lifelong Clement township residents Clinton County celebrate fifty years of marriage at their home southeast of Huey They wed fifty years ago near their current residence James Potts 44 a bachelor near Keyesport killed himself with a revolver leaving a note for relatives He survived tragedy and health scare Henry Maibes a coal mine worker at Trenton drank muriacic acid reportedly to ease illness but was saved by prompt medical care
David Mitchell celebrated his 101st birthday at Lincoln. Born in County Mayo Ireland on St Patrick’s Day 1801 he emigrated to America in 1848 settling in Ohio then Illinois in 1865. He lives near Burtonview on a farm with his son Peter. father of 12 children, eight living, scattered across the west. He has never had a photograph taken and forbids a Kodak.
J. J. Ricketts aged 62 and Miss Lizzie Vitts eloped from Pana to Mattoon and were married. Vitts is a leading local young lady, while Ricketts is the Republican township supervisor nominee. To avoid suspicion she went straight to Mattoon while he traveled via Decatur.
Sheriff Crane secured a verdict of 500 dollars at Anna against Pacific Express Co for the reward offered for the capture of Anderson, who stole 10000 dollars from the company at Stuttgart Arkansas.
Orin P. Cowen once chief clerk at the Northern Illinois hospital for the insane and prominent in state politics died by his own action in Rockford.
The Illinois department of the Grand Army of the Republic plans its thirty sixth annual encampment in Rock Island on May 21 and 22, 1902 under ex Mayor William McConochie. Col N B Thistlewood reports high interest with invitations to President Roosevelt and numerous dignitaries, and notes Rock Island arsenal as a place of Civil War era relevance. The roster lists officers led by Thistlewood with 795 posts in Illinois and growing mortality, plus travel rates from the Western Passenger Association.
The board of trustees at Shurtlett college in Upper Alton prepares for the seventy fifth annual commencement and a jubilee program as the school completes three quarters of a century this year. The executive committee will meet soon to decide key celebration details. Shurtleff is described as the oldest school in the west.
The high court will decide if the two per cent tax on premiums for reinsurance is lawful. Earlier rulings covered straight life insurance, but reinsurance presents a new constitutional question for the court to resolve.
Judge Wright, acting civil governor, shares a private view from Manila that insurrection is limited to two Luzon provinces and Samar. He says most islands remain peaceful, with Americans living unarmed and going about their routines while authorities build houses and farms. He urges using natives in policing as in British practice.
Washington March 21 The Miles statements to the military committee stirred strong interest at the War Department as officials questioned whether he had exposed himself to discipline by criticizing other officers. The issue mirrors last week when General Hughes testified before the Philippine committee and raised questions about constitutional limits on answering questions. Miles now allows publication by the committee, insisting press reports misrepresented his remarks.
Washington March 21 Represent ative Burleson of Texas introduced in the house a resolution of inquiry asking the president to transmit to the house all correspondence and papers related to Lieut Gen Miles's request to be assigned to duty in the Philippines and to implement a plan aiming to end hostilities there without further loss of life.
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