Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-01-08
Legislation Of Importance Dealt
With by Congress Shadow
Cast by the Venezuelan En-
broSlio About to Be Lifted
End of Boer War.

| iluHuTeuS OF traQeSmen VINO mad antlc1-
pated large profits found themselves i'm
poverished, and an expectant sadness
| prevailed throughout the empire. Slowly.
| however the King began to improve. and
on August the ceremony took place.
IL was gorgeous affair and one that
would have been long remembered as
having eclipsed all former jubilees had 1t
not been for the unfortunate postpone
ment and the serious illness of the King.
On July II Lord Salisbury resigned the
| Premiership of Great Britain and was
succeeded the following day by his
| nephew, Arthur James Balfour. Two
days later Sir Michael Hicks-Beach re-
signed as Chancellor of the Exchequer,
but since that there has been no change
of Importance in the new Premier's cab
met
Religious Movements in 1902.
There has been perhaps nothing more
striking In the religious history of the
year just closed than the disposition of
religious bodies Of different names to
get together" in the practical prosecu-
ton of their work Nothing decisive has
yet come of the movement for a union
of the Methodist churches North and
South. nor of the Northern and Southern
Presbyterians. but progress has been
made. The project for bringing together
the Congregationaiists. the Methodist
| protestants and the United Brethren has
made hopeful advance
|
churches have been greatly stimulated.
Most of the foreign mission boards are
out of debt. New openings In China. in
| the Philippines and elsewhere are eager
| ly utilized. The convention of Student
| Volunteers in Canada last summer
showed hundreds of college-bred young
men and women in readiness to enter
the mission field as soon as the oppor-
| tunity offered. .s
Finally, the year has been one of gen.
erous giving. The most remarkable single
instance is found in the Methodist
church. Three years ago, on watch
| night" there went out from Spring
field church a call for a twenty million
| dollar fund for the development of Meth
| odist religious and educational work
| Dec. 81 in the same church, to the peo-
pie assembled to watch out the Old Year.
was made the official announcement of
the completion of this noble fund. 1t is
a great achievement, which fttingly
crowns the closing year.
The November Elections.
The general elections of November re-
suited In the election of the Fifty-eigh
Congress as follows: Republicans, 20S.
| Democrats, ITS.
November 4.-Of the states in which
United States Senators are to be chosen
the following elected Republican legisla-
| lures: California, Connecticut Delaware.
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas. Micht-
gan, New Hampshire, New York, North
Dakota, Pennsylvania. South Dakota.
Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. Demo-
cratic legislatures were chosen in Colo
RADIO, Florida, Missouri Nevada. North
Carolina and South Carolina.
The following state governors were
elected: Alabama. William D. Jelks'
(Dem); California. DR.. George C. Par
dee (Rep.); Colorado James H. Peabody
(Rep): Connecticut. Abiram Chamber
lain (Rep9; Idaho. john T.. Morrison
(Rep); Kansas, Willis J. Bailey (Rep):
Massachusetts. John l.. Bates (Rep.);
Michigan. Aaron T. Bliss (Rep.): Mime
sofa, Samuel K. Van Sant' (Rep.): Me-
braska. John H. Mickey (Rep); Nevada.
John Sparks Oem. Silver); New Hamp-
shire. Nahum J. Bachelor CRep); New
York, Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.' (Rep);
North Dakota, Frank White (Rep.):
Pennsylvania, Samuel w. Pennypacker
(Rep); Rhode Island DR.. L. F. c. Gar
vim Dem); South Carolina. Duncan C..
Hayward Dem); South Dakota. Charles
N. Herreid' CRep); Tennessee. James
| b. Frazier (Dem.); Texas, Samuel w. t.
Lanham Dem); Wisconsin. Robert NJ.
LaFollette' (Rep); Wyoming. De Forest
Richards (Rep.).
| sRe-elected. ...e. ... Ell
New York City gave Democratic plu-
| rality of 121.0O0
Prince Henry's Visit.
| Four days later and on the same day
| Mrs. Stone was released February %.
| Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Kais-
er William of Germany. landed in New
York, and as the nations guest was ac-
| corded a grander welcome than ever
| given a foreign visitor. He came to rep
| resent his brother at the launching of
| his yacht, the Meteor, built by an Ameri-
can firm and christened by Miss Alice
Roosevelt at Shooters Island, New York.
February rs. On the 9th the Prince, his
suite and the diplomatic corps at Wash
ington attended session of both Houses
| of Congress in the Senate Chamber, at
which Secretary of State Hay delivered
| his memorial address in eulogy of the
late President Mckinley. During the re-
mainder of his visit the Princes special
train bore him westward, as far as st.
| Louis, Milwaukee and Chicago, south as
far as Chattanooga, where a brief but
! enthusiastic welcome awaited him at
| every stop. He sailed for home on
March IL, leaving pleasant impression
of himself behind and bearing with him
| a favorable idea of America.
Troubles in China.
To the story of 1901 belongs the bloody
| Boxer" outrages and the retributory
| occupation of Tien-Tsin and Picking by
the allied forces of Russia. England,
Germany France. Austria. United States.
Italy and Japan. The flight of the EN-
| press Dowager with her grandson the
Emperor. and the rest of the Chinese
court and the tedious negotiations at
| tending the settlement occurred In the
! preceding year, but 1t was not until jan
| uary 7 that the remarkable woman who
dominates the government of China re-
turned to Picking. With all show of graz
ciousness and reassuring messages to the
foreign diplomatic court reassembled
within the Forbidden City, arrangements
were made for the payment of the indem-
mites to the powers and withdrawal OF
the allied soldiers was discussed. This
evacuation was delayed because of fear
created by Russas attitude in Manchu-
ria. The diplomats of the other allies
feared her intention to retain possession
of that province. but when England and
the United States entered compact to
preserve the integrity of the Celestial
Kingdom and England and Japan allied
themselves to maintain the open gate"
for trade the fear passed and by the
Manchurian convention Russia disclaims
her intention to annex territory and lin
its her occupation to military force
sufficient to protect her great railroad.
This and the gradual reduction OF the al
lied troops marks the close of the very
one-sided Chinese war. True, there has
been slight hitch In the payment of the
indemnities. China claiming the right to
settle on silver basis, the allies de-
manding a gold standard. Aside from
this nothing Of International interest has
occurred In China The rebellion In the
southern provinces was entirely Chi
nese affair.