The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-09
Legislation Of Importance Dealt
With by Congress Shadow
Cast by the Venezuelan En-
broklio About to Be Lifted
End of Boer War.

br06llo About to BE Lifted
End of Boer War.
fore 1862 began and the end of the Roer
war was even more welcome, because 1t
enabled Edward to don his crown in
time of perfect peace. AS the days drew
near the Amha ssadors from the farthest
ends OF the earth came to London. al
ready overcrowded by visitors from all
lands. The ceremonies, retaining nearly
all the medieval formaltles. were care
fuily planned and minutely rehearsed.
while the public rushed eagerly to buy
seats erected along the line OF march and
the nobility of the realm concerned them
selves with the ceremony in the Abbey.
Inc KING came up to London in very III
health. On the 24th of June he took to
ms bed, and on the following day
terle or the most eminent physicians and
surgeons of the realm determined that an
operation was necessary to save him from
death of an ailmcnt closely resembling
appendicitis. On the 18th Sir Frederick
Treves performed the operation. and for
many days the King hovered between life
ana death Cor2nation gayety gave place
| 10 gloom thousands of visitors. including
| some OF the ambassadors. returned home.
Hundreds Of tradesmcn who had antici-
pated large profits found themselves i'm
| poVerlshed. and eXpectanI sadness
| prevailed throughout the empire. Slowly.
! however The King began to improve. and
on August the ceremony took place.
Religious Movements in 1902.
There has been perhaps nothing mora
| 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 prosccu-
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 congregationalists, the Methodist,
| protestants and the United Brethren has,
| made hopeful advance
Finally. the year has been one Of gen.
| erous giving. The most remarka Bile single
| instance is found in the Methodist
| church. Three years ago, on watch
| night there went out from a SPRING
| field church call for a twenty million
| dollar fund for the development of Meth
odlSt 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 IL
| 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 eighth
Congress as follows: Republicans. co3;
Democrats, 178.
November 4-Of the states in which
United States Senators to be chosen
| the following elected Republican legIsla-
tures: California Connecticut Delaware,
Idaho, Illinois Indiana. Kansas. Michi-
gan. New Hampshire. New York. North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota.
Utah. Washington and Wisconsin Demo-
cratic legislatures were chosen in Colo
rado, Florida. Missouri. Nevada. North
Carolina and South Carolina.
The following state governors were.
elected: Alabama. William ID. Jeikss
Dem): California. DR.. George c. Par
dee Rcp): Colorado. James II. Peabody
RepJ; Connecticut Abiram Chamber
RepJ. Kansas, Willis J. Bailey Rep):
ssachusetts. John l.. Bates URep):
Michigan, Aaron r. Rliss' CRep); Mime
sofa, Samuel X. Van SAINT (Rep): Ne
braska. John H. Mickey Rep): Nevada.
John Sparks tDcm. Silver: New Hamp-
shire, Nahum J. Bachelor tRep): New
York, Benjamin b. Odell, Jr.' (Rep.):
North Dakota. Frank White tRep):'
Pennsylvania. Samuel w Pennypacker
Rep): Rhode Island. DIR. l.. F.. c. Gar
vim (Dem.); South Carolina. Duncan c.
Hayward Dem): South Dakota. Charles
B. Frazier Dem); Texas, Samuel w. T.
Lanham DemD; Wisconsin. Robert n.
LaFollette' CRep): Wyoming. DE Forest
Richards (Rep.).
'Rc elected.
New York City gave Democratic plu-
raIity Of 12l.Ooo
Prince Henry's Visit
Four days later and on the same day
Mrs Stone was released, February q,
Prince Henry of Prussia. brother of Kais-
er William of Germany. landed in New
York and as the nations guest was ac-
corded 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 Amerf-
can firm and christened by Miss Alice
Roosevelt at Shooters Island, New York.
February Is. On the 9th the Prince his
suite and the diplomatic corps at WASH
ington attended a 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 ~
far as Chattanooga. where a brief but
enthusiastic welcome awaited him at
every stop. He sailed for home on
March II. 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 retrrbutory
occupation of Ticn-Tsin and PekinE By
the allied forces of Russia. England.
Germany. France. Austria, United States.
Italy and Japan. The flight of tho En-
press Dowager with her grandson. the
ths Mt