The Columbus journal., 1903-01-14
Terrible Disastef q Martinique Tie Most
Appalling Calamity.

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Calamity.
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l Of Importance IN the new Premiere cab
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Rsllg1ows Nevswsnts In 1soz.
There has been perhaps nothing moro
! striking In the religious history of tha
1 year Just closed than the disposition OF
l religious bodies Of different names TO
0ee together in the practical prosecu-
tson OF their work. Nothing decisive Mas
yet come OF the movement for . union
| Of tAs Aethodist churches North and
0eeth. nor OF the Northern and Southern
PresoyterAnS. but progress has bsen
mo0e. The project for bringing together
the Consresationalists. the Methodise
protestants and the United Brethren has
made hopeful advance.
Besides these schemes Tor organic
l union. which In the nature ct the eAe1
move sloWly. there have been iriportAnt
cams IN ee-eperati0A And federation IN
| church wotk. Different denominations
| nANe found h practicable to divide their
neSds. and to work without waste OF
overlapping In the cities. among the scat
l tered population Of rural districtS. And
! IN mission fields. There hAS been less
Duplication n work. and q closer ao-
proAch 10 comfy In all inter-chureh r.
la0ohs than ever before. r.
The missionary activities Of the
l churches have been greatly stimulated
Most OF the foreign mission boards Are
out Of debt. New openinkS III China. IN
" uslll1ed The conventlon a Student
voleatsess IN Canada last summer
showed hundreds Of collogo-bsed youne
men and wo0en IN readiness to enter
the mission field - soOn - the Uppor-
tunity offered
Finally. the Sear has been one OF gem
erous sivins. The most remarkable single
Instance b found In the Methodist
church. Three years ago. ON watch
night" there went out from 4 opfihe-
Aeld church . call for twenty million
dollar fund for the development Of Meth
odtst religious and educational work.
Dec. u. In the same church. to the peo-
PIE asDembled to watch out tho Old Year.
Was made the onlcial announcement of
The completion Of this noble fund. II -
. great aehisvs0ene which 0ttlnOly
crowns the closing year.
Polisieas Campaign.
The lsilaleAl eanUaign which conclud-
e ~ the Novenber elections concerned
the general question Of the policy Of the
government toward hugo combinations
Of capital. TAs tariR became again also.
after long neglect. to some extent . real
political issue. and . deman0 % strong
that it could not. PRIOR to the election.
be Ignored, was raised within the Repuo-
lican party itself. for . recasting Of the
schedule Of duties. and . moderating Of
all such duties - served to strengthea
Industrial monopolies.
The elections gave the Republican par
ty . majority Of thirty in the next
HOUSE. only slightly less than its pres
ent majority.
The November Elections.
The general elections OF November = re-
Congress as follows: Republicans. 10:
Democrats. 17A
November A-Of the states In which
United States Senators are to BE- chosen
the following elected Republican lsgisla-
tures: California. Connecticut. Delaware.
Idaho. Illin0is. Indiana. Kansas. Aichi-
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. Jelkss
DENY: California. DR.. George C.. Par
dee Rep): Colorado. James H. Peabody
lain Rep): Idaho. John T. Morrison
Rep): Kansas. Willis J. Bailey Rep):
Massachusetts,. John L. Bates Rep):
Michigan. Aaron +. Bliss (Rep): Alinne-
sofa. Samuel r. Van SAINT" (Rep); Ne
braska, John II. Mickey (Rep): Nevada.
John Sparks DemL Silver): New Hamp-
shire. Nahum J. Bachelor CRsp.): NeW
North Dakota. Frank White (Rsp):
Pennsylvania. Samuel w. Psnnypacker
Rsp): Rhode Island. DR.. L. r. C. Gar
vin (Dsm): South Carolina. Duncan C.
Hayward DEM: South Dakota. Charles
N. Herreid' (Rep): Tennessee. James
b. Frazier Dem): Texas. Samuel w. =.
I.anham DsmJ: Wisconsin. Robert NJ.
LaFoliette" (Rep): Wyoming. De Forest
Riehards' Rep.).
Reelected.
New York City gave . Democratic plu-
rality Of 121.0ee.
Prince Hsnsy's Visit
Four days later and on the same day
Mrsl Stone was released. February q.
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er william Of Germany. landed IN New
York. and as the nations guest was ac-
corded a grander welcome than ever
given . foreign visitor. He came to rep
resent his brother at the launching Of
his yacht. the Meteor. built by An Ameri.
can Arm and christened by Miss Alice
Roosevelt at Shooters Island. New York.
8. On the 9th the Prince. his
suite and the diplomatic corps at Wash.
In0ton attended a session Of both Houses
Of Congress In the Senate Chamber. at
which Secretary Of State Hay delivered
hio memorial address In eulogy of the
late President Mckinley. During the re-
Of his visit the Princes special
lrain bore him westward. as far as st.
Louis. Milwaukee and Chicago. south a.
Tar as Chattanooga. where a brief but
welcome awaited him at
every stop He sailed for home on
March II. leaving . pleasant impression
pf himself behind and bearing with him
\ favorable idea Of America.
Troubles In China.
TO the story Of 1901 belongs the bloody
Boxer Outrages and the Tetributory
occupation Of Tien-Tsin and Peking BY
he allied forces Of Russia. England.
Germany, France. Austria. United States
italy and Japan. The flight Of the EN-
PRESS D0wager with her grandson. the
Emperor and the rest OF the Chinese
court and the tedious negotiations at
ending the settlement occurred In the
preceding year. but IL was not until jan
,ary that the remarkable woman who
dominates the government Of China re-
urned to Peking. With all show Of IRA.
iousness and reassuring messages to the
oreign diplomatic court reassembled
Within the Forbidden City. arrangements
Vere made for the payment Of the indem-
titles to the powers and a withdrawal Of
he allied soldiers was discussed. This
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