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Newspaper
Champaign Daily News
Location
Champaign, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1903
Page
1
David Roy and Grakeman involved in a street clash with George Williams at the park near Burnham Avenue. The melee left Roy with a deep arm wound and Williams accused of assault. Witnesses describe a tense scene around the pavilion as park officials and bystanders watched in alarm.
Fragmented clippings report Blaisdell seeking 64 million for a dispute tied to government bonds and Me railroad construction. Chicago and Indianapolis figures discuss legal strategy, with brokers and banks named. August notes mention a sensational claim about a daughter and a new dormitory story from The News.
Homer Manspile was held to the grand jury in Urbana on a larceny charge over selling mortgaged property. His wife Mrs Manspile accompanied him. a sheriff's pursuit ended with their capture in a hedge. State's Attorney Miller planned three additional counts including kidnapping and assault to murder.
Danville Illinois August 17 Special Officer Briggs of the Wabash shoots a passenger during an excursion train quarrel between Kenshall of St Paul and another man. Kenshall wounded in leg and body, taken to St Elizabeth hospital for operation. He is about 27 years old.
In Salt Lake City on August 17, Andy Adams, a waiter, fatally slashed his estranged wife Mrs Gerald, the divorced spouse of a Butte restaurant owner, then leaped from a second story window, slashing his own throat. Both are dying.
President Roosevelt directed naval maneuvers in Long Island Sound aboard the Mayflower with Secretary Moody and Admiral Dewey. Excursion boats from New York and nearby states carried crowds as the nineteen ships conducted reviews off Center Island amid salute volleys and ceremonial departures.
Approximately 3100 attendees from nearby areas enjoyed a large Champaign tournament event. The M. W. A. group and local bands participated, with tickets selling out in advance and plans announced for a Champaign tournament on September 13.
A grand jury returned sixty four indictments against hotelkeepers, saloonkeepers, and grocers for operating slot machines used for gambling. The case highlights a broad crackdown on gambling in the city with charges pending against multiple small business owners.
General Miles says he will serve if elected commander in chief of the Grand Army. Connecticut and New York veterans campaign for him, opposing General Black who may withdraw if Miles gains support. Resolutions criticising the administration’s Miles policy are expected as delegations flood in to San Francisco for the event.
Paris August 17 A solemn memorial service for last week's underground railway disaster victims was held at Notre Dame cathedral this morning. Cardinal Ricard pronounced the absolution of the dead. Sacred Jewish relics buried in St. Petersburg ceremony followed a riot desecration. Twenty thousand Jews formed a procession and chanted.
A string of rail and trolley accidents reports two dead and numerous injuries. Wis Chicago aged mail clerk W Nortman killed. A P Rietman Judd Cash Tweishel Samuel Evans among the injured. New Haven trolley crash injures two. gatekeeper arrested. Peru Indiana adds Ballinger Barker deaths and Armstrong Miller injuries. Berlin reports three killed forty injured in Rother Kirchen to Oberek Rinita derailment.
Senor Jose Macedo, famed Spanish grande, left artillery life to become a torero and made his debut Sunday killing six bulls in a dexterous display. Society applauded the new matador while public opinion remained mixed.
Aug 17 announces fifty two additional battalions called out in response to escalating Macedonian crisis. The report notes the rapid mobilization as authorities brace for broader conflict.
Stephen E Hall formerly of Aurora Illinois and a clerk in the Census Office and later in the Department of Commerce and Labor shot himself at his Washington home on Thirteenth Street N W. He had been in poor health and despondent, left a candy gift for a Georgetown woman, a note to Senator Hopkins and a poem titled How to Die. His body was to be sent to Aurora.
The Sisters at St Mary's convent are presented with a handsome Axminster carpet for their chapel as friends of the parish show appreciation for twenty five years of labor by the nuns. Alumni and parish supporters, including Mrs J Harris and the McMahon and Donley families, continue collecting contributions.
Indicted rioters near trial as venire of fifty petit jurors to be drawn for Monday May 24. Prisoners arraigned May 15. plea expected. Venire from county to cover all walks of life to avoid bias. Also reports of a runaway, a fatal horse accident near Greeswey with victims identified.
Willem E. Curtis, traveler and lecturer, addressed between 2,400 and 3,000 attendees Sunday afternoon in Twin City on Bereal City Rome and Vatican reminiscents of Leo Nik. The event included readings and songs by local groups and was followed by a reception. The program featured Rev G A Praner introducing Curtis, with subsequent musical and literary performances.
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