12 Mar 1902
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Newspaper
Davenport Daily Republican
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1902
Page
1
A Philadelphia reception underscores a mutual wish for friendship. Berlin papers note German satisfaction at Prince Henry of Prussia’s visit, praising spontaneous demonstrations of goodwill and a successful, welcoming tour of the United States.
General Frederic Funston headlined a Marquette Club banquet in Chicago with Lincoln Club involvement. Speakers included General John C. Black and Colonel Henry L. Turner. Funston condemned a peace party, spoke of 600 lives lost, criticized executions of deserters, praised Major Weller, and contrasted Cubans and Filipinos. He will tour Chicago and return to New York Thursday.
The American Window Glass company tests a new glass blowing machine at its Alexandria plant amid sharp union protests. A high fence surrounds the facility to prevent interference during tests. Workers fear job losses if the machine succeeds and patents are held by the company.
New York on March 11 doctors at Bellevue hospital faced a rare case as Mrs. Margaret Doyle of 233 West Sixteenth Street reported total absence of skin sensation. She could not feel motions during walking and reacted only to the idea of location. Tests with needles and hot or cold water showed no sensation, though other faculties remained normal. Medical ward observation began as doctors consider spinal injury or alcoholism as possible causes.
Bridgeport Conn March 11 Inven tor Gustave Whitehead who is perfect ing a flying machine in which he proposes to compete next year for the 100000 prize offered by the management of the St Louis exposition for Successful demonstration of a dirigble balloon airship or flying machine no longer has the financial support of several New York capitalists who have been backing him during the past six months Whitehead did not get along well with the agent of the men he ress of his home Whitehead will make an effort to fy.
Des Moines reports the Iowa railroad taxation bill dominates the Senate debate with crowded galleries as Senator Lewis defends the measure against a strong lobby. The House defeats Barker's plan to abolish party circles on the official ballot while considering optician licensing and drainage ditch proposals.
The Middlesex county grand jury has indicted Joseph Wilfrid Blondin alias Joseph Barnard on four counts for the murder of his wife Margaret Emma Blondin. Blondin is under arrest in New York.
St. Louis officials reveal William H. Hofmeister former supreme recorder of the Legion of Honor ran a defalcation of 30514 dollars over ten years ending shortly before his death on January 21. The loss followed his defeat in a re election within 12 hours.
Rock Island announced withdrawal from the east and westbound military pool today. The dissolution of the pool is expected following the government’s decision to force railroads to comply with the law.
In New York on March 11 attorneys argued the demurrer to a temporary injunction barring A. G. Spalding from acting as president of the National League Baseball clubs before Justice Truax. The decision was reversed.
The Canton Ohio note reports an April 16 Paris benefit for the McKinley Memorial Fund. Top actors Bernhardt Coquelin and others will perform in what is billed as the greatest theatrical fundraiser seen in France.
At the Great Northern depot in Grand Forks North Carolina sheriff seized about 10000 dollars worth of silks and fine dress goods believed linked to the missing stock of a New York firm that recently failed.
In a heated session on Cuban policy the House caucus discussed reciprocity and beet sugar proposals but did not vote. Speaker Henderson won a motion to adjourn until Tuesday after rival moves and applause for and against the plan. бах
Portland Maine March 11 Granville W. Leighton teller of the National Traders' bank is under arrest. He has confessed to a shortage of 43000.
Champaign March 11 Dr A F Nightingale of Chicago was today elected president of the board of trustees of the University of Illinois.
Chicago March 11 The Western Union governing committee orders a 2 percent rate increase on certain insurance classes effective March 17 in 18 Western states. Drafted risks include mercantile stocks, frame stores, manufacturing hazards, cold storage warehouses, mills, lumber yards, and grain elevators. Excludes dwellings above grade and standard equipment sprinklers. Chicago Milwaukee St Louis Louisville Cincinnati and Cleveland exempted from the statewide rise.
In Davy West Virginia on March 11 a jealous wife Mrs Fred Goulding killed her husband with a shot to the chest and then killed herself by a self-inflicted bullet to the left breast, authorities report the double tragedy occurred in their home.
Chicago March 11 The mileage bureau of the Western Passenger association today agreed to confine the recognition of the 2 000 mile individual tickets to the lines issuing them.
The Samoa article shows Sunday kept sacred with a quiet Sabbath morning. Congregation gathers at a white coral church, mats on sand floors, no pews, and a young Samoan parson preaches about a new Samuel for Samoa. After church, youths socialize while women sing hymns and restraint marks sixty years of Sabbath observance.
First annual report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company details $5 million congressional funding, city subscriptions, and a grand plan for a 200 acre fair with 15 mammoth buildings. Nations invited include France Japan Venezuela China Greece and Mexico while Missouri leads state funding with $1 million and Texas estimates $200,000 for its exhibit.
Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin reports on malaria breeding by anopheles near Baltimore. Hirshberg and Doehme argue eradication by mosquito control is hopeless and advocate mosquito nets and screening. They urge malaria be treated as a reportable infection and warned against spread via infected patients and mosquitoes.
Chicago March 11 Former Governor Altgeld fell into a dead faint after an impassioned appeal for the Boers in Joliet. Physicians revived him and said he was not in danger. The attack stemmed from stomach trouble.
Chicago dispatch reports at 2 20 this morning a telephone message from Joliet said Governor Altgeld was unconscious and described his condition as critical.
Marguerita Sylva, famed for creating Princess Chic, delivers a stellar performance in Miss Bob White. Critics praise her pure voice, convincing acting, and magnetic presence, noting the operatic event as a significant theatrical occurrence at Burtis next Sunday night.
Washington Special to the New York Tribune summarizes a Geological Survey section on Yosemite Sonora Markleeville Pyramid Peak and other quadrangles covering 5 110 square miles in the Sierra Nevada. It notes big sequoia groves in Calaveras and Stanislaus, tree sizes ages and fire history with estimated ages from 1300 to 4000 years, and ongoing limited reproduction in protected stands.
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