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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1903
Page
6
A chaotic clipping reports a harsh new prison sentence of solitary confinement for three days and a side note on a train collision with multiple fatalities. Additional items cover French crops, Indiana power-house wreck, the Duluth to Gulf rail project, tipsters’ profits, militia strength, New York growth, Arctic expedition plans, and a fire at Secretary Hay's home.
Judge Grosscup in Chicago overrules demurrer, declares beef packing firms’ activity an interstate commerce operation. The decision upholds government theory that the packers conspired to influence livestock prices, restrict shipments, and extract abuses, potentially dissolving the alleged trust if upheld.
A group of Italians in New York allegedly defrauded life insurance companies of over 1,000,000 dollars over ten years. Conspirators reportedly paid out up to 250,000 dollars to a key participant as part of the scheme involving perjury and forged identities. Dozens of substitute bodies were used to claim policies on many lives. Targeted insurers include John Hancock, Mutual Life, and Metropolitan of Cincinnati among others.
A devastating blaze at the Clifton House in Cedar Rapids Iowa trapped more than 100 guests during the State Y M C A and Knights of P conventions. About fifty people died and many were seriously burned as guests leaped from windows and hallways filled with smoke. The three story veneered hotel suffered an estimated loss of 125000 with firefighters rescuing unconscious victims.
Immense throng fills St Peter's piazza for Pope Leo XIII jubilee reception. Pontiff carried in sedis estatoria by eight attendants, blesses crowd amid ardent cheers. Americans Maurice Burke and Edward Dunne listed among attendees. other items report burglaries, a hydrophobia death, a suicide, a shooting, a baby found at a doorstep, and various city incidents.
Illinois legislators debated and killed two judgeship bills after criticism, while a repeal of the 1901 act adding Cook County judges was upheld as unconstitutional. Senate and House measures ranged from wage assignment notices to auto speed limits and civil service of election boards, with discussions on football bans and tax on church property fueling the session.
Dr Heman Spalding of the Chicago health department warns of a wide spread smallpox outbreak across forty five states. Estimates claim about 60 000 infected with high death rates in some areas, vaccination urgency stressed amid underreporting and vaccine resistance.
A Delaware Lackawanna and Western train struck a North Jersey Street Railway trolley carrying high school students in Newark New Jersey. Eight or nine students were killed and at least fifteen injured as the crowded car could not stop before impact. Eyewitnesses describe mutilated bodies and rescuers aiding survivors at makeshift refuges.
The article notes the Pope excommunicating individuals seeking to form a national church in the Philippines. It also recalls religious leaders and events including remarks by Coadjutor Bishop Mackay- Smith of Philadelphia, a census on New York church attendance, and the Baptist congress in Boston discussing baptismal membership. It mentions Rev Eugene McDonald named Navy chaplain by President Roosevelt and identifies a Roman Catholic priest with a Red Bank parish.
The Weekly Trade Review reports wage gains from organized labor amid continued relief for congestion in key districts. It notes strong spring orders, rising fall business, and broad optimism in commodities despite sluggish steel, coke supply issues, and variable exports. Grain figures show bearish trends with high wheat exports but uneven prices across regions and winters.
The compiled table lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across major markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and New York with varying ranges for wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and hay. The figures show shipping and grading notes and reflect regional pricing for livestock and staple farm products.
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