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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1903
Page
10
Civil War veteran Thomaan Lunney, blind for over thirty years, shot his wife at their Philadelphia home before fatally wounding himself. Police report Lunney, driven by chronic illness and gloom, used a revolver on his wife and then to himself, leaving authorities to consider the case a domestic tragedy.
A garbled historical item recounts Calamity Jane resuming her frontier life in Wyoming after years seeking a peaceful existence. The piece mixes other crime notes and dramatic events, including robberies, fires, and deaths, with brief mentions of notable figures and incidents from the era.
After Christmas with her family in St. Louis, Mrs Elle Sweetlard shot herself. She had feared paralysis, and it is believed this fear prompted the deed.
Mrs. Clara Demars a widow who recently wed C. D. Smith at Monroe Mich entered the Union depot Toledo with her children and sought a sleeper to Clyde N Y. Later she shot herself in a toilet room leaving a note naming relatives and phone contacts. A $200 check and $25 in cash were found.
Heirs to the Samuel L. Hicks estate, valued at 1.5 million dollars, seek to prove title. Claimants include Mrs. E Engel of St Louis and Mamie Hicks and Mrs. F A Fotheringham of Denver. The fortune stems from Frances Augusta Hicks of Canada and may pass to Denver and St Louis relatives.
Fire at Chase & Son's candy factory in St Joseph Missouri fatally injures Sophia Mintus age unknown and Marie Leslie 20 after jumping from a third story window. Fifty workers were employed and many others jumped from upper floors. Loss about 100000 with $5000 damage to a neighboring house and streetcar wires. cause unknown.
A new society named Mutual Benefit Incorporated aims to unite farmers nationwide. Founders are landowners JoA Everitt Eo A Winchfield Mark P Turner A D McKinney What Wo Miller and Sid Conger. Officers include President J A Everitt Indianapolis Vice President Seldon R Williams Fort Worth Texas Secretary Al McKinney Indianapolis Organizer Sid Conger Shelbyville Lodge.
Fire basements belched at Sony's drug store within Beatrice Masonic Temple Block destroying the three story building. Losses total 125000 with Beatrice National Bank 40000 and other named firms suffering major damages.
Indianapolis police received a letter signed Wallace Simms detailing a plot by Rufus Cantrel and a local physician to steal President Harrison's body shortly after burial. Cantrel confessed to stealing fifty bodies and claimed a ghoul mark on the grave would signal the theft. Simms says the plan failed when Cantrel was deterred after marking the grave.
Report says Joe Godley brother of Montgomery Godley was wounded and in hiding at Weir City Kansas after a mob lynched a brother in Pittsburg. Investigation suggests Joe fired the fatal shot that killed Officer Hinkle. Gus and Jers Godley face charges in Girard as implicators while Joe escaped.
A gold bearing quartz reef near Chicken Creek in the Forty Mile district Alaska has been traced three miles with hundreds of claims staked. News from early November sparked a stampede from Dawson and other Yukon camps to Forty Mile seeking fortune.
Allies edge toward accepting The Hague tribunal for arbitration while negotiations on cessation of hostilities stay in progress. Court Holas Boycott Mezgal in St. Louis finds the boycott an illegal conspiracy in restraint of trade. Advance in wages ordered for Pittsburg Steamship Company crews. An unidentified man dies after being struck by a streetcar horse in New York. Dun and Co reports 1903 orders and prices firm. December rail earnings up 5 percent from 1901. Russell oil deal totals 517500 involving eight Ohio leases and 277 wells. Pittsburg riots ensue as citizens lynch a man after a police shooting during drunkenness.
A mob stormed the city jail in Pittsburg Kansas to lynch two Black men Mont and Joe Godley after the shooting of Policeman Hinkle. The crowd overpowered guards, dragged Godley from the jail yard, hanged him from a telephone pole, and then cut his throat after the rope broke. The incident followed earlier insults and resistance during the arrest attempt. The Godley brothers and others faced mob violence amid a night of drinking and disorder.
Kaleer seeks 1,700,000 bolivars before inquiry. Berlin and Caracas push for terms on arbitration. Castro ties envoy terms to return of warships. Roosevelt as arbitrator rumored to demand a guarantee. Deadlock over Hague submission deepens international tension.
Reports from Samar describe the death of P L Inspector Bendoryx of the constabulary by radiants and the capture of Balghadia the alleged Katipunan leader with seals and records. The Kilauen eruption is minor while cholera fears ease in Manila. Treasury losses from silver depreciation total 31 054 000 gold. tariff receipts to date fall far short of projections. Substantial coinage is planned with new denominations and a monthly output of 1 000 coins expected. Revenue from Philippine trade shows five month totals of 11 104 with duties collected on tobacco sugar porcelain jewelry and clothing wood products. An army reform report urges reestablishing discipline and health, noting stimulant use among troops and urging government supply.
A collage of brief adages and remarks from figures like Charles Parkhurst Samuel Gomper t William II and Oliver Wendell Holmes on hunger strike work devotion health and religious liberty. The remarks touch on responsibility leadership free thought and the role of universities in shaping happiness and governance.
The Weekly Trade Review notes strong overall demand and well employed industries with rare labor disputes. Fuel shortages hinder deliveries while rail earnings rise sharply. steel industry consolidation and freight rate hikes loom. Exports, especially corn, fall short. future years may improve as supply and demand rebalance.
Chicago Cattle common to prime priced from 140 to 6.00 per hundredweight with hogs 1.25 to 5.05, sheep 2.00 to 4.25, and grains including wheat No 2 red 74c, corn No 2 42c to 48c. Indianapolis notes cattle 3.00 to 5.75, hogs 4.00 to 8.15, wheat 72c to 78c, etc. Detroit and St Louis show cattle 3.00 to 8.25 and hogs 3.00 to 6.85. Milwaukee lists wheat No 2 northern at 70s, corn No 3 43c to 44c, oats 32c to 38c, rye 41c to 49c. Buffalo cattle 4.00 to prime 4.50, hogs 0 to 6.85, Detroit wheat around 80c to 88c, corn and rye varied.
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