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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1903
Page
6
A disastrous railway wreck near Udine during a royal event kills twenty soldiers and injures eighty. Six officers are among the injured as a captain is decapitated and an engine driver burned. several cars are reduced to splinters.
The proposed act would appropriate 72000 for the first year to fund Filipino student education. It obliges top students to achieve at least high marks in each subject and allows successful entrants to study in the United States to complete their education. The plan ties allegiance, parental consent, and future service to national duties and potential immigration outcomes.
A chaotic bulletin reports insurgents routing Troons near Adrianople amid Bulgarian village attacks and mass killings. Dispatches describe Bulgarian incursions, a railway massacre in Chicago area, and deaths in Kentucky politics. Notable items include a nurse’s battle with a stubborn ailment, a decapitation in West Virginia, and a record five mile cowboy relay in Samar Colp.
Daughter of actress M as Dorothy Lillian Solomon and Abbott Louis Einstein quietly wed in New York Masa Joorethy Dalhan Suomen. elopement details and lack of parental knowledge noted. The couple wed at Jersey Cats and plan future plans midst secrecy.
Seattle police report Haynie and wife Grace Haynie arrested after Haynie confessed to three highway robberies. The couple, seen in men's clothing, allegedly hid wife in a buggy while he robbed travelers. Mrs Haynie, formerly a Seattle high school girl, reportedly married to Haynie less than five months.
Western Unitan required to obtain a Minnesota license to operate. The suit involved alleged unlicensed telegraph business and conformity to state commerce law. The case featured disputes over licensing and regulatory authority amid broader wartime era commerce actions.
A 19 year old thief boarded a Chicago streetcar with a valise of Milwaukee Avenue Bank checks. He fled after robbery but later telephoned the bank to recover the items. Accomplices followed to Chicago National Bank and a satchel was left with a cashier at Howe restaurant and arranged for pickup.
Mrs Richard Rolfe rescued three children from a burning house in a raging storm in St Louis. With smoke filling her lungs she reentered to save her husband, then returned for their eldest son Charles aged 6 who had gone back to the bed. Neighbors later aided her recovery.
Two Iowa and Colorado women exploring a glacier fell 300 feet while ascending ice cliffs. Miss Mills of Iowa diverted to save her companion who was dragged down by the fall. Mills fractured her leg and her companion suffered severe bruises as they slid onto rocks below.
Five thousand workers at Illinois Steel in South Chicago panic after a blast in a furnace area. Michael Foginsky died while oiling an engine as a draft pipe failure triggered the explosion. Dozens fled as debris and burned equipment filled the north end of the furnace room.
A Newfoundland village mobilizes its entire population to kill 143 stranded whales. Men, women, and children use axes and tools to butcher the creatures, with blubber shared among households as oil and bone are harvested. In other news a Kansas woman dies after fear over lost cash, and attacks on a summer cottage frighten a family.
In London Austen Chamberlain eldest son of Joseph Chamberlain is reported engaged to Miss Muriel White daughter of Henry White, Secretary of the United States embassy. The elder Chamberlain is said to oppose the match.
Readville Mass reports Lou Dillon trotted a mile in two minutes marking a new world trotting record. The quick mare, owned by Len Dillon of Chicago, advances harness racing by proving speed and efficiency in modern horse breeding and training.
A fragmentary review lists multiple cases, crimes, and notices including a fatal stabbing at a church festival involving Finley Nelson and Jeree Hudnall, a Washington Supreme Court ruling on gambling felony status, embezzlement charges against George Creighton, a bankruptcy petition by Riverside Coal, a poisoning arrest of Harry Simpson, reports of grasshopper-driven cattlemen in Montana, Kansas rural letter carrier meeting plans, a shooting at Reama Station, a Paris based artist Kate Auguste Carl to paint, and Andrew Carnegie offer for a Dublin public library.
The report notes a partial revival in trade and a softening of some markets while labor shortages curb output. Freight earnings rise, railways face complaints over rates and service, and cotton goods markets show speculative excess easing. Agricultural crops appear favorable though production curves vary by region.
Reported price ranges across Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo and New York for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs in late winter markets. Weights and grades noted. shipping and choice levels appear across cities with No. 2 and creamery butter quotes and egg prices included.
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