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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1901
Page
1
The House of Bishops endorsed canon 36 on marriage by 37 to 21, barring remarriage for causes beyond prior to marriage. The ruling faces a prolonged House of Deputies debate as a 15-member joint committee prepares further study.
The committee proposes considering the name change with no power to act and to report findings at the general convention in Boston in 1904. The House of Deputies discusses the canon on marriage and divorce. Both houses select Boston as the next triennial convention site.
The Post Office will feature President McKinley’s head on upcoming postal cards after December 3. The design places birth and death years beside the name with Series of 1901 and One cent above. The United States of America inscription moves lower to free space for post marks.
Washington reports Miss Stone alive despite a timed deadline as captors hold her on the Turkish frontier mountains near the Turko Bulgarian border. Authorities share hope for her release if ransom appeals succeed, with Italian officials and diplomats pressing for action. Wu Ting Fang in New York contributes $100 to a ransom fund.
The state convention of the Federation of Labor adjourned in uproar after National Organizers Lendrey and McLean failed to gain recognition and refused to speak. Resolutions backed abolition of labor saving machinery and convict labor reform, with plans for a Springfield legislative committee and a canal treaty endorsement.
President Roosevelt will accept an LL D degree from Yale College on October 23. He plans to travel by private car from Washington October 21, spend October 22 with his sister in Massachusetts, and then go to New Haven for the ceremony before returning to Washington. Habib Ullah Khan proclaimed ameer in Simla. Kabul remains quiet.
In Clinton Iowa on October 10 the bodies of Mr and Mrs Robert McKinnie were found dead in their Princeton home. The wife died from a bullet wound to the stomach. the husband was found in bed with no visible wound and a rifle nearby. Police suggest the husband killed his wife and then poisoned himself after threats of self harm. Both were 80 and had lived in Princeton 20 years. Coroner probe underway.
John D Rockefeller Jr of New York and Abby Green Aldrich daughter of Senator W Aldrich wed at Senator Aldrich's Warwick Neck summer home in Providence R I The ceremony in the dance hall was conducted by Rev James G Vos A reception and wedding breakfast followed with about 50 stations at the breakfast arrangement The bridal party included Miss Aldrich and Miss Elsie Aldrich with Everett Colby as best man and several Aldrich brothers as ushers New York guests arrived by special steamer for the event.
A blast in the Quincy mine at No 2 shaft area caused rock to collapse in a stoping room, instantly killing four men including Alfred Gale 18 and his father Fred Gale 40 and injuring none others. it marks the worst fatality in the mine’s history. The incident occurred Wednesday noon and investigators will assess the cause.
New York on October 10 reports that President Roosevelt will deliver an address on Thanksgiving Day at the dedication ceremony for the soldiers and sailors monument on Riverside Drive.
The Schley court of inquiry hears Lieut Bristol on stadimeter accuracy and distances off Cienfuegos, then Hear Admiral Taylor testifies about the battle off Santiago on July 3. They discuss Brooklyn and Texas positions, and the fate of Cervera's ships.
The court session includes cross examination over signals between the Indiana and New York amid the July 3 1898 bombardment. Testimony covers command bearing and the conning tower, with navy department orders on exposure of ships to shore batteries. Lieutenant Leiper testifies on the New Orleans role in the May bombardment of the Colon.
Dayton police hold Mrs Mary Witwer on suspicion tied to multiple deaths but lack evidence for charges. Chemist Prof Russell Elliott found no poison in 12 analyzed drugs and liquids, prompting officials to drop a warrant and plan exhumations of three dead relatives for poison testing.
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