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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1901
Page
3
The item lists Moline paper designation and staff names including Stanley Homar as Official Paper head, Hastman as president, Farnham as secretary, and a treasurer role. It provides subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery, with prices per year or six months, and notes second class mail status and payment details.
A pointed critique brands Lieut Commander Potts a side stepper while defending Rear Admiral Schley’s courage. The column diversions touch on dancing puritanism, Georgia crime, Madrid bullfights, New York politics, Nome gang threats, and a Texas pipeline story, all amid Roosevelt era chatter.
The Manila clash between General Chaffee and civil authorities ends in a writ of habeas corpus, with the supreme court asked to rule as power shifts between military and civilian command. A false tale of 10,000 English sovereigns found in Lake Champlain misleads editors. The Persian Gulf tension grows as Koweyt quarrel pits Britain against Turkey with Arab revolt and large troop mobilization around Basra.
The piece notes potential assembly of a naval force in the Persian Gulf and warns of action if Turkey tries to seize the disputed port. It stresses Arabian sovereignty centered on Mecca and the caliphate, predicting hard choices for Abdul Hamid and possible concessions under pressure. It also mentions a U.S. Interior ruling on Indian mineral lands in Oklahoma and a halt to prospectors dispossessing Indians.
A southern newspaper notes Yale College in Marth Connecticut and hints editor may face Yale vigilante committee. Colombia and Venezuela are guarded by U.S. warships while a McKinley stamps series is under post office study. Roosevelt’s cabinet picks disappoint some by excluding cowboys.
In the national capital President Roosevelt attends prayer at a modest Grace Church, a German Reformed house at Fifteenth and O streets NW. The 160-seat chapel serves a dense area as Rev Dr Schinck plans a larger struture within a year.
Rear Admiral Francis M Bunce USN retired dies at his Hartford home after a sudden illness tied to tongue cancer and throat disease. A Civil War veteran the admiral helped modernize the navy and led the North Atlantic squadron before retiring in 1904. He served in key Civil War actions and commanded the Patapsco during a turret explosion.
From Durban a report cites a letter by Gen De Wet describing Boer suffering after a shoulder wound from shellfire. The letter claims he died after gangrene set in due to dirty dressings and a lack of surgeons. Other reports of his death are disputed by Piet de Villiers, a field cornet prisoner.
The Valley Forge memorial was dedicated Saturday by the Daughters of the Revolution. Principal speakers were Gov Stone Senator Penrose Father Revd. and Miss Adeline Wheelock Sterling, president general of the Daughters of the Revolution.
George Armitage, missing messenger for the Bank of New Amsterdam, surrendered at the Tenderloin police station on Saturday. He declined to discuss the missing funds totaling 5900 dollars and appeared composed as detectives pressed for a statement.
Two men Bourisseau and Grubben drowned when a barge at the Skilli gallee lighthouse in the Straits of Mackinac upended during rough seas early Saturday. Grubben's body was recovered. Bourisseau remains missing at the lake bottom.
Manila reports 333 Marines under Lieut Col Manuel C Goodrell aboard the New York heading for Samar with two battalions of the Twelfth Infantry to follow. Brig Gen Jacob Smith orders hard fighting to crush the insurrection and capture Gen Lukban. American dispatches indicate movement of troops to pacified areas and locals show enthusiasm for US action. A Mao constabulary seizure discovers steel wagon springs bound for bolstering insurgent production.
A jealous man shot a woman in Covington on October 21, with a second person present. Mrs Hall was nearby when the fatal event occurred, and the assailant, named Jong Ha, acted out of jealousy connected to Casper Giangple.
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