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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
1
Chicago Aug 9 cashier Hering of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank was arrested at the West Chicago Avenue police station. The Tribune reports Hering stayed in Chicago and planned to surrender, denying bank theft. Warrant issued for Theodore Steusland for banking law violations amid ongoing director scrutiny and potential grand jury action.
United Railways plans to merge its St Louis and Suburban systems by swapping preferred stock for Suburban stock. Stockholders of both firms ratified the exchange, creating a consolidated entity valued at about $108,000,000 amid St Louis expansion talks.
Thaw fell out with his court caterer at the Tombs as he demanded a knife and fork for meals despite prison rules. The caterer, fed up with Thaw's frequent complaints, refused service, offering only plain fare and urging meals that could be eaten without cutlery.
F E Coyne a former Chicago postmaster filed for bankruptcy. The Chicago Title and Trust Co took over his bakery and lunch room business. Creditors claim about 30000 dollars. Embezzlement by a former employee while Coyne was postmaster is said to have contributed to the collapse.
Clinton Iowa Aug 9 the north portion of Clinton once Lyons celebrates its 70th anniversary this month Elijah Buell first to settle the area and locate the town Clinton proper is 50 years old the northern suburb 25 years ago the two cities consolidated about 19 years ago.
A drunken brawl at League Island naval yard leaves two men near death and ten sailors under arrest. Marines backed by armed guards fought with sailors after beer smuggling and a mutinous mood sparked a dawn roundup. Burnett and Henry face general court martial with sentences up to five years.
Seattle in a special session accepted plans for a city owned street railway and set September 12 for a public vote. The system would cover most of Seattle except streets with Seattle Electric Company franchises to 1939, at an estimated cost of 7.569 million dollars. Bonds of 1.272 million dollars would be issued against city credit to start construction, with the balance funded by earnings-backed bonds. The issue reflects party pledges from the last campaign with Republicans backing a bond financed municipal system and municipal ownership proponents seeking a vote on the matter. Opponents say the plan serves outlying areas while leaving wealthier districts to the private company.
St Petersburg reports guard regiments returning to summer camp at Tsarske Selo as the emperor plans to visit on Saturday. Imperial visits to guards camps are gala events and the empress yacht Alexandra led to Peterhof suggesting a postponed Finnish waters trip may occur soon. Roads Lose a Million. Fort Worth reports floods in the territories causing damage up to $1,000,000, with railroads hit hardest.
The Globe praises William Jennings Bryan on his return to Britain, noting he has evolved from a provincial politician to a cultured man of the world who understands European conditions and now has the advantage of Roosevelt.
In Menominee Wisconsin on August 9 William Esler of Downsville killed his 17 year old daughter by striking her with a gallon jug. He says the motive was that the mother did not want the child. He chased his wife with an axe before being arrested. The couple had been apart six months and the dispute began over the wife returning home.
A picnic wagon carrying 20 members of a Daughters of Liberty council plunged 30 feet down an embankment in Pittsburg on August 9, injuring all aboard. The passengers, all Allegheny residents, sustained varying serious injuries.
Washington announces treasury department will buy silver bullion weekly starting Aug 9 for subsidiary coinage. About 100000 ounces required weekly, purchases to be made each Wednesday beginning the 95th inst. The move follows prior policy on circulating metal.
St. Petersburg dispatches say 700 people were killed or wounded in renewed fighting between Armenians and Tartars in the Shusha district of Caucasia.
Kansas City report says May or Beardsley will sign the Fleming-Wilson ordinance granting a 60 year franchise to a Chicago capitalists syndicate. The plan sets natural gas at 25 cents per 1,000 ft3 for homes and 106 cents for manufacturing as long as supply is reasonably accessible. If natural gas fails, artificial gas will be provided at 75 cents per 1,000 ft3.
A strike of several hundred deck hands, engineers and firemen on railroad tug boats in New York Harbor halted most harbor freight. An estimated one third of freight from Jersey City terminals reached New York, leaving many perishables stalled and local markets short on supplies.
Five children of Thomas O Daniels of Seymour Park Omaha perish in a family home fire last night. Mrs O Daniels suffers serious burns and husband is badly burned trying to save them. The dead are Lillie 15 Erne 19 Bertha 7 Pearl 0 Florence 3. Three valuable horses die in the stable.
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Saiisbury North Carolina August 9 Bully Boy alias Billy McConneyhead aged 25 years of this city last night was landed in jail charged with participation in the lynching of the Gillespies and Dillingham here on Monday He is said to have climbed the tree and tied the rope by which the three men were hanged He is the third to go to jail the others being George Wal and Francia Cross All the prisoners were indicted for murder in the first degree bail denied George Hall the first man arrested has confessed to Solicitor Hammer In Chicago Illinois the Standard Oil Company was indicted by a federal grand jury on fourteen counts for accepting rebates from the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad The potential fines may reach 280000 while rebates totaled 8500 No officials or individuals were indicted yet the court may follow with more indictments against railroad and oil company figures Bond set at 25000 for the corporation No representatives of Standard Oil appeared in court and John S Miller is retained to defend the oil company
A powerful storm swept Rockford on August 9. Water knee deep along interurban tracks halted traffic and flooded buildings. Frequent lightning struck several structures, causing damage and disruption in the city.
The Armour postal department head Mr John Forsyth and his wife received the largest postal card ever mailed. The two by three foot card bore a boat scene and a sea of signatures. It cost $1.04 to mail and will be framed. A separate Paris incident reports a balloon landing near Cognac with four men claiming German ties and official mission.
W C Brown predicts record crops in Kansas and Iowa with large corn yields across Missouri Nebraska and Iowa while officials summon every police officer to appear before Elgin city council for an investigation following charges filed against several force members by former member Charles Blakesly.
Oyster Bay August 9 President Roosevelt was asked to intervene by Standard Oil in the dispute with the interior department over Indian Territory oil line leases. Former Senator James K Jones of Arkansas and Barnsdale of Pittsburgh called at Sagamore Hill but spoke only of a business matter.
The largest individual wool clip on the American continent, weighing 1,500,000 pounds and requiring 44 cars, was shipped yesterday from Billings, Montana to a Boston wool firm over the Burlington. The Montana grower owner refused an offer of 24 cents a pound for the wool.
Cincinnati Aug 9 Thomas McKenna a Grand hotel waiter threw his child from the third story window of his home then leaped to the sidewalk below Both are dead McKenna is believed mentally deranged.
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