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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1903
Page
1
In Cynthiana Kentucky Curtis Jett and Thomas White were found guilty of the murder of James E Marcum and each sentenced to life in prison. The verdict came as few spectators remained with White in tears and Jett viewing indifferently.
Denver telegram reports the National Building Trades convention endorsed Congressman-elect W R Hearst of New York for president by a 25 to ly vote after a spirited debate.
Aug 14 report from St. Petersburg states a czar signed ukase establishes a viceroy over Amur district and Kwantung province with admiral Alexieff as ruler. Civil administration shifts from ministers to the viceroy. London AP notes Manchuria evacuation in October unchanged.
In dense fog off Bar Harbor Maine the battleship Massachusetts struck Dry Ledge during a summer naval exercise as the North Atlantic fleet sails to Oyster Bay for President Roosevelt's Monday review. A crack in the port bow allows 140 tons of water into two compartments, blamed on a miscalculation by the Massachusetts navigation officer.
Washington Aug 14 anti trust mass meeting packed the National theater heard Henry George F E Shober C D Van Dusen and others charge the administration with failing to enforce the Sherman act. Shober praised William R Hearst as leading the fight against trusts. Meanwhile Dwyer bankruptcy case outlined debts 874 855 assets 150 with creditors in Boston Chicago and New Haven. Dwyer history spans fortune in Mexico and Chicago wheat speculation to a wealthy New York duchess wife.
Alexander Franz of Oliver Michigan, reported stolen on the eve of his wedding, has returned home safe. He says he was captured by tramps, robbed, and taken in a coal car to Goshen Indiana, where he was held for five days before escaping. He recovered part of his money and plans to marry Miss Patten at once.
Governor La Follette of Wisconsin arrived in Springfield en route to Petersburg and lectured at the old Salem Chautauqua yesterday afternoon. Governor Yates invited him to stay overnight at his hotel and assisted in the reception for the officers of the Sixth Infantry, I. N. G.
Postmaster General Payne released a statement on rural free delivery showing July as the first month of the new fiscal year with nearly 3,000 new routes established. The annual appropriation totals about 12 million dollars, marginally above the level needed to sustain current service, enough to justify around 6,000 more routes. Petitions for roughly 11,000 additional routes are on file.
A Southern railway wreck on Saluda mountain near Melrose claims engineer J. H. Averill Jr and fireman William Hair of Asheville North Carolina with brakeman W B Sherrill of Swannanoa fatally hurt. Ralph Johnson of Lincoln Nebraska is named supreme organizer by Modern Woodmen of America executive council at Bloomington Illinois August 14.
Mrs Frank L Clifford of Kokomo plans to visit Anderson during the week to select a burial place as she believes she is hopelessly ill with cancer, wishing to be buried in the new Maplewood cemetery.
Mrs Arthur F Wheeler of Belvidere Illinois received her long missing engagement ring in a small package from the mail carrier after seven years. The postmark was illegible and the ring vanished when she left to answer a caller. The family suspects a conscience stricken thief returned it.
Washington reports a Philadelphia law firm sent a $100 check to the treasury with notes that the payment covered December 10 1868 as an additional bounty to a soldier. The signer claims the man was not eligible due to a July 28 1866 act barring re enlisters and asks the amount be forfeited. In Birmingham a mine explosion kills two white miners at North Alabama Coal and Iron Co Coal City injuring three others. The dead are Austin Davis and Sam Scrogins. seriously wounded August Scrogins John Dickens and John Kitchen.
George D Woodin aged 76, president of the First National Bank of Sigourney, is dead. He did not attend the national Republican convention in Chicago in 1890.
Thuge rob a postoffice at Sherman South Dakota on August 14. The cracksmen blew the safe and took $1,500 in notes, $300 in cash, and $150 in stamps. No clues yet.
London aug 14 parliament was prorogued today after the king's speech. It noted cordial receptions in Portugal Italy and France and expressed satisfaction at the good will shown during the king's visit to Ireland.
Edward Kolcheuska a Decatur saloonkeeper committed suicide early today in Springfield after a quarrel with his wife who had gone to Taylorville to attend the street fair despite his protests. He killed himself with a shotgun, blowing his head apart.
Southampton August 14 H. K. Deeherty the English champion defeated William A Larned the American champion in a final singles match on Meadow Club courts.
An extra session of Congress in October is discussed after talks between senators and the president. Republicans plan to consult Democratic senators and bankers before proposing financial legislation. While an extraordinary session is assured, the exact month remains unclear, with possibilities including October or November.
Washington reports the state department received a cablegram from Kingston Jamaica stating Port Antonio is greatly damaged by the hurricane with many dead and seriously injured frequently reported to the consulate.
A telegram from Somerset Pennsylvania signed by Mabel McKinley states reports of her leaving the stage are untrue. She adds she is pleased and encouraged more than ever, in a message dated August 14 from Pittsburg.
A chaotic report from Aug 14 notes John Bauman assaulting Henry Berdell with a lumier near St Marys Lake after a dispute over stray horses. Berdell filed an assault with intent to kill warrant. Bauman then attacked John Blumenthal. Mrs Blumenthal aided with a pitchfork. Local officers are pursuing Bauman.
A 12 year old boy, found naked and near death after drifting 100 miles offshore, was rescued aboard the Morgan line steamer El Dorado off Georgia. He said two companions abandoned the boat near Havana while the third stayed aboard until rescue. The voyage arrived in New York from Galveston.
London reports at noon from embassies no information on last night's Yokohama dispatch claiming Prince Ching had Russia's consent to use President Roosevelt's good offices in the Manchurian dispute.
In Indianapolis on August 14 a large white mob chased a black man along a main street after a saloon dispute with a white man. A shot wounded the black man, his arm broken by a stray bullet as the crowd pressed toward justice. An officer at Central Station used a drawn revolver to quell the mob until help arrived.
An imposing public funeral honored nineteen unclaimed victims of the Metropolitan railroad tunnel disaster. Bodies moved from the morgue to a mortuary chapel in the prefecture, then to Notre Dame for religious rites before interment in various cemeteries. Premier Combes offered condolences and relief pledges as the municipality lauded global sympathy.
Port Huron Michigan August 14 Mrs Mary Jones has filed suits against saloonkeepers Edward Stringer O F P Brown Martin McFugh and Edward McGill and their bondsmen for one hundred dollars each alleging they sold liquor to her 18 year old son and ruined his life.
In Wichita Kansas on an August night a man fired a revolver and a shotgun into a crowd at a band concert, killing three people and wounding eight to ten others before killing himself. Authorities believe he was demented.
Dispatches from Santo Domingo report a plot to murder General Alejandro Wos y Gil, the president, has been uncovered and numerous arrests have been made.
Constantinople Aug 14 reports a court martial at Monastir condemned gendarme Hamlin to death for murdering M Restkov ski Russhan consul. Another gendarme got 15 years penal servitude. Imperial troops seized Krush evo 26 miles north and bombarded it with artillery as four thousand troops besieged. Fighting continues outside Monastir as panic spreads through Mengsuir shops close.
Minneapolis August 14 cash wheat sold at a dollar, the first time bid reached one dollar but no actual sales occurred. A seller asked 1.02 with no deals completed.
Colorado Springs August at a mine owners meeting set a date by which strikers may return to work at union wages if they withdraw from the Federation. The public timing will be announced with official notice to unions. Mills at Colorado City, Florence, Telluride, and Vortland to close once ore is exhausted or supply runs out. The Twenty-First Century Woman excerpt discusses evolving female identity and self-fashioning.
How many housekeepers know the economic art of reviving stale bread and cake by a second bake. Ends of loaves and rolls dipped briefly in cold water or sprinkled before baking again regain freshness and become more digestible. The method restores the first qualities with a swift, simple technique.
A quoted toast extols the true woman whether new or old, urging men to honor and shape their partners. It declares the woman reflects the man and calls for loyalty, health, joy, fortune, and lasting love, urging husbands to keep her as their lover.
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