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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1906

Page

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Storer Attacks Roosevelt In Repudiated Credit Claim

Cincinnati December report recalls Bellamy Storer replying to President Roosevelt’s letter and reiterating his prior statements on Archbishop Ireland’s promotion. He cites four letters, defends his actions, and accuses Roosevelt of crediting actions he later repudiated, while outlining the political row and his motives to protect his wife's name and defend himself.

Storer Ananias Club Roosevelt Chandler Tillman Bailey Archbishop Ireland Ireland Mr. Storer St. Paul Mgr Mer New York White House United States Storers Madrid Vienna

Carbon Cliff Votes to Incorporate as Village

Carbon Cliff followed Silvis in Saturdays election and voted 55 to 28 to incorporate as a village. The opposition centered around the Morris and Lewis brakeshoe plant area. The county court canvassed the vote and an order will set a special election for trustees to serve until the spring election.

Carbon Cliff Silvis Morris & Lewis Parmenter Johnson and Cleland

Monarch Sunk After Grounding Near Isle Royale

A passenger steamer named Monarch ran aground near Isle Royale yesterday and sank. The crew and passengers were rescued by a tug and sheltered on a nearby island.

Monarch Isle Royale Port Huron Mich

Engineers Accept Company's Wage Scale at NYNH&H

New Haven Conn December 10 The long running dispute between the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad and its engineers over wages is resolved as the engineers agree to accept the company's wage scale.

New York, New Haven

Postmaster General backs ship subsidy and wage rise

Washington reports a deficit over 10 million amid railroads' alleged gouging and calls for a ship subsidy to speed foreign mail, parcels post on rural routes, and higher wages. Cortelyou urges efficiency, reform in second class mail, and business methods over politics in the department.

Washington Cortelyou Congress Post Office Department Railway Postal Service

Standard Oils Fight Opens in Chicago Federal Court

Chicago Dec 10 The fight of the Standard Oil company against 10 indictments of the Standard Oil company of Indiana returned Aug 29 began today in the United States district court The indictments total 6428 counts The Standard has entered a demurer Moody's Elevation Approved Washington Dec 10 The senate judiciary committee favored Moody for associate justice of the US Supreme Court Gillette Sentenced to Die Herkimer N Y Dec 10 Chester E Gillette was sentenced to die the week beginning Jan 28 for Grace Browns murder

Chicago Standard Oil Company Standard Oil Company of Indiana United States District Court Standard Moody Washington Senate Committee On Judiciary William H. Moody Supreme Court of the United States Gillette Herkimer N. Y Chester E. Gillette Grace Brown

President Roosevelt wins Nobel Peace Prize in 1906

The Salt Lake City dispatch reports the Norwegian parliament awarding President Theodore Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize valued at about $40,000 for his role in ending the Russo Japanese war. Proposals came from educators and universities including Chicago, Yale, and Georgetown.

Christiania Roosevelt H. P. Judson Chicago University Baldwin Yale Harberger University of Munich Georgetown University Washington Baroness von Suttner Vienna W. H. Creemer M. P England DeMartens Russia Henry Dunant Red Cross Alfred Bernhard Noble

Rankin to Become a Virginia Farmer

W T Rankin general counsel of the Rock Island system will start farming Feb 1 at a plantation near Charlottesville Virginia He retains his Rock Island post and will consult on legal matters with the president Rankin came to Chicago from Keokuk Iowa twenty years ago and previously served as general counsel for the Pullman company New Hotel for Monmouth

Chicago W. T. Rankin Rock Island System Charlottesville Keokuk Iowa Pullman Company Rock Island

Roosevelt counters Storer claims over church policy

President Roosevelt released a long letter debunking Bellamy Storer's private correspondence and asserting that his public position on ecclesiastical relations was consistent. The missive defends his actions in Austria Hungary and notes Cortelyou’s denial of any papal cardinal request. A separate Chicago fire at 240 242 Market Street caused $300000 in losses.

Boston Washington Roosevelt President Roosevelt Secretary Root Bellamy Storer Vienna Storer Ireland Cabinet Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chicago Market Street

Vatican Strategy Corners France in Controversy

Three years of voto involving immoral conduct were filed against Brown and the Brailes woman, Mrs Brown's wife. Before trial Mrs Brown withdrew the charge and Brown was released, Mrs Bradley pleaded guilty. Before sentence was imposed, she withdrew her plea and the charge was dismissed. Brown's wife died about two years ago. Senator Brown came to Utah from Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he was prominent in politics and a lawyer.

Brown Talty Utah Salt Lake City Arthur Brown Washington United States Statehood United States Supreme Court Anna M. Bradley Bradley Ale Senator Brown Kalamazoo Mich

Papal Threat Triggers Fears of Religious Warfare

Reports warn that the pope's hard line on religious matters could spark violence and prompt new government powers to safeguard churches. Militants hail the prospect of church expulsions while conservatives push for stronger state action to curb tensions and maintain liberal principles.

Presse

Peary Sees Land Near Grant Land Claim at Pole Attempt

Commander Peary reported from New York that a landmass lies about a hundred miles northwest of Grant Land. He said his party drifted near a polar area likely formed by rivers cutting through unmapped land and believed a normal winter would have enabled reaching the pole.

New York

Death of Dr. Henrotin, Chicago physician of national renown

Dr. Henrotin, well known in Chicago, died yesterday at his LaSalle Avenue home. He was a leading physician and surgeon, professor at Rush Medical College, county physician of Cook County, and surgeon for the Illinois National Guard First Brigade. He contributed to medical literature and served as a gynecologist at Cook County Hospital.

Chicago Dee Feritin Henrotin LaSalle Avenue Rush Medical Policse Cook County Sears Fire Department E Couk Oan Pilat Illinois National Guard

Ruling Covers Air as Well as Ground Lines

New York Dec 10 Clarence t Mackay president of the Postal Telegraph Cable company stated that the board has passed a resolution to stop all free transmissions and discontinue its free list on and after Jan 1 1907 with outstanding frankes honored to Dec 31 1906 and no free service thereafter.

New York Clarence T. Mackay Postal Telegraph Cable Company

Narrow escape for boy who fell through ice on canal

Herbert Beaty, a one year old East Moline boy, slipped through thin canal ice about 75 feet from companions and was pulled from 14 feet of water after a double submersion. Rescuer William Corbin saved him. Separate note: Joan Mulligan injured in bicycle collision with a telephone pole at Nineteenth street and Second avenue. Wheat and rye conditions improve. December crop report shows winter wheat at 4.1% and winter rye at 96.2%.

Herbert Beaty East Moline Corbin Watertown Road Campbell William Corbin Joan Mulligan Eighth Avenue Nineteenth Street Second Avenue Washington Department of Agriculture

Bailey Will Quit Answers Letter of Attorney General Davidson

Saturday night Senator Bailey issued an open letter to Attorney General Davidson responding to the attorney general’s Friday night letter. He defends his stance on Waters Pierce Oil Co papers and denies supporting inferences. He challenges the alleged voucher showing a $1 payment to Henry and Stribling, arguing no bank would draw a draft for such an amount. He pledges to resign if any bank proves such a draft existed.

Datlae Tex Dee Bailey Davilson T the Waters Pierce Oil Company Hatley Henry Halley Waters-Pierce Oil Company H. C. Pierce J. D. Johnson Senate

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Cincinnati Root Foreign Relations Committee of Congress Pope Pius X McKinley Theodore Roosevelt Blames Railways Anna Bradley Noble Washington Hotel Anna H. Bradley Washington, D. C Salt Lake Raleigh A. B. Brown Virginia Rock Island Railroad Monmouth Lie Pius Ambassador Storer Vatican France San Francisco Repatiie Jintres Leuy North Pole PEARY DR. Henrotin Passee Interstate Commission Fiat Postal Company Texas Davidson Pierce Sioux Falls Alfred TL. Dupont Wilmington Del Bosale B. Dupont Taft Sanders 26Th Infantry
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