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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1901
Page
1
Secretary Long approves the court of inquiry findings and dissolves the Schley court. He rejects further command inquiries and informs Schley’s counsel. Admiral Dewey is notified and the court is dissolved in accordance with the secretary’s order.
Judge Advocate Lemly and Attorney Hanna sent a reply to the Navy secretary disputing Admiral Sehley and counsel Rayner and Parker about the court of inquiry findings in the Schley case. The document contends the objections misstate facts and that the full court issued its conclusions, not a simple majority. A second document repeats Admiral Sampson's protest against Dewey's finding that Schley led at Santiago and asserts Sampson’s and the president’s prior decisions on command.
Secretary Root demanded an explanation from Lieutenant General Miles for his Cincinnati interview praising Admiral Dewey. A late afternoon decision was expected on Miles’s status, with actions also eyed for Edgar Maclay after a separate naval controversy. Included is a report of a Navy order calling Maclay to resign and other summaries of court-martial records regarding command in the Schley-Sampson dispute. A separate note from Sioux City reports a mysterious man found frozen in a straw stack, identified as Fred Kireebuck, alive but refusing to explain his disguise.
David Smith's residence, meat market, grocery and bakery in Eaton were destroyed by fire on Thursday. Mancie failed to send aid despite being called for assistance, causing a scare in the town. Meanwhile in Atlanta, extreme cold caused temperatures near freezing from Tennessee to the Gulf Coast states.
Bodies of Colonel John F Bull and his wife Carrie Bull were found stabbed to death in their locked Parsons Illinois home. Mrs Bull lay on the bed with skull crushed while Col Bull lay nearby. a pocket knife lay nearby with no stains. Police say murder is suspected as no robbery occurred.
Washington reports deny assault on the president amid a Boston note that Gov. W. Murray Crane was offered the treasury portfolio. Secretaries Gage Long and others weigh resignations while Hay, Root, Knox stay. Pauncefote denies witnessing assault. rumors swirl over cabinet reshuffles and Taft’s Philippine role.
Theodore Jackson and Laura Jackson known as Ann Odella Diss de Har were found guilty of immoral practices and fraud by an English jury. The judge handed sentences of fifteen and seven years' penal servitude. The verdict followed tense courtroom testimony and defiant speeches from both defendants.
Anderson Indiana December 21 the Lincoln school building destroyed by fire Wednesday with a loss of 25000 dollars will be rebuilt at once by local authorities and community efforts signals a quick return to classes centered on the site and plans for reconstruction are already underway.
Madison Wis Dec 21 The ice law of Wisconsin which imposes a 10 cent per ton tax on ice shipped out of state will be tested immediately Counsel for shippers outside the state informed Governor La Follette and Attorney General Ricks yesterday preparing to take the case to the supreme court for the January term A carload of ice from Racine county is to be shipped with the shipper arrested for exporting roughly 400 000 tons out of state
Pittsburg December 21 police seek Alexander Clydesdale missing after the Jones & Laughlins Soho furnace explosion. He is believed cremated, making eleven killed. Mercy Hospital reports John Sage near death and John Yentz in serious condition with slim recovery chance.
Paul N. Miloukom, author of Essays on the History of Civilization in Russia, will travel to the United States in 1003 at the University of Chicago's invitation to lecture on his work and the Macedonian question. He awaits authorities on an accusation of liberalism amid spring troubles. Simon James Gordon, Russo American, seeks to resolve his citizenship case after arrest and imprisonment. a passport inquiry is sent to the state department.
On December 21 a lone highwayman robbed the Springdale bank ten miles from Fayetteville, forcing the assistant cashier to surrender about $7,000 before fleeing on a buggy toward the mountains. A citizen was compelled to raise hands as the bandit dropped $1,000 on the sidewalk and escaped. N B Carlisle, a former merchant and livery stableman, was arrested later that night in Fayetteville on the same charges, held on $3,000 bond for an examining trial Monday.
In Lincoln Nebraska on December 21 district court granted divorce to Helene Eleanor Woodville of Sopton England from Richard Woodville. Custody of their daughter awarded to the mother. She described cruelty and faults. he is an artist of note in London. They have lived in New York at times. She moved to Lincoln to avoid London scandal.
Utrecht December 21 reports Mr. Schaffer of Remscheid Rhenish Prussia presents Kruger with a 10 000 mark purse as a Christmas gift to Boer children from Westphalian regions.
Detroit December 21 Ex Secretary Alger passed a comfortable night and showed a distinct improvement this morning Senator Sewell condition is unchanged prompting an update on their health status through the day
South Bend Indiana December reports Frank L Suman of Valparaiso fights death in California to see his sweetheart Pretty Lillian Griffiths age 17 who promised to marry him upon his return if she wins her cross country race. The couple’s hopes hinge on her contest over a Illinois competitor.
Relatives report the death of Rev. O P Peterson founder of Norwegian Danish M E churches in Norway and America. He was aged 80 and died in Brooklyn after an illness of apoplexy. Also noted is the death of John J Valentine president of Wells Fargo Express in Oakland California.
Wittsburg Pennsylvania December 21. A boiler explosion at the Singer Nimick and company plant of the Carage Steel company at 7 this morning scalded seven workers, with two expected to die. Twenty to thirty others were slightly injured as the plant suffered partial wreckage. Frozen pipes feeding the boiler are blamed for the blast.
New York December 21 Mrs Elizabeth Dale released on five thousand dollars cash bail after being charged with causing the death of her five year old daughter Emmeline.
In Jeffersonville Indiana the Rathbun trial for Charles Goodman’s death at Falls City hotel heard Dr L B Kostenbine of Louisville testify that the stomach showed no poison. He said death might have been from prussic acid or chloroform, while the study concluded no poison was detected.
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