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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1909
Page
1
President Taft in the White House pressed a telegraph key to start the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Fountains unfurled banners and fireworks as ships and locomotives roared to life. A vast program at the amphitheater featured leaders, bishops, and a fiery call for equal justice and economy.
Janet Francis E. Tho man, business agent of the Structural Iron Workers union, was indicted on perjury charges connected to testimony for the defense in the Madden Pouschot and Boyle graft trial. The labor leaders were convicted last week of grafting.
Former sheriff Joseph F. P. Shipp and five Hamilton County, Tennessee men were arraigned before the Supreme Court for contempt linked to a lynching of a colored man two years ago. The court granted a negro the right to appeal and postponed sentencing to allow petitions for rehearing, delaying the case to the next term.
Mrs. George Shea of Duluth Minnesota visiting sister Mrs John English at Alki Point Seattle reported to police she was robbed of 20000 in currency. She had planned to invest the money here and kept it hidden between bed sheets. burglars ransacked the house and took the treasure.
Chicago reports a blaze at the six story Stockholm hotel on Chicago Avenue. Several occupants were overcome by smoke and carried out by firemen and police while many escaped injury. Property loss declared small.
The U S steel common stock opened with a sharp advance as 15000 shares traded at 65 1 4 to 1 2, up from Friday’s 64 3 8. All steel stocks showed activity, driven by U S Steel’s Paris bourse listing application.
Alpena Michigan June 1 Jesse Fletcher a wealthy Indianapolis businessman shot himself last night at Turtle Lake authorities say. Fletcher’s death is ruled self inflicted and local officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
May work nights opens with the tariff debate as Aldrich and finance committee push for late sessions. Cummins adds a proposed income tax on high earners, while the House adjourns after a 12 minute session. Arbitration talks over the Erdman law and lake strike efforts surface amid labor unrest and egg inspector strikes in Chicago.
John F Stevens, vice president in charge of operation at New Haven, has resigned to pursue work elsewhere. Reports suggest he may take a manager position at the Burlington road, succeeding F. Be Ward and leading major planned engineering projects associated with James J Hill properties.
New York June 1 Coroner Harburger presents theory that Edith Canning wife of George Cunningham committed death by own action while in a somnambulistic state. Cunningham, a grieving husband of under a year, describes his wife as deeply devoted though she suffered sleepwalking episodes.
Ida Wells Barnett told a national Negro conference that 3284 people, including many women and children, have been killed by mobs in twenty five years. She urged a permanent bureau to investigate and publicize lynchings as a safeguard, citing Springfield rioting and mob hypocrisy in the racial terror.
Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago fainted from heat near the close of the Hodgenville statue unveiling ceremonies. He traveled from Chicago to attend with plans to visit the Lincoln birthplace, but had to be helped to a carriage after collapsing.
The airship, which landed at Goeppingen yesterday, departed at 3 20 this afternoon headed toward Friedrichshafen after preliminary repairs.
Winnipeg report shows a dramatic shift in the past year with a surge of settlers leaving the United States for Canada. The immigration department's year ending March 31 highlights widespread movement, noting that ocean port arrivals from Great Britain and European countries declined by 117,081 persons.
Immigrant policy impacts two regions with sharp shifts in migration. The report notes a decline tied to restrictive laws affecting some immigrants, while U S settlers surged from the south and Britain, with Canada receiving 159,832 arrivals over the year ending March 31. The inrush brought substantial money and goods, estimated at 60 million dollars.
Armed strikers seize dynamite at McCloud River Lumber’s powder house 14 miles east of Sisson. Sheriff Howard leads 140 to 150 deputies against 600 armed strikers amid fears of serious trouble. Philadelphia Transit strike widens as 516 cars run at 7 pm with new workers. police guard cars and arrests rise. Mayor Reyburn vows 10,000 extra officers and possibly city takeover to keep lines running. Georgia railroad and firemen dispute over settlement persists.
Karl A. Shumaker of Topeka has accepted the Illinois Y M C A state secretaryship, succeeding J E Brown. He was an assistant secretary in Illinois under Brown, later advancing in Kansas, and was offered the post by John E Wilder as the state sought his return.
Indianapolis June 1 charged with libel in public Mehing articles accusing corruption in the Panama canal purchase. Delaware Smith and Charles R Williams owners of the Indianapolis News appeared before Federal Judge Anderson resisting removal to the District of Columbia where a grand jury indicted them and New York World proprietors in the same matter.
The Supreme Court today decided against the Interstate Commerce Commission in the Southern Railroad Company hay reconsignment case. The ruling limits the commission's power to fix charges for hay shipments routed through East St. Louis, marking a significant setback for federal regulatory authority.
Chicago reports Dr. Haldane Cleminson held by police after his wife’s death at home. He insists burglars chloroformed her, but doctors find no chloroform in her system. The article notes ongoing investigation and hospital-to-station transfer. Also mentions Mrs Emma Kauffman’s second trial in Flandreau and Harriman’s sailing to Europe.
In Washington yesterday the Senate approved a duty rise on lemons from 1 cent to 1.5 cents a pound by 43 to 25. The House restored the bacon, hams and lard duty on motion. An attempt to lower fresh beef and mutton duties failed. The Senate adjourned around 1:14 p.m. The House was not in session.
Centerville Iowa June 1 Adjutant General Logan with the Iowa National Guards and local company stand ready for action as murder case against John Junkin goes to the jury in the Rosa Rosen killing.
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