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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1901
Page
1
Cornell University trustees report John D Rockefeller donated 250000 with the condition that an equal amount be raised by others. The issue signals an equal matching challenge for the college.
Gov Shaw reports a personal reply from Senator Allison to a telegram proposing his presidential candidacy. Allison denies personal candidacy but supports Shaw as a candidate and urges backing by Iowa to send a delegation to the national convention. The governor says he will not publish full contents now and that delegation support could be easily secured.
Dover N H June 19 Former Gov P C Chenry died at his son in law Charles H Fisn home here today aged 74 Chenry served as United States senator and minister to Switzerland under President Harrison Anpa Ills June 19 Brig Gen John B Tarchin civil war veteran dies in the middle west
Buffalo June 19 Ancient Order of United Workmen day at the Pan American exposition. After a parade in which several thousand members participated their handsome buildings were dedicated with appropriate ceremonies.
In Butte Montana on June 19 W A Clark youngest son of Senator Clark wed Miss Mabel Foster at the bride's parents home The senator presented a check reportedly for 100000 to the bride as part of the nuptials
The czar honored his newborn daughter with an ukase that orders punishment for riotous students. A curious dialogue from Puck mocks doctors and gossips about a nephew posing as a healer. A New England man speaks to his cattle with emphatic phrases about scattering and winning.
A stranded German bark Planet, 168 days at sea, drifts toward Queenstown after an Atlantic voyage from Mazatlan. Crew marooned by thirst and scurvy, with deck swarming with scorpions. Crown Point under Captain Wall towed the ship to port as crew suffer severe ailment and death.
Miss Laura A. Watters of Marietta, expelled from college for attending the Intercollegiate field day meet at Hillsdale, suffered a nervous prostration and remains confined. Her twin sister Florea, a Detroit nurse, stays with her as she improves and awaits transfer home. Friends petition against the harsh discipline in this incident.
News from London reports former Michigan Governor H S Pingree died peacefully in his hotel, with his son at his side. Pingree, who served as mayor of Detroit and governor of Michigan, had recently embarked on a South Africa trip. He leaves a widow and two children. Other items note local incidents, a boy missing near a Chicago school, a swimming record by Benjamin Koehler, a plant move in Jacksonville, and Jamaica fortifications.
In Virgil township near Elgin Illinois a Sunday night chase by about 200 farmers led to an armed confrontation. Elmer Troyer was wounded in the arm after exchanging fire with two men fleeing toward a railway line. One thief was shot and both escaped. The region has faced ongoing horse thefts as thieves planned renewed activity.
At a graveside service in Elwood Indiana during the funeral for Mr and Mrs Hancock s child a dispute erupts as Otto Jackson a Hancock relative challenges Rev George Edward Walk over his sermon on divorce Walk defends speaking truth and vows no sentimental evasions Controversy follows into Beloit and Des Moines notices of other events and deaths fill later columns
Judge Palmer summoned Rev. W. H. Talmage Rev. M. A. Rader and W. D. Wynkoop to court for contempt over statements about the courts actions in saloon liquor cases. Rader accused the judge of prostituting the bench and Talmage alleged saloon influence over Palmer. Wynkoop urged Endeavorers to press for fair treatment at a June 10 gathering and a June 23 hearing was set to consider continuing injunctions barring saloons from Sundays.
June 19 at Alto Pass Illinois reports Viggo Lerche, a visitor from Copenhagen, demonstrates psychic power by causing a heavy iron poker to tilt and rise while he sits calmly. The event, observed at C Jessen's home, is described as genuine with no trickery and notes a past incident as a student in Copenhagen.
A Camden report states Tom Watson and his wife were seized by a citizen committee and lashed 500 times after they claimed Will Bussey assaulted Mrs Watson. The couple had sworn falsely, and Bussey was later sentenced to lengthy punishment. The episode followed three weeks of Mrs Watson’s sworn statement and a forced testimony claim.
A round of short items reports Louis Aldrich’s death in Maine, a cyclone damaging towns in Virginia, tea thefts near Williamsburgh with recoveries, and Mary O’Brien’s death in Chicago confinement for alcoholism. The Chicago Federation of Labor faces charter revocation, and Boers capture British patrolmen near Calvinia. Police link a missing boy to hockey, Mrs. McKinley nears safe return, and Minneapolis firms wind up. Telegraph workers discuss strike, jewel thieves caught in New York, and pressmen refuse to join state guards. Fire near Greenville, South Carolina causes heavy losses. A Kansas clergyman recounts a wedding fee misadventure with a surprise extra payment.
Jefferson wrote to Madison in 1787 about a portable copying press he designed in England. He reported demand, noted a brush improves copying, and mentioned plans for more. He sent a press to Lafayette and claimed invention of the revolving chair.
The Hamburg American steamer Deutschland arrived in Plymouth on June 19 and defeated its own record by covering 3,082 miles in five days, 11 hours, and 51 minutes. The voyage stretched at an average speed of 23.38 knots, surpassing the previous 23.36 knots.
The Amalgamated Copper Company filed certificates in Trenton New Jersey on June 19 increasing capital stock from 75 million to 155 million. The funds will be used to acquire the Butte and Boston and Boston and Montana companies.
Greene Iowa June 19 Mrs Louisa Bussa living seven miles southwest of here found dead and partly burned in her house kerosene and feathers scattered over the floor coroner's jury holds inquest. She had only been married a short time.
A New York woman’s asthma worsens after moving from the river to a distant neighborhood, a man finds distress on ground level after life in a high hotel, and a humorous exchange over unsolicited rugs reveals stubborn business manners. Also a colored philosopher reflects on life’s hardships, and Manning hints at a pitcher’s potential autobiography.
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