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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
1
Sioux City reports Jefferson city marshal Swearingen was shot and killed by S M Shipman when serving warrants. Shipman was killed by a mob. The incident followed a dispute after two boys mocked Shipman near a circus. Local ore investment rumored over a million dollars.
Rome reports Cardinal Rampolla assured Bishop O Gorman that the Vatican accepts Taft's main points on the friars lands in the Philippines. Proposals include land purchase by arbitration, appointing arbiters for indemnity, and deeds for ecclesiastical buildings. The stand hinges on friars withdrawal and involves arbitration of school and hospital trusts. The pope urged swift settlement, impressed by U S honesty and moderation.
Detroit June 21 The jury found William M. Jones guilty of the April 9 murder of George H. Haywood. He received a life sentence at Marquette prison. Also notes a Meridian Mississippi report of a manhunt after a brutal murder. Denver denies a quoted remark about a snowslide. Pittsburgh reports Union Steel buying ore lands in Mesaba.
Clare Michigan June 21 Annie Curtis age 11 taken to jail today charged with murdering 13 month old son of George Pardee by administering carbolic acid while the child slept in her home.
St Paul Minn June 21 the old First Minnesota regiment celebrated its forty first anniversary with 113 survivors attending. A wife of 51000 from J J HIM head of the Great Northern funded the reunion. A luncheon at the Hill residence and a flag-raising at the state capitol highlighted events with ex Governor Ramsey Archbishop Ireland and others present.
Emperor William at Aachen lauded Germany as a new world-wide imperium while stressing the roots of the empire in fear of God. He linked church and state, praised the pope for loyalty to German piety, and affirmed unity of Catholics and Protestants under religious duty. The speech followed his Bonn arrival with Empress and Crown Prince Frederick William.
Madison Wisconsin June 21 The Ili noix Steel company won the case against the Jones Islanders as the state supreme court reversed the Milwaukee circuit court ruling in favor of the plaintiff. The court held the steel company owned the disputed premises by title under government patent at the time of the nation’s commencement and the appellant’s motion for judgment should have been granted.
Des Moines says James Gallagher and his wife were murdered by robbers at River Junction last night. A gold watch and $1 were taken.
HF Jacobs Very OL Chicago June 21 Benjamin Jacobs a well known real estate man of Chicago prominent for church and charitable work is very ill at his home of a complication of Brights disease and heart failure. Little hope is expressed for his recovery. Robbins Given a New Post Quincy June 21 Dr Joseph Robbins resignation as superintendent of Jacksonville Msane asylum has accepted by the board of was made the permanent chairman of the Adams county Republican convention held at yton Tuesday.
Washington June 21 Republican senators held talks on Cuban reciprocity with eight or nine speeches in favor and two against. Burton of Kansas defended beet sugar interests, arguing for supporting infant industries and shaping the party’s loyalty. The canal bill outlook suggested accord on the Senate Panama amendment, with conference expected and White House optimistic about early canal legislation. Senate business was light, with focus shifting to conferences and pending military academy bill. Springfield mourners faced a ruse as a man presumed dead briefly revived, with funeral plans disrupted by a hospital admission and rapid decline.
In Clinton Missouri on June 21 the statewide Prohibitionist convention named a slate for supreme court judges Rub en V Robinson Kansas City J P Orr Halden Rey A F P Butts Springfield and railroad commissioners W C Morse De Soto and W N Kiener Jamesport with a short term. Superintendent of public instruction D B Dungin Canton. new state central committee named. The platform urges convicting inroads on roads a strong school fund municipal or state control of utilities initiative referendum direct vote and moral suffrage qualifications while condemning liquor advertising billboard use and the liquor trust and calls for enforcement of liquor laws tax franchises and limits on suffrage.
Mrs William Barret Ridgley wife troller of the currency and daughter of Senator Cullom died last night at Johns Hopkins hospital after an operation for appendicitis. The report moves through a series of political items from Washington including sessions on the Philippine civil government the army appropriation bill and isthmian canal conference. Also noted are a veterans encampment invitation to President Roosevelt pensions for life savers and the Mint director Roberts planning to assume The Register in Des Moines forthcoming Detroit visit for the Spanish war veterans convention
Union leaders warn a general coal strike could exhaust ground supplies within months, risking widespread factory closures. Nearly 450,000 miners across 30 states may join, with nonunion workers poised to quit. Indiana operators report tight coal stocks while Canada and Britain may offer limited, costly substitutes. Separate reports note Paterson and Toronto street actions, Des Moines telegraph workers, and a Des Moines strike for higher wages and a nine hour day.
Paris reports Dr Garnault, who claims to test whether tuberculosis can pass from cattle to humans, was misquoted regarding a self experiment. He names Dr Theobald Smith and Prof Baumgarten as colleagues whose scientific integrity he questions in relation to Koch's theory.
The steamer Nome City, the first to come from Nome City this season, carried about $200,000 in dust and 20 passengers.
Cornell triumphed in the four oared event with Pennsylvania second and Mabin third. Unofficial time listed as 10 4. Diamonds Considered as Cash. Also noted: a miniature tornado at LaCrosse, a church prayer meeting anecdote, prune nutrition claim, and a biographical note on Douglas Jerrold.
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