24 Jun 1902
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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1902
Page
1
London reports the coronation postponed due to King Edward's illness. Perityphlitis necessitated a surgical operation. the king remains in critical condition with limited progress. Officials caution several weeks before the ceremony could proceed.
In Grand Island on June 24 Democratic and Populist state conventions explored a joint ticket with H D Travis named temporary chair. Leaders narrowed potential Bryan substitutes to about five or six, urging Bryan to accept if nominated despite his initial hesitation.
Lincoln Neb June 24. W J Bryan explains his absence from New York harmony dinner. He says the June 1 Tilden club event was billed as a harmony meeting but became an ovation for Grover Cleveland. He accuses Cleveland of secret corporate dealings in 1892 and of betraying Democratic principles with his administration and actions.
Oxford University conferred the honorary doctor of civil law on AmIsador Joseph H. Choate despite back pain and a pale gray appearance. Also described are a Westminster coronation rehearsal attended by officials and a separate report of a village horsewhipping near Lake Villa and two young men drowning at Smiths Mills on the Sangamon River.
Jane Toppan, confined after a Barnstable jury verdict, confessed to counsel Judge Bixby that she murdered 33 people. The victims were patients she had nursed, in a chilling admission reported from Boston on June 24.
United States government reports a riot plot in Indiana with white men and two Negroes named. Secret service warns suspected individuals that carrying arms will incur incitement charges. Hotel owners, officials, and employers enforce silence under threat of dismissal as arrests occur and federal agents prepare to intervene. Several affected Black residents flee the valley amid rising tensions.
Matron Lowe of the Reforgi school lies in hospital with bullet wounds through the abdomen and is unconscious. Lowe, jailed on charges, claims the shooting was an accident and the revolver appeared harmless after tests. The scene, described by a watchman and medical ward reports, remains enveloped in mystery.
Describes the coroner jury report on the Gallagher murder at River Junction. It states the killer remains unknown despite the prosecution noting Moore’s arrest and alleged attempts to sway the widow. Gallagher was killed in bed with chloroform given to his wife as two children slept nearby.
New York dispatch quotes H M Olyphant of Delaware and Hudson ridiculing United Mine Workers President Mitchell. He warns against arbitration and says mines will reopen with workers ready to descend. The piece notes debate over wage scales, mine sizes, and freight costs, with Western updates and federal injunctions shaping actions in Wilkesbarre and Parkersburg.
Washington lawmakers heatedly debated brutality in the Civil War versus actions in the Philippines. Grosvenor and Mahon cited Confederate prison deaths and Union prisoner conditions, citing Stanton reports and Jackson letters to argue comparative atrocity and retaliation context.
A German torpedo boat was run down and sunk today by a British steamer at the mouth of the Elbe. The commander and three crew members are missing, reported from Kiel on June 24.
President Roosevelt left this afternoon for Boston to attend Harvard University's commencement and deliver an address. He travels amid preparations by university officials and state authorities to host the event.
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