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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1902

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Cuba Libre When Palma Will Be Inaugurated

Gen Wood arrived in Washington to coordinate with President and War Secretary for transferring Cuban affairs to the republic. Palma to be inaugurated May 1, marking end of American control. Wood plans to visit New York Tuesday to align actions with Palma. Longs Held to Be Our Efe? Attorney General Knox rules on public lands Porto Rico question, whether lands ceded to crony or remain state lands.

Washington Gen. Wood Cuba Wood New York Palma Longs Secretary of the Interior Knox Hi Porto Ho Porter Ve United States Porto Rico

Venezuela Revolt Expands as Government Fails to Hold East

Willemstead reports five days of upheaval as rebels threaten Cumana eastward. Barcelona remains under siege while Carapare falls under rebel control. President Castro mobilizes troops and calls on every available man, hoping to blunt the uprising. If rebels win a key battle, widespread Venezuelan support for the government may collapse.

Willemstead Venezuela Cumana Barcelona Carapare Castro Canadare Castee

Cambridge Wins Fifth Annual Oxford Cambridge Boat Race

Cambridge won the fifth annual Boat Race against Oxford on the Thames from Putney to Mortlake by eight lengths in about 19 minutes 9 seconds. Cambridge led throughout the race, while Oxford tired notably. conditions were smooth with a moderate southwest wind.

Cambridge Oxford Thames Putney Mérbike

Old Philadelphia Mint Sold for 2 Million Dollars

Washington reports Assistant Secretary Taylor sold the old Philadelphia mint grounds to Felix Isman for 2,000,000. In Pittsburgh officials deny chain price increases amid adjustments. In St Johns the Allan Line steamer Huronian is overdue, with rumors it foundered with all hands after possible collision with ice.

Old Philadelphia Washington Taylor Felix Isman Philadelphia Old Mint St. Johns Allan Line Brodie Glasgow North Atlantic

Union Mine Workers Convention Fails to Resolve Relievances

Shamokin Pa March 22 Anxiety over relief provisions for anthracite miners grows as United Mine Workers fail to finalize scale committee report. President Mitchell cites ongoing discussion and expects full action today. Scranton street railway strike gains miner support while unresolved questions threaten drastic measures. Babe found alive in wreck widow’s arms linked to Detroit will case details emerge in Ithaca surrogate filing.

Shamokin United Mine Workers Mitchell FP. J. Shay T. J. Edwards Scranton Division 168 Amalgamated Association of Street Railway

Barnes Leaves Church to Join Dowie sect in Wis

W Barnes a prominent Lake Pita Methodist supporter and former anti prohibition gubernatorial candidate announces his departure from the church to follow Dowie. His wife has been a Dowie follower for some time. Barnes, 18, leaves home for Eldorado Wisconsin after his father’s public switch. Paul Barnes, his son, packs a bag that night and stays with a friend before also leaving for Wisconsin.

W. ¥. Barnes Lake Pita I Larnes Lavs Eldorado Wis Karnes Louz

Requisition Refusal Deepens Illinois South Dakota Dispute

Governor Herreid refused an Illinois demand for J. H. Stover and John Howard Jones amid a case of alleged false pretenses in Codington County. A later request from Governor Yates for E. Bailey of Watertown on perjury charges tied to the same suspects was likewise denied.

Pierre Marcel Herrert Ilinois J. H. Stover John Howard Jones Codington County Yates E. Bailey Watertown Cook County Jones Stover South Dakota Herreid

Iowa Mine Conference Talks End Without Agreement

A joint convention in Des Moines failed to reach a consensus on shot firing rules as operators adjourned the meeting until Monday with talks resuming Tuesday. No operators present today, but debate continues on the key safety issue.

Iowa Dex Moines

Struck by a Flying Ax Injures Elgin Resident

John Campbell, a wealthy Elgin resident and retired farmer, was injured while raking leaves when a passing tramp’s axe slipped. The blade struck Campbell’s back, and doctors fear the wound is life threatening. In better news, Sioux Falls reports the state Republican convention set for June 4, with the central committee endorsing the date and location.

Elgin, Ds John Campbell Elgin Aml Campbell Sioux Falls Mare State Central Committee State League of Republican Clubs

Trade improves as labor settlements pull ahead

New York March 22 St G Dun's Weekly Review of Trade reports widespread improvement with fewer labor disputes, higher wages, and strong retail demand for Easter apparel. Domestic demand remains vigorous, foreign trade steady at principal ports, but iron and steel imports lean to pig iron billets and sheets while machinery exports hold. Shipments from eastern and western shoe shops rise slightly but capacity not fully utilized. Grain markets react to weather forecasts and weekly U S failures total 209, Canada 21. Berlin March 22 US Steel buys iron in Germany for structural use.

New York St. G. Dun ‘Os Weekly Review of Trade United States Canada

Treason confessed and grim crimes across 1900s scenes

The report notes Col Grims, a Russian officer condemned to death by Warsaw court martial, confessing to high treason amid trials of military secrets. Separate items recount gruesome bull attack death and a Bloomington Illinois discussion where Emil G. Hirsch questions Governor Yates and suggests Jewish voters would back Alschuler if voting again.

St. Petersburg Col. Grims Warsaw Bloomington Mareh Emil G. Hirsch Chicago Yates Samuel Meechuler Richard Yates Wilingis Yew Rec Dr. Hirsch Alschuler

Washington considers Miles fallout after senate testimony

At a cabinet meeting yesterday President Roosevelt weighs Miles's publicized senate testimony and how to handle potential retirement. Secretary Root and Senator Spooner met with the president as debate centers on whether Miles's remarks should be treated as privileged and how the administration will respond to friction in the army.

Washington Mare Committee On Military Affairs Fnally Tong Seer Keot Armay Miles Root Vsident Roosevelit General Miles Military Affairs Committee Senate Spooner

Plague Mortality Worst on Record in Lahore Dispatch

London reports from Lahore indicate the plague mortality is the worst on record. The dispatch notes rising deaths as the outbreak intensifies across the region.

London Lahore Peaehre Wu

Chicago Jekyll and Hyde Alleged Thug Linked to Post Office Robbery

A chaotic Chicago case ties a shooting to the 76 000 post office heist. Hopkins, wounded at St Luke’s, had led a double life as a reputed charity giver in Palos Park. Kipley the nephew of ex-Chief Kipley and Lillie Arlington are in custody as investigators press links to the crime and Hopkins’s social standing. In Lansing Michigan a civil suit seeks damages over a boy’s death from an army musket discharged at a relic sale. Fred Gilbert wins at the Limited Gun Club with 26 straight, Chiefly notable for a shoot-off with Hicks of Columbus. In Newport Kentucky police probe brewery strike violence, with John Klink injured after a meeting.

Good Society Union Chicaze Tsies Hopkins Joseph Hopkins Dan” Kipley Kipleys Hin Lillie Arlington Lil Kipley St. Luke's Hospital Roptins Palos Wark Itv Mari Nes Lansing Mich Petty Admuital Strater The of Millard Hie Ormerly Lansing 1 Tromis Millard Wats Tew Fred Gilbert Amd Central

Coghlan's Case and Michigan Delegation Talks

Washington reports Captain Joseph T. Coghlan seeks advancement after a disciplinary sentence. Michigan Senators McMillan and Burrows joined House members in a conference on Cuban reciprocity, urging a broader position. White House plans discussed favor converting the White House into a residential establishment while relocating official offices.

Michigan Washington McMillan Burrows House Onter

Mantey Declines Postmaster General Post

Augusta Maine March 22 Joseph H H Mantey announces he declines the offer of assistant postmaster general from Postmaster General Payne citing business and personal reasons. The decision ends consideration of the high level federal appointment in the current administration.

Augusta Maine Joseph HH. Mantey Brat Genera Payne

British tobacco men reject Imperial Tobacco agreement

London march 22 at a meeting of the Edinburgh Association of Retail tobacconists a resolution was adopted unanimously to decline signing the Imperial Tobacco company’s agreement not to sell American goods for a term of years. They urged a minimum price raise to ensure fair dealer profits and refused boycotting while Belfast dealers accepted the American proposition. The London group denounced the boycott clause as unjust and asserted support for manufacturers guaranteeing 20 to 25 percent retailer profits.

London Edinturdh Association of Retail Telnictorists Imperial Tobacco Company Belfast Imperial Lonateo Company London Tobacconists Rem Englad

Iowa murderer sentenced to twenty five years

Des Moines reports a 25 year sentence for a man named Abert in a murder case from weeks earlier. The March 22 ruling concludes the Iowa defendant's trial, with the verdict delivered in court today.

Iowa Des Moines Abert

Washington War Revenue and President Protection Bills Passed

In Washington on March 22 two key measures cleared the Senate tallying votes 52 to 15 on the emergency revenue bill and a separate protective act for the president. The revenue bill, passed without division, included objections to tea duties pushed by Tillman. The president protection bill imposes death for killing the president or related officers and up to twenty years for aiding such murder, with ten years for threats or counsels to kill. A regular army guard is to be detailed to protect the president, with regulations on dress arms and equipment.

Washington Settle Yestern United States Tillman South Carolina Patterson Colorado Fairbanks Uni Regular Army

Riot at Omaha Medical College Injures Two Students

About 100 students clashed in a two hour riot at the Omaha Medical and Dental colleges. Freshmen sparked the fight in a lecture room, leaving two badly injured and likely disfigured while furniture and equipment were wrecked as faculty efforts to intervene failed.

Omaha, Neb Omaha

Youth's Desperation Inmate Plots Train Wreck Suicide

Bert Cook, a New Buffalo youth held on charges of attempting to wreck an Indian Central passenger train, swallowed poison while in custody and later pleaded with fellow prisoner Jonas Sandemann to cut his throat, as guards feared he would kill himself.

St. Joseph Mich Iterbert Cook Cook Jonas Sandemann

Five Shot and Killed in Alabama City Home Mystery

Alabama City on March 22 reports an unknown group ambushed Frank Hartman at his residence wounding his wife and daughter. Hartman killed, motive and assailants remain unknown with no clues available.

K Alahama City Noble Frank Hartman Hartman

Conservator Appointed for Mentally Unbalanced James Garrigan

Malachi Garrity of Chatsworth is named county court conservator for James Garrigan. Garrigan has been described as mentally unbalanced after a recent sale of his eighty acre farm for $9,000 and a wandering incident in Chatsworth where $10,000 was found in an old bandana handkerchief under his arm.

Pontiac Malachi Garrity Chatsworth James Garrigan Garrigan

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