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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1901
Page
1
Depositors expected to be paid in full as Cuyahoga Savings and Banking Company suspends operations due to the absence of treasurer B N Pollock. Directors state they will conduct an examination of his affairs and believe the bank is solvent.
The body of real estate dealer Harry Bonnetbeau was recovered from the St Johns River along with two other men. Reports of many deaths from Friday's disaster circulated but can only be verified after crowds depart. Martial law remains in force as authorities prepare to remove idle workers and maintain order.
A Burlington fast passenger train collided with a construction train near Thayer Street in the afternoon. Five people were reported killed and injured in the wreck, with authorities listing ongoing casualty updates.
Jamieson and Co a major western stock brokerage suspended operations in Chicago on May 6 unable to meet obligations on the New York Stock Exchange. The firm cited liquidity pressures and halted trading as regulators reviewed its finances.
A gusty wind toppled a barn near Hastings causing excitement as a freight train approached. The barn burned to kindling after collapse, while postmaster Takes Ile Life Robinson and May Smith faced inspector scrutiny over office books. Nearby fires and a hatchet attack followed other local incidents.
The governor also sighed Saturday and legislates the present superintendent of public works out of office, granting aldermen the power to appoint his successor.
Chicago May 6 Between 000 and 24M employes in the fort y shops of Mee entire Minole Central railway system have been given a 3 percent wage rise effective May 1 raising the annual payroll by nearly 300 000. All workers in the shops receive the increase eighteen classes of ties are included. The move comes as machinists seek a nine hour day and higher pay with machinists aiming at a minimum of 20 cents an hour.
In Salt Lake, May 6, at the county jail wedding chamber, Miss Chira A. Rogers married Balt Lake, Dinh, the son of a Decatur contractor, just as a thief previously convicted of highway robbery and slated for sentence. The ceremony was before Justice Lochrie, known in Salt Lake as Harry Wilson, after a brief trial attended by Mike Togers. Hunt, tied to a Japanese cook crime, was later led to the county clerk’s office. Hunt and Abie Boxers reportedly wed in the jail car. Hunt faces a sentence to the penitentiary for the robbery that netted about 5000 dollars.
May 6 report from St Paul Minnesota notes action by the Builders Exchange and related unions. The body orders separate bargaining with carpenters plumbers gas fitters and others and signals a united stance against the central labor body to pressure abolition of the central body.
Sir Thomas Lipton’s new challenger Shamrock 1r left Southampton for her first trial run in light airs. Lipton, designer Watson, and Jameson aboard as owner’s rep, watched Shamrock 1 and Shamrock 11 race in the Solent with the wind from the northeast. The day featured a lively, largely successful session as Shamrock 1 showed speed and steadiness though the mainsail was not fully set, delighting Lipton and the crew.
Mayor Taggart of Iadisnepetia, during a Chicago visit, leaped to rescue four people after a runaway carriage plowed toward him near Lincoln Park. He grabbed a horse by the bit, checked the horses, and with bystanders' help, brought the vehicle to a halt, sparing the four and others.
Two members discharged for union activity at rail car shops. Reports say men at all car shops from Hoboken to Buffalo quit the line, aligning with the larger shops in the city.
Mrs Castello, a young nurse from Kalamazoo, is besieged by marriage offers after an $300,000 inheritance from her late Spanish husband’s uncle. A Chicago attorney’s letter orders her to depart for New Orleans amid political labor march tensions. Castello denies rumors of engagement and plans to move.
A report details canal issues in St Huvie and Chicago river plans. President Jones convenes a drainage board with legal advisers to evaluate policy and ensure water capacity for 300 000 cable feet per minute. An expert commission will present three proposed plans to sanitary trustees for adoption in Washington.
Senator Quarles and Representative Curtis join Indian Inspector Wright and Dawes official Bixby in Tulsa to determine Cherokee desires for a potential new treaty with the United States. Springfield reports May 6 notes a similar smallpox scare in health circles. Banastar wins the Metropolitan handicap at Morris Park, defeating Cantastor by a neck. Governor Bas Agave signs a pine Ul bill May 6.
In El Paso on May 6 President McKinley met with Mexican officials led by Gen Hernandes to greet Porfirio Diaz’s emissary. Thousands of Mexicans and Americans filled the crowd as Diaz’s rep conveyed cordial greetings and a pledge of continued good relations between the two nations. McKinley urged calm about imperialism and later attended church with his cabinet.
May 8 report details a deadly street clash between American boys and Mexican youths. A boy named Paton, twelve or so, was killed by a pistol shot amid a heated brawl as both sides fled through a crowded area.
May 1 report notes Princess Chimay plans to live quietly with her husband in private. Negotiations for Ligo's stage appearance in America or elsewhere are dropped as the consul general negotiates private leases. The royal couple seek obscurity and to avoid publicity while she pursues performances only in private.
London May 6 The Associated Press reports that Lord Pauncefote received from Secretary Hay a draft of the new Nicaraguan canal treaty It is understood the draft advises England to maintain neutrality in future dealings with the Great undertaking and related matters
In Bellefont Pennsylvania Jessie B K King of Millheim shot his bride of two months then, when confronted by an officer, killed himself. Jealousy cited as motive. Other brief items note bank condition calls and a duchy arrival in Melbourne with a grand reception.
Arthur Tracy a vowed avarelist from Chicago arrested at Mar bellies. Olo Democratic convention to be held in Cleveland between July 1 and 25. Tirbard Wedbeast, author of the tune to Rock of Ages, dead in London. Landon stipulation noted, 426,046 dollars and other financial matters. Topek a Orphan fund details. Turkish Salim 92! range of paymuway. McLeavy Brown ousted as customs controller. Britain angry. Marquis Saiouji named temporary premier of Japan. Louisville festival chorus rejects term hell. Few children burned to death in Musketon Michigan. Mrs Dewey, wife of the admiral, gravely ill. Paris resident wife bears triplets. Thomas Whitley, 8, dies after bird nest fall at Evansville. The way to force plants to branch by cutting the stalk. Persistency yields multiple shoots, keep cutting back. Ladies' Home Journal.
A historical anecdote from A Century of Chinese Literature tells how a general in a tight battle was saved by a spirit soldier who declared itself the god of the target. The general asks why, and the spirit explains it honored him for never biting during practice.
A short, quirky column notes a mugging incident on the way home from a lodge where Mr Jymes loses all valuables except the password. It also parries into household tips about using coal ashes to deter ants and a travel remark on Japanese travelers preferring third class rates.
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