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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1909
Page
1
Mercer Pa May 10 Judge Williams sentences James H Boyle to life imprisonment for kidnapping Willie Whitla. his wife receives 25 years plus a $5000 fine. Both collapse in court. later details note prior records and the defendants’ deteriorating condition.
Washington May 10 Cummins Iowa offered an amend during the senate lead ore tariff bill debate. The move aims to shape the schedule and ease tariff impacts while preserving key provisions and industry safeguards.
John F. McIntyre led the closing plea for Peter Hains Jr claiming the shooting was an act of God not planned by man. An emotional court moment occurred as Hains embraced his mother in the Flushing courtroom before proceedings.
New York May 10 Justice Hough issued a permanent injunction restraining the Fibre and Manilla association. The court found that 25 paper manufacturing concerns formed a combine in restraint of trade and ordered the firms to cease operations. Each company had been fined $2,000 in June 1908 for membership in the combination.
Washington May 10 Speaker Cannon after talking with the president expressed the opinion that congress would not adjourn until the extremely hot weather would induce the senators to take a vote on the tariff bill. Other callers at the White House believed adjournment would not be possible before July 1.
Carmi Illinois May 10 news arrives of Edgar Thompson king of the Fiji Islands, who left his Albion home 25 years ago. He married a princess, was crowned king, and his death is reported from Albion vicinity.
Judge McPherson today filed the signed injunction order and accompanying opinion in federal court, enjoining Circuit Attorney Seebert Jones of St. Louis from prosecuting in the circuit court the suit seeking to restrain Missouri railroads from adopting a 3 cent passenger rate.
Constantinople May 10 The coronation of Mehmmed V as sultan of Turkey occurred at Ayoub Mosque. He girded the sword of Osman I, then with grand viziers and officials witnessed by no foreign eyes, he raised the imperial weapon and claimed sovereignty. A crowd cheered as troops fired salutes and schoolboys sang, blending eastern rites with western civility.
Atlanta May 10 delegates filled the city as the international Order of Railway Telegraphers opened its convention. Today’s sessions were executive with the formal opening set for tonight.
An explosion from a dynamite stick placed in a stove in Wooster Oklahoma killed two men and seriously injured three others. The incident occurred May 10 and is under investigation for careless or malicious placement. Separately in New York May 10 Miss Nora Iselin wed Count Ferdinand Collaredo Mansfield, an Austrian embassy attache to Italy, at the home of the bride’s uncle C O Iselin.
Augusta Evans Wilson author of St Elmo and Beulah died in Mobile at 72 after heart failure. Born 1835 in Columbus she wrote Inez a Tale of the Alamo at 14 and later Macaria, Vashti and In Idea. She married Col L M Wilson in 1868 and spent much of the Civil War nursing soldiers.
President Taft urged Congress to amend the Foraker act amid a budget crisis in Porto Rico. He cites the island’s lawmakers failing to pass appropriations, risking government shutdown after June 30, and argues for stripping the assembly of blanket appropriation power. He proposes conditions aligning executive and legislative roles and cites precedents from the Philippines and Hawaii.
Springfield May 10 with only 15 or 18 legislative days left the Illinois assembly faces a packed week. The house begins a rush to pass measures including board of control bills and deep waterway proposals while the Senate weighs referenda and realignments. Other items include submerged lands titles for steel and iron firms, electrification of the Illinois Central, civil service expansion, and eight hour and liquor bills fueling intense fights across chambers.
Dubuque Iowa May 10 Rev Father Laurence J Vaughan noted Catholic divine and Shakespearean lecturer and playwright died here today. St Louis firm assigns American Stock and Grain company broker age capitalized at 50000 assigned today.
Nairobi May 10 A bulky rhinoceros was killed by Colonel Roosevelt during a jungle expedition. From his Machakos camp word came that 15 rarities of game including the big rhinoceros were bagged. The animal charged Roosevelt and fell dead at a distance of 14 paces.
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