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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1905
Page
1
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania on May 13 simple services were held at the Presbyterian church for five unidentified disaster victims. Railroad and city officials attended before the bodies were buried in Paxtang cemetery.
Butte Montana May 13 seven men were killed and one possibly fatally injured in an explosion at the Corra mine a Heinze property yesterday afternoon. The blast occurred as Nels Waumpa carried about 25 pounds of dynamite to blasting work and exploded while he climbed a ladder to join coworkers on the 1400 foot level. The cause remains unknown.
Pontiac high school won the Western Illinois high school association declamatory contest with Galva second. The event was held in Galesburg on May 13 and the track meet followed in the afternoon. McKinley Heads Traction Merger in Springfield report notes Illinois Traction company, led by Congressman William B. McKinley, takes control of Jacksonville Street Railway and Jacksonville Gas Light and Coke.
Berlin May 13 The semi official North German Gazette denies it is authorized to deny the words attributed to Emperor William in remarks to higher officers at Strassburg as published in home and foreign newspapers.
In Hocking Iowa on May 13 Mrs William Darby who was shot in the head last Monday and has been unconscious all week has given birth to a child. Doctors call it a rare case and say it is the first known instance in medical science.
An independent board of trade run by bucket-shop interests plans to establish in Chicago as The Consolidated Board of Trade of Chicago. It aims to manufacture grain and provision quotations near those of the Chicago board of trade, with initial officers named in Hammond Indiana Kansas City and Cincinnati.
Tokio reports the British steamship Sobraiens hit a mine near Port Arthur and sank with some crew and passengers believed drowned. Rescue boats saved all Europeans aboard.
E. E. Snider, the Olin banker who disappeared in March and was arrested in St. Louis for embezzling 125000, returned to Iowa today. Charles Daugherty, who had recently moved from Wisconsin, was killed yesterday by lightning near Kewanee Illinois.
World explorers report from San Francisco that Capt Ronald Amundsen has located the north magnetic pole and possibly entered the Northwest Passage. He is said to have found Franklin's Monument and a cairn linked to Sir John Franklin's lost 1845 expedition. A provision order to be sent north suggests he is near King William Land, northwest of Boothia.
Louis J. Rens of Oconto Wisconsin a trusted agent with the Mc Echron company is found dead in an abandoned barn after a reported payroll shortage estimated between seventy five thousand and one hundred thousand dollars. He shot himself in the head. In Janesville Wisconsin master carpenters declare every shop open signaling a likely citywide building tieup.
Ava N Y May 13 Hiram Cronk the only survivor of the war of 1812 died today at age 105 He had held a unique place in American history as the last survivor of the first foreign war after independence He was honored by the national government and by New York City aldermen planned his funeral and burial site in advance with meticulous plans for disposition of his remains.
Berlin on May 13 reports broad German support for the government's tariff policy. The German government will not grant favors to the United States under the new tariff law and no party or newspaper opposes the existing trade status with America.
Pittsburg May 13 Edith Isa bella Gibney of St Louis was awarded 15 dollars in her 50000 damage suit for breach of promise against Klaus J Steiner son of Gottlieb A Steiner a wealthy iron manufacturer of Allegheny The ruling comes amid a high profile civil suit in the local courtroom.
An Italian man named Daniel Constable was arrested at midnight trying to force a rear door at the White House Washington D C. Police say his mind is likely affected and he claimed a spirit told him his murdered wife was inside the executive mansion.
Washington reports yellow fever has gained a foothold in the canal zone as Americans returning from the isthmus allege gross neglect. Col. Gorgas says no official reports substantiate the accusations. Refugees describe squalid quarters, lack of sanitary protection, and exposure to mosquitoes.
Washington May 14 Attorney General Moody says the eight hour law is applicable to employees of the Isthmian canal commission in Panama, extending the labor standard to workers on the Panama project.
President Roosevelt approved the burial of John Paul Jones at Annapolis Maryland. Rear Admiral Sigsbee’s squadron will sail to France to retrieve the remains and return them aboard the cruisers Brooklyn Chattanooga Tacoma and Galveston. The voyage from Norfolk is planned for the 10th of June.
Canadian wrestler Harry Mays failed to secure a fall in an hour against Hilding Ardahl of Moline. Referee William Siemser oversaw both main event and preliminaries as Ardahl defended against Mays with a steady, defensive strategy. Earlier, John Voss beat J Linn for two falls in 17 minutes. Also reported, a coal mine explosion in Budapest May 13 killed twenty-two miners at Resie Za.
Mankato Minnesota May 1 The case of Dr George R Koch charged with killing Dr Lewis Gelsharidt in New Ulm last November was given to the jury today.
Herbert V. Croker, son of former Tammany chief Richard Croker, died on a Santa Fe train between Kansas City and Newton under suspicious circumstances. A porter named Charles Wilson was examined and a Chinaman, Ah Lee, was taken in for questioning as authorities pursue the narcotic poisoning verdict and possible foul play.
Washington May 15 United States marshal Walter F Matthews for the district of Oregon has been removed by order of the president. He was said to be not in harmony with the prosecution of land fraud cases in the state. Philadelphia May 12 Joseph M acia manager of many pugilists died today of Brights disease.
Nan Patterson arrives in Washington from New York with her father and Mr and Mrs J Morgan Smith. A waiting crowd cheers as she hugs relatives at the Patterson home. She declines engagements for now and will rest before deciding on the future. In New Orleans Floyd Farrar, a Chicago civil engineer overseeing Southwest Pass work, drowns bathing in the Mississippi. his family resides in Chicago.
Chicago May 13. Four Chicago team owner associations employing about 8000 drivers may discharge noncomplying workers, risking widening the strike. Teamsters President Shea challenges any clash, urging a total union pullout. Deliveries grow with little interference. Fatalities and assaults linked to unrest emerge as nonunion drivers face violence amid wage demands.
Chicago May 13 A 1 am meeting between the committee of eight thousand team owners and President Shea representing thirty thousand drivers ended without result. Owners threaten to defy the teamsters and back the Employers' Association if the union denies delivery to strike firms. Shea warns he may order a citywide strike.
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