02 Nov 1909
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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1909
Page
1
A cryptic national notice references a new issue claimed by Waterway Asolution. The fragment mentions the Atlantic region and a phrase about comer foods, but details are unclear and dates or actors are not specified.
The article discusses the maximum tariff on French goods and reciprocity terms, touching on U S policy and congressional action. It mentions the electric lamp, its efficiency, eye safety, and use by Northwestern University engineers. the lamp’s heat loss, economy, and adoption in post offices for sharp address contrast.
A New Orleans meeting pushes for a vigorous federal policy on the 14 foot waterway. Delegates demand immediate funding and urge Taft to press Congress for action. Charles Scott asserts unity with the president, while calls for urgent measures and a mission to Washington intensify the campaign.
Washington ad November 2 the district court of appeals affirmed the supreme court of the District of Columbia in finding President Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor guilty of contempt of court in the Bucks Stove and Range case. Chief Justice Sheppard dissented on constitutional grounds and Gompers announced willingness to appeal to the US Supreme Court while defending constitutional rights.
Chicago dated November 2 a jury was completed today for the trial of Dr Clemison charged with murdering his wife at their home last May He will contend his wife took poison during a personal crisis and intent was uncertain.
Pittsburg report says Mrs. William Marlow and her four children were burned to death when an oil lamp toppled and caused a blaze at their home on the city outskirts. Fire officials described the incident as accidental.
Election day news reports diverse weather and rising tensions across states. Breathitt County Kentucky experiences armed factions and militia presence amid concerns of fair voting. Louisville addresses Negro Question while Indiana focuses on liquor, law enforcement, and legislature. New York reports heavy turnout with arrests for illegal voting but overall quietest election in city history.
Des Moines Nov 2 Pat Hatton city marshal of Carroll Iowa was shot in the back by one of two robbers while guarding them after following them from Carroll where they had entered a house last night. A posse captured the robbers an hour later in a corn field.
Karl Kranz, jailed in Milwaukee Wis Navy 2 K was found sane after being charged with writing a letter to Governor Davidson that threatened the lives of District Attorney Backus and assistants for not prosecuting his alleged enemies.
New York, Nov. 2 Professor Jon Howard Van Amringe dean of Columbia college will retire from active service June 30 1910 after completing his 50th year on the Columbia faculty His resignation was presented at a meeting of the board of trustees yesterday He will be 75 years old at retirement and was graduated from Columbia in 1800
Fright from riding the goat at the Compact Masons initiation caused the death of Alchis Hunly a Black resident of Kansas City Missouri. Hunly suffered a hemorrhage after the ceremony. In La Crosse Wisconsin a Chicago man Walter Jordan died when struck by a train according to a coroner report. In Wales four miners drowned after a flooded mine at Ystalyfern Glamorganshire with about 150 others escaping.
Washington reports the war department will begin cannon firing experiments against aircraft at Sandy Hook New Jersey. Captain Charles de F Chandler coordinates balloons and initial gasbag tests with expansion possible. The signal corps aims to navigate air defenses against land attacks, muffling Wright planes, and testing wireless aeroplane communication. Boston hosts the first international aeronautic pilots association forming on the 119th balloon ascension anniversary.
Daniel Schoka a Pine Grove butcher killed his wife and 12 year old daughter and then cut his own life short. Neighbors found the victims on the second floor with the daughter's head severed and the wife's head hanging by the spine. A butcher knife lay nearby and a note by Schoka explained the act. Authorities suspect mental illness and provincial and municipal officials oversee the case. The community reports low voter interest and registration numbers amid the tragedy.
Harbin Manchuria Nov 2 Inchan Angan the Korean who assassinated Ito of Japan and his alleged accomplices were today removed to Seoul Korea for trial. The prisoners are in the hands of the Japanese authorities.
The U S Supreme Court set two weeks hence for arraignment on sentence in the cases of Joseph H. Shipp of Chattanooga Tenn and five co defendants with contempt. The court denied motions for a rehearing after its March 1906 ruling to review Ed Johnson’s murder verdict and hanging sentence in Tennessee.
Captain Wood head of the Chicago Detective Bureau warned last night that detectives must produce definite results in the bomb investigations or quit the bureau. He threatened dismissal if the perpetrators of the explosions were not found and brought to justice.
In New York a Hebrew immigrant Giselle Breiner dies after prolonged hunger strike aboard a ship. The event underscores Orthodox Jewish resistance to food restrictions and self-preservation debates, with the loss reported from Hillis 48fend hospital.
A listed set of provisions requested for Bethany home for November with bids due to Mrs. J. W. Crandall at 835 Fifteenth Street by Friday November 5. Items include flour, graham flour, corn meal, Cream of Wheat, Quaker oats, sugar, coffee, canned goods, eggs, crackers, lard, syrup, raising, ginger, nutmeg, pepper, navy beans, salt, and vinegar.
Richards Missouri soldiers surrounded the post office and captured a robber who gave his name as Elmer Nichols age 17 of Sedalia Missouri He was taken to Nevada Missouri for sale Byrne’s Body Buried West Point cadet Eugene A Byrne died from injuries after a football game and was given a military burial at the academy cemetery Washington November 2 West Point and Annapolis football game scheduled for November 27 was declared off Fire at Poor Farm Milwaukee Wisconsin laundry fire at the county poor farm in Wauwatosa caused $20000 damage and panic among patients Smallpox cases numbered 24650 in the United States for the year ending July 1 a decrease of about 7000 from the prior year New York Navy Joseph Donellen customs officer arrested for defrauding the government by underweighing sugar
President Taft arrived in Columbia Mississippi to visit Secretary of War Dickinson at his birthplace and addressed a large crowd after a reception at General Stephen D Lee’s home. He praised Dickinson’s service before continuing by train to Birmingham and West Point Mississippi.
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