03 Nov 1900
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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1900
Page
1
In Chicago November 3, W. J. Bryan began the final day of the Democratic campaign with a noon address and spoke through the afternoon in city and suburban venues. The schedule included rallies at downtown basins and a library pavilion, with supporters and labor workers in attendance as the closing events of the drive.
A brisk cold rain could not dampen a large parade in New York under the business and reform groups. Nearly 95,000 people joined the march along the route, with Democrats unfurling colored banners and police safeguarding the crowd. Theodore Roosevelt reviewed the procession from Madison Avenue as Republicans claimed a strong turnout and notable campaign momentum.
A Socialist Labor procession on State Street faced police intervention as Debs speakers used wagons to address crowds. Rioting erupted with wagons toppled, flags torn and several speakers dragged from platforms. Police escorted the Debs wagons away as a protest parade continued at night.
A Peoria woman seeks an injunction to enjoin the Treaconess hospital from operating as a hospital amid patient suffering noise and ambulance visits. The piece also reports a confidence game against Vincennes laborer Disalvo, losing $2,500 in a suite and satchel scam led by Peter Bernardo.
London dispatch cites The Times correspondent on peace envoys and Liu Kun Yi and Chang Chi Tung in Peking. Berlin reports German troops in China. Peking files recount the imperial family tragedy and widespread Christian martyrs, with Boxers torturing and killing believers.
Chicago on Nov 3 reports that defendants under the Fertily Valley Creamery company name were bound to the federal court by the grand jury for defrauding the government through oleomargarine manufacture. Government agents seized raw material valued at about 250,000 dollars from the Creamery plant.
A Star special reports a Kerryburg coal mine explosion at Philippi West Virginia killing 41 and injuring over 100. Dynamite brought into the mine in large quantities caused a concussion explosion. subsequent messages from officials updated fatalities to ten with four seriously injured while noting the mine itself was only slightly damaged.
An Evening World report states that the Goulds will settle Count de Castellane's debts immediately. The article notes the estate's value rising, with Anna Gould's share near 14 million and the total Gould estate now over 125 million. Milwaukee meeting of agricultural implement makers adjourned after officer elections.
Dispatches from Tebow dated the 8th report heavy fighting in the frontier mountains. An Anglo German force of 1,600 stormed the area but stalled in a strong position. The defenders resisted stubbornly amid the rugged terrain and ongoing combat.
Nov. 3 report from Jacon Center Ohio states Farmers and Merchants bank was blown open and robbed of 3400 dollars after a break in. Details tag a Chicago arrestee and ongoing investigations into the break in process at the bank.
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