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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1900
Page
1
Union notices fail to budge dispute as Haleton Ost mine operations freeze. Mitch ell concedes only partial resumption possible under Scruton convention. broader regional impact threatens prolonged idle period and labor tensions among workers and owners.
Fragmented OCR text describes a chaotic public event with mentions of a tally, a crime or disturbance, a municipal setting, and a stated total of 1155 dollars. Names, places, and precise actions are garbled, leaving only partial references to a confrontation, a brewery, and a controversial scene at a chair casting or election-like gathering.
New York October 20 General Leonard Wood governor of Cuba arrived in New York from Havana and proceeded to Washington. He said he came at the department's request to prepare for the removal of his family to Cuba and will report on arrangements at once.
A disaster narrative describes water pouring down from high ground, sweeping away possessions and forcing residents to flee with only their lives saved. An elderly man and others are mentioned among those affected as they seek safety in nearby hills.
Five hundred workers and girls were panicked by a tent collapse at the McCormick Hagderter twine house in Chicago. Firemen Timothy Cronin Peter Paxton and three others were seriously hurt, many females fainted, and the property damage reached six hundred thousand dollars.
A fragment from a Chicago area page describes a carnival at Alton with odd features and a tale of romance across an alley. Mary Klema and John Peterson are central in a court case over a marriage license issued to Peterson and Mary Klein, amid jealousy and family tension. The piece also mentions a Mingis Federation of Women’s Clubs event and local teachers’ society notes with officer lists and activities.
Alton Wisconsin reports a carnival drawing about 15 000 residents and visitors. The event featured river pageantry and a yacht club parade with firework fleet, navy flags, and a crowning of Madge Harper as queen. Sixty floats in the parade highlighted the day of city festivities.
The Queen and Duke Henry Etehlenlergh Scaverin, accompanied by the queen’s mother, arrived in The Hague amid enthusiastic welcomes. The royal party toured the palace area as crowds sang, while members of the diplomatic corps were introduced to the duke.
Dispatch from Constantinople says a new massacre in the Diar bekir district saw Mussulmans pillage outrages and kill for five days with no Turkish troop intervention. Eight villages were destroyed by fire and pillage.
Springfield reports the supreme court upheld the lower court finding former banker E B Dreyer of Chicago guilty of embezzling 311000 from West Park funds. Other items note the New York suffragists convention adjourned, a fundraising motion, and various regional briefs.
London and Berlin report a mix of military movements, diplomatic notes, and conspiracy claims surrounding Russia and China. Key items include Major General Campbell’s dispatch from Wang Cia Fou, British and German positions on China, and a plot against the czar with explosive discoveries near Sebastopol.
Georgetown Ky October 20 We the jury find the defendant guilty and fix the punishment at life imprisonment This verdict was returned in the case of Henry E Yentsey charged as a principal in the murder of Gov William Goebel More of the defense The attorneys plan a motion for arrest of judgment which if sustained will postpone the sentence until February
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