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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1902
Page
1
Ten thousand attendees packed Madison Square Garden for a pivotal Democratic rally. Adlai Stevenson delivered the principal speech, railing against Republican policies, tariffs, and the trust era while urging remedies to curb corporate power and aid the mass of people.
Chicago judges rule Western Union Telegraph owns property in gathered news and rights do not end when news is published on tickets bought by patrons. The opinion affirms prior rulings and bars National Telegraph News and others from using cited quotations. It also upholds Chicago Board of Trade authority over its quotations and distribution regulations.
Springfield reports Governor Yates showing rapid fever rise to 103 degrees with his executive physician noting uncertainty about diagnosis. The doctor says the patient is not in immediate danger and unlikely to suffer long or severe illness.
The event featured leaders including Senator C. Carmack of Tennessee Judd of California John D. McMahon of Rome NY Mayor Lchmitz of San Francisco Senator David B Hill and W Rh Hearst. They spoke of hope for relief and rallied attendees in a political gathering.
Former President Grover Cleveland urged harmony in the Democratic Party as it pursues tariff revision as the key issue of American politics. He declined active campaigning, agreeing only to a short speech in Morristown next Thursday, and preferred retirement from the election fight.
Chicago hosts the third annual horse show at Coli seum with flags, society crowds, and promising exhibits that may surpass prior years. Fort Dodge hosts Hope Hall dedication with speeches by Mrs Ballington Booth and officials. A foul ball incident in Bellfontaine ends in a man's death. Manning reports word that State Game Warden Morse may appoint forty deputies to enforce game laws this season.
Washington reports shifted Colombian reply on canal negotiations. Herran presents a dignified but not fully accepting response, seeking at least 10 million dollars and a yearly payment sooner rather than later. Colombia insists on 100 year lease with renewal option and cautions against transferring sovereignty.
The dispute over U S naval actions during Colombia's revolutionary period sparks Colombian resentment in Bogota. Officials argue U S officers exceeded authority by interrupting railroad transport of Colombian troops, challenging sovereignty. The state department has raised the issue with U S Minister Hart, with no definite settlement yet.
Des Moines reports say robbers dynamited the Iowa State Bank at Prairie City early today, securing about $4,000 after exchanging shots with the night watchman and citizens. Bloodhounds were set on the trail as the culprits fled.
In DeKalb Illinois October 28 men formed the Sons of Rest after a courthouse conflict and vowed to oppose the Bachelor Maidens club. Women are restricted by rigid rules, affecting social life and marriage prospects in town.
Jacob Smith a Penn Ils miner told The Lord has told me to die and set out on the Incline near the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul viaduct. He rolled down twice, narrowly avoiding a locomotive, then attempted a third fall before a patrolman stopped him. authorities deem him mentally deranged.
Sarmih Bernhardt graced Berlin in Fedora at the Royal theater for the first time since 1870. Nobility and Berlin society packed the house as Emperor William and the empress sent a wreath though not in attendance. She received rousing applause, recalled after each act and finally after six encores, amid flowers and wreaths while she remarked that if statesmen can forget she can too.
LaCrosse Wisconsin October 28 A Segelke and Kohl haus company president Se gelke and his nephew Arthur Buest twenty one years old have been missing since Sunday night after going fishing with a party of eight near Crosby Point they were to be picked up when the launch returned three search parties are out Segelke a pioneer resident of the city feared drowned in the Mississippi meanwhile other items report charges of cruelty at Soldiers Orphans Home in Bloomington denial by Superintendent McCauley two leprosy cases in Iowa isolation advised and an upcoming congress of photo engravers in Cincinnati.
Washington Oct 28 President Roosevelts second message will be a original state paper reflecting his style. He plans separate treatment of tariff and trusts and will back a permanent nonpartisan tariff commission to study facts and guide changes. He will urge safe trust regulation and possible constitutional amendment for broad control pending laws.
Attorney General Knox prepares a trust control bill to be included in the president’s message, aiming for publicity of corporate affairs and prevention of stock watering. The president will discuss the miners’ strike and seek an arbitration report before Congress. attention will also cover the Philippines Porto Rico Hawaii and the Isthmian Canal. The Indian policy will shift to individual rights, and a Des Moines Iowa court sets a $3000 damages cap for the loss of a child under five.
New York October 28 Mrs Douglas Robinson sister of the President Roosevelt arrived from Europe and is reported severely ill during the voyage. The condition was described as very sick with a possible attack of grip at her home this afternoon according to Mr Robinson.
Right Rev. John Starha of St Paul and Right Rev. James J Keane of Minneapolis were today consecrated bishops of Lead South Dakota and Wyoming at St Pauls cathedral in the presence of a large assemblage.
In Negaunee Michigan and the Lake Superior area the absorption of small mines by large steel trusts signals strong potential for the Marquette range. The Ohio mine will restart soon, a pumping plant is in place, and machinery is being installed. Miners are in demand as winter prospects look unusually bright, with laborers and skilled miners alongside a rising wage trend.
Major General S. BM Young, guest of Geo W McLanahan in Atskill N Y, said a report on British army noncommissioned officers coming to the United States is possible. He suggested British soldiers, described as trained athletes, might perform at the military tournament at Madison Square Garden next spring to showcase English physical training. He noted British training is not superior to West Point but better than at U S posts.
Yorkton Assinaboin Oct 28 Fifteen hundred starving Doukhobors are marching into town. They are three miles out. A hasty town council meeting is summoned as special constables are sworn in and citizens grow excited. Enraged Bull terrorizes Indianapolis district before being killed after goring two men. Energy discovery claim by Emmet Green in Evansville could revolutionize power. A Bay City man shot by an officer in a lumber yard refuses to name himself while dying. Ames student P L Kimberly dies after falling from a Northwestern train while hitching a ride.
The Anthracite Strike Commission met in the Interstate Commerce Commission room for its first conference with operators and miners. Judge George Gray presided as the panel planned a four hour discussion and set starting date for mine and home inspections near Scranton. Mitchell represented the miners outlining wage and hour demands, Baer challenged his standing, and the panel signaled future debate over recognition of the United Mine Workers.
Baer advocates a sliding scale he calls the profit sharing plan. He argues that each coal company case should be treated separately, stating support for the approach during the discussion. The piece notes continuation on page three.
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