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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
1
Houston dispatch reports 2,701 Galveston names list in the Post with many bodies burned or buried at sea. Officials fear dead may exceed 5,000 as rescue runs and relief efforts continue amid transportation delays and looming shortages. Community anxiously awaits funds and supplies to aid survivors and rebuild the city.
A late night steamer disaster near Chewelah results in twelve fatalities and multiple injuries. Survivors include chief engineer Moher Newna and watchman Oscar OL wen, with crew members listed among the dead and missing. The incident occurs on a route from the south to the lake region, as authorities assess the wreck and determine cause and response actions.
Independence Iowa September 14 a Middlefield township farmer named Elfer Cray was visited by whitecaps last night forced to wear tar and ordered to leave the county. Cray had recently been placed under peace bonds for faulting his father and will press charges against the assailants. The report references Wisconsin Tanneries and Fayetteville Leather Co, noting industry ties and a business scale around three million dollars with about twelve hundred employees.
Case outlines how average earnings have fallen below 260 a year while living costs rose over 20 percent. Miners face pay deductions for impurities and high powder costs, with doctors billed by employers. Union leaders announce nationwide sympathy and strikes amid talks with operators.
In Kalle Sept 11 report, Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard dies after illness, his retirement clearing the path for Capt. William T. Sampson to become commander in chief of the North Atlantic Squadron. Sampson, once honored by the administration, is named to lead the fleet as war looms.
Scranton Pa Sept 14 Union leaders report broad support for action as miners face ongoing wage and condition disputes. Operators plan limited reopening Monday while unions prepare for a partial idle period amid calls for arbitration and public investigation. Local company officials promise protection for workers who return to duty as talks stall.
Chicago rep 14 reports a board of trade meeting passed a resolution to authorize contracts with the Exchange Telegraph company. The plan aims to complete a comprehensive telegraph system linking exchange centers by December 31, 1904. The company would gain exclusive telegraph space in the exchange hall and board of trade building and disseminate quotations across its line territory.
Berlin announces that Disconte Gesellschaft with Imperial Bank and Hamburg bankers and Kubo Loch of New York have taken over eighty million marks of 4 percent treasury bonds due 1903. With Imperial Bank approval the issue will be placed on the market in the United States.
Sioux City Iowa Sept 14 Frank King and Henry Wilmner two well known young men near Whittemore were arrested and charged with the murder of Jens Kraveson and Andrew Carlquist whose bodies were found on the track near Paxton last week.
Five Kankakee men living in Illinois were injured in a head on collision between a work train and a freight train on the Illinois Central system six miles south of South Bend Indiana. The wreck occurred early this morning with all men hospitalized for treatment. Local authorities investigated the incident and the railway company opened a safety inquiry.
Washington Sept 14 Des Mateos shows 2 193 people an increase of 24 05 percent while Bay City records 27 628 residents a drop of 76 percent reflecting skewed census figures and migration patterns.
Courthouse funding dominates county news as Bloomington’s new court house plan stalls amid bond testing debates and injunction threats, while a Bloomington related bond tabled vote, Peoria gas rate lawsuits, and a Cobden romance after twenty years of waiting capture regional attention. Also reported are a fireman’s fatal injury, a minister’s death, and a Saint Louis trust deposit. Cities include Mattoon, Charleston, Bloomington, Peoria, Decatur, and Springfield.
Chicago Sept 14 six persons are seriously ill with probable poisoning in Grand Crossing five of them possibly fatally. The victims include Leah Swain and her husband Margu Swain with neighbors Parvington and others noted. Police were notified and are investigating the incident.
London dispatch reports Roberts broadcasting a proclamation to Lorenzo Marquez detailing Kruger's desertion and urging Burghers to yield unconditionally. About 16,000 Boers are prisoners of war, with guerrilla warfare condemned as ruinous and to be met with force.
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