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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1904
Page
1
Random local items include dental fees, restaurant notes, licenses to wed, bank clearings, theater plans, and marriage licenses. Mentions Davenport Rock Island area events, personal visits, law notices, and community updates with multiple names and places across Davenport and nearby cities.
In the case Je Sinie against Behm, Behm was discharged and Ray Chase, the plaintiff, was awarded costs for resisting an officer. The court noted the action was dismissed with costs against the plaintiff.
During maneuvers at Gibraltar last night the British torpedo boat destroyers Ardent and Boyer collided. The Ardent sustained serious damage.
New York October 28 News reports that young Corbett and English lightweight champion Jabex White were matched today and will meet in London in January. The bout stakes and venue details were not disclosed in the brief dispatch.
Threw a beer bottle on Northern Harrison Street. Frank Fitzgerald was fined $10 by Judge Finger. The case notes the bottle shattered into pieces and the defendant appealed with a detective officer present. A misdated drug ad appears amid the report. A dispatch from Rostint reports Col Yamadas chain captured. another battle anticipated.
Mian O Connor, shot through the stomach in a saloon in East Mullue, lies near death after a brawl with Henric Vermarsh. Vermarsh, held in Rock Island county jail, faced by Sheriff Heider and Dr Taylor after the assault. Witnesses say the men entered the saloon after 1 PM. bottles, a glass, a cuspider, and finally a gun were used in confrontation. O Connor, from Bloomington, had hoped for work at the New Stops Wormaral. Vermarsh and accomplices previously resided in Moline.
Guthrie Oklahoma officials dismiss rumors that a boll weevil has infested Oklahoma cotton. Lawrence Walter of Washington reports a conference with Secretary Thoburn of the Board of Agriculture. The secretary says the observed worm is destructive but nothing like the boll weevil and no outbreak is found in the territory.
Five inmates including Rolin Ters ry James Mefice Mont Harding and Barry A Gilbert escaped from the state penitentiary at Jackson Michigan while painting a smokestack. They used a ladder stolen from a tool lane to scale the north wall as guards looked away. Prison officials and many warders pursued the fugitives.
Tom O'Brien, accused of threatening to kill his father, was discharged in Justice Hall's court. A wagon malfunctioned earlier as a wanton belonging to the Pair company broke in the alley by the store room.
Washington D C det notesAttorney Rossington filed motion to advance the case of United States Senator J R Burton of Kangas and petitions for a writ of certiorari to move the case from the Eighth Circuit to the Supreme Court. The court took the motion and petition under consideration.
Obituaries list several local deaths including Emily Jane Hayes at Rock Island county hospital and Mrs Corinda Sears of Rock Island with service details. Also noting Oldenburg and McCloskey families with burial and funeral arrangements in Milan, Davenport, and Rock Island locations.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles Deneen addressed a large crowd in Kankakee Alabama on October 18. He stated he will not make promises and that performance is the true test of a candidate's principles, citing his tenure as state's attorney of Conk County as proof of his record.
W G Beebe county judge of Juneau county Wis was drowned when his boat capsized on the Lemonwell river four miles from New Lisbon last evening. Beebe lost balance fell against the boat and overturned.
Quincy reports the prison congress discussing crime suppression and offender detection by thumb marks. About 25 delegates attend with speakers from Chicago and Scotland Yard, including J Kennetth Ferrier, Prof Henderson, and J H Walter. Warden addresses Rights and Duties of the Deputy Warden as the panel outlines organizational efforts.
The Mattoon Association resolves that the federal government be petitioned to appoint an examining board where all parties considering marriage in the state must appear and prove they are physically mentally and morally fit. It also requests steps toward a uniform divorce law. A similar resolution was adopted earlier. The convention will choose a permanent location for the Baptist Young People's Union chapter.
In Joplin Missouri Oct 18 large gatherings for the Missgout Knights of Pythias and Rabthbone Sisters arrive in numbers. Events include a Lyre theater program with Hat kell Indian and a club theater appearance. Regrettably the text shows many OCR errors but notes a busy week with anti theft meetings and other notices.
Police say an assistant night bartender disappeared as thieves forced open the cash drawer at Faust's restaurant in St Louis. About $4116 in currency and checks were taken while $570 of the head bartender's personal sayings remained.
Residents of Ekeelsign fear for the village as a fire at a mine endangers homes. Local authorities urge action to extinguish the blaze and prevent further loss, amid rising tension and calls for swift response. Meanwhile a theatrical note announces Julie Gray starring in Lincoln Street’s "Only Sin," a strong melodrama with a cellar role by Julia Gray.
The report from Davenport lists receipts of wheat 131000 bushels and corn 131000 bushels with oats and provisions, plus hog cattle and sheep arrivals across Chicago and Omaha. Prices for hogs range from 4.90 to 5.40, cattle steady to strong for best, and sheep steady. Liverpool and Chicago grain futures show wheat and corn down. Chicago and New York stock listings follow with miscellaneous gains and losses across several companies and sectors.
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