03 Dec 1904
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1904
Page
1
The record notes Europe has increased by about 38,000,000 with Russia contributing 14,000,000 and France contributing far less than 100,000. The fragmented snippet highlights emerging economic or financial figures across European nations.
A Danish engineer constructed a Noahs ark styled vessel of 806 tons. On October 30 the ship completed a trial voyage near Copenhagen and proved to be a sturdy sea boat.
The Chinese minister in Paris endorses Secretary Hay’s open door policy on Manchuria. He argues that if the Hay proposition for international equality in trade privileges had been accepted, peace would prevail in Manchuria instead of the ongoing desolating war.
The Baltimore American notes the St Louis exposition showcases radium the submarine boat wireless telegraphy the aeroplane the automobile and the gas producer as the key inventions changing the world and replacing coal in manufacturing.
The Yankees of the Orient are making their mark worldwide as a Japanese invention sees kettle units supplied to the German army. These paper kettles, hung over fire by water poured in, withstand heat long enough to boil water.
The article states ancient Roman women wore extravagant earrings valued highly, with Seneca noting some pairs rivaling a estate's revenue. It also profiles Frank Wayland Higgins, governor elect of New York, described as a large-scale grocer worth about 7 million dollars, married with three children, owning timber land and a two-decade political career.
A St Albans raised man described as an incorrigible rogue was found to have married his aunt making his children his first cousins and himself his own uncle. His grandmother and mother in law were the same person. The judge appeared sympathetic and discharged him.
The balance of power in Manchuria favors neither Russia nor Japan, as both nations push for strength. The fragment notes Napoleon's view on victory tied to manpower and concludes the contest is evenly matched, six of one and half a dozen of the other.
A New York justice would bar motor vehicles from streets, a Pittsburgh justice plans jail for future violators, and Chicago park boards oppose the toy for grown up children as fresh regulations near.
Officials note in Far East war coverage that Manchurian troops show few camp ailments. No fevers dysentery or typhoid. soldiers battle Russians and face subtler threats with disciplined camps and few illness incidents.
Richard M Scruggs died in St Louis at age 82. He was a prominent citizen noted for business acumen philanthropy and civic involvement. He helped establish a mercantile venture and supported numerous charitable works in the community.
Washington hosts Russia and Britain in inviting a high ranking U S navy officer to join an international Dogger Bank inquiry. Congress closes testimony in Judge Swayne case as Johan Most is arrested in St Louis. Roosevelt’s train engine reportedly stoned in Indiana. County counts show Roosevelt leading in Illinois and Deneen ahead for governor. Oklahoma canvass records totals and a Republican legislature. Cuba’s lower house bans street religious processions.
On the 27th Adolph Weber of Auburn California faced a warrant accusing him of murdering his family and of holding up the Bank of Auburn last May with a $6,000 theft. On the 28th a clash between Italian factions in Carbondale Pennsylvania left one dead one mortally wounded and another seriously injured. The Canadian Curlew seized eight sailing vessels and two steamers for illegal fishing near Passamaquoddy Bay. In New York Nan Patterson jurors were discharged due to illness. A Tokio dispatch on the 27th described swordmen entering a Port Arthur fort with fierce fighting as Maj Gen Nakamura and another detachment attacked. A dispatch on the 29th noted Japanese artillery aiming to control 203-meter hill overlooking Port Arthur harbor. Reports from Manchuria on the 28th said three days of dedultory fighting near Dapass left Japanese repulsed but placing siege ice and other assets.
On the 28th laborers Charles Mellich Frank Bennich and John Poropat were smothered in a sewer trench at Kingshighway and Fy ler avenue St Louis when an unbraced wall caved in A Berlin dispatch dated the 28th reports possible confidential negotiations progressing toward a Berlin treaty mediation in the Russo Japanese war
The attorney general declared that newspaper and magazine guessing contests are lotteries under postal regulations. Postmaster General Wynne plans to exclude all advertising matter for such schemes from the mails.
St Louis authorities bar Herr Most from public anarchism talks. Rent hikes reach up to 50 percent in the national capital. Coxey files for bankruptcy in Columbus as petitioners. Indiana canvass shows Republican lead on first electors. Howard president Rankin dies in Cleveland. A Montreal student commits suicide at Springfield normal school. Coal miner Hortier killed by eight tons of fallen coal at Pana. Rhode Island recount reelects Granger Dem by 133 votes. O’Fallon man Denny killed on railroad tracks. Platte City widow Brasfield dies by poison. Ark driving accident injures Mrs Howe and Mrs Wills. Fall River mills reopen in failed union rally. New Jersey building moved to Bea- merg HQ for National Guard encampment. Alton sheriff posts $75 reward for O’Toole. Copenhagen banker Gludestadt forms Jewish anti-Rawen network in America.
Mrs Elizabeth Harper of Chicago sued the state in Springfield for 5000 claiming park officials failed to warn visitors of animal dangers. The state court of claims denied the claim after hearing the case months earlier, noting the incident in Lincoln Park where a zebra bite caused a long incapacitation.
John A Brown trustee of the Jack Bonville asylum for the blind died at St Marys hospital Decatur after an operation. He was 61 born in Abington Massachusetts and had lived in Decatur since 1865. He served as master in chancery for 15 years and practiced law since 1875. He leaves a widow and two children with an estate valued about 100000. Gov Yates was a pallbearer at the funeral.
Three tough looking unidentified men at Danville Junction plotted a train robbery. A St. Louis traveler overheard them. They entered the Leverenz restaurant and saloon and shot bartender Frank Holycross in the lung after an enraged confrontation. They fled north along the railroad tracks pursued by railroad men but escaped.
A heavy mail pouch bound for the Big Four eastbound train was stolen at Paris and rifled of bank drafts for several hundred dollars. The pouch, placed on a crane, was knocked off by a mail clerk attempting to catch it with a hook as the train passed and later found by thieves.
Shots fired in Zeigler amid labor unrest prompt a county sheriff to seek help from Benton. Sheriff Stein and a 25 man posse arrived hours later, unable to respond to the gunfire. Illinois school report lists 1,449,336 school aged residents. enrollment figures broken down by graded and ungraded schools. A chemist at Union Cap and Chemical Co East Alton was killed by an explosion in a confined room. Mills died alone and the building was demolished.
Mrs Christiana Boer a Quincy domestic aged 56 was found in her room in a near starved condition having gone eight days without food or water. She told police at the hospital she had no friends and had locked herself away to await death by starvation. She had 21 dollars in her room and a small sum in the bank.
James Bumgarner, aged 12, son of J. R. Bumgarner, died in Xenia from a bullet wound in the head. The shot came from a target rifle reportedly in the hands of a 10-year-old playmate who cannot or will not explain how the accident occurred.
Charles Broeg Jr was shot and instantly killed by his father in law Captain A D Reddick at the rear entrance to the Reddick hotel in Shawneetown. The fatal act stems from long running family troubles spanning over four years.
The Pantagraph pressroom was wrecked by an oil explosion and fire. The Morning Bloomington newspaper is being printed at the Evening Bulletin plant while repairs proceed. C W Barnes retires as president of Illinois College and assumes a secretaryship with Rex Education Association.
Nov 30 report from St. Petersburg says the czar favors reforms including free press and conscience, vote in legislature, movable judges, and property rights for Hebrews. He rejects popular control of the budget, with imperial council to draft the project quickly and possible use after a Russian defeat or peace celebrations.
London onlookers witnessed a suicide by Elverton Chapman a 23 year old New York resident. After dinner he leapt from the third floor landing into the Carlton Hotel vestibule where he died within minutes. His valet accompanied him to London arriving the prior Saturday.
Mexico City reports an executive decree under the budget law imposes a duty on imported Mexican dollars. Quantities up to six will be free while quantities over five will incur a duty of 100 dollars per gross kilo, effective January 1, 1905. The move aims to mimic prohibition of reimportation as part of monetary reform.
Mrs Vittitoe reports her husband followed by a servant girl, Jessie Greer, 19, from Williamsville to St Louis after a planned elopement. She remains in possession of the family home, says no word from her husband, and is willing to forgive if he returns. Greer comes from a good family and is reportedly headed toward Saint Louis on Friday November 18.
The U S Supreme Court affirmed Missouri ruling in Citizens National Bank of Kansas v M S Donnell. It involved promissory notes under the national banking law and the rate of interest. The Missouri court held the bank forfeits all interest since the new note, allowing only the original 13 000. The decision sustained that view.
Chicago authorities seek court action to free inmates in Tele ket and Chester penitentiaries amid the new convict labor law. Plaintiffs argue enforced idleness renders sentences operative, risking insanity as state delays hinder work programs and employment plans for prisoners.
A truncated report notes Cuba is moving backward with a plan or event set for November 30 involving a teenager. Details are limited in the readable text.
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