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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1904
Page
1
The speaker notes Chicago’s fire helped shape a great city while warning Baltimore may rise or fall with future fires. He observes that initial disaster reports often exaggerate deaths, citing Galveston and Johnstown floods and the Iroquois fire as rare instances where figures matched later tallies.
In less than forty years, Japan achieved vast advances in material development and embraced modern progress across science, statesmanship, and industrial and commercial activity.
A Fayette Missouri woman thawed a frozen pumpkin in a stove. It exploded, causing damage and an immediate need for a new stove. No injuries reported.
The article notes that many Japanese naval officers have studied in the United States and that Japan has for months employed skilled American gunners. This is presented as a prudent precaution reflecting Japanese energy and foresight.
Missouri defeats Ohio again. An inveterate smoker died at 102 in Ohio. A Missouri woman aged 103 dies after smoking a corn cob pipe for over fifty years. The corncob pipe’s sanitary value is claimed as established.
The Japanese have never before faced Europeans in war yet their army is large and well equipped. The standing force numbers about 650,000 troops, nearly the size of France or Germany.
The text argues Russia has older ties to the civilized world than Japan and claims Japan adopted progress more quickly. It asserts Japan has made three times the progress of Russia in a quarter of the time, explaining global admiration toward Japan.
Nationwide sorrow follows a Baltimore fire that destroyed eighty Johns Hopkins University buildings valued at 1.3 million dollars. Revenue from rents totaled 74 thousand dollars annually, with insurance unlikely to cover more than half the loss. Prominent philanthropists like Rockefeller and Carnegie were urged to assist.
The text states Japan is an island empire with about 42,000,000 people on the main islands, covering roughly 150,000 square miles. It notes this area is about a quarter larger than England, Scotland and Wales and about 10,000,000 more inhabitants than Great Britain, while highlighting Japan’s island geography as a defensive advantage.
The text compares the Japanese army to Germany and Russia, highlighting similar organizational structure and modern armament. It notes Japanese and Russian troops use small-caliber high power rifles and quick firing artillery, and suggests fighting value should be tested in action under modern conditions.
Marcus A Hanna died after a two week illness from typhoid fever. He had been a prominent public figure in recent years, leading McKinley’s 1896 campaign and shaping the party’s strategy. His death removes a influential, affable figure whose absence Ohio and the nation will feel deeply.
A condensed report of Senate and House actions over several days. The Senate debated the Panama canal treaty while dismissing private pension bills, and adjourned. The House passed and debated the Louisiana Purchase exposition loan and accepted Indian agreements. Executive sessions followed with discussions on prerogatives, a notable personal-privilege resignation, and continuing tension from Senator Hanna’s illness.
On the 15th all Baltimore savings banks opened for business with small withdrawals and deposits at all. A severe storm then swept northern Michigan on the 15th, disrupting railroad service as the copper range passenger train stalled north of Calumet for 16 hours before relief.
A morgue of brief notices reports Maria Noble dying in Houston aged 120, with Kentucky birth in 1784, plus a sequence of political and military items. dispatch confirms Japanese landing at Chemulpo, and William Rudolph jailed for bank robbery is found in Kansas penitentiary under alias Albert Gary. Actor Robert B.H. Ball dies in Denver. Perry S. Heath departs Salt Lake City after Senator Hanna’s death. Lieut. Garrett dies at Fort Logan from wounds amid dementia. Lord Roberts offers imperial defense services, De Schweinitz dies of uremia in Washington, Senn’s Red Cross offer unused, Hanna dies in Washington of typhoid with family present.
Reports from Lansing to Baltimore on the 16th note William Rudolph identified at Lansing as an ex‑St. Louis bank robber. A grandstand fire at Vailsburg burns a third of the track. fireman Henry Young dies. Lucretia Treat and Anita Magee are prominent figures with upcoming actions. A massive Minneapolis fire causes over 120000 dollars in damage. Russians consider returning home to enlist. Baltimore resumes city operations as walls are dynamited in the burned district. Blanche Boies receives jail and fine for vandalism. British officials arrive for the St. Louis exposition. A derailment in Terrell injures passengers. Rear-Admiral Chadwick heads to assume European squadron command. Receivers appointed for American Malleable Iron Co. Baltimore clears its streets. rebuilding permits to be issued. Salvation Army memorials for Hanna planned. Krupp birthday gifts noted. Reed found guilty of murder. Hanna’s funeral train departs with family aboard. Kentucky honors Hanna’s memory. Croton fire victims die in a home blaze caused by an oil lamp.
Edgar Burton was found guilty by a jury in Edwardsville for the labor day killing of Edward Deatherage at Courtney's saloon in Madison where Burton worked as a bartender. Deatherage and two companions created a disturbance and threatened him before Burton shot Deatherage, who died about a month later. The verdict follows Barco and Greathouse outcomes and is regarded as severe.
In Greenville, Clarence Joseph, son-in-law, fought through brushes after his arm was severed by a Vandalia train near his father-in-law’s home. Believed struck at about 8 pm, he was found twelve hours later still alive but died soon after without explaining the cause.
The special committee reported that shore contamination sources have been removed the water filtering plant is operating and citizens may safely use the city supply without fear of contamination.
Charles H. Deere, a millionaire plow manufacturer of Moline, sailed from Honolulu aboard the Corea before hostilities began. Friends fear for his safety as Japan may intercept the vessel carrying American beef for Russia. Deere is on a business trip to Japan and the Philippines.
Directors of the Alton roller mill company announce indefinite closure of the Alton flour plant started about twenty years ago with backing from prominent local capitalists. All but two of the original owners are incapacitated or dead, signaling the end of operations.
The city of Bloomington joined in Miss Georgiana Trotter's funeral. At the Civil War outbreak she aided wounded soldiers with Julia Ward Howe Mrs Mary Livermore and other distinguished women.
Eugene Linxweiller secretary of the Decatur Trades and Labor Assembly was fined $100 and costs in federal court for sending a threatening postal card over a boycott threat against a Boston advertising agent.
Judge L. C. Henley of Mattoon says he examined many fruit trees in the area and found at least half the buds alive with no signs of being killed, indicating resilience in the orchard stock.
Arrangements made for an eastern collar and cuff factory to move its western operation to Pana with a site donated by the Business Men's association.
The National Association of Mexican War Veterans will hold a meeting in East St. Louis on September 15. Mayor Cook has offered City Hall auditorium as the venue for the gathering.
William McKee and Joseph McDonald were charged with robbing Charles Flachenecker's Drug Store in Alton, arrested at Terre Haute, and confessed to the crime.
In Adams county criminal court the jury failed to agree after ten days of trial over the murder charge against Catts Seybold in the case of John Brady.
The Winers' Co-Operative Co. formed by 70 Pana miners has purchased the grocery stock of W. B. Snyder.
A break in at the Big Four ticket office at Litch field occurred while the operator was at lunch. About $1,7120 was stolen. W. A. George was arrested and jailed.
Marcus A Hanna lies in state at the Arlington hotel. A simple, formal state funeral will be held in the Senate chamber with remains conveyed by a special train to Cleveland. President Roosevelt will not attend the Cleveland service, while Taft Cortelyou and Wilson plan to go. Eager crowds will view the body in the Philadelphia station and at the Cleveland chamber of commerce.
Washington February 17 Rear Admiral Charles S Cotton commander in chief of the European station retires at his own request due to his wife’s continued ill health He is believed to have hauled down his flag from the Brooklyn Tuesday at Genoa and will be succeeded by Rear Admiral French B Chadwick
A University of Michigan study shows radium in distilled water can create radioactive water with strong analgesic effects. Sealed tubes immersed for 24 hours in water yielded pain relief within minutes for cancer patients, including an 18 year cancer case, with some patients freeing themselves from morphine.
In Omaha on February 18, jurors found James Reed guilty of first degree murder in the September killing of Glenna Hines. The panel recommended life imprisonment after Reed, who allegedly argued with Hines when she refused to go to Denver, fired four shots. Reed attempted suicide as authorities entered. His defense claimed insanity.
Jefferson City report details Prosecuting Attorney R. P. Stone facing trial for neglect of duty in a case about renting a house for untoward purposes. Stone says he dismissed because complainants did not wish to prosecute and the house was vacated after filing. He cites discretion and belief of no conviction under these facts. The case was to conclude the following day.
Bedford Ind Feb 18 Mrs James McDonald starts a subscription to cover lawyer fees for defending her husband charged with murder of Sarah Schafer. Citizens donate generously while the city council adds 200 dollars to the investigation fund as inquiry deepens and a committee member says the case is more complicated than before.
Washington reports the arrest of Joostow Schneider of Tucson Arizona on conspiracy charges connected with west land fraud investigations. He was taken at city hall by Secret Service Agent William J Byrnes and appeared before a grand jury as part of ongoing cases.
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