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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1910
Page
1
The New York Tribune notes a proposed device to silence firearms would aid warfare yet pose grave dangers if misused by assassins. The piece argues against such tech, cites civic need for both safety and restraint, and condemns the era's cutthroat, fast pace that mocks modesty and slows for no one.
Practical jokers in Panama circulated a story claiming seismologists predicted a night shock and a tidal wave that would wipe Colon from the map. After panic following the Costa Rican disaster, authorities jailed the offenders who face legal action and possible punishment deemed fitting for their dangerous prank.
A wartime style editorial argues that defeating the white plague is impossible while coughing and expectoration in public places spread contagion. It urges severe measures to check or abolish the habit as essential for health and public decency and a serious fight against tuberculosis.
The grandsons of the late Chicago merchant Marshall Field will reach fifty and inherit an estimated residuary estate of 200 million dollars. The prediction notes they may have outgrown youthful follies and will not waste the fortune.
A device in the University of Pennsylvania laboratory claims to measure mental capabilities of any person. It would likely register errors in people who pay to attend shows that police may need to suppress.
A reader challenges claims that the Kaiser has elaborate plans to cut submarine traffic, asking how such preparations could be hidden if true and noting suspicion about Germany's wartime posture. The letter critiques wartime secrecy and questions the credibility of reported actions.
Chicago justice scene as District Judge McSurely ends a 115 hour deliberation in the Browne bribery trial. Foreman reports no chance of agreement. jury vote reportedly 8 to 4 for conviction. Browne expresses belief in eventual vindication while State's Attorney Wayman vows immediate retrial on the same charges.
Kansas City judge overruled Dr. B Clark Hyde's motion for a new trial in the Col Thomas H Swope murder case and ordered a written ruling. Defense lawyers immediately moved for appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court, which the judge indicated he would grant. Bail was refused as matters proceed to the higher tribunal. The judge said the jury verdict was just and supported by the evidence.
John W. Daniel, senior Virginia senator, died in Lynchburg at the sanatorium from a cerebral hemorrhage that followed a paralysis recurrence. He was stricken a third time last Wednesday and never regained consciousness after strokes last fall and in Dayton, Florida.
The second session of the Sixty first Congress ends with major measures. Bills include expanded railroad regulation, postal savings, a mines bureau, and irrigation funding. Arizona and New Mexico gain separate statehood, Hawaii governance reforms, and tighter immigration controls. Aims also cover safety, antitrust enforcement, maritime regulation, and rail carrier reporting.
The St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran church safe was blown open by dynamite. All money and church plate were stolen. Pastor Rev. J. C. Atrassen. No explosion heard. robbery found by the janitor before noon. Trustees offer a reward for the culprits.
Max Rosenburg a prominent distiller and Wealthy resident of Duiontown pa was found dead in his rooms over the First National bank building with a bullet hole in his temple and a revolver by his side authorities say he killed himself in a suicide case noted by local officials in the city.
San Antonio resident H H P Terrell died Sunday night after firing a bullet into his forehead. The wound entered the brain and was ruled self-inflicted. Terrell, appointed U S minister to Belgium in 1899, served four years in that role.
Berlin reports the Hamburg campaign against Deutsche Vacuum Oil ended with no charges against American manager L. Quarles. Hamburg prosecutor found no evidence warranting prosecution and the state bears investigation costs. The ruling marks a notable American victory in Germany amid long running slander by rivals.
The wholesale price for refined oil drops from one and a half cents to one cent a gallon. Standard Oil, controlling over 70 percent of refined output, cuts prices nationwide, affecting the market and consumers.
In Havana a sensational attempted assassination occurred in the congress lobby targeting Antonio San Miguel, congressman from Pinar del Rio and editor of La Lucha. The assailant was Congress Manuel Lores of Oriente.
Lynn Massachusetts resident Vasili Ivankowski, jailed without bail for the murder of Thomas M. Landregan and Policeman Carroll, is alleged to be a Russian revolutionary and one of the bandits who robbed a bank in Pittsburg and shot three men four years ago.
Relatives in Bloomington Illinois have received word that Capt. B. Y. Miller formerly of Bloomington has drowned in a river on a Philippine island. The notice states Miller was last heard of when serving in the area and confirms his death.
Edward Bushay own ers saloon and suburban hotel north of Minneapolis was wrecked by an acetylene gas tank blast at 5 20 o clock. Five men died and 11 injured two fatally. Porter Ernest Osterhild, a Galveston flood and San Francisco quake survivor, rescued Bushay and George Miller from the ruins as fire broke out. Several more bodies may lie beneath the debris. The identified dead were Eugene Hamlin Louis Hammish Charles Siggelkow and two others. Bushay and Miller die in hospital. Osterhild credited with two rescues.
The famed beauty Frau Von Schoenbeck-Weber lost control during her trial for instigating her former husband Major Von Schoenbeck's murder. She collapsed into frenzy and was committed to a madhouse. Von Goben, a captain, reportedly died by his own hand. The case, a national sensation, involved high-born defendants.
President Tafts son Robert A Taft drove his automobile in Beverly Massachusetts striking a street laborer of Italian origin. He was severely injured with possible skull fracture and transported to a local hospital for treatment.
Ernest Campbell colored man fought three opponents on June 7 in Pittsburgh. He allegedly knocked out the third man, who was taken home unconscious and died. The incident reports describe Campbell’s involvement and the fatal aftermath.
Three persons lost their lives and nearly sixty were injured when fire destroyed the Acme Packet company's excursion steamer PJ.8 between Victoria and Genoa Wisconsin. The tragedy occurred as the vessel carried holiday travelers along the lake, leaving a scene of wreckage and shock.
Mrs. Alvena Sperling of Chicago credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her from impending operation. She suffered inflammation and tumors after two prior surgeries and says one bottle cured her, urging others to use the classic female remedy to restore health and relieve a range of menstrual and digestive issues.
A playful exchange overheard among young women compares engagements with strangers and sailors. The first summer girl boasts of engagements to men whose names she never learned, while the second summer girl countered that she once engaged a stranger who signaled a proposal from a yacht. The quote ends with a historical aside on neutrality, attributed to Addison.
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