04 Jul 1908
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
1
The column attributed to Jarvis blends aphorisms and clipped sentences on marriage progress, navigation clouds, personal finance, and public figures. It references Kaiser pay, Lowell the astronomer, and a Black Hand incident, with stray remarks on currency exchange and automobile demonstrations.
Fragmented OCR style item cites varied facts from cities, finances, and public works. Mentions London's water, Liverpool fundraiser, Arkansas dynamiting, Bowery mission, and iron and steel trade, but many lines are garbled and uncertain.
In Tabriz 175000 residents face siege with revolutionists barricading streets. Shah’s force led by Rabin Khan, aided by Cossacks, shells city while rebels, poorly armed and undisciplined, prepare for defense amid cut telegraph lines and looming massacre.
Washington file reports William Howard Taft formally transferred the War Department to Secretary Luke E. Wright. Taft greeted officers and departmental chiefs at noon as Wright took the oath and began managing Panama and Cuba issues, then joined an informal reception.
Czarina in serious ill health amid worries over the czar and incessant threats from assassins. Officials conceal the condition while physicians stay by her side as palace tensions rise and the royal family faces peril.
Seven hundred Mexican soldiers from Casas Grandes close in on a band of about 50 revolutionists that attacked Palomas in Chihuahua. One rebel dead, several wounded. the Palomas garrison of 18 held a prepared defense as bombs mostly failed to explode. Jaurez and Columbus brace for further attacks.
Thomas P. Labrada, a Mexican revolutionary promoter, declares that Wednesday is Mexico’s liberty day and predicts Diaz will fall soon. He claims 35,000 armed revolutionists are ready, with 40,000 more awaiting arms, and says hundreds of soldiers are prepared to join when the moment is right.
Wilbur Wright announced in Lemans France that his new monoplane will be ready within six weeks and will undergo one or two private trials before public tests. He claimed any intelligent person could learn to pilot the craft in a few weeks and said the monoplane is a mistake.
Chester Pa. deputy sheriff Darvin Spence was shot and killed during a quarrel in Trainer near here on Tuesday. A large crowd gathered as sides formed and a reserve force of deputies was called to restore order.
A Luzern message reports Count von Zeppelin maneuvering over Luzern city and the lake in his steerable balloon. Tourists and locals gather on the lake front cheering as it circles, apparently under pilot control. The voyage to Mayence may be postponed by a week or two to gather gas supplies.
Congress J. S. Sherman, Republican vice presidential candidate, will leave Cleveland Thursday for Utica New York. Sherman has nearly fully recovered from a ten day illness and says he feels strong and healthy as he departs for home.
Four persons were killed and many injured when a dynamite explosion tore through a Glen Park grocery store and upper flats early Monday. The dead include John Sweeney a grocer his wife Ella Sweeney and their 9 year old daughter and the baby of B S Disseme yer. A Sweeney son was blown 50 feet through a window. Fronts of the structures fell across the street and a fire started. Thugs tied to graft cases are suspected. Disseme yer owned the property and was not involved in the graft prosecution. Windows were shattered across the Glen Park area.
New York doctor Peter V Burnett a Brooklyn eye ear and throat specialist commits suicide by leaping from Mount Sinai hospital rooftop after a nervous breakdown. He had been ill due to a heavy practice load and was educated at New York University in 1876, and formerly worked as a reporter.
Edward Smith, a Chicago teamster, was shot and killed by Policeman Mirhell Parker at West Madison and Aberdeen streets after resisting arrest of a white man by a Black officer. Parker fired when Smith led a crowd attacking the officer while Quigley, driver of an ice wagon, had broken a barrier and moved his team onto fresh asphalt.
A warrant was issued Monday afternoon for Charles Titus a self described divine healer in Salt Lake City Utah charged with manslaughter for allegedly letting two of his children die from diphtheria without medical care a third child remains critically ill and aik medical attendance was reportedly withheld.
A full block of Walnut street buildings in Pinckneyville Illinois was destroyed by fire early Monday. The loss totals 25000 with under 2000 insured. Fire officials suspect arson as two cash registers in the burned building were found open and rifled.
Three Mexicans alleged to be members of an organized gang of Chinese smugglers and six Chinese charged with illegal status were turned over to United States authorities Monday by immigration officers of San Diego County.
Six killed and fifteen injured as the west bound Overland Limited on the Santa Fe plows into a burning bridge east of Gallup New Mexico. Engineer and fireman among those instantly killed along with four other trainmen. Several passengers seriously hurt. Williams, Ariz reported details unclear.
A tornado struck Pukwana in Brule county near Mitchell at 11 Saturday night, destroying 12 to 15 stores and homes and wounding none. Two large elevators fell across the Milwaukee track, the station was wrecked, and the Carpenter Sandberg ranch suffered major losses exceeding 100000 dollars. The storm, with rain and hail, damaged much farm country over a three mile wide strip, while a small eastern tornado caused minor damage ten miles away.
Five known dead, a score missing believed swept away, 50 railroad horses drowned, houses washed from foundations, crops and machinery ruined as a cloud burst strikes Wellington Kansas around midnight. Several miles of track washed away. Extent of damage pending. light rains preceded the event and drove people indoors.
Twelve of the Atlantic fleet’s sixteen battleships are in San Francisco harbor ahead of a July voyage to Hampton Roads. Four more are due next week. Ships present include Connecticut Vermont Georgia Wisconsin Illinois Missouri New Jersey Ohio Kentucky Louisiana Kansas and Minnesota.
Robert Ohmeiss Jr a cashier at Marine Trust Co in Atlantic City was arrested on a charge of defalcating 20500 dollars. He confessed to playing the stock market and said a series of losses left him hopelessly involved. He is held on 11000 bail for October trial.
Secretary of State Elihu Root visits William Muldoon’s health institution in White Plains for a short yearly course of medicine ball throwing hard walking riding cold showers and plain cooking He previously benefited last year and will repeat the program with his physician’s approval to maintain health standards.
Police raided a fashionable club in Ostend seizing $10,000 in stakes and detaining 150 attendees. Doors were sealed and a similar action occurred at another club in the same crackdown.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland arranged a plain funeral for former President Grover Cleveland in Princeton. Only close friends and associates attended, with no pomp or eulogy at the grave, following Cleveland’s wish for simplicity. The service included clergymen, family members, and notable guests, and a modest burial beside Ruth Cleveland in an unmarked plot.
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