23 Jul 1904
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1904
Page
1
The Bray weekly notes that 28,733 persons climbed the Bunker Hill monument in 1903. The tally reflects interest in the historic site and indicates steady visitor numbers for that year.
The bureau of statistics notes price increases for some commodities while others fall. Pig iron, steel bars, steel billets and tin plates are cheaper, indicating mixed trends across the market.
The passage portrays Guatemala as an exemplar for Central and South American states and credits the country with contributing material for a beneficial war. It notes Guatemala’s native red ant as a biocontrol agent destroying cotton boll weevils and other pests.
The Kansas City Journal notes a dining venue at the St Louis exposition where 48 languages are spoken. It adds that money speaks in all languages, reducing reliance on interpreters.
Verestschagin is to be honored at St Petersburg with a monument in front of the Academy of Arts. Friends plan a Europe wide exposition of his best pictures, to be shown successively in the leading cities.
Indorsed by Queen Alexandra, rouge is used openly in England now as in the Louis XV era. After the Trench days paint fell into discredit and Victorian restraint banned rouge. It remained taboo until revived by Queen Alexandra.
In Germany a person who breaks down with consumption is sent to a government sanitarium where he stays until recovery or death. Meanwhile his family receives a weekly pension from a fund to which the patient contributed in good health, to prevent disease spread.
Consul General Guenther reports silk cocoon farming rising as a national industry in Servia. Last year the kingdom yielded 545000 pounds of cocoons and the government distributed large quantities of silkworm eggs for cultivation.
Santos-Dumont says he will not compete for the $100,000 grand prize, yet airship races may still occur. The Brazilian inventor would have starred in the aeronautical exhibition, but other experimenters also show significant progress toward aerial navigation.
A measured tribute to Toledo's Samuel M. Jones, lauded as a Quixote or saint by turn. The piece calls him a tireless reformer whose impractical theories yielded valuable ideas and whose character helped leave the world better than he found it.
Russia's war state hampers imports and presses Siberian towns to extreme shortages. Nikolaievsk on the Amoor reports oil gas and tallow nearly exhausted and coal scarce. Smaller towns face similar dire straits with long winter nights and little replenishment possible.
Editorial notes the suspension of the Igorrotes exhibit at the Philippine World Fair after mixed protests. Officials cancelled planned public display changes and warned of penalties for noncompliance, while supporters claim the exhibit should prevail as a cultural showcase.
Navy Judge Advocate Diehl states the Maine wreck in Havana harbor cannot be raised without formal congressional approval. Secretary Hay informs the French about the Legion of Honor decoration. Looted vessel remains and various personal incidents fill the brief news notes.
A grandstand collapse at Brighton Park near Cleveland hurled about 200 people to the ground on the 17th. Separately, a northbound Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe train derailment near Dallas injured nearly a dozen, with baggageman Thomas Gray trapped under a safe and trunk.
Fire at the East St. Louis & Suburban Railway power house in East St. Louis IL on the night of the 18th halted the inter urban railway system leaving the city dark. A boiler exploded during the blaze but engines remained undamaged. A Vladivostok dispatch says a Russian torpedo boat and a German vessel hit mines and sank with crews lost.
Florence Maybrick, long troubled by the celebrated murder trial, was freed from prison after a six month stay at a convalescent home in Truro England. Her mother, the Baroness de Roque, and influential supporters helped secure commutation and release.
New York July 21 The two day meeting of democratic leaders ends with ex Senator Davis West Virginia candidate for vice president leaving for a visit to Judge Alton B Parker at Esopus accompanied by Norman B Mack and C H Hendley. The Democratic National Committee will meet here Tuesday July 26.
A six member Peoria Lodge of Elks delegation travels to Cincinnati for a national gathering to press for reinstatement of the lodge suspended after a carnival was held by individual members despite a lodge ban. The lodge had been told a carnival was forbidden yet a carnival contract existed and members marched in new uniforms. A national officer demanded the charter, which was refused, leading to suspension.
William T. Scott, a Black candidate for president with the Negro Liberty Party from Hast Street Saint Louis, is jailed in Belleville pending a $99.80 fine. Arrested in August 1901 for a disorderly house, he paid $50 and was promised time to pay the rest. Scott, 60, claims an agreement with attorneys and the court to stay the fine upon payment. He alleges political motives behind his arrest.
A reunion of the Pope family, long one of Perry counties wealthiest and best known, gathered about eighty relatives from Du Quoin Mount Vernon Centralia East St. Louis Benton Herrin St. Louis and San Jose Cal. It marked the first full meeting since 1859 when Mrs. Nancy Pope Stockton and Mrs. Mary Cochran traveled by wagon to California.
A list of names with ages and hometowns: Mrs Catherine J McLean 83 Quincy John C Kiely 70 of Quincy J D Stubbefield Mt Sterlig 50 Charles C Hutchison 87 Taylorville Harry C Starr Deestur Daniel Smith 67 Winchester Levi P Hill 70 Moweaqua John Krieger 78 Trenton Charles Hansworth 64 Mrs Katherine Zapp 58 Mascoutah
Lon Gibson aiming near Mount Vernon fired, wounding David Harsher in the back of the head and Eck Stull in the face. Harsher sustains a serious though non fatal injury while Stull is only slightly hurt.
EF. W. Menke of Quincy resigns as trustee of the Central hospital for the insane in Jacksonville due to personal business pressures. He states inability to give the trusteeship the necessary attention.
The annual reunion of the Southern Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Reunion association will be held at Duquoin this year. Gen James Martin and other officers selected the venue and they will meet there July 28 to decide the event date.
Edward Gubser a well known farmer eight miles north of Carlyle was thrown from a self binder during oat cutting by a runaway team. He fell in front of the sickle bar and suffered severe injuries.
A central Illinois monument honoring unknown soldiers was unveiled in Bloomington with impressive ceremonies. Erected by the Women’s Relief Corps, the memorial cost $10,000.
Intense heat caused an explosion among a large stock of fireworks carried by Paul Birch in Blooming ton. The blaze was confined to the single building with losses estimated between 3000 and 4000 dollars.
Ww. D. Hewston of Philadelphia foreman in the Urban job gang drowned in Otter lake three miles south of Niantic. Efforts are under way to locate his relatives. Cherokee Indian John Welsh was sentenced to thirty days in the Belleville workhouse by Justice Wangelin for vagrancy.
Articles of incorporation for the Northern and Southern Illinois Railway Co. with capital stock of $25,000 have been filed with the Secretary of State. Rosé is listed among the filing parties.
Chicago July 21 A packing house strike ending nine days of disruption was settled after a conference among packers, Meat Cutters union officials, and allied trades. An arbitration board will decide wage and condition disputes. Workers return to duty as soon as notified, with all former employees reinstated within 45 days of resuming work and arbitration available for those still unemployed.
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