19 Mar 1904
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1904
Page
1
A Troy Weekly Call note argues Japan’s wartime success links to its population of 47 million and 4,302,623 elementary pupils, contrasting with Russia’s 130 million people and 4,193,534 schoolchildren. The comparison highlights manpower and education as war factors.
A New York City divorce lawyer notes 500 to 1000 households where husbands and wives never speak. He argues that this lack of communication adds unnecessary burden amid a world already demanding hard work.
In St. Louis during the recent democratic primary, several Indians tangled with two of David R. Francis' sons, Yale-trained athletes. The scrimmage ended with both sides acknowledging a tough contest and notable athletic prowess from the Francis brothers.
The use and value of system in business is often misunderstood. The value of system lies not so much in itself as in its consequences. System is an instrument, not a production, a means, not an end. Some artisans spend so much time in polishing up the tool that they forget its purpose.
The Reichstag allotted 3 500 000 marks and the Prussian parliament 600 000 marks, totaling over $1 600 000 on government display alone. Private exhibitors will add to the creditable German contribution at the fair.
The text argues each nation is right from its own view and could justify its actions, denying room for outside interference. It suggests the dispute is not a case for arbitration and reflects competing imperious interests between the two powers.
A spring gift of twelve and one half grains of radium will be presented to Princeton University to recognize Professor Alexander H. Phillips for being the first to extract radium from American ore.
A London paper calls Japanese speed Napoleonic but notes that Japan dominates naval operations with a sea of navigable inlets. If Japan loses control of the sea, its hold on Korea would become precarious.
The article notes that less than four percent of irrigation area has been reached by the canal system overall, yet Colorado leads with at least 75 percent of cultivable lands dependent on artificial water. This amounts to about 1,625,000 acres.
The czar’s reported views on the Russia Japan war suggest a constitutional monarchy for Russia. If realized, the world and Russian people would owe the empire a debt for advancing humanity’s rights.
A Black man was taken from the Springfield jail by a mob, shot, and hanged from a lamp post after reportedly fatally shooting a police officer. Authorities say mob justice is unjustified and provocation cannot excuse such acts.
Four boys appeared in Salt Lake City for admission exams to West Point, but only one qualified for a final test at Fort Logan. State Superintendent Nelson attributed Utah's reluctance to military service to parental influence, noting that families tried to dissuade their sons from pursuing West Point.
Fragmentary passage notes the Egyptians used early surveying to reidentify land after Nile floods. It cites the origin of land measurement and the development of mathematical methods, with adaptations, as a response to recurring inundation and loss of monuments.
The summary reports Senate actions on army funds and a Philippines shipping bill, post office investigations in the House, Alaska bills and a death in Congress, tariff rate inquiries, and a Wood nomination debate. It notes adjournments and a mix of investigations, speeches, and bills across both chambers during the period.
On the 14th the French chamber of deputies allocated 3000 dollars to support the bureau of public works for participation in the St. Louis exposition. Bil Rudolph traveled from St. Louis to Union Missouri on the 14th for his first return visit since robbing Union Bank about fifteen months ago, and was greeted by a large crowd curious to see the famed bandit.
The 13th brief item notes Presbyterian board of foreign missions receiving cable news of Rev. Benj W Labaree's murder near Khoi Persia. It mentions T E Haynes of Skidmore Mo accused of multiple forgeries. Other items cover university figures, Supreme Court merger ruling, senate and house actions, labor strikes, and a farmer's double tragedy in Kansas.
Charles McClellan jailed in Harrisburg for burglarizing a store in Eldorado. He took strychnine to end his life, but Sheriff Mooney's swift action and a physician saved him. The poison was hidden in the lining of his coat as he faced penitentiary.
A fast freight crashed into a local freight at Greenville on the Vandalia line tearing the caboose loose and throwing it thirty feet into the air. It landed on telegraph wires bringing them down though the crew stayed at their posts and no injuries were reported.
The executive committee of the hospital association of the southern Illinois Lutheran churches awarded the contract for the new Granite City hospital to Henry Droege of Red Bud. His bid is $24,600 and work will begin at once, pushed forward with haste.
At the ISPA annual meeting in Galesburg on Gen. Smith Atkins of Freeport request, members decide to join with the State Historical Association and aid in collecting historical material. The annual address was delivered by H. N. Wheeler of the Quincy Journal.
An unidentified man died near East Alton after being struck by a Big Four train. Section hands recovered the body and moved it to East Alton for an inquest. A theory suggests the man was murdered and left on the track for the train to kill him.
A newborn female infant was found dead in an abandoned Bloomington well. The child showed head injuries, died from blows, and had been in the well for only a few days. The coroner reports no immediate suspects or crew.
The body of Horace Becker a noted farmer from Broughton township was discovered in a creeks ice near his Pontiac area farm after disappearing last November. Police are treating the death as a case to be investigated.
In a fit of insanity, Albert Foster, 17, son of D. J. Foster of Rapatoe, set fire to the house. The blaze woke his father who rescued the family. Mrs Galler Nexny Death and Mrs Ida Galler, recently tried for murder at Bunker Hill and acquitted, lie near death in Smithboro from nervous prostration.
In Belleville circuit court James Mason and Edward Fahey were convicted of possessing burglars tools and each sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Cairo Mayor Claude Winter arrested over an icehouse permit issue, warrant sworn by Capt. N B Thistlewood. A Carbondale mob attempted to lynch John Vaughn, a mulatto charged with criminal assault on a school teacher.
John Boyd of Paducah Kentucky, a somnambulist, toppled from a 25 foot window in East St Louis, suffering a broken jaw and nose.
A Chicago and Alton freight train demolished a street car injuring Motorman Watts and four passengers. A coal miner, J R Lacrone, was seriously hurt by a falling boulder at Belleville. vaudeville artist Thomas Dolan died in Oldenburg from delirium tremens after a long spree in St Louis. Jacob Hammer's residence at Ashley burned with contents. no insurance.
Wives of members of Illinois' World's Fair commission will serve as hostesses for the Illinois pavilion and will receive no salary. The arrangement emphasizes volunteer service by the commission’s spouses while representing the state at the exposition.
From London and St. Petersburg reports a Japanese bombardment of Port Arthur Saturday failed to severely damage Japanese ships while Russian casualties exceeded six hundred. Rumors say Viceroy Alexieff may be removed and court martial could follow for officers. Kuropatkin’s campaign plan is nearly perfected as reinforcements stream toward Mukden and Harbin. The dowager empress visits a red cross detachment heading to the front.
Telegram from St Petersburg states there is absolutely no foundation to reports from Tokyo that Russians plan to abandon Port Arthur. Official quarters deny any change in position or intent regarding the strategic port. The denial emphasizes continued Russian defense posture and readiness at the port.
An official calls the Japanese file et nonsense and says no raid occurred in 48 hours. The motive is to sway public sentiment in Japan for a war loan. British and German papers rebuke the tale as an invention while Port Arthur defense and Kuropatkin’s march to Mukden draw focus.
March 16 Mukden report from a Russian correspondent says the Russian advance machinery is working smoothly from Harbin South ward. Passenger train service has resumed and Russian families travel toward Europe without confusion. Severe cold and blizzards gave way to fine days. troops healthy and optimistic. Headquarters note Japanese fortifications in Korea strengthen. General Linevitch visited headquarters, and General Zilinsky arrived March 10 to assume staff duties.
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