26 Nov 1904
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1904
Page
1
The Troy Weekly Call notes hold-up fears and proposed insurance to repay losses if a man with a gun robs someone. It mentions Ralph W. Smith of a Den sylphiterees and looming idle convicts in Missouri awaiting work under Governor Dockery to prevent mischief.
The imperial court at Pekin weighs measures for reform and an extension of the open door policy to Manchuria and other regions previously outside its range.
The soil of Cuba is very fertile with cabbages weighing about twenty pounds. All vegetables thrive and radishes can be eaten 14 to 18 days after sowing. Corn yields three crops per year and sweet potatoes grow year round.
Advices have not confirmed Gen Kuroki’s death and Russians are not insistent. The world hopes it will not be confirmed. The true soldier knows no death is more glorious than that which comes on the battlefield.
The national House faces another Mormon case as Thomas H. Merrill, an avowed polygamist, is elected bishop of the church showing continued political activity by the Mormon organization.
The Boston Herald notes that war correspondents call Port Arthur's siege conditions desperate enough to deserve a Zola or Verestchagin depiction. It adds that both referenced aides to painting the scene are now dead.
Commandant Jan Louw the Boer officer who refused to surrender fled to the Langeberg mountains near the German West Africa border with his burgher fighters and has been resisting English and German forces in South Africa for more than two years.
Souen Pao Ki, a liberal minister, supports applying Secretary Hay's open-door policy to Manchuria. He spoke in a memorial to the throne urging consideration of postwar questions and emphasized China's sovereignty over Manchuria.
The piece notes unrest between the Free Kirk and Wee Kirk factions in Scotland amid Bannocks Burn celebrations and a resolution opposing Edward VII's claim to be the seventh king of Scotland. It argues the monarch’s title is historically inaccurate and irks Scots keen on rightful succession.
Stoessel has vindicated the German character with a gallant defense and stubborn stand. He has done all that could be done and, in his present straits, will have the sympathy of brave men who hope he will live to enjoy the honors earned at Port Arthur.
A check for 191,851.81 was handed to the U.S. Treasury on November 15, fully discharging the government loan of 4,600,000 to the World’s Fair. The loan enabled the fair’s largest scale and visitor value, with repayments drawn mainly from admissions and concessions.
The text questions who deserves credit for the Port Arthur defense, noting Gen Fock as planner and operative commander while Gen Stossel’s entitlement is challenged. It argues fame is fragile and history may yet judge Bruessel’s fate and ensure justice.
A summary of scattered items notes a looming crisis in Russian affairs discussed at a St. Petersburg zemstvos meeting with a December 4 banquet. Other items include Parker family wintering in New York, a new larger White House eagle planned, a dedication in Indianapolis for Benjamin Harrison, a Kansas City stock exchange injunction, Denver Post editor Albert Troy’s death, ex-governor Hugh S. Thompson’s death in New York, Lady Curzon’s winter travel for convalescence, a major Asheville fire, and a World’s Fair attendance update reaching toward 19 million.
Four men died from gas asphyxiation at the Dover Rockaway Port Oram Gas Co plant in Dover New Jersey. Disparate items report on Field Marshal Oyama's large Mukden move and Japan’s advances at Port Arthur amid the Russo Japanese War. Missouri’s World’s Fair pavilion burned, prompting fire crews to save the rest of the building. Additional notes cover freight tunnels in Chicago, legal rulings, bank robberies, labor federation tensions, and amnesty debates.
At the St Louis World’s Fair a basement fire in the New York building awakened about thirty people including women and several officials. Firemen split the blaze with a chemical engine, caused by crossed electric wires, burning a few storage boxes and scorching rafters. Estimated damage is fifty dollars.
Fire at 12 45 Monday destroyed the Delmar division car sheds of United Railways Co near Lindell entrance to the World’s Fair grounds in St Louis. Flames consumed a lunchroom, saloon, fruit and souvenir stands as wind drove the fire to nearby structures. Four World’s Fair fire companies fought the blaze, which was under control in 25 minutes and out fifteen minutes later. The restaurant was owned by Park View Realty Co and operated by Jacob A Fisher. Estimated total loss not over 1500 dollars.
About 400 laborers, mostly Hungarians, employed at the Vulcanite cement mills near Vualcanite, N J, three miles from Easton, Pa, struck for more pay. Sheriff Parker of Warren County and the Phillipsburg police guard the works as the dispute unfolds.
Illinois state news reports a mob scene at Alto Pass near the home of John Stone as young people gathered to honor his daughter Bitte. The chaotic vigil escalated into a melee with several people severely wounded as Stone rushed outside believing his house being torn down.
Jerry Bragan a stonemason died when an embankment at the foundation of a new bridge southeast of Carrollton caved in burying him and Matt King who was only slightly injured. Bragan suffered crushed face and multiple injuries including loss of both legs and one arm.
William Vase and Hazel Simon of Springfield married two years after securing their license on December 4, 1902. The ceremony took place recently at the bride's home.
Fireman Presley fell from a Chicago and Western Illinois locomotive south of Shelbyville. He sustained a concussion and skull fracture, received care at Shelbyville, then was taken to his home in St. Elmo for further treatment.
In Carbondale Albert Ridley, an onlooker, was killed by Samuel Holman who aimed at Charles Elder, who was wounded in the arm. The shooting arose from a quarrel over a colored woman.
Edward Ogle died from a broken neck after falling down a stairway at his home five miles west of Belleville. His brother Decatur Ogle, aged 25 years ago, also died from a broken neck in a wagon accident.
A rear end collision between freight trains on the Lake Erie & Western in Bloomington yards injures Charles Carlson of Rankin with a broken hip and internal injuries feared fatal.
Wellington v Llewllyn, a Joliet penitentiary convict, is paroled to be sent to Colorado where he faces charges for killing two Denver police officers on August 13, 1898.
Reverend I Truitt former pastor of a Tremont Methodist church has accepted a missionary society call to lead an English speaking church in Rangon India. He will assume duties January 1.
While the Illinois Central was moving a car of Italian miners into Zeigler Joseph Leiter's mining town, the car was fired upon from ambush and one Italian miner was instantly killed.
A fast stock train on the Chicago and Alton crashed into the rear of a Santa Fe freight near Lorenzo, injuring Fireman James Devine of the Alton and a Santa Fe brakeman. The accident prompted emergency response and an investigation into the crash sequence.
A boiler head of engine No 2375 on the Southern railway exploded in East St. Louis killing A. N. Andrews, foreman of a laborer gang, and wounding several others. The accident halted work as investigators began inquiries into the blast.
The Monroe County Farmers Institute conducted a two days session at Waterloo with interesting addresses delivered and officers elected for the coming year.
Leslie A Weaver of Champagne died at Burnham Hospital Urbana from injuries in a automobile accident in which he was injured.
Following the death of Lena Ramp in Galesburg, Dr. John Cole Isaac M Shelton and Rebecca Carroll have been indicted for murder in the first degree by a grand jury.
Jesse Chamber aged 80 went fishing on Robinson Creek southwest of Shel byville where a neighbor later found his dead body on the bank. The Rev John Cohen aged 56 a Baptist minister was killed by a Vandalia passenger train at Hagerstown while walking on the tracks.
R M Scruggs a St Louis merchant philanthropist and president of the St Louis Provident association died at his home after a long illness at 861 Olive street aged 88. Born February 10 1822 in Bedford County Virginia he built Scruggs Vandervoort and Barney Dry Goods Co and supported the Missouri school for the blind Mulvanphy immigrant relief fund and the Methodist church. He spent decades aiding the needy and often gave large sums to church extension causes.
In Lexington Kentucky on November 22 Garfield Smith John and Ha Taylor colored men were moved under heavy guard to Yarnalton station seven miles from the city. They were placed aboard a Chesapeake and Ohio train for Louisville where authorities expect them to appear for trial.
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