15 Oct 1904
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1904
Page
1
The Troy Weekly Call notes a Pasadena man’s letter to the New York Sun arguing stingless bees won’t suit California. It jokes he likely lacks real experience with angry bees and questions a New York man’s claim that housework alone maintains female beauty and health.
In the Mississippi section of the Mines and Metallurgy building at the World’s Fair, a potter offers each piece at a price equal to its exact gold dollar weight. If the price is not provided, Supt. C. H. Dobbs is instructed that not a single piece may be sold.
The report describes a severe locust outbreak in Egypt with wingless young insects advancing in dense phalanxes up to two or three feet deep and several miles long. It notes the Egyptian locust is the Sansas grasshopper.
Two jinriksha men who aided in rescuing the czarovitch during an attack in Otsu Japan have continued to receive a Russian pension. This year the payment was forwarded as usual, much to their surprise.
The passage contrasts gold wealth with agricultural yields noting that all U.S. harvests cannot be bought with gold, and a year’s wheat would require all gold mined in six years. It also states worldwide gold production in seven years could only buy one year’s yield of six leading cereals.
Maps of Asia show Japan occupying little space yet being larger than England and more populous. Japan has 6,000,000 more people than France and sent six armies over sea within six months, each as big as the Waterloo force. In six months Japan sent twice as many soldiers to Manchuria as England sent to South Africa in two years.
The new returns show about one million messages per day on world lines. Britain leads with 92,471,000 telegrams in 1903, followed by the United States at 91,391,000 and France at 48,114,151.
Americans welcome news that Commander Peary will attempt once more to win the honor of discovering the North pole. The explorer's courage and persistence have inspired broad support, and the campaign is likely to secure needed funding as an American officer seeks the pole.
Since last summer New York statistics show a growing weekly count of suicides versus 1903. Physicians and health officials cannot explain the rise. Most cases stem from personal reasons, though climate conditions are said to foster mental depression leading to the act.
The New York Times notes a potent poison named cyanid of cacodyl discovered by an English chemist. It is a white powder melting at 33 degrees and boiling at 140 degrees, releasing vapor that is instantly fatal when inhaled. The chemist links it to prior cacodyl preparations by combining with cyanogen, yielding an exceptionally powerful substance in chemical history.
In brief notes, Treasurer Peabody of the Democratic National Committee appeals for contributions on the 6th. A Sullivan Illinois jury awards Mrs. America Lilly $2,500 in a suit over liquor sold to her husband after her warning. Other items include a Boston Episcopal convention warning on home life decline, the death of publisher Charles I Barker at 78, and a bankrupted Thomas Wagegaman's assets and liabilities report.
The International Peace Congress in Boston calls for a worldwide reduction of military and naval armaments. Reports note no confirmed Port Arthur sortie on the fifth, while Kuropatkin moves south of Mukden and reinforcements rush to the Japanese front. Baltic fleet prepares to sail from Reval with Orel and others, icebreaker Hrmak to accompany. Congress votes to host 1905 meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Morning accident skids over a 25 foot embankment in front of a running train at New York killing three and injuring six, one of whom may die. Mount Pelee eruptions disturb barometer. Imperial guard troops depart St Petersburg for the front.
Coroner jury holds the extra freight crew responsible for the Warrensburg Missouri World’s Fair train wreck that killed 19. Reports cover church canons, bribery pleas, Frederick the Great statue unveiling, Payne will, Baltic fleet, Chilliothe collision, body robbers, Bob Dudley sank, bank run, Adams release, drowning, boll weevil warning, Hopkinsville indictments, geisha deportation, parcel post treaty, Crane appointment, Patkin reports gap, Calchas release, Japan domestic loan, Quintana Argentina, Magnolia hanging, Oyama field operations, Bliss appointed.
Warrensburg Mo Oct 12 the coroner s jury found the extra freight train crew disobeyed orders and were asleep at the post of duty in the collision with the Missouri Pacific World s fair train which killed 29. County Prosecuting Attorney Morrow said he would begin immediate prosecution of those responsible. Envinaire Horton admitted misidentifying trains and claimed he was drowsy but not asleep. List of crew members includes engineer John T P Horton Sedalia conductor J W Preston Jefferson City fireman R G Dawson Sedalia and brakemen L A Haines RB Ziegler Jefferson City.
Thomas Hammock an ironworker aged 28 died at St Marys hospital after being shot by Watchman John Cooney in Mobile and Ohio yards East St Louis October 4. Coroner McCracken inquest finds accidental shooting and exonerates Cooney. Hammock trespassed with others. they resisted as Cooney ordered them to leave. he fired. Hammock later found with back bullet wound.
Joseph H. Gutsweller collapsed dead at Virden during burial services for his Civil War comrade John Hart. Hart, also about 60, was being lowered into the grave when Gutsweller, seen placing his wand to his heart, dropped to the ground. Both men were just past sixty and comrades in the Civil War.
City Attorney Fitzgerald wins a major case forcing gambling operators to cease in Springfield. Civil suits totaling $200,000 target gamblers and patrons. operators unable to secure patrons, despite $1,000,000 in gambling activity cited.
B Ziegler and L A Haynes arrested in Jefferson City on warrants alleging they stole 37 from a dead brakeman Seidel after a fatal crash between a freight train and a Missouri Pacific World’s Fair train near Warrensburg. A bloodstained ticket for James England was found on a arrestee. The men part of those linked by the Warrensburg coroner’s jury to the wreck.
A 15 year old girl Minnie Harkening was choked to death by an unknown assailant on her father’s Chicago outskirts barn. She had been beaten and abused before the strangling, with no clew to the murderer.
The northern part of Woodford County faces a caterpillar pest outbreak. Trees with foliage suitable for food are stripped, allowing pests to attack other potential food plants. Local authorities warn of growing damage to crops and greenery as the infestation spreads.
James C. Rumsey alias Frank Jackson alias Chief Jess, 23, was arrested in Sedalia Missouri charged with robbing passengers in the Annadale Pullman car after entering at the Missouri Kansas and Texas station. He chloroformed twelve travelers, stole cash and jewelry, and fled at Franklin Junction. He confessed, saying he deserted from the Twenty eighth United States infantry at San Francisco and is wanted in San Francisco and Chicago.
The Cass county circuit court granted a decree of divorce to Charles Edward Gilpin from Effie Gilpin. Two hours later Gilpin married Mary C. Hendricks, 16 year old daughter of William Hendricks of Beardstown.
J B Thornton returning from a visit to his five daughters in Webster Groves Mo fell under a train wheel at Vandalia and was crushed to death.
In Belleville an inquest into the Illinois Central brakeman Henry Luetkemeyer found no verdict of accidental death. Initial suspicions of foul play were noted but not upheld by the jury.
In Waterloo, William Hoffman was found guilty of murdering his father-in-law, William Brandt, and sentenced to life in the penitentiary.
John Sears aged 35 died suddenly while traveling by wagon from Quincey to Shelbyville Indiana. He had just purchased a farm there and died en route, the cause not yet determined. The death occurred near Tower Hill.
Washington reports cabinet discussed protest against seizure of American mail on the British steamer Calchas by the Russian Vladivostok fleet. Postmaster General Wynner presented Dodwell & Co. data showing mail aboard the ship. Papers moved to the State Department for transmission to the U.S. embassy in St. Petersburg for Russian government review of prizes.
The latest figures show public education spending in Chicago totaled 339,727 dollars for the last school year while Cook County outside Chicago spent 1,063,167 dollars. The data outlines the financial outlay by district and county authorities for operating the schools.
The Chicago schools report total enrollment 279,183 and for the first time in many years the number of boys surpasses that of girls, signaling a shift in student demographics.
The lowest bid for the Pekin public building contract came from W Jobst and Son of Peoria at 56900 dollars. Their firm offered to complete the construction, securing the award based on the lowest proposal received.
A small yacht sank a mile from the Chicago shore in Lake Michigan. Walter Kennedy Donald Campbell and Nellie Gray were drowned in the incident.
Chicago Oct 13 The inter state commerce commission closed a session on Armour Car Co alleging extortionate charges and market manipulation in fruit shipping. Testimony from George F Mead and others claimed Armour controls eastern fruit trade, anti-competitive rebates questioned, while Standard Oil affiliates disputed the accusations and defended rail car practices.
The third trial of former Mayor Henry Ames in Minneapolis began on Wednesday with charges of bribery and corruption. The proceedings focus on alleged misconduct during his tenure and involve city officials and prosecutors presenting evidence.
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