11 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1903
Page
1
Three more balloonists have died in a Hungarian accident as critics note the balloon, a machine with a century of history, remains among the most freakish human devices.
The Harvard University president supports happiness and joy as higher goods than money, while it is unlikely that President Eliot would accept a salary decrease.
The writer argues Commissioner Jones should delay changing Native American names until after the World's Fair. Visitors oppose being introduced to a new name only to learn later it referred to Crazy Snake or Geronimo, highlighting concerns about cultural labels and recognition.
Writing of British politics notes how the Irish land purchase bill advances beyond anything contemplated by Gladstone and John Morley, while references to Disraeli and the Whigs humorously hint at ongoing party reform and fee reforms among the English Tories.
German writers caution about desertions and poor gun practice in the United States navy. They suggest both American and German officers expose deficits in their navies to drive improvements. The text notes the perfect navy remains unattained.
A Mannheim representative notes Germany consumed 60,102 metric tons of tobacco last year and observes cigars and cigarettes enjoy nearly universal use, indicating widespread smoking and related nuisance in the country.
Mascagni sailed home and expressed happiness with America smiling and placing a hand on his heart. He says he is an honorary member of the Musical union and jokes about being able to play the scale of prices.
Admiral Dewey drew ire by comparing U S and German navies in a public talk yet said no offense was intended and Germany has not protested. The matter seems closed, with no formal response from Berlin.
Regular army officers will be assigned to inspect every company of citizen soldiery in the United States. Provision is also made to arm and organize the militia in the same manner as the regulars, with government furnishing weapons and a share of the annual national cash subsidy if inspection reports are satisfactory.
The marked rise in asbestos imports and its many uses, notably where heat nonconductivity is essential, follows news of an apparently inexhaustible discovery of the mineral near Stevens Point Wisconsin.
J. P. Morgan is said to lead a syndicate to secure about 45 million dollars of Venezuela debt. Once Castro cooperates with Morgan, Venezuela can reserve funds for a rainy day. Castros role shifts from liability to asset, potentially boosting national finances.
A Missouri pastor once worked as a common laborer on a railroad seven months ago to avoid seeming sensational. He did not preach on the incident then, but in a recent Sabbath sermon he spoke of his experience and urged that the greatest good for people is achieved by getting down among them.
The Philadelphia Press argues against Buffalo police criticism and defends inquests as direct methods to determine murder and participants. It labeled the Buffalo examination before Judge Murphy an inquisition and claimed slurs and innuendo lacked legal justification.
Maj Gen Corbin withdraws from membership in the Metropolitan club in Washington. Reports of the czarina ill with peritonitis. Capt Thomas H Bradley Jr dies in Port Angeles. Adlai Stevenson burns while fighting a house fire in Bloomington. Illinois seeks 250000 for Civil War monument sites at Vicksburg. Dr G A Collamare dies in Toledo. Elections show strong prohibitory law approval in Kansas. Charles Pepper returns from Cuba to take new post promoting intercontinental railroad. Mrs Henry L Page dies in Fort Scott. Roosevelt visits Yellowstone for 16 days rest. John Burroughs joins Roosevelt. George Bever dies at Ocean Beach.
On the 8th Robert Miller was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to one year in the county jail for aiding Grant Woodward, a jury briber, to escape at Warrensburg Missouri. John Metcalf killed his brother Ben Metcalf at their father s home near Lancaster Kentucky. A tornado struck Hanceville Alabama on the 8th, killing thirteen and injuring twenty five.
A premature explosion on the battleship Iowa off the Florida coast killed three sailors and injured five as a 12 inch gun burst just outside the turret. In other items, UMWA closes session in Indianapolis planning organizing drives in Colorado and West Virginia under President Mitchell. Also reports include polygamy denounced in Philadelphia, harness race trainer F W R Hull dead, a Burlington express robbery guilty, a double shooting in Bedford Indiana, and Taft traveling to Benguet. High Kansas temps noted at Abilene and Concordia.
Exhibitions at the St Louis World’s Fair will include big coast defense guns in action and the Forest wireless telegraphy station as a central feature. Officials report spring retail gains. many officials plan to attend the National Good Roads convention in St. Louis.
Reports from Melilla Morocco hold 4000 insurgent Moors attacked Frajana fort while Muley Amrani fled to Melilla. In Fayette Missouri James Leach killed in a pistol duel after a divorce suit with Norman Smallwood’s daughter. Columbia South Carolina grand jury indicts James H. Tillman for N. Gonzales murder. London nerves tremble over Okhrida massacres. Deputy Sheriff J L Moon wounded and John Long killed at Opelika Alabama. Arkansas coast monitor Arkansas sails to St Louis. Illinois Grain Dealers boycott condemned. Terre Haute shovel plant fire causes $50,000 loss. Methodist commission begins catechism revision in Chicago. Tornado hits Cleburne and White counties Arkansas. one eight-person family known killed.
John Porter janitor at a Peoria high school was found dead in the basement near the furnace with two bullets in the left breast. His wife and daughter reported he did not return home. Police consider suicide, but coroner and family insist on murder theory.
Adlai E. Stevenson former vice president rushed into a bedroom blaze at his Bloomington home to extinguish flames from burning curtains. He suffered hair and mustache loss and facial and hand burns while saving the dwelling, with property loss estimated under $1,000.
Henry M. Webber, postmaster at El Dorado, is mentioned alongside elderly Peoria residents Richard Voris and Capt H F Dielweiller. Col Jonathan R Miles, aged 85 at Miles Station Macoupin, a Civil War veteran, once partnered in Chicago and St Louis with former Gov E L B Stanard of Missouri.
A state board ruling denounces the Illinois Grain Dealers association for boycotting independent grain dealers. The case, D. H. Curry & Co. of Mason City v. Minnesota Central railroad, charged discrimination in car furnishing. The commission ruled against the railroad and ordered equitable car distribution.
Rev. Frank Bayer, pastor of the Christian church at Augusta, was arrested on a warrant alleging bigamy. His last wife was Gertrude Dennis of Normal, to whom he is said to have been married since January 9. Bayer is alleged to have married many times, the wife from whom he did not secure a divorce being Emma Greenwalt of Rockport, Indiana.
A blaze starting in the basement heavily damaged the Henry Levin & Brothers department store in Danville. The dry goods, shoe, and grocery departments were gutted with total losses in those sections. Estimated loss is $30,000 with $25,000 covered by insurance.
John and Thomas Hickam return to Alto Pass after serving 16 years of life sentences for murder. A pardon for good behavior rescues them from continued confinement. John is 44, Thomas 48, according to the district’s notice.
Justice McKenna writer says 1871 bonds issued by Hamilton county to support the St. Louis and Southeastern railroad violate the Illinois state constitution making them invalid.
Six year old Josie Cooper was frowned while her eight year old brother Thomas probably fatally injured and three other children seriously hurt when a buggy overturned from a bridge into Kickapoo Creek near McLean.
Plans have been accepted and the contract let for the Illinois Masonica home for widows and orphaned children of members of the order at Sullivan.
Members of the Princess Zulu theatrical company were jailed in Bloomington after departing from McLean without paying their hotel bill.
The Illinois Senate passed measures on the 2d including pay for the secretary of the farmers institute at 2000 and a road layout, plus land cessions to the U.S. for a Chicago river turning basin. The House approved a convict labor bill creating a prison industries board and funding for Gov Altgeld’s widow. The Bundy property tax reform bill progressed to third reading after a compromise amendment. Senate later backed road and bridge tweaks, ejectment revisions, foreign life insurance deposits, township creation optionality, anti-discrimination in hearses, bondsmen oversight, habeas corpus revisions, and related actions. House actions included a Willard statue appropriation of 9000 and stenographer and firemen’s association aid bills, with memorial McKinley and Tanner ceremonies in which the Senate participated.
In Madison on April 9, about 300 of 550 high school students walked out for single or half-day sessions led by the superintendent's son and other prominent families. They formed mobs before the building, requiring police to restore order as parents and some teachers reportedly back the action, signaling potential ongoing trouble.
Misa Freida Pink an 18-year-old Indianapolis high school senior and basketball star lies at death's door after a scrimmage in Crawfordsville during a championship game between Indianapolis and Crawfordsville girls teams. She was kicked in the side during the play and sustained fatal injuries. Pink is a prominent social figure in her community.
The post office department awards S Spriggs of Point Barrow Alaska the contract to carry mail from Point Barrow via Point Hope to Kotzebue about 650 miles. Two round trips will be made each winter for three winters at 750 dollars per round trip. Mail to be carried by reindeer.
The annual conference of the organized church of Latter Day Saints, meeting in Independence, decided on Wednesday that the next conference will be held in Kirtland, Ohio, starting April 6, 1904.
Special correspondence from Springfield reports no debate as the house passes a convict labor bill with 130 votes to none. A new Prison Industries Board will supervise convict work and limit competition with free labor, using hand power where possible. Existing contracts end by May 1, 1964. The piece also notes failed attempts to reapportion southern Illinois judiciary circuits and discusses a restraint of trade regulation bill and Senate activity.
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