29 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1903
Page
1
The once 11 year old drummer from Shiloh now serves as a regular army officer aged 52 and will retire in 1915. Many veterans sense aging as middle age approaches.
The piece asserts Turkish troops are largely bloodthirsty savages in southeastern Europe and calls for an end to cruelty without delay. It warns that if the Panama incident settles, Colombia wins the medal, pressuring the United States to post Marines along the Panama Railroad to defend the commercial route.
The Grand Army parade in San Francisco is reported as a glorious success. It was composed of glorious men and praised as a fitting tribute to brave veterans. Hats off to the veterans and wishes for their long, happy lives.
When the vessels authorized are completed the United States navy will embrace twenty four first class battle ships in commission and ten armored cruisers. These peace safeguards will be kept in spick and span condition always ready for what may turn up.
The first doodle trial at Jefferton City Missouri concluded with State Senator William P Sullivan found guilty of soliciting a bribe. The jury deliberated briefly and assessed a fine of one hundred dollars.
The market sees macaroni wheat entering trade for the first time this year, potentially as high as 5,000,000 bushels. The crop would test the grain and leave a surplus to seed a large acreage if it proves profitable.
The Rand district mines in South Africa produced $5,000,000 in July, the largest monthly yield since the war began in 1899. June output was $4,766,400 and May $4,682,500, with the historical monthly peak $9,190,000 in August 1899, just before the war.
If true that the government will push Philippine railroad building, it could curb insurrection by removing temptations. Railroads are viewed as major civilizing and prosperity-diffusing agents. The motive to construct them in the Philippines is strong for many reasons.
Official statistics for 1908 show that Britain operates 336 steamships over 5,000 tons, with 119 exceeding 7,000 tons and 48 over 10,000 tons. Germany, America, France, Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands trail in various tonnage brackets as British share of world shipping nears fifty percent of 17,761 steamers and 12,182 sailing vessels.
Many expert yachtsmen see the yacht races as a test between American and British seamen with crews reversed. They believe Lipton’s boat would best the American craft in reverse crews. If Shamrock III loses, Britons and Americans would relish another race with swapped crews, and Capt Barr would sail Shamrock for all it’s worth.
The drop in wheat acreage is seen as farmers shifting to diversified crops. A smaller supply, while not crippling to the masses, is expected to raise prices, benefiting producers who may fare as well as with normal output.
Readers mail address autographs to John Bun yan and John Ruskin at Harper and Bros. The publisher received several letters for autograph requests after issuing The Pilgrim's Process and the book Letters to M G and 3 6. A clipping bureau also sent a letter to Mr. John Ruskin care of Harper and Bros New York City.
Mary Jenkins dies after a mountain-climbing fall at Decker Springs on the 25th. Lusty triplets born to Prof. and Mrs J W Harp in Farmersville on the 25th. Mrs Blaine estate valued over $1 million. Ralph Pulitzer arrested in Montana for illegal hunting. Tom J Johnson nominated for Ohio governor by Democrats in Columbus. John H Clarke endorsed for US senator. Ex-President Kellogg dies in San Francisco. The Mexico gold nugget near La Paz valued at $75,000. David G Williams dies in Cambria from rat bite complications. E G Blanchard promoted to supervise Northern Pacific’s Superior division. Maj Chas E Smith funeral held in Cartersville. Nelson Miles honored in New Hampshire. Samuel Stiles executed in Cuero. Cloudbursts cause heavy damage in Council Bluffs. Rufus Connell faces forged warrants case in Kiowa-Comanche banks.
Two wrecks near Springfield Ohio on the 25th injure John Lee a Nashville tramp. Fort Smith Western railroad files a five million mortgage with Mercantile Trust Co. Admiral Coydon a French steamer reported lost with 57 aboard. Missouri State Fair admissions total 31589 and gate receipts exceed last year by 5500. Kansas cloudburst damages 500000. farms wrecked losses of cattle hogs and stock. Council Bluffs Iowa endures cloudbursts. Orris Towne Jr former MA deputy collector arrested for internal revenue defalcation.
Condensed telegrams report orchid bulbs imported from Manila arrived in Tacoma and forwarded to St Louis for fair display. The bulbs are government-sent, rare and valuable. Also notes feverish gold prospects at Ejutla Mexico with widespread mining claims.
Reports cover murder in Caddo Indian Territory patrol killings in St. Louis and Missouri political intrigues. Mentions include a Western United Lead Co organization in New York with 12 million capital rail labor strain in commerce figures and a Labor Day proclamation by Governor Dockery. Also notes arrests in Arizona border smuggling syndicate and a G A R encampment adjournment in San Francisco with Gen Miles honor and bribery trial plans for Senator Frank Farris in Steelville Missouri.
Storms in Council Bluffs Iowa caused floods, 500000 dollar losses, and mass evacuations. Rainfall totals reached six inches in 24 hours, with rail traffic halted by washouts between Idaho Grove and Battle Creek and Mapleton and Castana. Omaha also endured record rainfall and city flooding.
An explosion at the Independent Powder Co. four miles southwest of Carthage on Center creek killed three men, wounded three others, and destroyed the mixing room. Victims: W. O. Roll, Ernest Pearman, Jerry Haworth. Injured: Lee Barry, J. H. Simpson, Lafe Bennett. The plant had resumed dynamite production after a rebuild. Roll, Pearman, and Haworth were in the mixing room when the blast occurred.
In East Alton Miss Eiza Bailey, assaulted and left for dead with her mother and four year old brother Everett after an attack on a country road in June, testifies against Frank Greathouse jailed on murder and assault charges. The witness is relocated to safe relatives as the father guards her whereabouts.
Secretary of State Rose begins mailing certified lists of Illinois active corporations. The state now has about 11 000 corporations, up 2 000 from last year, with nearly 4 000 new formations and 1 600 dissolved since last year. Delays arose while awaiting Supreme Court ruling on annual report requirements, but the volume was issued without awaiting the decision.
In Summerville, 20 year old Robert Weinerth was slashed in the back during a street fight with Beve Watkins who cut Weinerth. City Marshal Reinhardt was stabbed near the heart as he arrested Watkins. Watkins also stabbed the marshal before being arrested. Weinerth's wound is painful but not fatal. Watkins is jailed in Belleville.
A city council committee probing alleged discrepancies in accounts of earlier administrations says its report will be startling and that it possesses positive evidence that money was paid to attaches of former administrations but not accounted for.
In Danville a mob drove out two men who tried to rescue a Black woman said to have bitten a policeman’s thumb during an arrest. The officer jailed the woman, and the husband with a club pursued him. The crowd later drove off the husband and the son who again sought to free his mother.
Mrs Helen Grubbs of Lincoln was fined 15 dollars and costs at Springfield after pricking J B Strode eight times with a hatpin on a crowded streetcar. Grubbs claimed Strode crowded her space and she acted to make room.
Edward C. Thayer rescued Mrs. Norris and her young daughter Ellie from drowning in the Sangamon River near Decatur but broke his left arm on a sunken log. In Springfield, 86 year old Elizabeth Hogan was struck and killed by a Wabash locomotive. her son-in-law James McCoy narrowly escaped death while attempting to help.
Mrs George D Miller age sixty nine a Bloomington resident for fifty years died from injuries after a fall from a second story window. Her husband and four children survive her.
H. P. Rickett the Memphis Scimiter editor was found dead in his room at the Kaiserhof hotel in Chicago. He was a well known newspaper man in the South.
Frank J. Schreiber who served 44 years as postmaster died near Kruger at age 77. He was appointed by President Buchanan, marking a long tenure in office during the 19th century.
The United States reports the murder of Vice-Consul William C Magelssen in Beirut while riding in a carriage. President Roosevelt orders the European squadron to Beirut to back US demands, with Navy Secretary Darling instructing near port action. Magelssen, born in Minnesota, had been appointed vice-consul in Beirut in 1899.
President Roosevelt announced in Oyster Bay that Henry C. Ide, a Philippine commission member for years, would be named vice governor general of the Philippines when Luke B. Wright becomes governor general. The offer to another named man is pending a reply, and the successor’s identity remains undisclosed.
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