13 Jul 1901
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1901
Page
1
A Buffalo visitor calls the exposition educational and a delicious treat for millions and notes the tall tower lighting accompanied by the national anthem led by Sousa.
The London discourse says Russia will not release control of Manchuria. British prejudice may color views, but current outlook suggests that region will have little alliance with China’s empire going forward.
The army of volunteers mustered out after months of service in the Philippines. Officers of the American regular establishment testified that volunteers campaigned and fought like seasoned regulars.
A Massachusetts company plans a seven masted schooner 395 feet long with a 26 foot draft and 11000 ton displacement. It would rival the largest ocean steamers in freight capacity though it is a sailing vessel, to be steered and heated by steam and lit by electricity.
Experiments conducted in Boston in early afternoon with a 98 degree shade reading found wood pavements radiating more heat. Averages show wood at 124 percent of ambient, granite blocks 1115 percent, asphalt 113, and macadam 1024 percent.
The Brazilian demonstrations astonished Europeans in Rio Janeiro. Warships were decorated and the press enthusiastic as the U S legation was serenaded. A banquet and ball honored United States minister Charles P Bryan hosted by State President Bocayuva.
French ambassador M Jules Cambon, visiting the West, said on returning to Washington that the seat of industrial and scholastic empire will shift to the Mississippi Valley. He stated St. Louis is the center of the country and is making a major effort to live up to its map position.
A large number of candidates for the office of comptroller of the currency are in the field already, though Dawes resignation was announced recently and will not take effect for months. The men eager to accept any office of consequence in the country form a large portion of the adult male population.
The Shamrock II is seen as a marked improvement over the first Shamrock and Lipton is determined to win the America's Cup with British money and skill. Americans, accustomed to holding the cup, are eager to defend it.
On May 1 Lord Kitchener's army in South Africa counted 250416 officers and men with 100000 mounted. The British field force totaled 474661. Disease and wounds caused 10956 deaths and 47739 invalidations. By March 15 hospital admissions stood at 13797. This marks the biggest little war on record.
In his death, John Fiske is described as a highly useful worker in science and philosophy and a valued member of society. The obituary notes his broad learning, compares him to John Stuart Mill for early linguistic and cultural breadth, and commends his lifelong dedication and undiminished powers at his passing.
A French Canadian, M. Bouras, argues that American capital is breaking down the Canada United States barrier. He contends Americans are buying up Canada and predicts that once completed, a minor political shift could revive the annexation movement. He says Old French Canadians will support the deme government.
The Illinois State building at the Pan American exposition grounds in Buffalo cost $23,600 and joins New York and Ohio as among the most expensive state structures on the grounds. Four statues by Charles Mulligan symbolize industry while corn and wheat motifs decorate the facade. Illinois Day is September 16 with Gov. Yates and staff in attendance and thousands of Illinoisians expected.
Illinoisan brief notices list deaths of nobles and farmers across Pekin Chicago Litchfield McLean Quincy Staunton Benton and Assumption with ages from 12 to 83. burglaries at Areola. a church fainting incident in Quincy. a Dowie faith reference. wheat fires near Dorsey. a restaurant owner’s death from a bug bite. revised Fourth of July casualties 25 killed 1,813 wounded and property loss $128,185. and a Clinton county farmer dying after a hayload fall.
Judge Debell of Joliet circuit court ruled that a 5 percent debt limit cannot be exceeded by counting water certificates under the Wood law, enjoining the city’s 24 900 waterworks financing. The decision challenges municipal use of the statute and will be appealed as cities seek its benefits. The University of Illinois summer school attendance rose to 206, up 100 from last year. Lectures were delivered by W. J. Rolfe, President Snyder, and Dean Russell, with President Draper also giving a series of five sessions on the American school system.
Sparks from a Wabash locomotive started a fire at Hull station near Quincy burning 30 acres of wheat owned by George Kennedy. The crop was valued with an estimated yield of about 1,000 bushels.
Rural free delivery is to be abolished on September 2 in LaSalle LaSalle County. One carrier will operate a single 22 mile route serving a population of u573 and the carrier is C I Neeve.
Chicago celebrated the Fourth with a surprisingly calm tone despite a toll of 11 deaths and nearly 1000 injuries reported. Many victims were seriously hurt as the holiday drew to a close.
The largest popcorn crop worldwide is thriving on A. I. Schaeffer’s Edgar county farm. Spanning 100 acres, most of the yield lies in a single expansive patch.
A high temperature and stiffness about the body described as a cross between grip malaria and ague is reported as a new ailment at Chicago. Talks of a canteen at the Springfield state militia encampment were opposed by Gov. Yates and did not materialize.
A threshing outfit and 300 bushels of wheat owned by Stucke Bros. were destroyed by fire near Beards town Cass county. Loss estimated at $3,000.
Balzar Blum, aged 18, drowned at Heaper's Lake east of Bloomington. He was the thirty-first death attributed to the cold springs in the lake, marking a deadly pattern at the site.
July 11 report from Kansas City details a high speed collision near Norton Missouri between a west bound passenger train and a fast stock train. The wreck telescoped forward cars and burned coaches. Sixteen dead and many injured rushed to St Joseph's and University hospitals with severe scalds and burns. Names include Mrs Dickson of Wilmington Delaware and Miss Lulu Rider of Kentland Indiana among the injured.
The state department reports $95,000 indemnity from Turkey to the United States for the Ottoman claim through Leishman, placed in the Ottoman Imperial Bank, drafts remitted to Washington. The government will distribute the funds among claimants at its discretion, while noting total claims exceed the indemnity.
James Kilbourne, born 1841 in Columbus and educated at Kenyon and Harvard Law, emerges as Democratic nominee hopeful for Ohio governor. A Civil War veteran and former colonel, he leads the Ohio Centennial Committee and numerous civic boards. He has not held office before and lost a previous gubernatorial bid to R. McLean. Kilbourne has strong ties to labor groups and nearby Thurman networks.
Alfred Norlin, county treasurer at Miden Nebraska, confessed to embezzling 10,000 dollars and admitted setting the courthouse on fire to cover the crime. He pled guilty in a special session, received six years in Lincoln penitentiary and a 5400 dollar fine covering the shortage after restitution. He was arrested Tuesday and convicted within 24 hours.
Special from Glasgow Montana reports Sheriff Griffith arrived with reinforcements and says he has the Great Northern express bandits corralled about 60 miles south of the railroad on the north bank of the Mississippi between the river and the Little Rockies.
Manila reports Arthur Ferguson formerly secretary to the United States Philippine commission has been appointed secretary to Civil Governor Taft. Goynecheai, once inspector of the native police, is arrested on embezzlement charges from the police benefit fund. Fifty more insurgents have surrendered to Col. Wint in Albany.
The Minnesota state pardon board approved the parole of Coleman and James Younger after 25 years in Stillwater for complicity in the Northfield bank raid murder and robbery.
Debris fills gorges near Wickes and Corbin after a cloudburst. A six foot high water wave swept a gulch. a mountain side collapsed crushing a home where Mrs. Charles Turner and six children slept. Northern Pacific rails and bridges were wrecked. Peck company machinery damaged forcing Corbin plant shutdown. Losses are not yet estimable.
Three cars of the Eastend local freight plunged through the Nickel Plate bridge at Crooked Creek near East Springfield. Ten laborers were killed, including Conductor Phil A. Moore. Engineer Wm Griffith and many workers were injured as the structure fell into the ravine, halting traffic and prompting rapid rescue efforts from Conneaut officials.
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