18 Jul 1903
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1903
Page
1
The St Franc County Missouri case centers on Gord Barrington charged with murdering James P. McCann. The text notes odd details about cravat changes and a shift in influence toward corn growers in central Illinois.
Ex Mayor Ames of Minneapolis must serve six years in the penitentiary for taking a bribe from a disorderly house keeper, and his brother, his police chief, serves six and a half years for accepting a $15 bribe from a similar source.
A discovered statute bars cabinet officers from shortening clerks’ hours on Saturdays. As a result clerks must work until four PM instead of three, a change seen as a harsh and inhuman policy shift affecting government staff.
Net earnings for the quarter ended June 30 slipped by 1,162,500 yet the Steel trust reports a six month undivided surplus over 17,000,000 after declaring the usual dividends and covering regular charges.
Colombia is booked for an exhibit at the St. Louis World’s Fair, a credit to the country and a source of hope that it will act sensibly on the canal matter. The decision on the canal is slow, but there is a chance it will be correct when it arrives.
New York dispatches report an unusual mosquito surge amid hot weather. In western New York the pest is less troublesome than last year when wet conditions and pools in ditches fostered growth. A simple remedy is oil coating on stagnant pools to prevent insect increase.
The two men convicted in United States courts at St Louis of naturalization fraud are serving their sentence in the penitentiary. National courts of justice do not run to technicalities. When a jury returns a guilty verdict the government governs itself accordingly. In US courts 122 bogus Naturalization papers have been set aside and several hundred more will be revoked.
President Loubet left Paris amid playful remarks on English customs. In England he refused a traditional kiss and instead received a firm, up and down handshake from King Edward, a gesture that nearly brought tears to the French leader.
Over thirty years Massachusetts saw women in gainful work rise 150 percent while men grew 94 percent. Marriage dropped from about 20 to 17 per 1000, births fell from 27 to 25, deaths from 19 to 18. Average marriage age rose slightly. divorce climbed from 1 in 34 to 1 in 18 marriages.
The article recalls Cardinal Pecci’s rise a quarter century ago and the early belief the church would soon elect his successor by a pope with delicate health. It notes fears about his strength and lauds his long, admirable career as life and history approach the end of his tenure.
Justice Giegerich of the New York supreme court signs a decree of absolute divorce in favor of Edith E. Bigelow against Poult ney Bigelow on statutory grounds. Judge Green in Peoria Illinois grants continuance for McCray case to September due to missing witness. McCray is accused in a homicide involving Detective Murphy. Roosevelt approves a court martial ruling against Lt. John F. McCarthy for pay duplication and dismissal. Assistant War Secretary Sanger plans to leave, likely before Oliver arrives. Gen Cassius M. Clay’s Whitehall apartments stripped of weapons per Richmond court order. The American squadron’s England visit ends after a grand reception aboard the Kearsarge. Humphrey resigns from Chicago & Alton to join Westinghouse Air Brake. Warrants issued in Chicago for Washington Park club officials and bookmakers. Willis D. Hager killed by a train in East Orange. Bowen resigns as US consul general in Paris due to ill health. Rear Admiral Terry assigned to Honolulu. Miller offered South Atlantic command. Payne orders free postal delivery starting Sept. 1 at Jamestown NC. Hardware associations hold a joint meeting in Saratoga. Lee Brown, alias John Tinsley, in critical pneumonia at Jeffersonville reformatory.
Western Wisconsin landmark the Central hotel in Fountain City burned down with all guests escaping. Three jumped from windows to safety as flames swept the building.
Telegrams report a kettle of counterfeit five dollar gold coins captured in St Joseph Missouri on the 16th amid rising circulation. Secret service operatives face puzzling clever coin operations. Other items note bankruptcy petition against Frank Tennyson Neely in New York, and a 1896 bank theft case involving Charles Stern. Kansas harvest progress varies, and Russian reply on a Jewish petition influences foreign policy. A whaling vessel in Japan reports 700 barrels of oil onboard, and a car crash death of Mrs Charles Fair in New Jersey prompts local concern. Jury selection continues in a Missouri bank robbery murder case. Col Morris B Belknap secures Republican Kentucky governor nomination. Abner McKinley gravely ill with paralysis.
A digest of recent regional and national news: Senator Quay announces he will not seek another Senate race. In Missouri, Bert Bromley, a fraudulent runner, is found dead in a creek near Joplin. Gilbert A. Peck dies of appendicitis in St. Louis. A deadly wreck near Amana Iowa leaves three dead, two injured, seventeen cars destroyed. Cal Price and Jerry Graves are executed in Marion Illinois for the murder of Mrs Nellie Reechfelder on March 16. A young girl suffers severe kerosene explosion burns in Louisiana Missouri. A Ellsworth Kansas farmer posts harvest laborers by paying fines for jailed workers. Agricultural dept reports poor conditions for corn, wheat, oats, barley and rye. A De Kalb Missouri family is arrested after a missing-child case. Post office probe results in Washington indicate inspector methods will be reviewed. China’s surrender to Russia over Manchuria spurs Far East war talk. Five men face riot charges in Evansville. as many as ten thousand negroes flee the city. Lafayette Brooks, serving life for kayak murder, dies in despondency over escape plot. John Griffith, 81, Montana pioneer, dies at Helena, native of St Louis. George T. Hill Construction Co of St Louis wins contract for Oklahoma World's Fair building.
Rome reports no change in the pope's condition since the latest medical bulletin. At 1:10 a.m. the pope slept deeply, not fully natural. By 3:05 a.m. the second part of the night began restless. Dr. Lapponi administered stimulants and nourishment.
Rome reports Dr Mazzoni stating the pope’s disease has lost absolute gravity and may enter a possible solution, though recovery remains unlikely due to age. A graphic doctor’s portrait describes a wan, dying appearance with sunken eyes and rigid features as nourishment continues and doctors review the case.
Mrs. James G. Blaine, aged 76, died at the Blaine homestead in Augusta Maine after a rapid illness. Her maiden name was Harriet Stanwood daughter of a Maine notable. She leaves a son James G Blaine and daughters Harriet Beale and Mrs Walter Damrosch of New York who were at her bedside. Funeral will be Friday with burial in Washington.
Farmers trusted a solicitor who signed them to a home electric light contract at $2 per light. Envelopes sealed for proof were opened by workmen revealing demands of $30 to $60 for a small city line light. The farmers face costly installation charges they did not agree to.
Horace Coolidge, ten, died of lockjaw in Bloomington after showing no injuries. Parents had previously lost a horse to tetanus, leading to the theory the child might have contracted a germ from the beast. If verified, this case would be the first of its kind in medical literature.
Grand Master Hanahan and Grand Secretary-Treasurer Arnold of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will invite President Roosevelt to visit the order's Chicago headquarters during his planned Chicago fat stock show trip. The president was made an honorary member at their last biennial convention in Chattanooga in September.
The city of Bloomington Iowa is in an uproar after the brutal murder of two year old Mabel Jordan. The child was abducted from her sleep, assaulted, and slain. Her body was found partially torn and hidden under bushes in a nearby pasture about a mile from the abduction.
Armo Jerskamp of St. Louis is dead after a passenger train carrying nine coaches of workers derailed on the Terminal Railroad line between Madison and Granite City. Four people are seriously hurt and one fatally injured. several others suffer minor injuries. The injured were rushed to St. Louis after being extricated from the wreck.
William Barbera, a Centerville area farmer, disappeared after traveling to Grayville with wheat. He drew several hundred dollars at a local bank, then boarded an Illinois Central train and vanished. His family fears foul play as months pass with no word.
Chicago's population is listed as 2,231,000 in the 1903 city directory. The publishers compare the 1890 directory's 654,000 names to its population per the U.S. census, implying similar proportionality for the current year.
The Alton city council authorized a ten year contract with the Alton Railway Gas and Electric Co for street lighting. The firm will install 160 arc lamps of 2000 candle power at 69 dollars per lamp each year.
Irving Rosenfield of Mason City died at Passavant hospital in Jacksonville after being shot July 10 by Edward Barton of Springfield. He was struck while trying to aid a friend, Frank, who was also wounded by Barton.
Calvin Price and Jerry Graves were executed for the March 16 murder of Mrs. Nellie Reichdelfer in Marion. The motive was robbery and both men professed remorse before the drop.
James McLaughlin of Macon drank eleven bottles of lemon extract and Jamaica ginger after failing to obtain whisky. He died in convulsions despite physicians’ efforts.
A 13 year old, Gussie Freise, died in Red Bud from tetanus contracted after a head wound from a toy cannon explosion on the Fourth of July. The accident occurred during Independence Day celebrations, and authorities reported the cause as tetanus from the injury. The tragedy underscores risks of improvised fireworks and unprotected wounds amid holiday festivities.
Charley A. Scott, president of the Interstate Mississippi River Improvement and Levee Association, calls a levee convention and association meeting in New Orleans on October 29. Delegates may be appointed by governors of Mississippi valley states, towns and cities in the alluvial region, allied towns nationwide, boards of trade, steamboat lines, railroads in the valley, and levee organizations.
Weather last week warmed the middle and south west boosting crops though rainfall remains needed in Missouri southern Illinois western Texas and the lower Ohio valley. Corn shows strong growth but is backward for the season with some lodging reported in South Dakota and southern Minnesota. Threshing is underway with light yields expected. oats suffer rust in Missouri Illinois Iowa and surrounding areas. Cotton belts show general improvement though grassy fields persist in Texas and boll weevil concerns linger but less than prior forecasts.
San Rafael California July 16 William Ward deputy coroner of Marin county who embalmed the late Col W J Best after his death in April is dead He was found by night watchman O Brien in distress at the doorway of his office at the undertaking parlors of Coroner Sawyer He was taken home after Dr W F Jones was summoned An autopsy will be held and Ward's death is thought to be from heart trouble He had been troubled by developments in the Best case since the New Jersey scandal first published.
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