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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1903
Page
3
The article notes Elijah Dowie erred in timing and location, failing to capture New Yorkers’ attention amid a fierce city election. It suggests the costly mistake for Dowie and comments on Canadian imperial prospects facing British policy shifts.
The 3,000,000-bale Texas crop suggests boll weevil and other pests caused less damage than feared. The old tale shows Texas weathered calamities with little material loss, maintaining a resilient agricultural outlook despite widespread concerns.
Canada applies a preferential tariff margin of one third on English imports and sources most goods from the United States for profit. The text notes that Canada may pursue annexation in the future as a financially favorable move, dependent on broader economic benefits.
The eighty seventh annual report of the American Bible Society shows 2,058,989 Bibles printed and purchased in the year, 1,993,358 issued abroad. The statistician notes total issues since organization exceed 72,000,000 Bibles.
The St. Louis Republic says Kratz should not be indignant at Folk Dockery and Roosevelt for his arrest in Mexico. It suggests they fear his gubernatorial ambitions and hope to use the incident as campaign material. They warn they will send him to Jefferson City if evidence justifies.
New Orleans has grown more desirable as a shipping port due to natural river advantages and level-grade rail facilities. If New York and its state widen the Erie Canal, the same logic would apply to New Orleans, the Mississippi Valley, St. Louis, and Chicago.
General Cortin praises the man behind the desk who enlists pays transports arms equips feeds and provides medical care for soldiers. He notes many behind the desk also go to the front when needed and that the tribute is well deserved.
A Turkish claim notes disagreement among the great powers over the Macedonian question and says it exploits this to delay promised reforms. The piece argues this mirrors past history as Europe’s concert rarely stays united enough to force Turkey into honoring pledges made under pressure.
The Model City at the St. Louis World’s Fair will be an engaging educational exhibit. It will not be dull but will invite inspection, please and interest visitors with fine streets and a sanitary sewer system.
In 1893 St Louis panics, banks and trust companies face rumors and fear. The public is told not to withdraw funds as the Solid dity name stands. A Denver club woman laments conservative views and moral questions about wealth and honesty amid the turmoil.
President Roosevelt on the 1st announced appointments for Hawaii with Sanford B. Dole named United States district judge to succeed Estee and George R. Carter designated governor to succeed Dole. In New York Emma Booth-Tucker of the Salvation Army was honored at a large funeral in Carnegie Hall. Other federal and military personnel changes were reported including Weston resuming duties as commissary general, and Rear Admiral Capps taking office.
A wide ranging roundup reports a wife killer in New Jersey after a man’s elopement urge, a Denver to Apishapa wreck reward offered by Santa Fe, a Nashville vault robbery with $3000 seized, a St Clair grand jury indicting lynching suspects, a Wyoming Indian hunt where ten Indians and one hundred percent posse safety noted, a Sioux pursuit involving about five hundred men.
On the 2d the Pacific Mail steam ship Manchuria was successfully launched at the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J. On the 2d two Wabash freight trains bound for St. Louis collided in fog between Wright City and Forester, Mo., 50 miles west of St. Louis, wrecking one stock train, killing seven carloads of stock, demolishing an engine, and injuring seven men, two fatally.
A section of a Brazos River bridge under construction by Houston and Texas Central collapsed on the third. Five men fell with it. Frank Wagner buried under timber in the river, E Connors injured, others unharmed. Multiple other brief items follow.
Miss Lela Lawson aged 20 was severely burned when her dress ignited while burning leaves in the yard. Carpenter Jacob McAvoy rushed from across the street, smothered the flames, and saved her from fatal injuries. Doctors said the injuries were serious and the flesh badly burned.
Felo Gullen of Murphysboro, inspired by Wabash pearl finds, spent two weeks diving in the Big Muddy. He recovered clams from Murphysboro river beds containing pearls and slugs worth about 300 dollars, suggesting local riches in freshwater shells.
A party of five from the Calhoun Point Fishing and Hunting club were arrested by a game warden near Grafton on charges of shooting in Illinois without a license. They used fictitious names and posted $100 cash as surety for appearance, then released with hunting rifles in tow.
By an 8 to 7 vote with Mayor Dever e ux voting yea the Springfield council instructed City Attorney Fitzgerald to dismiss 126 cases filed in circuit court against gamblers and frequenters of the local poolroom If the city attorney does not urge dismissal the corporation counsel is directed to effect the dismissal.
The St Clair county grand jury returned an indictment against County Clerk George K. Thomas charging embezzlement. A county board committee reported a $10,000 shortage after reviewing his accounts.
Presiding elders of the Illinois conference of the Methodist church closed their annual session at Springfield after plans for a large church missionary societies convention. The convention will likely be held in Bloomington in March next.
At the inquest into the death of R Aboda run over in the Wirgins ferry yards East St. Louis a month ago the jury returned a verdict of accidental death due to injuries sustained recently.
Five thousand people attended the Rosemond Grove cemetery ceremony in Pana for the unveiling of the Soldiers and Sailors monument. A large parade led by the Pope post G A R of Pana and the Red Men’s band marched through the town.
Gov Yates honors Massachusetts request to return Henry W Baker alias Rockwell alias Barnard to Boston. He is under arrest in Chicago and wanted there for larceny. The case involves extradition to face charges in Boston.
East St. Louis official James M. Beach has remitted 409 dollars in fines to the city treasury for October creating a new record in official collections.
Mrs. Mary Teele of Waverly was accidentally shot and fatally injured while she and her husband hunted rats at the corn crib. A shotgun discharge struck her full in the breast.
The Cire family from Arenzville held its annual reunion at Junius Cire’s home with members attending from Iowa Nebraska Missouri and Illinois.
Charles W. Kohlsatz, special commissioner from the St. Louis Exposition, arrived in New York with messages from King Christian to Roosevelt and Francis. Sweden has 140000 crowns for art and education, a large industrial exhibit, and 100000 crowns for a national pavilion modeled on Stockholm’s palace. Norway and Denmark show strong support with modest appropriations and Copenhagen porcelain pledges. Crown Prince Gustaf may visit the fair next year.
Washington reports Postmaster General Payne announced an inquiry into charges surrounding Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden. Allegations include stamp speculation and inverted center reprints sold to collectors. Madden denies any sale of stamps or proofs and invites full, searching investigation.
Charles Weissman pleaded not guilty to all 12 indictments, each containing three counts, in U S district court before Judge Adams. Sentence was deferred for about a week. He faces charges of aiding and abetting, counseling, and being a false witness in procuring naturalization certificates for aliens not eligible to citizenship.
In Bunker Hill Illinois on November 3 residents displayed an effigy bearing Mrs Ida Guller to protest court handling of her alleged murder case of Ewart a six year old boy. Police cut down the figure but the rope remained at dawn. Her trial is set for Carlinville next week.
Coal was struck at the new town of Ziegler under construction by the gen interests at 405 feet depth. A vein over nine feet thick was located, and the coal is described as of the best quality.
Prof Joel M Bowlby long time secretary of the Illinois State Teachers Association dies at his home in Carbondale after several weeks illness.
Fay Upchurch, sought for the killing of William B Rhine at Long Branch, was captured at Mount Carmel and jailed in Harrisburg. The arrest closes a rapid pursuit as authorities confirm the capture and secure confinement.
In Bristol Tennessee on November 4 a fatal polling place dispute in Fairview Scott County Virginia left two men dead and two wounded. Dead are John Osborne and Ezekiel Nickels. Wounded are J H Catron and Alexander Kris. The clash centered on objections to CP Holler serving as a Republican judge amid Democratic election staff. Osbourne and Nickels, both Democrats, were drawn in by their official roles. Carton is blamed for the fatal shots. Kris and Carton were wounded. Further troubles feared.
Rt Rev John Brondel the first and only bishop of Helena diocese Montana died at 3 10 Tuesday morning after lapsing into unconsciousness Monday night at St John hospital Helena. Father Victor Day in charge of Montana church will become temporary head aided by Fathers Desfeure Bernet Sullivan Pauwelin Gallagher and several Sisters of Charity.
Mrs. Eliza C Hendricks widow of Vice President Thomas A Hendricks died at her Indianapolis home early Tuesday after paralysis struck three weeks earlier. Born 1828 in North Bend Ohio she was granddaughter of Dr Stephen Wood a pioneer Ohio settler. Married in 1845 she lived in Indianapolis since 1860 and was noted for learning and political interest.
Berlin reports Ambassador Tower returned from the United States with a photo of Miss Alice Roosevelt. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt presented the photograph to officers of the German dispatch boat named Alice Roosevelt. The 12 by 9 inch soft toned print shows Miss Roosevelt full length and bears her autograph.
New York, Nov. 4. Abandoned by her husband ten days earlier and driven by anxiety, Mrs Susie Abrahams leaped from a window in an East Fourth Street tenement. Her ten-year-old daughter was with her and tried to hold her back, but the mother broke free. Neighbors found the child weeping beside the corpse on the sidewalk.
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