22 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1902
Page
1
Topics of the Day notes that native Christian women in China create beautiful drawn work earning five cents a day. They donate a tenth of this income to missionary efforts, illustrating small earnings supporting religious work.
The stairway to the Philadelphia city hall tower comprises 598 steps and is claimed to be the world’s tallest continuous stairway.
Literary fragment condemns federals and republicans as frauds with calls of BLibang echoing, celebrating four years of assimilation amid political rhetoric from Porto Rico. The text presents a satirical or propagandistic voice reflecting period tensions.
Lew Wallace presses for Roosevelt and Mitchell as the correct ticket in 1904, while hinting at launching another novel and using advertising to publicize the effort. The note suggests political maneuvering and literary ventures intertwining during the campaign period.
The sultan issues a ban on publishing books within his realm. He is said to plan a personal book project and seeks a clear field for it, prompting the censorship move across the country.
During Santos-Dumont's White House visit Roosevelt said he would be the first to ride in the inventor's airship if it were brought to the United States.
The passage notes that three pivotal American army defeats in the revolutionary era were suffered by units of drunkards, arguing against debasement and the harm of injuring others. It frames history as showing the dangers of drunkenness in military failure.
Lord Kitchener to become commander in chief in India earning about 30,000 dollars annually. The post is tenable for seven years and represents the best paid appointment in the British army.
The piece argues higher wages for workers depend on Mitchell securing gains. operators aim to crush union recognition. It concludes the consumer will bear the cost no matter the outcome, highlighting a widening burden from the dispute.
The sugar trust reportedly cuts sugar to four cents per pound in retaliation against the beef trust for an alleged breach of agreements. The public may applaud such maneuvers, likening it to the frontier line where a bear is urged onward by a pursuing intruder.
The piece argues against gerrymandering noting New Jersey Republicans aimed to win nine of ten districts but spread votes thin and won seven. It cites repeated demonstrations that gerrymanderers do not pay and emphasizes the political risk of such district reshaping.
Eleven Cuban children denied admission by New York immigration authorities amid claims they could become public charges. The case centers on their assignment to a California freak school whose instructors allege rare theosophic powers and note a dog linked to Madame Blavatsky.
With a cash balance near $900 million the United States treasury can face a hard season with composure. Coal prices stay low and the vast funds ahead should help ride out the rigors, while the heavy fur overcoats signal a severe winter but mild financial impact on the government.
The piece argues people attend church for sermons or music but weather or poor performance should not deter attendance. It asserts cultivating a church going habit like daily duties shapes character and destiny.
President Roosevelt and party left their Mississippi hunting camp on the 18th without a bear sighting. Minister Wu departed Washington on the 18th for San Francisco to sail for China. Des Moines caucus southern Illinois for speaker Cannon. Boer leaders Botha and Delarey canceled US visit. Charity Wiggins died in Birmingham aged 102. Buffalo Bill Cody announced engagement of Irma to Lt Armstrong. Lomusney died by suicide in St Louis. Lafayette granddaughter died in Paris. Davis died in Toledo of pneumonia. George W Hawkins insolvency declared. Mitchell testified in coal strike inquiry. Roosevelt honored toast in Memphis. Gertrude Young died after 40-day fast. Johnston resigns army post. Holt killed boarding train. Laughlin hanged himself near Mooe. Schley hosted banquet in Kansas City. Hufnagel killed by falling tree. Snowfall kills cattle in Black Mountain area. Guatemalan refugees arrive in San Francisco. Authorities report devastation and starvation risk.
On the 18th a Denver foundry cast a silver bell 20 inches high and 24 inches wide and a crown 16 inches in diameter to be given to the United States cruiser Denver. The American Federation of Labor raised pay for the president to 3000 dollars and the secretary to 2500. A Moccasin submarine torpedo boat ran two miles underwater at Cutho gie New York. Robbers stole 165000 dollars from a Lisbon bank. A bank in Arthur Jr robbed of 2300 with a 1000 reward offered for thieves. In Kentucky a cripple named Thomas Mitchell killed Elkins Weathersby on a love matter. Joseph Beck confessed murder of a girl in Menominee and drew a life term. In Washington Indiana 250 miners struck over feed for bank mules. National Grange reports growth from all states at Lansing. Havana cigar makers strike leaving 20000 out. Two bandits robbed a Minneapolis gambling house, shooting a attendant and stealing 2000.
A compilation of brief alerts: John Schenken mauled by wolves near Austin Texas, his dog killed defending him. A Langley spur blast in Sherman Texas injures 11 and kills a man when blasting powder magazine explodes. Gompers exonerated at New Orleans AFL session. Carrie Nation disrupts NY horse show denouncing over-dressing and wine. James Dillard mob-lynched near Sullivan Indiana after assault. Dr Lanahan testifies at Scranton strike hearing on rheumatism in miners. Albert Ardwell killed in San Francisco after refugee voyage from Guatemala. Danish master crew perishes in Tyne collision. A H W Grout elected president of Illinois Live Stock Breeders Association. Port Washington scaffold collapse injures two fatally. Missouri defeats Iowa 6 to 0 in Iowa City football.
Judge Henry of Kansas City is sinking and may not rally, while John Brown of Cascade Iowa dies at 92. Miss Dora Meek of Centralia NL sleeps most of the time since September. Indian territory opposes the omnibus statehood bill. Will Colston shot in neck near Paris Tex and may die. A $13,100 city treasurer shortage hits Wabash Indiana. Eldorado Ill race troubles ease as troops withdraw. Eloping couple from New Harmony Ind arrested in St Louis before license. Teehuana Tex student Bernard Longbotham fatally hurt practicing for a football game. Kansas fusionists claim ballot fraud in late election. Mrs Frank Fatterly Altamont HS struck by Baltimore and Ohio train. Former Ambassador Jules Cambon to be banqueted by Americans before departure. Liquidations on New York stock market fall five to seven points. Manchester C a man shoots and kills then suicides during a board bill dispute. Gov elect Bailey of Kansas denies wishing a wife in the mansion. Louis Treadway and John Burris of Birds Til arrested for stealing clover seed valued at 150 dollars. seed recovered.
Five masked robbers hijacked Colorado & Southern train No 7 twelve miles south of Trinidad. Express Messenger H W Sherwick of Fort Worth shot a robber as dynamite fuse failed and the gang fled into the woods. Passengers were unharmed as Las Animas sheriff organized a posse to pursue the outlaws.
A robber shot by Express Messenger W H Sherwick near Trinidad Colorado died from a stomach wound after four accomplices fled toward rugged country. The gang intended to rob the Colorado and Southern paycar, which arrived ahead of the northbound train delayed about forty minutes. bullet holes marred the express car door but no combat marks were left.
John A. Gray identified Peter Ankney as the man who shot Nicholas Boismenue in Boismenue's saloon on East Carondelet Street Monday evening and then struck him with a Billy. Boismenue remained alive at late Tuesday despite grim prospects, as Dr. F X McCracken, his cousin and coroner, reported little hope for recovery.
Charles I. George of New York was arrested by U S officers in Woodsville New Hampshire on a charge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. He allegedly collected 3 from 150 Vermont legislature members to place their pictures in a supposed legislative album that has not been published.
Five statuary groups on the Sieges Allee were damaged Tuesday night as crosses forming part of the designs were knocked off. The vandal or vandals remain at large and have not been traced.
Reports of a fatality at an Urbana electric light plant as Frank Killam dies. A Altamont woman, Mrs. Frank Satterly, is seriously injured after being struck by a train. The Illinois New Jerusalem church holds its sixty third annual meeting in Springfield. A rock blast at Golconda injures John Lamb. Marion County farmers institute succeeds. The Tri county Teachers’ Association plans a Marion meeting for the 28th and 29th. John F. Driscoll alias C M Bloom jailed in Virginia on bigamy charges. In Eldorado, ongoing race trouble noted. A new bank with capital of 100000 is proposed in Alton. Macoupin county offers over 600 in prizes for best corn with over 1500 boys competing. John and Robert Bush fall 100 feet in a Harrisburg coal shaft. John dies, Robert uninjured. Wire rope break causes cage upset. The Illinois Live Stock Breeders Association holds its annual meeting in Bloomington.
Rev Garland Sheppard aged 86 near Fostersburg north of Salem served Methodist Episcopal church in Illinois over sixty years Calhoun Davenport pioneer of White County on his Grayville farm aged about 71 Dr G W Fringer aged 70 at Pana leaves a widow Mrs Gabriel Bourland aged 67 Cottage Grove C & Pierson merchant Remsey Mrs Caroline McGinnis one of Calhoun counties oldest citizens Frank Levis former superintendent of Illinois Glass Co Alton in Chicago Oscar Hill 66 prominent in business at Jerseyville
A Chicago guarantee company purchased a large tract near Mitchell to host joint yards for the Big Four and Frisco Systems. Reports say Frisco will use Big Four tracks as a link between St. Louis and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois networks.
A report notes Joe Leiter made about 150000 dollars in profit from a December corn transaction. It also mentions a young man allegedly lost between 10 million and 12 million six hundred thousand in a grain deal in Chicago a few days earlier.
Laura Williams, colored, twice escaped Mason county jail, convicted of robbing James Moslander in a wineroom last March and sentenced to the penitentiary by Judge Mehan.
The Upper Mississippi Improvement Association, meeting in Quincy, urged Congress to provide 15 million dollars to upgrade the river from the Missouri mouth to its headwaters. The proposal aims to deepen channels, ease navigation, and bolster commerce along the waterway.
It has been decided that as soon as Gov. Yates is able to travel not before Christmas he will go south, and Mrs. Yates will accompany him.
Warm weather drove straw berry vines to blossom and form fruit with many nearly ready to harvest. Fruit trees also bloomed, signaling an early seasonal surge in orchard activity.
William White, while out hunting near Coffeen, accidentally shot himself in the right foot, sustaining a severe injury.
Elmer Atterbury a farmer shot and mortally wounded his farmhand Frank Lamar near Macon. Atterbury claims self defense.
Walter Bittle aged 30 and Miss Cora Lingle aged 15 were wed recently at the bride’s home near Alto Pass in a quiet ceremony.
Herman Elbur was accidentally killed while cutting timber for a saw mill camp about four miles north of Mt Sterling. The incident occurred during routine work at the camp, and authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.
In San Francisco on November 21, a massive fire consumed the Southern Pacific depot and ferry slips at the Alameda mole end, gutting a large wood and glass structure. Eight broad gauge and 25 narrow gauge passenger coaches burned, with ten men missing. A coal oil lamp near the origin is suspected, though officials deem incendiary cause unlikely. The Encinal was towed to safety as fireboats battled the blaze. losses estimated at 450000 to 500000 dollars.
A block and a half of business properties in Monongahela burned before firefighters regained control. Insurance stands at 75,000 dollars. Several families lost clothing and faced homelessness as water supply failed until mains were charged. Dynamite was readied but the water was finally turned on. origin of the blaze remains unknown.
The British steamer Calliope, en route from Pensacola to Genoa, reached Funchal Madeira with a burning cargo. Fumes are heavy and efforts continue to discharge the vessel. Cotton is being pumped from the hold and water is being pumped into the ship to quell the fire.
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