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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1901
Page
1
A Philadelphia man narrowly escaped death when a bullet was deflected by a $30,000 roll of bills in his pocket. The life saved highlights wealth as a safeguard and suggests wealth's advantages in perilous moments.
The text quotes Isaiah noting that workers in fine flax and weave networks and those using Manila hemp will be confounded. It then discusses a period after Grant's second term when no ex presidents survived, stating only the last two years of his second term lacked surviving ex-presidents.
The speaker notes that three presidents were assassinated within a single generation, contrasts this with the czar era, and observes that only one czar has been killed over that expansive period. This remark comments on political violence and leadership risks across regimes.
After forty years of honorable service in the American navy Rear Admiral Schley faced a naval subaltern's testimony accusing him of cowardice on the day of his retirement. The charge reflected petty malice and was deemed unfair by many observers.
The Spanish war helped knit Americans together from north to south the president's death intensified the national sorrow and strengthened the sense of union and purpose across all sections as the nation moved toward greater realization.
Five former New York governors Clinton Thompson Van Buren Morton and Roosevelt have served as U S vice president. Four ascended after leaving office as governor and Morton did so just before his statewide election.
Gov Jenkins of Oklahoma issued proclamations creating Lawton Anadarko and Hobart as first class cities and called elections for city officers to serve until next April. Lawton population 4556 Anadarko 2733 Hobart 2530.
The text argues naming conventions for Theodore Roosevelt, noting many presidents were called familiar names but suggesting the safer, more formal styles: President Roosevelt or "the president" on cards. It frames the issue as one of propriety versus notoriety while prioritizing official address.
Banks in Philadelphia deploy detectives to watch clerks and all bank employees. The guards observe habits and associates and file daily reports to bank officers to prevent losses and unprofitable events.
President Roosevelt rapidly mobilizes his influence to push reciprocity as the cornerstone of the administration’s commercial policy. He signals to every visiting public figure that extending foreign trade through reciprocity arrangements is the national priority.
The post office department decides $500 a year is insufficient for rural route carriers. Salaries will be increased to $600 per year by January 10. The rise, plus income from passenger transport, package delivery, and subscription taking, should provide a fair income.
The article reports Lord Kitchener adopting Weyler's plan by relocating 93,000 white women and children plus 24,000 natives into 30 or 40 camps after burning homes and farms. It notes this as a new departure in British history, with evident desire to avoid cruelty yet widespread suffering among Camp inhabitants.
Washington reports 909 lepers and 164 clean residents at the Molokai leper settlement in Hawaii, housed fed and governed for 80000 dollars yearly. A new visitor corral system aims to prevent contact while allowing open visitation. infection chances remain uncertain though ten clean residents became lepers in ten years. The three oldest patients arrived in 1874, 1879, and 1875, with annual commitments declining from 132 in 1891 to 85 in 1900 amid vigorous island-wide leper hunts.
The Northwestern Christian Advocate reports 103 of 119 Methodist conferences have voted on the new constitution, tallying 7,378 in favor and 2,450 against. With 16 conferences and about 900 votes still to come, leaders warn that a shift in any conference could decide the fate. The proposal would authorize election of women to general conference.
William Joyce and his wife, married seven months, died of gas asphyxiation at the Joyce family home in Brooklyn. Brother Joseph Duff suspects he unintentionally caused the tragedy by turning on the gas after finding his room occupied and extinguishing the light, though there is no ground for suicide or foul play. The young Duff is overwhelmed by grief.
The National Congregational council voted to hold its next gathering in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1904, marking a change from prior plans and setting the venue for the annual council.
John Jacob Astor of New York abandons millionaire role for a brief stint as a locomotive engineer. Dressed in blue jeans overalls and buckskin gloves, he sat in the locomotive cab and helped drive Train No. 3 from Elkhart to LaPorte, covering 20 miles in just under twenty minutes. He planned to attend a Chicago meeting with President Stuyvesant Fish but faced train delays before keeping his word.
New York October 17 George L Rives secretary of the New York public library announced plans to obtain designs for Carnegie libraries and to name the architects McKim Mead White Carere Hastings and Babb Cook Willard to design and supervise branches with James Brown Lord furnishing designs for the Seventy-ninth Street branch The firms will collaborate on common design matters while each building is independently supervised under allotment to the firms The three firms have accepted the library trustees offer to act.
London reports the Church Times denounces King Edward for attending Crathic Presbyterian services in Scotland calling him a Catholic prince and saying he should not worship in a Presbyterian cathedral. It cites Queen Victoria’s Crathic attendance due to Jacobite sympathies and urges the king to avoid such actions.
In Utica Ohio on October 17 a posse of farmers arrested four men suspected in an attempted Danville bank robbery. One man discarded a revolver a coil of dynamite fuse and caps which were recovered. The suspects claim to be tramps.
Two large sticks of dynamite were discovered above furnace pipes at Hickory church by a janitor and David Carr a church member. The explosives lay under the pew where Carr and his family sat and were linked to the exterior by a 25 foot fuse. An earlier barn fire tied to a young farmhand led to arrest and binding over to circuit court.
James Rourke of Pittsburg was shot and killed by John Herman a painter in Mattoon. Rourke who had been drinking heavily was confined by police as he neared delirium tremens but freed himself and went on a rampage injuring himself and threatening bystanders. He forced entry into Herman's home and menaced two girls before Herman fired, striking Rourke in the heart as he wielded a knife.
Hunters recovered the body of Lillian Lefay also known as Mrs L A Seeley, the aeronaut who disappeared from La Salle after a balloon ascent at dusk. The discovery ends weeks of mystery with her husband’s abduction theory now tempered by the evidence from the river.
The Illinois State Federation of Labor held its nineteenth annual convention in Joliet. Resolutions favored a national eight-hour workday, condemned prison-made brooms, and urged changing state law to bar charters for groups opposing union principles. Officers named were President Adam A. Mensche of Kewanee, Vice President Rev. 8. A. Harris of Dwight, and Secretary-Treasurer James F. Morris of Springfield.
Four young graduates from the state normal university in Carbondale have been appointed as teachers in the Philippines. John M. Gambill of Johnson City goes to Sta. Maria de Panda on Luzon, John Demmer of Pinckneyville to Odingan Tablas in Romblon province, John H. Jenkins of Carbondale to Odingan Tablas, and J. Frank Daniel of Mount Vernon to Negros.
David Williams, 64, of Murphysboro, and Mrs. Ollie Brown, 43, of Denmaine, were found dead in their beds. The coroner's jury ruled both deaths caused by bursting blood vessels from the heart. Williams was a longtime county resident. Both had retired the night before in apparently good health.
The state convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Galesburg chose officers with Mrs. Marie C. Brehm of Chicago as president and Mrs. Lucy B. Tyng of Peoria as vice president. Other posts went to Mrs. Mary E. Hopper of Chicago as corresponding secretary, Mrs. Jennie Just of Waukegan as recording secretary, Miss Amelia Cram of Hillsboro as treasurer, and Helen L. Hood of Chicago as editor of Watch Tower.
Robert E. Burke resigns as Chicago oil inspector while indicted for embezzlement. A Raleigh man and his 14 year old son die in a residential fire near Eldorado. Peabody Coal docks fire in Chicago causes 658000 dollars in losses. Bishop Alexander Burgess dies at 82 in St. Albans Vermont. Col Noble B. Wiggins dies at 59 in Springfield. Edward Morris is killed by a freight train near Litchfield. Tabo Cruse, 47, hangs himself near Mascoutah leaving a widow and three children. H B Bartholomew dies of heart disease at Batavia aged 45. Judge Thomas H Boyd dies at 85, former probate judge and state legislator. George Dolinski hanged in Chicago for murder of Anton Liz.
The Schley court of inquiry opened with correction of yesterday’s testimony. Witnesses Captain Cook and Lieut. Commander Sears discussed engine uncoupling on the Brooklyn under blockade and a circular bulletin from the commander in chief. Commander Mason and others described the July 3 engagement with Commodore Schley’s leadership praised for coolness under fire.
Senator Morgan of Alabama met with President Roosevelt to discuss the Nicaragua canal bill and a new treaty closer to the president’s views. The president would submit a revised treaty to the Senate but did not detail provisions. Morgan described the president’s southern appointments policy as reconciliation and appointing the best men.
A night letter posted at Miss Ellen M. Stone's parents' door states Mme. Tsilka has given birth, and both mother and infant are well. The note confirms the companion's health amid the ongoing ransom saga in Sofia on October 17.
In St Louis on October 17 Miss Helen Miller Gould was named member at large of the World’s Fair Board of Lady Managers. The appointment, a popularity choice urged by national women’s clubs, honors the philanthropist daughter of the late Jay Gould and is expected to boost eastern interest in the exposition. Secret telegram notified Miss Gould in New York. The commission adjourned, signaling a warm reception of the pick by federal organizers.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. delegates at the Texas state fair in Dallas returned to St. Louis to push a Texas exhibit. Associat ed Commercial clubs urged the Texas governor to appoint a commission to raise funds and prepare, with Keating authorized to form a five member committee to approach the governor. Reeves said the seed sown by St. Louisians will bear fruit as Texans discuss raising a million dollars for the exhibit.
St Louis on October 17 1907 the federal World’s Fair commission met at the Southern hotel with members Carter Thurston Lindsay McBride Betts Allen Glynn Miller and Scott present They discussed session work and two candidate members of the board of lady managers Mrs Anna Orff and Mrs Belle Castlem an Carroll Also passed resolutions on President McKinley’s death and later met Chief Architect Taylor to review World’s Fair grounds and building plans displayed on easels for scrutiny
Topeka Kansas October 17 The Kansas commissioners to the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St Louis 1903 have decided to request four acres of space for exhibits Kansas aims for a large varied display and may feature a sod house from early state days Architects will be asked to bid on plans for the Kansas building to cost about 50 223 percent of 50 000
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