19 Sep 1903
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1903
Page
1
The report warns that grafting in Indian Territory should not lure more grafters. It notes that on the ground floor operators already present will exploit any ordinary grafters along with the Native residents.
Michael Davitt calls the Irish emigrant flow a serious national evil as numbers to the United States increase. The article notes concessions in Parliament to Ireland but no practical plan to curb emigration has emerged.
In Pennsylvania the state and counties offer to pay five sixths of road improvement costs, yet some property owners hesitate to furnish the remaining sixth. Perhaps the old ruts and mud holes in spire a certain sort of affection.
St. Louis still awaits a new city hospital after seven years since the tornado destroyed the previous facility. Officials promise completion at the start of next year, noting that such delays are common in municipal projects but not in private business.
The article notes Pope Pius X as the first pope known to smoke cigars, contrasting with predecessors Leo XIII and Pius IX who used snuff. It presents this as a notable new habit of the current pope in the chair of St. Peter.
A new West Point rule allows cadets to smoke pipes on campus but not compelled. The note aims to calm anxious parents by clarifying the policy does not require pipe use.
It is gravely intimated that the surest way to stop Kentucky feuds is to permit those convicted of murder to serve out their sentences rather than releasing them after a few years or months to seek vengeance on those responsible for their conviction.
The southern States now operate 8,000,000 cotton spindles valued at $190,000,000, up from 667 spindles in 1880. This dramatic expansion marks a remarkable achievement in modern industry for the region.
Uncle Sam holds 16 million dollars for irrigation, increasing at 8 million per year from arid land sales and to be spent in the region. The fund aims to reduce crop failure risk from drought and support irrigation projects amid broader policy goals.
Congressman Burton reports Europe increasingly uses inland waterways to transport goods and predicts the United States and the world will follow, with growing reliance on rivers and canals as a transportation method.
The London dispatch notes Russia will condition a Manchurian evacuation with strict terms to China, seen as unlikely to occur. It predicts the Russian flag will fly over Manchuria on October 9 in 1903 and remain through 1904 and 1905, with multiple capitals doubting the evacuation tale.
The latest national census shows Germans in the nineteen largest American cities total 2,783,582, over a third of all Germans in the country. Milwaukee leads with 151,040 Germans, Cincinnati 139,798, and St. Louis 207,514. Boston has 28,565 Germans and New York and Chicago each approach a quarter of their populations.
The St Louis police, spurred by press pressure, shut down wine rooms but soon allow the disreputable venues to reopen for another round. The men or rather the beasts who run them bear the costs, and it is unclear who receives the tainted proceeds from this renewed operation.
CURRENT TOPCS lists multiple brief items including William Tecumseh Thorndyke chosen to unveil the Sherman statue in Washington on October 15. threats to Victor Colorado Mayor French. Roosevelt shelving a special session to November 9. a large Telford Family Reunion near Salem Illinois with 3 000 attendees. a Texas probate fee of 100 000 for legal services in a murder case. Hoffmann jailed in Illinois over a father in law murder. editor Wynne dies in Illinois asylum. a special train incident near Alma Wisconsin with no injuries. Treasury designates 50 banks for public funds depositing about 4 000 000. Machen bond increase to 30 000. Missouri issues railroad capital stock. a sack of mail crushed by a freight train at Edwardsville Illinois.
A heavy storm swept Colorado on the 13th with deep snow on the divide and cold valley weather. southern Colorado rainfall reached an inch or more. Illinois health officials began statewide sanitary and water supply inspections to prevent epidemics. William Hoffmann was captured near Belleville after killing his father-in-law at Macystown on the 7th. An artesian well for Carbondale Waterworks spurted 100 feet. Chicago Press Club hosted Western journalists and dignitaries on the 12th. A Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha wreck near Fairfield, Wis., killed four and injured several on the 12th. A Columbus Transfer Co. fire caused $75,000 loss on the 13th. Minot and Kenmare North Dakota snow boosted delays. Medora had ten inches. Belleville circuit court opened for September term on the 4th with Judge Holder presiding. grand jury to report. The Mint bought 6.1 million ounces of silver at 57.84 cents for Philippine coinage, delivered in San Francisco.
A treasury committee found vouchers valid for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. and $10,037,949 spent as claimed. The $5,000,000 appropriation is now available. Separately, Francis V. Benque was committed to Ward's Island asylum after threats to Secretary Hay. Other items include railway clerks' convention, a Chicago bankruptcy, a university opening in Decatur, and a bank robbery in Oklahoma.
At Hillsboro a Montgomery board of supervisors meeting appointed Dixon to lead a county delegation to Springfield to discuss 6200 acres overclaimed swamp land. Montgomery seeks 7740 dollars with interest dating to the 1870s. A state committee will form to coordinate with other counties and plan a national visit to Washington to push swamp land settlements.
A Decatur constable guards two dis abled locomotives chained to a side track of the Illinois Central after a dispute over labor claims attached to them. Head-End Collision Co will settle to recover engines for a similar exhibition in Indiana or risk auction to highest bidder.
A Burlington railroad wreck at Buda left J Carroll of Galesburg dead. A O Denny of Chicago baggageman was bruised, and A Eno of Galesburg, passenger engine driver, was cut and bruised. Freight engine moved to water then was struck by the Denver express, wrecking both engines. Denver Limited passengers unharmed.
William E. Arnold a barber drowned before his wife and relatives on the Bloomington bank. The Arnold family had spent the day at a picnic resort near Funck's grove and he entered the lake after dinner. His father Matthew Arnold is known in Illinois political circles and served as statehouse attache last session.
An attempted arson at the North schoolhouse in Centralia involved breaking a window, saturating wood and kindling with oil, and igniting a blaze. The fire would have destroyed the building, but the fire department responded promptly and performed heroic work. This marks a second attempt to burn the structure.
A tornado struck the eastern outskirts of Quincy demolishing about six houses. Occupants escaped serious injuries except one case where Mrs. John Schneizle was pinned by timbers and sustained internal injuries regarded as fatal.
Della Walton, a prominent Aurora society figure, fired at her sweetheart Ernest Berry but missed as the bullet passed through his hat. She then shot herself, grazing the scalp. Berry survived the attack.
The seven month old child of Mr and Mrs Achenoweth of Beverly died in a peculiar accident. It hung by its chin on a window silk, then rolled from the bed and became wedged between the bed and the wall, leading to fatal injuries.
Ford county board of review found 2050 dollars of personal property unassessed and raised land assessment from 74.30 to 80.55 per acre, adding 1 406 165 dollars in taxable value. The move shifts tax burdens to property owners across the county and signals intensified property valuation efforts.
Nicholas J Plembing, a French-Canadian, attempted to burn or injure an American flag displayed at 607 West Forty sixth Street in Chicago. He was saved by police after being surrounded by a hostile mob.
A tropical storm hit the middle Atlantic coast early Wednesday, bringing fierce southeast gales up to seventy miles per hour. It caused deaths and shipwrecks near Delaware and New Jersey with six lost seamen and five missing, and two schooners sunk at the breakwater while coal barges foundered nearby.
The September 17 report notes a hurricane force storm hitting the New Jersey coast early Wednesday. Winds reached 70 miles per hour, with damage estimated between twenty five thousand and thirty thousand dollars, though feared worse initially.
A severe wind and rain storm battered Greater New York and surrounding areas on Wednesday. Winds reached 54 mph, with 1.30 inches of rain in two hours, causing injuries and extensive property damage including ships sinking off Staten Island and the Staten Island Yacht Club fleet wrecked. No deaths reported.
A historic Delaware coast storm driven by hurricane force winds sank three coal barges and a schooner, the Hattie A Marsh, near the breakwater. Captain J B Mehafy and four crewmen perished. mate Norman Campbell and another seaman were rescued, taken to Lewes life saving station.
The East St. Louis and Suburban electric railway branch to O'Fallon opened on Wednesday. Mayor William Housam, city council members, and other prominent locals led a welcoming procession to the terminus with a brass band. General Manager LC Haynes invited the public to ride the line as Mayor Housam praised the project and the company.
Springfield Sept 17 The weather bureau crop report notes general and decided improvement in corn condition. Advancement slowed in northern counties due to cool nights and heavy rain while southern areas lack moisture. Majority of correspondents foresee an excellent crop in all but extreme south if frost does not happen before October 1. Some fields matured in the south and cutting has begun in a few spots.
In Newport Arkansas on September 17 passenger trains 1 and 12 collided head on near Hoxie after 12 had clearance but 1 did not gain full headway. Thirty nine people were injured, one seriously. The No.12 engine was demolished and coaches shattered though no fatalities occurred.
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