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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
5
Chin Shue, a Boston based restauranteur and Chinese community figure, was nominated by Republicans for representative in the Seventh ward. He would push for admission of Chinese women and favors tariff revision and direct US senator elections, while opposing life tenure for judges.
Rumors of new revolutionary movements led by Cas tro in Venezuela Zelaya in Nicaragua and Diaz in Mexico are denied by three ex-presidents in cabled statements from New York. Also, the Interstate Commerce Commission suspends Kansas City Southern rail rate increases from Missouri to Kansas until January 28.
The report lists steady flour market with winter wheat and Minnesota patents at several price ranges, butter quotes from extra creamery to packing stock, eggs and potatoes with regional figures, live poultry and miscellaneous items. New York trade notes wheat weaker with No. 1 northern spring at 11.14 and corn firmer, oats steady, barley steady.
Market listings show Chicago bids for cattle hogs and sheep with ranges for steers cows and calves, plus per head and per hundredweight figures. East Buffalo New York and Omaha data provide parallel price points for native and western cattle, hogs and sheep with noted shifts in demand and quality across regions.
Mexico City September 26 President Madero offered amnesty to followers of Pascual Orozco if they lay down arms as part of efforts to quell the revolution. He also asked Congress for a war fund of 20 600 000 pesos or a bond issue of that amount for fighting rebels.
New York September 26. Members of the New York cotton exchange have approved plans for a new home. The exchange building will be torn down and replaced by a 22 story skyscraper costing 1 750 000 dollars. Lower floors will house banking and brokerage concerns while the pit will occupy the nineteenth floor with executive offices on three mezzanine levels.
State Senator Marshall Black, secretary of the Palo Alto Mutual Building and Loan, is said to be about 100000 short in accounts. At a board meeting he allegedly acknowledged losses from a colonization land scheme. He and his wife pledged property to guarantee the association against loss.
Thomas L. Reeve, charged with trying to kill Dr. Paul E. Kelly, was acquitted in Chicago. He testified Dr. Kelly kept him from his home using quarantine rules while allegedly pursuing Mrs. Reeve. Reeve had shot and wounded Kelly, asserting the doctor’s illicit relationship spurred the attack.
Washington officials question a San Juan del Sur report that 25 marines guarding Leon were killed in a clash with revolutionists, with 40 rebels killed. Managua and Granada nearby remain tranquil. naval support and Lake Managua steamers are secured.
In Portadown on September 26 about 20000 Orange and unionist residents of Armagh rally to welcome Sir Edward Carson and other leaders. They parade with rifles and two large cannons dragged on gun carriages. An ambulance with sisters carries medical supplies. Troop movements are planned in Belfast for Ulster day on September 28 when the anti home rule covenant is to be signed.
Danville Idaho September 26 a masked assailant waylaid Mrs Jacob Jenks the wife of a prominent farmer as she rode a country lane to meet her husband. He splashed carbolic acid in her face robbed a bank draft and fled. One eye was destroyed and bloodhounds are being brought in to aid the search.
Bingham Utah Sept 26 The leaders of the 4506 Bingham copper miners on strike for higher wages continue efforts to arrange a conference with D C Jackling general manager of the Utah Copper Company. They report limited encouragement but say they will persist to pursue amicable adjustment and not bear the fault if negotiations fail.
Miss Lettie Ward a fifteen year old girl from Wheeling Junction West Virginia was seized near her home by unidentified men who forced poison into her. She is expected to die. Samuel Farmer had received threatening letters demanding he leave the country. No motive is disclosed.
Rome report says Guglielmo Marconi, pioneer of wireless telegraphy, is badly hurt after a car accident near Borghetto. He is somewhat worse with rising temperature and inflamed wounds, but doctors indicate recovery is likely.
Colonel Roosevelt narrowly escaped injury when the grand stand collapsed as he spoke in Tulsa. He calmed the crowd, assisted fallen men, and resumed his tour toward Oklahoma City where cheering women and campaign clubs joined in the transport as the transcontinental tour continued toward the south.
Jose Cordova, a colonel in the Orozco rebel army and chief adviser to General Orozco, was arrested in El Paso as he alighted from a train. He had been freed at Marfa after neutrality violation charges. Local extradition charges, filed by Mexican Consul Llorente, allege murder and a statutory offense.
Six people were seriously hurt when the Chicago express on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad crashed into the rear of a passenger train on a switch at Benwood junction. Injured were removed to a North Wheeling hospital.
A force of 750 US marines will sail from Philadelphia on the transport Prairie to Santo Domingo to protect the American customs receivership. The move, ordered by President Taft, is precautionary to guard key customs houses amid Dominican unrest and Haitian turmoil.
Salt Lake City reports Western Federation of Miners leader Charles H. Moyer has gone to Ely Nevada to attempt a strike there as Utah Copper holds large interests in Nevada Consolidated mine. Governor Spry aides seek settlement while forty deputies are sworn in. Executives warn a general strike if work resumes without settlement.
In Rome Georgia two daughters of L G Waters were arrested and jailed for disturbing public worship after they giggled during services, following an action by Rev Mr Curtis of the town.
Thirty workmen were buried when Walter Davia’s new hotel on Tenth Street and The Paseo in Xangas City Missouri collapsed. Three men were removed from the ruins one dying and two unconscious while many others remained trapped beneath brick and timber as rescuers worked to clear debris.
London reports Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, stolen from the Louvre in August last year, is hanging in a private St Petersburg gallery per a Russian paper. The painting was taken with museum official complicity and replaced by a copy, the dispatch said.
The bodies of Theo dore McKnelly a car repairer and his daughter Gretta were found dead in a tent on the outskirts of Wellington. Mrs McKnelly was probably fatally injured. The family had moved there for the daughter's health. Robbery is believed the motive.
Peru Illinois September 26 Chief of Police BH Lafferty longtime leader of the Peru police department collapsed and died at his desk prompting mourning from city officials and residents.
Baron Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein successor to Bismarck and Germanys strong man for peace died suddenly at Badenweiler while seeking alkaline water treatment. Born in Baden he was seventy. Appointed ambassador to London last May his death shocks Europe and tempers hopes for reduced friction between England and Germany.
Washington reports President Taft will issue an executive order to classify fourth class postmasters, about 36 038, removing them from political appointments. The move follows a White House meeting with a delegation from a Richmond Va convention that delivered a 26 000 signature petition.
London reports show Russian Foreign Minister Sazonoff met with King. discussions covered Anglo Russian ties and Near East tensions. Turkish forces in Janina oppose the government amid Balkan discontent over Albanian concessions, signaling regional instability.
Columbus reports President Allen W. Thurman of the state board warns sterilization laws are needed within a decade to avoid bankruptcy from rising imbecile care. The issue sharpens as a Brown County case transfers a family of six idiots aged seven to sixteen to the state institution.
San Francisco reports a graduated reward of 800 dollars for the hanging of the Chinese responsible for the murder of restaurant proprietor Gee Sam last Saturday. The Chinese Six Companies say life imprisonment pays 400 and second degree murder 240, manslaughter 160. The reward offer has been sent to the post office department.
Wheeling West Virginia September 26. An Antonibad by a cave-in at the mouth of the Yorkville mine trapped over 200 miners who escaped through a narrow passage about a mile away.
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