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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1906
Page
3
Government marsh the region’s largest bog in Kalamazoo county will be drained next spring. It spans over six thousand acres in Pavilion and Comstock townships, currently worth under ten dollars per acre but expected to fetch seventy five to one hundred dollars after drainage.
John Parr a 60 year old farmer and his 50 year old wife were fatally struck by a limited interurban car on the Jackson Battle Creek line near North Concord. Parr attempted to cross the steam road tracks as the electric car approached at speed. The couple were thrown under the wheels and the car stopped afterward.
Michigan cultivates about 500000 acres of beans and accounts for roughly 75 percent of the U S bean supply this year. New York and California compete, with New York acreage shrinking as Michigan expands. The ridge agricultural belt near Saginaw concentrates on beans making Saginaw a key bean market, while rye around Saginaw earns a premium of two cents per bushel.
Supreme Court set aside Farrells murder conviction on a technicality after ruling the first manslaughter verdict effectively acquitted the murder charge. A new trial was ordered, and on retrial Farrell was again convicted of murder, prompting the court to direct the trial judge to resentence for manslaughter.
Sugar beet producers flood Bay City as shipments halt. Weighing stations shut, beet sheds full, trains idle while factories run at peak pressure, slicing records being broken, and farmers urged to hold back deliveries amid unprecedented supply.
Owen Riley, 55, a Little Lake farmer, was arrested in Chicago after a sheriff's telegram alleged he defrauded merchants. He carried more than 500 dollars. His 14 year old son accompanied him to the juvenile home for care. The Old People's Home in South Haven burned, about 15000 dollars loss, thirty five inmates rescued by chairs and cots.
Miss Jane Granger aged 78 died at her Monterey home after a general debility. A pioneer of Allegan County she came from New York State at age three and was regarded as an interesting person in the community.
A threatened coal miners strike in Michigan was averted after a joint conference of miners' officials and operators agreed to apply the 1903 scale where the current year's scale terms were unclear, avoiding disruption to production.
West Haven township reports Edwin Edgar's death followed by Bert Seely and his wife taking poison to avoid a coroner's inquest. The pair were found dead beside each other in bed with suicide notes on the bedroom table. Enmity over alleged remarks about Mrs Seely’s character is noted. both notes say they were responsible and absolve Dewey Seely.
San Jose scale ravages Grand Rapids area orchards, prompting fruit growers to seek control methods. T A Farrand of Eaton Rapids, state deputy inspector of orchards and nurseries, attends to assess the serious pest threat and share guidance.
Lake Shore Southern Railway Company mortgaged $12,000,000 to Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York in Marquette. The loan acts as a construction bond for a proposed 200 mile railroad from Madison Wisconsin to Huron Bay on Lake Superior, with work expected to start soon. The 48 page mortgage is noted as among the largest filed there.
S. C. Miller, a Chippewa Lumberman near Fiber, shot and killed Hall of Tonia, a landlocker aged about 45. Miller sent word to Sheriff Lipset and asked Attorney N. M. Oren to inspect the scene. Authorities believe Miller mistook Hall for an animal and the death was instantaneous. Miller grieves deeply for the tragedy.
A Sunday School reflection on Luke 23 4 25 detailing Pontius Pilate’s struggle with Jewish leaders who seek Jesus death for political reasons. It notes Roman justice, bribery risks, Annas and Caiaphas roles, and Pilate’s attempt to avoid responsibility before washing his hands of the verdict.
Residents of Munith face terror from three fires since Oct 15 including a creamery saloon and hotel bars. With wooden business blocks and no fire protection, villagers fear a total town destruction unless the arsonist is caught.
Investigation of Bo hemia township Ontonagon county where graft was alleged shows no sensational developments. Testimony before Circuit Court Commissioner John Jones is complete and the case will be submitted to Gov. Warner in several weeks.
Edward Edgar, 35, a farmer from north of Owosso, was shot late at night returning from a visit to a young woman. His body was found next morning by the roadside. Police suspect a jealous rival and a rigid investigation is under way.
State Indians forecast a mild winter while a lumberjack shortage strains the north woods. Grand Rapids backs Sunday theaters as Battle Creek Adventists ponder a local bank and a Sauerkraut factory near Menominee runs overtime. Hillsdale farmer sustains severe ladder injuries. a Beaver dam damages trout streams at Soo and Owosso. A four year old girl burns near a bonfire. a horse is strangled near Mason. The Luce county hunting season claims a second fatality as Albert Cook at the Newberry asylum is shot mistaken for a deer by Percy Crawford. Adele Kuizelga suffers leg amputations after a locomotive tripping accident. a plea to be shot ends her agony. Wolves terrorize Dickinson, Marquette and Iron counties. Dr Jeremiah C Wilson of Rochester dies after fifty years in practice. A 160 acre Marshall farm nets $700 in hay. Hillsdale florist seeks shrubbery for Lake Shore rail grounds. Master Wallace Everett Willitts, 7 year old, writes The Balloon That Joined the Stars.
A simultaneous revival sweeps West Virginia churches with notable results. In Wheeling the converts number two. G. F. Rodley of London is hired to draft preliminary plans for a new Episcopal cathedral in Washington. The design will adopt fourteenth century Gothic style with Henry Vaughan of Boston, Bodley’s pupil, joining this week.
Counts charge illegal crashing of competition and price manipulation in oils. Prosecution alleges bogus independent firms to cut prices for real independents, district-based monopolies, illegal rail agreements charging high freight, pipeline monopoly, rate discrimination, and using railroad influence to secure unfair traffic favors.
A detailed table shows Standard Oil control across industries with $356 million in industrial interests, $28 million in gas firms, $2.08 billion in railways, and $37.15 million in banks. The trust has paid $567,390,679 in dividends from 1879 to 1906, pipelines valued at $52.46 million, and constituent capitalizations totaling $102.25 million with assets near $121.63 million.
San Francisco grand jury indicted Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef on five counts each for extorting money from French restaurant proprietors. Warrants issued. penalties include up to five years in prison. Alleged sums: 1175 from Blanco of the Poodle Dog and 1000 from Malfanti and partners at Delmonico's.
News briefs report the death of Mrs. Louisa Smith aged 101 in a Freehold New Jersey camp. Sealing vessels arriving at Victoria reportedly carry 3141 skins from the north. A freight wreck in Kenton Ohio kills two and injures three. A Cambria Steel mine disaster at Johnstown Pa leaves seven dead and eighteen trapped. Edward Mason, 35, drowns at Silver Lake near Rochester New York after a canoe capsizes. Dominican generals flee across the Haiti border and plan to depart for a foreign country. Major Dreyfus gains independent artillery command at St Denis after duties at Vincennes. Chicago judge Richard S. Tuthill urges radical juvenile crime action at a Minnesota women’s clubs meeting.
In a late night collision off Cherbourg between the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and the Orinoco, thirteen lives were lost and many injured. The German liner, outward to New York, sustained a large hull breach while the Orinoco suffered bow damage and several crew members and passengers were lost or saved amid panic.
The national divorce congress in Philadelphia debated a uniform law with 120 delegates from almost every state. It set seven grounds for divorce including adultery bigamy crime conviction with at least two years imprisonment extreme cruelty habitual drunkenness and willful desertion. Debates on age of consent favored 18 for women and 21 for men by some, while two women urged 18 and 16.
Harry Williams of St Paul and Miss Caroline Deming of Detroit married in New York. Judge Thayer Melvin, a long serving West Virginia Circuit Court judge, suffered paralysis. The San Francisco earthquake's impact appeared at the Metropolitan Opera Company annual meeting with a decision to pay no dividends for the last year.
In Chicago aggregate banking hits new highs with deposits loans and cash resources rising year over year. Trade remains strong across sectors with cold weather boosting retail demand while textiles footwear furniture and hardware show heavy deliveries tapering as food purchases rise. Construction advances as winter nears and rail freight faces storm related delays amid widespread goods demand and wage gains.
The compiled price slate lists cattle hogs sheep and assorted grains by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and more. Values cover beef and pork ranges grain futures and staples such as butter eggs and clover seed with dateless figures typical of early market reports.
Telegraphic Brevities report Spain sets the 1907 military force at 100000 men. The Arena Club of the Cleveland Y M C A rules a millionaire cannot be an honest man. Frank Dorsey of Brooklyn shot four times at Josephine Schmidt after she allegedly struck him, then killed himself.
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