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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
2
A collage of quirky lines and jokes touches on motion pictures in schools, aviation outfits, a New York poets union, a Panama canal note, a Long Island judge ruling on education, and San Francisco pride. The piece mingles satirical items with social flotsam from across the era.
The Privileges and Elections Committee submitted its Lorimer investigation to the Senate. It says Lorimer’s title to a Senate seat remains valid despite bribery charges and outlines confessed bribes by four members, with three payers named. Frazier disputes and notes seven tainted votes could have altered the outcome. Beveridge did not sign and will digest testimony. no minority declared.
The government coalition ends the general election with a net gain of one seat, defying Unionist expectations of at least twenty gains. Unionists fail to gain and may suffer a net loss. After a quiet period following final results, leaders plan to curtail powers of the Lords and advance measures in the new parliament.
A mine explosion caused heavy casualties with rescuers racing to reach survivors. Amid chaotic conditions, workers faced dangerous falls and coal dust as efforts continued to identify the dead and recover those trapped.
The court issued three opinions as it divided over how the act should be read. The decision was handed down verbally just before the election in November, with Sabbatini Hobarted and others cited in the case of Espey ve M Insmney, and the matter referred to the three opinions.
A five story building at 1120 North Hadine Street collapsed during a Wednesday night blaze, killing fifteen policemen and twelve firefighters. Dozens more were hospitalized with others believed trapped in the ruins, as authorities raced to search the debris. Also reported, George Edward Waddell known as Kut, of the Columbus team, faced a divorce suit by Mrs Madge Waddell alleging non support. it is Waddell’s third marriage.
Thirty firemen narrowly escaped death when a six story factory and warehouse of Joseph Libman & Co paper manufacturers burned on Wednesday. The blaze caused $75,000 in damage disrupting paper production and threatening nearby structures.
Illinois representative Rainey introduces a house resolution to probe whether Theodore Roosevelt paid for railroad transportation during his campaigns and presidency. He seeks findings on which railroads provided transport, if charges were billed to stockholders, and how payments were handled or settled.
Justice White becomes ninth chief justice at a simple public ceremony in the Supreme Court. Associate Justice Harlan administered the oath in the retiring room of the jail, while Chief Justice White sat at the center. The scene drew a smile from White as family and officials witnessed the transition after Chief Justice Buller's death.
Washington reports Mr Carey Wisconsin introduced a joint resolution to raise by 25 percent the salaries of government employees earning under 2500 a year, effective March 1. He cites high living costs and a contrast with lawmakers and officials. A separate New York item notes Miss Helen Gerschen died after an accidental self inflicted leg cut with scissors at St Vincent's hospital. In Washington, the Senate confirmed C C McShord and B H Meyers to the Interstate Commerce Commission in executive session.
A courtroom discourse on the death penalty and life imprisonment centers on Albert A Patrick and Joseph Welcome. Judge Marcus Kavanaugh argues life imprisonment can be more terrible than death, detailing a condemned man’s endured years and the concept of “living death” in Joliet prison. The article surveys whether life confinement truly harms more than fatal termination across modern justice systems.
In a noon crowd on Washington Street a gentle, gray haired man wedged through shoppers. A well dressed woman with a boy tried to cross, but she realized she had grabbed the hand of the tiny offender, who appeared confused and embarrassed as she corrected her mistake.
A philosopher advises a student after reviewing philosophy that the sole guiding law is to doubt oneself when confident of being right. The exchange concludes with the student asking for the guidance and the philosopher delivering the paradoxical counsels.
A playful exchange between two lovers explores delaying marriage to truly know each other. She endorses a prolonged engagement before a wedding, suggesting a wait of a week from the upcoming Thursday, highlighting the value of time to learn one another.
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