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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1910
Page
6
Broad notice of national events with Armour Institute gift, Panama plans, Senate naval bill, Sherman act probe, sugar fraud trials, railroad rate debate, and Roosevelt Taft Diaz Bryan World’s Fair ties. Mentions King George condolence letter, New Hampshire governor Raine, and Canteridge honorary degree.
In dense fog off Point Aux Barques a collision between the steel steamer Goodyear and the James B Wood sank the Goodyear with most hands lost. Five survivors were rescued from the Wood as crews battled to save others. The Goodyear carried numerous fatalities among crew and passengers. the Wood remained afloat with pumps. Captain Gibson led lifeboat efforts while rescue attempts continued.
Queen Alexandra welcomed Mr Roosevelt at Buckingham Palace London. The ceremony included praise for the sympathy shown by America during her bereavement. The Queen also received Lord Strathcona, high commissioner of Canada, to convey dominion gratitude.
A 14 year old boy in Floris collapsed from a blow to the abdomen when struck by a batted ball in a local game. He threw to first base before fainting, and died at the scene despite a physician's arrival.
Judge Grosscup in the United States District Court placed the Chicago Railways Company in receivership after a judgment of 1 344 655 was entered. Westinghouse Electric Company sought relief for 69 514, with Heath R Blair and John M Roach named as receivers to protect creditors, stock and bondholders, and the city. The total funded debt is 70 540 034 50.
A riot by striking miners at Pennsylvan ia Coal Company No 14 colliery near Pittston Pa followed an attempted dispersal by a state police posse led by Sergeant Henning. Sheriff Rodda was shot at, Peter Suraminer was badly clubbed and may die, and Trooper Jasper Oftedach was injured when his horse fell. A second riot at Ewen colliery nearby dispersed once troopers arrived.
New York child in Syracuse narrowly escapes death after a locomotive and forty four cars pass over him. The two year old son of Ernest Allen was playing near tracks and was struck, then found unharmed aside from a bump from the fall.
Elements of a war figure in a Laique sale in Missouri. A curious auction sale at Rebel Mo. The Grand Army post, once 100 strong, dwindled to ten. Sold state property including musket cartridge belts swords flags fire and drums. The military accoutrements sale ends a body organized thirty years ago.
A blaze wrecked the City Hotel in Monmouth Illinois killing John Jacobs of Galesburg and Rudy Miller of Monmouth. Edward Calhoun of Galesburg was injured by leaping from a ground floor window. Body found beside a shattered lamp, believed to have sparked the fire. Other guests escaped. Also noted a Kan country case and a kidnapping consignment tied to a St Louis incubator baby.
Birmingham England with 5,423,000 residents runs only six fire engines and last year saw fire losses totaling 215,383 dollars. Spain suffers weather driven damage while orange crops fail and other fields endure harm. In Ottawa, Dr Roche urges allowing unmarried women to claim homesteads in Canada’s Northwest, a proposal under study alongside existing rules for widows and their grown sons.
Dora B. Doxey stands trial before Judge McQuillen on charges of murdering her husband William J. Erder, a St. Louis postal clerk. Dr Loren B. Doxey, her first husband, is also indicted. Kate Erder, sister of the deceased, testifies for the state. The case centers on alleged poison delivery tied to insurance motives and a controversial marriage history. The proceedings note Doxey's jail confinement and claimed cure of her drug habit.
An anarchist blew up a bomb near the May 31, 1906 coronation memorial in Madrid. He was killed by the explosion and reportedly known as an anarchist. He fired at the monument then shot himself while pursued, as police closed in. The memorial honors victims of the 1906 attack on King Alfonso and Queen Victoria.
Joseph Klein eleven died after John Allen seventeen placed a revolver to Klein's head and told him to shoot himself. A third boy witnessed the event and the weapon discharged accidentally. Allen admits shooting his companion. the trio had been "playing death by own action."
Rioting natives near Chuanchia thirty miles northwest of Changsha burned much of the city. The Lutheran church was destroyed by fire amid general unrest and anti foreign sentiment.
The United States Court of Claims awards the Ute tribes three million four hundred eight thousand six hundred eleven dollars and forty cents as just compensation for lands seized by the government. The White River Ulnta Southern and Uncompahgre Utes are parties. Jurisdiction over the Ute reservation was established in 1909 to address land confiscations and forest preserves reducing Ute holdings. A government land tract of nearly 15 million acres in Colorado will be reserved for the Utes as a reservation.
The Hotel Champlain near Plattsburgh, a major Northern New York resort, was destroyed by fire amid plans to open June 25. About sixty employees were in the building. electrician Herbert was later reported missing. Plattsburgh fire department and army barracks units fought the blaze.
The world record was broken on the Michigan Central Railway as two twelve coach specials carried the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers from Detroit to Niagara Falls. The first train covered 224 miles in 224 minutes while the second finished in 217 minutes setting a faster mark.
President Brown of the New York Central Railroad and Produce Exchange magnates urge reclaiming abandoned New York farms. They want immigrant farmers from Europe if needed to curb high prices and poverty, with soil conservation urged. Secretary Wilson backs land restoration to boost farming and freight traffic, a 14 member committee to act. Interstate Commerce Commission sets new flour freight rates from Minnesota to New York City and Atlantic ports starting May 10 for two years.
The text cites Success Magazine asserting a link between nose size and intellect, noting growth of nose and jaw with progress. It argues variety in nasal shapes across families and races, warning against broad generalizations while suggesting large, long noses signal breeding and potential capacity.
A Chicago News quip contrasts two views on courtship in different lands. A globe trotter jokes that Norwegian girls must bake bread and knit before dating, while a bachelor mockingly proposes a law requiring urban navigation without a guiding dog.
In a frantic scene Mrs. Lapsling pleads with Johnny to remove a lit match from a baby's mouth. She warns that match heads are poisonous and urges caution to prevent harm amid the Bosphorus reference.
A Mississippi schoolteacher recalls years of coffee use harming nerves and mood. After switching to Postum on doctor’s advice, she reports calmer nerves, better mood, and absence of heart palpitations, attributing the change to Postum.
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