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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
7
Navy plans radical remodeling of sixteen world cruise battleships. Superstructures and masts will be removed leaving a barge like hull with turrets fore and aft, a single signaling mast, and a higher armor belt above water. Weight removal raises the ship and alters center of gravity improving fighting efficiency while risking stability in heavy seas.
Rev Richard A Morley a Methodist minister reportedly earned about 500000 through land speculation while still preaching. Four years ago he left Chicago to care for a sick daughter and later bought the Kenwood apartment hotel at Kenwood avenue and 47th street for 400000.
Edward Field of Austin Indiana offered a dollar to his mother for saying a Bible chapter backward. The Ladies' Aid Society of the First Methodist Church arranged the experience to aid missionary work and the mother recited verses backward, earning praise as heroine of the hour.
Prof Haupt of Johns Hopkins University debunks the Red Sea crossing miracle as a natural flood event. He explains Bitter Lakes on the isthmus formed a waterway between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean via strong east winds. He also posits Mount Sinai as a volcano and visionary flames as volcanic sighting.
The United States Army has reached its full strength of 77,000 personnel for the first time since the Spanish American War. An order signed by the adjutant general stops recruiting temporarily except for time expired men who may reenlist. Between January 1 and February 20, 1900, 16,984 enlistment applicants were rejected as the force was filled with careful selection.
John Rumping, a Montana mining man, files for $5,000 damages in Helena against O. F. Goddard, a Billings lawyer, claiming wrongful legal advice led to a divorce decree and a second marriage. The Supreme Court reversed first findings, bigamy charges arose, and the Dubuque acquittal followed. The second marriage was annulled, and Rumping now seeks damages for injured feelings.
Reports show February trade disputes in Canada causing 5305 lost work days and 238 industrial accidents with 64 fatalities. Canadian labor reform proposals emerge. U S unions push eight hour day and women workers gain shares in family purchasing power. Boston women workers form a labor chorus as painters and other trades reorganize under new international lines.
A sequence of twisters across Tennessee Mississippi and Arkansas claimed dozens of lives and injured many as destruction spread from Memphis to Walton County areas. In Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin a separate hurricane battered Whitefish Bay and Lake Michigan coastal towns with extensive property damage and power outages.
An explosion on the submarine boat Foca at Naples killed seven men and injured several others. The blast, caused by benzine, sank the vessel at its dock to prevent further explosions.
A bill introduced by G. H. Wilson of Quincy would outlaw futures trading and seek to abolish the Board of Trade and the Stork Exchange. It makes sales of non possessory grains livestock or other commodities a felony with penalties up to fourteen years. Telegraph and telephone firms aiding such sales could face heavy fines. The measure, drafted by B. M. Chiperfield, was referred to the Judiciary Committee where he serves as chairman.
Senate approves civic backed Parole Act to convert the State Board of Pardons into a State Board of Parole with monthly meetings in Joliet and Chester. It permits parole under supervision, authorizes a chief agent at 2500 dollars and seven agents at 1500 dollars, and scales staff from one agent per fifty paroled convicts to seven total agents.
The deadlock for the next U.S. Senator lingers as lawmakers give little attention and leaders expect no election this spring. Albert J. Hopkins and his field manager Orville F. Berry plan a midsummer statewide campaign if May passes without a decision to sway lawmakers.
The House passed eleven Busse bond bills raising Chicago and other municipalities bonded indebtedness by 16 million dollars without a referendum safeguard. The measure faces Senate opposition with a potential provision for a popular vote debated by Lee O Neill Browne, signaling a political fight ahead.
Governor Deneen signs the Chiperfield bill appropriating 15000 to fund a legislative inquiry into land titles along Lake Michigan and other navigable waters. The probe targets Illinois Steel Co and dock interests alleged to hold state land. The commission to conduct the investigation had not yet been appointed and will report to the next general assembly.
Debate over newspaper libel reform ends with enacting cause stricken. Law would have prevented double recovery for the same offense, and several members spoke on the subject before the measure was dropped.
Senator John Dailey of Peoria introduces a sweatshop bill backed by Chief Factory Inspector Edgar T. Davis. The measure tags tenement made clothing and goods found liable to carry infection and creates a licensing system for contractors and home finishers under tighter supervision.
Rechad, 63, stands as the twenty ninth sultan since 1451, near powerless at Yildiz Kiosk for twenty five years. Abdul’s nephew Yussef Ixzedin was favored by many but could not inherit under agem-based Turkish law. Rechad is deemed weak and likely to heed the Young Turks, lacking governmental craft and initiative.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland Friday morning gave birth to a daughter. She is twenty eight, born August 31, 188? The queen married Prince Henry of Mecklenburg Schwerin February 7, 1901. She had reigned eight years since 1890. The birth ends a long rumor cycle about royal matches.
A German lieutenant with the battalion of chasseurs in the Prussian Guard notes that Queen Wilhelmina may retire if a son is born. The birth could lead to a future coronation once she turns 18, while a daughter would only succeed if Wilhelmina dies first.
The weekly Trade Review notes stormy weather slowed transport and outdoor work but shows overall progress in Chicago markets. Bank clearings rise with greater money use, while gross deposits fall from withdrawals for investment. Agriculture expands with spring wheat and corn acreage up. iron, steel, and railway contracts strengthen factory activity.
New York reports suggest overall trade for 1907 shows better wholesale and retail activity than last year but remains disappointing. Reading industries improve, iron and steel lines stronger, low prices stimulate orders. textile optimism persists, cotton goods lead while raw wool hints at future gains. Coal demand rises with threeyear anthracite pact, coke weak. leather strong, shoe orders below normal but improving.
Market report lists cattle hogs sheep and grains by city including Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Buffalo New York and Toledo with prices for prime heavy hogs wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed across multiple terminals. Data shows wide ranges and regional variation in values for cash commodities and livestock.
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