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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1905
Page
7
August 7 report notes Niagara Falls water diversion enabling potential hundred thousand horsepower for industry. Acetylene lighting from calcium carbide emerges as a booming utility with generators expanding. Also cited are Japan’s 1904 corporate investments, bank deposits, and public debt, along with widespread claims for De Ne starch products and Defiance Starch advantages.
Russian and Japanese peace envoys steamed into Oyster Bay amid cannon fire and were welcomed by President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower. The leaders were formally introduced, attended a luncheon, and amid crowded shores spectators watched the harbor come alive with yachts and spectators in anticipation of peace talks.
Consul General Rogers in Shanghai reports that the Shanghai Chinese chamber of commerce deprecates the boycott on American goods as merchants suffer. The move, started by the chamber itself, spreads to Singapore and Straits settlements with Chinese merchants seeking to end the disruption. Secretary aid from Minister Rockhill is helping to curb the anti American movement.
W C Pierce a Maryville banker will be appointed receiver of City National Bank of Kansas City Missouri and assume control next Thursday. The decision was made by acting Comptroller T P Kane with Sen William Warner's endorsement guiding the choice to avoid appointing a local nominee from the bank's city.
Washington reports Secretary James Wilson confirms a strict probe into the Bureau of Animal Industry led by Dr. E F Salmon. The inquiry looks into past conditions before 1902 regarding a silent partnership with George E Howard, now head of the George E Howard Printing Co, tied to meat inspection label contracts.
The fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Sault Ste Marie canal and locks closed Thursday afternoon in Sault Ste Marie Michigan. Vice President Fairbanks attended after arriving Tuesday night along with Rodolphe Lemieux Raoul Dannaran d speaker of the Canadian senate Senator Burrows Governor Warner of Michigan and Congressman Burton of Ohio.
The Taft party arrives in Manila as Governor General Wright greets them at government house with a strong display of native and American enthusiasm. Miss Alice Roosevelt accompanies Secretary Taft whose responses move the audience. The afternoon includes sight seeing and races, with dinners hosted by Justice Carson and Attorney General Wiley for Taft and party.
Tokyo dispatches confirm large Russian force buildup in Northern Korea with continual reinforcements. Reports say the region endured the greatest flood in three years, bridges over the Tumen were destroyed and roads became impassable.
James Everett a 19 year old dishwasher from Kansas City Kansas was mortally wounded after a confrontation at the Crescent hotel servants quarters in Eureka Springs Arkansas Cora Johnson a white hotel servant and John Howerton the gardener argued with Everett over perceived favoritism Howerton fired three shots striking Everett twice in the back and once near the abdomen the surgeon expects the death of Everett as a result of the injuries
A bronze tablet in memory of Edward Grafstrom chief mechanical engineer of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe will be erected and unveiled in the Kansas state capitol Topeka. The tablet features his likeness the Melan bridge and a Santa Fe locomotive he helped design. An inscription notes his life and heroic act.
The Atlantic City mayor has issued an edict barring women from wearing cream colored bathing suits on the beach. Philadelphia and Baltimore society leaders faced the restriction, prompting protests from women who do not enter the surf.
Memphis orders city doors shut starting Monday at noon. No one may enter without a permit. Local authorities enforce the closure to control access and protect residents.
President Roosevelt signed the proclamation opening 2 445 000 acres in Utah for homesteaders and townsite entries. Registration runs August 1 to 12 at Grand Junction Colorado and Utah towns Vernal Price Provo, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Applicants must prove qualification and avoid multiple registrations.
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