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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
2
News digest notes Taft Diaz boundary meeting plans near year end and tariff shifts including sawed lumber duty, coal rates, copper print paper and ad valorem hides. It cites census timing, cabinet talks, and sports and disasters from mines explosions to transcontinental car races and labor farm indicators.
Peoria enjoyed the largest association attendance on record. The Color Bearer stood on the Camp site where Civil War soldiers were received. A collision near Dover left an unidentified ship sinking. Kansas will muster 250 top marksmen under Col. Metcalf at Fort Riley for a week. A Chinese confession links to a New York homicide. Prof. Foster was dropped from a Chicago Baptist circle. Alaska shipped 6.5 tons of gold to the Jefferson. Wright brothers medals were awarded in Dayton with state honors. Calhoun’s bribery trial ended in a hung jury. The International Railway Fuel Association met in Chicago. A Porter County rail wreck killed 10, injured 40. A negro killed two brakemen at Vail, Iowa. St. Joseph to Highland rail service planned. Five Americans drowned in Ireland. Cunard pried rail passengers to London in five days. Chilean navy eyes daily coal deliveries from Virginia fields. Hawaiian sugar strike leaders face conspiracy charges. Japanese strikers seek aid from Tokyo. French naval scandal report exposes fleet mismanagement. Copenhagen group thanks US for foreign authors’ treatment. Taodi, Canary Islands, quake destroys city hall and barracks with no deaths. Yi Hai Dam, a Korean, hanged in Hawaii, first execution in three years. W. W. Rockhill leaves Peking for China. Nettles court martial set for July. Marcell, former Highland bank fraudster, vanished after new forgery schemes. Wall Street rumors pace Harriman’s role amid denials.
Missouri’s 1908 state labor figures show 24,671,456 cob pipes made by seven factories with 28,268,096 in Franklin County. Also produced were 415,314 wooden pipes and 1,729,350 extra stems. Missouri could have supplied every state resident and still had 20,000,000 pipes left. Separately, L. B. Houck says he owns Shelby County Railroad, plans upgrades and aims to run eight miles of track, seeking expansion to connect Shelby county seat with Burlington line and extend toward major cities.
Gov Hadley said he would act if Ray county officials report they cannot handle the feud related shooting. He pledged prompt vigorous action to prevent night riding and lawlessness, noting Kentucky and Tennessee reputations in danger if not controlled. An industrious prisoner decorates with tissue paper in Macon jail to support his destitute family.
State Labor Commissioner Hiller will send lists of delinquent manufacturers to county prosecutors across the state for failure to file annual reports with the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Suits may be filed, with penalties from 25 to 100 dollars. Prof Merle Thorpe of the University of Washington visited Missouri's journalism school. Washington plans to extend its journalism course next fall to parallel Missouri's program.
Gov Hadley issues a proclamation offering 300 dollars reward for arrest and conviction of the man who murdered Chas Hatfeld a Ray county farmer shot from ambush near Taitsville.
The annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans took place in St. Joseph. Veterans were housed in tents provided by the Fourth Regiment National Guard Militia and pitched at Lake Contrary.
E B Hale, a St Louis County Black man, claims after ten years he has perfected a plan to colonize 200000 Negroes in Southwest Missouri. He proposes 37000 acres in Carter and Butler counties divided into lots for 5 down and 15 monthly payments. A brick plant would supply building material, financed by 2 million dollars in bonds from Chicago Trust Company.
The Jackson county court raised the state saloon license from 200 to 300 dollars a year, adding 100 dollars per license and boosting county revenue by 62,500 dollars based on 625 licenses. County judges supported the increase while Gov Hadley urged no raise.
The Prison Inspectors awarded a one year coal supply contract to Waverly Coal company of Waverly at 2.48 dollars per ton delivered to the Missouri State Penitentiary starting July 1, replacing Lexington Coal at 2.59 dollars. About 25,000 tons are consumed annually, saving 11 cents per ton.
By order of Gov. Hadley Adjutant General Rumbold issues Special Order No 17 mobilizing state troops for the annual encampment at the rifle range near Nevada. Duty runs from July 18 to 25.
Nathan Durant, 30, a farmer, fired at his brother Frank Durant during a drunken spree in Tindall. The brother pleaded, Durant shot him fatally wounded. constable W H Tavenner pursued and captured Durant.
Gov Hadley signs 418 bills and vetoes 45 as state lawmakers finish their term. The capital whence moved back to Jefferson City after the governor and aides depart the Hotel Baltimore quarters.
Clinton Norton, 38, a Stone Crusnes Mine Engineer and Rolla School of Mines graduate, was struck by a large stone from the roof of the S. 8. & S. mine in Badger and died almost instantly.
The Lexington Intelligencer notes that Lafayette county will soon have a system of good roads. The old routes were hard on man beast and vehicles, and residents look forward to relief as the new system is implemented.
Fragmentary note comments that no Missourian demands disclosure of a new persimmon find in Southern Missouri, indicating reluctance to reveal the discovery at present.
In Washington the Senate backed a 5 to 10 percent rise in sole leather duty and approved a 15 to 20 percent increase on shoes by viva vote. A roll call on shoes passed 32 to 24, with Republicans largely in support and several named Democrats opposing. The strike included glove leather in the 20 percent ad valorem duty group.
Dr. 8 C Emley of the University of Kansas pathology department will begin August 1 the second regular state crusade to prevent tuberculosis in the United States. He travels in a private car with an anti tuberculosis exhibit, a young assistant, and a trained nurse. The party will first visit Leavenworth Kansas for a week as the city calls for an organized movement to check the white plague.
Chicago based Thatcher Magnetic Shield company executives Fielding J. Thatcher and Wilmer S. Snow were indicted by a federal grand jury for mail fraud. The Magnetic Shield allegedly promised cures for many ailments and is accused of fraud across the county.
The Academy board of the Army school of the line at Fort Leavenworth announces the marking of the examination for the graduating class. The five honor graduates, in order of standing, are Capt. A. W. Bjornstad 28th Infantry, Capt. P. B. Malone 27th Infantry, J. N. Palmer 50th Infantry, Manus McCloskey 4th Field Artillery, and J. W. Parker 3rd Infantry.
A Kansas and Missouri Coal Operators meeting in Pittsburg demanded arbitration to end the Osage county Kai field strike. Miners refused arbitration, claiming operators violated the contract.
Daniel Chester French of New York has been commissioned to carve the Abraham Lincoln statue for the state house grounds at Lincoln. The memorial will cost $20,000 with pedestal and approach funded at a similar amount.
Government receipts from internal revenue rose in May 1909 to 19,514,225 compared with 18,495,526 the prior year. Spirits up 913,963 and tobacco 130,665, but beer and other fermented liquors down 65,102. For 11 months of the fiscal year, this category shows a total decline of 6,175,189 versus 1908.
Des Moines report says Fred K. Mell, former Des Moines fire chief and wealthy resident, was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm in Perry while riding in a buggy. The family horse carried the body to the post office where the postmaster and coroner confirmed death, with the horse unharmed.
Washington officials report Representative Kennedy of Ohio urges life imprisonment for agents of the black hand and kidnappers who use the mails to prey on victims. The proposal targets crime syndicates using the postal system to commit extortion and threats.
The training squadron of Admiral Ijichi comprising cruisers Aso and Soya has arrived at Honolulu. Hundreds of Japanese sailors gathered at the waterfront and gave the vessels an enthusiastic reception.
An advertisement touts Lewis single binder cigars as a fresh hand made smoke wrapped in foil to retain freshness. It claims superior tobacco justifies a higher cost than other five cent cigars and warns buyers to avoid imitations, urging shoppers to request Lewis Single Binder from dealers.
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt recalls a country lawyer rising to the bench and earning a reputation for sagacity. The note emphasizes his solemn bearing, corrugated brow, and measured speech as marks of his efficient adjudication.
Tuberculosis among Japanese workers is rising causing concern among Japanese merchants and officials. A large share of laborers sent home by Japanese charity groups are consumptive. Japanese newspapers blame hospital shortages in labor camps and call for a new system to treat the sick, noting widespread ignorance of basic health practices.
Prof Carl C Petersen of Dubuque recounted during a dinner an exam anecdote about a Bible lesson where a text urged to flee to Egypt. A large vivid illustration failed to satisfy students as a little girl asked where is the flea, prompting quiet humor in the gathering.
A Denver woman recalls a year of poor appetite and weakness. After trial of Grape-Nuts, stomach and brain discomfort vanished, she gained 12 pounds and regained energy. The food's benefits are linked to the advertisement claim and the book The Road to Wellville.
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