Missouri Association Approves Tax Amendment Resolution
Missouri County Assessors State Association adopted a resolution at the state convention endorsing the proposed constitutional tax amendment and home rule measures. The group urged wise legislation to develop new revenue sources such as a mortgage recording tax to relieve burdens on producing classes. Elected officials for the coming year included President James V. Davis, Pike County. Vice President J. A. Jacobs, St. Louis County. Secretary J. Tippin, Green County. Treasurer J. T. Monroe County. City of Jefferson City chosen to host the assessors’ convention.
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State Association of County
Eoes
Tax Commission
F. Judson
James V. Davis
Pike Ty
St. Louis County
J. “Tippin
Green County
J. T
Monroe County
Missouri bill seeks 100000 for Ozark animal breeding station
Missouri farmers and stock raisers favor a bill introduced by Congressman Lamar of the Sixteenth District to provide a 100000 appropriation for a breeding station in the Ozark region of South Missouri. Lamar, from a largely agricultural area, has worked since the session opened, gathering statistics to push the measure in Congress.
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Ozark
S. Missouri
House of Representatives
Lamar
Missouri
Quark
South Missouri
Congress
United States
Whisky Jugs His Monument Dying Hermit Farmer
James T. Turner a hermit farmer six miles from Columbia died recently. He had long sought a monument built of whisky jugs and his abandoned crib on the farm contains many jugs he saved for that purpose. He reportedly drank less than a quart daily for two years. He was 45 and owned a 480 acre farm living a solitary life with his dogs and stock. Turner's relatives say they will not permit the monument.
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James T. Turner
Columbia
Turner
Superintendent Orders Stock Change at Great Western Insurance
State Superintendent W. D. Vandiver filed action against Great Western Insurance of Kansas City. The company must convert stock to individual holders within 30 days and is denied permission to raise capital stock from 100 000 to 1 000 000.
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W. D. Vandiver
Great Western Insurance Company of
Kansas City
Three Ex-County Officials Convicted in Stone County Embezzlement
For taking county funds three ex county officers face charges in Stone County bank embezzlement cases. William L Long ex county treasurer was found $2,000 short after an expert audit. He pleaded guilty and received a three year penitentiary sentence.
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Stone County
Wiliam L Long
Man Sues Railroad for 15000 in Damages
Walter P. Farrer sues the Frisco Railroad in Howell County Circuit Court for 15000 damages claiming loss of his right eye from an accident at Sapulpa Oklahoma on November 2.
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Walter P. Farrer
Frisco Railroad
Howell County
Sapulba
Monitor reports Hoge’s plan to use vagrants for city work
Marshal Hoge of M berry suggests assigning vagrants to street cleanup and county park tasks. The program requires ten days of labor with no loafing and penalties for noncompliance.
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Marshal Hoge
M@berry
Hounty Park
How Farming Pays
A 1973 crop sale from a Mersey farm brings in 20 500 dollars amid challenging times for farmers. Officials report steady demand for corn and wheat despite economic strains.
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Mersey
Lightning Strikes Normal School in City
A lightning bolt struck the Fourth district state normal school building during a storm causing about $1,000 in damage. Sixty large glass panes shattered, plastering fell, wires burned, and a student Miss Alice Boyd was knocked unconscious. The bolt burned holes in the basement floor and started two roof fires, quickly extinguished by students.
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Fourth “District State Normal School
Alice Boyd
Doniphan County
Sumner Man Spots Light In Store No Break In
In Sumner a man sees a light in a store late at night. Neighbors respond with cautious readiness. They prepare to storm the place but a clerk recalls left lights on and the group disperses without incident.
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Sumnerman
Fire Loss Ratios Drop in Kansas City for Last Year
Kansas City insurance figures show a 17 percent drop in loss ratio from 1906. Premiums totaled 1 250 284 32 dollars while losses paid reached 507 773 11 dollars, down from 736 796 19 in 1906, with St Joseph also down and St Louis up.
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Kansas City
W. D. Vandiver
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Missouri Supreme Court affirms felony status for chicken theft
Division No. 2 sustains Missouri statute making chicken stealing a felony. State versus Richard Estes and Buck Johnson of Boone County found guilty and fined $25 each for stealing 50 chickens. Judge Gantt writes the affirming opinion.
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Supreme Court
Missouri
Richard Estes
Buck” Johnson
Boone County
Gantt
Milker’s Tail Holder Invented by Colt Brothers
George and Earl Colt of Breckenridge have patented a simple device to hold cows tails during milking. The Bulletin notes it prevents tail swats to the face and milk splashing. They plan to market the article, predicting strong sales.
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George and
Earl Colt
Breckenridge
Bulletin
Robbery near St Joseph by four men posing as officers
A Mound City man was robbed within a block of St Joseph Union station. Four men pretending to be policemen insisted on accompanying him and then searched his clothes after escorting him a short distance from the station.
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St. Joseph
Mound City
St. Joseph's Union Station
Missouri Bankers in Macon Conference Cheerful
Group No 1 of the Missouri Bankers association met in Macon with strong turnout from bankers in the district and visitors from Chicago Kansas City and St Louis. Attendees appeared upbeat amid easing financial stringency and a hopeful mood prevailed among the attendees.
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Missouri Bankers
Missouri Bankers’ Association
Macon
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Age-Long Carpet Still Shines for Dearborn Couple
An elderly Dearborn couple honor a 60 year old wedding gift by still using the yarn carpet. They report the handmade piece remains in good condition and central to their home life.
Missouri National Guard commissions issued by Gov Folk
At the request of Adjutant General James A DeArmond Governor Folk commissioned Missouri National Guard staff officers Stephen E Lowe major and engineer officer William L Chambers major and ordinance officer James E Thompson first lieutenant signal corps all with rank from February 12 Commissions were also issued to W E Hiatt captain Company A Joseph H Hall captain and David
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State Guard
James A. DeArmond
Folk
Missouri National Guard
Stephen E. Lowe
William L. Chambers
James E. Thompson
Signal Corps
W. E Hiatt
Joseph H. Hall
David
Educators Adjourn Urging Broad Education Reforms
The seventh annual convention of the National Education Association department of superintendence closes with a Corcoran reception. Resolutions call for federal aid to rural normal schools for agriculture and home economics, urban back ward child care schools, English language instruction for immigrants, adult education, and citizenship duties, plus stronger national and international teaching exchanges.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Superintendence
National Education Association
Corcoran Art Gallery
Department
National Bureau of Education
National Civic Federation
Great Britain
President Roosevelt Urges Action on Inland Waterways
In a special message to Congress Theodore Roosevelt transmits a preliminary report from the inland waterways commission. He urges prompt and decisive funding and construction, arguing river systems are best suited for national needs and the project should pay for itself through water power and other uses.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Inland Waterways Commission
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Public liquor seizure goods destroyed in Girard Kansas
Whisky and beer worth 1000 dollars seized from county joints during the anti-liquor crusade were poured out in the Girard public square to crowds. Glassware was broken and hauled away. The county attorney reports 128 convictions this term, school funds increased by fines, and 5000 dollars worth of fixtures to be destroyed later.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Girard
Court voids St. Louis general sessions court
Missouri Supreme Court, in a decision by Judge Gantt, voids the St. Louis Court of General Sessions as unconstitutional. The ruling says funds diverted from the court to the school fund violated law, and criminals sentenced by Judge Rodgers are illegally restrained and entitled to freedom. The 1907 law creating the court and its early sessions are cited in the decision.
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Jefferson Cit
Gantt
Supreme Court
Thimaday
City of
St. Louis
School Board of
Court of General Sessions
Gov
Folk
Rodgers
Receiver Appointed for International & Great Northern Railroad
In Fort Worth Texas on petition by Mercantile Trust Company of New York judge A P McCormick appointed Judge T J Freeman of Dallas as receiver for the International and Great Northern Railroad company. Bonds fixed at 50000. Petition states defaulted on interest of 494620 and the railroad is insolvent and unable to meet operating expenses and improvements.
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Gould Line
Fort Worth
Tex
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
United State Circuit
A. P. McCormick
Northern District of Texas
T. J. Freeman
Dallas
International & Great Northern Railroad Company
Patent Office Scandal Led To Three Arrests In Washington
Three arrests were made in Washington on Thursday in a patent office scandal under investigation since February. Ned W. Barton third assistant examiner Henry W Everding patent attorney and John A Heany inventor faced charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and destroying public records over an invention valued at more than five million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Patent Office
Ned W. Barton
Henry W. Everding
Philadelphia
John A.heany
York
United States Grand Jury
Montana 16-Hour Law Upheld by State Supreme Court
The Montana 16 hour law for railroad train service workers was ruled valid and constitutional by the state supreme court. Northern Pacific must pay a $100 fine for its violation as imposed by Judge Clements. The act limits work to 16 hours with eight hours of rest.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
State Supreme Court
Northern Pacific
Clements
Santa Fe Must Run Trains Between Guthrie and Marietta
Oklahoma corporation commission orders Santa Fe railroad to run passenger trains daily on its main line from Guthrie to Marietta leaving at 5 00 p m for Skeedee and returning next morning at 8 30 except Sundays the order takes effect immediately
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Santa Fe
Guthrie
Corporation Commission
Santa Fe Railroad
Here
Marietta
Skeedee
Attorneys General to Convene National Meeting in Denver
A meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General was called for Denver in August by a majority of the executive committee. The exact date will be set at a St Louis session in March attended by several attorneys general. Hadley Jackson and assistants Lightfoot Blake discussed trusts and needed legislation.
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Austin
Texas
National Association of Attorneys General
Denver
St. Louis
Hadley, Jackson
Lightfoot
Blake
Oklahoma Suit Postponed
B L Winchell president of the Rock Island system telegraphed Governor Haskell to discuss the reported Oklahoma suit to dissolve the Rock Island and St Louis San Francisco merger. Haskell and West agreed to meet Winchell or his representatives in a conference next Wednesday.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
B. L. Winchell
Rock Island System
C. H. Haskell
Rock Island
St. Louis
San Francisco Railways
Haskell
West
Winchell
Louisville & Nashville Conductors Accept Wages Reduction
After a full day meeting led by J. D. Keene the Louisville and Nashville conductors agreed to roll back wages to the levels in force before March 1 1907 with the cut to take effect March 1 1908 in Louisville Kentucky.
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Louisville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
J. D. Keene
Order of Railway
Louisville & Nashville
Plans for world’s largest restaurant in Times Square
In New York plans have been drawn for the largest restaurant in the world. Work will begin in spring on a 12 story building on Seventh Avenue at Times Square. The restaurant will occupy three floors with upper levels for offices, spanning from Forty-first to Forty-second streets.
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New York
Seventh Avenue
Times Square
Forty-first
Forty-second
Fort Reno Abandoned After Garrison Moves
Fort Reno on the Canadian river, 40 miles west of Guthrie, Oklahoma, ceased to be a military post Monday night as the Third battalion of the Nineteenth Infantry was moved to Fort McKenzie.
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Fort Reno
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Canadian River
Nineteenth Infantry
Fort McKenzie
Ingenious Bank Swindle Nets $100,000 Across Cities
Paris police probe a clever bank swindle. An individual in New York obtained a letter of credit and sent photographic duplicates to accomplices in London Paris Rome Vienna Marseilles Genoa Hamburg and Munich who cashed them at once. The scheme netted $100000.
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Paris
New York
London
Rome
Vienna
Marseilles
Genoa
Hamburg
Munich
Bubonic Plague Fears Rise in Chile Regions
Reports indicate bubonic plague spreading in Chile with Antofagasta recording 19 cases and Atacama region 14 cases. The surge prompts health officials to monitor the outbreak and advise precautions.
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Chile
Valparaiso
Antofagasta
Atequique
One Thousand Million in Gold in U S Treasury
In Washington D C Mr Boutell of Illinois reported to the house that the treasurer announced the U S gold coin and bullion total had reached and passed 1 000 000 000 for the first time. He called the event extraordinary and said it would be chronicled with surprise in financial centers worldwide. The remark drew applause.
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Washington, D. C
United States Treasury
Boutell
Illinois
United States
Minnesota Railroads Show Increase in 1907 Receipts
Minnesota railroads report total receipts for 1907 of 88,814,893 dollars, up from 84,751,447 dollars in 1906. The gain surpasses four million dollars despite the May reduction in passenger rates affecting the industry.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Removal of Ways and Means to New House Office Building
Washington D. C. The powerful House Ways and Means Committee voted to move from the Capitol to the new house office building a block away. Led by Payne and Dalzell several members opposed but with little support. The shift frees larger rooms for the speaker.
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Cannon
Washington, D. C
Committee On
House
Capitol
Messrs
Payne
Dalzell
Currency Revision Bill Faces Senate Scrutiny In Winding Week
The sixtieth Congress saw criticism of Aldrich currency bills in the senate with calls for amendments. The criminal law revision bill passed, while diplomacy and immigration debates surfaced in the House with calls for outright prohibition. A Connecticut representative threatened formal charges against Electric Boat, and a Brownsville inquiry questioned who fired during the 1906 incident. A Pacific Mail subsidy study advanced in committee, proposing 3.6 million dollars for higher contract rates.
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Washington
D. C
Lamy
Connecticut
On Miluie
House
Klectric Boat Company
Standing Committee of
Treasury Call Seeks 25 Percent From Banks
Washington announces a call on national banks for about 25 percent of public funds deposited, totaling roughly $100,000 plus in depositories, with about $35 million to be returned to the treasury. Separately, a bill revising the U S criminal code was passed by the Senate committee and ordered reprinted for passage.
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Treasury
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
The
United States
Senate
Ohio Local Option Passes House With 79 to 36 Vote
After a lengthy debate in Columbus the Ohio House approved a local option bill by 79 to 36. The measure allows county elections on banning saloons upon petition by 35 percent of qualified voters, with county results binding, and affecting a dry area if a surrounding area votes wet. The bill proceeds to the governor, who is expected to sign.
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Ohio
Columbus
House
James Lally Held for Trial in Kansas Killing Case
James Lally was bound over to the district court at 5 p.m. Wednesday without bail in Seneca Kansas for the February 14 killing of Herbert Jordan former private secretary to ex Governor Halley. The hearing focused on circumstantial state evidence with no defense evidence presented.
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James Lally
Seneca
Kan
Herbert Jordan
Halley
Lally
Senate Postpones Capitol Removal Resolution
Guthrie Oklahoma on Wednesday the senate indefinitely postponed the resolution providing for the removal of the state capitol to Oklahoma City.
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Guthrie
Senate
State Capitol
Oklahoma City
Edmiston Bond Forfeited After Court No-Show
Omaha Nebraska J H Edmiston former Populist state chairman failed to appear for trial on perjury charges tied to land frauds. His $10 000 bond was forfeited by the court.
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Omaha
Neb
J. H. Edmiston
State Committee
Rest at Newton Shops Delays For 200 Workers
Notices posted at Santa Fe shops in Newton Kansas say employees need not report for work until Monday March 2. About 200 workers are affected.
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Newton
Kan
Topeka
Santa Fe
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