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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
2
The article laments forest waste due to selfish logging in California and urges federal and state action. It highlights laurel, Mauve walnut, and sycamore as valuable woods while noting overcut of oaks and other species. It also mentions advances in heart electricity measurement and a humorous postal clerk anecdote.
In a Cleveland inquiry, former Standard Oil employee Lane testified that in 1901 02 he helped pressure independent oil dealers to quit business by intimidation and threats. He detailed operations in Youngstown Canton and surrounding towns using barrels tanks and fear to drive rivals from the market. A secretary testified records of rival shipments were filed with management.
Washington report says Senator Joseph Burton Kansas proposes resigning if the Senate does not act on his motion for a new trial. Senator Burrows indicates Burton would resign if the Supreme Court denies a rehearing. The committee will wait on action pending the application.
In Kansas City a federal judge overruled the Burlington railway demurrer challenging government jurisdiction over export freight rates. The ruling allows the trial for rebates to proceed. trial set for May 31. Readers learn railways face possible indictments and public rate disclosures.
Col William Switzler 87, famed historian and statesman of Missouri, died in Columbia after a long illness. He authored a comprehensive history of Missouri and Boone County and recently worked on a history of the University of Missouri. He leaves three children and was active in public questions until weeks before his death.
Cleveland Ohio officials examine alleged trust activities after copies of telegrams exchanged with competitors surfaced. Investigators review claims that Standard Oil operations included telegraph messages and internal notes about ownership and shipments, with testimony from Buckeye Pipe line employees and Norris Bros headquarters.
Washington D C senators debate the free alcohol bill after committee passage. Aldrich warns of wood alcohol impact and three month delay to effect, McCumber argues for consumer interests, Allison calls the bill crude though important for potential revenue.
Henrik Ibsen Norway’s foremost poet and dramatist died peacefully at 2:30 on Wednesday in Christiania at age 78. King Haakon and Queen Maud.sent condolences as theaters closed and the nation mourned. The Ibsen monument received a wreath as the funeral was planned as a state function.
The United States Supreme Court affirmed a six month jail term for Senator Joseph R Burton of Kansas, plus a 2500 dollar fine and a ban on future office holding, for accepting 500 dollars monthly for five months from Rialto Grain & Securities Co. to hinder mail-order restrictions. The ruling overruled Burton's defenses. The Senate directed a probe into the decision’s legal effects and potential actions.
A garbled clipping discusses Spangler predictions for 1906 including wars, volcanoes, earthquakes, and political upheavals with references to Roosevelt and Russia. It shifts abruptly to a social quip about walking, footwear, and a comic dialogue about aging and tradition, capturing a faded newspaper fragment.
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