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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1905
Page
7
Grand jury continues probe into the bank failure and awaits Attorney General Hadley to return indictments. Manager M Casey promises a full disclosure of transactions from the bank’s sale to the present to reveal the true light of the matter for all concerned.
Writ of prohibition issued by Judges Gantt and Fox in a St. Louis case to test the statute criminalizing taking interest above the legal rate. The writ, directed to Judge Kineally, is returnable to division No. 2 of the Missouri Supreme Court on October 10.
City engineers propose a Twelfth Street tunnel and viaduct totaling 3856 feet with a 100 foot rise and 4.5 foot grade. The project includes approaches at Mulberry and Penn streets and an ornamental Hasbrook Place entry. Total cost estimated at 1 150 000 with 300 000 for west bottoms land. Condemnation and further committee meetings slated for five months.
A Washington Watch report released Friday shows Missouri ranks seventh or eighth in number of pensioners and annual payments, while Kansas and other states follow. The analysis notes Ohio leads with two million dollars and Pennsylvania shows substantial totals.
In Louis. MO anxious efforts to locate grand jury witnesses falter as only nine of thirty subpoenas for wealthy men are served. Kansas City reports no yellow fever cases as health inspectors monitor trains from the South. Mexico hosts an anti auto meeting pressing bonds on owners for damages. War veterans groups gather at Pertle Springs Warrensburg Missouri with large attendance.
Kansas City railroads hauled 125 carloads of flour out of the city on Wednesday. Most shipments were for export and totaled about 25 000 barrels, roughly half of the weekly KC milling output. The daily tonnage was likely the largest ever for a single day.
Clinton grand jury returns thirteen counts against Thomas M. Casey former bank manager who confessed to forged notes. Major Harvey W. Salmon and F M Salmon, a clerk, face six and four counts respectively. Bonds reportedly arranged for all four defendants.
Jefferson City report explains that parents or guardians who ignore the compulsory education law face a fine of 10 to 25 dollars, or imprisonment of two to ten days, or both. Conviction allows penalties if a child is sent to school within ten days after notice by attendance officers. judges may suspend punishment if the child returns to school promptly.
Governor Joseph Folk traveled through Kansas City at 1 PM en route from Portland Oregon where he spoke Missouri day at the Lewis and Clark exposition. He was with Mrs Folk and militia staff and would not discuss politics.
In St Louis five of thirty summoned millionaires appeared at the Four Courts to explain why their personal property tax totals show about $50 000 while bank deposits exceed 200 million. The inquiry notes the discrepancy between reported taxes and lavish living as deputy sheriffs attempt to serve summons.
Kansas City officials say no charter election will be held October 24. City council members in both branches deem the fall vote unwise, marking a foregone conclusion to skip the election this season.
Government road experts D G Raire E W Sheets and Fay McClure arrived in Macon Missouri with their machinery. They will build a mile of model road south of town along the Brace academy grounds. This marks the last experimental road mile to be constructed in Missouri this year.
Louis Dawson serving a two year sentence for assault to kill in St. Louis County tried to kill himself in his Jefferson City cell by driving a 12 penny nail into his temple and a nail into his left breast over the heart.
Charles B Todd of Kansas City faces a $5,000 fine in Chicago federal court for accepting a reward related to the 8 and 8S company. He resides at 3631 Grand Avenue and has worked there for several years as assistant traffic file manager.
An anti automobile convention will be held in Memico on Saturday September 23. The movement has drawn wide interest and will be extended with plans announced for further actions.
Gas lighting, once confined to cities, now reaches farmhouses and country homes. Calcium carbide generates acetylene through water, powering a compact distributor that provides bright, clean light without tainting air or straining eyes.
The Proprietary Association says old family remedies in farmhouses act as lifelines for remote families providing ready to use formulas and reducing need for doctors. Advertisements praise Piso’s Cure and note tuberculosis mortality in England and Wales, while real estate colonization offers land on Kansas City Southern rails with open settlements in Arkansas and Louisiana.
In Caracas M Taigny French charge d affaires awaits his passports as Venezuela refuses to explain an incident linked to a French cable. Paris protests amid tension as Premier Rouvier is expected to demand disavowal and polite conduct. Venezuelan officials argue the act targeted Taigny personally, not France, a distinction Paris rejects.
In Ko taska on Nippon's main island a rare public gesture of relief marked the peace terms. Citizens plan memorials and will forward them to the emperor Oyama Togo and President Roosevelt. Prisoner of war Capt. W Bolsma died at Matsuyama. RAdm Nebogatoff and others paroled. RAdm Rojestvensky nearly recovered from wounds. Restrictions lifted on some Russian POWs. The US steamer Barracouta was seized north of Saghalin on a voyage from San Francisco to Nikolaevsk.
In Chicago the plea of guilty by four Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing executives to rebates is seen by some as part of an immunity deal for state evidence in forthcoming trials of beef industry members. Both the firm’s attorneys and U S officials deny any compact. The guilty plea was said to stem from the ill health of Samuel Weil, vice president of the firm.
The New York Sun editorially condemns M. Sergius Witte after his return to Europe calling him the most infernal liar that ever came out of the East. It says his remarks show unrestraint and freedom in speech beyond his American visit.
Standard Oil raised Pennsylvania oil by ten cents and Tiona oil by five cents on Friday. Within two weeks Pennsylvania oil had gained nineteen cents and Tiona fourteen cents while other grades remained unchanged. Quotations listed include Pennsylvania 146 and Raglan 49 among several locations.
Attorney General Moody will resign and Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte will become Attorney General. Moody has said he has been anxious to leave the cabinet.
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