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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
9
Ex Governor D R Francis rejects the Daniel Boone statue for the $10,000 fountain given to Louisville Kentucky. Casting rejected delays the fountain’s dedication planned for the coming month. The 12 foot tall pioneer statue was a Home Coming week gift from Francis.
Washington December 10 a house appropriations committee report condemns President Roosevelts simplified spelling rule for government documents and directs that official printing follow Webster and standard dictionaries. The measure sets total appropriations at 31 215525 up from 30 168485 with salaries and clerical costs increased including the public printers salary and the Speaker's secretary raise.
From the Baltimore Neva Lancia, the noted Italian automobile figure, said he did not think motor racing too dangerous. He declared danger is acceptable for the sake of progress and mankind. He compared himself to a highwayman who halted a gasoline runabout and sprang from a tomb to threaten the vehicle.
Garland Moore, 20, accused of killing Clara Weat at Bols D Arc, was spirited away from Springfield by Sheriff E V Horner. He is held in Laclede County jail, with coroner’s jury verdict blaming Moore. The case follows a prior lynching and Moore’s emotional pleas during capture.
A terse confrontation on the Appian Way ends with a quip as a man discovers a woman’s husband under a seat. The highwayman refuses to rob, remarking it’s bad enough to have such a husband. The moment blends irony and menace in a brief street scene.
In Independence Kansas a man named Andy Vetau, once a famed cake walker from Missouri and Kansas, was injured Saturday night in a pool dive collision with another Black person. He can no longer walk for cake but may rattle for six and seven.
Washington, Dec 10. The annual report by Commissioner James R. Garfield highlights investigations into oil transport and Standard Oil. It cites a widespread system of secret railroad discriminations in favor of Standard Oil, lasting years and suppressing competition. Indictments totaling 8192 were returned as a result. Railroads reportedly canceled secret or improper rates, granting shippers equal treatment. Other industry probes remain underway with plans for federal inspection of large interstate corporations.
Chicago dispatch reports the Standard Oil company opens defense against ten Indiana indictments totaling 6 418 counts. The legal fight centers on whether the 29 June rate law repeals the Elkins Act and if the indictments meet legal specificity. US District Attorney Sims contends repeal does not erase prior offenses.
The interstate senatorial conference completed a permanent organization in Des Moines Iowa with the aim of a constitutional convention to consider electing senators by direct vote. Thomas A Cheshire of Des Moines is chairman of the committee leading the movement.
The barge Providence owned by the Texas Company of Beaumont Texas was abandoned at sea last Monday by the steamer Florida off Delaware breakwater. It carried 22 000 barrels of oil valued at 25000 on arrival. The barge itself was valued at 150 000.
The Daily Globe-Democrat advertises mail subscriptions with annual rates of 6.00, six months 3.00, eight months 1.50, and a Sunday edition at 4.00 yearly. It promotes a Sunday extra, 48 to 76 pages, at 2.00 yearly or 1.00 for six months. A two-year twice-a-week option is offered at 1 25.
At Brookfield Missouri on Monday eight John Sprague shot and killed his divorced wife and then committed death by own action. They had lived together after the divorce but frequently quarreled. They had just left a dance hall when the shooting took place.
The Sedalia Sentinel faces a lawsuit over a publication about a fire that destroyed a stock of goods. The plaintiff claims damages from the article, discovering the issue after more than eleven months.
A patient endured three years of severe skin misery as eczema spread over limbs and arms leaving the scalp dreadful. after two months of treatment, signs of improvement appeared and comfort increased.
A mother recalls her son’s severe infant eczema, spreading from four months old. After trying many medicines, she used Cuticura Remedies and saw marked improvement in two months, full recovery in six months, and continued use of Cuticura Resolvent for a year.
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