10 Feb 1908
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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1908
Page
1
W F Wylde a bookkeeper at the West Hoe t hotel nearly drowned when he slipped from a raised platform and landed headfirst in a water-filled pail. Mrs Ainsworth the hotel cashier, aided by Clerk Conroy, freed him by bending the metal pail and removing it. Wylde escaped serious harm.
President Roosevelt denounces charges that he uses federal patronage to aid Secretary Taft. He argues appointments are nonpartisan, cites congressmen’s input, and defends selections such as George H. Wanmaker and other posts, labeling attacks as malicious and politically motivated.
The Lisbon Times reports a plot by republican foes to seize arms and attack police depots three days before the assassinations of the king and crown prince. Loyalists allegedly planned to murder Franco and the royal family in revenge, with Franco narrowly escaping as he walked rather than rode. Funeral rites for the royal victims drew large crowds, with public mourning and state ceremonies in Lisbon.
About 150 masked night riders invaded Fredonia Kentucky on March 10 they severed all phone service captured hostages and forced a clerk to open a drug store. They then attacked View five miles away blowing up Alfred Cardin’s tobacco factory and barn destroying ten thousand pounds of tobacco. Losses total ten thousand dollars with five thousand dollars insured.
The piece criticizes a request to reappoint Walter Witherbee as collector of customs at Plattsburg, highlighting his known Republican leanings. It recalls Taft’s Ohio post office appointments, discusses party influence on appointments, and defends the president against claims of political manipulation.
Arthur Vorys will maintain full control of canvass management in Columbus as of February 10. The arrangement places Vorys at the helm of campaign operations, directing outreach and coordination for the organization.
Washington Feb 10 Secretary Taft ordered that only United States citizens be employed on the isthman canal commission gold rolls. The move follows protests by native machinists against foreign citizens filling skilled, high paid positions on the isthmus.
John T. Wilson president and founder of the International Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees died from Wednesday night shots. Police obtain a new warrant for Frank Engleman of Kansas City, the brother-in-law, who had been released on bond.
Gilnea Mento Center reports a joint meeting of the executive board and wage committee of the National Association of Cutters and Flatteners. They decided to meet window glass manufacturers in Pittsburgh next Thursday to arrange a four scale wage plan. In Manchester N H Mrs Florence Morrill and five year old John Sullivan died in a stove accident. Mrs Morrill, 35, was visiting here with her husband a traveling salesman from Logan Massachusetts.
Tolima county reports a 110 vote majority for local option with Warrensburg already favoring local option. Across Missouri 68 of 414 counties have backed legal option as Naples notes Russian revolutionary adherents plan a gathering to push free Russia during the Russian squadron’s harbor visit expected Feb 22.
Washington Feb 10 Secretary Taft will address the Young Men's Republican club in Kansas City Missouri and on Wednesday will speak at a Lincoln birthday banquet in Grand Rapids Michigan.
Vienna reports Count Hadik calls engagement to Mrs Corneling Vanderbilt of New York a fabrication. The interview notes a tale by Mark Twain about getting something for nothing in the sixties involving a hotel dog and General Nelson Miles offering $10 for the dog.
Trustees of the Marshall Field estate and the county attorney agree on a 1,000,000 settlement in full satisfaction of back taxes on unassessed securities listed in probate after Field's January 1906 death. The compromise ends a suit filed in May 1907 and covers taxes of 1,200,000 plus a 430,000 penalty for unlisted property.
In Utica New York February 10 a physician Dr Stacy Williamson whose actions led to his death in Malone is believed to reflect a melancholic condition. Medical opinions suggested rapidly developing homicidal insanity and risk to his wife and children in unguarded moments.
In Berlin the emperor orders a six evening suspension of the free list and public sale at the royal opera to allocate tickets to subscribers by social rank. He funds opera from private purse with a free list of about 400, including distinguished guests and tradespeople. In 1907 he spent nearly 100000 dollars more on grand and comic opera than receipts.
The Taylor Stock Company closed a week of popular repertoire before full capacity crowds on Saturday. The Royal Waif was the closing show and Mr. Hall paid tribute to the Blue Players who have a week’s repertoire stand at the theatre this week.
A. H. Edwards in Kakemiono describes Fujiyama as sacred with the word meaning honorable. Pilgrims gather in six summer weeks to climb in white garb carrying staffs marked with temple crests. The peak rises 12 305 feet and dominates the landscape, visible from thirteen provinces and far out to sea.
On December 1 1783 the first gas balloon rose from the Tuileries with Charles and Jubert witnessing Marquis de Villeroy waver then die to disbelief. Publics chased moon Mars Venus visions as Giffard Dupuy de Lome Renard Ixrebs La France and Tissandier pursued early flight experiments until motor weaknesses halted progress until the explosive motor and automotive advances propelled air conquest.
A brief, awkward scene depicts Mr Peet a shy, socially reluctant man being introduced at an evening gathering. The London Telegraph excerpt hints at a formal or romantic context with distant, evasive phrasing and a lightly humorous tone.
A Denver Republican reprint relays a dramatic critic who warns that fair critique can invite reprisals. An illustrative Omar the poet tale ends with the shah demanding punishment yet gradually respecting judgment, then again seeking a harsher poem as Omar shrugs toward the stables.
Two men each hold exactly ten thousand dollars. One spends four thousand on a house three thousand on a modest business and saves the rest for a rainy day. The other invests all ten thousand in a water car and soon can command a house worth fifty thousand nine hundred and a business yielding one hundred thousand annually. Both men have wives and daughters. which will live to regret their choices. Simpson Abstract Office.
Everybody is welcome when we feel good and our digestion works, Dr. King's New Life Pills regulate stomach liver and bowels so you feel better. Available 25 cents at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
Bucklen theatre hosts Elite Players for a week long engagement in For Home and Honor with special Monday free tickets and regular 10 and 20 cent prices.Also ads for Burglar safety deposit boxes at St Joseph Valley Bank offering personal keys at $3 yearly. Bucklen vaudeville features promise more value with 10 and 26 cent prices and endorsements for Tam Suffering and Dollars Saved Bucklen salve from Houseworth Bros druggists claiming healing for burns sores ulcers and piles at 25 cents.
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