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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
11
Ezra Girdlestone crafts a scheme to exploit diamond market panic by using Farintosh and two operatives to corner stones. The ex clergyman Farintosh and aides Burt and Williams buy in bulk, while Ezra worries about exposure as European news unsettles Kimberley dealers.
Telegrams report a dramatic find in the Urals mountains driving a diamond boom as Kimberley, capital of mining districts, prepares for rapid growth. A letter from Kimberley describes camp towns along the Vent river and the flow of stones to local banks.
In a disturbed mining town, ex-clergyman Farintosh plots a night theft to steal five and thirty thousand pounds worth of diamonds from Ezra, who keeps them in a safe in his room. His accomplices Burt and Williams approve, planning a knock on a late visit to snatch the stones and vanish.
A humor sketch features quick lines about a smitten secretary, a skeptical chambermaid, debt woes, and a poet's final verse. Banter touches on love, insurance, art, and a doctor accepting payment.
The board of managers of the Linois State reformatory in Pontiac heard officers describe brutal punishment of William Hamlin of Quincy. He was chained to bars for days, hung from wrists, soaked with cold water, and left on a concrete floor before a physician was summoned. Bishop Samuel Fallows leads the board’s investigation.
Mrs. Samuel Valentine of Kankakee, aided by a Columbia attorney, travels Kankakee county to press claims to the late John Titler's property. Her tale traces a Civil War era life from a camp near Mexico Missouri to adoption by the Paris Wetmores and a 25 year marriage to Samuel Valentine.
A motor car of the Metropolitan I road hauling three coal cars was struck by an Aurora Elgin and Chicago electric train near Central avenue in Austin Chicago as the motorman, blinded by a snow storm, could not see ahead. Forty passengers were shaken and several cut. Louis Schultz of Wheaton, a 33 year old milk dealer, suffered a scalp wound and was hospitalized.
Mid-year exercises were held in 170 of 205 Chicago public schools including Chicago Normal and 12 high schools. 2759 students completed the course, the largest mid-year total, with 231 high school graduates and 35 embryo teachers from the normal school. Of the high school pupils 66 will enter the normal to pursue teacher training.
Thomas Parrot an eight painter was arrested in Benton charged with killing Charles Cannon at the American hotel in West Frankfort. Parrot admits being the killer but claims self defense and Cannon died after being shot five times. The feud involved two women. Also reported drawn under ice and Henry Behrens drowned after breaking through Pekin ice.
Fire destroyed the elevator of George W. Walker & Co at Gibson with losses of 15000 and 10000 insured. A local option petition in Rockford lists 2465 names. The graduate school of the University of Illinois Urbana opened recently with 50000 yearly funding. An election for White County judge is called for February 29. Floyd Churchill murder case defendants sentenced to 14 years in Joliet. Col Thomas G Lawler funeral closes Rockford businesses. Mississippi Valley Interurban Railway Company incorporated in Springfield. Windsor Elevator Company organized with 15000 capital, 10000 paid. Mrs Pettigrew dies from blood poisoning after a thorn injury.
Ole Oleson at Morrisonville seized control of the Concord church near Flopedale, occupied the organ, scattered cushions, and resisted arrest until overpowered. he is believed insane. A Westville fire destroyed two buildings for Terre Haute Brewing and nearby grocer and saloon stocks. a vacant room burned as volunteer firemen struggled against high winds, with losses around 5,000 dollars. R F Morehouse, Champaign cigar maker, died by suicide at the Saratoga Hotel in Danville. a woman registered as his wife, now missing, was with him, leaving four children and a widow. Mrs P H Huff of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy rail line was shot in the head by 13-year-old John Rutherford as the train passed Mount Vernon. the rifle was 22 caliber and inflicted a severe wound. A 7,000-pound family banquet at Fidelity, attended by John Kramer and 34 kin, fed on ground hog. their combined weight caused a joist to break, yet no basement existed and none fell. Riordan, an insane patient at a county asylum, died after slipping on an ice-covered porch. he had resided there 27 years with unusual liberty. Bennett & Sons ice dealers found ten tons of moth‑honeycombed ice to be worthless and melted it away. Mrs Laura Hamilton of Snell notoriety, leaving Champaign at midnight, heads for Florida with her husband to start anew under a different name. Miss Eden Hamilton remains a university student at Alpha I.
The legislature adjourned for a recess of three months after two failed attempts to form a Senate quorum on Tuesday. Only 23 Senators appeared in the morning and, despite hopes for late arrivals, adjourned for the break. The House, with only John G. Oglesby present, conducted its session while key bills remained unresolved.
A large blaze swept a South Adams street block in Peoria on Wednesday night destroying the Watson building and five adjacent structures. The fire reached the Schleicher & Son furniture store and spread to the Sayings bank Mentor Rosenbloom Co department store Troop G First Illinois Cavalry armory and E A Strause cigar factory. Firefighters fought the flames as wind pushed heat toward Harrison street with total losses estimated at 500000 dollars.
John Ensminger, commissioner of the Lima Lake drainage district in Adams County, uncovered a cave beside a hill while cleaning an old spring. The site served as winter quarters for snakes, where a monster coil hampered movement, allowing him to kill sixty nine of them before about twenty five escaped. Snakes averaged five feet long and two inches in diameter, of various varieties, in a locality noted for years.
Relatives of Mrs. Lydia Bradley of Peoria contest probate charging undue influence. The will leaves the estate valued at 3000 to support the Brad ley Polytechnic, with property yielding about 50,000 a year for the institution. Fifty of sixty heirs receive 5 000 after a codicil reduced their share from 50,000.
Ernest Werewerk, 76, Civil War veteran, married Anna Keilt han, 26, in Sterling. They met at a Grand Army garden party last July where Miss Keilthan served ices. She offered more while he admired her eyes, and they wed as Cupid's pink treat helped seal their vows.
Prof Cass in Champaign county jail for whipping a pupil and failing to pay $1,800 damages. a friend placed a sign on his cell door reading commencement day April 7. Cass must reimburse parents for board costs to keep him confined if he owns property. Woman Accused of Burning Bible sparks divorce pleas. Lena Love accuses Joseph Love in Pekin Circuit Court of causing strife after his search for the family Bible failed and triggered a quarrel on February 20, 1907.
Pete F. Clark confessed to killing Mrs. Otis Gibson on an interurban car between Girard and Virden on March 25. He was sentenced to 40 years in the Chester penitentiary.
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