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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
2
A collection of clipped quips and stray lines mentioning Missouri figures, war heroes, politicians, and foreign touches. The items blend oddball humor with misheard phrases about European leaders, royalty, and court cases, lacking a coherent narrative or clear news event.
Columbia Missouri reports the completed and furnished horticultural building at the University. Two stories plus basement, east wing houses two hothouses for botany and entomology experiments while the first floor serves horticulture and zoology, second floor hosts botany library and portions of horticulture. Cost is about 40000 dollars funded by the Legislature with occupancy expected in September.
Long, fragmented report details a race track lobby at Jefferson City tied to state and federal figures. Names include Mr Fravikel, Paine, Senator William Bo Rin, and Wirt to Observe, amid claims of telegraphy company influence and wage demands. Weather and local farming notes follow in a packed column.
A special term of Audrian County Circuit Court begins Monday August 29 to hear the defendant’s motion for a change of venue in State v. Clarnoer A Barnoe, charged with second degree murder for the death of Representative Rhodex Clay after a street battle. Judge Eliot M. Hughes is recused. Judge Rogers presides. Judge Sanguet Davie may preside. The judge’s history and related ties cloud proceedings. The case had been heard by Judge Hughes but was extended without a decision.
Jefferson City Missourian reports the state treasury balance and July receipts including notarial commissions, domestic and foreign corporation fees, and recording charges. It notes transfer arrangements for a rail contract from the state bank to Palmington via Alton railroad, with a special train to Felton and Farmington, carrying patients who will not leave the train during transfer.
The body of J. H. Sman, a farmer near New Cambridge, was found on the Amington railroad track Sunday morning after attending a party at Linge. Officials believe he was run over by a train, with a bullet wound suspected in his brain. In Dexter, Missouri, Dewey Mevers, son of J. Mewerg, remains hospitalized after a head wound near the brain, with doctors hopeful for recovery.
Jefferson officials announced appointments to the Missouri State Band of Agriculture. Named were Piret district Charles F P Afflick of Maud fourth district H H Prather of Tarkio fifth district Wo 4 Bryant of Independence fifth district Woo Howell of Milman fourteenth district Jobert McNatt of McNatt Carthage Mo. In a separate incident Cal Freeman miner incarcerated at Webb City City Jail admitted serious wrongdoing after a chain attack. Charteston Belmont branch collision damaged tracks killing cows wrecking nine cars and injuring two men William Hrventa and Otin Mowers. Both men were taken to the company hospital at St. Louis.
At the meeting of the directors of the Armtrong Fair Association it was decided to hold the annual fair September 4 and 5, 1900. Big preparations will be made for this meeting, and many good horses will be there.
Armstrong Mo Miss Lou Boane daughter of J J Means a prominent bardwere merchant of this place accidentally injured her face with a rifle Saturday.
Heavy Friday rain and lightning struck Ham Jones’s wheat stack near Bailer Missouri, igniting a blaze that consumed about 1200 bushels of wheat. No injuries reported. Local fire crews battled the flames for hours.
Washington reports reveal nine individuals indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on conspiracy to defraud the Post Office. Central figure August Machen and associates face bribery and graft allegations across mail delivery contracts and supplier equipment, with further indictments anticipated.
In New Haven observers at Yale University report Borrelli's comet has grown four tails from the forked appendage as it nears the sun. Professors Elking and Chase observe nightly as the sky permits. A recent four-bourse exposure yielded a negative, showing the tail clearly. Washington notes continued fiscal matters but the main focus remains the comet’s evolving appearance.
Ramiel Spalding aged 116, oldest bank president in the United States, died in Lebanon Kentucky. Born in Calvary Kentucky in 1809 he led Marion National Bank of Lebanon for 80 years and was the oldest Catholic college graduate from St Marys College. He was a descendant of John Lancaster Spalding who founded the Catholic University in Washington. A separate fire in Hobart Kiowa reservation destroyed four blocks of homes and a bank, with losses estimated at 100,000 and insurance in place.
Springfield unit details describe a parade type drill with the Seventh Regiment ending camp on Saturday morning. The First Hatfation held a position on the north end of a rift range while Second and Third Battalions attacked and carried it. Weather was cool and fair with many witnesses.
Judge B W Winfield of the Pulaski Circuit Court ruled in favor of the legislative capitol commission in the quo warranto proceedings against the Governor s commission. The decision avoids disclosure of pleadings details and the case will go to the Arkansas Supreme Court for final adjudication as stated in the report from Little Rock.
Mrs Cushman K Davis widow of the late Senator Davis of Minnesota marries William Hunter Doll of Washington in a ceremony at a home near S Street. The wedding follows years of social life in Washington with Doll described as a longtime friend of Mrs Davis. The couple plan to reside in Washington.
At ninety years old ex Governor Gardeson of Maine remains active in medicine within a thirty mile radius. He travels by trolley automobile and horse, makes annual trips to South America or the Pacific coast and gulf states, and attends a Lewiston public meeting at his home, a pioneer native-born resident.
Senator Bailey of Texas recounts meeting a newlywed couple on a train. The groom, poor yet handsome, mutters about the marriage, calling it not a honeymoon but a harvest moon. The tale paints a wistful portrait of love and hardship.
Sir John Cockburn, a noted English medical authority, stated that women are less nervous than men in surgical canes and are altogether better suited than men to become doctors. The remark supports women's capacity for medical professions.
Mr Jovhelwon, chief of the Jenway north Pacific exploring expedition, wrote that the tribes he studied in Siberia shared common characteristics with the Indians of North America. The note suggests cross regional parallels in culture and social traits observed during the expedition.
The Duke of Westminster plans establishing a Great estate in the Thabanetwa district near the Cringe River Colony. Families from Britain will settle there on farms with well stocked orchards and advanced farming methods taught. The British government backs the idea as a practical, promoted plan to boost colonial development and national resources.
A Chinese couple Li Ching Hew and Sha Li arrive in New York. Sha Li, stated to be only five feet tall, wears vinehal adornments and black rings on her eyes. Li Ching Hew, praised for English, plans to visit the Chinese minister in Washington before returning home via Vancouver.
Report notes that red hair is slated to become fashionable among stage performers next season after influence from two French Vaudense artists in New York. Hair trends foretell a torrid coiffure gaining favor with leading women preparing for theatrical ventures.
Dr Le Baron Briggs of Harvard's faculty of arts and sciences has been chosen president of Radcliffe College for women, supporting Mire Louis Agassiz who died recently. Briggs is praised by President Eliot as patient, discerning, candid, lively and convinced of the good in students.
Judge George Gray accepts appointment to the Alabama coal strike commission on a conditional basis. He will preside over a session of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in September if needed, and forego his August vacation to attend to commission duties.
Miss Ella May Clemmons opens St. Ann's school the first Catholic Sunday school for Chinese and Japanese in the Chinese district of San Francisco. A weekday Kindergarten will also run with twelve Chinese and Japanese children enrolled.
Year to date contracts for constructing new railroads total 16 316 miles, compared with 026 miles built in 1903.
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