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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1904
Page
3
The Missouri supreme court affirms seven year terms for Lehmann and Hartmann and reverses Snyder, while Snyder earns near total release. Lehmann and Hartmann, both Republicans, face transfer to the Jefferson City penitentiary this week.
After a Illinois Democratic convention adopted the unit rule the body considered instructing for W. R. Flearat for Prosi shoe. Hearst leadership faces limits as the platform allows delegates to be altered by a majority, with John P Hopking likely to lead. Police kept order as tempers flared but calm prevailed.
Fullblood members of the Mississippi Choctaw tribe held a two day celebration near Ardmore Oklahoma. A war dance Saturday night drew a large white crowd and the festivities closed Sunday with an Indian ball game.
Marshal Finke of the Supreme Court arrived from St Louis with Juliua Lehmann and Em Hartmann in custody. Their seven and six year sentences were affirmed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, marking a decisive end to their case.
Kansas City Missouri council passed Tuesday a measure requiring that city printing contracts go to shops employing union labor. The ordinance, signed by the mayor, ends bids from nonunion shops for city printing work.
A warehouse in Faring Wisconsin owned by C T Wade burned to the ground after a heavy thunderstorm strike. Insurance covers a portion of the loss with estimated values reported as 450 dollars in contents and 2000 dollars in burning damage.
The Butte miners union drafted a message and sent it to President Roosevelt on Wednesday urging intervention in the deplorable condition of alfatra in Colorado.
Denver reports the Western Federation of Miners accuses mine operators and the Civis union of creating unrest at Cripple Creek while denouncing state action. The federation blames authorities for deportations and calls for rights enforcement, with a telegram to President Roosevelt seeking investigation into Colorado conditions.
Denver dispatch reports Kenisen president of Mineral Union No. 40 Cripple Creek was arrested Monday by Goldfield City Marshal Moore as he approached deported miners’ headquarters. He faces murder charge tied to a dynamite blast on Independence platform. An altercation followed, with Moore striking Kenisen. Fifteen deported miners have returned to Denver. Granada Co. notes many have arrived at Granada, about twenty miles west of Halle...
Postmaster General Payne collapses at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago. Henry B Payne, head of the National Republican Committee, had been in ill health for some time and had recently embarked on an ocean voyage for recuperation. He fell ill in his room as the Republican National Committee convening was about to begin.
Reports from St Petersburg quote a June 16 telegram from General Stakelberg describing a retreat after initial advances on the Japanese right flank. The Russian artillery was battered, units cut to pieces, and several ships of the Vindivostok Squadron suffered severe damage needing months of repair. Survivors from Hitachi and Sado transport ships arrive at Mogi and Koken, with torpedo hits confirmed.
New York reports the Gen Slocum fire and sinking as tolls rise with hundreds unaccounted for and many bodies recovered. Officials tally unidentified remains while the city mourns at a long morgue setup on Twenty sixth Street. Mayor McClellan and other leaders express sorrow as a full inquiry is ordered by Secretary Cortelyou.
Paris Vil Daniel Gould Burr, sole survivor of company H 4th Mexican volunteers organized June 4, 1844 in Edgar county, held the annual reunion alone at the fair grounds one mile north of Palmyra. Last year one comrade accompanied him, but this year he was entirely alone. He is 34 years old.
A violent afternoon thunderstorm hit Neosho as Fred Miller and Clemons, working near a strawberry field, sheltered under a tree. Lightning struck the tree, killing both men. Several others were shocked by the storm.
Paducah Kentucky marshal Janes Murneil lies gravely ill in Metropolis Wisconsin after a prisoner bit him on the left thumb. The arm swelled to twice its size. physician says there is little hope for recovery. Ten detainees involved in the incident.
Chicago women of the Woman's Alliance plan to build a twelve story club house on their current site. Plans show an office building with ample space reserved for club use.
William Peterson of Flannivan was killed by a Central train at that place Wednesday night. His body was found Thursday.
New York reports indicate more than 1,000 people perished when the Knickerbocker steamship caught fire while crossing Hell Gate. Most victims were women and children from St Mark's Lutheran Church Sunday School. About 300 to 400 survivors found. many bodies recovered, with more expected as searchers work the mounds and river inlet.
Mitango Colorado editor David F. Day of the Durance Democrat went to jail rather than pay a $200 fine imposed by Judge Russell of the District Court for criticizing a court decision in a newspaper card to the patio. Day said, The call et fined me 4 centa I will not pay. Attorneys likely to seek a writ of error from the Supreme Court.
A Confederate soldiers monument event took place in Centennial Park Nashville on Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony, under the direction of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, featured Hon. Henry Watkins of Louisville Kentucky as the orator.
The United Confederate Veterans annual reunion concluded with E. Tisdale of Fort Worth elected commander in chief and C. A. Skrean of Waputweki, Texas named commander of the Jane Miss Mississippi department.
Topeka report shows Kansas craft and elevator men estimate this year’s wheat harvest at 30 million bushels, based on Coburne’s recent report. The figure trails last year’s record by 12 million bushels, signaling a lighter crop ahead.
Mrs Arthuwla Woodruff widow of early Quincy mayor O Woodruff and resident since 1830s died Thursday. The long time resident and community figure lived in Quincy and witnessed the citys growth through the years.
A Tokyo dispatch reports Admiral Tovo describing operations since June as Russian forces evacuate Yin Kow after Japanese bombardment near Kaiping. A Niuehwang dispatch notes Japanese efforts to halt a Russian eastward push toward Port Arthur, with clashes near Shungamaore and a night arrest in Ninchwank. The dispatches detail wrecked towns and halted Russian movement as the war drills on.
Thirty six miners were deported from Cripple Creek to the southern Colorado boundary amid a large crowd at Florenes and Cripple Creek stations. The order, read Tuesday night, directs their removal to Cyl orane Vie Alamosa on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, with martial law expected to be declared soon and Deputy Sheriffs posted to maintain order. Many deported men are Union supporters or have families, and preparations for further expulsions are under way.
Washington president and Mia Roosevelt hosted an elaborate Friday luncheon for the honorary board of Filipino orders and notable guests. The event featured a formal program and key attendees from the cultural and diplomatic community.
In Canton Ohio a panel service for Abner McKinley was held Monday at the home of Mia Ida and McKinley honoring the late president. The interment took place in the McKinley plot at Westown Cemetery.
Grayville Louisiana reports a fatal shooting as Al Dye a former posi dant of Creeville is killed by the New Haven Marshal during a Sunday arrest of Dye's son. Dye allegedly interfered with the arrest leading to the confrontation.
Judge Amos M Thayer grants an order to show cause why Charles W Mayer president of the Western Federation of Miners should not be released from Teller county jail. Colorado officials Peabody Bell Wells are named in the writ. case tied to mine labor unrest and federal court jurisdiction.
Washington reports Gen. James Tyner appeals to President Roosevelt seeking withdrawal of charges of gross corruption tied to the Bristow postal scandal. Tyner, recently acquitted of conspiracy to defraud the government, faced public scrutiny and sympathy as he is carried in a courtroom due to illness.
A Tokyo sourced dispatch dated June 15 reports a great Japanese victory near Fu Chow on the railway about seventy miles north of Port Arthur. It claims Hosatana forces were overwhelmed and retreated after heavy losses. Separate reports claim 7,000 Russians are moving toward Teh Chaiao and Kaitthow amid ongoing naval activity and merchant traffic in the region.
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