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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1906
Page
1
A large gathering fills the Bailey Crane auditorium as discussion centers on a broad and absorbing topic. Attendees hope to gauge public sentiment and the impact on civic life amid a charged atmosphere and ongoing debate.
Reported in a dense Texas area bulletin are fatalities from accidents and violence including two men and seventy six horses killed in a railroad wreck near Channing. Other items note a deadly gin accident in Comanche, a fatal shooting in Timpson, and a struck mill worker in Dallas. The boll weevil invasion reaches Concordia Parish and Wilkinson County. A Dublin cotton mill plan expands to 150000 dollars, and a large gas blowout occurs at DeKalb. Additional notes cover stock losses, beekeeping attendance, and transport incidents across the region.
About thirty thousand pounds of putrid poultry were condemned and seized at cold storage facilities of the North American Cold Storage Company and A Booth & Co by Chicago Health Department officials. Chief Food Inspector Murray inspected the warehouses and condemned twenty nine barrels at North American and forty eight at Booth.
Wabash line No. 2 from Kansas City to Buffalo known as the Buffalo Mall fell into an open switch west of Catlin Illinois and crashed into a freight section. All cars except the diner were derailed and burned. Three killed and several injured with some missing.
A public gathering near the Bunty County courthouse heard Bascey defend his remarks as a firm stance. Testimony and expressions of confidence followed the speech while State Senator Ble Looney praised his loyalty and addressed critics present at the event.
Attorney General actions result in many rail suits filed across districts. The figure of violations reaches 181 with cases involving Fort Worth 2nd Beaver Railway, International and Great Northern Western division, Kansas City Southern in Kansas, St Louis Iron Mountain Southern Eastern division, and Arkansas western division.
A catastrophic blaze in Caldwell caused widespread damage to multiple properties. Losses include Clyde Clark’s blacksmith shop 1800, John Houston’s residence 1500, Presbyterian Church 1800, J F Cobb residence 5000, Neal Cromarte residence 35000, J J Marich residence and photo gallery 4500, Jesse Harris undertaking department and stable 6000. The Orient road’s first train to Arapahoe, I T, ran into Arapahoe last week and service will start with Kansas City.
General J M Crane of Houston has accepted to debate J W Bailey but will limit to two or three speeches due to professional duties. Reports say they may debate in Dallas later this month and both men could receive invitations soon.
Reports of a approaching tropical hurricane depressed cotton while prices jumped almost 60 points. Fort Worth circus excitement caused city prisoners to escape. Waco debates a commission form of government as merchants press for reform. Texas debt shows a drop to $954,216,195. Wasahachie reports first football injury of the season. Guy Cerr dies after a horse fall. widow and child survive. Eastern capitalists eye a bank deposit insurance venture. Mineral Wells promotes itself as a winter retreat. Farmers' Union builds a pole at Parsonville Limestone County.
A deadly hurricane struck Pensacola Fla and nearby areas with 99 mph gusts. The storm wrecked ships and buildings along the waterfront, with extensive damage estimated at five million dollars and many mariners feared dead. Fire and flooding compounded destruction as vessels, wharves, and railway infrastructure suffered severe loss.
Two armed terrorists a man and a woman were captured in the quarters of a palace servant at the Alexandria palace Peterhof near Cronstadt. A servant’s son and another aide Klemm Klepnikoff were arrested for smuggling them through guards. The plan aimed to shoot Czar Nicholas during a promenade or play with his children in palace grounds.
William R Hearst won the Democratic nomination for New York governor at the Buffalo convention on the first ballot 309 to 124 with Sulzer and Dix. Charles E Hughes accepted the Republican nomination for governor at his West End home after a telegraph notice from the convention.
In St. Petersburg a man convicted of killing General Koxley in Peternof Park on July 14 in error for General Trepoff was sentenced to death by hanging. The killer, who has not been identified, claims to be a peasant named Vaasillef.
A rowboat with two men and two women swamped in Maumee Bay near Toledo. One man and one woman drowned while the other two survived. Authorities described the incident as a cavall Sunday misadventure.
Revised figures show seven killed and twelve injured in Jellico blast. About 159 wounded, with around twenty in serious condition possibly fatal. Property damage conservatively under half a million dollars.
Columbus woman Onesie L Chadwick will not file an appeal to carry her sentence to the supreme court. The deadline to seek further review expires next week and she has announced she will serve out the years sentence without an appeal.
Mrs Herman Osrichs of San Francisco denies a report that Mr Herman Ostrichs is suffering from an alleged pneumonia. The denial emphasizes there is no truth to the published illness claim and requests correction.
A man identified as Fate Blake of Asheville North Carolina was killed by a Frisco train near West Plains Missouri. Letters found on him list a mother in Parsons Kansas and a sister in Asheville North Carolina and note his desertion from the navy.
Joseph Cucira an Italian was shot from behind as he drove along North Main Street in Los Angeles. A young man rode up and fired three shots into Cucira s back. Cucira died almost instantly as the assassin fled the scene.
An extensive land fraud scheme near Alliance Nebraska has been unearthed. Patrick J. King, long prominent as a Chicago policy promoter, was arrested on a charge of being the ringleader.
W. Cassidy president of Cassidy Commission Co. of Quincy has been expelled from the Chicago board of trade on a bucketshopping charge.
Topeka Kansas the board of rail war commissioners has dismissed the complaint of the Southwest Implement Dealers association against the railroads. It alleged in this suit that rates on shipments were unreasonable.
Principal export trade of the week centers on a sale to Rea ser ports with leading farmers replenishing stocks as markets recover from depletion.
Fragmented dispatches describe a Japanese involvement in schooners armed near Copper Island and San Diego waters. Reports claim 72 rifles aboard a vessel, clashes with guards, and possible casualties among Japanese and Russians though details remain unclear.
New York and Chicago authorities condemned twelve carloads of chicken and more than ten carloads of meat after a foods inspector cited private advice from Canada and sought action to intercept shipments. Fifteen carloads of diseased cattle and four calves were also condemned as officials pursued the source of contamination.
The steamer Lora with two full cargoes of mixed freight began its return voyage to St. Louis from Kansas City. Gus Hansen, mate, said river traffic on the Missouri is reviving and will likely raise wages for river men.
In Franklin county, conflict rises between non-union miners and authorities. Italian consular agent F. Freeorce telegraphed Governor Deneen urging troops be sent soon, stating local forces are insufficient and Americans may take unlawful action.
Richmond Indiana reports at the opening session of the Indiana yearly meeting of Friends the appeal by John Henry Douglas of Pasadena California for intensified world evangelization. The gathering, representing several states and some foreign countries, is noted as the world's largest body of Quakers.
The American Federation of Labor issues a thirty page pamphlet for the congressional campaign. It repackages Labor's bill of grievances from last March and covers the federation’s origin, registration efforts, injunctions in U S courts, eight hour law, convict labor, and the campaign committee.
Washington says President Castro of Venezuela is gravely ill and unable to carry on official business. He is assisted into and out of carriages, receives no callers, and his exact illness is not publicly known.
Two men are missing and believed blown to pieces while two others are severely hurt after a boiler explosion at Sellers' farm near Indianapolis at 2 o'clock Friday morning. Authorities say the site is a city garbage reduction area and rescue crews are searching the rubble.
Latlin six bolts recovered from the Wabash wreck near here Wednesday morning. More bodies likely to be found. Thirty seven injured remain in Danville hospitals and ten taken to Decatur hospital. Many of the injured are children.
An explosion of tur pentine started a $159000 fire in the Pittsburg Plate Glass Co store on Senses street. The six story brick blocks in flames. Two firemen were injured by falling walls.
Miss Thompson of St John New Brunswick won the Itdies golf championship of Canada in Toronto Ontario. Miss Peppe of Hamilton was the runner up. Miss Thomson had previously won the championship in 1902 and 1905.
Briefs report Missouri state actions and political positions, Roosevelt’s son custody in St Louis, and various crime and disaster items. Entries mention rail ownership views, postal delegates, a barber shop fire in Barstow, a powder mill explosion in La Motte, a Sacramento execution, and regional wheat receipts in Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago with year comparisons.
In Indianapolis a shooting in the northwest part of the city left Police Officers Chas Russell fatally wounded and Edward Petticard seriously injured. Russell died at City Hospital. One of the two suspected assailants, a Negro, has been arrested by police.
A meeting between Ki J Nally general superintendent and Postal Telegraph Cable Company employees in Chicago led to an understanding on rules and enforcement for local staff. The arrangement was amicable and satisfied all parties, preventing a strike.
New York zoological staff report Caliph the Central Park hippopotamus has recovered after a winter quarters transfer. Head Keeper Snider diagnosed acute indigestion and prescribed a bucket of castor oil, improving the situation and restoring health.
In Havans Cuba a quiet gloomy Sunday at the palace saw farewells to ex President Palma and his family. No sign yet of Secretary Taft occupying the palace.
Justice Bischoff denied the application of counsel for Harry K. Thaw to move his Indictment from the court of special sessions to the criminal branch of the New York Supreme Court.
Sikh policemen in Shanghai's British concession have gone on strike demanding higher wages and contract terminations after reports of U S wages reach them.
London papers debate the Cuban situation, with editorials warning of a serious problem facing the United States and urging careful policy consideration.
Illlinois banker Thomas C. Kirkland, age 33, died in Litchfield. Born in St Louis County Missouri in 1824, he moved to the city in 1858 and resided there. He served as vice president of the First National Bank of Litchfield and president of the Litchfield Marble and Granite Co.
Viyasuiki and Vlasimir report widespread disorder as agrarian unrest spreads through provinces of Russia causing many states to be pillaged and authorities struggle to restore order amid clashes and looting reports from regional frontiers.
Editors protest a recent ruling by the state commission, calling the decision unfair and harmful to press freedom. They argue the ruling undermines newsroom autonomy and transparency.
Washington reports a commerce commission ruling that transportation of newspapers by rail must not be paid with ad space as compensation. Publishers denounce the ruling as unconstitutional and unjust, arguing ads paid via transportation benefit both railroads and press without harming the public. Lawmakers receive protests from senators and congressmen defending press rights and opposing the decision.
A collage of brief items reports Priddle posters in Zion City and calls for offerings, earthquakes in Puerto Rico and St Thomas, trolley company clashes in Joplin, Chicago to New York transport proposals, a New York Armenian killing and dismemberment confession, a fatal accident near Brighton Indiana, Bryan attacking Hearst, Belistein escape from Pittsburgh asylum, Arkansas miners' constitutional push, John B. Stone named Confederate veterans commander, Minnesota St Louis auditor testimony on destroyed records, Pennsylvania earnings after pass abolition, and betting shifts in New York involving Hearst and Adolph Weber.
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