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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1908
Page
6
Governor Haskell vetoed Senate bill No. 4 which sought to regulate trusts and monopolies in Oklahoma. He warned the measure was unconstitutional and could derail commerce by allowing receivership of any company deemed a trust. Business leaders see flaws, and lawmakers aim to revise it before adjournment.
Over 1,000 parents and relatives attended the Academy of Music for a Mothers and Kindergarten club event. About 200 children opened with Mother Goose songs, staged dances, music while others acted out birds and nests showing imaginative play and coordinated movements.
B H Tallmadge and Andrew Roosevelt closed a deal for 18500 acres near Portales New Mexico at 180000 dollars. Buyers include W J Gerard F S Train Geo W Adams and others of Blue Rapids Kansas. Tallmadge cites growing immigration and panhandle land demand.
A federal commission of specialists led by Dr. Berry Dr. Burnett and Dr. Punton found Marie Moore suffering delusional insanity after influence from Tames Clements. They urged confinement in a sanatorium where she was critically ill and fainted twice. Judge Pollock ordered treatment at General Hospital before transfer to a sanitarium.
During King Fad ward's Denmark visit, reports from Copenhagen said Grover Cleveland was critically ill. The king repeatedly sought updates from Dr. Urice F. Egan, the American minister, on the ex-President's condition. This incident highlights Cleveland's notable memory.
Ex governor Weld of Maryland praises Governor Johnson of Minnesota as the logical Democratic presidential candidate. Warfield, now president of Fidelity Surety and Deposit Co., Kansas City visit cited as backing Johnson, with no VP ambitions stated.
About 100 Faithful Watchers' league members watched as four men with a windlass toppled the old First Congregational Church steeple at Eleventh Street yesterday afternoon. The work went smoothly with no injuries and no damage to surrounding structures.
Reports from Mage Island California suggest the armored cruisers West Virginia Maryland Colorado Pennsylvania California and South Dakota may be sent to the Philippines in the fall to meet the Atlantic fleet for target practice in Manila Bay in October. Preparations push to expedite repairs on the Atlantic torpedo flotilla after the long voyage, with docking and a sixty day overhaul expected.
Walter E. Ferguson of New York City, formerly with New York Life Insurance, jumped into Lake Michigan at Jackson Park after leaving a note blaming alcohol. A watchman recovered his body soon after, with Ferguson not discussing the act.
Judge A W Dana in district court overruled the demurrer filed by Fidelity and Guaranty in the state suit to collect 90 000 lost when the First National Bank failed. Arguments finished near noon and the judge ruled at once. Monday the jury will reconvene as the surety seeks to prove the money was a deposit not a collection account.
Dr W S Woods former bank president who helped liquidate the failed National Bank of Commerce asset a million acre ranch in Old Mexico supervised moving 5 000 yearling steers to Dakota feeding land for eighteen months prior to market. The article then shifts to a light hearted corporate booster tone praising The Star Kansas City for its coverage and community pride.
Laporte county council allotted 9000 for Gunness investigation expenses to support Sheriff Smutzer and Coroner Mack. Edward A. Evans collected Helgelein specimens for Chicago analysis as officials plan further ground searches and next week’s dig at the old barn. Morbid crowds are expected to return to the death farm with improved turnout.
A fragment questions Kansas City’s radio setup and the so called Kansas City Spirit. It argues residents could have four new stations if desired and chides the public and companies for inaction.
A May 25 and 26 minstrel show at Willis Wood theater will raise funds for St Mary's hospital where construction halted for lack of funds. The Greater Minstrels feature Kansas City amateurs with director St Clair Hurd and representation from Knights of Columbus and All Fair club. Tickets go on sale and seats reserved after May 18.
Four joint keepers in the Klondyke settlement near the National Military Home were arrested for selling liquor to members of state and national homes for disabled volunteers. The cases, sworn by Kansas Attorney General Fred S. Jackson, were arraigned at Lansing with not guilty pleas. A preliminary examination is set for May 25.
President Roosevelt pressed a key at 4 05 P M in the White House to inaugurate in St Louis the Charity carnival for the unemployed. He sent a brief message expressing hope for its success. A similar event last year yielded great benefit.
The second annual banquet of the Southwest Kansas Retail Lumber Dealers association was held in Parsons after a meeting at which sixty five members from Southeastern Kansas and Southwest Missouri attended. Toasts were given by E. W. Clark of Clark & Bates Lumber Co Kansas City and J. R. Anson, J. F. ???
Goodman A W Hulett and Harry A Gorsuch of Kansas City are noted. The next association meeting is scheduled to be held in Coffeyville.
E B Cowgill resigns as president of the Kansas State Temperance Union due to health and business strain. J K Codding is elected president for the unexpired term, with Cowgill becoming an executive committee member and steps planned for stronger joint action with the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Miss Jevon Vanderbilt, assistant at Princeton University Library, disappeared near Princeton New Jersey. Searchers drag Carnegie Lake while neighbors note she asked a farm servant for directions home and had often traveled by canoe in the area. Dr W G Chase, her uncle, leads the body search.
Rehearsals are underway for The Mandarin an Edmonds and West opera to raise funds for St George's Episcopal church at Paseo and 33rd Street. The Shu bert theater show on June 5 and 6 will be directed by Gwilyn Thomas with the churchs Women's Guild in charge.
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