Saints Beat Kansas City 6 3 In Third Inning Rally
Saints relying on quick hits in the third inning topple Kansas City 6 to 3. Brandom pitched for KC, while Leroy scattered hits and received solid support from St Paul.
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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
1
Saints relying on quick hits in the third inning topple Kansas City 6 to 3. Brandom pitched for KC, while Leroy scattered hits and received solid support from St Paul.
In police court this morning four persons were fined for violating city food ordinances. Dairyman G W Bandel received a 100 dollar fine with 90 dollars stayed, grocer W L Thompson 25 dollars, grocer M J Smith 5 dollars, and Frederick Lambright 5 dollars for selling substandard or deficient dairy products. Cathotic Knights to Finish Tonight and a note on a war veteran held for county home.
In a bankruptcy case for Frank A. Northrup a witness, attorney W F Guthrie, toppled from a two foot high platform causing laughs in the courtroom. Guthrie testified he held 296 dollars and a deed to a Kansas City Kansas house for Northrup and had acted for some creditors. Judge Pollock said a decision would come later.
The Missouri River erodes the bank above Quindaro water works intake as flood flow shifts from Parkville. The city requests funds to build a revetment to protect the intake. officials say no immediate danger but prepare to drive piles and lay matting. Government revetment upstream has partially failed under the yearly flood stress.
The entertainment committee will lead a parade of more than 100 cars from Chaventon hall at 2 PM. Police will guard major crossings as the route tours the city from Thirteenth Street to Grand Avenue, Twenty second Street, and beyond through Main Ninth Broadway Intercity Viaduct.
The Postal Service now allows stamps to be perforated by buyers with marks not exceeding half a square inch. Perforations must be no larger than one thirty second of an inch and cannot be used for advertising. The plan aims to prevent stamp theft and resale, with the East already receiving perforated stamps through the mail.
Lawrence students from the University of Kansas attempted to drown out John Wallenstrom, the Union depot train caller, by braying college yells and singing. Wallenstrom, trained to a foghorn voice, rose above the noise each time. After about a dozen attempts, the students stopped.
Sergeant Hogan leads the crossing brigade in white duck caps marking the start of summer. Warmth follows a recent cold wave from the Eastern Rockies with clouds and a chance of showers tomorrow. Freezing temps were logged in North Dakota and Montana.
N H Loomis becomes general solicitor for Union Pacific. R W Blair named general attorney for Kansas and Missouri. Henry A Scandritt and Benjamin W Scandritt named assistant attorneys for Kansas and Missouri. Loomis Blair and Scandritt firm now at head of Union Pacific legal department after seven years.
James Brimmingstall, 40, arrested in Dowagiac Michigan on six murder charges. Police say he confessed to two killings and may admit others linked to Kansas Missouri and Dowagiac cases. His wife escaped an alleged seventh murder attempt prompting fresh interrogations.
Governor John Sparks died at his Alamo farm home near Reno this morning at 8 30 oclock of Brights disease. Born in Mississippi in August 1843, he had served as governor since 1902 and will be succeeded by Don S Dickerson, age 34. He was described as a gentleman and an ex Texan.
The Hereford Armour Rose, key to the first Convention hall era, was bought by Sparks in 1899 for 2500 dollars from K B Armour and later sent to his Nevada ranch. The piece notes earlier contest prizes and Kansas City cattle show activity tied to Armour stock and Iris interests. Two killed in a Paris refinery explosion injured dozens and a Kansas City real estate ad closes the clipping.
Fifteen injured in a collision of trolley cars at the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn bridge. Three cars wrecked one telescoped. cause traced to a broken brake rod. Four may be fatally hurt.
Railroad and elevator interests push to ship Nebraska corn to Chacaco before the first of the month. Burlington guarantees 36 hour delivery from Omaha with inspected cargo, aiming for swift public sale and delivery. Elevators controlled by Armour rail lines coordinate rapid loading and transport.
Senate increases ocean mail subsidy from 249000 to 1100000 prompting a sharp House clash. Representative Murdock of Kansas criticizes gag rules and Congress finances railing at railroad miscalculations while denouncing House leadership amid the debate.
Sheriff Smutzer and workers found a human skull at the Gunness farm at 2 30 pm as the garden is opened for further excavation. Jewelry of May O Reilly from Rochester was found, and coroner Mack states the three Gunness children died by felonious homicide with unknown perpetrators.
Leavenworth Kansas May 22 Rev Robert Arthur Elwood pastor of the First Presbyterian church tendered his resignation to the elders this morning. The resignation will be acted upon at a special meeting this afternoon and it is not expected that he will occupy the pulpit again.
No Prohibition party ticket in the August primaries as they failed to reach 1 percent of the last general election vote. With 48,628 total votes, Prohibitionists received 476, short of the 486 needed for party ballot access. They must run on a non partisan ticket.
New York May 22 Wilbur Wright discusses the Manteo North Carolina airship tests where a sand dune collision damaged the craft yet left it repairable for about 50 dollars. He notes flights of 18 24 and 32 miles at 40 mph and complains of relentless reporters. The Wrights plan to return north for business.
A. Roy Knabenschue piloted a gas bag from Collingwood avenue aerodrome with three passengers Earl Hess and Charles Hamilton. The craft rose straight up and flew west circling blocks before returning to the aerodrome doorstep with full control. This trial aims to test the Rennrad balance frame in relation to the gas bag before longer flights to Toledo and Cleveland.
Barrimore May 22 report shows the fifth and sixth ballots for Methodist Episcopal bishops produced no winner. Dr Mason of Cincinnati withdrew, citing a pledge that if elected his duties would focus on his own race. Judge Woodcock proposed renaming the Board of Freedmen's Aid, but the amendment was defeated as opponents argued the name aided negro education.
In Crevelano Ohio May 22 a street car war continued with dynamite damage to at least six cars. A ten passenger car exploded at Euclid avenue and East One Hundred Sixteenth street injuring two. Five other blasts caused injuries but daylight brought no further disorder. An arbitrator trio for the strike was to be completed with Shurtliff as third member and Belner of the carmen union as selection.
Mrs H P Lyman left 2618 West Prospect place at 10 this morning and, after a fifteen minute absence at a neighbor's, found a solitaire diamond ring a diamond and pearl brooch and three dozen silver spoons and knives stolen. The loss was about 300 dollars.
Washington reports a federal petition filed in Boston seeking to block the New York New Haven Hartford line from controlling the Boston and Maine and to disentangle the New Haven from electric trolley systems. The suit cites Sherman Act violations as the railroad gains hundreds of miles of electric lines in Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts and about 35 percent of Boston and Maine stock giving de facto monopoly power.
In Chi cago a Western Unitarian conference banquet at the Palmer house condemns railroad magnate Edward Harriman. Speaker Rev H H Jones questions his standing as an "undesirable citizen" and urges ministers to weigh Harriman's supposed influence. Names of Roosevelt and Unitarian officials are cited.
The Lusitania arrived off Sandy Hook in heavy fog at 2 55 am, completing the voyage from Daunt Rocks in 4 days 20 hours 22 minutes. She beat the Mauretania’s long course record by 3 hours 37 minutes and trails her own short course mark by 1 hour 42 minutes. Average speed reached 24.83 knots, a factor in securing a $50 000 British mail subsidy if both Cunard ships meet 24.50 knots in round trips.
Washington May 22 The House committee on banking and currency voted by a substantial majority to recommend passage of the Aldrich joint resolution creating a currency commission. The measure, already passed by the Senate, would size the commission at eighteen, with amendments to expand rejected to avoid a conference.
A special train carrying about 300 university students collided head on with a second train near Ripley Arkansas. Engineer John Allen of Arkansas City was killed. Several students were seriously injured. The student train telescoped but casualties were limited by quick action. The superintendent’s train engineer failed to see a signal to wait.
The House approved a publicity bill 160 to 125 with Crumpacker amendment to cut Southern representation. Senate fate uncertain. Kansas City hosts a noted medical system led by Drs Thornton and Minor offering a free examination at 1004 Oak Avenue.
The one hundred and twentieth general assembly of the Presbyterian church in Convention hall condemned Sunday secular uses, sports, travel, and funerals. Judge Wallace urged that Christianity is part of American law and that Sunday observance should be enforced without intolerance.
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