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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
7
After ten hours the Sapp jury showed no sign of agreement. Judge Foust ordered twelve cots in the jury room for rest as the panel stayed under sheriff custody until morning. S. F. Whitlow, defendant, feared a hung jury and called it the worst calamity beside an unlikely guilty verdict given the evidence.
Two high ranking Mexican officials, Mel Calero president of the Mexican Senate and Maria Molina mayor of Vera Cruz, will visit Kansas City as they travel to attend the Republican national convention in Chicago, according to Jose V. Dosal the Mexican consul here.
The Civic League issues its annual report focusing on Missouri legislature and announces it will publish a statement on county candidates seeking nominations in the primary. It cites a special election ruling and notes a campaign to gather accurate sources of information for voters. The group aims to inform voters as a large primary approaches.
Ex bandit Cole Younger told Newton Kansas on May 30 that he did not petition the state board of pardons to lift parole restrictions. He said friends may have handled the matter without his knowledge and that his involvement with a carnival company is not related to his parole.
Decoration Day prompted flags to fly at half mast though not all did. An order after the Civil War required half mast on Decoration Day. Independence county courthouse and banks closed and mail delivery was limited. The Gun club held an event in Independence.
May fines total 103 from police court collections including prison labor at fifty cents a day. Fraternal Union of America holds service Sunday June 7 at 3 pm in Institutional church. Five lodges in the two Kansas Citys with 609 members. A street collision on Kansas Avenue last night involved driver H. E. with injuries to shoulder blade. Drugstore items 5¢.
The mayor plans to submit the nomination for a general food inspector for confirmation at a council special meeting tonight. The regular monthly session follows on Monday night as prescribed by the charter.
J A Cable argues for a commission government to curb ward corruption, ensure businesslike city management, require bonds against neglect, empower voters to veto franchises, and create accountable auditing and budgeting. He contrasts it with ward systems and calls for citizen oversight and swift public works enforcement.
A Wells Fargo wagon guarded by Sergeant Hogan and police delivered 24 million in cash from the old to the new National Bank of Commerce vault in a meticulous transfer. The new room, second largest in the country, features marble walls, a clock before the vault, and a wide money corridor with steel cages. Bank officials Ridgely Moore and Meade return from the bankers convention as the institution opens Monday in the larger building.
A long list of Sunday religious services across multiple denominations. Calvary Baptist at Ninth and Harrison features Dr McC preaching morning and evening. First Baptist at Benjamin Otto, Sunday school 9:30, service 11, 7:45, with 6:45 Christian Endeavor. other churches include Christian, Forest Avenue. First Christian with morning sermon by Rev W F Richardson and evening choir. Ivanhoe Park Church with Rev J T Ferguson. Linwood Boulevard Christian with Dr Burris Agg ope and Dr T B Haley. Independence Boulevard Christian with Georges Hagilton Combs. Christian Science services at First Church Ninth and Forest 11 and 2. Second Church List and Troost 11 and 2. Third Church Westport 11. First Church Kansas City Kas 11. various reading rooms and notices. Episcopal Trinity, Grace Episcopal, and other denominations listed with service times and ministers.
The page lists Methodist and Presbyterian services across Kansas City area churches with times for morning worship at 11 and 7:30, Sunday school, prayer meetings, and evening concerts. It notes ministers and church locations, plus independent spiritualist and Theosophical events.
Morning service at 11 led by Rev. B. F. Fullerton D D moderator of the general assembly. Evening worship at 8 conducted by Dr. McKibben of Lane Theological Seminary with Prof. Leib's vocal club singing.
Washington May 30. Representative George F. Huff of the Twenty second district is critically ill at his residence. The nature of his illness is not known.
The Rev. J. I. Orrison sells his eight apartment building at 417 to 421 Olive street to Joseph Knoerle of West Plains for 35 000. Part of the consideration is a 24 000 farm in Howell County Missouri, with the Arlington building Waller Holtz Realty handling the transaction.
Beef cattle advanced 26 to 36 cents while hogs fell as heavy rains and floods disrupted grass fat cattle movement in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. Prices varied with regional receipts, cattle averaging 4.25 to 5.80 per cwt and veal calves 4 to 6.75, while hogs slid to 5.25 to 6.45 with ongoing volume across Kansas City Chicago and five Western markets.
Markets were closed on Memorial Day with no curb trading or cash grain sales. Liverpool July wheat steady while September and December wheat showed declines as Kansas reports favorable weather and crop progress. U S corn exports this week totaled 234000 bushels, wheat and flour exports 2900000 bushels.
Trade in the city market was active with robust demand for green vegetables and fruits from farmers. Strawberries sold out by 9 o clock with homegrown crates at 3.00 to 3.60 and shipped in berries at 2.00 to 2.50. Cherries and gooseberries were plentiful. cherries at 3.50 per crate and gooseberries at 2.25. Commission men reported strong trade in butter, eggs, and poultry.
The world's visible supply of cotton, as reported by Secretary Hester of the cotton exchange, stood at 48,258,427 bales. This reflects a weekly decrease of 108,807 bales from the prior period, with the year ago total at 4,181,085 bales and a weekly drop of 218,638 bales.
The Lightbearers' club plans a camping trip on Indian Creek to escape summer heat in Kansas City. They are selling ice cream social tickets at ten cents each at their hall on Eighteenth Street and College Avenue next Tuesday night. Sellers earning fifteen tickets win one week of camp board. twenty-five tickets earn two weeks.
In a May 30 Supreme Court opinion Judge Graves rules that public cemeteries stay in public hands as long as they are maintained as burial grounds. The Grundy county case involved Nathan R. Tracy seeking to stop Walter Bittle from desecrating the site. Title does not revert to the original owner until all bodies are removed and the land is abandoned.
An express on the Susquehanna Railroad bound for Jersey City derailed after striking an open switch in the yards. Several passengers were injured though none feared seriously. Both engines were wrecked in the collision at Mipptetown, N. May 30.
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