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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
1
Local notices show The Fairfax Rooms and Restaurant at 708 Massachusetts Street with physician J Blair and Dr John Rudolph practicing nearby. Various ads promote lodging at The New Santa Fe Hotel and services from Opera House Livery, Donnelly Bros Livery, and real estate by W. M. Sinclair with abstracts by Banks & Son and title insurance offerings.
Gustafson receives a contract to repair the clock in the Lawrence post office. The clock tracks arrival and departure for each employee and is described as a somewhat complicated mechanism. The contractor previously representatives for Kaw Valley company and was hired after a recent visit.
Weather and flood woes sweep across the region as the Ottawa and Aughize rivers overflow in the city. Families retreat to second stories while wheat and oil fields in the west suffer flooding and railroad traffic slows significantly.
Last night at the opera house a new university drama group staged The Little Minister with strong crowd approval. Edward Us. Coughlin led as the title role, supported by Georgia Hrows directing and a capable cast that included Miss Clark Fern Kere Sibyl Betts Greta Moore Robert Coughlin Maurice Allendoerfer and several others.
Douglas county Democrats held a meeting at Everett Hall with a large crowd. WS. Everett chaired the event and T J Sweeney acted as jolaey. Delegates chosen include W A Harris Jacob I J Sweeney S D Bishop Hutson E B Amedon Henry John Norton John Hoover A Krause W Alter W L Reese William Banning P Miller J S Topping and L Warner. They were instructed to support IW J Brean for president and W A J Harris for U S senator.
PURELY PERSONAL notes list many residents and visitors in Topeka Kansas City Wichita Lawrence and surrounding areas. The items name Miss Edith Laming Miss Amelia Fincke and others visiting relatives or spending Sunday in various cities. trips to Carthage Wathena Chicago and Kansas City. confirmations of returns from trips. and social engagements including theater and funerals.
February 15 proceedings in the Tennyson case feature the state offering statements by George Tennyson to officers after his arrest in Minneapolis. Defenses object to introducing evidence about Tennyson’s actions at that time. Marshall County Sheriff and Ottawa County Sheriff McCulloch testified that no threats were made to secure any statements from Tennyson at Marysville.
Harrasbere reports chemical tests on three ore lots from the celebrated Culebra route in the Panama canal show each contains a metal gold silver or copper. Officials believe returns from the detailed results will benefit the United States government.
Judge A W Dana in Topeka Kans district court finds L M Crawford theatrical manager guilty of enforcing Sunday work by ticket sellers scenery shifters and other staff. Crawford plans to appeal to the supreme court.
Washington Feb 15 The house committee on military affairs agreed to report the army appropriation bill with an amendment raising enlisted pay across grades. The bill totals 85 253 068 dollars, 847 081 less than prior estimates, aiming to place army service on a basis comparable with the navy.
Washington reports the commissary general orders Kansas wheat for shipment to the Philippines citing superior results when blended with California flour. Australian flour contracts to the island end. In New Castle Pennsylvania a former alderman named Williams killed himself amid extortion charges and financial worries. In Washington Arkansas Representative Macon opposes salary increases for interior department assistants and blocks related funds.
London reports on February 15 deny credence to Vienna rumors that the Shah of Persia has been assassinated. An unrelated local item notes advanced pupils of Wiedemann Cooke and Righter will present a recital at downtown Stug Wednesday evening.
Syracuse reports the New York to Paris race began with the American car registering at 8 47 after a seven minute wait. The French car driven by St Craffray followed at 9 20 and the Italian car at 9 55.
Closing arguments in Richard Snell vs Col Thomas Snell over the will are heard as the case nears a jury decision. Also a local sale adv offers a fine Jersey cow. poultry and Leghorn stock for sale. and a commission sales position in Topeka with Grand Union Tea Co seeking hustlers.
Jerry Simmons crashed in the 2600 block of Massachusetts street with minor damage as one axle split. Marcell in Pardoned from Leavenworth reports and notes repair tips while referencing a 1908 Gillette Blade ad and local drug store listings.
Miss Theodore Shonts daughter of Theodore P. Shonts wed Manuel K. Theodore Ber nard D. Albert De Luynes Duc De Chaulnes of Paris at the Shonts residence. Monsignor Lavelle officiated with Duchess D Uses and Prince Andre Galitzine among guests. Marguerite Shonts attended as bridesmaid as the ceremony featured American beauty roses and lilies of the valley.
Michael Dewala, a 14 year old boarder from Mackinaw Avenue, is charged with deliberate cruelty that caused the death of three year old Joseph Devenick. Police say after a quarrel with Mrs. Devenick he held the boy between his knees and poured scalding water from a teakettle over his head and back.
Streams along the Kentucky rivers rise rapidly with great damage feared by lumber groups on the Kentucky Red Cumberland Licking and Big Sandy rivers. River men brace log booms as thousands of logs sweep downstream threatening several lowland towns and delaying rail and interurban traffic out of the city.
Matthews O'Brien and Rev J E Abbott testified before the senate judiciary committee in support of a bill prohibiting liquor shipments to states that ban intoxicants. National Woman's Christian Temperance Union officials were present.
The Pearl River overflows its banks in Hattiesburg with three feet above danger line forecast by the weather bureau. Residents of lowlands move out as railroad and telegraph lines are down from yesterday's storm.
Cleveland February 15 Congress man Theodore E Burton was unanimously renominated by Republicans of the Twenty first district. National delegates were instructed to support Taft for president. Leave your periodical subscriptions with Smiths News Depot.
Heavy rains push the Allegheny and Monongahela beyond banks as Pittsburg and nearby towns brace for flood. Many residents flee homes while mills suspend operations and rail service may halt due to rising waters. Skiffs appear in towns like Sharpsburg and Charleroi as bridges threaten to fail.
Indianas flood scene shifts as northern and central Indiana endure snow and wind while the south faces rising rivers, washed out bridges, and lowland buildings submerged. Bloomington reports its worst flood since 1888 as the Monon Railroad loses two bridges near Salem and part of a track is washed away. Snow begins to fall by midday.
Buffalo New York February 15 water from Buffalo and Niagara Creek creeks overflowed in southern and northern sections. Streets flooded to two to three feet. Many cellars inundated and furnace fires extinguished. Property damage runs into thousands of dollars.
Buck Creek rose above its 1898 level inundating over a hundred houses in Springfield Ohio. No lives lost but boats ferried residents from submerged homes all night. Suburban traction lines and power plants are out. cars idle as lines stay flooded.
New York Feb 15 The submarines Cuttlefish Viper and Tar Satula started a long cruise to Hampton Roads the longest ever by their class Gustafson secured the repair contract for their time recording clock officials report
Wheat receipts total 41 cars with May at 90 3 4c and July Stipe. No. 2 hard 14 WSYoe, No. 2 red 98 to 1.00. Rye 74 to 76e. Hay Timothy 11 4 12. Auction notes include a 99 acre Jefferson County farm and a new house with possession March 1. Butter Creamery prices 23e.
Sidney W. Griggs reports the death of General Henry Carroll on February 14 1908 at Colorado Springs. Carroll served from 1859 through the Civil War Indian campaigns and the Spanish American War rising to Brigadier General before retiring in 1903. He endured multiple wounds including a Mauser bullet in Cuba and hoped to return to Lawrence to live.
Herbert Jordan aged 36 private secretary to ex Governor Bailey was shot and killed on Main Street Seneca Kansas last night. A well dressed stranger bought a revolver before the murder and vanished after witnesses saw a man run around a corner. Police describe strong suspicion against the stranger and seek his identification. The act appears premeditated as Jordan had no known enemies.
Chicago Feb 15 the seventh trial of saloon keepers for alleged Sunday closing law violations ended with a six to six vote. This marks the fifth disagreement in these trials as juries fail to reach verdicts. B Ray now runs Union Pacific stock yards offering shipping via the yards and scales at Kansan City prices. Phone 566. The Die strict School at Congregational Church Tuesday evening offers a menu of vanilla chocolate bisque apricot Wiedemann's ice creams.
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