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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1909
Page
1
The 1906 Kansas wheat condition is 72.3 percent, down slightly from last year, with an expected yield near 76 million bushels based on last year's figures and average acreage. Corn prospects are said to be the best since 1902, with an 1144 percent rise over last year and an 88 percent condition.
Washington June 22 James Wilson secretary of Agriculture who has longest cabinet tenure will retire December 1 with satisfaction, to be succeeded by Charles Frederick Scutt from Kansas Second District. Scutt sits on the House Appropriations Committee on Agriculture. Wilson, nearly 74, entered the cabinet in McKinley’s first term and aimed to serve longer.
Muntasset II-1a June 22 reports Stee' shen Rice, famed as the fattest man in Long Island at 333 pounds, died from Bright's disease linked to heavy soda intake. He drank six to fourteen bottles daily, died at his Main street home, and removal hurdles required carpenters to widen access before embalming at an undertaker. Rice was 47 years old.
New York June 22 The rebuttal testimony in the Gould estate trial continues with servants and hotel staff detailing Mrs. Katherine Gould's habits and movements. Witnesses from Castle Gould Port Washington and Lynchburg dispute accusations of intoxication and profane language, while others describe meals and hotel stays. The cross examination probes whether Mrs. Gould drank or instructed meals amid conflicting narratives from house staff and guards.
New York writer and defendant in two murder trials Hains Thornton vanishes after heading to sea. He left his daughter Mollie with parents and signed over royalties to his father. Reports place him heading for a ship to leave the country for good, with family fearing he may never be heard from again. The piece also notes unrelated rail traffic and Don Carlos reportedly near death in Venice.
Reading from Ruth shows Boaz and Ruth unfolding a near kinship pledge ending in barley gifts, while a separate Lawrence Kansas report notes an unusually severe electrical storm with heavy rain. The storm flooded lowlands, damaged gardens and wheat, and disrupted streets and homes, prompting warnings and damage assessments.
Fragmentary clippings show notices of death for Mrs John M Hadley and a separate feature on a strength test with vague instructions. Additional items mention Madrid politics, a cerebral paralysis case, and social commentary about women and education. Overall, the readable text is disjointed and lacks cohesive reporting.
Police remain baffled in the Elsie Sigel murder as no new clues emerge. Reports say the Chinaman under arrest is not confirmed as the suspect, with official statements pending a written report.
Still at large in New York and Seattle tones mingle as Chung Sin and Leon Ling face questioning over Elsie Sigel's murder. Reports note forged real estate deals by J E Marcell after prison release, plus bank debts and a suspected string of Chinese suspects tied to the case. Roosevelt expedition members report good health and a lion kill by Theodore Roosevelt and son Kermit.
Washington scenes show North Dakota's McCumber denouncing a 15 percent ad valorem duty on hides as unjust while leather makers allegedly exploit profits built by protection. Attorney General Wickersham briefs a White House tariff draft taxing corporate wet earnings at 7 percent, with a likely 2 percent adjustment and an earnings floor exemption. Senate finance amendments fast track tobacco and related items like saltpetre and zinc-bearing products.
Prof George Burman Foster of the University of Chicago faced a stormy Chicago Baptist ministers conference meeting. After four hours of uproar and hissing debate over his denial of Christ's divinity, a resolution dropped Foster from the conference though he cannot be expelled from the church. The session resembled a political rally as Rev A C Dixon and Rev D D McLorin clashed over membership and procedure.
Joelin L Webster of Omaha and ex Senator W Y Allen filed in federal court a suit seeking a restraining order against Nebraska state banking board. They ask to forbid the board from re enforcing an assessment to guarantee bank deposits. Five banks plead that the act is confiscatory taking property without due process and shifting liabilities.
Farmers wives in Central Indiana organize against big dinners on threshing days. Threshing machine owners faced contracts and edicts, with many declining to provide meals, prompting farmers to form threshing companies to supply their own dinners. The trend aims to end the large threshing dinner practice citywide. A Methodis church chicken dinner advert accompanies local notices and a sale ad for Elkay Straw Hat Cleaner at McCulloch's Drug Store.
Large crowd attends the Epworth League Kansas City district convention at the Methodist church. Dr Sheridan of Kansas City delivers an eloquent address on The Struggle for the Life, praised by listeners. Song service led by Rev Johnson of Winchester. program outlines sessions through June 23 with speakers from New York and Kansas City and titles such as A District Bible Study Campaign and Christian Stewardship.
Mrs Elizabeth Logan Tucker plans to file in Judge Barnes court for a divorce from Colonel Wiley B Tucker on desertion. She expects a final decree along with alimony and about two thousand dollars for legal expenses. The arrangement reportedly aims to settle domestic issues without public exposure.
A royal birth announces the queen’s delivery of a daughter today. The new princess is the king and queen’s third child, following two sons born in May and June 1908 named Pintey Ate fonse and Prince Jaime, with the family expressing joy at a girl.
Vienna reports E I Harriman in good condition today afterward. He will depart this afternoon by motor car with family for Semmering, a mountain resort about fifty miles away. The party avoids conversations with reporters. Palm Tracks. Three of the Best made Mandt Mitchell Bain. Evans Metcalf Co. Men and boys over 15 wanted at the new valley saorning factory.
Providence June 22 Brown University conferred the degree of doctor of letters on Julius Ward Trowe of Boston a renowned humanitarian and author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic President Faunce praised Julia Ward Howe as author philanthropist and ally of educators noting her connection through her husband and her service to the slave and the suffering Remember the late popular priced fiction is at Boyles 726 Massachusetts Avenue.
W Laming president of the Inter urban company sails for Europe aboard the Carmania after a New York stop. He financed the road with 72 million dollars and will personally deliver bends and signings. He will confer with Belgian associates. work on the interurban is said to be progressing well and soon to begin.
J M Hollis night operator at Yolland near Topeka was shot and killed today by Wa Mebfee a Russian farm hand. Febfee fired during a struggle when Hollis tried to seize his shotgun. The killer fled to woods south of town and is surrounded by sheriffs deputies.
Major Hadley a native of North Carolina and longtime Kansas resident died after a career as teacher farmer and military officer. He helped found the Eighth Kansas and Ninth Kansas Cavalry, served as post adjutant at Fort Leavenworth, later became a captain and major. He chaired DeSoto Moor mills and served as state senator in 1877 and 1879. Funeral at Snyder home in Olathe with Masons present. Burial in Olathe. Also notes on Cotton Association meeting at Montes Ark with delegates from cotton states.
Kansas and western Missouri felt heavy rainfall over the last twelve hours with Manhattan at two inches and Kansas City at one inch. The Saline river and its tributaries rose rapidly, flooding Oakley streets as residents reported rising waters. Strong rivers swollen by mountain snow and heat caused widespread flooding along multiple outlets.
Dr C W Eliot Harvard university president announces a partial list for a five foot shelf library aimed at general education. The proposed works include Thomson and Fletcher The Maids Tragedy Webster Duchess of Malfi Middleton Changeling Dryden An Essay of Love Shelley Cecil Browning Blot on the Scutcheon Tennyson Faust Marlowe Faustus Adams Smith Wealth of Nations and Cicero letters among others.
Henry Parsons was arrested in Leavenworth in connection with a land deal and alleged gambling and liquor reports. He was arraigned and faced trial on June 30. Owens claims Parsons defrauded him of $459 in the California Mining stock matter. A mortgage on the property was alleged due.
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