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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
6
The Malvern Leader prints official Board of Supervisors proceedings for Mills County. Subscriptions are stated with annual, semiannual, and quarterly terms, and payments required in advance for papers mailed outside the county.
Interstate Commerce Commission tentatively approves fixed charges for upper berths at 80 percent of lower berths. Effective across the U S January 20 1911. Loftus case findings mean reduced long distance rates on lower and all upper berths with net annual savings near 1 5 million. Lower berths set at about 2 dollars per twelve hour run. upper berths 20 percent cheaper than lower. Elgin butter board members elect directors to influence next year quotations with Chicago commission men and Wisconsin delegates seeking two seats.
New Orleans reports the former gunboat Hornet cleared for Cape Gracias with twenty crew, coal, and provisions for thirty days. Mentions links to filibustering expeditions against Honduras and denials by Manuel Bonilla and General Lee Christmas. Also notes a separate Pittsburg death by blaze from a celluloid comb.
Official report from Postmaster General Hitchcock notes General Navarro's forces defeated the revolutionists at Padernales, Mex. Postal savings banks will accept deposits starting January 3. A six year old mail thief was caught in Monaca New York with mail from two boxes. Marine Private Charles Carroll died in Port Royal South Carolina when town lockup and hose house burned. The Second International Congress on Child Welfare meets Washington April 25 to May 2 1911 under National Congress of Mothers. A weeklong truce between Chinatown Tongs in New York was posted in the quarter's bulletin board. Hope for permanent peace.
A huge blast at the new all-story power station of the New York Central railroad on Fiftieth Street and Lexington Avenue killed thirteen people and injured fifty others. A trolley car with high school pupils was blown from the tracks, four passengers died, and hundreds of windows shattered across nearby hotels and homes. The blast lifted the trolley and crashed it onto an automobile. a fire, damaged offices, and wrecked interiors followed. Officials estimated property damage at over $500,000 while fire crews and clergy rushed to aid the wounded.
Edward Douglas White was installed as the ninth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. The simple ceremony occurred in the small courtroom with the bench and a distinguished gathering present. Associate Justice Fartin administered the oath of allegiance before the court.
Four prisoners fled Lima County Jail following a deadly assault on Sheriff Van Gordon. The sheriff’s unconscious father stood over him as the sixteen year old son of the sheriff held the remaining convicts at bay with an empty rifle until aid arrived. William Lave is dead with his head torn open. George Broadnax, charged with the shooting, is at large. A large dagger remained on the floor near the Broadax home, where the weapon was driven by the force of the strike as the victim fell. The tragedy reverberates through the community as authorities search for suspects.
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