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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
2
A collage of quips from The Atchison Globe and others notes a Pennsylvania judge favoring women, jokes about husbands delaying wrinkles, a York dentist charging for fillings, and rising silver prices making spoons costlier. The Russo Japanese war price tag on China is cited with a wry tone about gate receipts and progress.
A humorous cantankerous column notes about 240 million shoes yearly and questions fashion trends and gender roles. It mocks church influence on women, jokes about hats, wives traveling with husbands, a New Jersey farm for the unemployed, and a tangled take on Islamist politics.
A woman secures a divorce from her husband for refusing to speak to her. In Indiana a man gains his liberty as his wife stayed silent. The matrimonial balance is noted in a brief humorous item.
A Frankfurt consul reports a mixture of copper sulfate and water applied with cotton to the nose as a cure for colds. He claims it harvests secretions and cures the cold after several applications.
The motion for a new trial in the Taggart divorce was heard Tuesday morning. Capt. Taggart and Mrs. Taggart were absent. Representation included Wert e and Sterling for Capt. Taggart while Taylor McClarren Jones and Critchfield appeared for Mrs. Taggart. It was learned that 80.6s of funds bequeathed by her foster parents to Mrs. Taggart are held by Prist Co of Chicago amid John R. Walsh related financial troubles.
A New York organization formed to buy the Theodore Roosevelt birthplace at 20 East Twentieth Street has completed the purchase and taken possession. The group plans to restore the house to its original condition with authentic furniture and fittings as available.
Santa Fe train No. 17 wrecked at Badger Creek Bridge five miles west of Reading Kansas at 3 o clock Tuesday morning. The tender left the track causing derailment of baggage express cars and first two coaches. One express car overturned and caught fire. one messenger killed. engineer and two other messengers seriously injured, latter fatally. No passengers harmed.
In Lange Kansas a Santa Fe train wreck caused loss of currency, jewelry, and precious stones. An express car carried funds from the National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City to local bankers totaling around nine thousand dollars in currency plus gold and jewelry valued up to fifty thousand dollars. Many packages held Christmas presents.
In San Francisco Philadelphia Jack O'Brien defeated Rob Fitzsimmons by knockout just before the fourteenth round. Fitzsimmons suffered a bloody nose and lip cuts as he fought in front of thousands, finally collapsing and losing as the referee signaled O'Brien the winner.
Istanbul dispatch to the Evening Standard says the Turkish Consul in Baroum reports Armenians are massacring Tartars at the rate of one daily.
Warsaw reports martial law proclaimed across Poland as a measure to stop a general strike in the city and in solidarity with the broader strike wave sweeping Russia.
In Beaumont Texas the negro district witnessed a fatal sequence. Motorman Bryan Merritt and deputy constable Elisha Perit were shot dead. Henry Powell, 13, was killed by Deputy Sheriff Reid Tevis.
Kingman Kansas reports Rosa Null found not guilty in the murder trial of her husband Harvey Nett, a case tied to an August incident as jurors delivered the verdict.
In Orlando Florida a Seaboard Air Line passenger and freight train collided head on near Plymouth. Engineer Lambert fireman John Lusader and Fireman William James were killed. Four others injured. investigators say orders were misread or misunderstood.
L. H. Pinstad of Los Angeles, tied to a Diaz Mexico incident where two Americans were killed and one wounded, has been arrested by Mexican authorities.
Oak Grove plans a Christmas Day wolf drive with fifteen captains, each rallying at least 20 men for a six square mile hunting zone in Jackson and Lafayette counties. A large meadow two miles north of Oak Grove will host the roundup as hunters organize noise and pursuit.
W H Wallace of Kansas City was the orator at Excelsior Springs second annual Bil Club banquet at Hotel Castle Rock. The group, whose members all bear Bills, counts Senators Stone and Warner as honorary members with Miss Bill Metheny and others among its ranks.
A general strike began in Moscow at noon with all street railways shut and factories idle. An incoming Kursk line train was fired on by strikers wounding the engineer and passengers. Authorities fear wider revolt as belt provinces deteriorate and Tartar tensions rise.
Walter Scott, the Death Valley miner famed for a continent crossing record, is reported missing and believed dead near his secret mine in the Funeral Mountains. Rumors say two enemies may be involved, with Kel King offering a reward for Scott’s body and brother Wil Scott hiding a clue.
Abraham Hose, a prominent New York lawyer, was recently convicted of conspiracy in the Dolce Morse divorce case. Hummel, long known in legal circles and theater circles, faces a prison term and a $500 fine.
Jefferson Cull Mo The board of prison inspectors plans an order banning employment of square men in penitentiary shops except as superintendents and foremen The rule affects about 200 workers plus convicts It may start January 1 and aims to improve discipline and curb contraband including whisky and opium A recent case saw a square shot cutter jailed for thirty days for bringing whisky to a convict
Charles B. Eames, vice president of the Credit Clearing House and collector of old weapons, was killed by a bullet from an antique rifle while alone at his Sundas home. He had bought old firearms. the rifle may have fired while he cleaned the stock near the furnace.
Warrensburg reports that physicians from seven Missouri counties will appear before the State Health Board in Kansas City starting December 18 for four days. They are charged with converting certificates into shop licenses and include Holt, Harrison, Howard, Bollinger, Stoddard, plus the city of St. Louis and Jackson counties with Kansas City.
The Missouri State Poultry Association wrapped up its most successful show with elections at the courthouse. Officers include A. P. Thompson president, Wiliam Jones first vice president, A. Robingon second vice president, T. Ke Quisenberry treasurer, plus an executive committee and judges for next year.
Washington reports a brief House session before holiday adjournment to January 4 with two speeches on cotton crop estimates. Burleson and Lovering argue over bale weight and ginner reports while the Senate adjourns after confirming Gearin as Oregon’s Democrat. President nominates Gottschalk and Dillingham as consul generals.
Police pursue four burglars who blew open the Baldwin bank safe 45 miles southeast of St Louis. A gunfight with residents followed the explosion of nitrogly cerine charges as burglars fled by rubber-tired bus. Cashier Preston was wounded, bullets exchanged as burglars defended their actions. Bloodhounds were put on the trail as volunteers prepare for further fighting.
Mrs Barry Blind in Girard Kan was subjected to ammonia to subdue her after a barricaded room standoff that lasted four days. The incident left her blind in one eye and at risk for the other. She was treated at Dr John Panton sanitarium with no expected improvement.
John Alexander Dowie arrived in Boston in a private car with son Gladstone Dowie a trained nurse and two attendants. They boarded the steamer Admiral Dewey bound for Jamaica as Dowie seeks a Caribbean cruise to regain his health. Dowie was moved by carriage to the vessel due to track conditions amid a crowd at the pier.
Grant Beal editor of the Laddonia Herald died at his home in Laddonia after over a year of illness. He had been bedridden and passes away leaving a lasting local imprint as a longtime newspaper figure.
Benjamin Ewens a prominent Centralia farmer married Mildred Britten a Rock Island Illinois widow after a short acquaintance. They met via a marriage bureau and were wed by Judge J H Crews at the depot after her arrival on the Chicago and Alton Railroad.
Sedalia Missouri figures show Pettis County assessed valuation totaling 12 145 510 excluding railroad mileage and telecom properties. The overall assessment rises by 676 175 from 1904 with personal property totaling 2 521 070 including horses 286 615 mules 118 270 cattle 516 550 hogs 84 610 money notes and bonds 691 285 and other personal property 756 840.
The new $56,000 Christian Church in Mexico Missouri was dedicated Sunday with many prominent ministers from this and other states participating. The church is described as one of the handsomest houses of worship in the state.
Eastbound passenger No. 2 on the Frisco wrecked at Rolla due to spread rails at a switch. Engine mail baggage and express cars derailed and the wreck delayed the train five hours.
Spokane report states the North Coast Limited Express No 1 westbound on the Northern Pacific was held up fifteen miles west of North Yakima at 7 o clock sundry by two masked men. They forced the engineer to stop and opened the express car plus safes, taking unknown plunder and fleeing. Local safes contents not yet known.
Marshall Missouri sheriff departed with Charles G Patterson former editor of the Democratic News for the penitentiary Patterson will serve two years for shooting Senator Martin on Decoration Day in the public square. He was convicted by a Criminal Court jury last month and judge Rich denied a new trial motion. No appeal was filed.
Armed guards and patrols man Shanghai streets as looting fears rise. The US cruiser Baltimore will land a force Tuesday and the British cruiser Diadem also sends men ashore. Reports say German troops are approaching from Kia Chau while Chinese newspapers note rowdies plan to exploit the mixed court dispute to strike at the foreign settlement.
Six men die and about twenty more are injured in a dynamite blast at a Fifth Avenue excavation opposite the Waldorf Astoria. Workers had redrilled a partially drilled hole where sticks of dynamite were left. Eighty men worked nearby. the blast left nine or ten workers amid the rubble. A mother-to-be was later found on a streetcar in Louisville after abandoning her newborn on Fifth and Main Street.
Columbia reports the Finance Committee of the Historical Society of Missouri in session decided to hold its annual meeting in Columbia during the third week of January. Governor Joseph W. Falk has been invited to deliver the annual address. The historical address will be by Professor R. M. Bourn of Harvard. Papers will be read by various distinguished Missourians.
The Reverend Mr. Garvin of Warrensburg aided the Cumberland Presbyterian Church protracted meeting in Marshall for ten days. Garvin returned home after attending. the meeting concluded Sunday night.
Annapolis reports Midshipman Kim Brough and Midshipman Cooper, both involved in recent hazing and a paralysis incident, are expected to leave Naval Academy Hospital this week and be called before the Board of Investigation now in session.
The marriage of Infanta Maria Teresa second sister of King Alfonso to Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria is set for January 12. Madrid's municipality will participate in the extensive festivities planned in honor of the wedding.
James Hazen Hyde refutes an abroad trip claim to Hue stating the report is absolutely untrue. The correction appears in a New York report addressing public concern about his travel plans.
Rolla Missouri cashier BE French of the National Bank of Rolla was advised by Congressman A P Murphy that he had been appointed National Bank Examiner by Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely.
A large blaze engulfed major business blocks in Dallas killing the contents and sparing little insurance. The fire originated from a coal oil stove explosion and destroyed a weekly newspaper and the First National Bank among others, with an estimated loss near eighty thousand dollars.
Kansas City attorney Thomas K. Skinner representing J. B. Townsend and other holders of St. Clair County bonds obtained a default renewal of judgments in the U S Circuit Court for 197 571 89 dollars. Eighty thousand dollars bear 9 per cent interest while the remainder bears 10 per cent annually. Rolla resident J B Coon, a farmer seven miles southeast of Rolla, died in a house fire.
Ladow of the Department of Justice accepts responsibility for retaining Barrett at Jefferson City, outlining the action taken and its administrative implications.
In Hopkinsville Kentucky M D Young of Webster County returns from a hunting trip and places a firearm. His four year old son Harvey handles the weapon and it discharges, fatally injuring his younger brother Louis.
Fire caused losses totaling 119000 dollars at a five story manufacturing building on 1046 Lake Street in Chicago. Lang Owen & Co. fire crews fought the blaze and restored some stability to the damaged structure.
Washington reports Shanghai is normal with about 1500 sailors marines and volunteers patrolling the streets. The Viceroy has returned and observers expect the mixed court to reopen on Saturday.
Hillsboro Texas reports the death of Tom Bell longtime county sheriff and respected criminal detective. He served as special detective for the Frisco Railroad with headquarters at Amarillo and was active in the State Sheriffs' Association and political circles.
Early Friday a safe-blowing gang forced entry into the Corinth Deposit Bank with a jimmy and nitro glycerin, escaping with 2500 dollars. The explosive wrecked the safe. the bank reportedly carried 3000 dollars in burglary insurance. The muffled blast delayed discovery until officers arrived.
Philadelphia report states eighteen passengers were injured when an express train struck the Adams Express Co shed at Broad Street Station Friday morning. The accident details and exact cause were not immediately available.
John R. Walsh resigns as president of Bedford National Bank and Thomas J. Brooks becomes president after an audit found affairs satisfactory. Walsh owns 60 percent of the bank’s stock.
The Standard’s Kobe correspondent reports Marquis Ito has accepted an appointment as resident general in Ki. This marks a significant diplomatic shift as Japan extends its administrative leadership in the region.
Colonel George W. Johnson a longtime political figure died aged 65 after paralysis. He served 21 years as chief clerk of the United States scare and held various state offices. Henry Harland Dies Abroad The Cardinal's Snuffbox author Henry Harland died in Italy, cablegram reports. Bank Robbers Are Captured in Wausau Two farmers confessed to robbing Colby State Bank. police recovered all money and they gave no resistance. Telegraph lines cut and Moscow contact disrupted in St. Petersburg.
Reports from Washington describe a congressman accusing Annapolis officials of winking at hazing. Other news notes include the next G A R encampment set for Minneapolis on Aug 13, charity appeals, and various international developments from Russia to Hawaii.
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