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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
2
A chaotic column of snippets covers divorce cases, stock news, and public affairs from New York and Philadelphia. It references a variety of figures including Gordon Bennett, Charles M. Schwab, and King Leopold, mixed with humorous asides about fashion, gambling, and scandals. The piece reads like a late 19th century irregulars column with disjointed musings on society, crime, science, and politics.
Deputy Sheriff Ezra Marquiss confronted fugitives Franklin and Daly at the jail door at 1 a m as they attempted to escape after being brought in from Joplin. they broke free, fired, and fled along with a segment of handcuffs. Franklin and Daly were serving long terms while Butler faced trial for Policeman Brice’s murder.
Missouri Attorney General Hadley travels by train to Jefferson City after a New York stop. He stays briefly at the station, says dispatches cover the case, and notes gratitude to New York officials. He hints at questioning a Missouri link and awaits judge Gildersleeve’s decision on materiality of Rogers questions.
Paris reports M. Fallieres defeated Doumer by 449 to 371 on the first ballot for the presidency. Other candidates included M. Loubet, M. Lorrien, and Leon Bourgeois. The National Assembly, about 360 present in Versailles, required 430 votes to elect. Members voted in alphabetical order.
Demonstrations in Hamburg against a proposed election law grew violent with a barricade near the fish market. Police faced firm resistance until midnight as motors dispersed the crowd and fired weapons, wounding about twenty officers, one later dying.
Canon City Colo Miss Cora Peabody daughter of ex Governor James Peabody is as well today as she has been for months though previously ill Mrs Peabody was slightly indisposed Thursday The Peabodys deny sensational poisoning reports stating the illness is from ptomaine poisoning as declared by family physician Dr F G Carrier
Governor Folk issues proclamation offering two hundred dollars reward for the arrest and delivery of John H. Fulkerson to the Johnson County sheriff. The reward runs for one year. Alleged bribery connected to the Hyatt brothers murder trial in Johnson County around June 16, 1905.
Cable dispatch from Buenos Ayres reports the bark Octavia wrecked off the coast of Buenos Ayres province between Puerto Medanos and a nearby landmark. The fate of the U. S. Vice Consul aboard remains unclear.
A cable from Puerto Pieta to Independencea reports contact with the U S cruiser Paducah. General Sanchez has surrendered at Monte Christi under terms to Caceres forces. Doctor Nichols is convicted in Springfield Illinois of attempting mall fraud against Mrs Suean Day and is acquitted of a separate charge involving Mrs Barclay. Mrs Marshall Field will not share in her husband’s estate after accepting 2 million dollars to waive dower rights at marriage.
Constable B F Fox arrested BM Davis on two county charges near Mexico Missouri at midnight in a Boone County woods cabin where he had lived with his wife for some time. President Harper of Chicago University left his estate consisting only of insurance policies to his wife. A proposed national benefit entertainment plan faced hearty approval. Portal card details unclear.
Workmen digging for Springfield Missouri’s new YMCA building on Seventh Street uncovered an ancient corduroy road built over a creek or swamp, 12 feet below the surface. Walnut logs and a brass Indian stirrup fragment were found. locals lack knowledge of the road’s age or origin.
Corydon Indiana Miss Lizzie McCart 20 daughter of Mr and Mrs Jobs McCart living eight miles northwest attempted death by drinking carbolic acid. She was found in the barn loft and not expected to recover. Her younger sister tried to take the remaining acid claiming to want to die like her sister.
Sam Marlatt was shot fatally wounded by George Culberts at 2 p m Sunday during a long standing feud. Marlatt says he will recover and settle the dispute. Marlatt has lived in Reed Springs all his life and is about 52. Circuit Attorney Sager of St Louis will present evidence on police graft division to the Grand Jury this week.
Doctor Isidor Losc, professor of political science and public law at Missouri University, presents 194 dissertations on the legal rights of married women to the university library, described as the most valuable Western collection on the subject. A separate Pike County suit seeks $20,000 for alienation of affections involving Maude Bibb and John Williams. Fire hits Advance Missouri business district with $33,020 in building losses.
Jefferson City reports the Aftermath annual shows Missouri’s public schools progressing swiftly. The 1905 totals exceed 1898 figures across school funds, buildings, rooms, and teacher salaries, with increases of 60 to 141 percent. Teacher counts rose to 17,385 from 15,269. Per child spending and average salaries also climbed nationwide.
In St Louis Circuit Attorney Sager’s view police and panel workers divided a robber girl’s loot with the resort keeper. Victims, many married men, were discouraged from complaint due to scandal. Sager plans Grand Jury evidence showing police graft and revenue flows from the Bad Lands. Witnesses will describe how distribution occurred and who benefited.
William Page on trial at Memphis for the killing of Ed M. Kelly there on the evening of March 16 1905 was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. The jury was out nine hours.
Jefferson City Mo Governor Folk will address the Merchants Association of Boston on January 20. He will discuss representative government in his prepared remarks.
A mass meeting was held to promote the Central Electric Railway from Miami to Bedalie via Marshall. Farmers along the route supported early construction and the company aims to complete the line within one year.
In Houston Missouri the revival at the M E Church South closed last week after 180 conversions were recorded. The service was led by Reverend Louis and pastor Springfeld, with connections to urban outreach efforts.
Washington reports a flare of Franco American tension as France contemplates a possible blockade or customs action in response to perceived insults to M. Talgny. Three French warships near the coast and more en route were not delivered due to a strict inquiry into missing dispatches.
Mrs Elizabeth Holmes of New York was taken into police custody in Washington after writing letters to President Roosevelt and foreign leaders. Confined in the House of Detention and her sanity questioned, she was turned over to her husband and returned to New York. Detectives arrested her at her cousin's home on 75 8 Street Northwest after a letter led them to the scene. She believed the detectives were Congressmen and offered no resistance. She sought to avert a war the United States faced.
Millionaire merchant Marshall Field died after a prolonged battle with illness. Present at his death were Mrs. Marshall Field, Marshall Field Jr, Augnot N Eddy, Catherine Eddy, Henry Djibhiee, John Lincoln, and Mrs. Preston Gil. Born in Conway Massachusetts in 1855, Field rose from a clerkship to become one of the era’s wealthiest men, shaping Chicago’s dry goods trade. He started in Pittsfield and moved to Chicago in 1860s to work with Cooley Wadeworth & Co before building his own empire.
The article outlines Marshall Field's business rules emphasizing cash basis operations. He never gave a note or bought stock on margin or for speculation, never borrowed, and maintained mortgages or liens on properties, with all work conducted on cash.
An Associated Press dispatch from St. Petersburg says William English Walling has not been arrested in that city for revolutionary felon y. The report originated with Abraham Cohan, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, and was accepted as correct prior to AP verification.
Cleveland report notes the bankers committee assessing Denison, Prior & Co. affairs, with total forged bonds and errors valued at 3,000,000 dollars. Forgeries linked to Leland W. Prior amount to 1,000,000 dollars, including Canton water bonds 300,000, South Sharon sewer bonds 200,000, and Alpena water and light bonds 500,000.
New York reports actress Viola Allen became the wife of horse owner Peter Duryea last August. The couple married August 16 in Louisville Kentucky, with friends saying the ceremony was kept secret due to Miss Allen's professional engagements.
H M Snyder of Kansas City receives telegram from Portland that his son Carey Snyder was killed by men tied to a Forest Grove bank robbery. Suspects Pinkie Bills and George Perry, both known in Kansas City, are reported by Forest Grove and Portland authorities. R M Snyder doubts death, plans to go to Portland to investigate, believes his son fled to avoid cattle shooting charges in Oregon.
Jefferson City Mo under Circuit Judge McElhinney in St Louis County heard closing arguments in the Lewis Bank receivership. Judge Shepard Barclay for the bank and Attorney General Hadley for the state spoke. Hadley’s remark about Lewis in life insurance drew laughter. the matter was taken under advisement.
Governor Vardaman faces legislative inquiry over whipping a young black convict assigned to duties at the executive mansion. He claims to have broken a broom handle against his own body as punishment, violating state statutes.
A Hoboken company faces a shortage with only furniture left in the home at No 4006 and no clear prospect of paying creditors. A joint meeting of preferred stockholders and creditors discussed the deficit figures, deeming the prior statement unsatisfactory and somewhat indefinite.
In Charleston West Virginia the Detroit and Kanawha Coal Co mine on Paint Creek twenty miles from the city erupted with fire damp. Eighteen miners perished mostly from after damp as rescue efforts faced tons of debris and a blown ventilation fan. Victims include Jane Pancak Benjamin Snyder Charles Guyder Ivana Snyder A N Bovine James McCardie Patrick McCardle Stephen McCardle C P Neal Peter Bridgeman Edward Bridgeman Philip Bridgeman Melvin Bridgeman John Mickel Edward Mickel Claude Saunders Patrick McLaughlin and John McLaughlin. The Bridgemans Snyders Mickels and McLaughlins were related. seven were married. Explosion occurred at 12:30 pm Thursday with few workers present.
A major blaze swept the entire business district of Russellville Arkansas as strong winds drove the flames across streets. The fire broke out early evening and burned for most of the night causing extensive damage to numerous establishments including New York Store Blark Rankin Harkey grocers Patrick's tailoring Embblishment Youngblood's Dennis Medicine Mourning Hood druggists Bank of Russellville M. Jacobsons Ran kin Bros Winn Harkey's Saddlery Co.
One passenger killed and about a dozen injured when an elevated Lexington Avenue Line car toppled onto Fulton and Chestnut streets in Brooklyn. The crowded car plunged from the elevated structure as it navigated a curve.
Rev W N Cleveland, brother of former President Grover Cleveland, died Monday at his son’s home in Columbus after paralysis. He was 72 and a retired Presbyterian minister. Funeral plans await word from former President Cleveland. Burial likely in Columbus.
In New York a 14 year old Herbert Carson, driven by overstudy, murdered his parents by threatening them with a knife before leaping from a third story window to death.
Henry Pratt Judson, head of political science and dean at the University of Chicago, was appointed to fill the office created by the death of President Harper.
A government update extends the active period from January 1 to January 16, including the added days in the current term. Officials confirm the timeline and related administrative actions during the period.
Verdict arrives in the case of Mi shipmann Blesbaum of GL Charide Missouri charged with chasing at Asnnpo Va. battle not announced.
Four men died in a tannel work incident in New York. Early reports indicate the deaths were connected to labor or industrial accidents at a site involving African American workers. Investigations are expected to clarify the circumstances and any safety failures.
Matt Hall warden of the state penitentiary arrived from Jefferson City and spent the day in consultation with Connell financial secretary of the Southern Cotton Association who denounced the action to hold cotton for 15 cents as irregular.
The will of the late Sir Henry Irving was probated Saturday in London. The estate is valued at about $14,633 with an annuity to his valet Col Meson. The bulk of the residue goes in equal shares to the two sons of the testator.
A Chicago notice calls on residents to join a mass meeting to advocate stronger police protection. The report notes public officials and civic leaders will gather at Pittsburgh's principal banquet hall, amid local security concerns.
A garbled ad claims a man from Haverhill Massachusetts was helped by a product at 1172 Main Street. The testimonial mentions relief starting with a line about them and three boxes aiding the wearer. It lists a price of 60 cents and notes poster and company names.
Fragmentary text suggests a marginal note about cancer occurrences, a reference to Glasgow oil drinkers, and an unclear figure of an average $21.25 per head. Names, dates, or concrete events are not discernible.
Cork proves best material for packing fruits and vegetables with protection against cold heat and humidity. Also notes on water alarms using fusible alloy for heat triggered bells. Short health blurbs urge readers to take Dodd's Kidney Pills for early kidney trouble symptoms and a few anecdotal cures. Local marriage notices from Lowestoft Bristol and London mention couples joining in matrimony.
The oldest ship in the American navy is the frigate Constellation. She is forty four days older than the Constitution known as Old Ironsides. Constellation was built by David Stodart in Baltimore and launched September 7 1797.
A remedy described as a nose application uses a mix of cocaine paranephrine and water on cotton to stop secretions and cure a cold. The method, claimed to work after several applications, is reported as a German discovery.
In a brief Howeton Post item locals discuss Jim Beery who, while not widely known for achievements, is described as a notably lucky man. The piece captures town gossip about his presumed success and reputation.
A clipping notes Belgian women workers taking pride in house duties and explaining they help because servants are kept only by lazy incompetent extravagant or weak people. The piece reflects social attitudes toward domestic service and female labor.
A Duluth resident recalls years of coffee related headaches dyspepsia and nervousness then switches to Postum the new coffee substitute. Within days headaches lessen stomach strengthens sleep improves and energy doubles as the body adjusts and the old coffee toxins are flushed from the system.
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