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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
2
A wide collage of jokes and observations on culture, science, weather and society. It riffs on coronations, fashion bans, lawyers, royalty, and quirky quips about doctors, artists, and burglars. A chaotic mix of amusing lines and fleeting ironies.
In a Chicago speech to the Western Economic Society President Taft attacks the lumber trust and paper manufacturers as chief foes of the Canadian reciprocity pact. He warns farmers and the public must understand the treaty serves the majority, insisting the agreement will pass if public opinion remains strong.
Four men drowned when a party of seven on a launch capsized off the Tugols shore opposite Nayte street. Names listed include Irwin Pannenbrink John A. Piletrich Gus Maste Brock and Charles Totech. The vessel tipped as passengers crowded water side causing the bow to plunge.
In Tijuana Lower California supporters form Republica of Lower California elect Dick Ferris as president and await word from General Pryce before naming a new general with Pryce preferred if he returns.
In Denver two highwaymen were cornered by three detectives after a confrontation in a hotel. James Lynch was mortally wounded in the ensuing struggle while Frank Ince, Lynch's companion, was taken into custody.
Philadelphia police lieutenant two sergeants and two Republican political workers were each sentenced to one year in prison by Judge Wilson for conspiring to unlawfully imprison reform election workers.
Garner Ja-Thomas Duff, former county auditor and current state oil inspector, was indicted by the grand jury on four counts related to his duties as auditor. Bend fixed at $2,000 bond.
Mrs Sallie Tripp and her relatives were swept into the Canadian river during a freshet. After drifting about on a log for twenty hours she was rescued, while two others perished in the flood on the McAlester area river ordeal.
J. J. Bren, cashier at the University of Minnesota, reported a robbery near campus claiming three men stole $14,000. He was placed under arrest and charged with embezzlement as the investigation continued in Minneapolis.
Washington insiders predict Bryan’s repudiation on the wool schedule will be the core issue for Democrats and trigger party splits. House leaders plan two weeks of debate before it moves to free debate with amendments. under Caulette constraints the measure will be kept in the draft form seen by the Committee. Chairman Unterwald says the tariff cut mirrors last year’s import levels, aiming to reduce revenue from wool duties to about 4.4 million dollars.
The Commercial Club of Hannibal Missouri secured an option on the Mark Twain homestead on Hill Street as the old building is to be moved to Riverview Park. A committee was formed to raise funds to pay about 15 820 dollars for the six room frame structure to create a memorial to the noted humorist.
A blast outside 38 East Eleventh Street sent twenty families fleeing a tenement building. The front of the structure was wrecked and police suspect the bombing was the work of Sinck Handagen.
A mob of about 40 masked men overpowered deputies transporting Pat Crump, a Black man charged with attempted criminal activity, in Memphis Tennessee. The mob fatally harmed Crump during the scuffle.
Joseph D. Bren, cashier and accountant at the State university in Minneapolis, was held up by three highwaymen on the Mississippi River bank near the campus and robbed. The incident occurred near the university, prompting police to investigate and seek suspects.
The Hawaii Pacific Oil Co. of Oakland California was branded a fraud after selling nearly 400000 dollars worth of stock by mail. The Post Office Department called it a get rich quick swindle.
Jefferson City Missouri Rev Circle God serving four year term for assisting in death of Miss Lizzie Gleason asks the supreme court for a rehearing of his case. He was convicted in a penitentiary trial and seeks to overturn or revisit the ruling. The move adds a new chapter in the lingering legal battle surrounding the case.
Washington reports on 10 Tales of graft, bloodshed, and murder in the West Moreland coal field of Pennsylvania. Francis Frehan, president of the Mine Workers union, claims 200 miners have been killed by depots during the year of the strike and that 79,000 men left company ops. Miners allegedly lived in tents, faced beatings, arrests, and coercion to stay silent as they resisted wage and working condition measures.
Washington report says Democratic leaders abandon plan to amend the Sherman act after the tobacco trust decision. Supporters of the Harlan rule maintain it weakens the law, while post tobacco rulings shift opinion. Underwood and Clayton say the case clarifies the atmosphere and that the Sherman act remains valid.
St Paul Minn J J Lindley attorney for the Great Northern railroad and Secretary of State Schmahl discussed the fee on registry of mortgage for a 400 billion bond issue. No decision reached. A company statement attributed to James J Hill explains the issue will refund 30 million of outstanding obligations and leave 270 million for improvements.
About 600 building trades workers in Boston walked out today to enforce a new wage scale. The strike involved union laborers and artificial stone cement and asphalt workers, affecting construction activity in the city.
A blaze at the Walton Hotel in Cincinnati is blamed on crossed electric wires. The fire partially destroyed the hotel and threatened several nearby hotels theaters and department stores for a time.
In Washington DC magnates push to present a report to the President while questions linger over suppression claims. Stanley Demande and Gary insist the bureau has long records. officials weigh whether any partial findings should be released before a forthcoming hearing.
A Pike County representative, Dr Nye, was acquitted by a jury on charges of soliciting a bribe in a county assembly race. The verdict came after four votes and will not affect the next trial of Representative Evans of Stark County. Four others face related impeachments. the prosecutor said the result would not interfere with ongoing bribery prosecutions.
Washington reports the cotton crop area for 1911 totals about 5,004,000 acres, 1.7 percent above last year’s planted area and roughly 1086,000 more acres than 1910. The estimate comes from the U S Department of Agriculture.
In New York City the will of Richard W. Clarke, noted lawyer and writer on Roman Catholic subject matters, bequeaths the substantial income from his estate to his daughter Mary Ada Clarke. The condition requires she remain alive and not join any monastic or religious reform group.
In Washington DC Republican and Democratic representatives led by Nick Loneworth and Ed Webb will play a charity baseball game. Vice President Sherman will umpire the proceedings.
Paducah Kentucky deputy U S marshal served seven defendants in a $20,000 damage suit filed by Milton Oliver against 100 alleged night riders. One defendant is a county judge of Lyons county.
A body was recovered from San Pedro harbor identified as C. W. Caddigan, the Minneapolis fugitive sought on charges connected to a cold brick swindle. Local authorities notify the public as the case unfolds.
A New York Commercial article from April 1 extols Western Canada for homesteaders. Land prices start around 8 to 15 dollars per acre, rising as land becomes scarce. Prairies, forests, water, railways, and abundant crops are described, with education and social opportunities highlighted for settlers seeking advancement.
Historian George Bancroft recalled a Massachusetts road joke about Levi Lincoln nearly blind. A carriage driver, misseeing geese as children, tossed pennies from Lincoln Street and cried God bless you, my children, in a witty roadside moment from Percy H. Epler’s Master Minds at the Commonwealth's Heart.
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