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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1910
Page
6
A noisy, fragmentary column mixes political, scientific, and social items from a century ago. It mentions wartime topics, a Nebraska kiss ruling, moon crater theories, and stray notes on disasters, science, and personal anecdotes, with scattered names and places.
The top record of building permits in October shows Seatth with 47, Brooklyn Borough 1 325, Philadelphia 1 253, Chicago 986. Brooklyn and Chicago are close in permits while New York County posts the largest projects though fewer in number.
The national waterways committee outlines increased appropriations for a deepened Mississippi route from the lakes to the gulf, with 9 foot channels proposed and a 6 foot target on the upper Mississippi. Chairman Burton and Mr Alexander discuss contracts and a forthcoming report.
Indiana man Roy McKinney killed Dora Chap in the March Hotel dining room then shot himself. He later attempted a daring hostage hold up in Indianapolis, rifling a cash register. Letters found in his belongings hint at premeditation. Also in Milwaukee a jail release in a conspiracy case and in Jambure Austria a theater panic kills five. Gilbert Noble dies on Colorado poor farm after wealth once making him rich.
W E Virden, a post office mailing clerk for 10 years, shot himself after disappointment over not being appointed postmaster, authorities report.
Postmaster General Hitchcock reports a 1909 postal deficit of 17 million plus 38 thousand in losses from fire and burglary. He cites second class mail and rural delivery as the major causes, urging establishment of postal savings banks as savings deposits mainly sit in 14 states.
Rome sees a well to do man named W Tippin end his life by self imposed starvation after claiming divine command. He told his family that God had bid him refrain from food and died on a Wednesday. In New Orleans three men drowned in the Mississippi when a fisherman under liquor allegedly rocked the boat. the victims and recovery status remain undetermined.
William J Bryan arrives from Tampa to join his family in Havana Cuba and plans to depart soon for Brazil. The reunion marks a brief visit before travel.
Peru Indiana reports L B Lenhart of Chicago identified as L B Lenhart, a man claiming to be a U S marshal killed Miss Dora Chappell, 20, a Peru hotel waitress, in the dining room of the Hears hotel, after a dispute over a relationship. He fired again, then killed himself.
William Horton of Yonkers seeks to annul his marriage to a 19 year old bride on the claim she has negro blood in her veins. Attorneys watch the case as Horton says he married last March and did not know of the taint for months. Mrs Horton denies she is a negress and says she is of French and Spanish extraction.
In St Louis a woman, Lizzie Smith, suffered serious injuries when a dangling cigar lighter ignited her hair and hat at George Jost's drug store on Cherokee street and California avenue. Passersby covered the flames and a physician treated her. Separately in Constantinople the Turkish cabinet resigned after the grand vizier Hilma Pasha’s departure amid intrigue.
Former gambler and jockey Blalock committed suicide in a Ferriday hotel leaving a note claiming life had been a failure. Nearby, alderman and Bowery leader Little Tim Sullivan died, with friends claiming a $500,000 estate but no will found. The federal building project for Oklahoma City was awarded to M J Gill & Co of Ardmore for $209,196 by the treasury department.
Rescuers saved sixty passengers from the foundering ferry Charon on the Ohio River after a night of peril as ice barred landings. One hundred people are known to have died in the Atlantic coast storm, with wreckage along Maine, Massachusetts, and Cape Cod. The damage is estimated at five million dollars as ships and schooners wrecked and crews rescued.
Six women from the United Wage Workers travel to Spokane to join the IWW protest against city ordinance. They plan open meetings along the route to cover travel costs, aiming to arrive in about ten days. Leaders include Mrs Emil Herman and Mrs Floyd Hyde. companions unnamed.
Colonel James Gordon of Okolona once hunted by federal authorities for a conspiracy in a presidential murder now named United States senator by Governor Noel to succeed the late A J McLaurin. Ice blocks halt Ohio River river traffic around Pittsburg and Olfo river crossings. A Penns Grove wreck side reports 20 injured on a West Jersey railroad run to Camden.
Tony Viola fell fourteen stories in a new Duluth building while attempting to slide down the freight hoist cable. He was killed instantly as the accident occurred during the lift operation.
A Chicago manufacturer seeks a writ of mandamus in Sangamon County to force Secretary of State James A Ruse to amend records about Senate Bill No. 286 the so called corporation act. The petition argues the bill became law without the governor's objections then the veto was filed the next day and the secretary recorded the veto as simultaneous with receipting the bill. Zeberger asks for correction to read without objections to said bill by the governor rather than together with the governor's veto.
A blast at Centralia Coal Companys No 5 mine two miles south of Centralia at 7 o clock Monday night killed four shot firers and knocked the mine into flames. Debris scattered across fields while the fire was put out and four bodies recovered. A fifth man was severely injured. Names given include John Sweder Alex Krizinuskie John Youckus and a Swede Charlston. Only five men were in the mine when the explosion occurred.
The disappearance of two St Louis and San Francisco switchmen, J R B Jobe and George Cook, was tied to a Christmas Eve blaze. Investigator J R Hamby found charred remains with switch keys and gold teeth, suggesting the men sought shelter in a deserted farm house and perished when a fire started while they slept.
Cairo offers a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects in the murder of Miss Anna Pelley. Authorities aim to obtain facts from anonymous informants or witnesses to advance the case.
Harold McLean aged unknown son of Mrs William McLean was shot through the heart by companion Roy Salter of Pasadena while they prepared to start a duck hunt. Mrs McLean and her son had traveled from Nokomis two months earlier to winter with sister Mrs A Fagan. Bloomington report notes Martin Motts a 60 year old farmer from near Leroy was found frozen to death beside a road after a sleigh mishap in cold weather.
Former Elgin mayor Charles H. Wayne, a Kane County leading lawyer for 25 years, died suddenly after falling on an icy sidewalk in front of the YMCA building.
Taylorville W E Virden a longtime post office clerk of ten years killed himself after failing to be appointed postmaster. In Mounds T H Parker 60 an insurance agent was struck by an Illinois Central passenger train at North street crossing leaving him seriously hurt. In Rockford Merton A Witt a Hee tington Kan man died after being found unconscious on a train. In Chicago Useless Word Free Men two indictments for forgery were quashed due to two superfluous words. In Bloomington Bernard Bru 20 fatally shot while rabbit hunting when Elmer Baumag discharged his gun.
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