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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
2
A sprawling collage reports on England’s fleet and global commerce, US pensions figures, weather-adapted military gear tests, political curiosities, suffragist notes, and canal projects. It mentions Roosevelt’s family ties, Cleveland and Taft presidency numbering, and plans for a deeper Manchester ship canal with a 20 million dollar Mississippi–Gulf canal cost estimate.
In Flushing New York Thornton Jenkins Halne was found not guilty for being a principal in the killing of Ann is, after a prolonged trial. The jury, out all night, faced a possible disagreement but delivered acquittal. Halne’s brother Peter C Hains, also implicated, faced intense public agitation as the case neared its end. The trial, costly and dramatic, featured judge Crane’s midnight patience and jurors Walsh and Ahearn’s health concerns. Meanwhile a Winnipeg freight wreck near Swift Current left three trainmen fatally hurt.
Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City grants Waters-Pierce Oil Co. 30 days from January 15 to accept or reject December 23 order. Company must pay a $50,000 fine by March 1. Judge Henry S. Priest and counsel Eddy Hagerman and Frank Hagerman confer on future action. J. D. Johnson declined comment.
In Indianapolis a Democratic caucus selected Benjamin F. Shively of South Bend as United States Senate nominee on the twentieth ballot amid late gains. Kern charged betrayal and condemned the secret ballot, while Harvard professor Lawrence Lowell was reportedly chosen to succeed Charles W. Eliot as president.
One man died and a woman and a baby were believed killed in a Chicago & Northwestern wreck on Thursday when the rear section of train No. 6 from San Francisco struck the front section between Milwaukee Avenue and North Union Street. The engine plowed into a Pullman coach, causing a fire among debris and trapping wounded passengers in the wreckage while a panic spread through the cars.
San Francisco reports three men lost in Death Valley have reached Ballarat after nine days of wandering with little water. One is still missing and presumed dead. The missing man is B A Williams, a mining man from Randburg. The three survivors arrived exhausted and dehydrated. Explosion Kills Woman in Leadville Colorado. Mrs Richard Lauterbach, wife of a prospector, was killed when dynamite in her cabin exploded. Esther Schuster, a guest, was badly injured. The blast wrecked the cabin and hurled Mrs Lauterbach to her death.
Missouri Kansas Texas railway bridge over the Trinity near Dallas burned on Tuesday. Officials say it was set by tramps. All trains into and out of Dallas were detoured via the H. T. C. through Ennis and Waxahachie.
The Havana congress meets on Wednesday for its first session in over two years, following a failed December 28, 1906 vote to choose a new president and the declaration of American Intervention the next day. Mrs Eddy gives 500 to Newton Hospital as it faces a $19,000 deficit, one of the year's largest gifts.
A Thursday morning blaze in Murray Ky destroyed Holland's restaurant where it started and Asher Graham's dry goods store, causing about $25,000 in property damage. Both buildings were partially insured.
Washington reports progress in talks between William Buchanan the American special commissioner in Venezuela and President Gomez. The discussions focus on the basis for settling disagreements and defining the terms for a possible agreement between the two nations.
Robbers dynamited the Burbank State bank vaults in Yegge Dynamite Bank area, taking a large sum of money and fleeing in a wagon. Local authorities pursue leads as the town reels from the daring heist.
John Moro of Hermosilic Mexico, a leper at the county hospital, escaped last evening with a ladder said to be provided by relatives. Five Frenchmen Freeze to Death near Nine Mile House on Grand Trunk Pacific survey. Governor Haskell offers $500 reward for Ezra Revis, charged with killing Deputy Sheriff Mulligan of Cimarron County on January 7.
Washington reports indicate Arizona and New Mexico may become states in the present congress. House committee on territories will take up the measures soon to report them to the House. Advocates on both sides are active with few expected demonstrations.
President Roosevelt denounces electric giants led by General Electric and Westinghouse in a message to Congress. He vetoes a James River dam bill for lacking time limits and public-ownership safeguards, warning of a growing water-power monopoly and urging strict controls and revocable, limited grants. The stance echoes the prior year clash with Congress and calls for federal oversight to curb corporate consolidation.
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