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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
5
Hill writes to the Minnesota Governor saying systems are doing all they can. A nest grows too fast as roads fail to keep up with rising demand. Magnate notes rail and road strains with other rail news.
Figures indicate 38 percent shows totals aged 180,667 in 185 21v per cent. Locomotives in 1855 48,357 increase 3 per cent. Passenger cars 40,719 increase. Freight cars 1905 1,731,399 increase 45 passenger mileage 1 445,771 in 1995 23,800,149,456 increase 6 per cent. Freight ton mileage 227,515,89815 in 188 1564 crease 118 per cent.
Governor John A. Johnson cites rail capacity limits in a letter to Ja 3 Hill. He argues for substantial new track investment totaling about 1.1 billion dollars annually for five years and supports a fifteen foot canal from St. Louis to New Orleans to relieve the Midwest and Southwest bottlenecks. He notes more locomotives and cars in service since 1895, but stresses equipment needs tracks to move effectively.
The first message of Governor Comer to the legislature asks for broader support of public schools a graduated child labor law compulsory education with state control a strong anti lobbying bill domestication of all corporations abolition of free passes and state control over telegraph telephone and express companies.
J W Williams, an operator at Boyds Maryland, testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He said the Baltimore and Ohio cut salaries from 55 to 52.56 after Maryland's eight hour law began. He claimed he was kept on duty fourteen hours daily most days and only had two days off monthly, with Sundays off.
Senator Evans of Kane county introduced a resolution for a special five senator committee to thoroughly investigate the election of J. H. Harahan to the presidency of the Illinois Central.
In Waldron Missouri a Rock Island passenger train ran into an open switch colliding with a freight. Engineers McQueen and King and Bag gageman Hart were killed. Fireman Smallwood was fatally injured and several passengers were slightly hurt. The wreck was blamed on a careless switchman.
The Minnesota House passed a resolution directing an investigation into J. J. Hill selling ore lands to United States Steel. A companion measure seeks a committee to probe the lumber trust.
The Chicago and Northwestern announced a new stock issue totaling 12,324,090 dollars in common stock and 5,599,000 dollars in preferred stock to fund reconstruction and improvements. The move aims to bolster capital for ongoing developments.
In Geneva on January 11 a farmer near Trumbull Center allegedly attacked his two young sons aged 7 and 9 with a razor after becoming insane. Authorities report the motive and full details are under investigation.
In Pittsburgh area reports a cluster of hydrophobia fears as multiple people and relatives, including Mrs. Aner Anaomber Gee and Howard Black, seek Pasteur treatment. Doctors note the danger and urge caution as several bite incidents prompt cautious lines of defense.
In Chicago on January 17 a 13 year old girl, Emily, forged a $10 check at the National Bank in Maris home of Mrs Bailey. The teller detected the forgery and police were summoned. The girl confessed and bankers asked that she not be prosecuted, saying she asked for three cents to buy candy.
Pittsburg January 17 Henry Collins husband of Harry Thaw’s niece has been expelled from the city’s most exclusive social club after a cotillion where he slapped several women dancers with bare shoulders.
Booker T. Washington criticize colored persons for criticizing President Roosevelt over the dismissal of colored troops. He warns that policy of antagonism will not win battles in the south or north and that civilization tires of a race that whines and complains.
In Los Angeles on January 17, the list of San Francisco quake refugees funded by city relief remains large. Captain Ef. Edward Gray, secretary of the relief commission, says he is puzzled by the origins of additional refugees. About $2,000 per month continues to be spent on their necessities.
In Lexington Miss Ray McGarvey daughter of the College of the Bible president hypnotized a youth during a Christian Endeavor social leaving him in a serious state thirty six hours later. The others treated it as a game but Rev R L Booker believed it serious. He collapsed after a second attempt and did not recover for two days. PAPERS ARE CALLED FOR. Texas legislature calls on attorney general to submit documentary evidence implicating United States Senator Bailey with Waters-Pierce Oil.
In Minneapolis on January 17 Secretary Hollis, delivering the Northwestern Lumbermen's association annual report, condemned the reciprocal demurrage plan as inadequate to fix the problems caused by insufficient car service.
The piece details the 1890 and 1895 fraud order laws used by Postmaster General Cartelyou to curb lottery and mail fraud schemes. It notes more than 2,600 fraud orders issued, saving the public millions, while criticizing advertising bans and the impact on newspapers and duped readers. It mentions figures like Ripreseniz, Perk ten Noese, Mann, and Crampacher in context of anti-swindle efforts.
Washington January 17 Congressman Smith of Iowa told the house there is no ground for powder trust charges in the Dupont probe. Congressman Hull of Iowa said the military affairs committee struck out a provision to buy ammunition from private parties as the government could manufacture it cheaper. A circular mentioning naval inventors who sold powder investigations to Dupont sparked discussion amid fortifications appropriation talks.
In Washington D C the senate ship subsidy bill failed eight to seven in the hay committee on merchant marine hyd fisheries. The committee had no authority to act during house sessions. Objection blocked authority and the Gros Venor subsidy substitute vote ended the meeting.
A bill introduced by Senator Clapp would establish a new fund from proceeds of public land sales in Alabama Arkansas Florida Winds Indiana Iowa Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Ohio Wisconsin. Five percent would be set aside for education and other purposes. The plan will be reviewed by the Senate committee on public lands in an upcoming meeting.
A group of stockholders of the United Box-Hoard Company, led by Pansy Das, urge the Chancellor to issue an injunction restraining the company from selling its stock. The motion contends the box combine is harming the company and seeks to halt any transfers until matters are resolved.
Indianapolis January 17 in a speech before the American Federation of Miners President Mitchell said the past year was eventful with its struggle to enforce the 1903 wage scale. He noted a 38,910 decline in records due to exonerations and strikes, but said the organization is now practically free from strikes. He urged mine safety examinations for workers and criticized last national convention for allowing wage scale signing by districts. Vice President Lewis blamed that action for reduced membership, stressing the need for a national character.
Reports from multiple states on January 15 show various senatorial selections. Simon Guge nheim in Colorado and Joseph M Dixon in Montana win seats. Robert J Taylor in Tennessee. Henry Burnham in Indiana. Harry A Richardson in Delaware. William P Isr in Missouri all receive or contest seats amid mixed results.
Jan. 17. Dr. tall W. Ios ter of Kansas City used a local anaesthetic of his own to perform four operations at city hospital. All patients remained conscious, conversed with the doctor and followed his movements, signaling a potential revolution in surgical science.
Kansas towns under the prohibitory law have developed a unique institution the drugless drug store. Some stores serve customers behind the prescription counter offering mint julep or absinthe frappe but do not dispense quinine pills.
Washington January 17. Evidence of a combination of wholesale and retail coal dealers in the northwest is to be sent to the Justice Department by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Commissioner Lane found the data while probing car shortages at St Paul. The commission sees a restraint of trade and plans Sherman Act prosecution. firms named in the conspiracy cannot be disclosed.
Mrs Martha Hibborn Blaine, recently divorced in Sioux Trails, wed Paul A Pearsall at noon in the Bellevue Stretford hotel Philadelphia today.
Chicago reports a New York price movement with a 10 percent discount effective from January 17. The change signals lower costs for buyers in the Chicago market.
In rough Baltic waters off Scharporn, twenty crew members of the Pengwern on the British ship sank after its grounding. The vessel, commanded by tgyot Williams, stranded near Pevenery Bay as heavy seas drove away rescue attempts. Survivors described crew discarding life gear to reach tugs but the ship disappeared beneath the waves.
A courtroom action involves CH LD POWDERS TO PLEASE PAPA AN EE ATTEMPTS SUIT and a related statement about powdered women. The fragmentary item suggests motives, alleged fixes, and family references in a legal context.
James Is. Williams a conductor in St. Louis states in hospital that unconscious reproaches of his 3 year old daughter led him to try to end his life. His wife chided him before work after suspecting infidelity. The child greeted him with flour on her face and a probing remark prompting remorse. He is out of danger and seeks reconciliation with his wife.
Professor Moule Sayre of the city high school and Mrs. Viola Bonavita a wealthy widow eloped and married, returning from New York to a city already buzzing with social and ceremonial stir.
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