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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
7
Seattle reports mills on the Sound halted with no wheat moving and no near resumption. Mill men demand immediate railroad hauling of wheat or threat to file with the state railroad commission.
In Chicago on March 28 representatives of western railroads and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors opened what is seen as the last conference over aged pay and a nine hour day. Reports indicate the unions favor a strike if their demands are unmet.
U S Judge Henry Speer in Macon Georgia rules the employers' liability act constitutional in Lucy Snead administratrix versus Central of Georgia Railway. The decision aligns with national commerce power over interstate and foreign trade and land transport, contrasting with rulings in Louisville and Memphis.
In Auburn Maine March 28 with a minister unable to visit because of diphtheria, H W Sturtevant proposed funeral services over the telephone. Warren a 12 year old died of diphtheria and Rev A J Marsh Free Baptist officiated by phone. The prayer and consoling remarks were heard by the grieving parents.
Cleveland March 28 Dr Charles A Eaton pastor of the Euclid avenue Baptist church where John D Rockefeller worships lampooned the wealthy at his passion week address at the Star theater burlesque house today. The chorus girls wore tights as he began his address and stood in the wings listening.
In St Louis two Hindoo men Abdul Muthleb and Mobaruck Ally seek citizenship. They claim Aryan descent and white status despite dark skin. The government must decide if they are white or barred as blacks.
Money intront at 6 to 10 percent. Primo mercantile paper at 6 44.4. Sterling exchange closes firmer at $4.58.200 34.80.25 on demand, $4.78.70 4.78.76 for sixty days.
Market wires indicate New York Exchange trading with a 10 cent premium as of March 7. The update notes erratic questions and answers, with sparse readable details about prices and activity.
In St Leal March court, Joan Green sues Annie M Green. Witness said the wife drank a case of beer in a day and caused house disorder. Judge Reynolds noted after eleven years together the wife should not be doomed to divorce for beer habit and would rule later.
Boston reports recount the death of poet Thomas Bailey Aldrich with his supposed final words I am going to sleep put out the lights as he faced his relatives around the bed William Dean Howells eulogizes him saying we who know him have lost a friend such as the world cannot replace
In Gloucester City New Jersey a pie baking contest was held in a Baptist church with physicians guarding the exhibit. The men presented a three sectionpie labeled olives oysters and scallops and the pastors pie won honors as judged by a panel including Rev George W Poole Dr William McLennon Dr Duncan Blake and four other local doctors.
Boston reports Charles Martin a street car conductor found $5,869 in cash on the car floor. He received a smile from Mrs. Robinson Lowell who claimed and proved ownership, and the gesture was noted by the superintendent as kindness.
Spokane March 27. Disorderly Greek letter society formed by several high school boys. nightly initiations continue. Superintendent Tormey cannot locate meeting place or identify members. Principal David E. Cloyd seen as potential target to be ousted. Board to discuss at next meeting.
In Anselmo Nebraska on Sunday night Joseph Schall opened fire after alleging his mail was being held up by Postmaster Empfiled. Constable William Lewis and four deputies fought a running gun battle, Schall was wounded in the leg and later captured after fleeing to Dainnin by freight train and jailed in Broken Bow.
In Franklin Pennsylvania on March 27 an unusual marriage joined 49 year old Mrs Ellen Christina Fleming to 22 year old Asa Richard Dillie. They lived on adjoining farms near Franklin and she had been divorced from her first husband seven years earlier while he was a child.
In Ponca Nebraska on Tuesday trial jurors acquitted Frank Brink of murder after medical experts testified he was insane at the time of Bessie Newton's death. Brink was sent home with his father for a farewell visit before possible commitment to the state insane hospital.
Adrian Bancker, son of W. D. Bancker, manager of the Omaha News, was bitten by a mad dog in Omaha last evening. He was sent to the Pasteur Institute in Chicago today. The dog had shown illness for days but rabies was only suspected after the attack. The animal was killed to stop further danger.
Miss Elizabeth Bradford of Wilmington leaves home claiming a western tour then marries George P. Dougherty a Portland Oregon newspaper man. They had corresponded for months but never met in person.
Evelyn Weeps Bitterly as Justice Fitzgerald warns affidavits vary widely. O'Brien Olney Putzel appointed to handle the case.
Justice Pitt Gerald to appoint a lunacy panel to determine if Harry Kendall Thaw is sane or a lunatic, potentially voiding his marriage to Evelyn Nesbit. The panel includes Morgan J. O'Brien Peter B. Olney and Dr Leopold Putzel.
Clay City Indiana report recounts Jasonville observer Joseph Barnes Jr who found a widow at work and she offered either hire a man or marry one She declared You ll do and the couple wed that evening with the widow paying all costs and the pair reportedly living happily.
Julius V Piazza a commission merchant told Judge Mack his wife deserted him four times since 1901 as she adopted spiritualism after moving to New York. He insisted the quarrels stemmed from her belief, while denying any other insanity or conflict in their marriage.
Miss Grace L Dearing Annie Jr Gardner and Grace Adams of Cambridge sue a local express company for 3000 damages after trunks with dresses sent to Europe fail to arrive. Friends joke that a prince might have been found if the dresses had stayed.
Whitehall New York March 28 Joseph Chalmers and Emily Norton wed in an open field on the New York Vermont border with two clergymen officiating. The bridegroom stood behind the bride as the ceremony was spoken and the couple became husband and wife.
Two Elgin couples swapped homes and wives after years of neighborly relations. William Warner moves from 466 Cleveland to Mrs William McPherson 464 Cleveland Avenue, while McPherson moves into the Warner home next door. The swap followed discussions during visits and left both families satisfied.
Testimony recounts 1000 rounds sold to a Brownsville junk dealer and six Krag rifles defaced as part of a broader inquiry into government property, with veterans and officers named in connection to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Infantry units.
In a New York Turkish bath near Madison Square about fifty women resting indoors heard cries as a water bug swarm surged into the dormitory. The alarm spread with two distinct shouts and an object three inches long with many legs was seen rising from a blanket edge. The panic described as unparalleled in a Turkish bath.
Elmer Whipple a Monmouth College student swallowed a live goldfish to win 50 cents in a crowd scene at a soda fountain. He claimed he could eat seven sundaes in succession then ate the fish for half a dollar, and later paid the money to a physician after suffering stomach pain.
New York reports Lee Herlin carried a two ounce steel piece in his abdomen since 1899. A prior eight surgeries failed to reveal the cause until December when Dr Mahey at Bellevue used X ray aided surgery to remove the foreign object from his body.
St. Louis reports Mrs Mary Sick the third wife of John Sick of Summerfield Illinois was sentenced to forty days in Belleville jail by Justice Wangelin for pulling hair of the fourth wife when he returned from St Louis with Mrs Sick No 4 and installed her in the Sick residence across from Dr Sick’s home.
In Washington March 27 a social question centers on Miss Theodora Shonts and the duke Grace de Chaulnes et du Picquiny. Papa Shonts weighs Brooklyn Bridge needs and subway costs while Mrs. Shonts may push a grand aristocratic match despite uncertain finances. The duke, if acceptable, could pass as a gentleman and bring an international wedding to two continents.
Ida Emerson, formerly married to songwriter Joe Howard, says she will marry Frank Gotch, famed American wrestler from Humboldt, Iowa. The pair met ten days earlier on a train after Chicago, with Gotch proposing instant alimony and a home, and Emerson agreeing after considering the match.
More than 1,000 inmates at the Leavenworth soldiers home are suffering ptomaine poisoning from meat hash eaten at breakfast. No deaths reported.
Charles Green an ironworker on a tower over the No 10 shaft at Hushestown saved Henry Jacobs from a fatal fall yesterday by grabbing him as he slipped and holding on until help arrived. The shock nearly pulled Green from the scaffolding.
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