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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
5
In a bold statement Roosevelt declares business conditions fundamentally sound and rejects the notion of a looming panic. He asserts stable economic fundamentals and urges confidence as markets respond to uncertainties.
London markets rose after Washington announced issuance of treasury certificates for 100 million dollars and Panama bonds for 60 million. The move is seen as halting gold drain and reducing the need for the Bank of England to raise its discount rate.
Secretary Cortelyou announces $50 million Panama canal bonds and up to $100 million in 3 percent treasury certificates to ease the financial strain. Bonds may back national bank circulation and certificates will be issued at par with proceeds directed to urgent needs including crop movement. President Roosevelt approves the plan and statements outline safe investments and rapid distributions.
In Philadelphia on November 21 Abraham Bender's long whiskers were ignited by a match held by Walter Collins and Lawrence Richardson. The blaze burned off his beard, leaving him with a shocked loss and two boys held on $800 bail as No. 10 engine company responded to the incident.
Nescopeck Pennsylvania November 21. Efforts to enforce the Sunday closing law and prevent sale of cigars soda water and ice cream at the drug stores here were defeated by John R Gould a druggist of this town He advertised rose mint tablets for heartburn and water brush directions one as required He charged 6 cents for a tablet and after placing the sale money in his cash register he offered the customer a cigar glass of soda water or plate of ice cream and he did a considerable business in consequence The authorities are endeavoring to find some way by which Gould can be headed off.
A well dressed woman was found dying in Tsarkoe-Selo station. She confessed she had been chosen to execute an important terrorist act but killed herself with poison. Six men were caught attempting to cut a railway semaphore wire at Ligeve junction, thwarting a plot to assassinate Smyperev Nicholas.
Japanese sealing vessels off the Kamchatka coast raided Cooper Island seal rookeries, using rapid fire machine guns to drive off Russian guards and exterminating the herds under Russian protection. The Russian government plans to seek full reparation from Japan, amid protests that Tokyo has not acted to stop the raids.
In Chicago Navy 21 a conflict erupts at the school led by Parker H. Sercombe at 139 Fifty-sixth Street. About six followers rebel over diet and harsh gymnasium conditions describing the space as a wood pile. Charles L. Brewer sues the school for 400 dollars.
In Chester Pennsylvania on November 21 James Cassidy suffered a severe four inch gash from machinery at Eddystone Print Works. He demanded needle and thread and calmly sewed the wound then fainted. Company physician Dr Frank J Evans praised his pluck.
National Bank Examiner Moxey resumes testimony in the Walsh trial. He reviews a memorandum signed "A. F. Williams" and follows funds through bank records to show the money was used for Walsh personal benefit.
The Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the 1905 New York City mayoral recount bill is unconstitutional. The Hearst campaign to unseat Mayor McClellan on grounds of vote fraud is rejected.
The White Hand society in Chicago pledges 50 000 from prominent Italian residents to fund a force of detectives. The unit will pursue clues and uncover the Black Hand networks terrorizing the Italian community for years.
Ear l Yarmouth plans to file for divorce from Alice, sister of Harry Thaw, with London dispatches via Ida Veronica Simonton confirming family trouble and earlier rushed wedding record copies sent to English barristers.
A Philadelphia Dickens Fellowship meeting featured Dr Henry Leffmann arguing that Charles Dickens seldom treats animals with scientific insight. He cites Rip the raven as an example of literary fiction rather than natural observation and questions its realism.
United States Senator John Kean pursued a horse thief through Elizabeth New Jersey in a touring car after a rig theft. The suspect George Remanter fled town from New York and was pursued for five miles before being captured and brought back to Elizabeth with the senator's auto serving as rear guard.
In River Massachusetts at St Stanislaus a marriage halted as Angela Pawlow daughter of a merchant refused to marry Busy Malinski who claims to be a Polish count and Russian estate owner. She cried he has been unfaithful and fled down the aisle to her mother as the church emptied.
Walter Lane of Pittston, missing six months, returned home to break in but was deterred by a vision of his mother. A note on the door explained the momentary restraint and plans to throw himself before a train. Police found him on railroad tracks minutes before the Lehigh Valley express. he was jailed.
London reports the largest royal assembly at Windsor Castle with three kings and five queens present. Participants included King Edward, Queen Alexandra, Kaiser Wilhelm, Kaiserin Augusta, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Queen Victoria Eugenie, Queen Maud of Norway, and Queen Amelia of Portugal.
Indignant residents of Bair Ground, near Funtington, seized John F F Hurd, a Muntineton resident and former New York architect, beat him with birch switches, and left him on his wife's porch after two nights. Hurd, about 30, had recently inherited money and faced rumors of desertion and infidelity.
Professor Frances B. Potter announces that Christine Hill Stock Company actors and chorus girls will attend the University of Minnesota to study drama alongside regular students. The aim is deeper stage literature knowledge and stronger performance, elevating local theater education and home productions.
Des Moines Iowa November 21 Ralph Flannagan cashier of the First National Bank at Pleasantville shot himself through the right temple at 6 o clock this morning and cannot possibly live. He was 20 and his act was tied to bank losses of about 5500 and a family history of insanity. The bank faced 4000 note liability from a Steve Essex and George Griswold acceptance. A Plattsmouth farmer bankruptcy added 1500 debt for the bank. Flannagan’s mother and an aunt had previously died by their own hands.
Miss Domina Dominia, cousin of Moses Maynard, faced a deranged intruder in her West Denver home. A pistol duel in a dark cellar left the assailant wounded as Domina fainted after the flash. Maynard and family had endured terror for over a month.
London reports suffragists press for honors for women. They argue equal achievement with men warrants titles like Lady instead of Sir for performers and writers. In court protests they shouted votes for women, prompting ejection as the court condemned the action.
Long Branch New Jersey November 21 Asa Dennett a Methodist choir leader for sixty years died today. Two weeks earlier he prayed he would die first or be buried with his wife upon learning she could not live. Mrs Dennett died Tuesday. Dennett had suffered var?lysis and was unconscious when his wife died.
Roosevelt signed the proclamation making Indian Territory and Oklahoma a state. Governor Charles N. Haskell sworn in alongside eleven state officers as the ceremony began with prayer and readings in Guthrie.
Jefferson City reports the annual cost of crime in the United States exceeds 200 million dollars, with Mosby noting public burden and suggesting a figure near 500 million when considering social costs. He cites per family taxes and compares crime costs to education expenses, noting a small fraction of the population accounts for the burden.
Ex governor William Taylor and officeholder Charles Finley plan to travel from Indianapolis to testify for Caleb Powers in the Goebel assassination case. Immunity from arrest has been offered if they return, with no fixed date set for their appearance.
A Washington report says the new Saint Gaudens design for the coins caused sharp profanity in Philadelphia as mint presses failed to produce the high relief pieces at normal speeds. The presses cannot turn out pristine coins due to the extreme relief on both sides of the design.
The Philocalian, a new club of twenty four prominent women in New York, pledges to shun cabs highballs low neck gowns cocktails and peek a boos. Dr Adelaide Wallerstein says smart set drinking and revealing gowns influence society negatively.
Washington, Nov. 19. President Roosevelt told Senator McCumber his forthcoming message to Congress would include a recommendation for federal inspection of grain entering interstate commerce.
Fire in East St. Louis destroyed the Turner Bros barn at the National stock yards. One hundred thirty mules and twenty four horses perished. Loss estimated at $35,000.
Sutherland Louisiana November 1 local hunters shot a large bald eagle in the vicinity yesterday.
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