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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
5
In Kennett Missouri Miss Zada Jones a young schoolmistress is acquitted after admitting she whipped 17 year old Ernest Willborn at the Grigory school following a mutiny by forty pupils. The jury returned a not guilty verdict after a five minute deliberation amid applause from onlookers.
In Eau Claire Wisconsin residents along shaded avenues complain of nightly loud kissing by couples on front porches and steps. The city council plans to consider an ordinance banning public kissing after a protest from local residents and officials.
In Eutin the balloon incident ends with the balloon falling across railway lines. A driver stopping a train to Lübeck avoided disaster as a woman, entangled in the balloon net and unconscious from escaping gas, was rescued. Parachuting man exits sequence, celebration follows.
Brazil Ind Sept 26 Sheriff Princes uses isolation to break Rose Grasso held for trial on murder of husband Dr Edward Glasgo. Two weeks of solitary confinement and denial of visitors have not wavered her resolve. Trial is three months away.
Chicago on September 26 Attorney General Bonaparte urged the grand jury be summoned to investigate the Alton company in connection with Standard Oil of Indiana. Immunity promised to Alton in exchange for evidence prompted the motion, which Judge Jsandis did not grant. The grand jury was told to expand inquiries and a subpoena for James Moffett was ordered.
The Prussia wreck off Staten Island left 6 sailors landed in New York and 4 dead. Captain Johnson died ashore from exhaustion. Survivors endured cold and hunger, built a boat, and three men plus a carpenter reached New Year’s Island for rescue by Lieutenant Delangde after a perilous thirty mile trail.
Berlin reports poultry breeder Morgenroth received six weeks imprisonment for causing suffering to fowls at the German poultry show. He plucked birds to replace feathers with pins and used wire stamps on tail feathers to force an upright display. The judges, nearly ready to award prizes, discovered the fraud and punished him.
In Pittsburg on September 26 Mrs. Serald Freshwater laughed at a joke and her husband Ireshwater tossed bread laced with rat poison into her mouth. She swallowed, needed a stomach pump, but doctor R S Donehau saved her. The poisoning was intended for rats, unknown to him.
In Rome on September 26 a parish clerk died after being struck by a bell hammer inside the great Malabergo bell. The incident followed provocation noted by the church she served. The bell ringer was captured and awaits trial in Malabergo prison.
United States government seeks missing Standard Oil ledgers amid a wider probe into Rockefeller era holdings. Five hundred corporations appear in the collection, with magnates’ spouses noted among shareholders as investigators map ownership.
Chicago Sept. 26 United States circuit court accepts two bonds of the Standard Of Company of Indiana for superseders totaling 6,000.00 as William Roelfeller and John D Archibola of Standard Of Company of New Jersey await appeal of Judge Landis fine.
The ledger and stock book alleged to show steel transactions linking Standard Oil to nineteen allied companies cannot be found. Government attorney Kellogg aimed to prove a reorganization of the company dissolved fifteen years ago for restraint of trade.
New York report details government suit against Standard Oil over Tidewater Pipe Line. Testimony by Tidewater president Robert Benson shows Standard Oil owns 31 percent of Tidewater stock with an 1888 agreement splitting control 11 4? to 88 14 in favor of Standard. Kellogg questions if trustees liquidated certificates to hide control despite remaining stockholders.
A New York compiled table lists 500 corporations under the Rockefeller group’s supreme control. It shows totals for banks, trust, insurance, mining, gas and electric, traction, telegraph, and other industries with assets and company counts. The document notes assets of insurance firms plus one more sum, highlighting vast wealth.
New York reports deny a planned reunion at H H Rogers home in Fair Haven Mass and say Standard Oil will reorganize after clearing current legal tangles. A Standard Oil representative cites intentions to raise capital to reflect asset value and to issue periodic earnings statements while offering full government information and equal treatment for other alleged infractions.
Buffalo dispatch reports Martha Mund, 27, strangled her three children Christopher 3 Hel en, 2, and Kean 10 months at Clinton Street home. She then traveled to Pennsylvania Railroad yards and told her husband of the crime. she was arrested.
Federal and state clash looms over Minnesota railway rate dispute as officials move to restrain actions. Great Northern faces a $15000 fine affirmed by the United States Court as proxies challenge Harriman alliance once more.
Harrisburg Ma Sept 26 The state health commissioner ordered that sheets in the berths of sleeping cars must hereafter be long enough to turn over at least two feet to keep blankets from touching passengers faces and porters must not brush clothing in the aisle but only at the end of the coach
In St Paul on September 26 a U S court judge issued an injunction halting the Minnesota commodity rate law pending a final decree or until a higher court overturns the decision on appeal. Reported plans by state officials indicate defiance of the injunction would trigger habeas corpus proceedings and immediate appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
The United States circuit court of appeals affirmed a Minneapolis district court ruling that Great Northern violated rebate laws. The company was fined $15,000 for giving rebates.
Stuyvesant Fish, former Illinois Central president, releases a circular asking stockholders to appoint proxies for the October 16 Chicago annual meeting. Four directors will be elected to replace Astor Harriman and others, with Fish criticizing current directors aligned with Union Pacific and backing Harriman’s slate.
In Montgomery on September 26 the Montgomery freight bureau asked merchants to route all freight through lines that have accepted state rate reduction laws. The move is viewed as a boycott against lines contesting the law and comes amid Alabama's anti boycott statute.
A small frothing dog darted into the White Rock dispatcher's office halting the B&O division near Connellsville for about five hours. Police officer John Lowe arrived, declared the dog non mad, and the dispatcher and operators returned as the railroad resumed routine service.
Washington reports Attorney General Bonaparte plans new trust prosecutions and reforms to the Sherman act. He will consult with Assistant Attorney General Purdy after his Europe trip on actions against the lumber trust the International Harvester company and the soft coal trust and consider a new suit against the paper trust. Special counsel may lead the lumber and Harvester cases.
In New York on September 26 a collision between two freight trains on the Brooklyn Bridge caused one of the worst traffic jams in the bridge history. Police reserves were summoned as many people were injured and taken to hospitals.
Pittsburg September 26 Mrs Mary Scott Hartje refused a pension of twelve thousand dollars a year for life offered to settle her divorce actions that have drawn national attention. She said vindication of her good name is all she desires and rejected the proposal.
A London based expert, Dr. Adamis, reports two years of study linking diet to cancer rise. He cites Chicago death rates from 1866 to 1905 showing high increases among foreign born residents and claims meat consumption, especially preserved and diseased meat, drives the cancer surge. He notes Italians’ diet of pasta and meat reflects lower overall cancer rates than foreign groups.
Cable from Pekin says Wu Tingfang may be reinstated as Chinese minister in Washington. It notes Liang to Washington as assistant secretary blocks Wu’s return and cites broader fears of China’s territorial integrity amid Russo British-French treaties. Prospective replacement figures include Baron von Sternburg, Baron Mumm de Schwarzenstein, Sir Denby in Shanghai.
Two Missouri Pacific freight trains collided head on at Evansville Missouri twenty miles southeast of Moberly early today. Four crew members were killed including Noemaers Bledse and Whittaker along with a fireman and a brakeman.
Paris September 25 Mrs Levi Leiter widow of the capitalist and mother of the late Lady Curzon is very ill with liver trouble confined to her apartments in the Hotel. A cablegram has been sent to her son Joseph Leiter in Chicago and he will start for Paris at once. Ms Colin Campbell, formerly Nancy Leiter, is en route from Scotland and Lady Suffolk, formerly Daisy Leiter, is expected soon.
Government file in the Standard Oil case centers on railroad rebates that allegedly boosted profits during eight years. Kellogg's team has reports from auditors covering 1892 to 1899, aiming to show Rockefeller's group ran a monopoly in defiance of law. Rockefeller and five top aides are expected to be called as witnesses.
Seattle reports rival Alaska and Yukon towns Dawson and Fairbanks boasting winter-hardy crops. Dawson claims first corn grown north of the tropics, while Fairbanks announces ripening watermelons, hailed as the first melons grown in Alaska or the Yukon.
In Baltimore on September 25 Celeste Lynch, dying from a breast wound, said she shot herself and not her husband Constantine Lynch, who is jailed on a shooting charge. She claimed a conspiracy harmed her and her children and pleaded for her husband’s clearance while he awaits trial after her diagnosis.
In Willimantic Connecticut Mrs Adeline Mason postpones her wedding to William Clemens of North Woodstock New Hampshire who claims to be Mark Twain's cousin. Invitations recalled and nuptials halted as friends investigate Clemens family ties and other statements. Mrs Mason widow of George T Mason a wealthy lumber dealer whose estate was left to her.
Health officials in Pittsburg warn of rising birth and death rates after a circular urges physicians to report all births or face prosecution. Dr J F Edwards notes 1906 saw 7 644 births and 7 98 deaths. by September 1 1907 the district recorded 3 396 births and 5 475 deaths.
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