30 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
1
A sequence of weeks is planned to determine the next head of the Republican National Committee. The process focuses on selecting a chair with influence over party strategy and operations.
Washington dispatch reports John W. Weeks of Newton Massachusetts is favored to become chairman of the Republican national committee in a January meeting with Taft’s backing. Postmaster General Hitchcock will resign entirely to focus on the Post Office. Hemenway of Indiana is also considered, as weeks of influence and party tact drive the selection amid pending tariff and congressional actions. Weeks, a banker and congressman, is 50 and likely to become senator if Lodge loses on early ballots.
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 30 After a week in prison Henry Baker, who surrendered to serve a 20 year sentence he escaped, says he bears no regret. He had prospered as a farmer near Gadsden, Alabama, and returned to clear his conscience to protect his family from future harm. The offense was wearing a mask in viola- tion.
Tonight will be fair and freezing with clear skies. Saturday looks fair and warmer as high pressure settles in.
Baker, 19, recently joined a church and aims to clear his record. Nashville residents have begun a movement for his pardon, though he leaves home prepared for a long absence to serve the remaining nine years of a ten-year sentence.
Liverpool authorities have allowed Chinese Pork to enter the port for the first time. The Lizanka arrived from Hankew with 6270 carcasses and thousands of frozen eggs, lard, wild ducks, geese, snipe, beans, salmon, and caviar. Dr Hope, medical officer of the Health Board, says the pigs meet health and government regulations and are admitted and certified.
Little Rock Arkansas December report shows the state prison earned 143000 from inmate labor with 902 prisoners during two years. An escape of 208 occurred, 66 recaptured. Convicts included 247 murder offenders, many ages 20 to 25, plus 37 women all Negroes. Inmates held 48 trades with 331 farmers and 142 railroad workers among them.
True Democratic simplicity will mark John A. Dixs inauguration as governor of New York. The ceremony moves to Monday since New Years Day is Sunday. The oath may be private in the Secretary of States office Saturday night or Sunday morning, followed by a parade and formal induction. Troop B will escort the governor and a Capitol reception will follow. No inaugural ball.
A woman perished in a blaze that tore through a building this afternoon. Firefighters reported two babies were dropped from a third floor and caught by rescuers, who carried them to safety. Investigators began work on the cause.
A string of local incidents reports vote-selling in St Paul where a woman died in a fire injuring others. in West Union Ohio judges saw confessions of vote-selling. Lisbon tensions as labor unrest grows. 1071 indictments tallied by grand jury.
A brief note reflects sympathy for the present regime in Honduras tied to calls for aid or support involving Bonilla. The fragment references political muddle and public sentiment toward the Honduran leadership.
Washington authorities weigh U S intervention as Bonilla supporters gear for upheaval in Honduras. The Yorktown has arrived at Amapala to protect American interests and deter outside interference while Davila’s government faces renewed pressure. The State Department balances ties to Diaz Mexico and the Zelaya-Diaz bloc with aims to safeguard investments and regional stability.
Nine lepers confined to local institutions were shown last night at the Academy of Medicine under the gathering physicians. The exhibit aims to educate the public away from the hysterical attitude once common when leprosy became known to the public.
Washington reports rumors of serious fighting on the border between Santo Domingo and Hayti. The State Department received a cablegram about the dispute yesterday. Haytian authorities deny the rumor but are dispatching troops to the border.
Private advices from Lisbon confirm growing unrest among workers toward the provisional government toppled with King Manuel. Threats abound but no outbreak has yet occurred.
In Barcelona on December 31 twelve thousand dockers halted work triggering port shutdowns as labor tensions flare. Officials warn of delays while unions press for wage and working condition concessions amid a tense year end scene.
Gary Indiana officials of the Indiana Steel Co deny the Salome dance featured at their second annual dinner for General Superintendent W. H. Gleason. Attendees say the event, held at Stratford Hotel in Chicago, included feast and entertainment, with tickets costing $15 each. A police orderly interrupted the toastmaster John Kirk as a dancer appeared, drawing press attention from Chicago papers.
In Chicago on December 31, about 1000 young men from the Gideon Society and Christian traveling men will parade through the Loop delivering 6000 Bibles to hotel rooms. The Bibles, bound and sold at one third off, will be replaced if taken as a good omen. Churches, YMCA members, and donors support the drive with Arthur Dixon Transfer Co providing wagons for delivery.
The account notes that the gathering included girls who danced the Highland fling and other Scotch dances within propriety. It also states the National Federation of Post Office Clerks has 20,000 members.
Report notes possible involvement of J. P. Morgan & Co in financing a refunding of Honduras debt, suggesting a shift in financial handling regardless of other factors.
In Muskogee Oklahoma three blind sisters Dora Addie and Clara Howard aged 5 to 10 regained sight after hospital surgery. From Wagoner county they were sent to Fort Gibson and isolated as infectious. A Muskogee physician operated and the girls recovered with bandaged eyes removed to reveal progress. The father is in the penitentiary and the mother a Wagoner county county charge.
Neligh Nebraska December 30 1900s. A mis-typed ad in Sioux City Omaha and local papers offered cats for delivery on track at Neligh 10000 bushels of cats. Cats arrived from east west north and south causing chaos. Grain dealer John C Trothers faced refusals and local officials debated slaughter as cats overwhelmed town.
Brig. Gen. Walter Howe, long commander of the Dakota department, is placed on the retired list for age. Col. Joseph W. Duncan of the Sixth Infantry will fill the brigadier general vacancy. Howe, a 1867 West Point graduate from Indiana, served in campaigns from 1868 through the Modoc War and spent later years on garrison duty and as a military instructor at the State College of Pennsylvania.
A grand jury investigation led to the arrest of a deputy sheriff. The action followed specific inquiry outcomes and marks a significant development in local law enforcement accountability.
Hot Springs Ark December 30 two deputy sheriffs John Rutherford and Ben Murray were arrested and rushed to Little Rock to avoid a disturbance as investigators probe the killing of Oscar Chitwood taken from the county jail. The prosecuting attorney and coroner will reveal more later as a coroner jury meets. A third officer’s identity remains undisclosed while sensational testimony from eighteen jail witnesses shapes arrests and possible pardons for minor offenses.
The passage recalls Gen. Howe from Cornell College Mount Vernon and his later roles. In 1898 he led artillery defenses of the Potomac and was commissioned colonel of the 47th Volunteer Infantry and sent to the Philippines. He and his regiment fought in many engagements. Earlier, he served as inspector general of the Fast department before commanding the Dakota department in the early part of this year.
Lima reports mediating powers presented a joint vote advising Peru to take the Ecuador boundary dispute to The Hague. Expectation runs high that Ecuador will reject and war may follow as newspapers press the government to ready for hostilities.
Washington reports close State Department watch on Managua convention to draft a new Nicaragua constitution and resume diplomatic relations end of quarrel. Officials say favorable advices point to a Democratic constitution and Estrada’s possible presidency, amid ongoing Central American upheaval.
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