26 Sep 1910
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1910
Page
1
In a Sunday morning incident a woman wounded her husband fatally after a heated quarrel. Police investigated the domestic dispute as neighbors recalled the heated exchange that preceded the shooting. No further details were provided at this time.
Lake Charles La Sept 26 Dr Temple Smith prominent physician and health official was badly wounded by his wife after a domestic quarrel that turned violent She said the shooting was not an accident and he later died in hospital His wife a church and club worker is jailed while he lay near death after surgery She said she had warned him and a pistol fight ensued with both firing The couple were alone when the tragedy occurred with a servant fleeing The pair have a long history of quarrels and the doctor left a will naming his stepson Eyewitnesses heard the quarrel but did not intervene The couple had lived in Lake Charles for sixteen years and both were natives of Missouri and Texas respectively
In Lake Charles Mrs Adams mother and Mrs Smith, a community officer, were involved in a shooting incident. Dr R C Adams, son of Mrs Adams, was summoned after the event and arrived yesterday evening. Mrs Smith, well regarded in the Enterprise Club, was taken into custody by Deputy Sheriff Perkins.
A minister abruptly left a funeral service amid whispers of a decision to wed a couple. The move drew attention from attendees and prompted local officials to comment on propriety and ceremony conduct.
The grand jury led by Captain E G Courtney filed a final report with Judge J P Madison in the district court Saturday afternoon. Ninety one cases were examined with thirty eight true bills returned. They condemned the parish jail as unfit for habitation and urged separate quarters for women and for insane patients. They also mentioned a facility for juvenile prisoners and noted no indictable evidence on the Gay Shattuck law violations.
City leaders held a special session and approved two major moves. They plan to install a new city hall clock with four transparent dials and electric illumination, costing several thousand dollars, referred to the mayor and public building committee. They also authorize laying a ten inch water main from riverfront pumps to the plant to improve supply and pressure, with work to begin after purchases by the mayor and water light and traction committee.
In Athens on September 26 Rev B W Mercier stopped a burial to marry 80 year old William W Davis and 40 year old widow Lucinde Kidwell. Davis, on his fourth marriage, and Kidwell, twice married, needed to catch a train, so the ceremony was performed en route to the grave after the church service.
Washington on Sept 26 a string of deaths including Solicitor General Lloyd W Powers will prompt a major October term rearrangement. If Justice Hughes seats, seven justices may sit though Justice Moody is absent and the Fuller vacancy remains. About 100 more cases fill the calendar with many set early for government briefings.
Two colored boys aged 9 and 11 broke into S P Moss on Highth street and then Swayze’s store across the street. They took flour gum and toilet soap and attempted to escape with sardines. They were captured by L H Swayze and later released by Sheriff Parker due to age.
From Odessa on September 26 reports describe villagers blaming cholera for outbreaks and enacting brutal rites. An old woman in Archangel was buried with a black cat and black rooster in a weighted sack tossed into a river. In Okopovitchi a supposed witch was buried alive with cholera victims, authorities unable to intervene. Further details reach the village of Torkatschi where fear intensifies.
Archibald J. McKillop, 44, assistant superintendent of machinery for the Illinois Central Railroad, leaped from a second story window at 6608 Washington Ave and died on the sidewalk. Officials deny links to graft exposure in the car repair department. The death and a pending judge shortage threaten postponement of major government cases including Standard Oil and American Tobacco Company, with nine Supreme Court justices needed to hear them.
The article describes mass cholera superstition and brutal rituals. Villages burned, graves opened, and bodies desecrated in attempts to appease spirits. Officials face winter housing needs as disaster expands. In Jarosslaff and Vologeda regions people bury cats alive and conduct processions to ward off disease.
In Birmingham a federal judge directed a verdict for W S Lovell trustee for Knight Yancey Co creditors against Henry Hentz Co. The decision keeps title to 200 bales of cotton with Knight Yancey as the cotton was in transit when the Decatur firm failed. The ruling may affect thousands of bales in transit and future asset claims.
Landry Shackleford, a post office porter, owned and occupied a four room house on North Eighth Street between Washington and Breard. It burned at 11 o'clock Saturday night causing $250 on the house and $400 on furniture with no insurance. Previous arson attempts occurred including oil and kindling found under the corner and poured nearby last night. Firemen arrived promptly and saved adjacent property.
Hudnal's orchestra will perform every Friday night at Riverside Pavilion through the season end, inviting dancers to enjoy live music in an ongoing weekly event.
A young suspect sought by Sheriff Parker was captured by Dallas police. The arrest followed police work in the city, ending the suspect’s flight and bringing him into custody for processing.
Charles Howard alias Kid Young, a 16 year old noted for bold big thefts in Vicksburg Shreveport Little Rock and San Antonio, was arrested in Dallas with about 15000 worth of diamonds watches jewelry and pistols. Police traced him after the Dabney residence robbery and recovery of stolen jewelry in Vicksburg.
The Shreveport Times reports no doubt the burglar Howard Young looted residences of Councilman S. B. Hicks and B. Silbernagel. Jewelry and a revolver match stolen items. the monogram B.S. on a watch aligns with Silbernagel’s timepiece. Sheriff Parker, alerted by the paper, met Hicks and Silbernagel, then hunted Young, seen as part of a prominent Arkansas family.
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