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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
10
A jumble of society tidbits and wry observations spans insurance, prices, marriage views, crime, ambitions, and linguistic study. Notes include butter price pressures, Gladys Vanderbilt, a Chinaman in New York, and a bridge surge in Chicago.
The 60th Congress will feature a 92 seat Senate with Oklahoma’s Owen and Gore set to join, bringing seventeen new senators. Notable figures include Borah, Bourne, Briggs, Johnston, Stephenson, Bankhead, Dixon, Hobson, Anthony, Diekman, Porter and others, while the House also tilts Republican with 222 Republicans to 168 Democrats.
Postmaster General Meyer in his annual report urges a U S postal savings bank to keep money safe and circulating. He cites growth in postal receipts and expenditures since 1857, notes immigrant wealth abroad, and proposes deposits with government backing and a high rate of interest with a $500 limit per person.
A United States Steel official in Philadelphia reports a recent improvement in the steel market. He notes some closed mills will reopen soon, that no cancellations have been accepted, and that deferred orders will resume as business conditions improve.
Berlin authorities ruled Herr Erbsloeh must pay about 30 dollars duty on the cup awarded for winning the international balloon race in St Louis. The cup remains with customs pending the decision, and the money would be refunded if the cup leaves the country after the next contest.
Missing party led by Muskogee Chief of Police Charles Kinsey and Alderman B W Pratt was found Sunday night near Porum en route to Muskogee. They traveled with a live bear captured during the journey, which caused the delay.
Salem reports a triple homicide investigation after the bodies of Mrs Casteel her 24 year old daughter her 15 year old son and ranch foreman Montgomery 60 were found in the burned ruins of their Hurst ranch home.
The battleship Nebraska completed her final acceptance trial on Puget Sound and reached 18.88 knots under forced draft for four hours, exceeding her contract speed of 18 knots. The vessel is commanded by Captain Reginald F. Nicholson.
Boston voters face liquor license questions as ballots are cast in thirteen of thirty three cities for municipal officers. Other city elections occur a week later with liquor licensing the only item of broad interest.
A meeting is called for Tuesday next week in the Norfolk Board of Trade rooms to discuss reopening the Jamestown Exposition for four months next summer and to enlist Virginia coast business interests in the movement.
Everett B Webster president of the National Steel and Wire Co and head of subsidiaries at De Kalb Bayonne New Haven and on the Pacific coast died in a Jacksonville hotel at age 38 He was a well known horseman.
A Pennsboro and Harrisville railroad passenger train crossing a trestle 20 feet high near Harrisville collapsed when the supports gave way, sending the cars into a deep ravine below. No further details available on casualties or recovery efforts.
The government in Lisbon postpones nationwide voting until tensions ease, possibly delaying until late 1908 with hopes for an early 1909 vote. In Wheeling, West Virginia, Miss Osie Pierce, distraught after a sham marriage, causes her own death and authorities search for the vanished man involved.
M. P. Gat Ralph Smith from British Columbia announces plans to introduce parliamentary legislation in Canada to restrict Oriental immigration, mirroring measures used in the United States to curb Chinese and other Asian arrivals.
John Hartley was turkey hunting near Jacksonville Pla when his brother Edgar mistook him for game and shot him dead. The tragedy occurred during a hunting outing as Hartley and Edgar hunted together in the brush.
Railroads in Omaha secured a permanent injunction from Judge W. H. Munger against ticket scalpers who sold contract tickets at reduced rates. A prior temporary restraining order had barred the brokers from continuing the practice.
Two miners were instantly killed by a rock fall at a Calumet and Hecla copper mine in Houghton Michigan. Later on Thursday two more miners were buried by a similar fall at the Tamarack mine. one died and the other is not expected to recover.
A Florida dispatch to the Pioneer Press reports a blaze wiped out the business portion of Columbus village, located 20 miles west of Flaxton, North Dakota. The fire destroyed several buildings and caused extensive damage to local commerce as firefighters battled the flames.
The monthly statement shows November receipts of 45 529 325 dollars and expenditures of 42 362 208 dollars, yielding a surplus of over 3 million. Receipts declined versus 1906 by about 10 million while disbursements fell by about 6 million. Customs and internal revenue dropped significantly, with miscellaneous down 420 000 dollars. Excluding the navy, expenditures fell across most items. For the five months of the current fiscal year a surplus exceeding 16 million dollars is recorded.
Live hog values have fallen about three dollars per hundred pounds in the last month, prompting lower pork prices for retailers. Packers issued a new price schedule cutting pork loins, green and cured hams by 44 to 54 cents a pound. The lower hog prices drew more buyers from outside markets into Chicago.
A French military airship believed to be Patrie broke loose at Verdun Saturday and was sighted over Cardiganshire Wales Sunday morning, with reports of three men clinging to the vessel. An airship was later seen over Belfast heading north, seemingly under control.
The navy department issued final sailing orders Friday for the torpedo boat destroyer flotilla led by Lieut. Commander H. I Cone. The ships will depart Hampton Roads on December 2 and stop at more ports than the battleships following them on the Pacific voyage.
In Ottawa Ontario the Japanese immigration issue was raised in the house on Monday Premier Laurier criticized opposition leader Sir Robert Borden for not issuing a clear statement. Sir Wilfrid said Japan has entered the circle of civilized nations and deserves the respect due an ally of the king of England.
Valentine Hayerdahl of Mount Vernon killed himself at home after fearing he had lost his $20,000 deposit in the Knickerbocker Trust Co. The china company salesman had recently resigned to start a business, leaving all he owned tied up in the trust.
In Capetown Mafeking women at a public meeting presided by Mayoress Mrs Joyce pledged to boost South African industries by buying locally produced goods whenever possible, preferring them over imports.
In Adjeroudkiss near Lulla Maghnia Algeria on Friday French troops clashed with Beni Nassen tribesmen numbering about 2500. The Arabs at first drove outposts but eventually retreated under heavy shell fire.
Managua reports the national congress held its first session. It is expected that President Zelaya of Nicaragua and President Viquez of Costa Rica will confer shortly regarding the frontier.
Cologne invites U S aerial clubs to stage the James Gordon Bennett balloon contest next year as part of the Club of Aerial Navigators initiative.
Thousands of mill operatives across New England returned to work on Monday as mills resume full time operation, including in Boston Massachusetts where plants are reopening at full capacity.
Thanksgiving was observed as a general holiday throughout the canal zone and the Republic of Panama. November 28 marked the anniversary of the republic’s independence, making the day a double holiday.
In Whitesburg Kentucky John Miller a leading feudist was shot and killed while Andy and Merrill Jones members of a rival faction were mortally wounded. The shooting marks a fatal incident tied to local feuding factions and ongoing violence in the area.
In Washington, D C Mrs Annie M Bradley is found not guilty of murder in the killing of former Utah Senator Arthur Brown. The verdict is read after the jury declares they agreed on a finding as the court maintains order amid sobs. Emma Pischel breaches decorum by kissing Bradley’s cheeks as she is supported by friends.
Detroit reports Frank P. Glazier creator of Utopia in Chelsea and former governor candidate is in receivership with liabilities near 1 million dollars. Inside sources warn the debt may be larger while his assets are undetermined. Glazier also served as state treasurer and died at his Chelsea home.
An American engineering team locating the Panama canal center line unearthed a French village buried under dense jungle. The site includes nine married men quarters twenty two barracks and mess halls a small machine shop with machinery still in fair condition to be reused by U S canal constructors.
A New York paper polling Republican members of Congress finds a majority oppose Roosevelt's renomination. Most interviewees favor a high conservative platform, and twenty say financial trouble has hurt Republican chances.
New York financier James Hazen Hyde offers to restitution totaling about $1,000,000 to the Equitable Life Assurance Society. He proposes this if all suits against him are withdrawn. The offer has not yet been accepted.
Hearing before Judge Franklin Ferriss in St Louis to take evidence in the government suit to dissolve the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and its $100,000,000 holding company was continued until January 6. In Oklahoma City, a cashier's body believed to be D R Rankin of the Merchants and Planters Bank was found in Cache Creek near Lawton after a month’s disappearance.
The steamer Defender, long thought lost, was located on a reef in Mica Bay, Lake Coeur d'Alene. All passengers and crew are safe with no injuries reported.
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