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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
12
A miscellany notes social quirks and tautologies from current life, including remarks on journalism, fashion, law, romance, and science. It weighs on humorists, prize fighting debates, hunger as health, and Holland’s plan to reclaim 40 000 fertile acres from the sea in a concise, opinionated sweep.
The remarks from Mr. Carnegie at the Princeton lake dedication praise rowing as the top college sport, aligning with Harvard's President Charles W. Eliot who shares the view.
In Aldrich Missouri two masked men robbed the Bank of Aldrich during business hours forcing President Z G Coalson and Cashier James Vaughn to surrender $3500. The pair were then marched to a buggy with a third bandit waiting and forced to walk to the town edge before being released.
Chicago Rabinowitz 44, a grocer, died after defending his wife during a burglary at 436 Th street. She alarmed him. he rushed in as one robber shot him in the abdomen. Mailed reports say he cannot live. Burglars fled.
Richard Walton, a Black man and confessed singer in the case of Mrs Lillian White Grant, a kindergarten teacher, was hanged at the county jail on Friday. He spoke from the scaffold thanking guards for their humane treatment.
San Francisco postpones the Patrick Calhoun trial after 14 indictments accuse him of offering bribes to supervisors for an overhead trolley franchise. The case delayed to Feb 1 to allow Calhoun to travel to New York on street railway business. Calhoun plans to depart Saturday morning.
A Goldfield delegation urged Gen. Funston to assess federal troop needs amid miners unrest. Funston reported that armed miners and fear of Western Federation of Miners had subsided with troops on hand. He expects troops to stay at least ten more days with possible detentions. Governor Sparks sent Washington a detailed reply correcting omissions in the call for troops. Train arrivals of strike-breakers remained unclear.
Storms in the East Atlantic sweep over France weakening to the north and center over Spain. The cruiser Isly ran ashore at L Orient and the three masted Padonia broke on rocks at Biarritz. Several fishing boats lost in the Channel and many ships sought shelter as the storm halted Anglo French service and delayed the La Bretonne’s New York departure.
The permanent relief committee led by Governor Dawson prepared a nationwide appeal for funds to aid widows and orphans affected by the Fairmont Coal Co. explosion. Newspapers are urged to receive contributions and forward them to the treasury via their columns.
Des Moines based dispatch reports Gov. Cummins of Iowa reiterates he will not abandon his United States Senate bid. He acknowledges talk of a presidential run but says it is a new idea locally and he has no intention to leave the Senate race.
In Teheran demonstrations over delays in executing soldiers who killed two shopkeepers escalated Sunday. Protesters fired on the parliament building as the cabinet resigned. The shah ordered arrests of premier Nasser El Mulk and interior minister San Ed Dowleh, plus Alla Ed Dowleh, governor of Shoraz.
A sawmill blaze at Chicago Lumber Co. in Manistique Michigan destroyed three hand mills. Night foreman Henry Hammel and night watchman Andrew Norton died in the fire. Property loss estimated at $100000.
Havana officials report the yellow fever quarantine on Cuba has been removed following notification from authorities in Washington. Governor Magoot was informed of the change.
The Democratic National Committee chose Denver, Colorado, as the site for the 1903 convention and fixed July 7 as the date after a heated discussion over accepting more than needed from a $100,000 Denver donation. Denver led the vote 22 to 17 over Louisville with Chicago five and St Paul one.
Governor Warner formally directs Attorney General Bird to draft charges against State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier of Chelsea. The move follows Warner's demand for Glazier's resignation after a home visit. The charges stem from the Chelsea Savings Bank closure on December 2 due to Glazier’s financial troubles and related banking actions.
A man who melted Mexican silver dollars to remold into counterfeit United States 50 cent pieces was sentenced Thursday to six years in Sing Sing and ordered to pay the government 250 dollars. He admitted making the coins and claimed his money was as good as the government’s, saying the funds were for building an airship.
In speculation about Martians, the author argues they may be intellectually superior and physically different. Mars’ older age, longer year, lower gravity, and adaptable climate are cited as factors supporting possible advanced life. The author muses on past and potential contact and concludes Earth’s life adapts to surprising conditions.
The excerpt argues unity is the core rule of art, shaping a microcosm of order. It links poetry and tragedy to the poet as seer, explains meliorism through martyrdom and heroism, and views life as a constant progress toward loftier ideals guiding cosmical evolution.
Two hundred men lose jobs as St. Joseph Lead Co and Doe Run Lead Co reduce output by half at Bonne Terre Flat River Central Leadwood Gumbo and Doe Run plants. Workers kept work half time. monthly payrolls total about $200000.
In Des Moines Iowa Governor Cummins faced calls from prominent town representatives to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. He declined comment but friends say he is favorably disposed to the program arranged and a conference to canvass the situation may be called soon.
Honolulu Fanning and Washington Islands in the Fanning group were sold at Sava Fiji on Saturday to Father Brougier for 125000 dollars. The pair sit in the South Pacific near Fiji and were auctioned by local agents.
Mrs Louisa Taft widow of Judge Alphonso Taft former United States attorney general was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati after simple services led by Rev George A Thayer at the home of her stepson Charles P Taft The report also notes depopulation in Clio Arkansas with about half its population leaving for Arkansas and Louisiana points along the Cotton Belt
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