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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
2
A brisk, satirical miscellany surveys letters about purity of thought and action, reworks of famous names, and quirky lines on politics, law, and society. It jokes about Lipton, Twain, Purity laws, and a Swedish king, pairing whimsy with biting observation.
An Alabama senator argues the south must go dry to keep liquor from the colored man. He poses whether a color line will exist in enforcement, highlighting racial policy tension over prohibition.
A butler arrested in the east with diamonds valued at 17000 argues that a past position as a head waiter could aid his defense. If he can prove that he once held that role, his case stands a good chance at dismissal.
A New York juror disrupted a court trial revealing candor about local lawyers. The incident marks a rare instance of a juror openly criticizing the legal professionals involved in the case.
The Prince de Sagan says he would duel if Count Boni de Castellane struck him with a glove but Boni knocked him down and kicked him into the gutter, making the prince an unwor thy target of notice. The prince is viewed as the world’s leading unconscious humorist.
A humorous column notes burglars prowl at all hours for jewelry while priests of various trades pursue risky livelihoods. It quips that a bachelor burglar would fear a dawn drag to the marriage license clerk and a civil service exam. The tone treats crime lightly and satire on social norms.
William Menzes aged 54, paralyzed and unable to speak, relay his alleged torture at the Central Insane Asylum to a legislative investigating committee through a thumb wiggle code known to his daughter. He says he was healthy on arrival, then beaten and paralyzed within 48 hours, with dark marks on his neck and jaws and wounds on his back. The daughter disputes doctors’ determinations of insanity.
Mrs. Busey alleges a patient was dragged into a tub and beaten by three attendants after entering a hospital. She says he suffered flesh tearing, loud groans ignored by staff, and two blows behind the ears that allegedly led to paralysis. The next day he was assaulted again.
The planned diamond jubilee pageants in Vienna for next spring have been canceled as physicians state Emperor Francis Joseph has not fully recovered from a months long illness. They warn that outdoor celebrations and hosting foreign royalties could risk his health.
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed near Glencoe Bellaire Ohio late Thursday afternoon killing Harry Diday and fatally injuring John Hollingshead and Samuel Smith, all freight crew members.
Kansas delegates at the state convention in Hutchinson unanimously adopt a resolution directing all delegates to cast a solid vote for William J. Bryan for President at the Denver convention. The measure applies to both state and congressional delegations as they head to Denver.
At Newcastel on Tyne England fourteen dead include fourteen workers and two supervisors after Friday explosion at Globe Colliery Washington village. Sixteen men were in the workings when the blast occurred with many injured and others unaccounted for as rescue efforts continued.
Nebraska Congressman RE H Hinshaw is reported improving after being taken ill while returning from Senator Latimer’s funeral and moved to a city sanitarium. He is not yet able to travel to Washington and will remain there for several days.
The A. B. Clark ranch once counted among the state’s largest holdings, covering about 20 700 acres, has been sold to W. H. Dye of Indianapolis.
Washington plans show millions in fines due to Elkins law holding not repealed by Hepburn rates. Standard Oil leads with 29.4 million. Great Northern 15 million. Chicago and Alton 40 thousand. Other firms including Armour Swift Morris Cudahy and Burlington line face 10 to 15 thousand each. Total penalties listed reach 29,550,000.
San Francisco area report notes Sausalito school trustees pass a resolution that effectively bars all Orientals from town schools. The board asserts it will fight the action and will not be coerced into retreat.
James B. Duke, president of American Tobacco, said to be ill and unable to appear Monday to testify in the federal inquiry. He asked U S Commissioner Shields and defense counsel to visit his home to take his evidence, and the request was agreed to.
Judge Peter S. Grosscup of the United States circuit court in Chicago and six other directors officers and employees of the Central Illinois Traction Co were arraigned yesterday before Judge M W Thompson in Coles County on charges of criminal negligence and manslaughter.
Lieutenant General Stoessel, condemned to death February 20 for the Port Arthur surrender to Japan, petitions Emperor Nicholas for a full pardon. A court recommended commuting the sentence to 10 years in a fortress and excluding him from service.
Governor Joseph K. Toole of Montana arrived in Los Angeles from Helena and announced on arrival that ill health forces his resignation. He said the resignation will take effect April 1, marking a sudden political move from the state capital.
Union representatives at the Central Federated Union meeting Sunday declared opposition to the unemployed parade and the mass meeting scheduled for March 7 in City Hall Park and refused to participate in the demonstration.
It has come to light that Italians employed as laborers at Port Arthur and Fort Williams planned to blow up the Canadian Northern railway coal docks recently built at enormous cost.
A mortgage for 50 million dollars from the Missouri Pacific road to a New York trust company was filed in Wichita Kansas. The mortgage runs for 30 years and bears 6 percent interest.
Washington reports the House committee on interstate and foreign commerce authorized a favorable report on the Esch bill. It requires railroads to file monthly reports of all accidents with the Interstate Commerce Commission and allows publication of these reports by the commission.
Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma led three hours of discussion on the Aldrich bill claiming an earlier proposal by former Senator Jones of Arkansas would have prevented the recent panic. The Senate also considered and read through the Indian appropriation bill during part of the day.
Washington General debate on the army appropriation bill in the house Tuesday featured free expression on tariff and financial policy. Garrett of Tennessee and Pay of North Carolina attacked Republican tariff stances, while Hayes of California called the financial system patchwork and the Aldrich bill insufficient. Parker of New Jersey backed higher pay for officers and men, and Kustermann of Wisconsin supported restoring the canteen. Seven hours of general debate will end today as the measure is read for amendment.
The committee reports harmony and progress on the bill with 18 of 39 sections canvassed. A federal guaranty of national bank deposits was discussed, and a substitute currency clause passed with no material amendments. After section-by-section examination, the tentatively revised bill will be printed and reopened for executive-session discussion.
The bill to revise the criminal code of the United States was passed by the committee of the whole of the senate Monday and was ordered reprinted with amendments so that it might be put upon its passage.
Washington witnesses a clash as the speaker overrules the rules committee on a non privileged Dalzell resolution seeking an investigation of peonage in the southern states. The army appropriation bill of 85 million follows with debate on military spending tariff revision and Sherman anti trust law reforms.
A Chihuahua dispatch reports two policemen killed after a bullion robbery attempt at the Santo Domingo mine in Santa Eulalia district. The assailants were repulsed in the raid and fled.
John Sunderland age 29 a noted amateur baseball pitcher and local basketball and football player was instantly killed when a fall of coal collapsed at Shenandoah Pennsylvania. The accident removes a prominent sports figure known in the region.
Lee Hart 30 shot his wife twice then killed his mother in law and mortally wounded her husband before throwing himself on a Frisco train. Hart had been converted at a church revival and celebrated with his in laws prior to the deadly sequence. His wife survived her injury but was shaken. Edwards died of his wounds. Hart's body was found beside the track the next morning.
New York lawyer Charles M. Sanford was shot twice in the head by a woman at his Brooklyn offices in the Garfield building. The suspect, initially named Nellie Lyon then Jennie V. Blunt, 30, claimed she acted to avenge a wrong. Sanford's injuries were not serious.
J. L. Munzer, scion of a rich New York family, died by shooting himself Monday at the Audubon Hotel on Ellis Street. Formerly in the theatrical business, he had been traveling for the Munger Leather Goods Co., headed by his brother. Several letters found in his room remain unopened. Despondency is believed to have caused the act.
In York Pennsylvania two cork-legged men William Bear and John Mills clashed over a political argument. Mills was arrested after the fight. Bear is a Civil War veteran who lost a leg.
A large fire swept the entire east side of Russellville Alabama’s business section, leaving the bank building as the only structure standing. The estimated loss is $40,000.
In Centralia the Southern Illinois Newspaper Correspondents Association executive committee set plans for its semi annual meeting and banquet in East St Louis on Saturday evening March 28. Invitations will go to Governor Deneen Congressman William B. McKinley of Springfield Congressman William A Rodenberg of East St Louis Mayor Fred J Kern of Belleville and Charles Boeschenstein Edwardsville Democratic state central committee chair.
Joliet burglars targeted Anton Bozik a saloon keeper. A mastiff attacked one intruder nearly killing him and the other fired six shots into the dog. Bozik was gravely injured and unable to pursue the men who escaped before surrendering. The dog died from its injuries but prevented the robbery.
William Jones also known as William Birmingham and his wife Alzina Jones were found guilty by a jury in Judge Kerstein's court of kidnapping Lillian Wulff a 12 year old girl from her Chicago home last December. Jones was sentenced to thirty years and his wife to twenty five years in the penitentiary.
Louis Cont of Winnebago County rifles mishap during rabbit hunt ends with gun discharge upon impact with ground. Shot strikes his leg and he is taken to a hospital for treatment.
In Decatur the Rev. Billy Sunday faces threats during a religious revival ahead of the April local option campaign. The Pastors' Association has hired a private detective to watch over the evangelist.
Fairfield Illinois reports the death of Robert Hayward eighty year old retired farmer and capitalist a founder of Hayward who died of disease. He endowed a chair at Delaware College in Delaware Ohio and donated a substantial fortune to education.
Rock Island Ensign and Mrs Robert Booth in charge of the Salvation Army post here were held after a coroner's investigation accused of killing their two weeks old son found dead with a fearful gash in the neck in their bedroom.
The State Game Commission received 900 pheasants for Sangamon county game preserves. Each pair cost $6, bred by Wallace Evans of Oak Park.
Ransom A. Youngblood, ex-president of Coal Belt National Bank of Salem Arkansas, received a one to 14 year sentence and was sent to Chester Penitentiary to begin serving.
Rev. Robert Conover, a renowned Bloomington Presbyterian clergyman, died aged 85 a day after his wife. The couple founded Illinois’ first seminary for girls in 1856, marking a notable contribution to education in the state.
A beer car derailed in the Elgin yards of the Chicago Northwest railroad toppled a large barn and killed about a dozen prize Plymouth Rock chickens. The incident occurred in a freak wreck, injuring no humans.
An epidemic of scarlet fever in Chenoa forces a ban on public meetings and the closure of schools and churches in Bloomington. Public health authorities order restrictions to curb the outbreak.
Taylorville man David Litton aged 56 was killed by a fall of coal in the Christian County Coal Company mine. The fatality occurred during ongoing mining operations with authorities notified. No further details were provided in the readable text.
The Farmers' Elevator Co. grain elevator at Marva thirteen miles north of here was completely burned. The structure was nearly full of grain with a loss estimated at 33000 dollars and 24000 dollars covered by insurance. The cause of the blaze is undetermined.
Murphysboro Illinois mining board vice president David Christie died in St Andrew's hospital after a 19 day illness.
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