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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
10
A collage of odd items including critiques of milk dealers a weathered view on China revolution and public safety duels two French counts and a snake study. Mentions Detroit shelter cats Mayflower descendants Roosevelt reform and Canadian French treaty with Laurier highlighting imperial ties.
A seven foot four inch eagle is captured in New Jersey. The item prompts debate on whether the St Gaudens coin bird is real or a fake. The piece notes workingmen may travel to Europe in winter as railroad presidents travel in summer and expect to return in spring.
Atlanta readers learn a new Georgia prohibition law forbids keeping or giving away intoxicants in public places and taxes clubs $500 for member access. Officials expect enforcement, possible constitutional challenge, and widespread economic impact across Augusta, Atlanta, and statewide saloons, with thousands losing jobs as businesses close.
Cleveland scene reports that Radiyaje Rakich a young Austrian immigrant was fatally shot near Bedford Ohio. A diary found in his pocket recounts escapes and travels across the United States while pursued by unknown assailants. The motive remains unclear and three unidentified men were seen loitering near Bedford.
Senator George S. Nixon says Gov Sparks will call a Nevada legislature extra session to handle the miners strike and ensuing Goldfield troubles. Nixon cites a Telegram received from Goldfield last night promising the call.
In Birmingham the sheriff halted Henry Thaxton's execution when a governor’s telegram suspended the hanging for 15 days. Thaxton, a Negro convict, cried out My God as cheers rose from jail inmates and he was returned to his cell praying and weeping.
Philadelphia man James Simpson, a long-serving Farmers National Bank paying teller, was arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement of 4400 dollars. Simpson joined the bank at age 14 and, over 25 years, rose to the teller position.
Charles M. Dow Jr. aged 28, son of Chas M Dow of Jamestown New York and a bank president, was killed yesterday by an accidental gun discharge. A severe storm also hits southern Minnesota with heavy snow crippling railroad traffic and suspending Winona streetcar service.
Baltimore and Ohio railroad in Cumberland Maryland cut nearly five hundred shop and yard workers this weekend. Only a lean staff remains to handle the most urgent tasks.
The Shenango Valley Steel plant at Newcastle Pennsylvania resumed operations after a ten day idleness. More than 2,000 workers are affected by the restart and are returning to work.
James B. Conkling a notable Middletown entrepreneur is in critical condition after an unexplained injury. He was found unconscious with an ear filled by molten lead, believed poured into the ear while awake.
Lenox Michigan reports five Grand Trunk line trainmen killed Friday night as a Grand Trunk passenger train collides with a double-header freight just north of the city. Emergency crews respond to the wreck and investigations begin.
Spokane report says Steve Adams, twice tried for Fred Tyler’s murder with a Rathdrum October trial, was discharged and immediately rearrested by Sheriff Fitzpatrick of Telluride Cal. In Binghamton NY a Susquehanna switchman John L Sullivan was murdered by an unknown strike breaker at noon Thursday.
The forthcoming proceedings mark the consummation of the fourth trial of Caleb Powers over the Goebel murder. Seven weeks of trial and 42 court days have passed with 170 witnesses heard, 76 for the commonwealth and 101 for the defense, as the long contested case nears its close.
In Denver a long running newspaper feud ends in a street confrontation. F G Bonfils, Denver Post proprietor, hits ex Senator Thomas M Patterson after a brief exchange. Patterson is beaten with a cowhide whip and left at home with painful but non serious injuries. Patterson, a former U S Senator, is described as a millionaire.
Reading Pennsylvania poland p stokes aged thirty shoots and instantly kills his father-in-law Dr John Y Hoffman aged forty nine former city treasurer. Stokes and his family lived with Hoffman. He returned home Thursday evening intoxicated and after Hoffman protested a quarrel followed ending in the shooting. Stokes says he acted in self defense.
New York banks ended most sixty day withdrawal notices issued during the panic. Depositors did not rush to withdraw funds as financial unrest eased. Banks reported withdrawals were largely offset by new deposits, indicating little demand for money.
Chicago freed a saloon owner Thomas Chamales after a jury acquitted him in a case brought by the Chicago Law and Order League. The trial, held Friday morning, was the second effort after an earlier jury disagreed.
A fourteen year old girl sparked a deadly confrontation near Muskogee Oklahoma when a group including Ince Wilbur Brashears Leonard and Lemuel Collins exchanged fire on a rural road. Ince was shot and died in a ditch before help arrived.
New Orleans experienced the driest Sunday in years as authorities rigidly enforced closing laws. Only a few saloons sold more than a nominal amount of drinks and they admitted regular patrons by prior appointment.
Chicago reports that trainmen and conductors on railroads east of the city have postponed taking formal action on a broad wage and working conditions revision. The executive committee concluded its survey of the union notes yesterday.
Rescue work continues at the Alpha shaft level 1000 where three miners remain trapped. Loose ground raises the risk of collapse as over 400 feet of earth still must be removed before a rescue.
The Bureau of Statistics predicts 1907 will mark the highest foreign commerce in U.S. history with record imports and exports. Based on the first eleven months and rising December observations, overall trade is expected to exceed all prior years.
A foot and part of a man's leg were found in a sack discarded in the yard of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Co in Ford City Pennsylvania. The sack gave off a strong acid smell and buggy tracks to the river suggest the rest of the body was dumped there. No clue has been found.
Rapid progress continues in the Darr mine incident at Jacobs Creek Pennsylvania as workers clear all entries except No 27. A total of 124 bodies have been recovered and several more remain to be brought to the surface, with midnight expectations reported.
The Countess of Warwick announces an early next year start on a lecturing tour of America. Proceeds from the tour and her memoirs will fund her goal of owning and editing a newspaper. Louisville saloon license raised from 150 to 500 dollars by city council, awaiting alderman and mayor approval.
St. Petersburg reports Father John of Cronstadt is gravely ill from a recurrence of an old malady. He cannot eat and his advanced age makes recovery unlikely. He is regarded as a saint by the Ignorant classes.
A rough census count from Governor Mago on Cuba was cabled to Washington showing the island population at 2,028,282. The dispatch reports a totals figure for the island, reflecting early demographic estimates during wartime communications.
Purvis, Miss Torn from her husband against her father’s wishes, Lena Richardson Hatfield shot and killed John Richardson after he threatened her and her mother. She then surrendered 30 miles away, drove to Lamar county jail. The confrontation began when Richardson forced the bridegroom to give up his wife and abused the family, with neighbors restraining him briefly before he advanced with a club. The daughter fired twice, the second shot ending Richardson’s life, and she then fled to surrender.
Activists crowd anti high rent bureaus across the East Side as commissioners organize families and hold meetings to protest rising rents linked to poverty, with communities advancing a broad movement through Sunday activity.
Arthur Sassman, conductor for United Railways, was killed yesterday at Twelfth and Folsom streets by passenger Bonaventura Archeri after a refused transfer. Archeri paid fare, argued, then shot Sassman following a slap. A small riot erupted and was quelled by police.
Rescue teams report progress but still more than 400 feet of earth to remove before the imprisoned miners near Ely can be released. Work continues under danger and time pressure as crews advance careful excavation.
A very heavy earthquake was recorded on instruments at the coast and geodetic survey observatory at Cheltenham Maryland Monday morning. It began at 38:30 seconds past midnight and lasted two hours. The maximum displacement reached 64 millimeters.
John Omillian a 26 year old Slav miner was freed after three days trapped in a mine at Ellsworth thirty miles from Pittsburg. He was taken to the county home at Arden in a raging state.
Denver court quashes indictments against L. M. Rumsey of St. Louis and associates over alleged theft of 2,000 acres of Routt county coal land. Proceedings concluded Monday in U S district court.
A U S battleship fleet departed Port of Spain Trinidad at 4 pm Sunday bound for Rio de Janeiro. The weather was clear and a pleasant voyage was anticipated by officials and crews.
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