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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
2
A collage of notes covers England’s warship fleet and merchant vessels, tramps in Chicago, a tiger skin gift to Mrs. Roosevelt, matches made from native grass in Sholapur, and assorted quips. It notes Roosevelt Jr. as a Connecticut governor aide, critiques Yale Hadley, and cites heavy U S industrial deaths while lampooning speeders and urban life with satirical asides.
A light note on the Merry Widow hat seen by a Munich bystander and a quip about husbands. It then cites a fiscal tally showing the United States paid 3 654 663 364 42 in pensions from 1866 to 1908 and 122 574 462 96 in administration, totaling 3 777 237 828 88, exceeding 1907 currency. It adds a War Department test in Washington on tropical clothing for soldiers, noting orange fabrics reflect heat better than dark colors.
A damaged OCR snippet yields few readable details about a local event. Names, places, dates, or outcomes remain unclear, leaving only scattered fragments to guide a cautious summary.
Senator Benjamin R Tillman denied President Roosevelt's accusation that he used his office for private gain or lied about western land deals. The House announced a committee to probe secret service spending across departments. Tillman accused the president of malice and falsification and claimed key papers related to the case had been stolen.
From his desk in his room at the capitol Tillman demanded a thorough probe of his conduct and versus Theodore Roosevelt. He admitted he may have been disingenuous in saying he had not bought or undertaken to buy lands, arguing the word undertook hinges on meaning. He said he did not pay money or take receipts and no deceit or immoral conduct occurred, asserting he had the right to purchase land if possible.
A committee recommends postponing two communications from the president pending review. The move surfaces amid questions over timing and impact on policy, with observers noting procedural steps and potential futures for the messages.
The U S House rejects President Roosevelts accusation that members fear investigation by the secret service. A special committee recommends tabling objectionable portions of the annual message and a resolution declares the House will not consider communications that disrespect or impugn members. Final vote 213 to 35 with 177 rebuke.
With the midyear term starting Thursday, Wellesley College imposes new chaperonage rules. On campus residents must retire by 9 45 p m while off campus students may stay out until 10 o'clock. Chaperons to be chosen from an official list.
The body of Lieut. Foertsch, pilot of the Hergesell balloon, who vanished in the North Sea during the international races last October, was recovered Friday by the trawler Orion’s crew and sent to Hamburg.
Venezuela formally notified Holland that the decree rescinding the exequaturs of Dutch consuls had been withdrawn and new credentials issued to all former Dutch consuls. The move removes the final barrier to full diplomatic relations.
The metropolitan of Belgrade urged support for brethren seeking independence, saying no one should shrink from the risk of life and fortune if the hour arrives. He spoke in the cathedral during a sermon on collective liberty.
A gendarmerie patrol near Strebnitza on the Servian side of the Drina was fired upon January 6. The patrol returned fire and apparently struck an aggressor.
Paris report says Wilbur Wright, famed American aviator, has been named as co respondent in a divorce action filed by Lieutenant Goujarde of the Cuirassiers. The trial is set for February. The case centers on Wrights French aeroplane experiments at Avours and Le Mans with Mrs Goujarde a noted aeronautics enthusiast among spectators.
Ralph Jones alias Rollo Parker held in Trenton after recent jail breaks at Trenton and Mexico Missouri. He admits to being a paroled patient from an insane hospital in Chicago and sends Telegrams to Chicago to prove it. Local authorities plan to resist removal.
Five Frenchmen who left Stony Plain for the MacLeod river three days ago were found frozen to death three miles west of the Nine Mile House on the Grand Trunk Pacific railway survey. Local authorities report the deaths occurred during a harsh winter trek.
Gov Haskell posts a five hundred dollar reward for Ezra Revis charged with killing Deputy Sheriff B F Mulligan of Cimarron County during the night of January 7.
Washington reports the house naval committee approved a navy bill adding two battleships of 26 000 tons each, five torpedo boat destroyers, four submarines, three colliers and one sub-surface boat. The vessels cost 29 million dollars, with total naval appropriation rising to 132 million dollars.
Washington. The house committee on river and harbors again failed to reach a conclusion on a general rivers and harbors bill this session. A majority favors a measure around $10,000,000 for surveys and for maintenance of underway projects. The panel will reconvene Saturday to try again, but a general bill is unlikely to be reported.
Senator Tillman dominated the Monday session delivering a prepared reply to the president's charges about his attempt to acquire timber lands in Oregon originally tied to a railroad grant. He argued litigation by the justice department should compel sale.
The senate passed a bill appropriating $90,000 to acquire the Sequoia grove in California. A finance and judiciary recommendation to raise the president’s salary to $100,000 and adjust the vice president and speaker’s pay was sent to the appropriations committee.
Lenox Michigan deputies and farmers hunt a killer after the murder dismemberment and burning of Rev J H Carmichael a Methodist circuit rider whose body was found in the Columbus church stove eight miles from Lenox Blood stains are reported at the scene Carmichael preached weekly from Adair and worshiped in Columbus and China within seven miles of Adair
The sultan plans a cordial welcome for the American battleship fleet arriving around January 20. He will dispatch hundreds of Turkish naval officers to guide the visitors and will send his son with a message to the American rear admiral inviting him and several officers to Constantinople.
Chicago papers cite an Atlanta dispatch claiming Florence Maybrick, freed after fifteen years for poisoning her husband, is engaged to marry Charles L. Wagner secretary of a lyceum bureau. The bureau's J H McCracken says the marriage will occur soon.
Assistant Secretary Winthrop of the treasury formalizes order accepting the Concordia Kansas site at the northwest corner of Washington and Seventh streets. Property price fixed at $75000.
Fire devastated a block of business houses in Coshush atta Louisiana and wiped out most of the business district. Total damage is estimated at 26000 dollars.
North Chicago bids ready for commandant's house and guard facilities at Great Lakes naval training station as Congress authorizes up to two million dollars for improvements. Elgin suit over alleged affections in a Sherman hospital room. Juliet man found frozen near Will county poor farm. Spring Valley coal shaft fire destroys N2 shaft with $75,000 loss. 19 mules suffocated. Marion man Goodall found dead. Bloomington divorce sequel to Bayer bigamy case. Springfield Lincoln centennial banquet plan. Chicago white slavery claim. Sigma Nu convention in Chicago with Wade Ellis speaker. Automobile crash in Chicago. Quincy elder Anton Defrates dies. Mount Vernon meteor. Chicago post office cashier Kerry arrested. Kewanee hunting accident. Chicago Halsted street car death. Kewanee estate settlement split.
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