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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
2
A collection of editorials notes self-reliance as safety, meat prices falling, and scarce eggs. It praises U S progress in 1907 while warning graft, education quirks, and cross eyed schooling risks. It cites Oklahoma funding and Uncle Sam as a model employer with 306 140 workers and no strikes.
Swarthmore rejects Miss Jeanes million dollar bequest over a condition banning competitive athletics. The trustees value freedom over the grant, noting the decision costs them a future windfall yet preserve autonomy. The Quakers lament the lost funds and the freedom it secures.
The Youths Companion notes hunting accidents this season arise from familiar errors spoken of for generations. All cases are summarized as not knowing it was loaded, gun muzzle toward a person through a fence, being in a wagon, or being in a boat.
A large portion of eastern fresh halibut comes from the Pacific coast though lovers of the fish may be surprised. Western halibut trade grows, with about all of Seattle and Alaska catch reaching Boston's 265,000,000 pounds yearly. Mish is boxed iced and rushed to Boston then sold to New York and Chicago for distribution. Boston vessels bring comparatively little halibut.
A New Jersey man who aimed to stage a literary retreat for writers has gone bankrupt. The piece notes authors today scorn such retreats, which are described as occupying marble cottages and palatial residences on private estates.
A Nubian son and an American jaguar die of rage in a New York zoo. An elephant mourns a circus head with a broken heart, as nature writers note kinship between animals and people in sorrowful moments.
A 4:45 morning blaze destroyed the Union Depot Annex in Kansas City injuring mail and express services. Wells Fargo Express, Pullman, and Fred Harvey suffered the heaviest losses, with large quantities of registered mail burned and store rooms wiped out. The Railway Y M C A also suffered, while the Pacific and Adams Express companies fared better. The fire flooded the steam plant, halting automatic switches and delaying trains.
Paris socialite Mme Anna Gould plans to sell all property and move to New York with her two sons to secure their education. She denies rumors of marriage to various men and mentions an agreement with Count Boni de Castellane allowing the children to leave France.
Jackson Mississippi reports a sweeping roster overhaul as over 3000 officials from state officers to constables take oaths. The change follows recent election law reforms increasing the breadth of appointments.
The National Association of Master Plumbers allocates $1,000 to continue research on sewer gas effects and prevention. Boston, Massachusetts, is set as the site for the next convention in July.
James Limpkin a Dover cigarmaker becomes famed as a hunter after killing 250 muskrats 16 polecats and a possum during 1907. He earns good prices for pelts and gains local notice in York Pennsylvania.
The United States dredgeboat Henry Fladd burned to the water's edge in Memphis Tennessee. No injuries reported and authorities investigated the cause of the blaze.
Detectives in an untenanted East Side tenement found a valise with ancient jewelry valued at 17000 dollars. The pieces were reported stolen Sunday from the home of Chas F Broker of Ansonia Connecticut.
The skeleton found near Hicks Run has been identified as Thomas Scully of Dubois a woodsman missing since last August. Identification was made using a bank book and a watch found with the remains.
Lawrence coroner's jury orders Eas-Ephraim Vaneil to stand trial for murder after Prof. E H S Bailey reports Mrs. Della Vaneil's stomach contained arsenic. She died last Sunday night, with a note reading I have intended doing this for some time. Neighbors doubt heart disease and question the letter's authorship.
St Louis reports an executive agent formerly Senator Joseph R. Jon of Kansas was fined 2400 dollars by a United States district court after conviction for representing get rich quick concerns before the post office department. Clerk James R. Gray was involved, with further execution requests to the district court if points prevent. Burton served a six month prison term.
New York ships confirm that Hamburg American and North German Lloyd have settled their long running dispute over transatlantic supremacy. The accord ends a seven year struggle that began when Deutschland seized the speed pennant from the Cunard Line.
San Francisco Superior Judge Frank H. Dunne refused bail for former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz. The appellate court had reversed his extortion conviction last Wednesday, ruling the prior judgment illegal.
A Frankfort telegram reports that former Gov. Beckham trails by three votes in the legislature's bid for the U S Senate. The message indicates the House and Senate combined tally falls short of election by three votes.
Lawrenceburg Indiana William C OBrien has accepted the treasurer ship of the democratic national committee He was chairman of the Indiana committee until the recent meeting of that body
Copenhagen reports the death of Holger Drachmann a leading modern Danish poet. He died on Tuesday leaving a legacy in Danish literature and art.
Nathan Buckhout an electrical engineer from Long Branch New Jersey died in the engineering building at State College Pennsylvania during a holiday visit to his parents. The death was due to paralysis of the brain.
The Davenport Iowa vote on adopting the commission form of government failed by 398 votes. The outcome was announced for the proposition and reflects voter rejection in the city.
The House debated penalties for officers and directors violating political contribution laws, with amendments to raise fines and imprisonment rejected. Corcoran proposed higher penalties, Payne accused Democrats of stalling, while Fitzgerald defended the move to strengthen the bill. Earlier, a clash over prohibiting enticing workers from arsenals and armories was settled with amendments rejected.
The Senate passed a bill granting leaves of absence during December January February and March to homestead entrymen, enabling absence for seasonal work or settlement duties.
Representative Smith of Missouri offered a resolution requesting the president to transmit to the House a copy of the report and exhibits prepared for him by the commission sent to Goldfield Nevada to investigate the labor troubles there.
In Ohio the appointment of postmasters was dropped after opposition from Senators Foraker and Dick. The move reflects Senate influence over patronage and local political friction as officials faced removal or rejection.
Washington senators debated the treasury bond issue aimed at easing financial stringency. The exchange began after Senator Culberson asked questions and included Aldrich Tillman and Bailey. An agreement was reached to await a Cortelyou statement, with Tillman’s finance committee inquiry referred to the panel with his consent.
Washington senate passes Tillman resolution urging the Interstate Commerce Commission to provide information on purchases by railroad companies of stock in competing lines.
Washington Senator Cullom introduced a bill adding to the interstate railroad law a clause allowing common carriers to extend free passenger carriage to their own officials and employees and to exchange passes with other roads.
The senate judiciary committee authorized its chair Senator Clark of Wyoming to appoint a three member sub committee to which all measures concerning prohibition may be referred.
Senator Dick introduced a joint resolution placing the Isle of Pines government under U S control until Congress acts or a Cuba treaty alters it. The president would direct military civil and judicial affairs on the island.
The Rev. Robert Moffett, a noted Disciples church minister and for 25 years corresponding secretary of the General Christian Missionary Society, died at his Cleveland home at age 72.
Anton Wilding of East Lebanon died at the city hospital from injuries after walking in his sleep and falling forty feet from a third story window.
Word from Boyertown Pa describes a devastating disaster at Rhoades Opera House where a crowd of about 500 people fled in panic after an oil lamp overturned. Officials report about 150 dead, 75 identified, with many children among the victims as rescue workers retrieve charred remains and crushed bodies.
Mrs. Gideon Miller, wife of the sheriff, heard digging near a jail cage and alerted her husband. He forced entry with a shotgun while she kept the robbers covered, preventing an escape that officials say could have occurred within ten minutes.
In Ely Nevada solid ground was reached at noon Tuesday and the Alpha shaft is expected to reach the entombed men in about ten more feet. Foreman Gallagher predicts progress will improve and the team can average 25 feet daily, though 875 feet of earth and rock still separate rescuers from the entombed miners.
President Finley of the Southern Railway Co announced a 10 percent pay reduction for the president vice presidents and other general officers and their office staff due to declining business and revenues in Washington D C.
In Tennessee two underage girls aged 14 and near 14 were issued marriage licenses with mothers consent despite protests from the county clerk who lacked authority to refuse the documents.
The California, a new navy fighting ship, will sail from San Francisco on Wednesday for its final sea test before joining the Pacific fleet.
The Rev. Robert Moffett, a noted Disciples church minister and 26-year corresponding secretary of the General Christian Missionary Society, died at his Cleveland home aged 72.
Colonel Louis Krughof, a prominent Nashville banker and Civil War veteran, was found dead in his bed at his residence. He had served in multiple public trust roles and was well known in the city.
Dougherty formerly Joliet school superintendent who served prison time for embezzling 400000 returns to Joliet and files suit against the Peoria Newton school board for 180000. The board had settled with property valued at 250000, Dougherty testified that 330000 was spent and that 70000 remained unaccounted for, yielding an overpayment claim of 180000.
Decatur reports Judge Cochran ruled that only letters from Mrs. Mabelle Snell McNamara of Kansas City may be produced in the contested will case of Colonel Thomas Snell. The letters from other women who allegedly wrote to Snell are excluded. Richard Snell, the son, seeks access to broader correspondence but faces the ruling.
Decatur ministers and the Y M C A general secretary donned overalls and borrowed hammers to help carpenters and laborers on a large tabernacle started for a Billy Sunday revival. Forty six men volunteered including 36 artisans to work on the structure designed to hold 5000 people.
Judge J R Creighton in Shawnee restrains city from buying the new electric light plant. A. G. Richeson and others obtained the injunction as the city council had agreed to pay 17000 for the utility.
Waterloo Henry Herchenroeder, a pioneer settler of the area, died at the county farm after over three weeks illness and four days without food. He was 71 and had been a longtime worker at the farm, remembered for his strength and health prior to his illness.
The death of Louis Krughoff a former president of the First National Bank in Louisville and a well known figure in G A R circles of Illinois was announced as apoplexy. His daughter heard him groan and found him dead at his home.
Bloomington Helen Dixon, former treasurer of Second Christian Church, is appointed secretary for the Illinois poultry show. The role includes a small salary for one week’s work as the annual exhibition opens.
Illinois produced about 25,000,000 barrels of oil in the last year, ranking second in the U S. Only California surpassed it. Illinois exceeded Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana combined in 1907.
In Springfield federal court, Alfred Daugherty alias John L. Market of Madison Illinois pleaded guilty to making false affidavits to secure a pension and was sentenced to five years at Fort Leavenworth federal penitentiary.
Springfield agitation for a constitutional amendment to allow municipal courts wherever desired will be inaugurated by the Springfield Advertising Men's Club. The move aims to broaden local judicial bodies and centralize reforms the club endorses.
Mrs. Ernest C. Hosmer of Vinita Oklahoma aged 30 committed suicide here by hanging. Her body was found in a shed.
Chester John Reilly aged 47 was found dead between the ties of a trestle on the Illinois division of the Iron Mountain railway in Lower Chester authorities investigating the incident as a possible accident or suicide pending coroner’s ruling.
Eunice Rogers, 2h years old, was acquitted in Justice Connollys court on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Cleve Foutz of Bradfordton testified he was shot at while passing her home.
Harrisburg Ames Consert a miner was fatally burned in an explosion at Ogara Mine No 4. Several other workers were injured in the incident.
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