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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
10
The Patoka Register quotes sharp opinions on wealth, power, and manners from critics and editors. It discusses idle rich versus labor, wireless memory ideas, King Menelik of Abyssinia sending lions as gifts, and Helen Keller reflections, with local notes on trees in Orsa Sweden and the 16 battleship Mississippi.
A Swedish laborer admitted firing ten rifle shots from the palace garden at the Norwegian king Haakon on Tuesday. Bullets struck windows and walls but no one was injured as the royal family were away. Palace guards captured the attacker before he could flee.
A mob of about 300 men abducted Jackson Presler from his home near Swords Creek and hanged him to a tree. The incident followed the fatal shooting of George Call and John Mutter at a Saturday dance, with Presler alleged to be implicated. Two other young men, Thomas Gross and Fred Dye, were arrested and moved 20 miles to Lebanon jail amid fears of further violence.
Los Angeles authorities arrested Clinton O Heath a Denver real estate operator on a telegraphic warrant from Denver charging him with embezzling 40000 dollars belonging to Mrs Mary H Husted of New York The money was entrusted to Heath to invest in real estate and it is alleged he made disastrous investments in coal lands.
In Cleveland area 21 white caskets were buried at Lakewood cemetery. The last of 167 charred bodies from the Lakeview school fire in Collinwood Wednesday last were laid to rest. The 21 caskets held 17 unidentified children and four claimed at the last moment in a single public funeral.
A group of whitecaps attacked the house of John Scruggs in Marshall county near Paducah Kentucky last midnight firing volleys. A baby was badly wounded and likely to die while several other family members were slightly wounded. Afterward, whitecaps seized and whipped several other African Americans.
Chicago Illinois. John R. Walsh’s counsel urged a new trial before Judge Anderson in federal court. Attorneys John S. Miller and E. A. Ritcher presented affidavits arguing the verdict did not reflect the evidence. the motion followed Walsh’s bank wrecking conviction.
Conley, warden of Montana state penitentiary at Deer Lodge, was seriously stabbed Sunday while stopping a jail breach. He is improving and likely to recover.
Edward Twist, a 12 year old Cherokee boy from Muskogee, has been arrested in Tahlequah on a charge of killing Robert Forenman, a full blooded Cherokee, while protecting his mother from his assaults. The youth fired two shots, both hitting their target.
Twenty arrests recorded in Chickasha Oklahoma as game wardens seize hunters out of season with fines totaling fifty dollars per case. Officers highlighted widespread violations across the region.
The ordnance department reveals a new explosive called explosive D claimed to be the first successful blasting charge for projectiles. After three years of testing and exhaustive experiments, officials say it is the world’s premier explosive for military use. Congress debates secrecy over ingredients amid these claims.
The article notes U S progress in explosive chemistry during wartime inquiries. It mentions the failed Japanese shimoji test and the desire to keep explosive ingredients secret while Congress requires open purchasing through market advertisements for army supplies.
A tragic accident at a Braganza carnival in Salsas, Lisbon province. A man and his two sons acted out the assassination of King Carlos. During the scene one son portraying Buica fatally shot his father in a Franco disguise with a loaded revolver. The youth, overwhelmed with grief, nearly killed himself.
John Jackson of Paducah Kentucky was acquitted in Caldwell circuit court of membership in a gang of night riders that visited Princeton. The charges claimed the group burned and damaged property.
Mrs Philipps and her two daughters subdued an insane husband by inducing him to sleep and disarmed him of two revolvers a shotgun and a long dirk. Neighbors notified authorities and the man was arrested in Meridian Mississippi.
Oklahoma authorities and a posse raided several Hugo locations chasing liquor believed diverted from this city. A whisky barrel was found roted out and liquor was seized at multiple spots during the operation.
Enid Oklahoma report says Milt Bealer of Ninnes exh set a world record by roping a steer in 20 seconds, then roping a second steer in 28 seconds, highlighting a remarkable and timed roping feat.
The first International Congress of Mothers met in Washington D C with delegates from every state and several foreign representatives. President Roosevelt opened the convention with a reception and a strong speech praising the group’s work to uplift the home and train children and mothers.
John Mitchell, retiring president of the United Mine Workers, is boomed for governor by the Cook County Democracy Marching Club during a Chicago meeting. Described as a man of the people and strong vote-getter, Mitchell, now in Indianapolis, resides in Spring Valley and has been repeatedly mentioned as a potential representative candidate.
William T. Manning campaign manager for former judge Alton B. Parker in the 1904 presidential canvass, died of pneumonia Sunday at his New York residence. Born in San Francisco, he spent many years in newspaper work.
Carlton Weaver associate editor of the Ada News was beaten by saloon loungers, apparently due to his pro prohibition stance. The attack targeted Weaver amid a local power struggle involving Mayor C. O. Barto and town residents.
The Thomas car American leader in the New York to Paris auto race began from Cheyenne at 11 am Monday en route to Ogden. E Lynn Mathewson of Denver has replaced Monty Roberts at the wheel as the roads are reported in splendid condition.
La Pas Bolivia American minister to Bolivia William Sorsby stricken with paralysis last January is rapidly recovering and will depart soon for a coast trip to recuperate. Former Governor's Wife Dies in Atlanta and will be buried in Nebraska.
Charles F. D. Higgins offered a unique defense in a Detroit divorce suit by presenting a box of his own needlework to show he spent his spare time at home. The tactic aimed to persuade the court of his home life and domestic role.
George Spencer a deaf man aged 50 was killed by a Southern passenger train in Knoxville. He was walking toward the track when struck. Local authorities reported the incident as a fatal pedestrian collision on the line near Knox County.
Washington reports on measures introduced and actions in progress in the house and senate. Key items include the postoffice appropriation bill with little change, Hamilton defending federal control of corporations, opposition to ocean mail subsidies, currency opin ions by Senator McLaurin, six Hague treaties ratified, and the upcoming ocean mail vote. Also noted are the Brownsville reports, citizenship cost changes, and a Maine data request on the battleship wreck and burials.
An elderly English club guest in Hongkong grows irate after reading a Chinese note on an envelope. He discovers the insult “for the old baboon with white fur” and confronts the hall porter, revealing his mastery of Chinese before the incident ends.
A jumble of anecdotes and ads references eczema cures with Cuticura Remedies and testimonial dates, plus social chatter and magazine quips. It includes a Michigan postal stamp date, unrelated Tariff talk satire, Castoria assurance, and a coal seller verse alongside tally-like cigar figures.
Washington The military committee of the house on Tuesday ordered a favorable report on a bill authorizing the secretary of war to construct a direct road from the southern end of the new highway bridge across the Potomac to Arlington National Cemetery and to Fort Meyer. The road will be sixty feet wide and 75000 dollars is appropriated for the project.
Washington special committee appointed by Speaker Cannon heard arguments Monday on grounds for impeachment of United States judge Lehbeus R. Wilfley of the Shanghai court. The panel took the case under advisement as Lorin S. Andrews and other American lawyers in Shanghai pursue misconduct charges seeking action. A separate suit in Pelham Manor seeks $3,000,000 over disputed fifty-acre property where homes of prominent New Yorkers stand. In Corzicana, Texas, printer A C G Vickers died after a tree fell on him.
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