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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
10
A collage of items surveys wealth, architecture, and tech topics. Rockefeller income claims are questioned while New York plans a vast 128 family apartment complex with a retired major general as janitor. Other items note airlines, naval nursing, porcelain factories, and Bermuda’s onions.
Mrs E G McAllister of Miami Florida recently returned from a three month European trip carrying all her belongings in one suitcase. Her extra items were a raincoat and umbrella and she managed with limited clothing while performing occasional laundry work. She is praised for proving that a woman can travel and find happiness without frippery and deserves the franchise.
Riot clashes between monarchists and Republicans during municipal election primaries in Azambuja leave 23 dead or mortally wounded and dozens injured. Republicans breached church doors, pursued monarchists, amid a pitched battle with knives and guns.
In Little Rock a conference between five Arkansas trunk lines and shippers reached a compromise on over sixty percent of forty rate questions. Shippers conceded many disputed points and railroads agreed on twenty of the remaining thirty, with ten to be discussed later amid overall satisfaction.
In Shenandoah Iowa Harley Bright aged 24 and his sweetheart Esther Cook aged 15 were found shot at the Bright home. Bright died from a self inflicted wound and Miss Cook was fatally wounded. neighbors heard shots and forced entry revealed a barricaded room and a rifle nearby. The motive was unclear but suspected jealousy over Bright’s attention to another girl.
The Arkansas railway commission and railroad representatives failed to reach a compromise on passenger fares. The commission is enjoined from enforcing the two cent rate and will issue a new tariff likely setting three cents on November 1.
Berlin dispatch notes two German balloons Plauen and Hergesell from an endurance contest have not been reported since Monday. The Aero Club fears they were lost at sea. Pilots were Hocksetetter and Lieut. Foertsch respectively. Balloons were 1450 and 1696 cubic meters.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson arrived in Chicago after a tour through Kansas Nebraska and Iowa. He forecast Taft would win all three states but warned Republican pluralities would shrink and said farmers doubt Bryan could implement Roosevelt era railroad and corporation regulations.
Police hunt a gunman after he fired twice at Rev. Father J K Fielding assistant rector of Corpus Christi church on Forty ninth street and Grand boulevard Chicago while 20 children waited for Sunday school The attacker fled along Forty-ninth street to an alley abandoning a revolver and torn notes while the priest fought him in the vestibule and on the stairs The assailant appeared Greek or Italian and told Fielding he was saying his prayers before firing The priest was struck only a bump on the head with no serious injury
Three crowded Troost avenue trolley cars collided at Thirteenth street in Kansas City. An air brake failure sent one car tumbling down a hill while two others backed away in a desperate escape. One man R. L. Smith of Nevada, Mo., 45, died as the front of the rear car was crushed. Fifteen passengers injured in the wreck.
Harbin Harper Peck aged 59 a leading Cincinnati capitalist and NY banker figure died at his home on Sunday due to paralysis linked to the Jamaica earthquake shock. Former president of the Farmers & Shippers Leaf Tobacco Warehouse company and of the Northern Bank of Covington Kentucky.
A two month drought has crippled mining in southern Illinois with several large collieries suspending operations due to water scarcity.
A man sought on a bigamy warrant was arrested in Norfolk while buying a ticket to Baltimore. He is jailed in Norfolk county awaiting trial.
In United States district court Judge James S. Young denied reducing the bail for William Montgomery former Allegheny National Bank cashier now jailed. The bond stands at 150090. Officials claim the bank was looted 1250000 with Montgomery admitting responsibility for a 469000 shortage. Fire destroyed 107 freight cars in Kansas City Southern yards causing about 65000 in losses.
Nacogdoches Tex Gilbert Parker aged 6 died from blood poisoning after a tooth was pulled with rusty forceps. He endured intense pain as his face and throat swelled and eventually burst, according to reports from local authorities.
American citizen Jose Carlos Becker reports from an Ecuadorian prison that he faces execution by shooting on October 25 for involvement in a revolutionary enterprise. He writes to friends in Washington, D. C., seeking support or intervention.
An explosion at the Harper nitroglycerin plant in Kaneville destroyed the facility and blew four people to pieces. The plant is located about seven miles north of here.
The Colonnade on the Chautauqua assembly grounds burned at 4 am destroying a two story brick building with several shops. Estimated loss reaches 150000 dollars.
Mrs. Robert B. Shirley wife of the Seventh judicial circuit judge died after a long lung illness in Carlinville. She was a social leader active in charity and religion and affiliated with St Paul’s Episcopal church since childhood. Born June 5 1854 in Woodburn she moved to Carlinville in 1869 and married Judge Shirley October 16 1879.
In Troy M D Merry fired at a figure in the dark thinking it was a burglar. The sleeping nine year old son was struck in the right arm as the father woke to the scream, after mistaking the child for an intruder.
Catholic preacher William Thompson faced egg throwing and attempted kidnapping as he promoted a talk on priests and marriage. Police guarded his lodging while crowds pressed outside. Elsewhere in Greenview plans rise for a new church costing about 10 000 dollars and Middletown reports John Woods estate valued at 30 000 dollars with no known local relatives.
A grand jury issued three indictments including Edward Rayhill for murder of Asa Cheney. W Heneey faces two indictments for obtaining money under false pretenses and forgery. Mason fined 1000 dollars for abduction in Decatur. In Lincoln two couples were jailed after falsely swearing to ages to obtain marriage licenses. Lincoln Chautauqua board approves 50 dollar per member plan to buy Brainerd park. Catharine Yates funeral held in Jacksonville. Virden mayor denies current smallpox cases and reports no recent cases.
After a year of persistent effort all members of the Greenview Ladies Missionary Society collected and shipped a carload of old paper. Proceeds will be devoted to missions.
At a regular stockholders meeting of the Lake Erie & Western railroad William H. Van derbilt J Pierpont Morgan and William Rockefeller were elected directors.
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