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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
2
Disconnected clippings span topics from India bees to Castros and cantaloupes. Notes on Baltimore conference attendance, Chicago professor skepticism, a New Jersey immune man, Hetty Green wardrobe quips, New York zoo remarks, 250000 transient hotel guests, auto heart disease in Pittsburg, and Heligoland gun prep hints.
A jumble of notes mentions cheaper mail to England via France, marital consent for ballooning in Austria, a French duck poisoning scandal, the Prince of Wales homeward, two whales off Eden coast, Paris waiters cancel a kitchen strike, wary campaign literature, and the Dalai Lama's Mongolian tour toward Peking with Tibetan administration at stake.
In a fierce confrontation at police headquarters Captain Robert Carter and Chief Hamilton Armstrong aided by officers freed John Bradley, accused of killing Patrolman W. P. Stephens, from a mob of fellow officers intent on lynching him. Bradley was beaten before being placed in a cell. Sergeant Thomas Russell led the assault after the chief declared Bradley the suspect.
A crowd of men in blue chased Bradley and his escort from police offices up the street. Police kept pressing the pursuit until jail doors slammed shut, ending the confrontation.
A Rio de Janeiro cablegram reports Cleveland officers will return with Anton F. Bonelli an Italian banker accused of misapplying 30000 belonging to bank depositors Bonelli disappeared about three months ago and was traced to Brazil where Brazilian authorities detained him
An injunction suit filed in Guthrie district court challenges the separate school law require separate boards elected by white and black voters in each district. D B Caver, elected treasurer of the negro board for Logan county School District No 90 on July 28, is the plaintiff.
J D Powers of Louisville was named Receiver for Central Home Telephone Co by Judge Cochran on bondholder Judge Lansing’s application. The company runs all independent long distance lines from Louisville to Kentucky, southern Indiana, and southeastern Illinois.
Mrs. Maul of Philadelphia slipped from a cliff edge near the Hotel Kaaterskill in Tannersville New York. Her husband Francis J. Maul grabbed her just in time to prevent a fatal fall.
After a quarrel with his younger sister, five year old Joe Hittle struck her on the head with an iron hammer. The little girl was very seriously hurt.
Eugene V Debs Socialist presidential candidate began a transcontinental tour aboard the Red Special funded by small subscriptions. He plans speeches in every western state. A Cook County Socialist picnic at Lemont, Alabama, nearly sparked a riot when photographers were allowed onto the roof of a lunch counter. officers urged photographers down as Debs was interrupted after repeated calls to disperse.
A jail delivery plot collapses after an informer is revealed. the informer faces lethal retaliation as authorities probe the bungled plan. The incident underscores risk to insiders in prison-related schemes and prompts renewed security measures.
A Hindoo inmate arrested for revolutionary talk exposed a planned Monday uprising. Two prisoners shot him dead, searches found revolvers ammunition and knives in cells, troops surrounded the jail and key leaders including Gossain’s murderers were confined in dungeons.
Mrs Emil Anderson of Chicago and her two children drowned when their rowboat was struck amidships by a steamboat on Delavan lake Wisconsin Monday. Three friends were rescued but rescue attempts for the Andersons failed. Mr Anderson had only left Chicago an hour before and learned of the tragedy by telegram.
In Atlantic City New Jersey about 150 000 visitors could not enter cafes or bars Sunday as the town kept the dry rule. Doors slammed at midnight Saturday and those inside were told the "bar" had been closed.
Berlin invites Major General Leonard Wood of the United States Army to attend imperial military maneuvers in Alsace Lorraine in September. Wood received the invitation while in Switzerland.
Oberndorf Wurtemberg Paul Maus er, the aged inventor of the rifle bearing his name, has unveiled a new military rifle. Its principal feature is a 25 shot automatic cartridge feeder.
Nineteen crown structure gives way as Oconee river bridges collapse and gas and electric service shut down. Rail lines delayed across the region with a northbound Southern train barely saved from an undermined trestle by two boy signalers. Augusta’s river canals flood streets while cotton mills close and the crest is forecast for Wednesday night.
A widespread flood toll rises across the Carolinas with forty deaths and millions in damage since August 18. Toll bridge collapses near Camden claim nineteen lives. Spartanburg mills face ruin with 147 drowned in 1903. Camperdown mill in Greenville submerged, Seaboard bridges washed out, and twelve railway washouts reported. El Paso and Bisbee flood waves sweep streets, causing ongoing destruction and missing persons.
Tuesday’s canvass released official vote totals. Republican candidates led the ticket with Deneen at 212,938 and Yates at 201,031. Hopkins 168,385. Foss 121,110. Mason 86,596. Webster 14,704. Oglesby won Lieutenant Governor with 139,924. Shumway 54,378. Knight 30,335. Drew 21,740. Smith 115,979. Davis leads Clerk of the Supreme Court by 1,474. Democratic strings Stringer 127,864. Blakely 27,473. Stevenson Governor 79,783. Pattison 24,608. MeGoorty 23,543. Lewis 30,214. Gunther 10,705. Kimbrough 1,707. Monroe 4,305.
Washington report states there will be no criminal prosecution in the Chadbourne Gardner evasion case. The government may still summon Mrs Chadbourne or Mrs Gardner to court for fraudulent entry but both principals are to be allowed to go their ways after penalties are imposed.
Rev Albert H Trick a once Chicago Presbyterian pastor and later at Saratoga N Y killed himself in a Mills Hotel room yesterday. He criticized the church and declared he could not worship Americas Trinity of success pleasure and gold.
Four burglars attempted to blow open the Bank of Rushville safe near Rushville Missouri. The post office safe next door was wrecked and stamps and cash totaling about $100 were taken. Witnesses saw the quartet enter a wagon and head toward St. Joseph.
Congressman C E Littlefield appointed receiver for the Wall Street firm A G Brown & Co by Judge Holt of the US district court in New York. He must post a bond of 250000 dollars.
In Vossburg Mississippi Ernest Martin aged 16 and Beula Herrington aged 15 eloped and were married. Both parties are residents of Vossburg and the union followed a private arrangement between the families.
Wilbur Wright flies 56 minutes over Avours military course, France, the longest in France so far, then lands after a crash injuring few wires. He repairs on site and plans to continue tests amid cautious reports from friends. He denies plans to travel to Germany or attempt English Channel crossing.
Mo Clynt Gow, once a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was expelled by the general conference after a trial jury found him guilty of gross immorality in connection with the death of Lizzie Gleason. The accessory before the fact charge was not sustained. Gow appeared somber as the verdict was read.
Mrs. Alice J. Shear, released from a Mississippi asylum after eight years, traced by sister, traveled across the United States to Denver where she led to the arrest of her husband Herbert Shear and his cousin posing as his wife. Shear, a prominent mining and lumber man in Denver and Port Arthur, Canada, reportedly learned of his wife’s escape only after arrests were made.
In Butte Montana a conference failed to resolve terms between mine operators and workers. The Mine Owners' association of Wyoming ordered all state mines closed Monday affecting about 8,000 workers with no set reopening date.
The piece questions Peruna’s claim as an effective chronic catarrh remedy. It cites the United States Dispensatory on hydrastis canadensis golden seal as a mucous-membrane treatment, corydalis formosa as a tonic, and cedron seeds as a bitter tonic for dysentery and intermittent diseases. It invites readers to request a free testimonials book.
Aunt Mandy, an elderly colored washer, has had several marriages. After her last husband died naturally, a customer offered condolences, but she reveals she had no doctor and soon remarried last Sunday claiming the new husband is equal or better.
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy told a Western Christian Scientist audience about a nervous friend who could not sleep. The doctor advised her patient to avoid eating before bedtime and to seek other approaches beyond medicine.
An anxious patient questions a physician about eating before bed. The doctor dismisses past cautions, claiming scientific advances have changed guidance. He urges a light meal with milk and biscuits each night, insisting old advice is outdated.
State of Ohio Toledo city Lucas County prank J Cheney swears as senior owner of F J Cheney & Co that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrah case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason dated December 6 1886. Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as internal remedy targeting blood and system surfaces. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A lively theater scene notes Barnstormer’s Hamlet performance delivering a stunning hit to audiences along the country circuit. Observers say the player never fully explains what struck him, while critics promise full value in the Hingis Binder cigar advertised by Lewis' Factory in Peoria.
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