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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1903
Page
2
The London Times reports that 40,000 English children were sent to Canada with later findings showing most now reside in the United States.
The Khal talon orders soap containing lard be banned in Turkey. Turks are told to use a brick for washing or revert to not bathing at all.
A man who recently sold his ear for 35,000 to a Western mine owner now offers 1,000 to replace it, aiming to clear about 4,000 through the quirky speculation. The market shows wide fluctuations as ear quotations swing.
Pennsylvania rail line plans armored pay cars covered with bulletproof sheeting to deter train robbers. The move signals another setback for the era's notorious bandits as rail security tightens amid rising financial theft risks.
J. H. Ackerman, Oregon state superintendent, calls for incorporating basic scientific farming concepts into public schooling. He clarifies the aim is not full agricultural training but ensuring pupils learn practical facts and principles essential for life in an agricultural region.
Switzerland, long a refuge for anarchists escaping consequences of crimes, resolves to end sanctuary. The republic acts from self preservation, stating the ingrates threaten its law and order as they do elsewhere.
Colorado, Wyoming and Utah appoint Macy women to city offices. Three elections put women as city treasurer, two as city clerk, and one town elects a woman clerk and recorder. Idaho and Colorado both have women state superintendents of public instruction, with Colorado’s serving this term. The national superintendent of Indian schools is a Wyoming woman.
A Boston scientist claims abundant radium under Connecticut soil, enough to power the United States. He notes Connecticut must prove its supply is genuine, not a counterfeit. The public recalls past fads like shoe pegs oats turnip horseradish and Havana cigars.
A New York problem in real life threatens to rival the age of Ann. A man dies of desircum tremens proved to have only two daily drinks one morning and one evening. Physicians bartenders whisky men and nurses are being interviewed about the phenomenon. The answer seems easy though all depends on the size of those two drinks.
United States and Canada associations of billposters and distributors met in Chicago to discuss stopping inroads by newspaper advertising. Merchants nationwide are cutting poster ads and increasing newspaper patronage, aiming for results, a trend the billposters doubt they can check. The piece notes a surge in steerage immigrants to the United States, with 1500 aboard a single New York to Liverpool voyage and many more leaving New York for return to Europe each week.
Herbert Spencer, who died recently in Cheltenham England at the age of years, was the last survivor of a group of great Victorian era writers and philosophers. He was a contemporary of Darwin Huxley Tyndall Tennyson Ruskin Browning born in Ruskin's year and outlived them all, ensuring a lasting memory among English thinkers.
The annual report shows a sharp banking expansion with national banks’ loans and discounts peaking at three and a half billion dollars on September 9. Cash holdings rose by 25 million, deposits up 347 million to 6.5527 billion, exceeding 1858 deposits by over 611 million.
A week of Washington activity covers salary increases after March 4 1904 for senators representatives and delegates. House pension bill worth 138 million dollars discussed. Debates on Cuban reciprocity Longfellow monument bills and army chaplain promotions. Adjourned to the 14th.
Exchanges at leading clearing houses totaled 171,524,728 for the week ending the 1th with a 1.2 rise from last year. United States business failures for the week ended the 11th numbered 29, down from 269 a year ago. Rachel A. Beall, a wealthy Washington widow, was shot dead at her home by an unknown assailant. Educators pressed for higher teacher salaries while Gen Reyes of Colombia warned invasion is useless. Republican National Committee fixed Chicago as convention site with June 21 as date. Colombia reported Gen Reyers victory in December elections. Interior reports public land sales at 22,824,295 acres and pension rolls down 2,901 to 1,643,932.
Mmne Nordica has filed for divorce from her husband M Deeme in New York courts. The report also notes the death of Charles A Talbot British consul at Boston from heart trouble and other items including Yale forestry school fire losses, a Bryan letter case in New Haven, Isaac Price’s 102nd birthday in Brooklyn, a six day bicycle race won in New York, and statements on wage policy and a Panama appointment by the president.
John R. Procter of Kentucky, president of the United States civil service commission, died in Washington aged 59. Railroads in Minnesota killed 211 persons this year, up from 135 in 1912. In Chicago, the national contractors' convention adopted a radical rule for open shop. Flames ruined the Bank of Whiting and Cassidy & Whiting in Whiting Iowa, with losses around 100000. A derailment on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy near Albia Iowa injured ten and credited five passengers.
A 1905 report notes nine American jockeys earning nearly 209 dollars on French turf and cites Baron Von Kardoff warning the German empire drifting toward war. It mentions Japan dissolving its diet, Alaska seeking a congressional delegate, Panama set for a constitutional convention, Cuban resistance to a U S flag raise at Guantanamo, and a Manila quarry blast killing three Americans and seven natives.
A young man awaiting execution in Calgary Northwest Territory rocked his cell and escaped. Reports say Wesy Gil, late president of San Domingo, fled with 1590 dollars of the nation's money. An expert safecracker damaged the Lange Laun dry Co. office safe in St Louis and escaped with funds. Helen M Gould travels from Richmond to St Louis for World’s Fair board meeting. Baron Arthur de Rothschild dies of albuminuria with massive fortune. Colombia abandons invasion of Panama. troops recalled to Cartagena. San Domingo provisional government seeks to repudiate past obligations but recognition awaits binding assurances. Crawford Bryan influence alleged in will appeal by Philo Bennett widow counsel.
The report covers the National Contractors conference in Chicago planning a permanent association, riots against nonunion rail crew, the suspended murder case of Detective Murphy by John McCrea, and widespread violence around strikes. It notes industrial accidents near Piedmont West Virginia, extreme cold in the northwest, and deaths including Judge Cheney of Indiana and evangelist J. S. Forrest.
Work begins on a $50,000 addition to Warrensburg state normal school. Missouri Sunday School Association sets $5,200 goal with $2,600 from St. Louis. Green and Appleton City factory win dairy medals. Gov. Dockery plans Washington visit. Rubey acts as governor in his absence. Ziegler bribery extradition case in Albany prompts return of Crow and Sheriff. Local option vote set for Butler county December 15. Levee near Chariton river protects thousands of acres. Sedalia Amex messenger Abraham Werrington escapes hospital. to be sent to Canada. Missouri leads mule numbers, livestock surge. University football barely profitable. Proclamation offers $200 reward for Bessie Frances murder suspect. College football funding details. Mexico guards to replace Chillicothe unit. Liberty seeks militia. Lon B. Williams, Jim Crow advocate, dies.
Chicago December 15 delegates to the packing trades council decided to press ahead with a general strike of about 30 000 stock yard workers. A vote on ordering the strike will be taken by the unions. The coopers dispute remains unsettled with a plan to settle only on terms acceptable to strikers. Packers offered 25 cents per hour for main work and 15 cents for light repair work done by boys, a demand rejected by the men. Another conference was scheduled after disagreements risked 6 400 job losses.
Pittsburg records a major blaze at the Arrot Power Building after a four hour effort in freezing weather. Spontaneous combustion is blamed for the seventh floor fire. Losses will exceed 150000, insured, with occupants including Michigan Furniture Co Rawethorne Engraving and Printing Co E W Hague Electroplating Co Plumber Supply Co and Chuddy Chewing Gum Co among others. Firemen William Bennett and Joseph Furley were overcome by smoke and badly burned but rescued.
John H L Fischer 70 collapsed and died in a Chicago criminal court as he prepared to testify in a larceny case before Judge Walker. The scene caused confusion and required extra bailiffs while the body was removed by ambulance.
A fierce gale drove the schooner Sailors' Home ashore at St Marys Bay Newfoundland. Six crew members perished and the derelict vessel was seen drifting offshore. It marks a second similar disaster in two weeks after the Sigrid wreck near Cape Race and Ferryland. Rescue crews recovered five bodies from the Sigrid and gave Christian burials. The Sailors' Home crew has not yet been found.
Dec. 15 Chicago reports Prof. George W. Hough of Northwestern University has been elected to associate membership in the Royal Astronomical Society of London, a premier honor for astronomers. In Telluride, miners’ union votes to keep the strike until an eight hour day is settled with mine and mill managers, who refuse to recognize the union.
Boston reports a ten percent wage cut for about 4000 operatives in Adams and North Adams Massachusetts and Norwich Connecticut mills on Monday. Washington says US Minister Beaupre reports Bogota is quiet and he will leave for the United States immediately. The Supreme Court announces a two week recess starting Monday.
The Supreme Court opened hearings on the Northern Securities case involving James J. Hill, J. Pierpont Morgan, and others against the United States. The government argues the merger of Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads violated the Sherman Act.
Seoul reports Japanese marines landed at Mokphe on Sunday to suppress a strike among Corean coolies in the foreign concession. They reportedly fired on the rioters, killing several. clashes between Coreans and Japanese may trigger local complications and possibly draw Russian attention if the Corean government objects. In Mokphe town of about 9,000, another note records Antone Nessler shot dead and John Temple wounded in a separate night-time holdup at 2251 Princeton Avenue.
The Henke and Pillott warehouse and sugar factory in Houston Texas burned Sunday night causing about 50000 dollars in losses. Five workers were injured when a ladder fell. two are in critical condition. In Salem Iowa John Willis was accidentally shot to death by companion William Bates while hunting. Willis leaves a wife and family.
Henry H. Cook once of Plantville Connecticut and Omaha is now at Colville Washington poorhouse. He has fallen heir to a fortune of 194 dollars according to Omaha Nebraska sources dated December 15.
A New York Times report notes Private John Allen as responsible for a single incident. In Mississippi farmers in a county filed many damage claims against railroads after hogs were killed by railroad trains. A mixed commission, including railroad men, was formed to assess claim equity. An old witness recounted the killing as a train struck and then took him.
Mr. Trucker tells Mrs. Trucker he may give up his business to enjoy his money. She responds that she will not quit housekeeping until one of them dies, then plans to see the world. Town and Country.
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