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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
3
Whitelaw Reid the American ambassador in London voiced optimism about America's finances and resilience amid the depression. He argued the nation remains strong, peaceful, and capable of recovery, praising Roosevelt and noting strong bilateral ties with Britain and an arbitration path with the northern frontier.
The 28 year old railroad man J Ren No h, after a chance meeting at a railroad station, wooed Miss Olive r of Evansville with a telegraph proposal. She replied to come to Evansville and ask papa, and they wed quickly. The couple then left for a New York City honeymoon. Allen is described as wealthy.
Mexico City police pursue a large organized kidnapping ring. Forty nine children aged two to twelve have been abducted over two months, with 22 boys and 27 girls stolen from their homes. The fate and handlers remain unknown.
Edward Payson Weston completed a pedestrian journey from Portland Maine to Chicago in about twenty four days nineteen hours and fifteen minutes excluding Sundays on this trip, improving on his 1867 time and averaging over 1.2 thousand miles by his own route with a follow car. A physician at the Illinois Athletic Club declared him physically sound after the trek.
In Georgetown Kentucky the Powers Goebel murder trial resumes after over two weeks of jury selection. Twelve jurors include four Republicans four Democrats and four independents. Prosecutor Williams restates the indictment and witnesses are called as the case of Caleb Powers continues amid political overtones and prior armed-militant incidents linked to the crime.
El Paso reports Juan Bring as, a Guaymas Mexico millionaire leper, returning from Europe in good health after a year and a half seeking a cure. He traveled in Vice President Ramon Corral's private car, accompanied by four of Corral's daughters, who will visit him at his Guaymas country home. The narrator paid for a steamer stateroom on the voyage which was destroyed after his departure.
Naples Cable reports a dramatic kidnapping of Marquis Guiseppe Cito a cousin and aide of the King. He was seized carried to a grotto tortured and a ransom note demanding 500 dollars was extorted from him.
Frank Earl, under sentence for the murder of William Legg, a Sidney, Ohio butcher, received a reprieve to December 20 on the eve of his electrocuted death as the Board of Pardons considers his case after the Supreme Court denied a retrial.
The United States National Museum exhibits a thornless cactus leaf developed by Luther Burbank of California. The plant is a forage variety said to grow in arid and moist sites. The flattened stem reaches nearly three feet long, about a foot wide and three inches thick, with a surface similar to a watermelon.
The Sixtieth Congress began at noon with Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon in the chamber. A large crowd attended as 13 new senators were sworn, including Borah, Bourne, Brown, Dixon, Guggenheim, Bankhead, Johnston, Briggs, Jeffries Davis, Paynter, Richardson, Stephenson, and Taylor. House sessions were longer but cautious, with adjournment hoped by May. Direction favored an early finish and restrained tariff and pork measures amid debate on currency relief and financial policy.
Pittsburg special describes John K Moorhead Jr reconciling with his son John Alston Moorhead after the Western University of Pennsylvania beat State College 6 to 0. The son, a former trainer, had eloped with his mother's French maid but reunited with his father amid the victory celebration.
Paris authorities received a formal request from a Spanish resident for permission to install a glass covering over the tomb of Alpheonsine Plessis known as Marie Duplessis. The deceased was famed as the Dame aux Camélias in Montmartre cemetery.
Representative Crumpacker arrived to reassure that Vice President Fairbanks will receive a solid Indiana delegation. He stated there should be no question and there will be none, underscoring unified support from the state for Fairbanks.
Miss Laura Wall chosen manager of the new Victor theater in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin becoming the only female opera house manager in the state.
In Norfolk Virginia the Jamestown Exposition ended at midnight with a bugler from the Twenty third Infantry signaling its closure. Fewer than 3,009,000 paid admissions reflect a financial failure blamed on mismanagement and internal quarrels among officials. President Harry St. George Tucker delivered a farewell address as lights went out and plans to reopen next year are being explored. Government exhibits remain on site pending Congress decision.
Washington report details booming farm wealth in 1907 led by corn. Secretary Wilson cites rising prices and crop value with corn supplying a large share of export trade. Total farm production nears 7.41 billion dollars as meat, dairy, and poultry rise alongside corn’s dominance.
A Halifax report notes the Supreme Court ruling that a Chinaman cannot be convicted of a crime solely for entering Canada without paying the 500 head tax. The dispatch also describes a clash in Algeria with French troops repelling Benis Nassen tribesmen, numbering about 2,500, after initial French outpost setbacks.
In the Reichstag Berlin, Socialdemocratic leader Bebel spoke on the state of the country. He asserted vice and degeneracy are widespread among Germanys upper classes and warned that if justice pursued all offenders, a major scandal would rival the Panama Canal project or the Dreyfus affair.
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