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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1907
Page
4
Moody's Magazine notes that duplicating track is costly and yields slow returns. Southern Pacific cited with $40 million needed for first class condition, plus nearly $90 million spent in four years. The line carries a bond capitalization of $44,000 per mile.
Boston Herald reports a local method where a citizen aids at risk individuals by confronting them at crisis moments. The approach relies on compassionate, direct persuasion to prevent suicide and steer the person toward life and support.
A 1906 fire toll surpassed half a billion dollars in property damage nationwide, with the San Francisco disaster cited as a major factor. An fire executive of the International Society of Building Inspectors says nine tenths of this loss could have been prevented.
An arresting officer nabs a street thief in the act and warns the man to restrain his hand. The incident inflames talk of a growing habit among some to commit theft while in public view.
The monks of St Bernard in the Alps are granted permission to operate automobiles linking the Grand St Bernard Hospice Simpion and Dom d Ossola and Aosta. Chauffeurs will be chosen from the monks who will wear cowls.
A New Jersey woman, invited by the judge, stepped onto the bench and sentenced her husband to 30 days for drunkenness and general meanness. The incident casts light on gendered power dynamics and the appeal of spousal punishment.
Britain says it will not plan further warships until the Hague Conference on disarmament. It notes current build status with five battleships seven cruisers eight destroyers and twelve submarines and argues disarmament would keep the nation safe.
Ironton Missouri Joseph Ralph Burton former US senator from Kansas was released from county jail Friday after serving six months for violating a federal statute by acting as the paid representative of a St Louis get rich quick concern. He declared he would publish a newspaper reflecting his policies and write a serialized account of his case without sensationalism.
Nebraska Supreme Court rules Governor Sheldon not obligated to pay 100 dollars monthly rent for the executive mansion. The attorney general filed suit at the governor's request to decide if a free house constitutes a constitutional perquisite.
The San Francisco grand jury resumed its investigation of municipal graft with an all day session and a noon recess, adjourned at night until 11 o clock Saturday morning. No indictments were returned on the alleged bribery of supervisors by telephone companies, on which 27 indictments had been based.
Dr Louis Klooseh of the Christian Herald says telegraphic advices from China reveal an acute condition. He will send $50,000 to the Red Cross in Washington in addition to $100,000 worth of food supplies to be placed on the army transport Buick Ford at San Francisco next month.
Secretary Metcalf and Speaker Canton arrived in Kingston on the Blue cher and left cards at the governor’s headquarters. Governor Swettenham later hosted the American statesmen at their hotel. The talks were described as cordial.
James Parker, who attempted to save President McKinley by restraining Leon Czolgosz after the fatal shot, is now in jail in Atlantic City and is to be committed to an asylum as a raving maniac.
The revived plan to tunnel the English Channel faced a fatal setback as Parliament announced the government’s firm decision against the enterprise, signaling a long pause in the project.
Washington reports from Shanghai indicate famine across China fuels sedition and converts enlisting against the dynasty. Officials blame the government for hardship and warn that Western interests rely on the regime's survival.
The weather bureau announced that the hot spell is broken in the east and Ohio valley while the south and southwest face several days more of warm weather. Snow was reported Sunday in Albany and parts of New England. Temperatures fell from 85 to 55 degrees from Sunday afternoon to night. Prof. Frankenfield predicts a spell of cold days ahead.
San Francisco reports a busy week as grand jury corruption probes continue. A Supreme Court ruling on Abraham Ruef’s writ of error is expected Monday. denial would trigger a Tuesday paneling in Superior Judge Dunne’s court for Ruef’s extortion trial in the French restaurant cases.
Preparations to move the Twenty-fifth Infantry to the Philippines have been suspended. Chief Quartermaster Stevens is ordered to cancel movement contracts, delaying departure until officers are available. Senator Foraker influenced the delay to avoid sending the regiment short of officers, with many officers remaining for the Brownsville inquiry.
One man, William J. Cook of the Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry, died Sunday after tainted meat sickened about 900 old soldiers at the National Soldiers' Home in Leavenworth Kansas. Roughly 75 remained seriously ill Sunday, with most others recovering fully. Cook's widow resides in Mexico Missouri.
The armored cruiser Jeanne d Arc and the third class cruiser La Lande sailed Sunday from Toulon toward Tangier indicating French naval movements in the Mediterranean.
Santos Ramirez, director-general of telegraphs and telephones, told the Associated Press that Nicaraguan forces seized Choluteca from Honduran and Salvadoran troops and that President Bonilla has fled by boat. He says the war is ended.
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau and Foreign Minister Pichon with War Minister Pleuart discussed the Morocco situation and agreed to summon an extraordinary cabinet meeting for Monday afternoon to decide on next steps.
Chicago report says representatives of railway trainmen and conductors on Western roads will call on general managers Monday morning to renew wage demands. Plans were issued by the men Sunday night.
The article argues that success hinges on how drugs are combined, not only on their individual virtues. It highlights Hartman’s catarrh remedy Meruna and Peruna, stressing stable proportions, taste, and chemical harmony to produce a reliable pharmaceutical product.
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