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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1909
Page
1
The piece notes that artists like John LaFarge W P Frith Millet and Millet’s Angelus see fame arrive after years of hardship. It argues for a system where a portion of later gains goes to artists heirs or state purchases of living painters works to ease poverty.
Government tests at Denver Cal plant show 34 of 37 coals yield good coke after washing removing ash sulphur and other impurities The results promise to boost western metallurgical industry by turning low value coals into commercially useful coke for metal producers.
Wealthy New York women are personally lobbying for bills they favor, signaling a social and moral transition. While opinions vary on this break with custom, the public mood is cautiously progressive and may curb excesses as reforms advance.
The gold cup used by King Edward to toast Berlin was engraved with the dates and reception details and placed in the Rathaus strong room as a memento. It marks Edward VII as the first foreign ruler to visit the city on its own behalf.
In Constantinople troops protested before the parliament against the union and progress government. They demanded the grand vizier the war minister and the chamber president be dismissed. The sultan read an irade saying the cabinet resigned and a new ministry forms. Trade resumes as mutineers return to barracks and people to work.
Ace Rains an 18 year old was arrested Tuesday in Galena on the charge of smoking a pipe under a new state law prohibiting tobacco by minors. He is the postmaster’s son and had parental permission to smoke. A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday.
A passenger train on the Denver and Northwestern and Pacific line ran from Steamboat Springs to Denver last Wednesday but was stalled at Fawn Springs by heavy snow and returned to Sulphur Springs on Tuesday. The Denver to Steamboat Springs train with 75 passengers, left Sunday morning and remains snowbound at Corona Pass Summit. officials fear lifting the blockade may take two days.
The old battleship Massachusetts, built in 1893 and rebuilt over two years, sailed from the Brooklyn Navy Yard with a full complement of officers and men after more than two years out of commission. It is now nearly as capable as newer battleships.
Salina Kansas banks expect to adopt the new guaranty law soon. Fred H. Quincy president of the Planters State Bank said directors must pass a resolution requesting participation.
Des Moines Iowa an investigation by the Des Moines Tuberculosis association shows six of ten children examined are infected with tuberculosis.
Chicago witnesses Frank Gotch of Humboldt Iowa defeat Yussifi Mahmout of Bulgaria in two fast falls lasting eight and nine minutes ten seconds. Gotch wins without his famed toehold as 12,000 attend in a packed pavilion. Promoters report receipts around 35000, surpassing the prior Gotch fight.
Missouri Pacific Railroad finishes plans to rebuild the main line between Kansas City and Pueblo. Ballast for 750 miles of track ordered, covering the main route and some branches. Track grades widened and roadway tiled and drained. Estimated cost 3 500 000 dollars.
In Constantinople the revolution closes with the cabinet formed and an imperial proclamation enforcing the Sheri laws and preserving the constitution, creating a comparatively peaceful atmosphere after Tuesday and Wednesday’s stirring events.
Washington officials issue formal instructions to Collector Goldsborough to seize Carroll Springs Distillery Company plant in Baltimore. Authorities report a long investigation uncovered gross frauds upon the revenues at one of Maryland’s largest registered grain distilleries.
The New York National Democratic Club held its annual Thomas Jefferson dinner at the Savoy to denounce protectionist tariff policy and current tariff legislation in Congress. Speakers marked Jefferson’s 166th birth anniversary with calls for free trade principles and party unity.
In a historic Sedgwick county case a woman named Mrs. Anna Fishback was convicted of selling liquor at Colwich near Wichita and sentenced to 30 days in jail plus a $100 fine marking the first jail term for a woman under the prohibitory law.
New York reports that steps have been taken to form the Europe-American Navigation society aimed at promoting flights of dirigible balloons across the Atlantic Ocean despite the fantastical nature of the plan.
A Topeka grand jury returned a 737 count indictment against Cudahy Packing Co of Kansas City charging violation of revenue laws. Defrauding the government by using quarter cent stamps on oleomargarine packages when ten cent stamps were required. Maximum fine 737000. no jail for a corporation. Additional count seeks about 100000 in misused stamps. White oleomargarine required quarter cent stamps. yellowed butter required ten cent stamps per pound.
Secretary Dickinson announces multiple army promotions. Colonel J J Augur of the 10th Cavalry will become brigadier general upon Brig. Gen. John B Kerr’s retirement at Fort Leavenworth on May 20. Brig. Gen. William H Carter, head of the Luzon department, will be major general on Maj. Gen Weston’s retirement November 13 1909. Colonel J G D Knight of engineers becomes brigadier general upon Knight’s retirement in January 1910, with Col Majior P Maus of the 20th Infantry elevated to brigadier general on the same retirement.
Samuel Gompers and the AFL executive council visited President Taft in Washington for a two hour discussion. Taft listened intently and joined the dialogue to expand on issues concerning working people and labor at the White House.
The North Dakota Supreme Court rules the law fixing maximum coal rates constitutional and reasonable. It enjoins the North Pacific, Great Northern and Soo railroads from current tariffs and orders them to implement the tariffs set by the legislature two years ago.
In San Francisco Abraham Ruef’s associate counsel was acquitted on Friday night of attempting to bribe a salesman on Ruef’s jury panel. The former political boss Ruef had recently been convicted of bribery.
First Vice President Darins Miller announced on Friday that Burlington has notified all railroads operating in Missouri it will voluntarily establish a 2 percent passenger rate in the state starting May 1 and expects this decision to end all litigation with the railroads.
Gov W R Stubbs will launch an immediate investigation into the state soldiers home at Dodge City after a veteran filed formal complaints alleging cruel treatment by the facility's management.
New York funds reported that N Y H Henry of Philadelphia paid 50 000 dollars Friday night for Miller's painting Going to Work during the auction sale of the late John T Martin's art collection in New York City.
David W. Martin of Bolivar Missouri recalls kidney trouble from wartime injuries and credits Deans Kidney Pills with curing his condition. He describes back strain from a horse incident, headaches dizziness and bladder irregularities. He says relief came within weeks after starting the pills sold for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Mercy Hospital opens a new 100 bed addition on May 1st and seeks 12 nurses for the training school. The two year course offers theoretical and practical work with placement for private or institutional patients. Graduates command about $25 weekly. address Dr K B Richardson for particulars.
An old farmer grows tired of trains rumbling past his land and finally declares he will ride the express this Saturday in defiant pride. His bold vow arrives as a humorous anecdote from Everybody's Magazine reflecting rural perseverance and stubborn humor.
The witness protested the charge as unjust claiming a devotion to truth could not override being a gentleman. The remark was interpreted as a guilty plea during proceedings.
Marlton New Jersey woman says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured ten years of female troubles including inflammation ulcers and nervousness after others deemed her case chronic. She reports relief and urges others to seek Pinkham advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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