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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1909
Page
1
The Baltimore American argues to replace All Fools Day with Optimist Day. It praises the Optimist club and leaders like Andrew Carnegie and Rev. Dr. Slicer, urging April 1 to be a national American holiday promoting sunshine and cheerful greetings.
The Kansas City Star notes San Francisco’s graft prosecutions stand apart from similar purity efforts. Heney and Burn’s teams conducted broad arrests of attorneys and special retainers of powerful figures, showcasing state ingenuity for fair trials. Public zeal for municipal square dealing remains active on the Pacific coast.
A northwestern Canada trapper described a 50 day winter period with temperatures never above 38 degrees below zero. He notes this extreme cold is notable for the latitude and contrasts with attempts to attract immigrants to the region.
The article notes 1809 as the year of genius with 806 famous births. Lincoln leads statesmen, Darwin heads science, Tennyson and Holmes in literature, Mendelssohn in music. Darwin and Lincoln share a birthday, and the century just closed accomplished much for humanity.
The article describes how Central America sustains prosperity through banana exports despite revolutions and high freight rates. It highlights diligent year round cultivation and the dream of self-picking plants and flying machines enabling owners to harvest large crops and endure life in the region.
Kentucky court clears most charges in the Goebel murder case, pardons several fugitives including former Gov. W. S. Taylor and ex-Secretary of State Charles Finley, and leaves Henry RE Youtsey as the only defendant to bear the penalty. Indictments against Wharton Golden Frank Cecil and William H. Culton may be dismissed, with others remaining unproven. The record notes Youtsey's life sentence and Gov Willson’s stated belief in his sole involvement.
Senator Cummins introduced an amendment to the Payne Aldrich tariff bill proposing a graduated income tax. Income under $5,000 exempt. $5,000 to $10,000 at 2 percent with rising rates to 6 percent above $100,000, aiming for about $40 million revenue. He argued the Supreme Court 1894 ruling on direct taxation must be reconsidered and warned limits on federal taxation could harm wartime power.
Confirmation arrives of the killing of American missionaries Mr. Rogers and Mr. Maurer at Adana. Other mission staff are safe, with Charistie in Tarsus. French warships head to Mersina as foreigners seek refuge in consulates amid Moslem advance. American vice consul Debbas unable to reach Adana. A British vessel moves toward Alexandretta. Armenian farms and Kurdish raids disrupt the region.
George Mindeman of Kansas City may acquire the Chicago and Milwaukee electric railway, seen as part of a southern traction syndicate, in a deal valued between 16 and 17 million dollars. Negotiations are pending in Chicago and Milwaukee and could complete within days.
After 24 hours of counting the Daughters of the American Revolution named Mrs. Matthew T. Scott of Illinois president general, narrowly defeating Mrs. William Cummings Story of New York by eight votes out of 873. The anti administration camp won the vice president general position with Miranda B. Tulloch of Washington, D C in charge of organizations amid sharp opposition.
Bandits bored under four buildings in Suffolk to access the Bank of Suffolk vault. They carried off a large amount of loose currency, gold and silver and fled.
Donald Boyd received an indeterminate sentence of five to seventy one years in the state prison for abducting Patrick McCoy, a wealthy Seattle lumberman, in the woods near How October.
Champion Gotch won at Waterloo Iowa defeating Dan McLeod in two falls. The first fall occurred in 18 minutes 20 seconds, followed by a second fall in 5 minutes 16 seconds.
Champion Frank Gotch and Jess Reimer of this city signed articles Tuesday to wrestle to a finish in Des Moines on May 8. Reimer defeated Gotch in a handicap match here last winter.
Resolutions calling upon Congress to remove the duty on wheat were passed Wednesday at a meeting of flour trade members of the New York Produce Exchange.
A wireless telegraph station is mounted on the roof of the Auditorium Annex hotel in Chicago. This marks the first hotel in the West to be equipped with such a facility.
St Louis Boats on the River initiative in St Louis backed by the Business Men's League aims to establish a modern freight boat line on the river from St Louis to Kansas City and on the Mississippi to New Orleans.
New York officials say a systematic ring has smuggled Paris gowns into the port, totaling about 1 million dollars in goods annually for ten years and defrauding the government of roughly 600 thousand dollars in customs duties each year.
Secretary of War Dickinson and Mrs. Dickinson sailed aboard the U S S Mayflower from Charleston for Colon to inspect progress on the Isthmian canals. They expect to return in about four weeks.
The Rev. Calvin A. Pattee, a Methodist Episcopal preacher for 64 years and former Kansan, who advised abolitionist John Brown of Harper's Ferry fame, died suddenly in Los Angeles, California.
Advices from Teheran describe a massacre at Astrabad near St. Petersburg carried out by lurcoman tribesmen. Two thousand people including women and children were killed in the incident.
Shingles in Vancouver British Columbia rose by ten cents on Tuesday. The report notes an advance in shingles pricing affecting local buyers and suppliers.
Theodore Roosevelt has reached the Kapiti Plains in British East Africa and spent his first night under canvas near a large expedition camp by the railroad station. Lions prowled near the tents Friday night as rains yielded green country and good sport prospects.
The armored cruisers Montana and North Carolina depart to Asiatic Turkey under orders to proceed as swiftly as possible, with destinations set for swift action in distant waters.
Detroit representatives and commercial groups agreed to urge a reciprocal tariff framework. They called for a permanent tariff commission and immediate reciprocity talks with Canada as a pending congressional tariff bill moves forward.
Peter F. Collier, founder and publisher of Collier's Weekly, died suddenly Friday in New York City at the riding club. He suffered a stroke and died before a physician arrived.
In Seattle Washington the Alaska Yukon Pacific directors vote unanimously to open the exposition gates on Sunday as part of the upcoming event schedule.
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