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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
3
An essay discusses the enduring allure of harvest time. It compares modern labor to ancient gleaning, noting a universal pull toward fields regardless of wage or need. The Kansas City Star cites Ruth and Boaz to illustrate timeless fascination with harvest abundance.
General Humphrey's recommendation leads to a switch from khaki to olive drab service uniforms for overseas troops while khaki remains only for overseas garrisons. Supply issues, monopoly on gray cotton, and dyeing secrecy hinder khaki cloth contracts, causing army and militia inconvenience.
In a Paris conclave of 8 congresswomen a man in trousers appeared, identified as M Legendre of Lens. He declared he stood as a femininist candidate and urged the ladies to support the cause, shocking the assembling group with his unexpected presence.
U S circuit judge K M Landis rules Zion City a trust estate ruling Dowie and Veliva cannot control vast properties worth 12 to 21 million dollars. An election is ordered for September 18 to select a new overseer with receiver Hately taking charge. The decision voids prior conveyances and delays ongoing bankruptcy litigation.
The Hamburg American line will run a new steamship service between Topolobampo, the Pacific terminus of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railway, and ports of the Orient. Contracts with Gould interests create through traffic for Orient-bound business via Topolobampo and a new line to be operational early next year.
Jefferson City Missouri Republican state judicial convention convened in the House chamber with Temporary Chairman Judge J G Park of Kansas City. Nominees were John Kennish for the long term and James T Neville for the short term. Kennish led in votes with 49614 to Neville 44514 and Allen 22916.
J S Bache & Co acquired 5.8 million dollars of Panama canal bonds allotted by the Treasury to Samuel Byerly, an express clerk in New York. Bache then sold most bonds to Fisk & Robinson as prices rose to 104.40, promising Byerly a $27,024 gain after depositing the funds by August 1 following a Shaw confirmation.
In Atchison Kansas Jos Keeler and his two sons aged 12 and 14 agreed to a price for wheat beyond 20 bushels per acre. After threshing 65 acres the crop yielded an average 46 44 bushels over the base, entitling the boys to 1 7122 bushels. The father will honor the bargain and place the wheat proceeds plus interest for the boys.
The New York will shows Russell Sage leaving the fortune mainly to his widow with small $25,000 legacies to each of his nephews and nieces and a $10,000 bequest to his deceased sister Mrs Chapin. The bulk goes to Mrs Sage with the power to hold absolutely and forever. A section forfeits any beneficiary who contests probate. Sage’s physician Joe Johnpy and Charles W Osborne are named in office matters.
Paris reports that Russian authorities uncovered a vast revolutionary network planning an October strike. The emperor moved to counter the threat by dissolving the representative assembly to stop parliament from becoming a platform for revolutionaries.
Attorney James O Troup of Howling Green waives service of the warrant for John D Rockefeller and files appearance. He bonds Rockefeller for 1000 dollars for a September 4 court date, bond signed by Rockefeller attorney Troup and George P Jones of Findlay.
Acting Postmaster General Hitchcock reports the quarter ended March 31, 1906, reduced expenses for the Post Office Department. Total receipts reached 44,864,329 with an excess of expenditures over receipts of 235,114 for the quarter, a much smaller deficit than the 1,967,109 excess in the previous year.
A Guthrie Oklahoma man Eli Wallace a wealthy farmer mistook his sleeping children for dogs early Friday morning and killed one boy and wounded two others. The family reports the children were in the yard when the shots were fired.
Funeral services for Russell Sage were held at the First Presbyterian church in Far Rockaway. A number of prominent mourners came to pay last tribute to the aged financier.
The secretary of state Friday issued a charter to the St. Joseph and Southern railroad company of St. Joseph Mo. Capital stock is $50,000. The line will extend from St. Joseph to Kansas City Missouri as the new road project.
Democratic state ticket papers were filed at the secretary of state's office Thursday without protest. Secretary Burrows had said Harris, the Democratic nominee for governor, might not meet residency requirements and thus could be ineligible to appear on the ballot.
Chicago reports that the grain rate war from Missouri River points toward Chicago will end August 10. The decision was reached at a Friday conference with all western roads represented.
Cincinnati grand jury returns sixteen indictments charging restraint of trade in ice price fixing. Ten individuals and five others, all ice dealers exchange members, attended a May 3 meeting where a general price advance was decided.
A Sierra Madre electric car on the Pacific Electric line collided with a Southern Pacific passenger train near Onenta station. Three killed and about sixty injured, many from Sierra Madre, with victims rushed to Sister's hospital in Pasadena. The car was hurled 200 feet after the impact at high speed.
Dr H F Biggar, Rockefeller's physician and companion, says John D Rockefeller is calm about government and state actions against Standard Oil. Rockefeller is resting in France then planning a possible Forest Hill visit this week, having no active role in the company for twelve years.
Severe crop damage reported in Minnesota North Dakota and Iowa from hail rain and wind storms Saturday night and Sunday morning affecting fields in North Saint Paul and surrounding areas with multiple counties noting losses.
John D. Rockefeller with his wife and John D. Rockefeller Jr attended Sunday services at the Pocantico Hills estate. He was warmly greeted by the congregation and said he was glad to be home after a splendid time in Europe before departing for Cleveland, Ohio on Monday.
The United Brotherhood of Paper Makers avoided a strike. The Tieenatonal Paper union will run day and night with three shifts in the 24 hour cycle instead of two.
Warsaw police report a postal car robbery near the city on Saturday night. The car carried cash from abroad totaling $60,000 with at least $50,000 more funds missing.
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