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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
3
The column surveys diverse items from fruit crops to prices and social notes. It mentions a larger prune crop, rising prices for a Western medium, Russia’s quiet surface, American heiress marriages to foreigners, and Washington body servants, plus a floating Rhine theater planned with an Italian company to tour towns.
A Tangier correspondent denies a Cologne paper report that Raisuli the bandit was named governor and pasha of a Moroccan province. The tale seems fit for a comic opera, reflecting sensational Orientalist chatter.
The article notes Commander Peary’s determined American approach and reports he plans another attempt to reach the north pole. It recalls his last voyage came within 200 miles of the target, and suggests stronger use of dogs for draught or food if needed.
Caliph the hippo at the New York Central Park Zoo was moved to winter quarters in the lion house and fell ill. The keeper diagnosed acute indigestion and administered treatment with castor oil, aided by a wooden wedge and a hand pump after the crowd gathered.
Bryn Mawr College President Miss Thomas welcomes 120 new students and condemns hazing. She notes the college has been free of severe hazing seen at sister schools, though warns that crude hazing may exist among young women nationwide and urges lessons from West Point and Harvard.
Fragmentary note describes a lively market near Aris where various goods are sold including hats gloves stockings and produce. A writer comments that democracy is present and critics focus on a millionaire seeking bargains rather than the common man’s needs.
Des Moines Iowa officials report the Interstate Senatorial Convention has organized to urge 37 state legislatures this winter to demand Congress call a constitutional convention to amend the U S Constitution for direct popular election of U S senators. Thomas A Cheshire chairs the executive committee with five members including J Gernon Goudy Ellis and Kimbrough. Congressman Strode of Nebraska is its first president.
C M Schwab the steel magnate toured El Paso and disclosed ownership of the San Toy mine in Santa Burlalia district. He said he closed a deal with a Mexican capitalist for more silver properties to be merged as the San Toy Mining corporation, planning a major Mexican company.
Night operator Miss Iona Heckert was struck unconscious at the Desoto Kansas Santa Fe depot by a wagon sputia thief. The robber stole about three dollars from the money drawer and fled. Heckert was found unconscious near the station.
The Roosevelt Third Term National League was organized in Chicago with Edward Horner as organizer and president. The league plans nationwide clubs and a Chicago headquarters aiming for five million members and stating it seeks a people driven push beyond politicians.
Two Texas cowboys tried to hang John E. Lewis on an Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe westbound train No 17. Lewis a Wichita resident and Knights of Pythias member wore the order badge provoking the attack. He repeatedly cut the rope as passengers fled and leapt from the train to escape.
The battleship Kansas, a leading unit of the navy's new war vessels, departed Camden New Jersey at 1 PM Wednesday for an official sea trip off the New England coast. Captain Ramdel, the marine superintendent, commanded a crew of 300 aboard.
Attorney General Bird announced that state prisoners may continue work in cigar making broom making and stone cutting only while skilled convicts remain. The court held it illegal to teach mechanical trades in prison.
In San Francisco on a Friday, Justice Sloss wrote the court's opinion concurring that the McEnery act, passed at the last session of the legislature, can establish title to land whose records were destroyed.
The Atlas distillery in Peoria Illinois, owned by the American Spirits Manufacturing company, opened Friday to produce denatured alcohol at its full capacity of eight thousand bushels per day.
The National Editorial Association executive committee meets in St Louis to debate ICC rulings banning railroads from charging for advertising space and a proposed rise in postal rates from one to four cents a pound. Resolutions defend current one cent rate and oppose any subsidy claim tied to postal deficits. Norfolk of June 1 planned as venue.
Manila reports a clash four miles from La Pas on the Tarragona trail on December 5. A detachment of Company L, Eighth U S Infantry with coast guard under Lieut Ralph P Yates was attacked by about 60 Bolomen. Five American soldiers were killed and nine wounded. Pulajanes claimed 30 dead. Wounded include Corporal Weld and Privates McHenry Edge and Wakefield. Lt Yates is seriously wounded. Dead include Sergeant Joseph Clark Sergeant James Provan Private Dufferin Private W Hadley and Edward Keogh. A pursuing detachment was sent but telegraph lines are down between Tacloban and Iloilo.
President Roosevelt publicly refutes Betlamin Storer’s claims on his Austria Hungary ambassadorship. He releases a long letter to Secretary Root with private correspondence between Storer and Mrs Storer, stating Storer’s refusal to answer letters and publication of private letters justified the removal. The president also notes Mrs Storer pressed cabinet placement for her husband and questions the legitimacy of Pope-related requests and prior ambassadors.
At the American association of State Fairs and Expositions meeting in Chicago Illinois officers were chosen President F Eaton Sioux City Iowa Vice President Thomas Warnell Liberty Missouri Secretary Charles Downing Indianapolis Indiana Treasurer George H Madsen Mendota Illinois Dates for western state fairs Iowa last week in August Nebraska first week in September South Dakota second week in September Kansas third week in September Missouri fourth week in September Illinois last week of September and first week of October American Royal exposition Kansas City begins the second Monday in October.
The president sent a special message to Congress urging executive power to dismiss any officer deemed unworthy. He proposes repealing the peace time rule that only allows dismissal by court martial or mitigating procedure.
The U S circuit court clerk in St. Louis received word from the U S Marshal in New York that service has been obtained on John D Rockefeller and others in the government suit against Standard Oil filed in St. Louis.
The Russian seal patrol cruisers Kolima and Shilka returned to Vladivostok denying a rumor of being sunk by a Japanese vessel off Copper Island. Kolima captured several Japanese seal poachers during summer attempts to raid Copper Island rookeries.
Recent factory shutdowns in Lodz Russian Poland leave about 30,000 people without food. Demonstrations grow as lawless individuals rise, and nationalist and socialist labor factions renew their feud.
A memorial service was conducted at Sage Chapel on the Cornell campus for four students and three other victims who perished in the Chi Psi fraternity lodge fire. The ceremony paused as mourners gathered to honor those lost in the tragedy.
Nashville Tennessee state Insurance Commissioner R E Folk orders Mutual Life and New York Life to refund policy holder funds within ten days. Mutual Life allegedly used thousands for agent compensation and electioneering for the administration ticket. New York Life must convert spending on printing and distributing 800000 administration ballots into its treasury.
The Colorado River has found a channel around the Hind dam and is flowing back into Salton sink. If the flood continues, the Southern Pacific main line may require 200 miles of higher-grade track and about a thousand Salton basin residents could lose their homes.
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