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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
2
President E. Benjamin Andrews argues wealth alone does not indict a person and defends rich individuals as exemplars of genius and industry. He warns against punitive judgments based on wealth and notes billionaires can rise through skill, saving, and shrewd investment without proven fraud.
Orison Swett Marden urges home peace by dropping daytime worries at the door. He says the dinner bell marks the happiest time and each family member should bring cheer to the table, avoiding complaints that disrupt digestion.
The passage contrasts modern industry captains with royalty, noting the excessive ceremony of kingship. It recalls the king of Spain discarding his coat while hunting to escape rigid etiquettes, suggesting even monarchs crave relief from rules.
Francis G Blair proposes teaching courtship in public schools to impart knowledge of practical life. He suggests students study Priscilla Miles Standish and John Arden or compare Enoch Arden to explore loverlike traits. He doubts the need, noting many navigate courtship without schooling and suggests focus might instead aid future grandfathering gracefully.
The President directs the withdrawal of U S troops from Goldfield Nevada on Monday December 30. In telegrams to Governor Sparks he says he was deceived about conditions there and that Nevada should handle any disturbance with serious local effort. He declines to do police duty for Nevada with federal troops.
News from Goldfield reports President Roosevelt orders troops removed on December 30. Talks among Captain Cox, Col. Reynolds, mine owners, and Roosevelt committee followed while city civic bodies met. One proposal would shut mines indefinitely and bring strikebreakers before troops leave. President Dowlin supported closure.
Fire broke out Friday afternoon when painters accidentally ignited the dome at Oklahoma University in Norman. Flames spread rapidly but students’ effort confined the blaze to the main building. Loss estimated at 125000 to 150000 dollars, largely uninsured, with some insurance coverage.
The New York county Republican committee, by an almost unanimous vote, refused to adopt a resolution endorsing Gov Hughes for the Republican presidential nomination. A motion to table the resolution for consideration at the January meeting was adopted amid loud cheers.
Madison Wisconsin activist W L Houser arrives in Lincoln Nebraska to promote Senator LaFollette for president. He establishes permanent headquarters and plans an aggressive canvass to win Nebraska delegates at the Chicago convention.
An explosion of gas at the Darr mine of Pittsburg Coal Company in Jacobs Creek entombs 200 to 250 miners. Early rescue efforts report 18 bodies recovered, many severely mutilated and some headless. The disaster marks the third mine blast in Western Pennsylvania and nearby West Virginia within weeks, swelling death toll to between 550 and 600 in 19 days.
In the House of Representatives Washington, Mississippi's John Sharp Williams and Missouri's David A. DeArmond clashed after adjournment over a lie in the floor vote. Williams sustained a small gash on the left cheek and a red forehead, while DeArmond showed no injuries. The melee drew more than 100 members and another 100 spectators, including women, to witness the incident.
The department of agriculture released final acreage, production, and value figures for farm crops. Winter wheat acreage 28,132,000. production 409,442,000 bushels. value 88.2 cents per bushel. Spring wheat acreage 17,079,000. production 224,645,000 bushels. value 86 cents. Corn acreage 99,931,000. production 2,592,320,000. value 51.7 cents. Oats acreage 31,837,000. production 754,443,000. value 44.3 cents. Average weight per bushel: spring wheat 56.9 lb. winter wheat 58.9 lb. oats 29.4 lb.
The American Sheet Steel and Tinplate Company has orders requiring more workers and output. At the Monessen plant near Pittsburg 28 mills exist, only 13 had operated since October. More mills began Wednesday and all others will start next week, using the full force of 1,400 men.
The Irving National Exchange bank announced on Wednesday an engagement of 700000 in gold for import. This brings the total engaged gold to 206050000 during the current movement.
London reports William T. Stead in the Daily Mail defends Great Britain’s plan to answer Germany’s naval program with two dreadnoughts for each German build. He claims a larger fleet weakens a nation by making it a hostage to stronger powers and notes the American Pacific fleet risks provoking Japan if it ventures north.
Washington reports the house ways and means committee will begin hearings on a Philippine tariff bill the first week after holidays. It mirrors the Payne measure that passed the house previously. The bill would admit Philippine products free of duty except sugar, tobacco and rice taxed at 25 percent. Strong opposition from American sugar tobacco and rice interests is anticipated in both chambers.
Viscount Aoki presented Robert S. McCormick of Chicago with the First Class of the Rising Sun, honoring his service as U S ambassador to Russia during the war and his stewardship of Japanese interests after relations were severed. The medal is the emperor’s highest honor.
Gov. Sparks plans to telegraph President Roosevelt with a statement on Goldfield conditions. He questions the president's grasp of the situation despite a commission report and War Department withdrawal order. The message may request keeping some troops beyond the scheduled departure date.
Washington. At the instance of Senator Voller the senate Saturday passed a bill suspending for the year 1907 the requirement that $100 worth of labor shall be done on mining claims in the course of being perfected in Colorado California Oregon South Dakota and Idaho.
A Toepperwein concluded a ten days shooting series in San Antonio with 72 500 targets fired and only nine misses. The demonstration set world records for number of targets and accuracy, using a .22 caliber automatic rifle. He fired 6 560 targets in the final day and missed just once as blocks two and a half inches thick were tossed 20 feet away.
Paris reports The Echo de Paris announces that Japan is constructing a new ship type for transporting small submarines. Submersibles would be stored in tunnels in the hold and emerge unseen through concealed openings.
Judge Gould orders Secretary Cortelyou to appear January 8 and show cause why he should not be enjoined from delivering the balance of 21 450 000 in Panama canal bonds to banks and others. George W Austin of New York petitions, alleging a bid process favored banks over individual bidders and deprived the public of hundreds of thousands.
Attorney General filed eight basis ouster actions in Lincoln county district court against the Fort Smith and Western railroad of Arkansas and the San Bois Coal company of Virginia. The state alleges lack of license, failure to file stockholders' statements with the state corporation commission, improper coal sales, and monopoly risks in the McAlester field.
Washington reports Victor Mur dock joined the bureau of entomology to tackle Hessian fly and green bug incursions in Kansas wheat. The pest found in Harvey county near Sedgwick prompts plans to use a Pennsylvania parasite wasp, though the Kansas discovery lacks full confirmation.
Lincoln Neb Gov Sheldon announced strict enforcement as Attorney General Thompson issued a formal opinion stating all food packages sold in the state must bear contents and net weight or measure under the pure food law. Manufacturers have objected to the statute.
A. C. Jobes, president of the National Bank of Commerce of Wichita and a director of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway, has been elected vice-president of the First National Bank of Kansas City. He will keep his Wichita position but relocate to Kansas City immediately.
The body of King Oscar of Sweden, who died December 8, was interred at noon Thursday at Riddarholm Church. The ceremony combined simple majesty with widespread popular sorrow, evidencing the nation’s mourning and respect for its monarch and heirs.
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