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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
1
The SCANDIA JOURNAL discusses bird migration to the tropics in autumn and to the poles in spring. Prof E A Schafer argues light search explains the pattern, noting longer days at high latitudes and that birds migrate on similar dates across years. The theory invites further study.
The article notes an increasing American creative impulse in music and a rise in orchestral and chamber works, piano pieces, and songs despite few large forms reaching public performance. It cites Arthur Farwell on true distinction amid a glut of works and occasional American operas progressing only to obscurity.
A New York Weekly note warns that dwelling on daily vexations spoils domestic peace. It cites wives who begin to fixate on servants children and suppliers and whose husbands return from work to harsh complaints rather than a tranquil home.
The railway station used by Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Eugenie at St. Cloud has been torn down. The site, long overgrown and unused for 37 years, housed nests and young trees in the imperial waiting room. A Paris correspondent notes its last use was on the day France declared war on Germany when imperial guards officers traveled by special train to lunch.
Hutchinson Kansas Democratic State convention adopted resolutions endorsing Bryan for president and instructing voting solidly for him. J H Atwood elected national committeeman over J G Johnson 371 to 187 with 65 votes for W F Sapp. Delegates named to the National convention and alternates selected. Resolutions condemn asset currency law seek federal bank guarantees and oppose tariff and ship subsidies. They call for primary law secrecy preserved and direct election of officials including senators and postmasters. No action on United States senator.
St Petersburg reports Lieutenant General Stoessel condemned to death by a military court for the surrender of Port Arthur to the Japanese. General Fock reprimanded for a disciplinary offense not tied to the surrender. General Smirnoff and Major General Reiss acquitted for lack of proof. The court recommends muting the death sentence to ten years in a fortress and exclusion from service.
Topeka Kansas Gov Hoch appointed an education commission led by state superintendent Fairchilds to revise the present school laws. Board members include J W Gleed R F Knight W L A Lowther Haote W D Ross and others from Topeka and surrounding areas.
Senator Knox introduced a bill in Washington to create a system of postal savings banks. The plan, endorsed by Postmaster General Meyer, would allow deposits from one dollar up, with 2 percent interest and tax exemptions. Withdrawals are allowed anytime under rules, and a $100,000 appropriation funds the bill.
Rock Island and Santa Fe railroads plan to increase operator staff in the southwestern district by 66 and await Chicago approval. Eastern Santa Fe division also to raise crew counts. no smaller stations will be closed, officials say.
Burlington Iowa acting with Attorney Byers campaign for law enforcement. The federation president says Byers offers full assistance to enforce the law in Iowa and vows a strong campaign to drive gamblers out.
It was announced Wednesday that the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway ordered an 18 percent cut in its mechanical department system. Two hundred workers were discharged Wednesday afternoon in the Topeka shops.
Father Leo Heinrichs was shot through the heart while administering the sacrament at St Elizabeth’s Catholic Church in Denver. The assailant, Giuseppe Guarnaccio, fled the nave before being tackled on the steps after a struggle with Patrolman Daniel Cronin and others.
William J. Bryan addressed about 4,500 men in Topeka on Sunday afternoon delivering a two hour talk titled The Prince of Peace. Gov Hecht introduced the speaker and Bryan criticized financiers and money control in churches and society. He later spoke at Kansas University gymnasium in Lawrence under Y M C A auspices.
Former Illinois Governor Richard Yates announces his bid for the Republican nomination for governor in the August 6 1908 primary. He argues the direct primary law offers an effective appeal to the people rather than conventions and committees.
Sedalia Missouri railroad shops employing 500 men are closed until March 2. The Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad says shops of the entire system will be kept idle as much as possible to reduce expenses.
In Atlanta fifteen hundred railroad workers from all unions held a mass meeting and endorsed the president's push for a formal probe into wage cuts tied to the nine hour law set to begin March 4. A second resolution condemned the wage reduction effort by railroads.
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, is a patient at the Manhattan eye ear and throat hospital where Sunday night he underwent an operation intended to relieve him of trouble in the left ear.
Governor James N. Gillette of California arrived in Washington on Sunday for a week to ten days. He will confer with Secretary Metcalf on California's plan to receive the battleship fleet.
The House committee on coinage weights and measures favored reporting the McKinley bill restoring In God We Trust to gold and silver coins by unanimous vote.
The Isthmian canal commission reduces force in building construction mechanics and clerical divisions on the isthmus. Many unemployed workers migrate there seeking jobs, but vacancies go to former employees who did not leave. Americans arriving without work struggle to find other employment due to limited demand and ample skilled labor locally.
In Muskogee Oklahoma Frday night angry at Jim Crow laws protesters stoned a Missouri Kansas Texas special car carrying state officials and lawmakers from Guthrie to a Democratic convention Three delegation members were cut by flying glass Senator Roddie Ada Rep Stettmund and Henry S Johnson Perry were injured Windows shattered The train halted and passengers attempted to subdue assailants but failed.
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