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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1906
Page
1
A blaze ripped through a Minneapolis hotel described as supposedly fire proof, gutting the building and causing multiple guest fatalities. Fire crews battled the flames as investigators began choosing a cause.
A blaze at the West Hotel in Omaha started in the basement and raced up through the elevator shafts trapping guests on the sixth and seventh floors. Firemen conducted daring rescues while eight people died from flames and fumes. several others were saved as the fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to the famous hostelry.
The thirty fifth annual Kansas State Board of Agriculture convenes in Topeka at the capitol building with a large attendance after a banner crop season. Secretary Coburn has arranged an impressive program with papers from Illinois Iowa Ohio Missouri and two USDA specialists. Governor Hoch and Mayor Davis will give welcomes and President J W Robison will respond.
More than three hundred members of the National League of Commission Merchants gather in Milwaukee to attend the three day annual convention. President George Mead of Boston presides with vice president Frank A. Wagner of Chicago and A Warren Patch among others.
Delegates from Boston and New Orleans gather as the local commission merchants host a reception and smoker. The convention continues with theatre parties and a closing banquet to honor the elected officers.
Polly Bryant fought with a man named Templemeyer on Ohio street today. Police separated them and Bryant was arrested by Deputy Constable Elmer Smith and fined $1 plus costs in Justice W. E. Conner's court.
President Harper of the Chicago university died this afternoon in Chicago. His death came sooner than expected as doctors had warned he could not live through the week. The cause was cancer per a noon bulletin from Dr. Billings.
A Kansas convention in Wichita convened to create an organization to secure better freigh t rates and to back candidates who will challenge railways. Ex Governor Van Zandt spoke indicting Standard Oil and railroads, while L I Glenwood outlined Wisconsin tactics against railroads. Delegates expect similar meetings in other states and urge political organization by local businessmen, including a resolution barring railroad affiliates from office eligibility.
Z. W. Davis secretary of the Fee-Davis coal company told a Globe Democrat reporter no liquidation is planned. He will move operations to Panhandle mines in Panama I T and may close the St Louis Century Building office. He met with his wife Mrs John S Fee but reconciliation seems unlikely and Mrs Fee plans no legal action.
Washington Jan 10 Representative Watson Indiana Republican whip says both the Statehood and Philippine tariff bills will pass the House after a conference with the president.
Steward Fred Dalton denounces charges against him at the asylum board meeting and demands full investigation while claiming his dismissal followed his refusal to approve questionable bills. A push exists to convene a grand jury as disclosures of prior bill payments surface. Also reported is the Fall River dog show opening with record entries, many prizes, and judges from New England kennels.
The Humane Society held its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon in the courthouse rest rooms. The monthly report lists three cruelty arrests, two horses shod per society guidance, ten warning notices for animal mistreatment, one horse killed by a society officer, and two child ill treatment cases remedied. A Band of Mercy in public schools was praised and given more time to confer with the board of education. Discussion covered teamsters driving coal wagons and overloading horses. badges were ordered. The meeting adjourned with plans to elect officers at the next session.
Odd Fellows Prairie Queen lodge No. 25 held an installation of newly elected officers with Acting District Deputy Grand Master I. E. Hoffman Sr. in charge. Officers installed include Sam C. Fuller noble grand Tilford McBride vice grand F. E. Hoffman Sr. secretary and F. S. Leach treasurer.
In Monticello Kentucky three men were killed and two mortally wounded at Rock Creek in a long standing boundary feud. The Bell and Dobbs group clashed with the Deans and Price party after an accident sparked the shootout. Authorities arrested the Deans and two friends, with further retaliation feared.
The New York supreme court heard motions on compelling Henry H. Rogers to testify about Standard Oil assets in Missouri and ownership of three oil firms. Attys for Hadley seek answer. Roger’s counsel served the order to show cause. Lawson fires sharp telegrams from Boston calling out alleged conspirators at 26 Broadway.
A Black man linked to the fatal assault on Ezra Polk was killed by a mob. The incident follows claims that Polk was harmed for fun, triggering violent repercussions.
Ben Harris, a Black suspect who killed Ezra Polk at Bering's Mill, was taken from officers on a Santa Fe train at LaSalle and lynched at Moscow Texas at 1 AM. Seventy men carried out the execution by stringing him up, then using buckshot to tear Polk's head during Polk's killing.
A Boston writer Thomas W. Lawson sent Governor Folk a 653 word telegram claiming evidence that trusts dominate the U S Senate and major banks and insurance interests. He asserts Standard Oil, Equitable, New York Life and Mutual are part of a broader system influencing politics.
Sedalia council No 31 Knights of Columbus installed its officers Tuesday night with J P Quinn as installing officer. A smoker followed with Charles Keck as master of ceremonies and Rev Fr Mec Namee delivering an address. Several talks and musical numbers highlighted the social event.
Dale Thornton, a nearly 15 year old boy who fled Seda lia after disputes over schooling, was found in Kansas City and returned to his father in Wysadotte Kansas. Police located him after Chief Love’s efforts and he was fitted for new clothes before heading home.
The federal court of appeals refused a rehearing in Cassie Chadwick's case. The ruling confirms her ten year sentence must be served.
The will of the late Judge James Ringen of Smithton was admitted to probate by Judge O. E. Parsons today.
The commander of the ill fated steamship Slocum faces negligence charges as trial proceedings commence. Court records identify the officer as the primary party under scrutiny in the disaster that claimed numerous lives.
The January 10 report details Captain William Van Schaick’s federal trial for negligence as commander of the General Slocum cited in the 1904 East River catastrophe. It notes public anger, potential U.S. government pursuit of conviction, and prior trials of Steamboat Inspector Lundberg and pending indictments against Knickerbocker Steamboat Company leaders.
Mrs Robert Fleming testified that she had long been involved with Carl Schultz and was forced into the affair to save her husband Robert Fleming from death. She said the relationship spanned years and culminated before Fleming shot Schultz in the street. The witness described her motive as saving her husband and himself.
Hayden Taylor, leading local stockman, returned from St. Louis where he sold a carload of 35 head of fine cattle at a price of 43 dollars per head, yielding substantial proceeds for the county trade.
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