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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1903
Page
1
The Rome Bulletin reports Pope Leo XIII, age 93, restless and failing with increasing breathing difficulty due to pleural liquid. Doctors consider a third operation to drain fluid as mortality risk rises, while notes explain recovery is unlikely given his advanced age and diminished motor power.
About two thousand union sympathizers disrupted a shipment from Kellogg Switchboard to the railroad station. Police guarded the route while workers jeered from windows. Teamsters blocking the way were arrested and a policeman was knocked out by a brick as crowds gathered, stones were thrown and the wagon fled back to the plant.
Earl C. Hayward, a 40 year old expert line repairer, was electrocuted while working forty feet above downtown shoppers. He touched a live wire delivering 2,280 volts and fell across a cable, hanging for about fifteen minutes while crowds watched. Firemen removed him and he died en route to hospital with only a small mark on his body.
A new schedule for the Six Club League is being prepared. Sedalia will play here against loin next Sunday to open the season.
At a Kansas City meeting the Missouri Valley League reduced to six clubs with Leavenworth and Webb City dropped. Sedalia will play 36 games with five home Sundays and a new schedule to be completed tonight. Senator Lodge visits Oyster Bay and officials prepare to limit interview access for Mother Jones.
Paris reports from Rome suggest Cardinal Gibbons will not enter Rome before the Pope's death and will await word in Paris after landing at Havre. A monsignor friend of the United States says Gibbons would have strong backing if more U S cardinals survived and that American ideas may shape the next Sacred College.
C. C. Miller and Miss Maude Lovins of this city wed at St. Joseph on the 9th after obtaining a license from Recorder Lonney nearly three months ago when the marriage had been postponed.
The forecast warns of threatening conditions tonight and Friday with probable local thunder storms.
Nearly 8000 delegates at the Epworth League sixth international convention in Detroit express strong opposition to merging with the Christian Endeavor Society. They favor coexistence, arguing there is room enough for both groups.
The marriage of George Hall Ryan to Miss Helen Shepard was solemnized at 6 30 this morning at the bride's parents home with Rev. B F Martin of the First Congregational church officiating. The couple left for Kansas City then Telluride Colo to establish their future home.
A Sedalia meeting of the Negro Republican State league executive committee included Dr. C. S. Walden A. L. Thomas W. H. Carter Fred Bush and James Newbill. They met to decide the venue for the state convention scheduled for August 4.
A city youth group enjoyed a hay ride to Smithton Wednesday returning early this morning. Chaperones Miss Lillian Bratton and Mr Charles Botz led the outing. Attendees included Elsie Brown Lizzie Metcalf Susie Jenkins Blanche Rya Belle Gorrell Mary Smith and several young men.
Col. W. C. Bronaugh of Clinton Missouri is in the city and may enter the race for railroad commissioner. Friends urge him to run, believing his chances are better than in any previous campaign.
Report notes Grandpa Weisner moved to Springfield team and predicts great loss for the Athletics. Claude East of Kansas City writes Sedalia management seeking terms for Jane Tinker, famed Chicago National League shortsop, to play with Sedalia for that day only.
July 16 New York reports a subsiding panic as markets rise from last night's close. Leading bankers reassure stability in financial institutions and U.S. industries, boosting investor confidence and reversing yesterday's negative sentiment.
Fort Scott Tribune rejects allegations that Sedalia gained five improper runs in a baseball game. It notes Eli Cates and Earl Green umpired and that Cates faced criticism for a disputed at bat while defending the players’ reputation and denying intentional theft of the game.
Julius Lehmann, former member of the house of delegates, found guilty of bribery tied to the city fighting bill. Sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary, the maximum for the crime, with bond posted and appeal noted. Separate item: subpoenas issued for doodle trials. Red Men's carnival underway with parade and free attractions. boxing event billed as sensational.
An advertisement for J. D. Hail Dry Goods, typically occupying this spot, will be relocated to page four in today’s edition.
Six more damage suits were filed against Missouri Pacific over the Dead Man's Curve collision involving an excursion train. Arthur Englund of Sedalia, a Missouri Pacific hostler in Kansas City, lists bruises from the wreck at his home on South Lamine Street. Other plaintiffs named include C. E. Barnett, W. R. Steele, J. M. Miller, minor, W. R. Miller and H. A. Meyer. Total suits reached sixteen in two Kansas City courts.
Miss Lillian Sharp, longtime Sedalia public school teacher, resigns to join Denver Colorado schools. She is currently in Denver and will not return to Sedalia in August as planned. She will earn 80 dollars per month for the school term, nearly double the Sedalia salary.
S P Weller has tendered his resignation as master mechanic at the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railway shops in DeSoto Missouri with the resignation taking effect Wednesday. He was formerly master mechanic at the Missouri Pacific shops in St Louis and was transferred to DeSoto about a year ago. Managers praised his work and employees gave him a silverware chest and a banquet before departure. Future plans are not learned here but promotion is possible. The successor’s name is not known.
C W Hofmeister and A M Nichol, Boonville business men, travel to the city to advertise the Boonville street fair set for August 3.
Regimental commissary H. O. Moss and advance detail W A Berry T F Hardin and Albert Johnston will depart tonight for Lake Contrary St Joseph Missouri to arrange the annual encampment set for the week beginning July 19.
E. L. Patterson was fined five dollars in police court this morning for being drunk.
Judge Hall set July 25 for docket opening in Cole county circuit court with Senator Farris leading the agenda. Grand jury to convene August 3 for corruption investigation following the term start.
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