Jailed Captain James Sparks Missouri Guard Feud
Captain Sam W. James of Company D, Second Missouri Regiment, National Guard, is jailed by Officer Bart Jackson after a street car confrontation over a concealed pistol permit. Mayor Overstreet later authorized James to carry again, but the feud дл continues as Jackson faces suspension pending inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam W. James
Co. D
Second Missouri Regiment
National Guard of Missouri
Bart Jackson
Napoleon
Isle of
St. Helena
Co. 10
James
Officerackson
Bartimeus
Bartholomew
Liberty Park
Park Hall
Osage
Jackson
Missouri
Calaboose
John Henry Summers
Overstreet
National Guards
Rattler
Bart
England votes war loan to back soldiers in South Africa
In London March 7 the House of Commons approved a war loan of 35,000,000 pounds by 161 to 26 votes to support British forces in the Boer War. Special dispatch notes Calasa Hill entrenched near Bloemfontein and Dutch positions along the Modder river as Gen Joubert and Pres Steyn mass forces. Lord Roberts commands four mounted brigades with horse artillery to outflank the Boer line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joubert
Steyn
Bloemfontein
Modder River
Tugela
Lord Roberts
House of Commons
Miracle Accident Policy Foresight by Elm Park Wreck Victims
Sedalia men Lee Bard and Will Cloney narrowly escaped a Missouri Pacific wreck near Elm Park as their car was rear of the doomed coach. While discussing accident policies, they survived when the adjoining car telescoped, five killed. Cloney reportedly took out a policy after the near miss. Moral: don’t wait for another miracle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Elm Park
Lee Bard
Will Cloney
Sedalia
Mr. Cloney
Mr. Bard
Coroner’s verdict on Missouri Pacific wreck near Independence
Coroner's jury held that due diligence by the Missouri Pacific employer could have averted the crash in a January snowstorm. Witnesses including conductors French and Hopkins and engineers Raymond and Frick said all trains were late due to blinding snow and limited signals. The verdict lists causes and calls for accountability without graphic detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French and
Hopkins
Raymond and
Frick
Missouri Pacific
Chas. D. Lucas
Allen D. Sayles
John Johnson
Lucian Palmer
Jas. Moses
Wm. H. Feanan
Independence
Little Blue
Elm
Sedalia
J. P. French
Pleasant Hill
JL. D. Hopkins
No. 5
Frank Raymond
Desperado Faulkner Captured in Missouri Crime Tour
George Ridgely alias John Faulkner, a prolific bank robber and escape artist, was captured by Officer Thomas Baley in Bates County after a November 14 arrest. He faced seven years at Autier for bank breaking and safe cracking, with prior escapes from Anamosa Iowa and Geneva Nebraska. Judge Stark’s Jefferson City court will hear his case.
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Desperado
Thos. Baley
New Amsterdam
George Ridgely
John Faulkner
Judge Stark
Jefferson
Faulkner
Thomas Baley
Baley
Bates County
Anamosa
Iowa
Geneva
Neb
Missouri
Kansas
Autier
Merchants Meeting Deliberates on Rail Quest and Local Industry
The Sedalia Business Men's club weighed plans for a north south railroad, a state fair, and local industry expansion. Reports covered coal yards, a granite factory proposal, Sedalia manufactures, and brick production potential using Barrett property clay. A committee was named to pursue railroad funding with Col. Strang and to examine state fair prospects, and growth of Sedalia made goods was discussed before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. MecClain
Committee On
Sedalia Manufactures
Menefee Coal Yards
Sedalia
Sedalia Capital
B. Stratton
J. M. Cannon
J. L. Babcock
Col. Strang
Maj. Morey
Barrett
Ed Hurley
W. F. Waller
St. Louis
Judge Shirk
George Gould
P. B. Stratton
State Board of Agriculture
McClain
Sedalia Wins Bid for State Judicial Convention
Sedalia secures the Missouri state judicial convention for July 17 with about 1 500 visitors expected. W D Steele O M Barnett and Joe Herrington spearheaded the push, with St Joseph's $2000 offer left out. Delegates tally near 1200 for Kansas City and Jefferson City events later in June and July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Messrs
W. D. Steele
O. M. Barnett
T. F. Mitchum
Joe Herrington
QO. M. Barnett
Jefferson City
Bedalia
St. Joseph
Queen City
Bryan
Missouri
After the Paper Trust
Representative Devries introduces a house resolution charging the International Paper Co. with restraint of trade and monopoly in white printing paper. It claims a $6 per ton duty helps the firm, notes a 60 percent price rise to consumers, and urges repeal of the tariff and U S action under trust laws. The price hike presses newspaper subscriptions nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Devries
International Paper Co
U. S
Seniors Set Class Day at High School Auditorium
The senior class decided to hold its class day program in the high school auditorium this year, squelching a few campus troublemakers. The Freshman-Sophomore contest will be April 20, not February 20 as reported. Rev Shepherd led devotional exercises, Mint John spoke, and the Athenean society discussed vaccination costs with the affirmative winning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Shepherd
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Athenean Society
Harry Yeager
Leonard Collis
Fletcher Carter
Jas. Snow
Oklahoma Jury Awards $10000 Damages in Trade Case
D C Kent won ten thousand dollars in damages against Toote Wheeler Motter wholesale merchants of St Joseph Mo for closing his business and injuring his credit. The March 7 decision is reported from Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Oklahoma
D. C
Toote, Wheeler & Motter
St. Joseph, Mo
Pehl to remodel and enlarge West Second Street property
Peter Pehl will begin remodeling his West Second street business in about two weeks. The two story expansion includes a second floor with twenty lodging rooms and an office while the bar shifts to 115 West Second during work. Repairs cost about 10000 dollars. Rev J B Fuller missed Huntsville meeting due to high water and library board gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Pehl
West Second Street
Missouri
West Second
J. B. Fuller
Central Theological Institute
Huntsville
Library Board
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Crecer Jackson
Sam James
Stander
England
Ladysmith
Sentinel
Fiy
Ing
Calasa
Hill
Transvaal
Prial
Park
No. 1
J. O. Frick
Sheriff Williams
W. H. Simmons
Wm. F. Switzler
Columbia
Sedalia Lodge No. 236
The
Masons
Ches
Lutler
Bath
Lowe
Nebraska
North and South
Ques
Mittee
Ters
Grand Lodge
ST. Joe
Ers
St. Joseph's
Thos. F. Mitchum
Paper Trust
Mint John
Lamonte
Pehl
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