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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
1
A presidential boat ran aground while on a voyage from New Orleans to board the flag ship last night. No casualties were reported and crews began inspecting for damage and delays.
The lighthouse tender Magnolia carrying President Roosevelt collided with the banana laden Esparta near Nairn Louisiana at midnight. No one was hurt. Both vessels ran aground. The president was transferred to the revenue cutter Ivy and then to the West Virginia which fired a 21 gun salute and sailed on.
A Sedalia mass meeting at the courthouse drew large attendance to discuss an electric interurban railway from Sedalia to Miami. Senator Ernest D. Martin chaired as B. G. Wilkerson led the organizing committee of five to press for a definite financial plan from the Central Railway company.
James A DeJarnette of Cedar township and Miss Mary Dow age 16 daughter of Judge Alexander Dow of Georgetown are reported eloping. They were gone since Wednesday evening and were seen in Sedalia to attend a show. They failed to return by Thursday prompting concern from relatives.
Relatives report considerable uneasiness over a likely marriage in the Indian Territory. No word has been received yet, but if they are wed parental forgiveness is expected, with the sole objection being Miss Dow's age.
Contractor John Hyatt employs L Dyche of Kansas City as a master brick placer on Lamine Street paving. Dyche reportedly lays 40,000 bricks per day, twice the output of a typical worker, at 1 cent per square yard. Pedestrians stop to watch the artistic technique.
Jefferson City October 27. Superintendent Vandiver advised the American Central Insurance Co of Indiana to discharge the Kansas City manager or stop doing business in Missouri. He says typewritten estimates of deferred dividend values have been wasted in its policies, violating the law.
Chanute Kansas October 27 Information has been received of a proposed merger of all brick plants in Kansas. Promoters report progress but may face the Kansas anti trust law. Options secured on forty of sixty plants including all in the Kansas Gas belt. British capitalists are backing the enterprise.
Sunnyside Utah Oct 27 The Utah Fuel Company suffered a 300 000 loss in a night fire believed started by malcontent Italian laborers The blaze left twelve thousand workers unemployed as a result of the disaster.
Police Court reports Judge Truxel fines Willie Counce five dollars for theft and J R Boyd five dollars for drunkenness. Boyd pays the fine. Counce receives a stay on a promise to reform.
C. C. Rogan supreme president of the Select Knights and Ladies of Missouri will be in the city tonight to attend to the order's interests and meet members.
Alonzo Whitman nicknamed the king of forgers was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary.
The Pettis County Bar Association honors the late Judge Shirk, paying tribute to his service and memory. The remembrance recognizes his judicial tenure and contributions to the local legal community.
The Pettis County Bar Association offered a memorial to the late Judge William S. Shirk after the county circuit court convened. Speakers including John Montgomery Jr and Louis Hoffman praised his life, integrity, and legal service, requesting the memorial be spread on court records and copies given to his widow.
Weil's band played to a small but devoted crowd in Sedalia last night. Enthusiastic music lovers enjoyed a rare entertainment and the ensemble earned praise for its performance and encores, hinting at a crowded return engagement.
Washington reports quote from Roosevelt dinner in Memphis where supporters say a member suggested more journeys in a next term and the president answered There will be no next term for me I am serving my last now.
In Topeka on October 27 the defendants in the Kansas City charter forfeiture suit filed motions to make the complaint more definite. They seek removal of Mayor W W Rose and Wyandotte County Attorney J R Gibson for alleged dereliction of duty in failing to enforce the prohibitory law and allowing joints to operate. The moves are viewed as delaying tactics.
Secretary of War Taft departs for the Isthmus of Panama tonight aboard the transport with Edwards chief of the bureau of insular affairs, Do Black and Major Goethals, members of the board of fortifications.
Captain T C Holland of this city this morning received a communication from Supreme Judge James B Gantt who is also major general of the ex Confederates of Missouri asking him to join his staff. Captain Holland has decided to accept the appointment though unsure of honors to be conferred.
Adolph Perboner, head of the Equitable Real Estate and Loan Association in Chicago, leaped from a fifth story window as detectives moved to arrest him on numerous swindling charges in Peoria and elsewhere. He died instantly. The report blends this case with a religious exhortation about salvation and upcoming sermons by Mr. Rowland.
Managers O Donovan and Ogle run roller skating for children at Liberty Park hall. Sessions are 9 to 12 in the forenoon and 2 to 5 in the afternoon on Saturday.
The Second Congregational church held three services yesterday and last night with strong interest as Rev Rowland preached on hell and salvation. He contrasted punishment for murder with unbelief and urged acceptance of Christ for heaven. The sermon evoked vivid questions about heaven and hell.
Night passed quietly as troops patrolled St Petersburg streets after General Trepoff warned bullets would be used. Shops opened but Siberian railway workers joined the strike and several newspapers suspended. In Warsaw commerce halted with banks factories offices and stores closed.
Marguerite Lucile Battersby aged 17 8 26 dies at midnight after a six week illness from heart trouble at her mother's home 1020 East Broadway She is survived by her mother a brother R S Battersby a sister Miss Mary L Battersby and many friends The funeral is set for 2 30 Sunday at the family residence Rev J M Rudy of the First Christian church officiates interment in the city cemetery.
Sedalia High meets Warrensburg High in the season opener at Liberty Park. The 2:30 PM game promises a strong contest as both clubs have trained hard. Admission is 15 cents.
A man naming himself Miller and claiming to be a machinist from Clinton Missouri told police Thursday that $22 was stolen while he slept in a Main Street saloon. Officers investigated but found no solid leads.
The article notes today marks the forty seventh birthday of Theodore Roosevelt, the former president of the United States, highlighting his age and status.
New York on October 27 marks the 47th birth of Theodore Roosevelt. He is aboard the cruiser West Virginia moving from New Orleans to Norfolk and cannot attend Roosevelt Home club events or the birthday banquet at the old Roosevelt home. The club with about 300 members supports preserving the birth house as a landmark. L P Giasel presides, Arthur Fuller is historian, and invited dignitaries will speak.
President Roosevelt spends his forty seventh birthday aboard the U S cruiser West Virginia en route from New Orleans to Norfolk. The White House program is altered with cabinet visits omitted though letters and floral gifts arrive. In St Paul a Roosevelt club banquet honors the birthday with notable guests including Governors La Follette and Folk at the Merchants hotel.
Members of George R. Smith post No. 53 G A R held a smoker and bean supper at the Royal Tribe of Joseph hall on Thursday night. Capt W A Fast and Major M Niles gave talks followed by bean supper and smoker. A gun drill by the awkward squad amused all, with Charlies Koock sr winning honors.
Mrs Frank Monroe entertains the Sans Gene club this afternoon at her West Sixth Street home with members in attendance for a social gathering.
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