23 Apr 1905
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Newspaper
Sedalia Sunday Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1905
Page
1
The report warns Japan’s naval strength near Vladivostok is under pressure as Allied forces push against the Mikado’s fleet on two fronts, signaling possible strategic setbacks.
Reports from St Petersburg and Tokyo detail Russian naval reinforcements for Admiral Rojestvensky at Vladivostok as Vladivostok cruisers near battleship strength. Dispatches say the fleet may threaten Togo, with heavy laborers and vessels being moved to refit and supply ships.
In Jefferson City on April 22 attorneys for Bill Rudolph the Union bank robber and murderer of Pinckerton detective Schoemaker filed a writ of error to appeal the case to the federal supreme court for review and final termination. Governor Folk has granted Rudolph a stay of execution to allow federal court review.
In San Francisco on April 22 officials announced the Gould system will include a Salt Lake to San Francisco railroad. Fifty million dollars in bonds will be issued immediately for construction.
A court ruled that a law setting the hours either for a day or a week is unconstitutional. The decision centers on overreach into legislative powers and potential infringement of due process. No specific dates or entities are provided in the readable text.
The discussion centers on bakers earning a living and the claim that regulating labor hours harms free contract. It argues such private employment relations between men sui juris in a non dangerous, non morbid business should not be prohibited without violating the federal constitution.
On Tuesday May 2 the state council Knights of Columbus will meet in Sedalia at 10 a.m. after a brief session followed by lunch. Delegates and visitors at 2 p.m. will tour the city including the Missouri Pacific shops Katy shops State Fair grounds and the public library. The council reconvenes at 7:30 p.m. Sixty accredited delegates and many visitors are expected with prominent gentlemen on the list as local knights plan a memorable reception.
Esther Sumner Damon is identified as the sole surviving widow of the Revolution in a Vermont context. The fragment presents a historical familial angle tied to a revolutionary-era figure and reflects regional memory.
Esther Sumner Damon of Plymouth Union Vermont known as the last widow of the revolutionary war, born 1814, married Noah Damon in 1854 after teaching and hardship. He died sixty seven years ago after a life of minimal means, while she supported him and later received a pension of 24 dollars a month.
A Mexican Indian follower of a fanatical Penitents order died on a cross he built in Torres Las Animas county Colorado. He endured the agony as part of a religious frenzy during holy week. The practice of self torture by Penitents is noted as being revived in modern times.
In New York on Good Friday 15,000 worshippers at the cathedral watched as Maria Pallavicini Viscountess of Trent shot herself amid services. She died en route to hospital attended by priests as the church reconsecrated after the tragedy.
King Victor Emmanuel formally opens the Venice art exhibition seen as a leading modern show in Italy. Thirteen American artists participate including John Sargent. An Austrian priest assists a dying marchioness struck by a fatal forehead wound amid Good Friday ceremonies in the Duomo.
Telegram from Jefferson City says Governor Folk ordered Pettis and Livingston counties to enforce the Sunday saloon closing law starting tomorrow. Sheriff Sprecher and Prosecuting Attorney Kelly denied receiving any official communication from the governor, and said the dispatch may have been a reporter error.
Sterling Stuart son of Ruth McEnery Stuart novelist died from injuries after a fall while attempting to enter the second story window of his mother's Flushing home a month earlier. He was known as Sonny in his mother's southern tale.
Dr. O. P. Rice of Mexico claims he caused rain in Meade county Kansas in late March and early April by sending mental vibrations after a friend's drought report. He says the rainfall broke a long dry spell and expects continued rain to ensure bountiful crops.
Nan Patterson tells her father she does not want her mother to travel from Washington to witness the Tombs proceedings. She asks him to persuade her mother to stay home, saying the trial would upset her and she cannot be helped by being present.
A fast track and ideal weather opened the Kansas City Jockey Club meet with ten thousand spectators. The event proceeds could change if a legislative prohibition is withdrawn. Tod Sloan did not ride.
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