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Newspaper
Sedalia Sunday Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1905
Page
7
Liberty, Missouri, judge sentences Aggie Myers to death for the murder of her husband in Kansas City. Execution set for August 11, 1905, after denied motion for a new trial. appeals planned. Report notes Myers’s vanity and calm demeanor, details of her confinement, and public sentiment backing the sentence.
Sedalia authorities led by Mayor Babcock ordered closing the city saloons. Officials cited public peace and health concerns as the reason for the action and set a deadline for compliance. Local businesses protest the restriction while patrons express mixed reactions.
New York reports Mrs Winthrop Rutherford, daughter of ex vice president Levi P Morton, was received into the Roman Catholic church last Saturday. Her husband has considered the Episcopal church. The Mortons are traveling on the Celtic and are at their farm in Tranquility New Jersey.
New York reports allege Henry B Hyde used self contracts to skim 350000 annually from Equitable Life while chief stockholder and president. Settlement with heirs paid 5 million for release, real estate inflated to cover deficits, with state probes seeking mutual distribution of surplus to policy holders.
Turmoil in Lodz Poland surpasses Red Sunday as troops move in to quell rioting. Officials report hundreds killed or wounded, with 130 dead and 41 dying in hospitals overnight. Barricades rise, telegraph poles are felled, and factories close as Cossacks and dragoons fire on mobs. Medical care is overwhelmed.
St. Petersburg report says Admiral Alexieff, newly named to the imperial council, declares Russia will not cede territory to Japan nor pay indemnities. He emphasizes firmness in Tokyo negotiations as of today.
In peace talks, Alexieff states Russia will not surrender Saghalien Island. The bold stance signals potential sticking point in negotiations and tolerance for any concessions on territorial claims.
While unpacking eggs at the Emerson Morrow produce house on Friday, a peculiar egg with three separate shells of different colors was found. Local poultry manager H. F. Schmidt keeps the egg in his office as an interesting curiosity.
Washington June 24 The assistant secretary of state Mr Loomis sails for Europe as a special ambassador to receive and transfer the body of John Paul Jones to the American squadron. His appointment respects Jones memory and French interest. Loomis duties end with the body’s reception and transfer, not a return to the state department.
Rev. Fr. Daniel Healy will spend his last Sunday as pastor of St. Patrick's in Sedalia and depart for Springfield Missouri to lead the parish there. He will be succeeded by Rev. Fr. B. R. McNamee of Monett Missouri arriving to conduct services next Sunday.
The forecast calls for fair conditions today with a gradually increasing temperature. Skies remain clear and light winds are expected as warmth builds through the day.
In Warsaw on June 24 heavy patrols by Cossacks and infantry. A workman was killed for refusing to strike. Stephen Okrycia the locksmith who threw a bomb at a police station on March 26 was sentenced to death. Workmen threaten a general strike and further disorder is feared.
Miss Sallie M Major presents annual piano and voice recital at Sedalia College of Music hall Friday June 30. Students perform works by Bohm Lockwood Bohm DeKoven Spindler Sinding Bohm Schubert Brahms Mendelssohn and Chopin with Prof Lundberg assisting.
Eight members of Vanderbilt university football team at Nashville shipped to Kansas harvest work as harvest hands. Captain Patterson said the work would benefit the players and be lucrative, while State Employment Agent Jameson reported frantic calls for aid from the wheat fields.
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