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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1907
Page
7
Four witnesses testified in Culpeper Virginia as James and Phillip Strother faced murder charges in the December 15 killing of William F. Bywaters, brother-in-law to Viola Strother. Minister Rev. W. J. Ware recalled the wedding service and Bywaters's final moments as the case unfolded.
The testimony describes Mrs Bywaters crying and seeking forgiveness while James Strother displays tears during the recital. Deputy Sheriff J F Bowersett and neighbor L B Crump testify that Philip Strother admitted killing Bywaters over his sister’s ruin and that the shooting was carried out by all involved.
The overflow of the Colorado River at the Imperial Valley dam has been stopped after two weeks of tests. Officials expect uninterrupted work toward levee completion by April 15 and note the twenty mile levee costs near $1,000 daily with total expense continuing.
In a tight House session the measure failed 164 to 164 as Republicans launched a filibuster to block Michigan's Fordney substitute. Earlier the “one suias” amendment was defeated 154 to 161 after stripping subsidies for multiple proposed steamship lines to the Orient, Pacific, and Panama routes. A final vote delay and tonnage subsidy debate dominated the hour before adjournment.
In New York on March 1 a free fight at a saloon left Michael Gallo dead and two others seriously wounded. Police say Gallo was a Black Hand leader. three men including bartender Louis Indorf and contractor Louis Zimmerman were arrested, with Zimmerman the only one to speak. The back room showed five bullet holes, and Gallo had four bullet wounds.
Harriman, the chief witness at the inter held here this week, has left town for a vacation in Virginia. Interstate commerce commissioners plan a Washington conference to decide if the supreme court should compel Harriman to answer unanswered questions. Some officials believe further testimony is unnecessary. Kellogg and Severance, government counsel, will join in Washington to review the report.
Baltimore and Ohio train No 49 en route westbound from Connellsville, delayed eighteen minutes and traveling forty mph, left the rails near Indian Creek. The entire train including two day coaches and Robert J. Finney’s private car plunged into a ditch and the wreckage burned after 200 feet along the ties.
Manila reports widespread unease after the US Senate defeats Culberson a mendment linking an agricultural bank to future transfer of authority. Filipinos fear Japanese aggression with provinces evacuated and towns depopulated from ship salutes. Commission tours attempt to calm nerves amid skepticism toward the stance of American authorities.
Chicago March 1 B F Yoakum chairman of the Rock Island Frisco executive committee arrived from New York and expressed optimism about the nation's prospects. He said the country is too large to be ruined and that anti railway agitation will slow but not halt railroad development and improvement.
Washington reports that South Dakota senators reached a pact on the J. D. Elliott nomination for U S attorney in South Dakota. The committee had opposed it due to Senator Kittredge but agrees not to press rejection if Roosevelt pledges not to issue a recess appointment after March 4. The pledge was given.
In Washington on March 2 the Senate defeated the committee amendment requiring a government agent during denatured alcohol manufacture by 47 to 16 and then approved the bill by 65 to 1. Senator Pettus cast the lone opposing vote.
In St Louis on March 1, police found the bodies of nine year old Frank Koeppen and housekeeper Miss Selma Giersback at Emil Koeppen home in Woodland. Bentley aged eight and Robert aged six were unconscious beside a nearly empty patent medicine bottle. Physicians fear opium poisoning but Bentley is likely to recover.
A house bill in Springfield proposes regulating foods sealed in glass, cans, bottles or packages. It requires the outside label to display the true packing date and sealing date and the name of the article.
Washington March 2 Senator Morgan reported favorably from the committee on foreign relations his resolution asking for information to the president about any concessions in Congo negotiations. The measure seeks details on possible concessions and the administration’s stance.
A detective pursues a suspect believed to have stolen 580000 in securities from a New Britain bank. The man, named Walker, is located in Ontario Ore where authorities plan arrest.
Messages from Panama on March 1 warn that a broad Central American conflict may erupt unless timely and effective friendly intervention by the United States and Mexico succeeds. The situation hinges on regional tensions and the need for mediation to prevent wider hostilities.
Concord New Hampshire March 4 Developments in equity suit to obtain an accounting of Mary Baker Eddy finances head of the Christian Science church filed in Merrimack County Superior Court. The bill names George W Glover of Lead South Dakota and George W Baker of Bangor Maine as petitioners against directors and trustees. It says Eddy is incapacitated by old age and lives under the custody of two defendants and fears undue influence or mismanagement.
Washington March 4 A. D. Lawshe has been selected as Third Assistant Postmaster in succession to Madden. Lawshe, from Indiana, previously served as auditor for the Post Office Department under President Meade and later for Cuba during the American occupation after the Spanish American War. He has held several auditing posts.
In Chicago on March 2 Judge Landis sentenced Attorney William J. Oby of Cleveland to one year in the house of correction for distributing immoral literature. A separate Paris matter notes Abbe Jouin of Augustine charged with uttering incitements, tied to broader clerical links amid church state tensions and alleged efforts to block a royal visit.
Chicago March 4 mystery darker than ever over the theft of 173000 from the sub treasury. Federal officials feel certain the crime was committed by some insider. Chief Wilkie, optimistic at first, keeps a dogged hunt under way as weeks or months may pass. George W. Fitzgerald, an assorting teller, questioned as the only tangible lead in the loss.
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