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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
4
A band of smugglers on the Spanish frontier attacked a herd herders party and seized cattle worth about 90000 dollars. Gunfire wounded several and killed some as civil guards mobilized to pursue the smugglers with no arrests reported.
Henry Edey, a wealthy former Wall Street figure, shot his wife in their Bellport bedroom and died from a self inflicted wound. Mrs. Edey, twelve years younger, died before a physician arrived. The couple had returned from a summer in town, with a young acquaintance from the same train present earlier.
E R Rost aged 73, a grand nephew of a prominent figure and cousin to a Louisiana historian, died yesterday in New Orleans. He served four years on a diplomatic mission of the United States to France led by his father.
Obituary notes the death of a California figure described as a pioneer and stock manipulator with a motto that life is about taking chances. The piece highlights his notoriety in speculative schemes and his influence in local markets.
Born in London in 1838, he moved with his family to California in 1852. He became a mining prospector, newspaper editor, and San Francisco Stock Exchange president. He earned millions in Bonanza profits, saved the Bank of California, and later regained fortune after a wheat loss. He married Sara Dangerfield and had children Foxhall and Jessie. He was a renowned turfman and race horse owner who traveled widely.
James Robert Keene a famed Wall Street figure and leading racehorse owner dies at 74 in a private New York hospital after abdominal operations. Born in London 1838 he made fortune in California mining and later built a dominant racing operation and high profile trading career. He survived prior surgeries in Italy and London and faced renewed illness after his valet’s suicide.
A safe at the B C Loan and Jewelry Company in Kansas City was robbed yesterday. About $5,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry were taken in the incident.
P L EH Del Pungo Gilera, long a San Francisco financier, was executed in Mexico City on December 23 after serving as a colonel in Madero’s forces. Born in Germany, he built a tannery business, invested in San Francisco real estate after the fire, and earned two compliments for bravery from Diaz and Madero. He died amid the Mexican revolution, reportedly captured with Diaz.
About a dozen counties in Alabama have no automobiles, with many others owning only one or two, per the state automobile department report for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1912. License receipts totaled 43,773.50 with Birmingham leading city shares at 5,407.70 and Montgomery near 2,000. total registrations around 3,100, slightly up from last year.
Washington January 8 President elect Wilson plans a "lesson on Democracy" for the National Woman's Democratic League national convention to be held here next week officials said. A strong contest for league presidency features Mrs Clark Mrs Underwood Mrs Belmont Mrs Ayres Mrs Cullop and Mrs Kinkead among the candidates. The convention will be called to order Tuesday.
Nashville reporting on January 3 notes Arkansan Senator Jeff Davis died in Little Rock. He once attempted Vanderbilt Law School in a two year span but did not earn a degree, later sending Dean Malone a clipping and note about his gubernatorial election.
Medical writers claim Brights Disease is incurable but say Fulton s Renal Compound has changed outcomes. They state 1900 census shows 68 000 kidney related deaths and urge readers with six months of kidney trouble to consider treatment. Vendors offer pamphlets and advise contacting Van Antwerp Drug Corp Inc and John J Fulton Co in San Francisco.
Washington January 3 The arrest at Dothan Alabama of John Newsom on a counterfeiting charge reached Secret Service headquarters. Seized were twenty dollars in counterfeit coin and plaster moulds for dollars halves quarters and nickels. Newsom was previously convicted in Montgomery Alabama in 1909 and sentenced to one year in prison.
A list of multiple vacant city lots with locations on State Pine Basil Kennedy Dauphin Tacon Semmes Hamilton Stocking Monroe Montgomery Congress Calhoun Government St. Heights Plum Lyons and prices ranging from 250.00 to 950.00. Sizes frequently around 50x150 or similar. Some parcels noted as 2x150 or 125x160.
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