05 Dec 1908
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
1
A collection of quirky observations spanning gender attire, football yells, boot mishaps, Paris aviation on a roof, Tokyo mayor exceeding rhetoric, war as crime, Pullman fare chatter, Kaiser Wilhelm’s blame, firecracker safety, workplace attention to women, suffragette humor, 10000 Japanese students singing America, and musings on a Harvard professor and Kaiser legacy.
Dr Story, late Glasgow University principal, on holiday, meets the district minister who invites him to relieve him for a day. The principal replies he might relieve the congregation. Canada rejects the 12 foot canal plan and outlines a 21 foot canal from Georgian Bay to the St Lawrence, linking Chicago and other ports, under British soil.
The Parisian architect M Augustin Rey contemplates New York skyline with a legal height cap of 20 to 30 stories and select taller buildings for contrast. The piece questions if he mocks New York.
Postage reductions to two cents to Great Britain trigger brisk mail movement with ninety thousand extra letters carried by the first three steamships from New York. A firm saves $600 by sending 20,000 advertising circulars. French family estimates total 11,315,000 with varied children counts ranging up to 18 or more in the data.
The Hayti rebels achieved a bloodless capture of Port au Prince and established a new government structure. Officials report orderly transition with minimal disruption and swift control of key institutions.
In Port au Prince Haitix a revolt leaves rebels in control of the city. Gen Legitime accepts the presidency of a provisional government as the American cruisers Des Moines and Tacoma guard the harbor. Several ministers seek refuge at the French Legation. The clash plans unfold as Mexico’s revolutionists rally support amid a tense legal fight over extradition of Guerra.
In Muskogee Oklahoma Mexico begins court action to gain possession of Col. Teonacion Diaz Guerra, a rebel leader captured with nephew Juan Costa. Guerra faces a San Antonio trial for naturalization law violations after treasonous activity. Mexico aims to execute him as an example for inciting uprisings on the Texas border.
Toledo circuit court granted ouster of the Ohio German Fire Insurance Company. Trustees Edward J. Marshall and Ernest Torgler were appointed to wind up affairs, determine liabilities and assets, and handle return premiums. Idaho, Oklahoma and Utah revoked the charter, joining seventeen states that expelled the company.
New Haven Conn John Alan White 20 of Walton NY a Yale graduate school student leapt from West brink to the ground a distance of 100 feet Tuesday night and died A letter in his room to his father indicated contemplation of self harm and officials suspect temporary derangement White had previously been a Yale academic department member and was class salutatorian in 1907
The Viedomosti reports a vast collection of 3,116 manuscript pages found in Damascus. The texts illuminate understanding of life of Christ in early Christian era and promise a sensational translation when completed.
Washington D C Truman Hi Newberry of Michigan who has been assistant secretary of the navy was Tuesday sworn in as secretary of the navy succeeding Victor H Metcalf of California Shortly after taking the oath he attended his first cabinet meeting at the White House.
In Emporia Kansas, robbers blew open the State bank at Olpe ten miles south of town with alutroglycerin and fled with 2000 dollars in cash. Access was gained using a skeleton key. A second item reports Miss Ollie Percy, 21, of Vandalia Missouri, accidentally shot by a cousin while youths played with a loaded revolver. the ball entered behind the left ear and remains unfound.
Perth Amboy New Jersey guards at a National Fireproof plant stockade fired pistols over a mob of strikers and sympathizers after allegedly being given whiskey. Detectives retaliated amid jeers and a riot scene as 80 guards clashed with attackers using revolvers and clubs.
Edward Hammell of Morrisburg Ontario faced a tricky border dispute after a Canadian quarantine near Prescott forced his five horses into a 30 day hold. He claimed immigrant status to avoid U S head tax and duties but was refused entry, then stopped at the frontier by Canadian officials who required quarantine. The matter has been referred to Ottawa for resolution.
Chicago Democrats plan to petition the Supreme Court for a writ of prohibition to block Gov Deneen's inauguration. Adlai Stevenson, who ran against Deneen, will attend. A preliminary meeting set a writ of prohibition as the action. The contest to be heard by the legislature. Democrats believe Stevenson won by a slight plurality and will seek a recount.
Neighbors chasing pistol shots found Mrs. George Gilmore dead at her Greenville house Tuesday night. Sharley, a boarder, lay dying and alleged the husband committed the shooting. Gilmore is still missing.
Fred Crow was stabbed to death Monday night at the door of his room in the Northern hotel in Chattanooga. The assailant was Jake Eldridge with a companion named Cochran. Crow was a well known figure in the gambling fraternity in the city and known across the south.
Myrtle Evans was shot by S J Byman in Fort Wayne Indiana late Monday night after she refused to meet him. Byman then shot himself. Both died within minutes. Authorities described the incident as a domestic tragedy with a fatal double outcome.
A well planned bank robbery in Crowder City Hughes County Oklahoma succeeded around 2 am Wednesday as eight men barricaded the State Bank and looted cash and checks while spectators watched in fear. Four robbers guarded the site and others completed the burglary before fleeing toward Muskogee. witnesses say the bandits were white men masked and armed with revolvers.
Burglars used timed charges to blow open the First National Bank vault in Pepperell Massachusetts, stealing about 14000 dollars and valuable papers before fleeing in an automobile. The daring operation unfolded in the business district early Wednesday, with investigators pursuing leads as the case draws national attention.
Secretary Oscar S. Straus releases the sixth annual Department of Commerce and Labor report. It analyzes how the panic affected immigration, naturalization, employer liability laws, and corporate reform publicity. The year’s net population increase was 209,867 with about 26 percent illiterate, and aliens brought in $17,794,226, averaging nearly $23 per person.
Pekin China report states Adolph S. Asher and Levy, partners in a wholesale liquor business at 200 Market Street, were found guilty on all counts of the indictments in U S district court. Each faced four counts for misuse of the mails and express for sending objectionable advertising material with their gin, one count in each case being quashed before trial.
Pekin reports the coronation of Pu Yi the 3 year old Emperor of China at the imperial palace on Wednesday. He assumes the name Hsuen Tuig. The ceremony lacked former brilliance due to Kuang Hsu and the Dowager Empress’s deaths but retained color and spectacle.
Night riders in Warrick county Indiana early Tuesday destroyed the barn of W H Gossar. The barn stored tobacco and the loss is estimated at 3000 dollars with 1000 dollars of insurance. Gossar had recently moved from Kentucky and reportedly refused to pool his tobacco.
In Laporte Indiana a special train will run forty miles to Bremen to help the town of 1500 prove its signatures to the renomnibus which drove the saloons out.
A collage of vignettes opens with a wagon train and a mother and children at daybreak then shifts to a church census listing 40 denominations 161 731 ministers 210 199 churches and 32 883 156 members. It notes rhinoceros horn growth and reports North Carolina licenses its first woman dentist Mrs D Z McGuire of Asheville. The Chillan government has paid 2 818 840 United States gold for Valparaiso reconstruction to widen streets straighten routes and modernize the nearly wrecked city.
A witty note suggests choosing a bar that offers two strong alibis when seen exiting. The sample excuse boasts admiring a famed painting behind the bar and a free lunch of corned beef, with a tongue in cheek citation to the New York Times.
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