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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1907
Page
1
A collage of curiosities and short observations covers trademarks, education, merit, relief funds, parsonage politics, shielded timepieces, royal cattle, edible chrysanthemums, and wealth ethics. It cites San Francisco relief funds, a Washington Post remark, Leroy the watchmaker, Queen Wilhelmina, German frontier cattle bans, Chinese cuisine, and a Kansas City Times musing on wealth and stinginess.
The piece notes submarines as uncanny vessels capable of drowning crews even in peaceful maneuvers and calls them cowardly weapons in war for attacking beneath the surface. It mentions those who advocate banning submarines and floating mines from civilized warfare.
The Pacific Improvement Company has donated the Chinatown site to the University of California. A biological laboratory will be built with a head by Professor Loeb. A group of buildings costing about a quarter of a million dollars will house 400 students.
Engineers have long eyed transmitting power 750 miles from Victoria Falls to the Transvaal gold fields. Critics doubted economic viability, but contracts have been let and work will proceed. The project is described as the most extraordinary electric power scheme ever attempted.
The passage mocks Sir Thomas Lipton for saying Americans are careless with money and praises growing riches abroad. It notes a motorist’s near Arctic tour and Henry Arctowsky’s invention of a runner-mounted car claimed to reach the South Pole more easily. Peary’s polar quest is joked to possibly swap dogs for auto transport.
Last year many butterflies were released in London parks to charm promenaders. The program was so successful that it has expanded into a butterfly farm near London. The plan aims to supply tropical butterflies to parks in summer, with about 20,000 released and 40,000 chrysalises under cultivation at the farm.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas urges equalization of school funding with colored schools as a key issue and backs extending women’s suffrage. He favors railroad fare reviews, supports anti-discrimination laws saving coal oil users, and defends the liquor prohibition while calling for broader enforcement powers. Gov. Gooding of Idaho defends prosecutions of Western Federation of Miners officials and condemns railroads, urging anti pass laws amid high Idaho rates.
Washington reports a potential influx of over 2000 Japanese from Mexico into the United States, including ex soldiers in uniforms, driven by dissatisfaction with conditions. Some have already sought transport to the border, pending meeting immigration criteria. Earlier data show 16,749 Japanese from Hawaii arrived in the last 18 months, many later moving to the U.S. mainland.
Honolulu reports 760 Japanese aboard the Chiusa Maru are mostly labeled laborers seeking work, but many are ex-soldiers and brought uniforms. The uniforms are now scattered across the oriental quarters as authorities note.
Los Angeles Bishop M C Harris head of the Methodist church in Japan says Japanese statesmen do not view war with the United States as a possibility. He notes Japan pursues peace and relations with America will grow friendlier, adding Admiral Togo and his crew would rather end their lives than attack the US Navy.
Helena Mont Gov Toole urges adoption of a resolution for Congress to submit a constitutional amendment to the states to elect U S senators by direct vote. His message mostly covers state matters, including limiting railway workers hours and state inspection of locomotive boilers.
In Chicago the interstate commerce commission continued its inquiry into Harriman railroad management. President Ripley of Santa Fe testified and said he learned last week from newspapers that Union Pacific held nearly $10 million in Santa Fe stock.
Guthrie Oklahoma reports the constitutional convention authorized a segregated coal and asphalt commission to investigate value and extent of segregated coal lands in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations and to negotiate state purchase. The permanent body, appointed by the convention president, will report to the future governor as the state seeks ownership and operation of the lands in Indian Territory.
Portland reports the discovery of Dr Philip Edward Johnson a New York physician found under the Jefferson street bridge. Police say the body showed signs of robbery and was cast over the span. He lived with his wife at a fashionable hotel. Mrs Johnson is the daughter of Ohio's former governor.
The University of Chicago trustees announce that John D Rockefeller will soon endow the university with 3 million dollars to establish a pension fund for superannuated professors. The exclusion of Chicago from the Carnegie 10 million dollar pension fund reportedly spurred his plan.
The Daily Mail correspondent in Teheran reports the shah of Persia is dead. Indications of imminent death led palace women to begin mourning preparations and doors of the royal palace were closed after sunset, signaling the end.
Jefferson City Missouri Gov Folk granted a 90 day respite after an appeal to the federal court led by Judge Phillips Kansas City in the murder case of Agnes Myers. Frank Hottman faces execution for Myers’ husband’s death with the Jan 4 hang date delayed.
Pittsburg report states 3 workers killed, 7 fatally injured, 24 missing after a gas ignition at Eliza furnaces. George Knox, the sole survivor, described a roar as molten metal sprayed, leaving many believed buried under molten metal within a 40 foot radius.
Attorney General Hadley sues to dissolve the merger of Wabash Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain and Pacific Express Co and to revoke charters of Pacific Express American Refrigerator Transit Western Coal and Mining and Kansas Missouri Elevator. Suit claims Gould holdings control stock, seeks charter forfeiture and merger dissolution with limited penalties for noncompliance. Gould responds from New Orleans disputing breadth of Gould interests and noting omissions of other Gould linked lines.
Atty General Hadley, in Columbia, says George J. Gould’s comment on ouster proceedings in the supreme court resembles H. H. Rogers and is unworthy of consideration. He makes no further reply to the statement.
Ila James Cullen, a white man, was lynched by a mob of over 1,000 in Charles City after they battered the jail to reach him. They dragged Cullen through the streets and hanged him from the Cedar River bridge two blocks from the jail.
Austin Texas lawmakers introduce a resolution signed by twenty eight members calling for a broad probe of United States Senator J W Bailey. The measure also directs an investigation of Attorney General R V Davison as Bailey's term nears expiration on March 4.
James H Atkinson of St Clair county, a prominent southern Illinois resident, died at his O Fallon home after a paralysis strike on New Year’s morning while at the telephone. Born near the old homestead, he was the son of William W Atkinson who settled in 1828, educated at Shurtleff College, Alton, and long a farmer in the family homestead.
Chicago police arrest Sil Four men said to be bakers union members on charges they poured carbolic acid on hundreds of loaves sent to Jewish residents on the west side. Strike supporters are blamed for the attacks as acid and poison were found on wagoned bread. Evidence includes carbolic acid bottles and iodoform packets found on suspects.
Samuel H. Jones of Sangamon and Springfield, long a leading figure in finance and politics, died from paralysis at 84. Former Gov. Fifer served as an honorary pallbearer. Jones served in the Forty-third General Assembly, led penitentiary commissioners, and helped organize the State National Bank of Springfield, succeeding Senator Cullom as its president.
The Illinois supreme court holds that a school district may issue bonds up to 5 percent of the district's equalized property value to build schoolhouses and levy a building tax of 24 percent annually until completion. The decision brings relief to many districts unable to fund new buildings by bonds alone.
Brighton A Robings died at his home aged 69 after a long illness. A Civil War veteran and former prominent architect, he was nearly helpless in the last 15 months. Funeral conducted under the direction of the G A R.
Clerk 18 shot himself in the head over a love affair with a society girl. Doctors fear he will die. The girl had dated him for a year but lately courted a university student in Champaign Illinois.
William Palmer, missing for days, was found dead seven miles west by Chicago hunters. Death attributed to exposure. Palmer, a noted figure in secret society circles, wandered off while in distress.
At the annual election Hiram N. Sager a grain receiver and country elevator man was unanimously chosen president. The total vote 906 was the smallest in over twelve years. John A. Bunnell a provision man was elected second vice president.
Quincy Rev Walter M Jordan of the Christian church resigns effective July 41. Rev BE M Clingan of the Presbyterian church also resigns and contemplates a call from the Presbyterian church in Galesburg. A Pioneer of Cass County Chandlerville Mrs George Gephardt, Cass county pioneer, dies at 98.
Kevange-James Dobson, aged 85, was instantly killed by lightning as he moved from his barn toward his house. The incident occurred on the farm, with Dobson struck during a sudden storm. Authorities say the cause was a direct lightning strike with no chance of survival at the moment of impact.
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