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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
6
Richmond reports a claimed affidavit by Mrs. Lulu Clark alleging she witnessed Governor Goebel's shooting outside the Kentucky statehouse. Prosecutors dismiss the tale as a fabrication, noting no witness has placed a woman at the rear door or steps, and questioning the story's credibility amid ongoing trials.
Testimony places Mrs Clark and Aliss King away from the west entrance as shots rang out. Senator Newton Frazier describes standing about twenty feet from the door and no one on the steps when fired. Witnesses confirm the hall was empty and the door closed. Sanford St Claire, Georgetown postmaster and ally of Caleb Powers, claimed to be in the hall, while Liewlyn St Claire denied presence near the steps. The narrative ties Sanford to a lineage of violence connected to Deputy Sanford and Goebel, amid suspicions around Langford’s alleged vengeance for his father’s death.
In Fort Wayne, Presly font Van Horn of the Indiana Miners' Association revoked the charter of a Hoeelsland lodge of about 200 members for refusing to restore to the union treasury five dollars per man misappropriated from lodge funds. The decision follows accusations of improper spending and failure to account for the funds.
Samuel Stonn, longtime chairman and former president of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, died Sunday at his Garrison-on-Hudson summer home. He spent nearly 59 of his 89 years in railroading and remained active until shortly before his death. He partnered with notable financiers including Gould, Sage, Vanderbilt, and the Van derbilts, outliving them and continuing to work into later years.
A Tevel Marquette passenger train at twenty five miles an hour struck five runaway box cars from a freight train near Greenville Michigan. The engine and baggage car were wrecked but no passengers were said to be badly hurt. Fireman John Bianoni of Ionia was rescued from wreckage with minor injuries while Engineer Harry Dolan of Ionia stood in his cab inspecting the freighter car. The passenger cars stayed on track. The runaway freight cars had broken from their couplings a mile away and rolled into the train.
Sheriff Pacheco and a twelve man ranger posse left Tucson at daybreak to capture Papago John Johns at Cubelaa cherla 150 miles southeast. Deputy Tom Childs warned of resistance and a fight feared upon arrival. the group plans a two week field stay. Also Bloomington case on cash fare dispute with Big Four conductor over ticketless travel under the 4 cent law.
Ludington Mich September 24 William Wishrop proprietor of the Ludington Dye Works traveled with Elizabeth Thompson an employee of kin to secure a marriage license before marrying The girl swore she was 18 but the father says she is 16 and has asked county officers to locate his daughter in a mystery of a possible marriage fraud investigation
In a move backed by a Nichols amendment, Major Igone revokes licenses of about six saloons and bars jury trials for venue changes. Police face case difficulties against after hours liquor sales as saloonkeepers protest. Lyons’s action draws statewide attention and brewing interests fear broader closures without court injunctions.
Gorse Youle, age about 70, vanished in Peoria while traveling from Saybrook to Omaha with a party including his son Lloyd and daughter Jessie and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tracy. Police and party members search the area. a $100 reward is offered for positive information. Youle is described as elderly with white hair and mustache, wearing dark blue trousers and vest, a black silk hat, white shirt, and mourning band. He resembles Buffalo Bill in appearance, though smaller.
At the wedding dinner in Seymour on Sept 21 the cake for Chester Reed and Miss Ayabnelle White bore a sword carved in sixty four Civil War engagements. The sword was captured from a Confederate soldier by the bride’s father, a veteran, adding a historic keepsake to the ceremony.
Chicago grain and livestock markets report opening quotes and daily closes across wheat corn oats pork lard and short ribs. Includes cash sales for winter and spring wheat, No 2 red and hard varieties, and cattle sheep and hog receipts with price ranges at Chicago and East Buffalo markets.
A powder fire aboard the Kashima during target practice near Kure caused a catastrophic explosion in the starboard after turret. Twenty-seven crew killed and sixteen injured. casualties include five officers and twenty-two sailors. Investigation underway to determine cause.
In St Petersburg on September 18 a young woman nicknamed Wanda planned to enter the Secret Police headquarters on the Moika canal as a disguised gendarme with a wall of gun cotton and a powerful bomb. Police claim she intended to detonate to destroy the building and kill staff. A Jewish tailor found with a ready uniform was arrested. Secret Police plan to move to Kamenny Island and install an electric signaling system to prevent further undermining.
Officials from five railways including Great Northern and Northern Pacific create a coordinating body to fill vacancies left by striking boilermakers. Reports suggest nationwide wavering and some workers returning, with 1192 out across the five roads. No violence reported as trains continue despite the walkout.
Mrs Viola Lawrence and her mother Garnett Mew ehock were jailed in Lincoln after an Ohio husband identified an ad scheme to defraud men ready to marry. They were turned over to Ohio authorities for trial on Manila fraud charges, following a $600 bail and a federal probe into a mail order marriage scam.
Guthrie Oklahoma seethes with final state campaign activity as Republicans aim to upset the Democratic hegemony by targeting the governorship and several congressional seats. In Moscow cholera claims four cases with three deaths as Viatka province reports infections.
Essen September 16 with about 450 delegates, men and women, at the opening of the social democratic congress. President elect Herr Singer spoke at length on Ruhr industry and capitalism’s citadel. Delegates include Herr Bevel and other Reichstag members. Tolstito Ont September 23 postmaster Toronto T Patton dies.
Miss Louie Chambers wed Roy H. McClanahan at her parents home as her father lay critically ill, sealing a rapid ceremony before his death in Crawfordsville Indiana. The report also note advertisements for DeWitt’s Little Risers and DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve sold by local merchants HC Schulte & Co and Nix’s old stand.
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