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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
3
A massive blaze in Chelsea Massachusetts destroyed over 900 buildings and left about ten thousand homeless. The fire began from a locomotive spark, with aid from Boston and surrounding towns, employing dynamite and miltary support to battle the flames.
In San Francisco Chang the Korean who shot Dr Stevens the American attache to the Japanese diplomatic service at the Ferry Building has been held to face a murder charge.
Washington reports Congress likely to appropriate $1,000,000 for camps of instruction at Ft. Benjamin Harrison next September. The maneuvers are planned on an extensive scale with army participation assured by official statements.
In Polk City Iowa a tie between Rev R W Meeker and John Sprague for mayor was settled by flipping a penny. The preacher won and has been installed in office.
Washington reports sweeping government action after a list of thousands of anarchists falls into official hands. Officials acknowledge widespread anarchist presence in many states and promise strict surveillance and coordinated efforts to locate groups and members.
Edward A. Jones, acting for Mme Anna Gould, says threats from anonymous letters and hostility from relatives forced her to leave the United States for France. He denies a hasty marriage to Prince Helie de Sarun and notes no current engagement. Gould sailed for France with the prince aboard separate steamers.
Roosevelt weighs sending a special message to Congress to authorize the construction of four battleships this session. White House officials say no message is being prepared yet final decision has not been made.
Cassopolis Michigan report says Mrs Christiana Metsker shot Carlton Morgan of South Bend Indiana who was widely known in Indiana. She believed Morgan enticed her husband away from home for larks with women in a case of suspected infidelity.
Mrs Pauline Metzger an Altoona Pa actress married in the Waldorf Astoria parlors to Dr J Munyon a Philadelphia patent medicine magnate confirming a high society wedding.
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin a tiny school in Sampson closed after two years with an attendance of one pupil. The sole student will attend Auburn schools with tuition funded by the school board.
Special Chinese residents of the city plan to build a $100,000 clubhouse as the home of the Confucian Association to preserve traditions of their native land.
John Taylor once charged with the 1856 murder of Thomas Murray in Port Ewen had his manslaughter indictment dismissed by the New York Supreme Court. He fled abroad, lived in the west under a new name, built a successful mercantile career, married with six children, and kept his past secret. The case sparked a long pursuit before today’s dismissal.
John T. Strong reappears at his Jonesboro Tennessee home after five years missing and presumed dead. He finds his wife, now 32, married to William Curtis with two children. After discussion Curtis and Strong defer to the wife who chooses Strong. She selects Strong while Curtis vows to pursue annulment proceedings. Strong served in the Philippines and provides no reason for his long absence.
Miss Zera Hanson, 17, daughter of Sheriff Sylvester Hanson in Murphysboro, woke to a storm and saw prisoners climbing down from a jail window. She grabbed a escapee by the feet while her mother and the sheriff restrained others. Six prisoners escaped through a pried window as seven remained inside.
Edgar Dunham twenty and his sister Irene seventeen of Marquette receive notice of a will granting them heirs to an estate worth seven hundred thousand dollars. The siblings, supported by their widowed mother, had just begun work as an errand boy at four dollars weekly.
In a South Seas incident the Callao schooner Neuvre Tigre was seized by Joseph Mortimer, J Taylor, and G Jackson after attackers forced the captain and mate overboard with a tomahawk. The stolen vessel wrecked near the Gilbert Islands while en route to Australia.
President Roosevelt sent a brief message to Congress urging further legislation on anarchy. He accompanied it with Attorney General Bonaparte's report, stating anarchists are the enemy of humanity and no paper should circulate in the United States if it propagates anarchistic views.
Shelbyville Indiana Republican delegates nominate William O Barnard of Newcastle after a 384 ballot marathon to replace James E Watson the Governor candidate. Barnard and Davidson faced a long contest amid county coalitions before Barnard won with support from Wayne Hancock Shelby and others.
A major agreement centered in San Francisco would consolidate gas electric light and power companies across central and northern California under Standard Oil influence. The $45,000,000 deal is expected to inject more than $6,000,000 in new capital into the state's lighting and power sectors.
Special Judge Connell in Recorder's Court ordered Charles E. Ward former Bancroft resident found not guilty of manslaughter in the death of Edith Presley a Lansing state senate proofreader from an illegal operation on April 29 1907.
In New York a jury took fifteen minutes to decide for Henrietta Lee, a burlesque actress, ordering Harlem theater owners to pay her 4700 dollars after she refused to wear tights and was dismissed. She sued for breach of contract and secured full relief.
Poughkeepsie N Y special reports Pine Plains Baptists requested the resignation of Rev Mervin V Jacobs after he joined the Poughkeepsie lodge of Elks despite parishioners warnings to stay out of the order.
Herman Ridder of New York, evangel of removing tariff from paper and wood pulp, declared he had assurances the measure will pass Congress. Washington special report notes Ridder’s positive stance and confidence in enactment.
Joseph Patterson billionaire controller of the National Cash Register Company arrives at the St. Regis Hotel with secretary Charles Palmer amid a feud over welfare schemes and factory control. The firm plans to move its headquarters to New York and punish Dayton for perceived slights as Patterson wages a personal battle to curb dissent and expand his empire.
President Roosevelt names five distinguished Democrats William Jennings Bryan James J Hill Andrew Carnegie Grover Cleveland and John Mitchell as his favored citizens. They will attend a White House conference May 10 with governors cabinet officials Supreme Court justices Congress members and Inland Waterways Commission delegates.
Michael Briefer a Decatur Illinois businessman convicted of bigamy will avoid prison by honoring an agreement with Judge Foster in the Court of General Sessions. He must contribute to the support of four children from his two marriages as specified in the deal.
During the night in the citys best patrolled district thieves entered the jewelry store of P Lundy and robbed it of diamonds watches and other jewelry valued at 50000 dollars.
A Denver special notes a Roosevelt Way project to unite a chain of roads from the Atlantic to the Pacific as one nearly straight route. At least 550 miles will run from Colorado mountains to St Joseph Missouri, with endorsements from three state governors, five city chambers, and major automakers.
In Madeawal alienists report Harry Kendall Thaw shows little distress over Evelyn Thaw’s annulment suit. They note his mood remains steady, his will to resist uncertain, awaiting potential rescue or intervention as proceedings unfold.
Elliott Flower of Chicago traveled 1300 miles by local and interurban trolley systems to reach New York in seven and a half days. The journey, with three brief stops, aimed to gauge trolley development and value. Flower plans to return home by fast train after the long test voyage.
Bermuda lilies flood New York during the closing Lent week as the Bermudian steamship lands with 60 000 stems. Prices vary from 3.50 per box of six dozen short stems to 7 for longer stems with two to four blossoms each.
In Marion Ohio a Sunday rumor that President Roosevelt had been killed in Washington sparked excitement as people headed to church. Telegraph offices were overwhelmed as a railroader started the hoax to test how rapidly the news would spread.
Boston report states four men chosen to head the Massachusetts delegation to the Republican National Convention will go to Chicago unpledged. Named are Crane ex Secretary of the Navy John D. Long and Sidney O. Bigney, plus two others selected at the State Convention.
St. Paul report says Knute Olstead died of starvation near the end of a forty day fast aimed at proving the mind governs the body. He was within twenty four hours of completing the ordeal.
Lieut. David Q. Lindsay of the United States signal corps shot and killed himself. The article notes his $1,500 a year salary was insufficient to provide for his dependent mother and sister and leave him enough to marry the woman he loved.
Manila police in the Bayombong district killed nine members of the Lingay outlaw gang in a raid and several others were likely fatally injured. The operation aimed to clear the area of the notorious gang.
Joseph Wood, an eighteen year old, was convicted of second degree murder for killing nine year old Ethel Nevin. He was sentenced to thirty years in prison in Camden New Jersey.
Official crop reports show a remarkable fall in wheat production in Great Britain during 1907. London cables note the decline across the year's totals, indicating tighter supplies and potential price effects.
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