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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
6
Connecticut legislature votes to repeal the 1722 blue laws banning Sunday recreation with a short bill defining Sunday and barring most secular activities except necessities and general welfare. Sunday baseball may be allowed per court interpretations of general welfare language.
The bodies of Mrs. Julius Neneth and her eight month old son were found in the Morris Canal at Newark New Jersey. Believed to be a double drowning the woman reportedly took her own life after a troubled night in the Neneth apartments. The husband was arrested based on neighbors testimony of domestic trouble the night before.
Calhoun Harris secretary and assistant cashier at the Orr cotton mills in Anderson South Carolina has been arrested on breach of trust charges. Expert accountants report a missing fifty thousand dollars from the books, Harris claims the shortage will be explained by clerical errors.
Waited to board a Grand Rapids and Indiana passenger train collided with a freight train at First Street crossing in Kalamazoo Michigan. Engineer O D McCorry of Fort Wayne Indiana was killed and three other trainmen Ed Hall Crouse and Lonergan were seriously injured with cuts and bruises.
Explosion and ensuing blaze on West Third Street in St Paul Minnesota killed five people including two children a woman and two men and injured seven others two men and two women. Police believe four more persons remain trapped in the ruins.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company awarded contracts for freight cars costing between eight and nine million dollars. The new cars will replace old equipment on lines east of Pittsburg and Erie.
Renowned evangelist Sam Small is reported critically ill at his Tennessee home. All speaking engagements are canceled as medical updates are awaited.
The schooner Jeanie sails from St John Newfoundland bound for Etah Greenland to retrieve dispatches left by the arctic explorer and to restock his station with provisions for the relief effort.
Police Chief David Reed and Patrolman Briscoe Harrison arrested nine men in Clinton Indiana cemetery for shooting dice. All pleaded guilty and were fined thirteen dollars and eighty cents each.
Orville Wright on a ten mile cross country flight near Washington in an airplane built with Wilbur Wright and Lt. Benjamin B. Foulois. The flight, in 14 minutes 42 seconds, surpassed speed requirements and demonstrated the aeroplane’s practicality. Wright averaged over 42 miles per hour and reached about 500 feet over Four Mile Run valley.
President Taft arrived at the parade ground at Fort Myer to view the landings of the triumphant aviators and sent Colonel Treat to convey congratulations to the victors. The report notes an insurrection in Spain that endangered Alfonso's throne.
Engineer Wade stopped a train within feet of an obstruction on the track near Gowford. The express car carried $250,000 in gold bullion en route to New York City. Farmer Chris Berger was arrested after being found at the scene and claims innocence claiming he was signaling the train to stop. Berger sustained a badly torn arm from an accidental discharge by a shotgun.
A string of severe earthquake shocks swept central Mexico early Friday, stretching from Querato to Oaxaca over more than 1000 square miles. Official toll lists fourteen dead and numerous injuries with widespread property damage in Mexico City, Acapulco, Toluca, Tlacotalpan, and other towns. Subterranean rumblings and electrical storms accompanied the tremors.
Mrs. Tony Panella, wife of a Canton grocer, shot her husband after finding him embracing Clara Pizzana, then killed Pizzana with a butcher knife. She told police she did not regret the crime.
Chicago police hunt a stylish young woman about nineteen who robbed Zigmund Klobber of a diamond stud valued at 60 dollars early Tuesday. He met her in Lincoln Park and she lured him into conversation before snatching the jewel at Tell Place and fleeing up North Park Avenue.
In Pittsburg, a mutt’s mournful whines at Mrs. Annie Graham’s door prompted deputies to enter her home and discover the 55 year old widow’s body inside a trunk. Authorities say she died from an accidental fall that snapped her neck, with the body remaining undiscovered for several days.
The House approved the tariff conference report 195 to 183 after a ten hour session. Twenty Republicans voted against adoption. two Democrats backed the recommitment motion. A sensational note alleged jokers within the report on lumber and leather rates. Pulliam of the National League shot himself in New York, dying from self-inflicted wounds due to ill health.
The Senate, after reporting the urgent deficiency appropriation bill with tariff provisions, adjourned to 12 and later delayed as the House adopted the conference tariff report 195 to 183. Debates over conference terms continued amid efforts to read the bill and address amendments and deadlines.
Dun's Weekly Review notes firm discount rates and heavy August settlements across banks. Growing crops and rising movements in grain, factory outputs, and lumber bolster trade while primary breadstuffs dip. South Chicago mills run full. iron and steel contracts rise. retail gains from warm weather. Failures in Chicago district total 29 with four over $5,000 liabilities.
Tests on Sergeant Fuller and Privates Schmidt and Goodman at Fort Omaha show them immune after vaccination for typhoid. In June they received typhoid serum and formed a mild bout of the disease, later vaccines failed to take, and after a gallon of stagnant water containing fever germs was drunk, the men did not develop symptoms and were pronounced immune after close hospital observation.
Democratic leader William Jennings Bryan says Texas will be his new home after his American tour. He states he will relocate to Texas rather than seek a Nebraskan Senate seat and plans to continue in politics there.
Reports state new diamond mines in German Southwest Africa valued at about 250000 dollars. Senator Perley of Ottawa died at noon at his home in Wolseley Sask. The Turkish court martial lists severe sentences for many Turks in Adana Province.
Ten persons injured when two electric trains collided head on near Coldwell station Washington between Couer d Alene and Spokane. No. 20 westbound from Couer d Alene at 4:30 p m met No. 5 eastbound as both trains traveled about fifteen miles per hour. Only the train crew reported injured.
The Rev Joseph Bennett, a Baptist minister, drowned himself in Otter Creek, Hardin County, Kentucky. A note found among his effects said he had failed in business and thought it best to disappear.
The Empire reservoir nineteen miles northwest of Fort Morgan Colorado broke Monday night releasing about one billion feet of water. The flood caused about 500000 in damages to ranches along the South Platte river but no lives were lost.
Enrico Caruso sang in Ostend before an audience of 10 000 whose unanimous verdict was that his voice remained excellent and admirably under control, far better than it was before his operation.
James H. Walker aged 25 drowned in the Little Tennessee river while saving Mrs. F. D. Christian of Sydney Ohio. He was overcome and sank after helping the woman to safety.
James A. McClurg, son-in-law of banker D. Moffat of Denver, received a note demanding $10,000 under threat of kidnapping McClurg’s 11 year old son. The family was instructed to place the money in a sealed package and hand it to a messenger. Detectives trailed a messenger but the blackmailer vanished before contact.
An eight year old girl Rosella Neff was reportedly kidnapped from her grandparents in Sharon Pennsylvania by an older sister. Police chief says Cleveland authorities were alerted to arrest the woman if found in Cleveland. The sister is said to be in Kansas.
Michael J. Mitchell former purchasing agent for the city and Thomas F. Maher a contractor were found guilty by a Boston Superior Court jury of conspiracy to defraud the city of 13500 through contracts for flagstones at excessive prices. Sentence was deferred.
Eleven year old John Freudel died after a fight with ten year old August Krueger outside Sacred Heart Catholic Church. A coroner's jury exonerated Krueger after the fatal blow.
William P. Mitchell a Brown University graduate was killed at his desk when eight tons of pig iron broke through a ceiling at the Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company offices in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
Margaret Stauffer a Civil War nurse linked to Mother Bickerdyke died at her Merriam Kansas home aged 82 She served in federal hospitals in Memphis during the war and was honored for her service.
Pearl button cutters at Iroquois Pearl Company in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin went on strike for higher wages. Carnegie Coal Company plans a 1 million dock project in Superior Wisconsin to be built by Schmidt Bros Hill employing 200. St Paul public schools enrolled 600 pupils in summer gardens for youths aged over years. News notes include a Bayonne New Jersey petroleum butter rumor denied by Standard Oil officials and a fifty hour Pittsburg car strike settled after mayoral mediation with arbitration on one discharge issue. Veterinary work offered as a lucrative career path with strong placement for graduates.
Four story brick Kirby Shea Company building in Pittsburgh burned causing about 75000 dollars in losses. Fire swept Orange Virginia business district causing 75000 dollars in damage with limited insurance coverage. Nearby, two CPR railway employees drowned in Alberta baths. Rockefeller transfers millions in New York real estate to son John D. Rockefeller Jr as part of plan to ease active duties. In Toledo, Earl Duncanson shot Mrs Koester and killed himself, believed to be insane.
New York reports more buyers in evidence in markets and cautious trading as failures rise. Weekly US failures total 228, down from 239 last week and with 276 in 1908, 142 in 1907, 170 in 1906, and 178 in 1905. Canadian failures reach 34 this week, up from 24 last week and 32 in 1908. Bradstreet's.
Prices for cattle hogs and sheep, grain and other staples listed by market. Chicago Cincinnati Detroit New York Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo show ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and other commodities. Volumes and exact quotes vary by market and grade.
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