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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1909
Page
6
A compact survey notes how telegraphic reporting gathered by a few informs broader public understanding. It highlights the role of editors in curating concise news items for widespread readership and the push toward faster, clearer communication in the Enlightenment era.
A Gulf storm hit Galveston Texas with sixty mph winds. The sea wall stood seventeen feet high, protecting the city though lower areas flooded. Beachfront damage included two destroyed bathhouses. Communications failed. trains halted. total property loss under $100,000.
A major Long Branch fire on Brighton avenue between Second and Lakes destroyed two hotels and seven business buildings, sweeping a block and causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Seven foreign laborers on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad project were killed by a dynamite explosion at Vail New Jersey.
Samuel William Johnson an emeritus Yale agricultural chemistry professor died at his New Haven Connecticut home in his eightieth year. He served many years at Yale and was noted for his work in agricultural chemistry.
Six hundred teamsters and laborers employed on street paving and sewer contracts struck in Muskogee Oklahoma after a 15 percent wage cut enforced by the State Board of Labor Commissioners eight hour law. Interurban car derailed near Milford Indiana with no injuries as south bound limited train fell off an embankment.
President Taft issued a formal statement after a meeting with twenty-two Republicans and one Democrat, reiterating support for downward tariff revision while stressing consideration of national interests. He argued tests of necessity and industry impact over district aims, pledging to uphold party platform on protection with possible isolated increases.
Acting Secretary Pierce approves an eight inch oil pipeline from Tulsa County through the Creek Cherokee and Choctaw nations to the Oklahoma Arkansas line, 151 miles southeast. The line grows from Ballinger policy changes removing common carriers and confiscatory clauses, aiding new extensions.
State Senator Oscar O. Bayles was shot and killed by David K. Smith in Monroeville Alabama amid Bayles' push to obtain a pardon for Isaac and Jesse Shirley who are imprisoned for the killing of James Smith in a case tied to Feather of David.
The Princess de Sagan Miss Anna Gould of New York has given birth to a boy. Prince Helle de Sagan and Mme Anna Gould were married on July 7 1908.
State's Attorney Pallissard said he would seek the death penalty for all four defendants in banker John Byron Sayler's murder. Separate trials likely for Miller and others. Accused physician Miller facing direct charge with possible insanity defense. Sayler's private box contents described as oath-inducing.
A U S Bureau of Education bulletin shows one library for every 16 416 people in 1908 with an average of 72 volumes per 100 persons. It cites 2298 libraries with 5000+ volumes 3342 with 1000–4999 and about 2700 with under 1000 volumes.
Umpire Truby of New York retires from National League staff. Mrs. Ramsey and companions travel by motor toward San Francisco. Jay Eye Lee, famed as a top trotter, dies at Racine aged 31 after Kentucky birth. Newell Colver notes Seattle eliation aiding record runs. Paducah Fair Association ends exhibit with a race meet, over 300 horses from Oklahoma Missouri Kentucky and more. King Edward wins James Palace stakes with Minoru, Derby victor. Geo Stengle breeds trotters and pacers on New Jersey farms. Harvard defeats Yale in the annual Thames contest at New London with a Crimson three-event sweep.
A Minnesota woman’s husband is jailed for contempt after refusing to pay a $6,600 portion of a $20,000 judgment. The case links a prior $20,000 timber sale and Mrs Shea’s Westward trip with a police doubt over a $15,000 recovered theft, suggesting the Seattle robbery accusation was used to dodge payment.
Reports indicate a major structure collapse caused by a shifting girder. Authorities say seven people died and twenty four were injured as pedestrians were swept into the incident.
Safe-crackers blew open the Hantley Illinois post office safe on the Northwestern railroad during the night and escaped with about 500 dollars in cash and stamps. Postmaster B H Cook discovered the theft in the morning after the interior of the store was wrecked by the explosion. They stole a horse from John Kelly's barn and rode about three miles east before tying the animal. no further trace was found.
Myrtle Cross, 18, was acquitted in Cripple Creek Colorado of murdering her sweetheart John Phillips. The case drew local attention as prosecutors argued motive and alleged threats during a troubled romance.
During a summer storm a bolt struck the moving picture machine at a Louisville vaudeville theater causing a roof fire and a theater-wide panic. Several women fainted but officials report no injuries.
Coroner's jury in Fort Scott, Kansas, rules Frank Lightfoot of Pleasanton died from alcoholic excesses.
The will of Col. Thomas Snell of Clinton II is set aside after jurors decide he was insane when he made the will. The ruling voids a $5,000,000 bequest to heirs and dismisses $50 annuity to the colonel’s affinity Mabelle Snell McNamara. The case features sensational letters from numerous women professing love and obscenity.
Officials from Minnesota and Washington discuss immigrant aid as labor shortages press farmers. McHarg backs requiring newcomers to carry 25 dollars on landing to avoid public charges, and cites railroads could transport migrants to regions with work at actual cost, boosting cattle and wheat output.
i joy, a man in Chicago jail for the murder of Giuseppe Fillipelli, a grocer on Greenwood Avenue, confesses and exposes the Loguista, a Black Hand society. He names Antonio Nudo, Rafaelo Nudo, Pasquale Nudo, and others as members, all laborers, describing a network that used letters to extort and vowed any crime to achieve its aims.
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade notes rising demand across textiles clothing and furniture with strong wholesale trade in principal states. Bank clearings reach 269 236 328, up 14.7 percent from last year while failures in Chicago district total 29 with liabilities over 5 000 in the week.
The Senate not in session, Democrats in the House tried to strike a $25,000 provision for President Taft’s traveling expenses from an urgent deficiency bill. They charged bad faith, citing a prior pledge by the House not to authorize extra allowances for the president.
Reports describe anti Jewish incidents in Bessarabia and landlord unrest, a Spanish infant christening ceremony with dignitaries present, the New York liner finishing first in a Plymouth race, Teheran’s siege by nationalist forces facing a Russia Britain ultimatum, Beresford proposing twenty six dreadnoughts by 1914 and five navies, opening of Victoria and Albert museum galleries, and Bogota dispatches of a July 4 uprising with Gonzales Galencis named president as Cartagena and Magdalena River steamers fall under revolution.
A torn paragraph notes a senate objection and a tempestuous debate ending with adjournment until Friday noon. The piece references sums of 454,809 and 205,614 and mentions Mr. Bowers of Mc cessful to whom the figures relate.
Orders issued in Winnipeg prohibit any United States circus from parading streets unless it flies a British flag. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled liquor kept in lockers by individuals not for sale in personal property and voided municipal bans on such possession. Melville Bull former Rhode Island lieutenant governor and congressman died at Newport aged 55. Sherburne Becker the hay mayor of Milwaukee returned from the canal zone to San Francisco. Two Montana daughters drowned in the Missouri river aged 20 and 16, a 13 year old brother also drowned. Alaska gold output to June 30 estimated at 4.75 million dollars. George Meredith will offered for probate in London with estate valued at 161,500 dollars. Eighteen New York fortune tellers arrested for failing to foretell their own fate at DA Jerome's instigation.
Bishop John Shanley of the Fargo-North Dakota Catholic Church was found dead in his room Friday afternoon. He had been in poor health and recently returned from Europe. The death appears due to apoplexy, with the body already decomposed for hours. He was 57 and a nephew of Archbishop Ireland, previously pastor in St Paul before becoming bishop twenty years ago.
Reformers win big in Kansas City Kansas vote to implement a mayor and four commissioners system. The new government will replace the current mayor and council, with commissioners elected for two-year terms in a campaign to remove politics from municipal operations.
Irregular crop and weather patterns influence midsummer trade while prices and orders show a cautious rise. Retail clearance sales are widespread but purchasing power limits activity. wholesale and summer jobbing stay light. Fall trade leads. Chicago remains most active, with the Northwest close behind in a cautious high season report from Bradstreet's.
Report lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo Cincinnati and New York. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs and pork with ranges and specific grades for each location.
The opening of the Flathead, Coeur d Alene, and Spokane reservations is expected to trigger a large western influx of settlers. Railroads anticipate being taxed to the utmost to manage the likely traffic and demand.
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