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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
6
Brief fragment from Albion Indiana dated May 26 1909 notes an event or notice but contains limited readable details. No clear names, organizations, places beyond Albion. The readable line provides only date and location with incomplete text.
Dispatch from Nairobi reports Theodore Roosevelt began a hunting expedition at Ja Ja ranch with George McMillan as host. He shot a female rhinoceros after a shoulder wound and six more shots, yielding a 532 pound head and skin. A hippo was killed on the return, giving Roosevelt a full set of African big game except an elephant and a zebra.
Captain Peter C Hains Jr U S S A convicted of first degree manslaughter for killing William E Annis at Bayside Yacht Club was sentenced by Justice Garretson in Flushing to an indeterminate eight to sixteen year term with hard labor. The defense challenged jurisdiction and requested a new trial appeal, which was granted a 24 hour window.
Charles Rapp a 32 year old former South Bend Green Stockings pitcher murdered his mother with a hammer and butcher knife then killed himself with the same knife at the county jail in South Bend Indiana. The crime followed a fall into the liquor habit and left no clear motive beyond his statement to harm the family.
Mrs. E J Baldwin to receive 1,000,000 from E J Baldwin estate. Daughter Rosella Robinson Selby of Oakland to get 225,000. Lawyers' fee totals 400,000. Will left Mrs Baldwin one third of San Francisco property valued at 30,000 and Selby a land parcel valued about 25,000.
A dredging company has begun building a vast drainage ditch in Hutchinson County South Dakota southwest of Sioux Falls. The project will drain a large flooded farm area and reclaim 1555 acres of ground for future crop production, removing the lake that now covers the land.
A new speed record was established in Kansas City by BE A Trefzger of New York with an average of 109 words per minute for fifteen minutes. He placed second in the recent international contest where Rose L. Fritz set the hour record.
Leander Holmgreen of McKeesport Pennsylvania was struck in the heart by a batted baseball and died almost instantly. The incident occurred during a local game and prompted an investigation by authorities. Holmgreen was reported as a resident of McKeesport and the event has drawn attention from community members.
Tracy & Co. a major stock and grain house with Chicago and New York offices and branches in six cities went to a receiver late Monday. Creditors’ lawyers estimate liabilities at about 1.25 million with assets around 500 thousand, though petition figures show 1 million and 250 thousand respectively. William W. Tracy, ex Lincoln Park board president in Chicago, led the company amid taxicab ventures and grain market squeezes.
New York dispatches cite James A. Patten engineered failures as chief cause with E. A. Benedict noting money lost in taxicab promotions figured in outside ventures. The firm, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and the New York Stock Exchange, reportedly had no stock exchange obligations.
Savitzky, dubbed the Robin Hood of the Russian revolution, and three band members were killed after a four hour siege by rural guards near Mohlev. Once a top student turned brigand, he terrorized Tchernigov Mohilev provinces, robbed the rich, and shared spoils with peasants before being betrayed by a band member.
The Chicago Burling ton and Quincy Railroad will refund all underlying bonds except those of the Illinois division, nearly 65 million dollars at 4 percent, with holders eligible to exchange for new bonds. A Pennsylvan ia Railroad report notes major railroad losses in 1907-08, and farm tree planting efforts accompany the wider railway statistics.
Henry H. Rogers, Standard Oil vice president and early organizer, died in his New York home of apoplexy. Born circa 1840 in Fairhaven Massachusetts, he rose from a newsboy to head a vast fortune and helped shape the Standard Oil empire with partners including Rockefeller Flagler and Archbold.
National League and American League summaries show teams like OG w Pittsburg Boston Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati St Louis Philadelphia New York Milwaukee Kansas City Louisville St Paul Indianapolis Toledo Minneapolis Columbus with varying records. A tunnel cave on the Denver & Rio Grande near Leadville blocks tracks for days after nearly 500 feet collapsed. In St Louis jeweler August Pops kills his wife after his son fatally wounds him amid a family quarrel.
Governor Hughes signs a law raising extortion and blackmail penalties from five to fifteen years. The measure targets the Black Hand and similar criminal organizations and aims to curb organized crime.
In Rochester New York J Louis Minges aged 28 and his sister Carrie Minges aged 20 drowned when their canoe capsized on the Genesee River authorities report a fatal water accident near the city.
Lieutenant General Anatole M Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff were released from confinement in the fortress of St Peter and St Paul by order of Emperor Nicholas. Both men suffer poor health from their imprisonment. Stoessel had been sentenced by court martial to ten years for surrendering Port Arthur to Japan. Nebogatoff was released as well.
The text notes Stoesse began a fortress sentence March 20 1908 and Nebogatoff April 15 1907 for surrender at the Sea of Japan. Rear Admiral Gregorieff and Lieutenant Smyrnoff, once condemned to death, were pardoned and released from St Petersburg fortress a month earlier. Their ten year terms were commuted due to extenuating circumstances.
The noted novelist George Meredith died at 3 35 AM Tuesday in London after a long illness. Born in February 1828 in Hampshire England, he pursued law before turning to literature and gained lasting fame after 1885 with Diana of the Crossways. His major works include The Egoist Rhoda Fleming and The Ordeal of Richard Leveriel.
The St Paul club recruits a new pitcher from the Boston organization as talks continue. The Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm plans training at the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders track, with details set for shortly.
The Senate rejected Senator Cummins amendment to lower the duty on round iron and upheld the House rate amid a long session focused on the United States Steel Corporation profits. Debate touched on the tobacco tax, wire goods, and the steel schedule, with adjournment set for Monday morning and the House not in session.
New York figures show 56 644 saloons in Manhattan and the Bronx, down 864 from the prior year. News notes include shifts in Persian leadership, thefts in Rome, Roosevelt's return speech, a Los Angeles prison reform league against capital punishment, an Ohio insurer shortage, and James W Van Cleave resigning from the Citizens Industrial Alliance amid labor tensions.
A string of Friday night tornadoes struck Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma killing at least five people injuring fifty five and causing wide spread damage. Hollis near Concordia was demolished with three dead ten injured. Great Bend area saw two dead twenty injured and a Santa Fe engineer died on a wrecked work train.
In Chicago a North western elevated train collision at North Franklin and Ohio injures 23 passengers. Motorman A Winterberger was charged with gross carelessness by President Mason B. Starling, amid debates over brake failure. William C. Schroeder banker suffered multiple injuries. Firemen rescued trapped riders from the third rail as officials led the response.
A premature dynamite explosion at the Callanan Road Improvement Company quarry near South Bethlehem killed at least twenty workers, including twelve Italians. One thousand pounds of dynamite caused bodies to be hurled hundreds of feet. gruesome scenes and a makeshift morgue formed as relatives gathered.
Seven men were injured when a boiler exploded on the steamer James H. Hoyt three miles off shore on Lake Erie. The vessel owned by J. W. Westcott of Detroit was en route from Cleveland to Ashtabula. four of the injured were regarded as possibly fatal.
Thirty priests from across the United States led about 10,000 celebrants in a grand Thursday march in Carey Ohio to close the annual pilgrimage to the Church of Our Lady of Consolation.
The Casino, a large sporting resort in Tonopah and former training site for Marvin Hart Mike Shreck Joe Gans and Jack Twin Sullivan, was destroyed by a fire.
Reports to the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad general manager describe a wreck on the Gainesville branch near Bonita Texas. Three men were killed in the incident.
Dun's Review notes improved sentiment in business and industry with higher bank clearings, reduced idle capacity, and growing activity in iron works, rails, machinery, and construction. It cites strong Chicago trade signals, though overall conditions remain irregular due to tariff, crop, and price pressures. Failures: US 224, Canada 31.
Daily commodity brief lists cattle hogs sheep and grain values for Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati with prices for No 2 wheat corn oats rye and dairy in a compressed snapshot. Highlights include Chicago cattle 4.00 to 7.50 hogs 4.50 to 7.50 sheep 3.00 to 6.15 butter 22 to 24 cents eggs 1 to 28 cents and soy notes across multiple cities.
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