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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1907
Page
7
Negotiations across states grow tense as delegates press for settlement or prepare for a strike. The situation remains critical with potential breakdown at any moment and managers warning of immediate action.
Jerome reports Thaw suffers chronic delusional insanity and cannot understand charges. Witnesses, including Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, appear as the lunacy commission weighs Thaw’s fitness to stand trial. Dr. Frank A. McGuire testifies he has seen Thaw frequently since June.
New York April 3 raids by the district attorney’s office uncovered a poolroom syndicate operating from a Lower Broadway site and 112 Fulton Street. Books and papers show profits over 20,000 dollars monthly from a 10,000 dollar capital, with patrons including prominent business social and official figures.
Testimony in the Thaw trial shows no irrational behavior by Thaw according to witnesses. In Springfield Ohio two black men Peter Cain and Will Jones trigger a chase after a shooting on Fountain Street with a crowd of 300 pursuing Cain before he is jailed. In Chicago officials press for peace on western railroads as talks stall. Labor demands a nine hour day and wage rises, managers resist further concessions, and arbitration is debated with delegates growing impatient.
A Baltimore and Ohio westbound train from Washington to Chicago derailed at Dillon Falls five miles west of Janesville on a sharp curve. The dining car and two rear coaches left the tracks but did not overturn. no injuries were reported. One coach with passengers balanced on the Licking river bank, not plunging into the river, seen as miraculous.
Three aged relatives in a Racine Wisconsin family died on the same day. Mrs Malona Holdridge aged 90 died first, then Charles Erskine aged 77, followed by sister Lonna Erskine aged 87.
Captain William Swift of the Connecticut was found guilty of inattention and neglect of duty by a Norfolk court martial for the January grounding near Culebra. The Navy Department announced a nine month duty suspension and loss of three numbers. In Chippewa Falls the Dietz case looms as the Sawyer county grand jury adjourns without a decision awaiting further testimony.
President Roosevelt issued a statement rebutting E. H. Harriman's letter, calling the claims that the president asked Harriman to raise campaign funds a deliberate and wilful untruth. He said the charge deserves an even harsher adjective.
Jacob C. Best of Milwaukee died at St. Mary's hospital from wounds suffered March 27 when he was shot by William Dillon during an altercation over a bill Best was trying to collect.
The Madison Wisconsin railroad rate commission ruled that creating proper connections between trains on the same system and between competing systems serves public convenience and traffic. One train was ordered to connect at Tate Lake, while a request for the Twilight Limited to stop there was denied as interference with interstate commerce.
St Louis on April 3 reports two burglars broke a glass pane to enter the home of John Sehroers, general manager of the Westliche Post, stealing jewelry valued at 2480 dollars and a small amount of money.
Shamokin Pennsylvania April 3 The Shamokin Wagon Works adjoining plating mill and seven small dwellings were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at 75000 dollars.
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