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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
6
Disaster strikes Three passenger trains in separate incidents underlining dangerous rail conditions. West of Wheeling four trainmen dead or dying, including an engineer fatally injured. California Limited derailed near Holly with injuries to a porter and baggageman. Mobile and Ohio collision near Percy, Illinois leaves several passengers injured but none fatally harmed.
The Longshoremen Protective Association leads a broad strike across Manhattan Brooklyn and Hoboken against major transatlantic lines. Ten thousand workers have quit, threatening spread to all waterfronts if demands are not met by steamship companies.
Mrs Mabel Van Schassen a 23 year old meat market cashier was robbed of checks and $333 50 in the hallway of her residence at 202 West One Hundred and Thirty Fourth Street by two highwaymen who fled. The incident draws police attention amid rising crime and calls for better protection. Tobacco magnate Charles E Hartwell dies suddenly of apoplexy at the Holland House New York May 8. Hartwell a VP and major stockholder in American Tobacco formerly led Leggett Myers in St. Louis with an estimated worth of 20 million dollars.
A midnight blaze in Huntley, north of Chicago, destroyed the Cornell Pres. creamery and fat factory, stables at Edward Keating stock farm, and a portion of the Northwestern railroad station, threatening the town's existence.
A federal grand jury indicted the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway company the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway company the New York Ontario and Western Railway company and the Western Transit company on charges of granting rebates to the American Sugar Refining company.
The twelfth joint ballot for United States senator in Madison produced no result. Republican leaders by votes: Esch 19, Lenroot 17, Stephenson 17, Cooper 14, Hat 10.
Chicago charter bill passed the house by 93 to 46 and local option bill by 82 to 63. The measures advance to the governor for action amid typical legislative urgency. Feared arrest drove A. J. Heigs, a Buffalo jeweler, to shoot himself in an Elmwood Avenue boarding house.
Havana newspaper La Lucha says former President Palma II is seriously ill at his ranch near Guama, according to advices from Havana dated May 8.
Joliet May 8 a sensational suit involving an estate of over 0 000 is reported soon to be filed here George and Manning Fish will seek to compel their brother Charles to make an accounting of the estate of their aunt Cornelia Miller in which they were joint heirs. The Fish brothers were former members of the banking house Henry Fish Sons which failed here years ago and swept some of Joliet s large industries to ruin. Their aunt was wealthy and Charles lived in her old home since her death. The brothers have tried for months to obtain an adjustment and will now go to court.
Two masked men held up eastbound North Coast Limited No. 22 near Welch's Spur, Butte Montana at 2 15 am. Engineer James Clow was killed, Fireman James Sullivan wounded, a telescope grip full of giant powder abandoned on the tender. A posse with bloodhounds pursued, but tracks were soon lost in rough mountains as authorities anticipated the robbers' return to Butte.
Rudolph Man of 142 Belvidere street Harlem was jailed on a bench warrant backed by an indictment for habitual vagrancy. Reported as Illinois first use of grand jury indictment in such a case. His wife accuses him of years of refusing work while she supported him.
Floyd Pegs of the 101 Ranch Wild West show began a horse pack ride from Chicago City Hall to the White House carrying Mayor Busse’s message to President Roosevelt tucked in his belt. The wager of 1500 dollars hinges on Shine covering fifty miles daily. The horse is hailed as a top Plains round-up pony.
An agent of the Liverpool Salvage Association reports from Japan that refloating the transpacific steamer Dakota, stranded in the Bay of Tokio since March 3, is hopeless though some cargo may be saved. The Dakota's loss is estimated at 3,750,000 pounds to London underwriters.
Cincinnati May 8 William Cooper Proctor head of Proctor and Gamble Soap Co was bitten by a pet dog suffering rabies early last week He returned from New York after Pasteur treatment and officials say no danger to his health remains and the bite did not injure him.
The jury in Birmingham on May 8 found Alex R. Chisolm former paying teller guilty of embezzling $100,000 from the First National Bank of Birmingham. He was sentenced to six years in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta for the alleged cotton speculation loss.
London May 8 The Irish council Bill to provide for the establishment and functions of an administrative council at Dublin was introduced in the house of commons by Chief Secretary for Ireland Mr Birrell before a crowded audience.
The reichstag in Berlin on May 8 approved the first reading of the commercial modus vivendi with the United States and referred the pact to a committee for consideration.
Boise Idaho May U S authorities halt street preaching during the William D Haywood Western Federation of Miners trial for the Frank Steunenberg murder to curb public agitation. Mayor Haines enforces a strict order to prevent disorder and protect speech.
Special reports from Fairbanks say the Yukon and Tanana rivers have ice broken and water levels above usual for this season. Valdez flats flood, Tanana near Chena railroad station within six inches. Wires down along the Tanana. service disruption expected to be temporary. Yukon shore ice rotting and open from Rampart to Kaltag.
State constabulary launched a crackdown in the anthracite region with arrests of Italians at Marion Heights for various crimes. Within two years several Italian suspects were linked to murders between here and Marion Heights as Sergeant Van Voorheis leads the campaign, making the town a temporary headquarters.
The note touts a simple sales scheme offering a small down payment and easy terms on the remaining balance. It urges readers to contact the seller for details.
A committee of Elks accompanying the body home from Sylvester Georgia advanced the theory that T Kirby Heinsohn wealthy Muncie Indiana man was cutting his throat in his sleep with a razor after arising half asleep to the bathroom He wrote on paper that he did not know what he was doing as he slept during the fatal act authorities noted the jugular vein was severed in the incident
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