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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
2
The Ashton Gazette publishes a public notice from Ralph J. Dean concerning the Ashton area. Details are limited in the OCR fragment, but the notice appears to involve official publication requirements for local affairs.
A violent rain wind and hailstorm swept western Wisconsin and southern Minnesota Sunday night. Hail ruined crops while a tornadolike tornado damaged areas in Winona County Minnesota. Rail service faced washouts and delays on Milwaukee St. Paul lines near Maiden Rock. Frank Saunders’ house destroyed. Mrs. Sanders seriously injured and hospitalized in Rochester.
A long jumble of notes reports survival of Paul Seymour after a Klondike ordeal, various accidents and crimes, political asides, and sensational anecdotes. It covers disasters in Syracuse Nebraska and Butte Montana, a Queen Margherita incident, and multiple obituaries and world events reflecting a bustling newspaper page.
Robert Cheskey, 17, was arrested on burglary charges after his widowed mother and sisters pursued him from their Brooklyn home. The family discovered a damaged rear window and four rings valued at $50 missing. Cheskey was held on $500 bail for examination in Lee Avenue court. The sisters testified the youth had long been wild and had attempted to disrupt their home since his father’s death.
A severe storm in southwestern Ohio causes damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars with lighter losses across the state and in Kentucky and Indiana. In Hamilton rainfall of two and a half inches floods the Miami River washing away several small bridges. A traction car near Middletown is struck by lightning injuring Mrs. William Kroeger of Louisville. Near Mansfield three year old Joseph Finney dies from a stroke after lightning. Nellie Smith and Lulu Wilson are seriously hurt by lightning at a Marysville farmhouse. Seven people are stunned by lightning near Circleville but expected to recover.
Indianapolis federal court ruling holds municipalities cannot take over public service plant via franchise options. Consumers Gas Trust Co faced loss of charter rights after ten year option deemed illegal. Separate arrest report details 15 year old girl injured escaping a window during an attempted elopement with a farm hand, who faces assault charges.
Orin Steinhoff of Oceana County Michigan found a long white box on Silver Lake beach addressed to Governor La Follette Madison Wis care of Executive Mansion. Inside lay a lead pipe explosive packed with gun cotton and a two foot fuse. He ignited a brush fire and the device exploded blowing a large crater and sending debris high in the air. He fears a crowd nearby would have died if present. He suspects assassins carried it to Milwaukee and dropped it into Lake Michigan drifting ashore on the east side.
University of Chicago professors For rest Moulton and J O Chamberlain advance a solar cloud theory of planetary origin. They say a ancient sun swept through space forming dust that condensed into planets while Venus and Earth were small specks. The sun lingered 30 million years, then vanished, to reappear in a few million years.
Nicaragua cancels Consul Donaldson exequatur at Managua prompting possible U S demand for explanation. State Department may seek answer after Minister Merry’s report on the imprisonment of an American and President Zelaya’s assessment of the consul’s actions.
Items report Mrs. Harvey McPherson Null charged with first degree murder over arsenic poisoning of her husband. Arson and homicide claims involve Italian feud victims near Durbin West Virginia. Bank in liquidation after fraud order. A 15 year old girl suffers severe injuries at a Philadelphia factory. A Rochester woman dies after a window fall. Royal news mentions King Edward meeting Emperor Francis Joseph. Other items cover exotic births in Hawaii and an Utah land draw. Damaging blasts hit a Millersburg saloon. A widow drowns herself in a water trough. Anarchist threats target Jacob Schiff and Guggenheim offices.
The fever increases with 963 cases reported and a 16 percent death rate. Archbishop Chapelle, aged 63, died of fever. National health officials take charge, stressing quarantine and broader federal involvement to halt spread.
The weekly Dunn Co review notes official crop estimates surpassing the banner year 1902, with favorable weather boosting corn growth and overall business. Rail and lake traffic rise, grain handled up to 10,455,575 bushels, and iron steel commitments show fair tonnage though rails face demand shifts. Bank clearings reach 179,479,402 dollars, failures total 38 in Chicago district, with fall trade expanding nationally on crop optimism and stronger wholesale activity across regions. Wheat exports for the week total 865,002 bushels, while year to date exports rise. 166 business failures occur this week.
The August crop report shows solid crops nationwide with no record yields but general prosperity. Corn 2.593 billion bushels, oats 880 million, spring wheat 70 million with 200 million in the Dakotas and Minnesota, winter wheat 444 million. total wheat 714 million. Compared to records, corn, oats, and total wheat fall short. oats and corn also below last year’s highs.
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