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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
2
A blaze at the Nelson Morris & Co. packing plant in Kansas City Kansas began in the chemical department and spread to the sausage factory. Two laborers were killed and one may die. Flood waters trapped firemen two blocks away. Losses totalled 2 225 000 with prior Morris damage earlier this year.
The 1908 crops are valued near 8 billion dollars in figures from the Department of Agriculture. Chief Statistician Clark notes perpetual prosperity for farmers with ample crops and high prices, predicting a ninth consecutive banner harvest and funds to move crops to tidewater.
As the Mississippi receded after recent floods, thousands of dollars in pearls surfaced along the river. Damming activity has revived upriver work with notable finds at Prairie du Chien, Genoa, Victory, and other river towns.
The electrolytic smelter of the Boston and Montana in Great Falls Montana will close for two months affecting about five thousand workers. Mines at Butte will also close unless ore can be sent to Anaconda. Evoking labor uncertainty across the company’s frontier operations.
Sparks from a hot bar in the Tri-State Transfer Company elevator machinery ignited a blaze at Calumet Park near Chicago. The upper building burned within thirty minutes, causing $700000 in losses and destroying more than 500000 bushels of corn. In Nebraska, dentist Charles G Whistler drowned in Salt Creek near Ashland when his gasoline launch went over a mill dam. he was a University of Iowa graduate.
A premature dynamite explosion at Chamber Brothers camp east of Winnipeg on the Grand Trunk Pacific line killed nine station gang workers and wounded several others.
Two men fled from a Longview Texas courthouse during their trial for attempting fatal harm to stock men. Jack Flurry a Black man was struck by a passerby and his brother Ike Flurry was injured in the escape clash.
Eight disinherited Hale grandchildren contest the will of Carlos Hale of Meriden Connecticut who left $30 000 to Percival White with life use of the estate for Mrs Hale. Probate testimony says Hale feared waste and tested thrift among heirs. White allegedly unduly influenced the old man and practiced thrift as shown by tiny acts.
Illinois leads in nationwide higher education gifts with 3,160,209.08 for endowment and 1,888,518 for buildings and equipment totaling 23,127,762 in twelve months. The University of Chicago alone received 4,371,220.87 while Washington State’s Whitmore College got 10,592.66 and Harvard, Yale, and Princeton posted varying endowment and equipment sums.
Giles Gilbert of Duluth Minnesota who died recently left 25000 to Miss Edith Bane of Chicago in recognition of her kindness to his wife during illness. The estate is valued at 225000. Bane, a piano teacher in Sherwood school, is known as a skilled instructor of children and had cared for Mrs Gilbert during treatment in Chicago.
The American Association of Nurserymen opened its annual convention at the Plankinton House in Milwaukee with 400 delegates. President J. W. Hill of Des Moines spoke on the industry’s scale, noting over 60 million dollars invested and about 95 000 men and 3 000 women employed. He called the recent season among the best in years and urged a uniform national inspection law.
A fire at the Gold King mine in Gladstone Colorado killed or trapped many workers. Twenty three men remain missing and believed dead after a rescue party of thirty four encountered deadly gas on the fourth level. fourteen escaped to the surface while twenty were overcome.
A Cleveland suburb report says dynamite placed on a street car track injured seven people including a motorman and conductor. The blast lifted the car, shattered windows, and derailed with two dynamite sticks found on the rails. Police suspect a strike echo and seek the attackers.
Mary Montana Largey of Butte aged 18 inherits a fortune of 1.5 million dollars and marries Raymond J. McDonald a Broadway cab office clerk earning $60 a month. They depart by touring car for San Francisco and New York then plan a European trip.
Authorities report a registered mail pouch worth about $100000 went missing Saturday night while en route to New York. Kansas City post office officials acknowledge the loss may become one of the department's largest hauls, with estimates suggesting at least $50000 in currency plus many valuables. The pouch originated in Los Angeles.
Sheriff George W. Garrison of Oklahoma City was shot and killed east of Hitchcock in a battle with a group of seven to nine black suspects. A deputy was wounded, and Alf Hunter alias James Kingsbury suspected in the May 19 death of Susie Pride. A posse of about fifty men pursued five escapees.
Dr. Joseph Pospisiel of the pension office in Washington, driven by delusions, fired on pedestrians and neighbors while holding police at bay for six hours. He killed himself after injecting cocaine to steady himself, dying en route to a hospital. He had come from Wisconsin about eighteen years earlier with a wife and children nearby.
Sioux Indians on the Cheyenne reservation in South Dakota labor on spring farming or government projects while a few Utes at Thunder Butte, granted permission for bear dances, refrain from raiding the Sioux. The contrast highlights differing treatment between the tribes, one pursuing self support, the other dependance on government aid.
Sarah Koten, a young nurse, says she did not murder Dr. Martin W. Auspitz after luring him with a false call and shooting him. She says she killed him to punish him for wronging her and could not seek help from courts. The case raises questions about the unwritten law.
The Missouri Supreme Court rules the state grain weighing law unconstitutional for causing multiple lawsuits. It also strikes down eight other laws for excessive operator hours at single-staff stations and holds liquor dealers may ship intoxicants into local option counties when shipments occur.
Engineer E Starling of Burlington train No 23 fell from the cab while the engine ran at forty miles per hour several miles south of Hentons Iowa. Fireman Jackson missed the engineer after the train passed Hentons without whistling. The train was reversed and the engineer was found unconscious by the track.
Six members of a Helena Montana family perish at Sunny Side Ranch when the Missouri river flood overtakes their boat. Foreman McFadden his wife and four children die. A laborer drowns near Crain Montana while working on the Great Northern railroad and shipbuilder Wilson is also found drowned nearby.
A judgment of 860000 was awarded to the Compton estate against the Wabash Railroad over a Toledo to Ohio line dispute. The decision may be appealed to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Also, Joseph Leiter married Miss Juliette Williams at the Williams home in Washington.
The active movement to suppress the insurrection is now general throughout Korea with Japanese troops distributed in all disaffected provinces. An aggressive campaign has been inaugurated as the AP reports that in the nine days ending June 4 sixty nine engagements occurred between Japanese and Korean forces and insurgents.
A Friday tornado swept southern Nebraska and northern Kansas, causing the most extensive damage in years. At least 23 dead, five fatally injured, and many more hurt. Bryan Nebraska and Courtland Kansas reported fatalities.
Robert H. Green of Waynetown banker and bank official pleads guilty to horse stealing. He is sentenced in Indianapolis to from one to fourteen years in the state penitentiary, disfranchised for one year, and fined $100. He is a trustee of the local Methodist church and a large property owner.
Five people were injured in a riot aboard an eastbound Market Street car in St Louis. The motorman and a rioter are in the city hospital in critical condition. An innocent spectator was run over by the car and lost a leg.
Grace Snell Love sues for divorce from Hugh M. Love in Los Angeles marking a second court action within two months. The record notes her several former names including Snell Coffin Walker Coffin Layman and Love.
Governor Hughes secures victory as the Senate passes the Hart-Agnew anti-betting bill by a 26 to 25 vote, after Foelker’s pivotal casting vote ends the long battle with New York race tracks.
Oliver H. P. Belmont, prominent banker and Democratic figure, died at his Hempstead home following an appendicitis operation.
By a 256 to 109 vote the Minneapolis chamber of commerce sets No 2 Northern wheat deliverable on all future contracts with a 3 percent cent per bushel differential. The rule takes effect June 15.
A New York case grants attachment for 23415 against John Brandt Walker the plunger. Walker, once said to have cleared 3000000 on the bear side of stocks, faces bankruptcy proceedings after the recent financial setback.
Reports show nurses seeking eight hour day in Toronto and Newfoundland labor groups planning federations. Wages rise and fall across Britain Canada and the United States with unions forming in San Francisco Boston New York and across Porto Rico Newfoundland and Montreal.
Northfield St Olaf defeated Luther 4 to 0 in a fast game at Norton field St Paul Fargo college lost to Hamline 14 to 8 after a long trip Powers Bros Newgalle knocked down in Toronto Foley aided restart August Belmont leads English owners with about 30000 in six weeks Richard Croker second with 28000 Lord Rosebery third with 10000 Ed Carson pitched shutout as Matalestar beat Fargo 3 to 2 Hazel Atlantic sale ends Cent livre stables Fort Wayne closed racing business mare sold to Lloyd Weaver Olympic pistol revolver team to compete July 9 trial open to all citizens.
Mrs Margarethe Raster widow of Herman Raster editor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung was found drowned in Lake Michigan near the North Shore Health Resort Winnetka Ill during her nurse s temporary absence. The jury in Denver found Mrs Leonora Pearce guilty of robbing Harriet Crowe an aged blind woman of 16000 using spiritualism.
A St Louis suburban street car jumped the track and fell ten feet over an embankment. One man was killed three people were fatally injured and two score more or less seriously hurt. Motorman Francis McEndre has been arrested.
Anthony Santo testifies at northern Norfolk District Court that he killed his two cousins James and Frank Marino in Brooklyn New York last March by throwing large stones at their heads. He gives no motive and is held for further investigation.
In Williamsburg New there, Frederick Rosaft shot his wife twice as she lay in bed and fired at his young sons before killing himself. His 13-year-old daughter Annie attempted to wrest the gun away. Authorities believe he was insane and the incident occurred at their home.
A blaze at the Porter mine six miles from Durango Colorado started around 1 oclock in the morning. The fire caused substantial damage estimated in the sands of dollars. No injuries were reported.
Fire destroyed a large portion of the main building at the J. Y. Graffin packing plant owned by Swift & Co. in Winnipeg Manitoba. Loss is reported at 75000 dollars.
A fire of unknown origin wiped out the Gallipolis Foundry and Machine Company plant in Gallipolis Ohio. The loss reached 50000 dollars with 12000 dollars insured as the facility stood among the oldest of its kind in the Ohio valley.
The pamphlet extols Allen’s Foot-Ease as a antiseptic powder for shoes that cures while you walk. It cites over 80 000 cures and claims yearly savings on stockings, urging buyers to avoid imitations and insist on the advertised original.
An advertisement claims guaranteed full quality for olives oils from a Rio de Janeiro firm. It states diligent fabrication and filtration, promising good taste and preservation, with bottles sealed under law, and marked corks and boxes bearing fire.
A Mississippi woman, Mrs. A S Payne of Columbus, endured years of severe back and kidney pains. She reports strong relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills, purchased from local dealers, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
A Chicago Inter Ocean note explains rooster muzzles as tiny wire helmets for roosters. City farmers use them to prevent crowing in crowded urban yards, allowing chickens to be kept near homes. Harrison Weir is credited with the invention.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip questions whether a candidate’s nerve can steady an airship navigator, joking that experience in unstable craft with a nervous companion could prove suitability.
A Minnesota schoolteacher writes that Postum cured her nervous tremblings and improved health after years of coffee dependence. She and her husband, both former coffee drinkers, found steadier nerves, better sleep, and refreshed appetites after switching to Postum. The letter, signed Postum Co. and tied to The Road to Wellville, is presented as a genuine reader remark.
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