Ashton Gazette Publisher Ralph J Dean Named
The Ashton Gazette notes Ralph J Dean as publisher in Ashton, detailing the paper's local focus and leadership.
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Ralph J. Dean
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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
2
Prank Wrecks Train Girl Confesses in Ohio
Little Alice Kyle a 12 year old girl from between Macksburg and Elba Ohio confessed to wedging a rail bolt between two rails causing the Pennsylvania flyer wreck near Elba. Two passengers were thrown from the train as its engine tender and mail car plunged down an embankment. Railroad officials deem it a childish prank with no intent to harm and say no arrest will be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Kyle
Macksburg
Elba
Ohio
Strife for the pennants in national and American leagues
Baseball standings show Chicago and St. Louis leading in the National League with Pittsburg Cincinnati New York Brooklyn and Philadelphia behind. In the American League Cleveland St. Louis New York Chicago Philadelphia Washington Detroit Boston are listed with varying records. A separate police report details the search for Mrs. Alice D. Kinnan’s killer in the Bronx, uncovering bank books and cash totaling over $16,000, but offering no suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. LL
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
New York
Brooklyn
Philiphia
Boston
American League
Cleveland
Phildelphia
Washington
Detroit
Labor famine grips Duluth as railroads seek workers
Demand for labor in the Duluth area surges with wages at 2 to 2.50 dollars daily. Employment bureaus struggle to fill railroad job orders as workers remain scarce despite higher pay. Notices urge laborers from congested districts to migrate for new work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truluth
Minn
Bank Messengers Arrested in Fort Worth
Wheelock Hartey and Dave Neville, youths believed wanted in New York for robbing the First National Bank of cash and securities, were captured in Fort Worth by detectives. International Harvester firms admit guilt under Arkansas law for restraining competition and agree to pay fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheelock Hartey
Dave Neville
New York
First National Bank
Fort Worth
Tex
Farmers Unite for Profit at Equity Meet
Fifty fruit growers gathered at the Great Northern hotel in Chicago to organize the fruit, vegetables and dairy department of the American Society of Equity. A committee of eight was formed to finalize plans for regional marketing headquarters to improve prices and cut out high commissions charged by city agents. Chairman H. B. Sherman and others stressed farmer solidarity and practical business methods to boost earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of Equity
Great Northern Hotel
Chicago
Department of Fruit, Vegetables and Dairy Products
American Society of Eqmity
R. He. Thompson
Mississippi
F. W. Ploetz
Wisconsin
J. A. Everitt
Tidianapolis
Ht. T. Bradford
Arkansas
George ©. Wattles
Michigan
P. L. Schritsmier
H. L. Gleason
J. van Fleet
H. B. Sherman
Packers Guilty Four Firms Convicted Under Commerce Law
Four meat packing companies were found guilty by a federal jury in Kansas City for accepting rebates on shipments from Kansas City plants to New York for export. The Cudahy case charged 23 cents a hundred pounds on land export to Germany, against a 3 cent tariff under interstate commerce rules. This verdict marks a notable jury trial on export rate rebates under the interstate commerce act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United States District Court
Burlington Railway
New York
Cudahy & Co
Germany
Interstate Commerce Commission
POSSE KILLS A KIDNAPER IN OKLAHOMA
A man named Coles from near Lahoma Oklahoma abducted his 15 year old stepsister May Ward. Sheriff Campbell Enid and deputies pursued, Coles fired killing himself after being mortally wounded by Deputy Charles Campbell. Coles confessed to killing a bartender at Lahoma about a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co's
Lahoma
Okla
May Ward
Campbell
Enid
Charles Campbell
Burwell
Woods County
Cole
Tie
Pro bate Court Sued Over Stand ard Oil Subsidiaries
In Findlay Ohio the grand jury did not indict Standard Oil. The Probate Court was then asked to proceed against Bukeye Pipe Line and Manhattan Oil Company as alleged subsidiaries of Standard Oil, marking a surprise legal move in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surprises Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Couny Proesentor David
Findlay
Ohio
Bukeye
Manhattan Oil Company
The
Standard
Cholera Toll in Philippine Islands Report
An official summary records the present cholera epidemic from last August to April 21. It shows 4,093 cases and 3,114 deaths overall, with 5,810 cases and 2,862 deaths in the provinces and 283 cases and 252 deaths in Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Manila
Naval Officer Guilty Verdict Hinted in Rhode Island Grounding
Capt Perry Farst believed found guilty on several charges in the court martial over the grounding of the battleship Rhode Island. Secretary Bonaparte has the verdict under consideration in Washington from the Navy Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Farst
Rhode Island
Bonaparte
Burlington Road Convicted by Jury in Kansas City
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway Company was found guilty by a jury in the United States District Court in Kansas City on four counts of granting concessions on packing house shipments for export. Each count carries a fine from $1,000 to $20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Road
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company
United States
Dyeiret Court
Kansas City
Armour Fire Claims One Life at Armour Plant
A fire at about 1130 pm Monday damaged the Armour packing plant building housing the ore department at South Omaha Nebraska, causing one death and an estimated loss of 100000 dollars to the facility and contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour
Oreo Department
Armour Packing Plant
South Omaha
Neb
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Savannah Docks and Shipping Units
A large blaze at dawn Wednesday gutted the Savannah docks of Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, the Essex steamer, and six to eight barges carrying cotton and resin in Baltimore traffic. Estimated damage tops $1,000,000.
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South
Savannah
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
Essex
Baltimore
Minnesota Republicans Nominate A L Cole on Fourth Ballot
A L Cole of Walker was named as governor candidate on the fourth ballot at the Republican State convention in Duluth Minnesota. United States Senator Knute Nelson won strong endorsement for re election amid rising support and loud cheering.
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Ohio
John M. Pattison
Eaton
Andrew L. Harris
Pattison
Minnesota
A. L. Cole
Walker
Duluth
Minn
United States
Knute Nelson
Wild Chherring
Standard Oil Graft Disclosed in Rail Contract Cancellation
Standard Oil network allegedly overcharged railroads by millions on lubricant sales in a rebating scheme. The company canceled a low-rate contract with Pennsylvania, prompting claims by independents of graft and price discrimination across the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Kansas Calls for Harvest Help in Wheat Season
Kansas launches its strongest appeal in history for men to work in harvest fields. Officials estimate about 25 percent more laborers than currently are needed to save the wheat crop. Strong entitles cited include Kansas state authorities and agricultural agencies seeking seasonal workers.
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Kansas
Omaha Water Franchise Case Reversed By Appeals Court
United States Court of Appeals in St Paul reversed a lower Nebraska decision in the Omaha Water Company rate dispute. The ruling supports the company in the contention that a city ordinance to cut meter rates violated its franchise. Fairfield and Heth were fined $50 each for contempt for not producing company records, with costs upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ance
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Paul
Omaha Water Company
Circuit Court
District of Nebraska
Nebraska
Circuit Court of Appeals
Walter H. Sanborn
EB. M. Fairfield
Stockman Heth
Water Company
Costa
Sanborn
Woman Held as Slayer in Millionaire's Home
Sioux Falls magnate Mose Kaufmann and wife Mrs Kaufmann face a manslaughter charge after Agnes Poirers a 16 year old domestic in their home died from injuries alleged to result from beatings. Prosecution says temper triggered assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Poirers
Mose Kaufmann
Sioux Falls
Kaufmann
Kaufmanns
Fire Hits Bronx Piano Factories In Massive Blaze
A devastating fire swept a block in the Bronx near Bergen and Brook avenues and 147th 148th streets destroying the Wheelock and Stuyvesant piano factories and Rieger’s stables. Loss exceeds a million dollars with many injured, all firemen, and several plants and fixtures burned. Elsewhere near New Canaan Conn a missing basket maker Seleck Dann's body was found with a blood stained hatchet suggesting robbery murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Ryan
W. A. Edwards
Wheelock and Stuyvesant Flay My
Bergen and Brook Avenues
Bronx
New York
Stuyvesant and Wheelock Pimno
Charles Rieger
Rieger
Seleck Dann
New Canaan
Conn
Dann
Kills Three at Woman's Door in Louisville
Clarence Sturgeon, 21, shot and killed three visitors at a woman’s apartment in Louisville, including W. J. Bruner, 26, W. H. McMichael, 45, and an unidentified man about 80. The incident ends with all three dead at the hands of Sturgeon. In another update, about 1,000 miners idle as Tarentum Virginia coal companies halt operations over wage disputes and Pittsburg scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Clarence Sturgeon
W. J. Bruner
W. TH. McMichael
Sturgeon
Cornell, Creighton, McFatridge and
McKean
Tarentum
Pittsburg
Death by Own Action: Kansas City Alderman Umbarger
W S Umbarger a Kansas City alderman and longtime politician died by his own hand at his home after years of ill health. He was a livestock commission merchant recognized across the West and his death follows a period of illness. The report also notes Senate action on the statehood bill and border state admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
W.S. Umbarger
Livestock Commission
Statehood Bill Passes and Royal Reception Noted
The statehood bill admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state with a vote in Arizona and New Mexico passes both houses or awaits presidential action. In London, Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longiver meet King Edward VII at a grand reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Longworths
King
Nicholas Longiversho
King Edward VII
London
Kidnapped Philadelphia Schoolboy Targeted by False Illness Report
Charles I' Muth ten year old son of Charles Muth a wealthy jeweler was abducted from his Philadelphia school after a messenger claimed his mother was injured and in hospital. A later unsigned letter urged the father not to pursue recovery. Police have no trace of the kidnapper who may be the man seen near the home. The boy was seen boarded a street car with a stranger who offered to take him to see his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I
Muth
Charles Muth
Philadelphia
Mr. Muth
Gasoline Schooner Argus Explodes Off Destruction Island
The gasoline schooner Argus, bound from Puget Sound to San Francisco with 50,000 feet of lumber, burned after an explosion near Destruction Island. Captain George E. Bridgett of the steamer Asuncion says hull and bow were destroyed and the crew, reportedly blown to pieces, are presumed dead. lashings on the boat remained untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Destruction Island
Argus
George E. Bridgett
Asuncion
Pacific Ol Company
Seattle
Bridgett
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Pacific Ship Company of
Officer Slain in Davao Mindanao Philippines
Lieut Edward C Bolton of the Seventeenth Infantry and Benjamin Christian a discharged soldier were murdered on the beach west coast of Davao Mindanao by four Mungalayan and two brothers. The attackers fled. Bolton and Christian were unarmed and unaware after stopping at the Mungalayan home as they returned toward Malita. The Mangalayan is described as second chief of the Tagacolas, non Christian Vilipinos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton
Mangalayan
Edward C. Bolton
Seventeenth Infantry
Davao
Mindanao
P. L
Benjamin Christian
Mungalayan
Christian
Malita
Belton
Woman Autoist Killed In Kansas City Collision
Mrs. C. H. Patterson wife of Bankers' Trust Company of Kansas City president was killed when a car carrying her husband daughter and driver collided with two trolley cars at Wirth and Harrison streets. The gasoline tank exploded leaving other occupants uninjured. A second item notes cobalt discovery in the Southern States promising auto industry benefits and reduced city traffic costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Patterson
Bankers’ Trust Company of
Kansas City
L. A. Phillips
Wirth
Harrison Streets
Wizard Lidison
France
Australia
First steel passenger coach completed for Southern railway
The Pressed Steel Car Company of Pittsburg has completed the first steel passenger coach. It is specially designed for the Southern railway and, in overall look, resembles an ordinary wooden coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pressed Steel Car Company
Pittsburg
Southern Railway
Freed After Guilty Plea In Kansas City Murder Case
William Maloy, charged with the murder of his wife, was acquitted by a jury in the Criminal Court at Kansas City. He had proposed a guilty plea to second degree murder with a 50 year sentence, which the prosecuting attorney refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Maloy
Kansas City
Maloy
Youth Flies Own Airship Around Washington Monu ment and Capitol Dome
A youthful inventor piloting a self built airship completed a 20 mile flight around the Washington Monument and the Capitol dome in Washington, showcasing remarkable control of his craft. Burglar Slays Woman in Peru Indiana Elizabeth Tresch choked to death during an assault local reports say she briefly regained consciousness to describe the attack but could not name the assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Monument
Capitol Dome
Washington
Elizabeth Tresch
Peru
Ind
Tresch
Mutinous Uprising Threat Tangles Military Affairs
Richard Tilghman, a Philadelphia manufacturer and prominent gentleman, dies after poisoning mistaken for medicine amid reports of unrest at Mutin Point 1. The episode centers on alleged agrarian plans and a forthcoming decree as troops on the scene quell uprisings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clubman
Richard Tilghman
E'Nlman
Philadelphia
Mirstake
Explosion on British steamer HaVerford kills nine
A fierce blast aboard the British steamer Ha Verford, arriving at Liverpool from Philadelphia, killed nine men and injured about forty. Fire followed as a hold of linseed oil cake and naphtha erupted. Investigators consider an infernal machine or naphtha gas ignition as the cause, with a wooden box marked For Manchester found in a hold. The vessel sustained extensive interior damage though outward hull damage was limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverford
International Navigation Company
Liverpool
Nielsen
Philadelphia
Huskisson Dock
Manchester
England
Senate adopts conference report on Oklahoma and Indian Territory statehood
The Senate approved the conference report unamended after a three hour debate led by Senator Beveridge. Opposed by Senator Money, the plan would unite Oklahoma and Indian Territory as the forty sixth state with two senators and six representatives, Guthrie as capital until 1918, then to be fixed by the legislature. Arizona and New Mexico may vote on a single state, with concurrent actions to form a constitutional convention if both territories favor union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Conference
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Senate
Beveridge
Money
Oklahoma and
Congress of
Dixe
Guthrie
Government to pay meat inspection costs under Beveridge substitute
House agriculture committee backs a rigid meat inspection plan costing about 2 million dollars annually to the government. It requires healthful product labels for interstate trade and an extra foreign trade certificate. The 9 to 7 vote split shows a minority favoring Beveridge's cost be borne by packers. most members want government funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Agriculture
Henry
Conn
Hangen
Iowa
Davis
Minn
Lamb
Bowie
Ala
Candler
Miss
Cromer
Ind
Wadsworth
William Lorimer
Burlington Guilty In Rebate Case Against Packers
A Kansas City jury found the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad guilty of violating the Elkins law by granting rebates to Armour, Swift, Cudahy and Nelson Morris packing companies. The four firms had already been found guilty. The Burlington faces four counts with possible fines up to $80,000, sentence deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Elkins
Armour, Swift, Cudahy
Nelson Morris
Burlington
McPherson
Temperance Aims From National Liquor Dealers Meeting
The National Liquor Dealers Association meeting in Louisville addresses the nation. Members endorse temperance, lawful obedience, and the work of temperance societies. They declare intoxication a crime and urge saloons and cafes to be run so families would feel welcome there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dronkennes
Louisville
United States
Stomach Ailments Allegedly Treated by Pink Pills Claim
A mining veteran from Oneals California credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing long standing stomach weakness and sick headaches after failed remedies. He recounts a rattlesnake bite that left him bedridden for months and states the pills rebuilt his health and blood. Sold by druggists or by mail for 50 cents a box six for 2 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneals
Calif
U. S. Regular Infantry
Dr. Williams
Mary
Indian Couple Weds at Tonkawa Agency in Simple Ceremony
The Tonkawa News reports Anna Blackbird, a Tonkawa squaw about 17, wed Wichita tribe member Blackbird in a brief Civil War era style ceremony at the Tonkawa agency presided by Rev Dr Snook. The wedding occurred with Agent Brewer present and several tribe members watching, some painted in yellow and red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonkawa Agency
Snook
Presbyterian Church
Anna
Agent Brewer
Blackbird
Peter Dupree
Benedict
1905 Automobile Use Across United States
At year end 1905 about eighty five thousand automobiles were in use in the United States, equating to one for every one thousand people. New York State leads with twenty three thousand six hundred fifty machines, while Arizona registers only three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York State
Arizona
Doctor Swears Off Coffee After Health Scare
A physician recounts his own experience with coffee and heart palpitations. He switched to Postum after a near fatal attack, noting improved health and recommending Postum to friends and patients. The ad promotes Postum by the Postum Co. and cites a book titled The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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