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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
3
Bertha Libbecke known as Fainting Bertha was arrested in Peoria by Officer Damm while disguised as a drummer. She planned to travel to Council Bluffs, Iowa, after escaping Bartonville asylum where she had been confined for a year and a half.
Attorneys for the executor of Col. Tom Snell’s will prepare for a Saturday June 27 hearing on a motion for a new trial before Judge Philbrick in De Witt County Circuit Court. A likely appeal to the Supreme Court follows if the motion is denied. Mabel Snell McNamara, the grandniece, transferred Snell’s Kansas City property to D. M. Scott who then passed it to James V. McNamara, her husband, likely to shield heirs from recovery.
Italian organ grinder Guiseppe Cansone hurled a chained monkey into a crowd and struck Miss Minnie Ree Reesor in the face. The 18 year old woman fainted and lost reason, with doctors advising Bartonville asylum treatment.
William St John Forman of East St Louis died at the Beardsley hotel in Champaign while witnessing his son H M Forman’s graduation from the University of Illinois College of Law class of 1908. He had a premonition of danger but wanted to see his son graduate. The elder Forman served two terms as State Senator and as a congressman and was the gold Democrats' 1896 gubernatorial candidate.
Randolph Cassem, prominent Aurora lawyer, was found not guilty by a Chicago jury after a venue shift. The case centered on renting property in Aurora for immoral purposes and linked to the disappearance of Lena Nichols, who later was found in the Cassem block. A separate abuse charge against Cassem was dropped with leave to reinstate.
Peter Fassbender 78 a former Catholic priest who resigned to marry died at his New Minden home. Survived by widow and children. Born in Germany he served parishes in Chicago and Black Partridge before teaching in Mascoutah Hoyleton Nashville and New Minden.
Edward Goodwin 15 drowned bathing in the Mississippi at Savannah. Paul Glimpson of Geneseo drowned when a boat upset. companion John Herbert escaped. Guy Webster of Colona drowned in the Hennepin canal while bathing. first canal victim. Prof J C Duncan to head Illinois accountancy department. Cecil Heller 14 killed squirrel hunting near Quincy. James B Forgan of Chicago at Peoria bankers meeting denounces plan for bank deposits by law. Steve Johnson of Peru drowned after being swept from a railroad culvert. body not found. Champaign announces marriage of Dr S W Shurtz and Mrs Lulu Barnes daughter of John R Tanner.
Miss Frances Thurman drove the U S mail wagon over 25 miles of muddy Illinois roads to allow her carrier brother Alfred Thurman to marry. She repeated the route several times from Marine to ensure the wedding could proceed. The ceremony was performed by Justice Breeze Glass after Rev H Rahn was unavailable.
Southern Illinois coal operators and miners confront a queer situation as competency legislation may take effect July 1. A three member board from each coal country will examine miners and issue competency certificates. If delayed, mine operations might suspend, risking 15,000 jobs.
Signs fail arrests follow nine men said to violate the local option law in Galesburg. Those arrested include Solomon Speer James Otway Levi Jennings John Anderson Roy Van Gilder Matthew Kearney Charles Anderson Robert Jones and Eli Perkins. James Smith a detective from the Galesburg Law Enforcement League is the complaining witness. Liquor tied to a cigar store and a stocked basement room are noted, with a signs grips and passwords system alleged to obtain liquors.
Emanuel Steiner a 58 year old Fairfield businessman wed his two daughters Miss Blanche and Miss Olsie to Harry B Nussbaum of St Louis and Louis V Rabinowita of Indianapolis. He then gave a third daughter Miss Emma Li in marriage at the same service. Rabbi Sale of St Louis officiated in a major Jewish social event.
Judge George W. Thompson of Galesburg stated that Illinois new mining law requires every miner to hold a certificate of competency issued by a three man examining board. The law takes effect July 1 and appoints are delayed until the act is in force.
In Old Ripley township near Shoal creek Jacob Nitzel, plowing with three horses, saw the middle one sink into a hole and pull the others. The driver sank to his waist trying to save them and was rescued by his brother John after hard work. One horse died in the sand. The land had long been cultivated. experts suspect washed-out water created the quicksand.
Anna Roth of Bloomington files for divorce alleging husband Adam Roth fears water and has not bathed since their 1901 marriage. She notes he runs from sparkling water and may only have gotten wet in rain. A separate item reports a farm girl died after scalding in boiling water near Grayville.
San Francisco chauffeurs organize union and a branch of the Union Labor League reorganizes in Memphis Vancouver and will form a building trades council. In Lethbridge Canada 1000 trade unions exist within a 4000 population. A national labor congress meets in Atlantic City next month to discuss eight hour day. Building Trades Council of San Mateo county California expands to fifteen unions with over 1000 members. A plan for a labor paper in Porto Rico and a Massachusetts state industrial school for low to middle positions is proposed. New wage accords and consolidation efforts shape the New England textile industry and a proposed newspaper syndicate aims to broadside labor movement coverage.
A jumble of brief incidents reports Allen family tragedy in Waterloo with a 9 year old, flooding in Hopkinsville and Mississippi drives, a missionary asphyxiation in India, armed patrols in Hannibal against looters, a rear end train collision in Jackson, a pond incident in Kennedy, Minnesota, and a shoreline cannon salute disaster near Center Hill.
A historical overview notes 1 623 518 federal workers on Uncle Sam's payroll across the United States and territories. It details executive civil service, postal, army, navy, and pensioners, with monthly disbursements of 2 625 000 dollars and a claim that Washington enjoys high wages, stability, and prosperity.
Reports detail Sweden and Denmark negotiating a treaty for arbitration of disputes. Britain withdraws exequatur for U S consul James H Shirley at Charlottetown PEI. Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph celebrates diamond jubilee with German princes in Vienna. The Prince of Wales opens London exposition with Crystal Cascade lighting and Olympic stadium dedication. France plans higher liquor licenses to cover deficits and taxes on industrial profits. A Samoa revolt against the governor and the Prince of Samoa continues with casualties. In Prussia, five Social Democrats are elected to the Diet, a first for a Socialist representative.
Commercial mortality indicates rising stress of a temporary nature while deposits and bank passes show small declines. Grain provisions and livestock movements surge with factory wood and leather supplies edging outputs. pig iron and steel demand grows though tonnage lags last year. Bank clearings total 220 300 379 down 0.5 percent vs 1907. Chicago district failures number 83, liabilities over 5 000 total nine.
New York reports continuation of the better zone for the future and modest textile expansion. Retail stocks are not large but fill-in orders continue, with fall buying steadier in eastern and central western hubs. Collections lag, while U.S. weekly business failures reach 254 for the week ended June 18 and Canada sees 23 failures.
A compiled list shows Chicago and other cities with cattle hogs sheep and grain prices. Values cover No 2 wheat corn oats rye and assorted feed items with ranges per market from Indianapolis to Buffalo and Detroit to New York.
The Amador Mining and Development Company of Montana, a 10 million dollar Chicago headquartered corporation, has collapsed. 1,400 stockholders were informed their copper and gold mine near Amador in Missoula county is worth less after sinking 540000. The Chicago board of trade saw a fierce battle as J A Patten cornered corn and J Ogden Armour tried to break it, with corn dropping to one cent while Armour covered wheat firmly. The United States Steel Corporation reportedly negotiates a large Siberian rail contract, and J J Hill announces plans to extend the Great Northern from Winnipeg toward Calgary and into Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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