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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
3
Prairie Farmer canvass finds frost spared most fruits in Illinois. Strawberries suffered least, early varieties protected, later types largely unhurt. Apples may be liberal in yield. pears, cherries, plums, peaches mixed results with some areas hit hard.
Governor Deneen named a panel to establish fire fighting and rescue stations in Illinois coal fields. Appointees include J. W. Miller Gillespie and John L. Schm id gall Murphysboro as operators, Krallman Glen Carbon and Bennett La Salle miners, Mc Allister Streator State mine inspector, Stock Stanford University, Holmes geological survey, Cartlidge Benton state inspector of mines for Ninth District, replacing Morris. Duncan McDonald Springfield joins mining investigation commission replacing Burch.
Roy Servian, 28, of Fairbury, is charged with the fatal shooting of Marshal Amos Brown. A Chicago search is under way after the man vanished following the incident on Fairbury’s main street. Mayor Rayburn alerted investigators that Servian and a young woman companion were walking when the marshal interrupted them.
Alva Kale used a club when a white figure haunted Paris for two weeks. He then found the ghost to be fellow employee R. T. Hale, battered and in hospital with doctors unavailable for interview. Hale offered no motive and remains in precarious condition at the gas plant.
Zee Kincaid of Athens embarrassed by unprofitable mining ventures in Mexico. In Springfield, Lee Kincaid a banker mine owner and Republican politician was declared bankrupt in U S District Court with Sangamon Loan and Trust named receiver. Estimated liabilities reach 180000 with assets not exceeding 135000. Training accident and deaths noted in separate brief mentions.
The Illinois Prohibition party named George E. Cole of Chicago as candidate for State Treasurer and Thomas J. Haney of Plymouth for Superintendent of Public Instruction. They also listed trustees for the university and endorsed Alonzo Wilson as State Chairman. The platform urged initiative and referendum, abolition of fees, a just employers' liability law, public utilities control, anti-gambling, women's rights, term limits, strict enforcement, and opposition to local option. Congress candidates were endorsed across multiple districts.
Police arrest W. W. Werner also called Gus Reimer for threatening to shoot Miss Della Mason. He admits being married with a daughter and says his right name is Gus Reimer. He deserted his Milwaukee wife six years ago. the Mason family and another Elgin girl report prior threats. Authorities deem him possibly insane and note a Chicago romance and fake writer claims.
Mrs Sayler and Dr Miller began sentences of three and twelve years for the Crescent City killing of banker John B Sayler. They underwent booking and will be assigned tasks. Dr Miller said he would serve his term without fight. Sayler appeals to the Supreme Court. Elevator owners Cooley file voluntary assignment with 20,000 liabilities. Freeport postmaster aide Dien Thomas S Gemmitt dies at 80.
A northern wind drives forest fires across Wisconsin and Michigan threatening dozens of villages. Grand Marais and L Anse battle blazes with trenches and backfires while Alston and Mosinee face destruction. Hundreds of men farm minors fight fires in four districts within fifty miles of Houghton as vast timberland burns and communication fails.
Reports from market centers up to May 1 indicate a brighter apple outlook than three years past. U S crop prospects appear larger overall despite frosts in Indiana Ohio and toward Nebraska and Kansas. Canada is set for an excellent crop as trees were not in bloom. California and Pacific states show strong to record yields with Oregon Washington also favorable.
Two teenage boys Ernest Woodson 18 and Oscar Woodson 17 halted a train a mile from Phoenix Arizona while pursuing posse members in a desert chase. They were captured after an automobile pursued them and the youths, who claimed Oklahoma City origins, asked for water thinking tourists occupied the car. Both youths were arrested without any shooting.
George W. Lipscomb, missing for six years after relatives searched, was located in Douglas Georgia. He is informed of a $500,000 legacy awaiting him in Jackson Michigan from an aunt.
A Chicago grand jury returns true bills against Representative Charles A. White and H. J. C. Beckemeyer for bribery and perjury, alleging they received $1000 for Lorimer votes and shared in a St Louis jackpot. Indictments also name Lee O Neil Browne, Robert E. Wilson, and Michael S. Link with varied perjury and bribery charges, plus a separate embezzlement count against William J. Henley of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad.
A blast at the General Explosives Company plant near Ottawa Hull Quebec during a baseball game fatal to fifteen and injuring about fifty. The blast shattered Rideau Hall and Parliament Hill windows, with debris raining on spectators and nearby dwellings following a chain of smaller detonations.
Fritz Augustus Heinze walked free from the U S Circuit Court in New York after jurors found he over certified 500 000 in checks for his brother's brokerage firm and did not misapply funds to a copper conspiracy. Relatives and supporters cheered as he thanked the court and crowd.
A boat accident on an old mill pond at Huntington Mills Pennsylvania killed eight high school students eight were taken from the graduating and junior classes. Six girls Maud Sutliff Caroline Koons Ruth Bonham Iris Davenport Kathleen Good and Rachel Thompson and two boys Robert Minnick Ray Dedson died. Four boys escaped and tried in vain to save the girls.
R. G. Dun & Co reports cross currents in Chicago trade with solvent payments improving but money tight and a new peak in trading defaults distortion credit lines. Grain, flour, livestock, hides, and wool declined while transportation of iron, steel outputs and general merchandise showed strength. Weather turns in agricultural favor and outdoor construction gain. demand for electric appliances, hardware, machinery, furniture, autos, and brass work remains solid. Bank clearings reach 276,985,598, up 4.6% from 1909. 36 failures in week with liabilities over 5,000, double last week.
Trade nationwide remains restrained due to bad weather and uncertain prices. West reports quiet to fair retail, fill-in orders driving robbing business, and overall trade likely equal to last year. East retail fair, wholesale disappointing. collections slow from retarded spring trade. US weekly business failures May 12 total 216, Canada 27, with prior weeks and year-ago figures noted by Bradstreet's.
A dense list of animal and grain prices from Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, New York, Buffalo, and Toledo notes cattle hogs sheep and various grains. The rates include primes for cattle hogs and sheep, with specific No 2 grades for wheat corn oats rye and other commodities. A final line reports Harry Thorn confessing the murder of George W Fassett in Salt Lake City.
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