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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
1
Dispatches describe a severe undulatory quake in Ashbad at 12 26 p m lasting five days and a separate shock felt in Constantinople and suburbs at 4 30 this morning with sharp intensity in the Bosphorus area.
Torn Tortosa and Murcia shook by severe shocks with damages but no reported casualties. Mexico City firm cites over 600 dead from Mexican earthquake. Puyehue Volcano in Valdivia erupts violently with fires, earthquakes and darkness as residents flee.
City of Mexico reports slow communication with the hardest hit region as details emerge. The death toll reaches 60 with about 300 injured, including many prominent locals. no foreign nationals listed among the dead or injured.
Mr T L Schranz of the Columbus office for Westinghouse Electric Co has earned a promotion. After May 1 he will relocate to Buffalo New York to represent the company with a higher salary and will move his family there. He will be home most of the time in his new senior post.
Glouster April 18 The pumping of Sunday Creek mines 252 and 256, flooded during the recent high water, proceeds rapidly. Water is raised by huge boxes fixed on the cages that dump automatically at the top. Cages operated night and day by three shifts of men. In the past month the main body of water has fallen nearly half, seven feet remain.
Mary O'Hara aged 49 died at the Athens Hospital Wednesday from pneumonia. An inmate for eighteen months, she died after the illness. The remains were shipped to Williamsport for interment.
At a Wednesday evening congregational meeting in the Presbyterian church, several new trustees were elected. Prof. D. J. Evans moderated. Eber Silvas withdrew his resignation and will remain a board member. A. O. Sloane was reelected, C. C. Millikan and I. M. Foster elected as trustees. D. D. Jones chosen treasurer. A large congregation turnout.
Jerry Lewis and Mrs Addie Cox of Utica Indiana ran off to Kentucky defying a rule. Lewis stated he was 69 and the bride said she was 70.
A landslide at Gravel Bank near Marietta damaged West Virginia gas mains, cutting off several towns and leaving Athens without full lighting for hours. Repair crews replaced five 16 inch pipe joints and restored West Virginia pressure by evening while Sugar Grove field supplied gas in the interim.
A proposal for consolidation is set to be urged at the General Assembly. The measure aggregates many millions of dollars in potential savings or funding, with officials signaling wide support and significant monetary impact.
Cincinnati April 18 Consolidation of Lane Theological Seminary McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago and Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburg urged at the Presbyterian general assembly in Columbus May 1. Robert Laidlaw named as Lane trustee delegate to represent Lane's interests in negotiations. The three schools graduate about 50 new ministers yearly. An exodus of funds and tickets valued at 145.98 were charged against a man and his wife who shared a cell in Marysville jail. London April 18 William M. Jones Madison County landowner and former Ohio senator dies. Marietta April 18 Local option petitions call for a Beall law election to be fought fiercely.
The Columbus and Hocking Goal and Iron company fought a long lead mine fire near Straitsville. A recent inspection led by N C L Rach elmacher and officials saw flames subdued after days of work. Boilers and a suction fan aided crews as the Sand Run mine near Kachelmacher is planned to reopen.
New York April 18 Attorney Hartridge disclosed a letter from Harry K Thaw to his lawyers asking them to continue as counsel. District Attorney Jerome said his position against bail remains unchanged and questioned Mrs Nesbit Holman regarding her signed statement about not furnishing trial information.
Wanted at once two union carpenters for inside finish. Call home phone 414.
Cleveland April 18 Mrs Blagche Leavitt Bourdalle a strikingly handsome woman is under arrest as a fugitive from justice and will be turned over to a Rochester detective. She came to Cleveland from New York four weeks ago working as Mile Blanche at a dressmaking shop where she was known by that name. Employers knew nothing of her past. Police have not located George W Johnston who is also said to be wanted by Rochester authorities.
Affidavits filed in Magistrate Holderman court accuse Mrs Leah C Gilman and relatives Collins Fayne and Bessie of murdering Dana Gilman whose body was found on a commons near her home November 20. Grand jury had ignored the case earlier. The family appeared voluntarily and posted bonds of 2500 for mother and son and 1000 for the two daughters.
Ezra Meeker aged 80 arrives in Bellefontaine driving an ox team and prairie schooner after a roughly 3000 mile journey from Tacoma Washington to Huntsville Ohio his birthplace. He left Washington January 29 1836 to place monuments along the old Oregon trail and 20 monuments were erected with one costing 500 dollars.
At Hiram Ohio students face possible suspension after allegedly stealing a corpse sent for dissection, dragging it through town, and displaying funeral notices for a midnight service. The body was later found suspended at the college arch.
Representatives from legal and operating departments of Ohio railroads gathered in Columbus to study the railroad commission's new car service rules set to take effect May 15. About 50 people attended. a committee will review practicality and report before May 15. Railroads intend to comply with the commission's rulings.
Authorities in Marion Ohio believe arson is at work after five fires in Agosta in one day. The sixth blaze destroyed the Godfrey livery stable, a roof section fell as Walter Hickman attempted to save a horse, and spectators rescued him. Loss estimated at $3,000.
In Canton on April 18 the bank's appraisal is filed showing total liabilities of 312740 and assets of 213609. Cash on hand including trustee collected funds equals 79599. The report was turned over to the trustees. president H G McDowell had died earlier.
The charred remains of 90 year old Charlies Hursey were found in his burning home on the outskirts of Marion. Coroner Brady says Hursey was murdered and the house set afire. A colored man named Andrew Day who lived with him is missing.
Springfield Ohio April 18 Joshua Land a professional stump blower was torn to pieces by an explosion of dynamite near New Moorefield He was warming the explosive above an open fire and fitting a cap to a stick of dynamite when it exploded and set off a box full of dynamite at his feet.
In Marietta on April 18 city firemen George Bell John Barius and Walter Birchard while planting a tree uncovered a human skeleton and a hoard of ancient coins on the Fort Harmar site. A Latin gold coin was dated 1752 and an American coin 1787.
Miss Iva F Windsor and Mr How ard E Durant were married by Mayor Gilbert E Day in his office at 11 o clock Wednesday. The ceremony drew city attaches and onlookers while high school girls formed a procession to the M E church, singing the wedding march as the new couple walked away.
Sheriff Harry Webster brought Bennie Johnson to Athens after a three day trip to West Virginia. Johnson, one of two brothers who burglarized Charles A. Nice's Big Run store on January 29, 1905, escaped earlier but was located in Phillips. He will face a preliminary hearing Friday before Squire Rose.
With warm weather, Athens plans extensive paving of East Mill Franklin Avenue North Cemetery South Cemetery West Mulberry North Congress and more. City Engineer Biddison prepares levels as Dan Mills holds multiple contracts and ownership groups fund street improvements.
Frederick Powell aged 56 a mine foreman and Maria Jefferies aged 43 both of Nelsonville appear in a brief notice of their connection in the county records indicating a union between a miner and a resident of Nelsonville.
In Dayton Ohio on April 18 Mrs Leah Gilman and her daughters Fay and Bessie plus son Collins waived examination on the charge of murdering Dana Gilman and were bound over to the grand jury. They were released on bail.
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