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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
11
A digest of global incidents includes labor protests in London against the czarist visit, royal guests in England, and media glimpses of Morrill's sermons in Minneapolis. Major crimes are noted in Tulsa and Tipton, with rail disasters near Kansas City and Indianapolis. Aviation records, martial law in Spain, and a range of political and legal happenings across the United States and Europe are briefly summarized.
Prof Charles Zueblin tells Chautauquans that Americans focus on frivolous matters such as hats rather than politics labor and civic reform. He urges readers to form independent opinions on women labor unions and biblical criticism as civic life changes accelerate.
A Hartford Connecticut firm organizes the General Biscuit Company with a $6,000,000 capital to challenge the cracker trust. Officers include President John B. Summerfield of Wall Street note brokers, Vice President Arthur N. Taylor of Brooklyn, and Secretary Treasurer Henry M. Haviland of Brooklyn. Summerfield is tied to City National Bank and other enterprises.
Storm across the southern Texas coast on Wednesday killed twenty-one people, left fourteen missing, ten injured, and caused $750,000 in property loss. Thirteen missing are relatives of three Abernathy brothers from High Island who left Tuesday for Sabine Pass. Their wagon party camped on the beach. animals drowned and no trace of the three men, their wives, or seven children has been found. Velasco suffered major damage but one life was lost.
Six torpedo boat destroyers from Puget Sound sailed via Seattle on Monday to Alaska for training in northern waters. The vessels Whipple Truxton Hull Paul Jones Perry and Hopkins will conduct maneuvers and acquaint officers and men with Arctic conditions.
Miss Marion Weeks and Miss Harriet Lohman of Yonkers used their sunbonnets as bailers when a wind driven boat began taking on water. They kept the craft afloat until rescue near South Norwalk Connecticut by Captain Andrew Mills.
The first world shoe and leather fair now in progress at Cambridge Massachusetts has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The alleged indebtedness stands at 146 060 dollars.
A fire partly destroyed the New Bedford Cordage Company plant in New Bedford. Loss is estimated between 200000 and 300000 dollars. Firefighters fought the blaze to limit damage as investigations begin.
Brakeman William Robelin returned a jewel bag found on a Long Island Railroad train to officials. The bag, worth about $30,000, belonged to Mrs. H Schwab of New York. She and relatives offered Robelin $100 cash, two suits, a two week vacation, and a lifetime pension of $100 monthly in Maiden Lane.
Indian student Madarial Dhinagri, who killed Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Lalaca in London, was condemned to death after a trial lasting less than an hour. He refused to plead and called the sentence illegal, saying India would avenge the act. Publisher A F Hogsley jailed four months for incendiary articles.
A $2,500 prize from James Gordon Bennett goes to the winner of the international balloon races in Zurich next October. Mrs. H C Schneiter of St. Louis has begun a 1500 mile pedestrian trek to Boston, traveling about 35 miles daily with her husband, aiming for completion in 45 days.
Six dead and over fifty injured after Wabash No. 4 bound for St. Louis left the tracks and plunged into the Missouri River near Orrick Missouri. The wreck, caused by current under the track, toppled the engine baggage mail cars a dead Pullman and a chair car, injuring many as passengers in the chair car suffered severe trauma and broken bones.
Nathaniel Parker Willis of Indianapolis, owner of a liquor cure business, was shot in the heart during a chancery court session in Little Rock. The shooter W. Y. Ellis of Pine Bluff Ark, husband of Willis’s ex wife, claimed the act followed a divorce dispute over child custody. Willis died moments after the shooting in the lobby as his mother rushed to him.
Elizabeth Dandridge also known as Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge daughter of Zachary Taylor and longtime White House mistress died in Winchester Virginia at age 86. She was sister to the first wife of Jefferson Davis and to the wife of Army Surgeon General Wood. Her father’s presidency brought her role as mistress of the White House during his term.
In this brief standings update the pennant race across major base ball leagues shows teams in pursuit of the title with varying win totals and gaps. The column highlights leaders, challengers, and shifting positions as the season progresses.
A severe flood drenched Duluth in the night and again the next day, with up to 2.4 inches of rain in 90 minutes causing widespread basement floods. Streets turned to rivers, Lake avenue and Superior street saw water rise, reaching two feet on the lower sidewalk. The Bison Theater flooded during a show, a scare avoided. The St Louis Hotel basement filled to seven feet, streetcar service collapsed, autos abandoned in the streets. Damages may reach a million dollars, with street damage in the hundreds of thousands.
Columbus police hold four Italian suspects linked to the dynamiting that killed Pasquella Spino and her four month old bridegroom. Among those named is Tony Andrania, once a suitor of the dead woman, whose wife allegedly quarreled with Mrs Spino. Police say Andrania warned the mother a week ago that he would soon wear mourning.
Ralph Sherman once foreign correspondent for Knauth Nachod Kahne at 13 William Street New York earned $5,000 yearly. At Far Rockaway he was caught with loot from Reuben Sadowsky and confessed to burglaries over six years. A 27-year-old polyglot, he said a quiet banking life drove him to crime. police found a gold watch and six stickpins.
Fire swept the southern part of Long Branch New Jersey causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Beginning in a livery stable near Second Avenue the flames raced through frame buildings on both sides destroying a dozen structures. Only the Coulter House stood of note though it had not opened this season. No serious injuries were reported.
Mohammed Ali, the ex shah, remains at the Russian legation in Teheran as authorities delay his departure. The crown jewels, valued at millions, are not yet found, hindering the exiled ruler's exit and prompting searches and diplomatic attention.
The body of a man found in the Missouri River at Kansas City was identified as J. C. Gray of Clinton, Illinois. Authorities found no clear cause of death.
Rioting in Catalonia and Madrid escalates as King Alfonso declares martial law and suspends constitutional guarantees. Troops including Third and Fourth Army corps under Prince Charles of Bourbon head to Barcelona to crush the rebellion while Barcelona suffers the heaviest unrest and a deadly clash in Melilla leaves many officers and soldiers dead or wounded.
A Burlington New Jersey hotel guest, a woman described as Miss A M Wilson, vanished after registering with a man identified as a New York broker under the name Mr Wilkins. A cape, a king’s cape, and a petticoat were found on a pond bank suggesting foul play as the pair’s rented carriage was later abandoned by Ranecocas creek.
The National Ginners Association reports a 71.7 general cotton condition as of July 25 with state figures Alabama 76 Arkansas 76 Florida 83 Georgia 79 Louisiana 62 Mississippi 64 Missouri 60 North Carolina 73 South Carolina 77 Oklahoma 79 Tennessee 77 Texas 66. This is the lowest seasonally, signaling a crop near 11 million bales unless widespread rains arrive, especially in Texas, southern Oklahoma, and Mississippi.
One man was killed and two injured when a mortar exploded at a fireworks display during the National Hay Dealers' Association convention near Sandusky Ohio. Henry Jordan was struck in the head and died instantly, Thomas Larkin was hit in the mouth, and Andrew Dietrich likely lost his eyesight from flying sand.
In Cochinchina near Saigon French forces clash with Detham bandits. Captain Petthuis and ten soldiers die, twenty wounded. Bandits suffer about fifty dead and one hundred wounded.
Three men accused of counterfeiting were arrested by Secret Service agents operating on a Chicago gang axis. Officials say the suspects are linked to a Chicago headquarters operation and face federal charges.
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