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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1909
Page
3
George Thompson a 43 year old bachelor laborer perished in a blaze that destroyed his small frame house south of Dearborn. Neighbors recall he was sober before retiring. Fred Krazer tried to save him but flames prevented rescue. The victim was found on the burned bed springs.
Jerome Keller a well known South Deerfield resident aged 60 ended his life by hanging in his barn on an afternoon. His daughter in law found him still alive after being cut down but resuscitation failed. He had been a dementia patient and resided at Pontiac asylum briefly. He is survived by a widow and a son.
Earl Matevia a 15 year old from Unionville reported to Police in Port Huron that he was robbed of $10 while asleep in a local hotel. He had arrived from Kalamazoo the previous night and planned to travel home in the morning. After lunch he discovered his pocketbook missing and he was penniless as officers investigate.
Laura Porter a domestic in the Ke Ainsworth household at Booth Fish Company in Sault Ste Marie faced fatal burns after flames from burning papers ignited her clothing. She tried to smother the fire by wrapping in an apron, which caught fire, and the later attempt with a blanket helped extinguish parts of the blaze. Death expected.
Bertha Story a 60 year old saloon keeper was found strangled at 433 Butternut street Detroit Police say the till was empty and about 80 cents stolen. William Walter who worked nearby reported leaving the saloon alive at a morning hour and returning to find her dead three hours later.
Bath escaped major destruction when Lansing's auto fire engine reached the town in two minutes and doused the blaze that had burned principal buildings a dwelling and reached the grain elevator. Leases list Fred Glass druggist and Citizens' Telephone Exchange household goods eight thousand dollars and insured three thousand. J C Davis general store six thousand two hundred with three hundred insurance. T J Smith residence loss one thousand two hundred.
Ten year old Veera Scott, son of W H Scott, was playing on the Pere Marquette track near his Flint home when struck by a switch engine. His left leg was crushed below the knee, necessitating amputation. A Kalamazoo depot project article notes work starting on the new Grand Trunk Western station as crews clear track into the city, with temporary use of the Pavilion Kalamazoo section of the Chicago Kalamazoo and Saginaw railroad.
Sheriff Albert Robins of Dickinson county carried wounded Charles Kneck of Greenville Ohio into a Whitbeck doctor’s office after mistaking him for a deer. Kneck died soon after. Robins, overcome with grief, required medical care himself.
Authorities nab Bertha Haker, fugitive wife of murdered elderly man, hiding wrapped in a blanket in a swamp near her Clinton County home. Sheriff tailed the family’s denials as the older boy guided deputies to the hideout. The escape set off a tense 24 hour manhunt and near recapture.
George Seelman aged 25 confessed to killing Mrs. Samuel Faylor 60 on her Ottawa County farm. He boarded at the house and shot himself after a quarrel. He was found by a sheriff's posse, wounded but not fatal.
A Detroit area police court hears Chauncey Hammond on charges of stealing 17000 from the E M F Automobile Company with bail set at 10000. In Muskegon River hunting near Fremont Ernest Whitman survives a gunshot wound from Carl Mohrhardt. A Finnish worker Peter Tenhunen dies of heart disease at 50 in Negaunee. Burglars rob Monroe residence of Mrs Fink of 1500 in jewelry. Kalamazoo First Baptist Church plans a new stone church estimated at 100000. Adair tragedy probate final account awards 8 to widow and son.
Fraud at customs houses nationwide under investigation as Secretary MacVeagh and Attorney General Wickersham plan a thorough house cleaning. Undervaluation and under weighing have allegedly robbed the government of millions, with New York and other ports implicated and a congressional probe likely.
The item surveys pay raises for New York color pressmen and eighth vice president votes by Cigarmakers Union members, mine accident data for Britain and long-term U S coal fatalities, cross-city union mergers in Minneapolis and St Paul, Sousa leading a Boston concert band, Journeymen Tailors Union presidential races, and commemorative plans for Frank Monaghan. It also notes foreign workers’ dominance in Pennsylvania industries, higher union membership in five European nations, and New York politics dating to 1829 with Ebenezer Ford’s legislative election.
In London the British House of Lords defeated the budget drawn by Chancellor Lloyd George by a 350 to 75 vote, delaying assent and prompting Liberal plans to seek new peers from King Edward. The move deepens a constitutional clash, with Irish home rule, tariff reform, and land legislation potential targets, as nationalists see the vote as a blow to the Lords' power.
In an early dawn pursuit near Puposky Minnesota Sheriff Ha zen Deputy Johnson and Patrolman Bener halted two robbers fleeing on a railroad speeder from the mid night bank blast. A gun battle left Deputy Johnson critically wounded one robber killed and the second driven into the wilderness as a posse closes in. Be midji reports a robbers safe theft of 900 dollars and the stolen speeder.
In Ludlow Mass a strike left 3800 homeless as 300 evicted tenement households faced exposure. Fifty Italian workers arrived under police guard to fill mill jobs, while families gathered belongings in the street and sought refuge with friends amid worsening weather.
A wireless dispatch from Bluefields reports insurgents under General Matuty defeated 1,000 government troops near the Topaz mine above Rama after five hours of fighting. The revolutionists captured standards and arms. Zelaya's forces suffered eighty killed and many wounded while the insurgents had twenty killed.
In Washington, Secretary Knox, by presidential direction, severed all diplomatic ties with President Zelaya’s government and recognized the Nicaraguan revolutionists as belligerents. Passports were issued to Zelaya envoys for potential exit, while Estrada’s representatives would be received as unofficial. The move signals possible reparation demands over two American citizens but may not trigger war.
Edwin Hawley enlarges his influence by acquiring Frisco lines, moving within 6,219 miles of total railway dominance. He now controls Toledo St. Louis Southwestern Chicago Alton Minneapolis St Louis Chesapeake Ohio Missouri Kansas Texas and St. Louis San Francisco Chicago Eastern Illinois Evansville Terre Haute plus Frisco lines, which are now separated from Rock Island. His first move is to rejuvenate the Frisco system and place it on a healthier, paying basis.
Curtis Gentry a Wabash railroad section hand near Mexico Missouri gave his life to avert a passenger train wreck. While repairing the Thompson area track with colleagues a rail was raised by a jack and would have caused disaster if left. He remained to remove the jack as the engine bore down, perishing in the effort.
A nitroglycerin magazine at the Marietta Torpedo Company exploded on Wednesday. Oil well shooter Shuster was killed in the blast. No other fatalities are believed. The explosion shattered window glass in about 500 homes in Cameron, toppled chimneys, and cracked walls. The cause remains a mystery.
A New York report states E. H. Harriman's estate at death was valued at 149 million dollars. The appraiser's estimate, filed with the surrogate but not yet public, would yield a New York inheritance tax of 1.49 million dollars.
Omaha lad Wes ley McBride aged 16 tells police he accidentally shot his companion Harry Long aged 15 in the jaw during a hunting accident and then fired two more shots into Long's head to make a good job of it. McBride says he was twirling a revolver on his finger when the incident occurred and he notified police.
William L. Wilson was jailed in Kansas City Kansas after Saturday night street meeting where he refused clothing and began to strip in the street. He appeared rational in all respects except for the clothing refusal, prompting his confinement.
Fred T. Robinson of Lincoln traveled to Beatrice Nebraska and shot his wife at her father’s home before turning the gun on himself. Both victims were reported in serious condition.
Armour & Co. plans an immense packing plant costing millions on a several hundred acre site at New Brighton near St. Paul. Attorneys filed a deed and a 50 million dollar mortgage on the land with Hennepin County register A. W. Skog.
R G Dun weekly Chicago review notes ample Thanksgiving demand in leading retail lines and firmer prices for factory materials. Industrial activity expands with strong pig iron rails cars power and equipment orders. Bank demands remain good, building permits and realty sales rise, district failures down from prior years.
Cold weather and the holiday approach stimulate retail trade and improve reassorting trade with jobbers. Wholesale activity shows cross currents restraining full pace. Industrial reports show large outputs for the season though buying of finished products remains subdued. US business failures for the week ending Nov 25 total 211, down from last week’s 232 and below 1908 levels. Canada records 24 failures, down from 29 last week.
Across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Cincinnati New York markets the report lists cattle hogs sheep and various grain prices. Notable figures include Chicago hogs 4.50 to 8.40 and wheat No 2 around 1.16 to 1.24, butter 29 to 34 cents, eggs 27 to 33 cents, and corn 57 to 72 cents depending on grade and city.
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