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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
1
Tornado tears through Zephyr Texas killing 32 and injuring 50 as Count Zeppelin’s airship completes 37 hour flight but wrecks after striking a tree. Other items report airship trials, notable deaths, and political notes from Washington to Berlin.
Francis L. Wellman, a noted cross examiner, told the Catholic Club in New York that perjury by witnesses is increasing at an alarming rate. Mrs. Margaret L. Young, widow of slain bookmaker Caesar Youngs, who was killed with Nan Patterson, was married in New Rochelle to George W. Langdon of Sheepshead Bay.
President Taft symbolically opened the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle sending a gold key message. The ceremony featured military parades, naval ships, and bands while James J. Hill urged four watchwords equality simplicity economy and justice for the nation. Taft's message to the exposition praised Northwest enterprise and promised educational value.
A report from the Millers' National Federation at Chicago's Auditorium Hotel says conditions favor a much better wheat crop than last year. It notes reserves are under half of needed levels, influencing Patten's optimistic outlook.
John A. Benson, involved in a long-running land fraud prosecution with Dr. E B Perrin, was denied a new trial by the United States Appellate Court. They were sentenced to a year in Alameda County jail and a $1000 fine. Perrin won a new trial on a writ of error. Benson's attorney plans to seek a stay of mandate and appeal to the Supreme Court.
Qos Bends former marathon winner William Sherring has turned professional. In Topeka Dr. B F Roller defeated Hjalmer Lundin in two straight falls. Sund died at Newtown Square while breeding. Corbett offered a $5,000 purse for a 25 round bout with Britt at Colma Cal.
A Chicago jury returned a compromise verdict Saturday finding Martin B. Madden Fred A. Pouchot and M. J. Boyle guilty of conspiracy to extort from Joseph Klicka company. Each man was fined 500 dollars while plans to pursue further indictments and perjury charges were announced by State's Attorney Wayman.
In Dowagiac Michigan a boiler explosion at the Geesey hoop mill killed five men instantly and another died later. Owner Deforest Geesey and his brother Frank Geesey were among the dead. One man died of injuries, another was severely hurt, and a survivor escaped as the building collapsed. Rain helped keep ruins from igniting. Debris was thrown up to forty rods.
Pittsburg district mills operated at full capacity on Memorial Day as Carnegie Steel and American Steel and Wire, among others, kept plants running. Attendance at picnics fell, and company officials reported record stockouts with warehouses nearly empty and orders for nails pouring in.
The article notes St Thomas defeats South Dakota University 6 to 5 in nine innings. Berea College plans a new industrial school for Negroes in Shelbyville, Kentucky with major gifts from Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. Russell Sage and others. Princeton reports W C Procter offers 500000 for a graduate school building if matching funds are raised. President Remsen criticizes overemphasis on equipment at Johns Hopkins alumni event in Charlottesville. Harvard sees Eliot depart, Lowell succeed, with a clock gift and a 150000 retirement fund. Cosmopolitan magazine exposes alleged radical teaching in colleges, asserting many controversial claims about education and democracy.
Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas fought with New York Times Washington correspondent W Sinker Manning in the Senate corridor after Bailey read a Times article calling him an Aldrich ally. Manning escaped without injury. the umbrella suffered the only damage. Bailey labeled the Times a liar.
Kansas adopts a sweeping prohibitory statute effective on publication. Liquor sales by druggists stop, bucket shops close, child actors barred from theaters, messenger services banned for under 14, urban cars get extra safety features, water purity upheld, railroad fences required, and fruit tree agents jailed for misrepresentation.
Indianapolis financier Jesse Fletcher, a prominent Indiana banking family member, died by his own hand at Turtle Lake near Alpena Michigan. A middle aged, unmarried recluse, he was deeply involved in various business ventures and the state’s financial development. The exact fortune was not disclosed and a financial loss was not suspected as the cause.
A gasolene launch capsized after passing through dam sluice gates on the Grand Rapids river. Four women and one man named Anderson perished, with Miss Bessie Anderson, Miss B Goger, Miss May Forse, and Ralph Anderson among the dead. Four others were rescued and revived after the accident at Love's Nook.
Dr Hugh Ross dies in Seattle at 64 hailed as a Pacific coast pioneer in medicine. A Plaza Hotel New York rink planned for hot weather use. North Pacific Lumber Co loses Barnet B C in a fire causing 550000 dollars in damage. Two Brooklyn men held over Antonio Malfetti murder in East River case. Balboa renamed from La Baca Panama Canal terminal to honor Balboa. C S Jordan convicted of murdering his wife with body found in trunk shipped to Boston. Chinese natives steadily abandon idol worship per Rev T D Holmes in San Francisco. Colorado Supreme Court rules prohibition towns may not serve liquor to anyone including Elks Canyon City lodge.
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