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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1909
Page
2
Reports describe Armenians attacked in Asia Minor with thousands believed starving as Yildiz garrison surrenders and Abdul Hamid is deposed. News covers Harriman railroad merger plans, European diplomacy, and economic shifts including GE earnings drop.
Abdul Hamid III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is deposed by the national assembly and replaced by his brother, Mohammed Reshad Effendi. A 101 gun salute marked the change as Constantinople calmed after days of fighting. The Yildiz garrison surrendered and the constitutionalists gained control, leaving the city at peace with limited casualties among troops. three Americans wounded among foreign correspondents.
Four persons were killed and three seriously injured when a blaze destroyed the Central Hotel in Topeka Kansas early Saturday. The two story brick hotel on Kansas Avenue between 5th and 6th streets burned. The dead are John W Erickson county clerk of Center Kansas Frederick Gay a pressman on the Topeka Mail and Breeze I S Shippe Topeka a Santa Fe Railway employee and L R Stratton Polk County Missouri.
Firefighters responding to a junk shop fire on 118th Street New York fought off hundreds of large rats that swarmed and bit at their legs and hands. They redirected water streams to wash the pests away and finally extinguished the blaze.
Pittsburg police seek William G. McLaughlin a 60 year old promoter accused of a national scam dubbed a 150000000 swindle with large sums from English capitalists William H Hayes is held on eight false pretense charges in Pittsburg to be sent to Greensburg where workers claim they lost nearly 100000. They formed a Greensburg steel firm selling stock in 1000 bundles of which 200 cash and 800 labor were paid. English funding reportedly joined the venture before collapse.
A New York report claims E. H. Harriman directs top counsel to merge the New York Central system into a single $1 billion company. The plan would consolidate 12,000 miles including West Shore, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis, and several allied lines. Nickel Plate would reportedly be excluded.
Three customs inspectors seized a truckload of Asiatic goods from the missionary boat Sentinel at New York. Amid Bibles and hymn books hid rare china lacquer and bronzes enough to equip a Fifth Avenue hotel. Inspector Sawyer heard hymn music, investigated the ship, and found packages labeled prayer books concealing Oriental valuables.
Peter Fenelon Collier founder of Collier's Weekly and noted polo and hounds enthusiast died suddenly in the riding club at 7 East 58th Street New York shortly after midnight He had attended the twentieth annual horse show and banquet with many society guests present He appeared well before collapsing while leaving the tables after the event
Carrie Nation, funded by souvenir hatchets from her temperance campaign in the United States and England, has purchased a large Boone County Arkansas tract. Her agent says poultry, pigs, pigeons, peas and Boone County apples will be raised there, signaling an end to her anti saloon crusade.
President Thomas L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers announced after two days of talks with operators in Philadelphia that a new working agreement would be signed before next week’s end. The contract, based on operator proposals, may recognize a distinct miners’ board but keeps wage levels with potential readjustments at new collieries. The Scranton district convention will decide on the proposal.
A Sunday explosion at St Louis Cathedral on Jackson Square damaged the facade and stained glass near the great organ. A christening party arrived at a side entrance. no one was injured. Authorities detained Ferdinand Palma and Angelo Cabot, Sicilians, who had been acting suspiciously around the church. Palma carried a paper bag.
The Canadian government ends foot and mouth quarantine on cattle for all states except Pennsylvania. Philippine assembly rejects insular commission’s Payne tariff resolution by 47 to 9. Wilbur Wright set for series of sero plane flights at Cherbourg France with date to be fixed. A $120 balloon duty listed for future reference. In France the Socialist Congress at St Etienne ousted moderates. Goesde gains full control. Mechanics sign new deal with Canadian Pacific Railway. Relief workers in Messina report 250 houses built and 1258 more planned using American lumber and funds raised in the United States.
Reports detail extreme famine and massacres in Asiatic Turkey with thousands killed in Adana and surrounding districts. Warships patrol the area as Christians lose property. aid missions suffer killings and refugees flood Adana, Tarsus, and Mersina while several American missionaries face danger.
The New York board of trustees of public buildings reports hollow concrete foundations on the state ed building project. Builders R. T. Ford Company Rochester and Palmer Hornbester NY Architects deny delays while C. V. Merrick cites hollow sections found by night work between 2 and 5 am. The issue will be reviewed at a special board meeting.
Leo Mulbern a 12 year old from Mrs John Mulbern 413 West St Cincinnati disappeared after his mother received two threatening letters. A third letter claimed he was kidnapped and demanded 300 dollars to secure his return. Police liken case to Willie Whitla boy missing from St Peter Cathedral parochial school.
William M. Stewart former United States Senator from Nevada died at Georgetown Hospital Washington D C Friday after an operation The body was taken to Nevada Sunday Born Lyons New York August 9 1827 he left Yale in 1840s and reached California in 1850 He studied law practiced in California Virginia City Nevada and served as Nevada attorney general before his Senate career from 1863 to 1875 and 1887 to 1905
An advertisement claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures female troubles including ulceration displacements and inflammation. Testimonies from Mrs Jos Epphhal Bardstown Ky and Mrs Mary Woop describe dramatic improvements and urge women to seek advice from Mrs eye, noting the remedy has been a standard for thirty years and is made from roots and herbs.
A Roy with prognathous face notes a pitcher delaying play to force a game suspension due to darkness. The remark frames such delay as deliberate masterly inactivity affecting the match.
An advertisement proclaims Kemp's Balsam can cure any cough that any medicine can cure. It is recommended by doctors and nurses and priced at 23 cents. Keep a bottle in the house to treat colds and coughs before they cause suffering.
The Atlantic Monthly questions traditional gentleman’s attire. It notes collars wrists and a starched plate serve no comfort or hygiene purpose. Once a sign that a man did no work, the outfit now persists as a ghost of that rule. The piece mocks the impractical dress and cites Mark Twain and Addison on conformity.
Yale Record notes a humorous bid for celebration by Binks after buying a new automobile. The quip imagines a grand, festive party as the celebratory event, reflecting lighthearted campus humor without detailing real events or dates.
A Huntsville Alabama woman recounts long term coffee use and chronic stomach trouble. After years of illness and unsuccessful medical treatment she stopped coffee, tried tea and milk without relief, then switched to Postum. Four months in, health improves, appetite returns, sleep stabilizes, and she attributes her recovery to Postum. The letter ends urging belief in a reason to switch beverages.
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