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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
8
News cycles list a Wilmington North Carolina fire at Cape Fear Lumber Co destroying the plant with losses around 100000. The page compiles multiple unrelated items including accidents, crimes, and political notes across several cities, naming numerous individuals and organizations.
R A Beard R C Lemmon and Joseph Miller were sentenced by Judge Kinkade to six months in the county jail after previous appeals. The men, formerly with Hygeia Ice, Toledo Ice and Coal, and as a stockholder and superintendent, were implicated in a trust case with a $2,500 fine remitted to jail costs.
Fred Van Meter of Orange township was arraigned before Police Judge Peoples on a wife murder charge. Hearing deferred to Monday as the case unfolds. The wife died after an illness resembling arsenic poisoning. a mother, brother, and a dinner guest are critically ill. A half box of rat poison mixed with dinner is the suspected cause.
Samuel Dominic, a "Black Hand" suspect, is held under 2600 bond for grand jury review after Mike Altire accuses him of threatening to kill. Altire testifies Dominic urged joining the society while Jim Phillipo says members sought Altire’s death for refusal. Mrs Altire recalls threats and the family fleeing. a daughter recalls Dominic saying he would “fix her father.”
Columbus Ohio February 10 Judge Eli P Evans a renowned jurist died in a local hospital at age 65 He served 25 years on the common pleas bench and decided the notable Hocking Valley railroad case involving an eight million dollar bond issue The case was later submitted to arbitration with final award in favor of Judge Burke and associates who controlled the road at issue
Three persons died and two more were fatally ill from escaping gas fumes in Cleveland Ohio on February 10. The victims include John Gehringer an auctioneer his wife Ida and his niece Mrs Pauly Brockway of Peoria residing at the Gehringer home. Harold Gehringer and his wife Millie were overcome and not expected to survive as soot clogged the chimney filled the house with gas.
Heavy rain caused Short Creek to gorge creating a 20 foot ice bank at Dillonvale Athletic park. The flood sent water and ice through the town, flooding lower streets to 15 feet. Fifty families fled by horse and boat as first floors were submerged. Two Polish boys and a girl drowned.
Washington D. C. Feb 7 Miss Edith Crow a young teacher in the Glage district was bound over to the grand jury by Magistrate Ordig on a $390 bond after being charged with burning a pupil in the face with a hot poker The bond was posted by her uncle.
In Jackson Kentucky on February 7 former judge James Hargis was killed by his son Beach Hargis after a quarrel in the Hargis Brothers store. Beach fled and was jailed after struggle by the town marshal. Hargis had long dominated Breathitt county politics and faced prior murder and corruption charges with mixed outcomes.
Police issued warrants for Louis Levison and Harry Kohn on arson charges linked to a suspected scheme by insurance men and traveling merchants to ignite stores for insurance payouts. A. K. Murray, questioned in the probe, killed himself in the Commercial Tribune building as arrests followed. further arrests were anticipated.
Washington reports that the president, matching Acting Public Printer Rossiter, canceled the contract with the audit system and ordered its removal within six days. The method, installed by Stillings, cost about $120000 for calculating printing and binding costs, and the inquiry will probe extravagances under Stillings’ administration.
East Buffalo and Chicago and other cities report mixed cattle prices including shipping steers at 4 30 to 5 10, cows and bulls varied, calves 3 00 to 7 00. sheep and lambs noting mixed value, hogs ranges across heavy and medium types. Regional wheat corn oats lard and bulk meats quoted. Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland Boston Toledo summaries show price brackets for cattle, sheep, hogs, and grains.
The Ohio Senate approved the county option bill by 24 to 13 after heavy debate. endorsed by the Ohio anti saloon league, the measure now goes to the house with claims of passage. Amendments set Sept 1 1908 start and raise petition signers to 9 percent. The bill allows three year county wide votes to keep or ban saloons and wipes wet territory if county goes dry. A separate joint resolution for penitentiary management audit was adopted with report due by March 10.
Announcement says Frank H. Hitchcock will retire as first assistant postmaster general around February 15 and join Secretary Taft in the presidential campaign. He will be succeeded by Dr. Charles P. Grandfield who has led the bureau for about two years. Hitchcock’s post will shift to the South where his campaigning will occur.
Washington February 10 President Roosevelt rejects claims that federal patronage was used to aid a presidential candidate in a formal reply to William Foulke a civil service reformer and close ally of the president. The statement labels the charges false and malicious and defends his administration against the allegations.
C E Haddox ex warden of the West Virginia penitentiary died in Battle Creek Michigan after falling or leaping from a fourth floor window at a sanitarium where he had been receiving treatment for nervous prostration. He had arrived two weeks earlier and doctors believed he was recovering. He reportedly took a dose of laudanum during a personal crisis. treatment saved his life before the fatal fall. His home was in Moundsville.
Cleveland Ohio February 10 The Cuyahoga County election board accepted en bloc a full list of Foraker state congressional and county convention delegates without approval by the pro Taft county committee. The board ordered ballots printed with these lists signaling possible removal of the Taft committee unless higher courts reverse lower court rulings granting the board final party committee authority.
In New York City on February 5, Con gressman Sullivan known as Big Tim, distributed new shoes and woolen socks to more than 6,000 men in his district. The annual event draws a long line of applicants before the clubrooms open. Sullivan calls the charity essential, saying a man can march to glory in new shoes and dry socks.
A religious lesson discusses Jesus as life itself and the promise of abundant life for believers. It cites miracles at Cana and Capernaum, the role of faith in healing, and the assurance that those who have the Son possess life, with emphasis on prayer and steadfast belief.
A physician recalls hay fever cases and notes one patient rejected sea travel with a humorous mispronunciation. The anecdote from the New York Tribune illustrates the unpredictability of hay fever treatment and patient reactions to advice.
A benevolent housewife asks a tattered man his name. He replies Bandy Pikes F B V and explains F B V means fast freight veteran, not first family of Virginia, as reported by Chicago News.
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