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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
6
A chaotic international roundup reports on clashes among factions in Europe and the Middle East, floods of political rhetoric, fires at Memphis facilities, and a keynote address by Jacob Schiff on Jewish restoration. The summary notes rising tensions and shifting alliances amid nationalist currents as baseball standings are briefly previewed.
A major explosion and fire in a New York tenement left fourteen dead and twenty injured. Other reports describe a fatal crash in Massachusetts, a deadly car accident in North Attleboro, and various incidents across the country including murders, suicides, and industrial accidents.
Eugene FE Lehmitz the convicted mayor fills vacancies by naming thirteen supervisors and expresses regret at the official tangle. His wife and two children suffer typhoid while he faces health strains from heart tremor and rheumatism. Ezra E Caffall dies by arsenic poisoning in Ohio amid broader chaos.
A series of incidents details Senator Edmund Pettus dying in Hot Springs after a stroke, a deadly Chattanooga fire stampeding 300 horses injuring several, railroad suitors alleging duress in North Carolina, Nashville man Henry C. Jones ending his life amid locomotor ataxia, a Nashville chaplain wounding a private in San Antonio, and a cannons‑dragging dispute tied to a Philippines relic.
William D. Haywood walks free in Boise after eighteen months’ imprisonment and a grueling inquiry. A jury of Idaho farmers finds the state failed to connect Haywood to the Steunenberg murder beyond reasonable doubt.
Havana reports the census cannot finish in time to hold this year’s municipal elections. Other items note Captain Harry W. Jones of the Minnesota faces court martial for falsehood and fraud over worthless checks, a toronto launch capsized in Humber during a thunderstorm, and Lieutenant Colonel Ayers retires for incapacity.
The Standard Oil Company denies charges of conspiracy and stifling competition with rebates noted by the Justice Department in St. Louis. It argues pre 1899 operations by the New Jersey parent company should not be examined and refutes claims of special rates from Ire and the New York Central and a Western Pennsylvania pipeline monopoly enabling rate fixing.
William Crittenden, the first Rhodes Scholar to reach Oxford and the first to complete the full course, has returned home after finishing the three year program in two years.
The Russian minister of railways announces direct trains between St Petersburg and Vladivostok, running biweekly via Viatka Perm and Toheliabirsk with no stop at Moscow. An 1906 estimate places foreign born Bohemians in the United States at 517 300, with 40 000 in New York 48 000 in Texas and the rest across the West and Southwest. half reside in large cities.
Dun's Review reports sustained activity in heavy industries and steady retail demand in Chicago. July sales show healthy expansion, with favourable crop conditions and improving bank clearings at 250,250,787, surpassing last year's levels. Local failures rise slightly from prior week but remain within normal bounds.
New York reports higher crop development aided by warm weather, improved retail and jobber activity for Hehisumer wear goods, and a rise in fat goods shipments. Iron ore strikes in Minnesota briefly boost pig iron demand while overall U S business failures ease to 155 for the week ending July 25. Wheat and corn exports rise as Canada and the United States ship large cargoes, with four weeks of the fiscal year showing steady export totals.
Mixed commodity quotes from Indianapolis to Toledo and beyond show cattle hay and grain prices fluctuating. Entries list bags of wheat and oats, various grades, and regional bids in a dense ledger style with numerous abbreviations and fragmentary items.
The Philadelphia health board prohibits kissing games among children. President McCrea of the Pennsylvania railroad testifies that enforcing the 2 cent fare law would create a deficit in passenger earnings. A powder horn once belonging to Daniel Boone is now owned by Charles G. Shanks of Claysville Indiana. A Wyoming reader remarks that heaven favors men and dogs and condemns women and horses
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