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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
2
A chaotic report outlines forgery convictions, a suspect to appeal to the Supreme Court, and prison sentences. It also notes a homicide inquiry, a resigning official moving to California, and a controversial church split amid Bishop disputes. Wayne, Ohio-like references appear alongside kidnapping trials and stocky legal notices.
Turmoil spreads as Cossacks kill fifteen workers at Skuttner's spinning mills in Lodz Poland after terrorists attacked a mail wagon and a later raid on Vistula railroad offices yielded £5,000. Eleven conspirators in Tsarskoe Selo plot arrested in Terrioki Finland as authorities chase further arrests.
In Pasadena the safe was blown open and $13,000 in intact stamp packages vanished. Also, a New York divorce lawyer Abe Hummel starts a one year prison term. A life-saving student known as Blackey perished in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Isaac Stephenson of Marinette won the Republican nomination for United States Senate from Wisconsin on a dramatic first ballot night. The final vote saw Assemblyman Goldsworthy switch to Stephenson after talks with the lieutenant governor, triggering applause from Stephenson supporters. Stephenson, a self-made man worth at least $10 million, is described as fair-minded, self-educated, a liberal donor to colleges, Marinette, and churches, and will be 62 years old in June.
The Atlantic section of the Council of Jewish Women leaves united charities to remain independent. Cleveland prepares for the Catholic Total Abstinence Union national convention next August. Van Ogden Vogt resigns as general secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor to join the Presbyterian board of foreign missions. Dr. Francis E. Clark tours the West Indies and the Americas for the Endeavor Society. The Rev. Thomas Spurgeon resigns from Metropolitan Temple London due to ill health, succeeding his father in 1892. The Westminster dean rejects a memorial tablet for Herbert Spencer as non orthodox. The federal government to use four canal zone buildings as YMCA men’s clubs for canal workers, with four more planned. Dr. George E. Stokes to aid Dr. Edward M. Taylor’s New England missions work until Taylor’s health allows recovery.
Abe Ruef the San Francisco political boss pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe before Judge Dunne. His confession, though brief, sparks panic among grafters and boodlers as he promises to aid reform and expose others. Ruef controlled mayor Schmitz era machines and police and saloon interests. a linguistically gifted lawyer’s clerk who rose to power.
The submarine torpedo boat Octopus on trial at Newport carried Captain Marix and naval board members as passengers for three speed runs. It averaged ten knots with a maximum of 10.15 knots for one mile. The test featured a submarine bell linking the craft to a surface receiving apparatus throughout submersion.
Robert I. Baker of Amherst becomes assistant astronomer at Allegheny Observatory. Francois Coppée endows a $200 biennial poetry prize. New York Governor Truex claimed by Cornell Brown Columbia Colgate alumni. William Fisher presents Penn with snake photography collection. Springfield board of education threatens restraint on secret fraternities, prompting teacher resignations. Playground Association to open a 200 by 600 foot model playground at Jamestown exposition with home made apparatus. Chancellor Day urges colleges to bar immoral students and promote co education. John D. Rockefeller funds $2 million gift for University of Chicago real estate expansion, bringing total gifts to over $23 million. Prof William Lyon Phelps hails Mark Twain as the greatest American novelist.
John R. Kissinger of South Bend Indiana, a Spanish American War veteran, sacrificed for yellow fever research in Cuba. After inoculation by infected mosquitoes he declined remuneration and later suffered myelitis leaving him unable to walk without a wheelchair. His comrade John J Moran fared better but Kissinger's decline grew. doctors attribute his debility to the yellow fever experiments.
The report shows 37,597 rural routes in operation served by 37,447 regular carriers as of May 1. The figures detail the scope of the rural delivery network and staffing levels supporting service in the period.
Longshoremen strike after wage demands are denied as strike breakers load ships due to sail. Ocean liners depart partly loaded, sparking street clashes along the docks. Some lines reach terms with workers, inspiring further strikes. Riots also flare near the Hayemeyer auger refinery in Brooklyn.
Dun's Review of Trade notes continued heavy merchandise flows in Chicago markets with gains in iron and steel and rising wheat values. Wholesale activity shows improvement in clothing and hardware while spring goods move, and bank lending slows as trading defaults creep higher.
Unseasonably cold and rainy weather depresses retail activity across a wide region, hindering reorders and collections while boosting crop damage claims and crop values. Week ending May 16 shows 184 business failures, up from 154 last week and 161 in 1906, with Canada failures at 22. Wheat exports total 2,800,177 bushels, corn exports 1,906,908 bushels, and year to date figures cited from Bradstreet’s Commercial Report.
Barrets, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York, and Toledo markets show cattle and hog prices from roughly 3.00 to 7.00 dollars. Wheat No 2 varies around 0.80 to 1.04 dollars. corn No 2 mostly 50 to 60 cents. oats 42 to 47 cents. rye 60 to 90 cents. butter creamery 23 to 25 cents. eggs 11 to 16 cents. Prices reflect shipping, fair to prime grades, with regional fluctuations and product types noted.
Three liner arrivals within twenty four hours brought 3100 new immigrants to New York. A Lisbon dispatch reports King Carlos of Portugal will visit Argentina after Brazil early next year. Elka of World, a Louisville Kentucky colored organization, sues to force Secretary of State Mc Chesney to file its charter with the State Department.
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