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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
1
Eight year old Willie Whitla of Sharon Pennsylvania, seized in Sharon, taken through multiple towns, and brought to Cleveland Ohio, was returned to his father at the Hollenden Hotel after ransom payment. The boy described his captors and miles of travel before the rescue.
Orin Smith died in Hornell City Hospital after his son William shot him at Angelica following a quarrel and then fatally wounded himself. Authorities report the son killed himself after the incident.
Miss Tillie Meyers twenty four committed suicide by poison at her father’s grave in Catholic Cemetery Indianapolis two weeks after his death. She died by self inflicted poison in a sorrowful act.
In White County Indiana a pupil at the White School died hours after being strung by the ankles to a sapling near the school. Reports mention unruly pupils, a new stricter teacher, and disciplinary actions. Other excerpts note low church marriage completions and a Georgia prison commission advocate for chloroforming condemned criminals.
The Grand Jury indicted Dallas C. Byers, a millionaire manufacturer, F. Griffin cashier of Columbia National Bank, and city council members John F. Klein W H Weber and Charles Stewart along with hotel proprietor H L Bolger. Klein already faced prior convictions for bribery related to bank depository designations and contempt for refusing to testify before the Grand Jury.
Two water tanks burst flooding Parkersburg causing multiple deaths and severe injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Waggle were found dead in their wrecked home. Mrs. John Maloney and Mrs. Kate Karnes are among the seriously injured. The flood swept through Prospect Hill, destroying houses and injuring residents.
Spokane report states A. Lewan dorki, a cabinet maker from Chicago, was found murdered on Fort Wright with three bullet holes in his head. Dressed as for a wedding, his kerosene-soaked clothing and burned body aimed to erase identification. overcoat found 200 feet away, suggesting body was moved.
The Union Station at Louisville Kentucky the local terminal for five of the country s leading railroads was destroyed by fire with a loss of 400 000 and within half an hour the Commercial Club had decided on the building of a new station.
Albert Pierce a 45 year old carpenter of Manasquan died instantly when he fell from a three story height at a new building site in Spring Lake New Jersey his fall struck his head and broke his neck authorities reported the accident as weathered by the pressively dangerous construction work in the seaside town
A H Turner, president of Commercial Savings Bank, died of pneumonia in Trinidad Colorado at age 78. He was a native of New York.
Prominent figures including Mrs. Russell Sage noted for paying heavy taxes in New York. The Crown Prince of Siam published a travel book in his native tongue. Guglielmo Marconi, 35, born Bologna 1874, remains a wireless pioneer. J Velasquez de Leon, Philippine student at Missouri, won a U.S. government scholarship. President Taft attended diving service at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington. Theodore Roosevelt sent good wishes before Africa trip. The Turkish Embassy in Washington added two members, Ralf Bey and Reourbey, as secretary roles. George T. Oliver to succeed P. C. Knox in the U.S. Senate was called as a witness in Pittsburgh.
Willet Whitla of Sharon Pennsylvania recounted his kidnapping to police as the Cleveland duo who abducted him were arrested. Authorities recovered about $9,848.50 of the $10,000 paid, with the rest hidden on the woman and in the suspect’s clothing. The captors resisted search, a nurselike woman aided the man, and the pair were seized near Ontario Street after two gunshots were fired in pursuit. The boy described their hideout at the old posthouse and identified landmarks seen from his room.
At a mass meeting in Paris with about 6000 striking telegraph and post office workers, an overwhelming majority voted to resume work. About 200 men voted to continue the strike.
Plans for a new Steel Trust composed of independent concerns with a capital of 800000000 were divulged at Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
Three women convicted of murdering a white baby to obtain blood and heart for healing. they receive death sentences in Havana Cuba. Four accomplices get fourteen to twenty years. This marks a second such case after three executions in 1904.
Mrs Annie ODonnell of New Lisbon was blown into a creek while fetching a bucket of water. A strong gust lifted her as she bent to fill the pall, drowning her. Husband Patrick O'Donnell from the cranberry bag of H M Black discovered her body floating in the stream.
New York City faces a vast jobless wave with 120000 union men and 2700 released prisoners from Blackwell Island, plus 900 families aided by the Association for the Improvement of the Poor. Statewide 40000 unionists lack funds, 34542000 in NY savings banks withdrawn, and a 200000 workless city emerges from 1908 data. Experts urge relief via migration to rural areas and expanded employment opportunities.
Figures show a large surface supply of anthracite coal to meet trade for eight months. The Reading Company reportedly holds at least 2,600,000 tons at Abrams Landingville and Mahanoy City storage yards with nearly a million more expected by the end of March, barring any strike disruption.
Columbia defeated Yale in soccer 6 to 1. West Point beat Cornell and Columbia in fencing at West Point. The Naval Academy triumphed over Pennsylvania and Princeton in Annapolis. C L Becker won Pinehurst golf. Edwin Siskind elected captain of Fordham varsity basketball. The Boston Marathon surge spreads nationwide with a 26 mile 385 yard course. Marblehead trials to select American representatives for the international contest.
In Danville a U S District Judge refused naturalization to W Strong, a United Mine Workers member. When asked which to follow if the union and U S law differed, Strong answered the union. The judge stated he could never grant citizenship to a man who follows union dictates over the country’s laws.
Reports from London recount a department store opened with a regulation margin day rush. St Petersburg details atrocities by Persian troops on the frontier. A Covent Garden banquet was held for the Prince of Wales by the Royal Automobile Club. Petrosino, the New York detective murdered by the Black Hand, is viewed by Italy as a citizen, not claimable for satisfaction. Belgium notes trades and schools advancing, eight months into a cleansing effort. Paris authorities uncover thirty forged paintings intended for New York. Serbia answered Austria’s note, sending the annexation question to the Powers. Vienna notes Balkan war seen as inevitable.
Theodore Roosevelt departs Hoboken aboard the Hamburg to hunt big game in East Africa, drawing a massive crowd and a daylong show of ovations.Kermit Roosevelt accompanies him. Taft sends a gold pencil gift. The ship proceeds amid salutes as officials adjust the voyage schedule toward Naples then Mombasa.
Governor Curry, at Santa Fe, telegraphed from Washington, D. C. to President Taft withdrawing his resignation as Governor of New Mexico.
Colonel William Lamb of Norfolk Virginia, aged seventy three, a soldier, lawyer, editor, merchant and politician, died in Norfolk. He earned fame as the Hero of Fort Fisher during the Civil War when a three day siege near Wilmington North Carolina left Lamb and 1900 men holding off 10 000 Federal troops on land and 600 guns on water, with Butler and Porter losing more men.
A year ago David and John Brand were leading Trenton merchants and socialites in fine homes and clubs. Now they are inmates in Ward No 7 at the state prison after being convicted of abetting the tioning of their department store and sentenced to prison.
In Badiraguata, Culiacan on the outskirts, Valerio Quintero, famed as the Terror of the Hills, died after a pistol duel with rival bandit leader Jose Ontivaras. Ontivaras shot Quintero four times before Quintero could draw. The confrontation was part of a run of bandit violence in the region.
In Worcester County Massachusetts over twenty manufacturers employing more than 12 000 workers support a plan to prevent tuberculosis by covering three months of treatment at Rutland State Sanitarium for employees found in early stages. Some firms also pay wages to families while workers seek care. Dr Melvin G Overlook leads the effort, tying business interests to public health to protect labor productivity and reduce household spread.
A 10 year old boy died on the electric chair in Richmond after the July murder in Norfolk of his sweetheart Amanda Marge. Benjamin Gilbert, nineteen, was the first white execution in the state. Other items note Liberia investigators named, a piano theft conviction in Fairmont, a centenarian in Montague, and various local misfortunes.
Montreal dispatch reports a Boston Express on the Boston and Maine Railroad crashed at Windsor Street Station at 8 20 p m with four dead and thirty injured. Victims include Mrs W J Nixon of Montreal and her children Elsa Villers and others. Damaged engine tender and baggage cars left in wreckage. several seriously injured listed by name with injuries ranging from skull fractures to crushed legs.
Maria Ward Brown presents Memoirs of Dan Rice the Clown of Our Daddies a humorous caustic and adventurous volume drawing on a half century of show life with anecdotes portraits and inside mysteries of the theater era priced at 1 50 postpaid from Book Publishing House 134 Leonard Street New York City
Across multiple dispatches from 1900 era capitals the brief notes report a one day postponement of Salvadoran Nicaraguan conflict to allow Acajuila residents a circus appearance. Other items span Jamaica foot and mouth disease measures, Cuban mutineers court martial, Peruvian economy cuts, Afghan plot arrests, Moro clash in Manila, a small boat voyage from San Domingo, an ex-captain killed in Cuba, Munich aviation academy, British suffrage bill passage, and an asphalt dispute resolved in Venezuela.
William G Morse son of the telegraph inventor was arrested last December for shooting an Indian laborer at Trinidad Mexico. A criminal court judge discharged Morse finding clear proof he acted in self defense.
A new trades and labor council has been organized in Saskatoon. The Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paperhangers offers death benefits of 250 dollars for seven plus years of membership and 300 dollars for ten plus years. The Department of Labor has taken possession of the Paris palace formerly used by the Catholic Archbishop. The Scotch education department contributes 5000 dollars to a mining school at Cowdenbeath. ManitobaAttorneyGeneral introduces a bill to curb usurious lending on saturnals. Gould injunction in Bucks range case modified by D C Court of Appeals. Canadian Pacific agreement with mechanics expires in spring as workers reorganize.
Five hours in police headquarters transform James Dgax drinski once feared in Public School No 22 Paterson into a contrite pupil after a knife threat and classroom brawl. Montclair health report shows 1908 pneumonia deaths highest, diphtheria deaths none for second year, anti toxin credited. A guinea pig shipping dispute ends with express carriers dropping double rates. Drury, editor of Christian Intelligencer, dies at home in New Brunswick after long service to Rutgers and theology schools.
Charles H. Campbell, after a wagon mishap that tore his ear, walked to St. Joseph's Hospital Paterson and asked the ear be reattached. Doctors sewed it, but fear for success due to the extent of the injury. George E. Balantine, former attendant at the State Hospital for the Insane Trenton, was acquitted of manslaughter in the Rue case. In defense, he said a struggle caused him to lose balance and step on Rue's chest.
In Trenton the House approved a bill repealing the mandate that peach baskets bear size stamps. Assemblyman Matthews stated New Jersey produces about 8,000,000 baskets yearly and manufacturers struggle to sell stamped baskets since rival states do not require stamping.
Geo. W. Crawford, a 56 year old farmer from Colt's Neck, was arrested and jailed without bail after his wife was killed when a runaway accident broke her neck. He crawled from the wreck and walked five miles home before surrendering to authorities.
John Ahde of Egg Harbor has killed eighteen foxes in the area, including a black fox said to come from the North western States. He will receive a $2.50 bounty for each fox killed, in addition to the fur value, raising questions about how the animal reached the region.
The fourth quarterly report of Major Wilbur F. Sadler Jr., receiver of the Camden and Trenton Railroad Company, shows a steady gain in business with net earnings of 516, contrasted with a loss of 2025 a year ago.
The Elmer Board of Education approved a $500 expenditure to install fire-escapes at the local schoolhouse. The town also reports completion of a gas pipeline by Tuckahoe Gas Improvement Company and gas service now on. In local notes, Dr James William Marshall unable to move due to his daughter Ruths illness. Mrs Keturah Langley aged 93 of Elmer injured in a fall breaking her shoulder blade. Emma Dalrymple awarded a Union Township welfare contract at $1.65 weekly. Uncle Jimmie James Hargues 86 of Ferrell sent to county farm. A two weeks old colt at Sunny Brook Farm near Bordentown with no tail or eyes has been bottle-fed and is thriving.
The Government of Alberta guarantees bonds for a Edmonton to Fort McMurray railway on the Mackenzie River promoted by a Kansas City investor at 20,000 dollars per mile. It also guarantees 850 miles of Canadian Northern Railway branches and 600 miles of Canadian Pacific branches in Alberta at 14,000 dollars per mile. Total railway aid in one legislative session reaches 27.5 million dollars in bond guarantees as plans to gridiron the province with railways proceed.
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