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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1909
Page
5
Smith boards the Greyhound, kills a guard, and frees Major Jones. He confronts Jones, secures the after cabin, traps the guard, and gathers the Ellen’s prisoners. Smith orders the prisoners to the forehold, frees the crew, and asserts control of the privateer amid confusion and pursuit.
On the spar deck Captain Smith assigns men to board the Greyhound and prepare the Ellen for immediate steam. He directs Clef to get up steam quickly, Gantlin to marshal six men, and two soldiers to carry an injured man to the wharf while watch is kept for any disturbance.
A Bangor Maine inventor, Wilson, asserts a motorless aeroplane exists and has flown up to seven miles and 700 feet high. He received U S government patent rights on September 16 and plans to bid for naval air service. His design features movable fulcrums and four wings enabling control of wing angle during flight.
The article notes U.S. horse and mule populations totaling about 24.4 million on farms and ranges, with city horses uncounted but vast in number. It values farm horses at about 1.87 billion dollars and mules at 417 million, while automobile growth pushed prices down slightly. It also mentions a humorous aside about a Dutch wedding plan and the weight of old shoes in Holland.
A four year old daughter of an Lady in Waiting to Queen Victoria attends lunch with the queen. The child recalls polite table manners while the queen reportedly uses a chicken bone as she eats. The girl tells her mother she did as told, but the queen did not.
In 1796 Quaker William Tuke founded what was described as the first national asylum for the Insane in York England as reported by the Yonkers Statesman.
Jurors find Colonel Dancan TR Cooper and son Robin Cooper guilty of second degree murder in the Carmack case. They face twenty years in prison with bonds set at 25000 each as supporters rush to post bail awaiting motion on a possible new trial.
Mary Hurt in the theater panic after a plaster fall from the ceiling at the Majestic Theater in Cleveland. Roy Yella reports that two or three persons are believed seriously injured as boys in the gallery shouted Fire. Women and children were knocked down in the rush to exits.
A safeblower, found two miles from Shenandoah Iowa in a straw stack, admits aiding the First National Bank at Imogene robbery. He led officers to $1,500 of the $5,000 taken. Two more suspects located at White Cloud. The unidentified thief remains in jail.
John I Will of Mine chosen acting chairman of the national Republican committee to succeed Frank I Hitchcock who became Postmaster General. Minnesota contemplates absolute prohibition in a constitutional amendment bill authored by E FE Lobeck. Torrens land registration bill passed in Minnesota Senate 33 to 5. S W McCall declined Dartmouth College presidency due to anti encroachment stance. Union County recount in Hepburn Jameson race shows Hepburn gaining two votes. Jameson leads 880 on official returns.
Trade returns signal spring revival as bank clearings rise and steel and general merchandise demand improves. Building, planing mill outputs, quarry products, and structural shape contracts increase work at mills and forges while pig iron prices rise slowly. Distributors report stronger wholesale activity for dry goods and clothing as fall and winter staples rise. mail orders grow and wheat prospects improve.
New York reports a quieter trade tone with spring jobbing past its peak. Executives note fair to good lines and higher turnover than a year ago but a cautious tone overall. Iron and steel price declines spark some new business while wage cuts persist. cotton goods rush has ended and business failures rise modestly in the US. Canada shows fewer failures. Bradstreet's survey summarizes the week.
A historical market summary lists prices for cattle hogs and sheep across cities including Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and Detroit. It covers grains wheat corn oats rye and barley with No 2 and mixed grades and notes butter eggs potatoes hay and pork prices.
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