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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
5
A freight train rear ended a wreck train on the Pennsylvania line at Hagerstown Indiana. One man was killed and thirteen injured, with fears that three may die. The freight crew escaped, while the wreck train riders were caught in the wreckage. Responsibility disputed between wreck crew and freight engineer, who cites a clear signal.
William H. Hicks paymaster for Schanm and Uhlinger textile machine makers in Philadelphia was robbed by three highwaymen in the northeastern city area. A satchel with $6,000 vanished as the men fled. Hicks, hospitalized with a wound in the arm, survived. One robber was captured after shots were fired. two others escaped with the money.
An explosion at the Laflin Rand Powder Company coning mill in Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin killed Norman Phillips of West Virginia and fatally burned two other employees. The cause is unknown. This mill had a previous fatal blast months earlier that killed nine men and injured several others.
A kerosene flash at Mentone Indiana killed a father a mother and their young son when Mrs Charles Webster tried to ignite a fire with the fluid. The home was destroyed and the charred bodies were recovered from the ruins.
A southbound Alliance city street car struck an engine attached to three freight cars on the Morgan switch of the Lake Erie and Alliance railroad. Six were injured and one man, Howard Oswald the motorman, was fatally hurt.
Fires rage through the Adirondack region with enormous damage feared to the forests at Independence and Red rivers. Several hundred men work to contain the blazes as estates owned by J. P. Morgan Tim Woodruff and A. G. Vanderbilt face threat along the Red river.
A fire in Cincinnati at Hunt and Broadway destroyed an entire block and caused an estimated loss of 1,000,000 dollars. The blaze began in the Eagle White Lead plant and spread to neighboring buildings, causing extensive damage across the area.
Engineer William Whalen and Fireman Michael Malone drowned when the tugboat sank in the Blackwell Canal near Buffalo New York.
Dispatches from northern North Dakota report severe frosts damaging flax crops across the region. Early yields are threatened as growers assess losses and seek relief or guidance. Weather conditions continue to challenge farming plans for the season.
Kermit Roosevelt joined the Thirteenth United States cavalry at Fairfield Iowa for a march overland to Fort Riley Kansas. He travels with the unit as it begins a long overland march leading toward the western posting.
5600 young women at three leading thread plants in Edinborough and Newark will close August 24 and reopen September 8 to allow a mass vacation. Campbell Clark of Clark Theead Company announced the shutdown, after reports that workers planned seaside trips to Atlantic City and Coney Island during the period. The move follows a historic ten hour day with a half holiday won by the workers two years prior.
Philip Partridge, 24, son of Rev Warren P. Partridge of Fourth Avenue Baptist Pittsburg, was killed when a fire chasing drive with fiancée Miss Minard ended in a Boston and Maine train collision near Kennebunk, Maine. Miss Minard suffered serious injuries as the couple hurried to the Old Orlean fire scene.
Miss Hilda Newstrom daughter of C F Newstrom of Arlington suffered severe injuries when lightning struck the chimney of the Newstrom residence and debris including plaster and wallpaper struck her bed. Doctors expect recovery.
Anna V. McCarthy aged 14 won third prize in a Pittsburg newspaper beauty contest and received a husband as an additional reward after judges ruled she could wed. The groom is Charles A. Appman, a Carnegie Steel Company employee, who had previously jilted her.
John Marouner, 27, long known for robbery and burglary arrests, was found shot under the Metropolitan Elevated road between Teorin and Sangamon streets in Cienga. Lieut. Midden of the Desphines street station identified the suspect and believes Marooney was killed while attempting a hold-up.
The Georgia House approved the disfranchisement bill by a vote of 150 to 16, after it had already been adopted by the Senate. The lower chamber made a few minor amendments before sending it back to the Senate for concurrence.
A cable report from Chief Surgeon Taylor dated Marianao notes yellow fever appearing in a new area of Cuba with two cases at Ceiba Mocha near Matanzas. The origin of the cases has not been traced.
President Roosevelt writes in a critical magazine piece, delivering a fresh blow to nature fakers and proposing barnyard study as a means to enlighten readers about natural history and accurate science.
Alexander Jester, who was tried and acquitted years ago for murder in the death of John W. Gates’s brother, died at age 90 in Shawnee Oklahoma. His case drew wide attention and he spent his later years in Oklahoma.
Mail sacks carrying 270000 dollars vanished from a Burlington mail train between Denver and Oxford Nebraska. Officials profess ignorance while investigators probe the heist.
During a severe Duluth thunderstorm Anna Bolander died when struck by lightning. Seven others in the house were injured to varying degrees.
Widespread labor shortages in the West stoke coal outages with Harriman lines forced to import from Australia and contract 2 000 tons weekly from Illinois at one dollar per ton plus seven dollars freight to Garfield Utah. Japanese workers in Pacific mines earn up to 170 a month while wages may rise. Union Pacific urges dealers to stockpile for winter and has 200 000 tons in store and is seeking extra labor from the East amid swollen demand.
Chicago lawyer James Donovan reopened a long running dispute in Dig Rapids Michigan by opening the grave of La Jara S Baker claiming a wax figure is buried there. He asserted Senator Thomas induced Baker to flee to Europe and that no wax figure rests in the grave. Courts rejected many of his suits as he pressed the strange case.
William Voight, president of Voight & Sons Cow wholesale dealers in wallpaper, Cincinnati, vanishes leaving assets about 135000 with debts 85000. New York creditors inspect the firm, court appoints C Lewis Rauh as receiver to maintain the property.
Fire destroyed the St Louis Hide and Tallow Company plant and a four story building housing Cooper S Sasamond Manufacturing tin ware and pipes and Norvell and Shapleigh Hardware. Losses estimated at 50000 for the first site and 100000 for the combined Joss.
A morning train killed 8 year old Joseph Gwizdolski in Buffalo. In the afternoon his married brother and family visited, and the infant son of the brother died in a fire caused by a playing with matches. The double tragedy left the family grieving.
Advices from Manila report the court martial of Private William Taylor of Company M Twenty Fourth Infantry at Trailover found him guilty of shooting Lieut. Robert B. Calvert, commanding officer of his company, and sentenced him to death by hanging.
General Lewis Cass Fry died at Hrier Missouri. He earned the title General Fry in 1894 when leading 4,800 men of the Pacific coast division of Coxey’s army from San Francisco to Washington. Survived by his widow and daughter.
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor says the federation will press criminal charges against members of the Manufacturers' Association for boycotting organized labor. A tablet in Salisbury England honors Americans killed in the boat train wreck unveiled in the cathedral with Ambassador Reid delivering the oration.
In Columbus Taft urged strict railroad and trust control while opposing government ownership and backed Roosevelt policy. The Jamestown Exposition welcomed Prince Wilhelm of Sweden aboard the cruiser Fylgia with cordial reception in attendance.
The Isthmian Canal Commission works to acquire private lands in the canal zone. Arbitrators set prices for three Panama Bay islands and claims for fire damage from city cleanup work. Some cases need arbitration or an umpire when agreements fail.
English and Transvaal critics condemn Premier Botha plan to gift the Cullinan diamond to King Edward. Funders of the colony face hardship as supporters of Gen. Botha push a patriotic act, while De Beers opposes the gift, sparking a political controversy. King Edward's position becomes awkward amid accusations of treasury misuse and favoritism.
Elizabethtown resident ER Cole used his small runabout to pull a harrow for cultivating a potato patch. He sat in the carriage as the benzine wagon powered the implement, claiming the work was as quick and effective as traditional methods.
J. Warren Lastings longtime United States Treasury official at the subtreasury in Tooston has been arrested for embezzling $3000 from a shipment to Waheshington. The shortage was covered by a clerk who was technically responsible for the funds.
Five people died and eleven were injured when a five story boarding house at 55 Fry Street Chicago collapsed in the early morning. Four victims were killed instantly. the remaining victim died soon after arrival at hospital.
Robert Pinkerton head of the Pinkerton agency and son of Allan Pinkerton died aboard the Bremen while en route to Germany. Fatty degeneration of the heart listed as the cause of death.
President Roosevelt in Provincetown Mass announced the administration will persist its campaign against predatory wealth and rich criminals. He pledged to pursue criminal actions against offenders while assuring honest corporations they have nothing to fear.
Amato Diblascio a 40 year old man was found dead at an Italian rooming house in Pittsburgh after a stab wound to the neck reaching the brain base. The proprietor and three roomers are held in connection with the crime. Attorney General Bonaparte in Washington declares policy favoring prosecution of all violators with no favors shown to the rich.
The Wisconsin Attorney General filed suit to annul the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Lighting Company franchise alleging it was obtained by corrupt means. In Morocco, Moors attacked the Trench camp at Casablanca but were repelled after hours of combat by warship guns and field artillery.
Dun's Review of Trade reports Chicago showing resilience despite a telegraphers strike and adverse factors. Banks maintain ample reserves with heavier discounting, currency movement to the interior, and careful credit scrutiny. Rail and lake traffic rise, crop progress is favorable, and country buyers flock to city markets, boosting book orders in textiles, clothing, and food products. Crude copper costs ease, grain movement totals 6,317,163 bushels versus 5,051,168 last week and 8,468,008 a year ago. Bank clearings reach 224,174,169, up 11.8 percent from last year. Failures in the district total 22, down from prior weeks.
Growing crops advance toward harvest while fall trade expands in western and eastern jobbing centers. Cotton fabrics demand rises with bleached goods leading, but cotton yarns face weaker demand and prices. Woolen goods sell well in high grade lines. other grades lag and accumulate. Leather trade shows more life with quality hides and shoes in demand, low grades slower. Iron and steel see soft buying and easier deliveries. Week ending Aug 15 sees 146 business failures in the U S and 30 in Canada.
Chicago markets show cattle at widely varying grades from common to prime with prices from $1 to $5.95 for products like cattle and sheep. grains list No. 2 wheat around 88 to 98 cents, corn 56 to 75 cents, oats 48 to 52 cents. Regional quotes include Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, and Milwaukee with mixed cattle hogs sheep and grain values and a pork mess price noted at $10.45.
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