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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1906
Page
3
Telegraphic notes report a massive nitro explosion at the Hercules Torpedo Company magazine near Geneva. Two drivers, Podnd Lee Toward and Edward Gates, were killed. the blast shattered plate glass, collapsed a roof, and caused widespread panic and window damage in Geneva.
Detectives Lobdell and Perling confronted three burglars at 319 Division Street as they fled with two large bundles. A gunfight ensued. one robber named Adolph Clark was captured after being grazed. He has prior robbery terms in Joliet and Ponting. The stolen silk goods were recovered and returned.
The Kansas Supreme Court holds that without a state statute cities of the second class cannot force separate Negro and white schooling. The Coffeyville case involved Bud Cartwright's daughter seeking admission to a white room, with segregated facilities already in place. The ruling does not touch the prior decision upholding first class city school segregation law.
Heightened interest in the Pat Crowe kidnapping trial in Omaha as the State seeks to admit a letter allegedly signed by Crowe and claimed to be a confession. EF A Cudahy Sr testified receiving the letter from Rev Mather Murphy a Catholic priest of Valia. The defense objects as experts questioned the signature while jurors were excused during the ruling. The letter offered to return 21000 to Mr Cudahy if the case against Crowe were dropped.
George W. Beavers former chief of the salaries and allowance division of the Post Office Department in Washington pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government in the sale of time recording devices He was sentenced to two years in prison at Moundsville West Virginia where August W Machen Dr George K E Lorenz and the Geoff brothers are already confined with varying terms.
Sarah Jones aged T0, foster mother of a dead child, was convicted of murder in the Bret degree and sentenced to die in the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Philadelphia. Mrs Mary Jones and Frank Jones are indicted for complicity.
William Williams was hanged in St Paul for the double murder of 16 year old John Weller and his mother Mrs. Frederick Keller on April 13, 1005. Williams faced execution stoically.
The Chicago City Council approves a gas ordinance by 57 to 10 over Mayor Dunne's veto. Three members were silent as the vote concluded.
W D L Hunter of the Agriculture Department heads cotton boll weevil work and plans return to Texas. He reports the pest has advanced fifty miles east this year and now occupies lowland Mississippi River areas, threatening widespread spread. He notes past Texas wet zones suffered most and belts resisted movement have failed.
Train No 118 northbound wrecked at Columbus Kansas. Iftarry Roundtree Fort Scott express messenger, a passenger, and a newsboy died in the blaze. Engineer George Woods suffered serious injuries and fireman V F Runyan broke a leg as the train plowed into loose freight box cars. The entire passenger train burned except the sleeper.
The Nashville and Chicago Limited on the Illinois Central derailed near Chapmansboro after an obstruction on the track. Eight passengers and two trainmen were injured as cars tumbled down the embankment.
After seven years and a $400 million stake, the dispute ends with a formal transfer of Heinze properties in Montana to a trustee, marking a step toward the formation of a new giant trust.
President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of John G Brady from the Alaska governorship. The resignation was presented by Judge Peele of New York. No successor has been announced yet.
Major John Thomas, president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, died at his Nashville home from heart disease. He was a Nashville native aged seventy.
Minshipman Minor Meriwether Jr. of Louisiana, a third class cadet at the Naval Academy, was convicted of hazing and dismissed but received a presidential pardon restoring his status. The action follows a formal inquiry and reflects clemency for a naval academy student.
A United States legation letter from Rokiv commends the Wisconsin battleship crew for exemplary conduct with no drunkenness or disorder reported. The Senate passed the ship subsidy bill 38 to 27, all supporters Republicans, after vigorous preballot opposition. Colombia Coast Towns Destroyed by Tidal Wave
In Philadelphia a 2-year-old boy James McGlynn was badly burned after he ignited his clothes with matches on the third floor. His sister Annie, age 4, tried to extinguish the flames with her hands, burning herself but saving her brother from near tragedy. The mother smothered the fire with a rug and took them to a drug store before hospital care.
In Centreville at a 100 year old Taylor Methodist Episcopal Cemetery a monumental shaft of Narre granite rises for the last resting place of James B McCutcheon. The will directs 20000 dollars for the monument's completion and the remainder, after debts, to fund a granite wall around it to the limit of funds.
David Jones, a Black man, bought 25 cent suspenders in Springfield Ohio. A cashier wraps money with the receipt and mistakenly mixes a 1600 dollar cash package for the suspenders. The store crew tracks trains and depots but the error remains until Jones returns with the money.
J. F. Wagener a Park College junior from Milton Missouri perished after diving into the Missouri river to save a skating companion. The ice under a group of skaters gave way drowning Wagener and nearly a dozen others narrowly escaped. Wagener, a skilled swimmer, saved the young woman but he was chilled and drowned before rescuers noticed his absence.
The Lon Ami of Chicago cleared from Duluth for Chicago Friday marking the last navigation trip of the season on Lake Superior which began March 20 last year. Bon Ami will return to Two Harbors and is expected to be in commission again in six weeks.
The sovereign lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will convene in Toronto next September with $12,000 allotted for delegate entertainment and $2,000 set aside for prizes in degree work. A Madrid dispatch reports King Alfonso underwent a minor shoulder cyst operation recently but remains active. A Pennsylvania passenger train collided with a trolley in Chicago at One Hundred and Eighth Street, killing three and injuring eight.
Seasonable weather and steady trade progress lift Chicago and New York commerce. Grain and commodity movements rise with rail earnings at record January levels, while retail stocks grow and wholesale orders soar. Potential coal strike and lingering uncertainties temper optimism as failures shift modestly.
Market snapshot lists Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee figures for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and other grains. Prices shown as ranges by city and category reflecting trading activity and quality grades.
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