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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
4
Dr. Joseph F. Piesen of Chicago died from tetanus after a nose fracture from a fall. He suffered a broken skin over the nose, tetanus infection ensued, and he requested hospital care. He dictated a will with lawyers present as doctors debated his condition. heart failure following a convulsions was the cited immediate cause.
A massive blaze swept a block bounded by Mission Jessie First and Second streets in San Francisco, destroying factories and stores. Losses exceed 200000 with most structures temporary. Revere Rubber Company and Mangum and Otter tile dealers suffered major stock and property damage.
Ernest G. Stedman vice president and director of J. C. Lyons Building and Operating Company, after a bankruptcy petition filed last week, killed himself by leaping before a subway train at Fourteenth Street station in New York City during rush hour. The incident caused panic among hundreds of waiting passengers and required police control.
Passenger train No. 228 on the Lake Shore line collided with a light freight engine two miles north of Franklin Pennsylvania. The wreck derailed the passenger train and demolished both locomotives. Fireman Wim J. Daly of Ashtabula was killed. Conductor War Miles of Oil City and engineers H C Tombes and T I Vans of Ashtabula were injured. Many passengers suffered minor injuries.
A Washington dispatch reports Admiral George Dewey is 70 years old this Thursday. He remains in fine health and robust in physique and spends mornings at his office, except for an hour at a Naval Relief Association meeting of which he is president.
A passenger train No. 46 was ready to depart for New Castle when a cut off car rolled onto it in the B. & O. yards at Chicago Junction Ohio. The impact demolished the engine No. 145 and fireman Geo Reifsnider of New Castle was killed, crushed beneath the engine.
A blaze at 72 80 Lake street Chicago Ill heavily damaged a five story structure causing about 140000 in loss to the building and injuring several small manufacturing tenants who were housed there. The fire spread quickly allowing some occupants only narrow escapes.
Four more bodies recovered from the Monongah mines at Fairmont West Virginia, bringing the total dead to 346. An additional man died of injuries outside the mines and a rescuer perished from gas inhalation inside the mine.
Resolutions introduced by Senators Willmay Culberson seek to define federal and state powers over interstate motion of passengers and freight under the Interstate Commerce Act. The Senate and House adjourned briefly as committees were announced and debates touched on Grant statue protests and labor claims.
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Frederickt Magdeburg to be pension agent at Milwaukee. Ansberry of Ohio introduced a bill for surveying a ship canal linking Toledo and Chicago. De Armond of Missouri introduced a bill to make bank officer speculation a felony. The Indian affairs commissioner urged laws to grant progress in Indian self management. Secretary Moetendif pushed reforms to Justice Deeley of Juvenile Court after a boy theft case. The Oakson Mahoney Lumber Co of San Francisco bid on timber. The canal commission offered delivery at 1572. Perkins of New York reintroduced an inheritance tax bill splitting receipts between state and federal governments. Mallory indicated nonreelection due to health. Senators Owen and Gore, Okla, were sworn in. Owen drew a six-year term, Gore two years. October 12 to be observed as a discovery day in honor of Columbus. A New York representative introduction could lead to a banking commission hearings in major cities. McKinney of Illinois proposed $50,000 yearly for land grant colleges plus existing farm station funding. A resolution charged the Agriculture Secretary with cotton crop estimate inaccuracy. A Transportation bureau bill aimed to cut Interstate Commerce Commission workload. Williams of Mississippi reintroduced the Rinehart bill to admit hemisphere products free of duty if the exporting nation allows U.S. products entry without duties.
Government crop estimates show a half billion extra dollars for farmers this year despite smaller total yields. Corn leads losses with 845 million bushels, followed by 211 million in oats and 101 million in wheat, while hay increases offset losses. The Agriculture Department’s revision notes higher area seeded for spring wheat, corn, and oats and adjusted values for farm crops.
Arkansas lawyer and future governor Jefferson Davis addresses the Senate on trust control of business after nine days in office. The event breaks a then unwritten rule requiring a full term before delivering a solo speech, drawing a large crowd. Davis later rose to governor after serving as attorney general.
As the Athietic fleet sails to the Pacific, Quincy Massachusetts yard workers lay the keel of the battleship North Dakota, expected to outsize the current rear Admiral Evans fleet. The North Dakota will displace about 20,000 tons, surpassing the Pacific bound ships by roughly 2,000 tons.
The report lists 1907 corn acreage 60 081 000. production 2 502 820 000 bushels. value 51 7 cents. Oats acreage 31 837 000. production 754 448 000 bushels. value 265 cents. It notes total farm crop value 3 404 000 000, up 428 000 000 from 1906. Also mentions North Dakota battleship keel laying and project status.
The Death Valley homesteading craze moves toward irrigation and reclamation plans. A railroad from Greenwater to the Borax works of Borax Smith, plus an automotive stage line, exists in the valley. Water piped from Telescope Peak across the Funeral range is considered.
The itemized column mocks rising living costs and economic strain with quips about a miser’s death, cheap diet myths, and calls for common sense and higher wages. It cites a physician in Aurora claiming peanuts as beauty food, a banker advocating real dollars, and jokes on bread prices and divorce suits.
An improving tone pervades business circles though full recovery awaits return to normal banking. Seasonable weather boosts retail buying for necessities and Christmastide goods. Wholesale demand for Spring merchandise remains moderate with prompt payments in western markets. Money loan rates hold at 7 percent minimum locally. gold reserves grow, currency expands interior shipments.
New York notes holiday buying dominates the scene while overall retail activity trails last year. Trade sentiment for next year is mixed as financial conditions slowly normalize. Cash payments rise countrywide with several cities moving toward cash basis. Grain export expansion stands out amid repression. Week ending Tec failure totals 298, versus 227 prior week and 257 in 1905. Canadian failures 40 vs 10 last week and 26 a year ago.
The report lists prices for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo with figures for wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed. Prices vary by grade and market, showing a broad snapshot of midwestern and eastern commodity trading volatility.
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