NORRIE AND WOOLLEY PUBLICATION CLOSING NOTICE
The Che Tribune notes recent changes in the publication team with Norrie and Woolley, publishers, announcing a forthcoming schedule adjustment and office update effective next month.
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
1
The Che Tribune notes recent changes in the publication team with Norrie and Woolley, publishers, announcing a forthcoming schedule adjustment and office update effective next month.
A digest of world events notes a proposed $1,000,000 appropriation to begin a new naval station at Olangapo Philippines after Admiral Remey's report to Secretary Longhan. Also reported are a deadly barge accident at Braddock Pennsylvania, a large fire in Rich Valley Indiana, a Tokio festival tragedy, and political races in New Hampshire.
Miss Virginia Root niece of Secretary of War Root and noted San Bernardino belle chases a burglar from a closet to a second story window. The man leaps away and fires. she pursues, inspires pursuit by locals, and helps Sheriff C Ay Rouse arrest him after a bushy search. Suspect identified as Larry Childs.
Dun and Co weekly review notes progress despite holiday interruptions and heavy year-end settlements. Wheat declines but flour output cuts in Minneapolis signal softening demand. wool prices slip to 10 28 cents. Eastern markets move little with 8,121,000 pounds traded and stock levels causing unease as furloughs fail to lift sentiment.
A blaze in Wilkinsburg near Pittsburgh, described as the town’s most destructive, started in the Henn building basement housing Caldwell and Graham's dry goods and millinery. The fire spread to a neighboring row of small firms. both buildings were destroyed and insurance largely covers the loss, estimated at about 140 000 to 150 000 dollars.
Report describes an eight or nine year old boy firing a shotgun at his sister Florence 14 near Marietta Ohio, killing her instantly while parents were away. Neighbor arrival halted further violence as the boy resisted surrender of the weapon.
A blaze at Beard's shipping stores in South Brooklyn damages extensive pier facilities and the Idlewild steamer. One fireman injured and about fifty crewmen escape death as fire spreads to a jute and cotton storage area. Estimated loss around 500000. Firemen from the Brooklyn fireboats David Boody and Seth Low aided by the steamship Coya helped control the blaze after the Idlewild was driven into the water.
John Charles Gibney of New York and Pennsylvania and Colombia left a will in New York claiming he was worth only 100 dollars while the estate includes several million from a failed contract to build the Colombian National Railway. The contract was to connect Bogota with the coast but was not completed and yielded no cash.
A letter dated Memphis claims 18 year old Basa Frazer, a technologic school student from Atlanta, was kidnapped and held for ransom. Frazer has not been seen in Atlanta for days as kidnappers report negotiations would move from Kansas City.
A miner died from a blast in a Malachite mine in Arizona. Another worker, Claude Newell, was seriously injured. The incident also involved personnel at Oho Village and Gatea Milla in Ohio with communications about the event and an epidemiology note reporting the number of cases.
Ada Lemmon, living with her mother in New York, killed herself at the Park Hotel after declaring she would not marry the man her mother opposed. The girl reportedly loved another man, a wealthy London promoter named Arnold, whom her mother credited with pushing the dispute.
Prof. Elisha Gray of Chicago and Arthur J. Mundy of Boston claim a telautograph based device can detect approaching submarine boats. The invention, described as extremely delicate, would let cruisers hear signals from subs in time to dodge danger if the defending ship carried the apparatus.
Henry B Slater manager of the Can yon City Colo Elvetrie Lighting Company was held up at 2 AM in Denver's principal street by two women footpads One woman pinned his arms while the other took $40 The pair fled and Slater caught one The police arrested the women.
Prices across cities show cattle ranges from modest to prime levels, hogs and sheep quoted with varying grades, and grains from wheat No 2 red around 76 to 81 cents, corn No 2 about 31 to 46 cents, oats No 2 about 20 to 28 cents, rye near 47 to 60 cents. Local markets include Indianapolis Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with numerous rate quotes for wheat corn oats rye and livestock.
The Indiana General Assembly convened for a sixty day session with Gov. Mount delivering a long farewell message. He urged stringent anti lynching laws and harsher punishment for kidnappers, praises fiscal health, and supports popular election of U.S. Senators. House and Senate caucuses named leaders. anticipated bills include a new primary law, a higher governor salary, and city charter reforms.
A traveling preacher recalls visiting a small town and being asked about coffee whenever staying with any hostess. He learns the town’s common domestic servant, Mrs Biggus, is the only woman available for service and has informed all hostesses of his preferences.
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