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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1909
Page
4
A prankster releasing a foul smelling chemical across Logansport Indiana drew a $50 reward offer for capture or conviction. The odor appeared on Erie streetcars cigar stores interurban stations and at the Broadway Theatre forcing patrons to flee while authorities investigate and warn others.
James Taylor was shot and killed by his wife during a family quarrel in Ironton Ohio. He allegedly attacked her with a butcher knife after she refused to hand over a revolver used in the shooting.
Seven foreigners, stupefied from liquor at a wedding, were burned to death when a fire destroyed three double houses at Good town near Johnstown Pennsylvania. The incident occurred during a wedding celebration and the victims perished in the blaze.
A gale off Long Island wrecks a schooner as several lives and injuries follow. A Seattle death shocks families while Ottawa banker W. J. Sectey is found dead with his wife and daughter murdered. National and state politics pulse from Taft to Roosevelt, with court rulings on Waters-Pierce, pay raises, and legislative actions across Illinois and California.
Governor George F. Chamberlain, a Democrat, was elected United States Senator by the Republican Legislature. The vote totaled 58 in joint session after separate chamber ballots, with Chamberlain receiving 4 in the House and 19 in the Senate.
Governor Gillett announced no anti Japanese law will pass after Roosevelt's urgent protest. He said leaders in both legislative houses agree no legislation targeting Japanese will be enacted and praised federal efforts with Japan to curb immigration. He stressed federal influence and good faith of the Japanese government.
Dispatches from Constantinople via Mosul describe serious rioting in Ancient Assyria with significant loss of life. Paris hosts a $240,000,000 Russian loan deal with France at 4.44 percent rate while a Franco American extradition treaty is signed in Paris by Ambassador White and Foreign Minister Pichon.
A head on collision between west bound passenger train No 5 and east bound freight train on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near Dotsero Spruce Creek about twenty two miles from Glenwood Springs Colorado leaves thirty dead and many injured, including severe cases. Engineer Gustaf Olson implicated though he contends instructions were clear and blames a watch misread while the freight was drawn by two engines on a steep grade.
A massive blaze engulfed the intermediate water crib near 1st Street, Chicago, used for a new water tunnel by contractor George W. Jackson. Seventy workers remained inside as flames rose and dynamite stored below threatened further catastrophe. Rescue efforts failed as temperatures dropped and many leaped into icy waters.
Planning to gain control of a large share of the retail grocery trade, Standard Oil interests are described as moving to consolidate. A denial from a company head involved is reported, with Philadelphia noted as the starting point where Acme Tea Company stores may be part of negotiations. If successful, the approach would spread to other large cities.
Bodies of children from an Eastern woman’s family were exhumed for an inquest. The probe centers on possible abuse or neglect after the mother Katherine Teeller died within three years. Local authorities investigate a disturbing family tragedy.
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