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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
4
Six are dead and over twenty injured after an explosion and ensuing fire at a five story Chicago boarding house located at 178 Huron Street. The blast hit the Pabst Chemical Company plant on the ground floor. five victims belonged to one family, including the mother and four children.
Sinking of the steamship Larache near Muros claims eighty five lives and leaves sixty one rescued. The captain, ship’s doctor, and first officer die. Most passengers were residents of the Argentine Republic. Rescue boats were hindered by thick fog and wreckage.
Congressman James S. Sherman of Utica New York Republican vice presidential candidate recovering from gallstone illness in Cleveland. Doctors report progress and deem immediate operation unnecessary, awaiting full strength before removal of the trouble. Temperature drop noted as hopeful sign. In Ida Grove Iowa an insane woman drowned her four children in a cistern before attempting to take her own life. neighbors rescued her.
Charles B. Jefferson, former theatrical manager and eldest son of the late Joseph Jefferson, died after weeks of illness in St. Joseph's Hospital New York City from a complication of diseases. He leaves a wife and four daughters.
The former McKinley home in Canton Ohio is slated to become a Catholic hospital. Felix M Bopp administrator of the Cleveland diocese ordered remodeling of the building.
The executive committee of the national conservation commission in Chicago begins a vast data gathering project on US natural wealth. Economists and geologists, with government support, will collect data from Washington and state commissions to present a full report by January 1. A December 15 conference will unite governors and front-line personnel.
Canada extends its coasting regulations to the Pacific coast excluding American vessels from the Pacific coasting trade. Previously the Pacific coast had suspended rules due to limited Canadian and British tonnage. With sufficient tonnage now available, the Atlantic coasting policy is applied to the Pacific region.
Six hundred women held a mass meeting in Brownsville Brooklyn to protest rising meat costs. The marchers paraded streets and stoned several meat stores while retailers blamed wholesalers for price hikes and warned shops would close if prices remained punitive.
Early Saturday morning Mrs. James Comstock of Sunbury Ohio threw herself in front of a fast south bound passenger train on the Cleveland Akron and Columbus railroad. The decapitated body part was found on the tracks after the engine carried the head 340 miles from Columbus to Cleveland and back to Condit. Mrs. Comstock about 60 years old had been in ill health.
A tornado struck the eastern outskirts of Sioux City Iowa injuring several people and destroying two houses and multiple barns. Mrs Mattie Howe of Greenville and two others in her home were badly hurt with a possible fatality. another home belonging to Fred Demarenville of Morningside was torn apart.
Police report from Lincoln Nebraska confirms Frank Riedinger is dead. The Laporte Indiana authorities added his name to the Gunness murder farm victim list after a Delafield Wisconsin man claimed Riedinger was alive in Lincoln.
Theodore Shultz of Reading died when a motorcycle crashed into a fence during a 65 mph lap at a Wilkes-Barre track. Teammate rider Joseph I. Price of Wilkes-Barre was seriously injured while following.
Neighbors R. M. Saltler and Edward Jones died in a duel over a cattle trade near St. Vrail New Mexico. Guns were drawn simultaneously and both were instantly killed in the exchange.
East Herkimer couple Charles Richards, 7 feet 2 inches, and Emma Christman, nearly 5 feet, wed after a secret mid ascent from an upper story window. The bride’s mother opposed the match and attempted to prevent the elopement with water tricks before the shotgun ceremony. A policeman was sent for the trousseau after the vows.
In Ross county Ohio natives fought at Deg Winchell’s home to reclaim 18 year old Mabel Bond a school teacher She refused to return to her family and was seized tied with ropes and carried home as Winchell pursued legal action in Philadephia Phillicothe.
Delegates will assemble in Columbus Ohio for the national Prohibition convention on July 15. The program is being finalized by the arrangements committee. State delegations meet July 4 at 2 PM. An Intercollegiate Prohibition Association oratorical contest is set for July 14. A mixed chorus of 150 voices will sing patriotic songs on opening night under Rev. C M Filmore of Indianapolis. 1512 delegates expected.
Brazil reportedly orders 27 warships including three dreadnaughts with delivery by September 2009 and buys 1380 Krupp guns. Vessels to be built in England, with rumors they may be destined for Japan amid government budget doubts.
Judge Rugg in Boston Supreme Court issues final decree barring the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company from holding stock in several trolley companies named in the information filed by the Attorney General. The decree gives the company until July 1 1900 to dispose of its holdings in these firms.
A devastating blaze swept Burk Mills Ontario on the north branch of the Trunk, destroying hotels, churches and business houses. The disaster left several dwellings burned and many families homeless with losses estimated around 100000 dollars.
Harry Huggett, 40, cashier at the People's Bank of the East Side, was found dead in an open field in Bullit Park near Columbus. A bullet wound to the head suggested self-inflicted death amid reports of a $5,000 shortage in his accounts. He was married.
John K. Welch and his wife are under arrest in Anaconda Montana charged with dynamiting the home of W. Wicklund. Welch is general foreman of all the Amalgamated quarries around Anaconda and holds a high place in the community. The crime is attributed to anarchists.
Four miners die and six are injured in an explosion at Ellsworth coal mine No 1 near Monongahela Pennsylvania. Officials say a foreign worker with a lighted torch caused the blast.
A blaze heavily damaged the Portland Railway Light and Power Company plant at Cara dero Oregon causing an estimated 750000 loss. Firefighters battled the flames but the plant was nearly destroyed and operations disrupted.
George Blair Morrison, missing since January from Kansas City, is found posing as A. H. Gresham on a San Diego chicken ranch. Gresham Harrison, who is actually Morrison, wrote to Topeka claiming a debt, triggering a photo identification by Morrison’s wife. The case links past threats from gamblers to disappearances in Kansas.
Roswell Miller, chairman of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, reports crops look excellent across the territory. He notes rain and cold hurt corn but predicts warmer weather will aid it, and projects heavy harvests for small grains. He adds track construction on the St. Paul extension is advancing, with trains expected to reach the Pacific by May 1000 and Lombard, Mont already served.
The International Sunday School Association opened its twelfth triennial convention in Louisville at the armory with welcome addresses from city and state officials. President J. J. MacLaren of Toronto spoke for about 2,000 delegates and twice as many visitors, representing a Sunday school membership of 16,000,000 worldwide. Rev. A. C. Crews of Toronto led the memorial addresses on Rev. Dr. John Potts, former head of the international lesson committee, with his topic The Loved Son of Canada.
Cincinnati magnate Joseph C. Butler 45 lies dying in a Durango Colorado hospital from brain congestion linked to overexcitement at the Republican national convention. Butler cheered for forty minutes during the stampede for Roosevelt and owned key Cincinnati properties including the Commercial Tribune and Butler Power buildings.
A two year collection of herbs valued by a Chicago medicine company was destroyed in a Friday night fire. James T. Stewart of Dayton Ohio aged herb doctor, lost his herb house and its contents and was admitted to the county infirmary as a pauper after the blaze.
An explosion at Ellsworth mine No. 1 in Monongahela Pennsylvania kills three miners and fatally burns two while fifteen others become entombed but are later rescued. The cause remains unclear as most workers had left for the day shift.
A storm struck Steubenville Ohio at 6 30 Friday evening wounding two women and damaging many buildings including three brick houses on High Street the Pope Tin Works was unroofed and hundreds of homes suffered roof loss or other damage.
A son was born to Queen Victoria and King Alfonso on Monday night. Their marriage took place in Madrid on May 31, 1906, and their first son arrived on May 10, 1907.
The report notes higher agricultural and mineral activity with rising factory wood and leather shipments. Demand grows for pig iron and steel while bank clearings fall 0.5 percent from 1907. Chicago district failures total 83 with 9 liabilities over 5000 dollars.
In New York the beam of steady business continues with limited new growth. Retail stocks are not large while fill-in orders stay frequent. Fall purchasing is modestly firmer at eastern and central western centers, but investors wait on crops and politics. Collections lag. Bradstreet's notes 254 US failures for the week ending Tune 18 and 23 in Canada, with prior year figures.
Historical market listing shows Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York, and Toledo values for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and seeds. Prices given per unit or per bushel with ranges indicating quality and market segment, including shipping grades and No 2 classifications.
The Amador Mining and Development Company of Montana, a ten million dollar firm based in Chicago, dissolves after informing 1,400 stockholders that their copper gold mine near Amador in Missoula county is worth less than the 560000 invested. A Chicago trading floor clash sees J A Patten cornering corn while J Ogden Armour battles to break it, failing as corn drops to 1 cent while Armour holds wheat firmly.
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