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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
4
A fragmented panorama reports a drop in saloons across counties with a 22 percent average decrease and about 8750 fewer saloons. The piece highlights revenue gains for the state and notes county totals, including mentions of Fairfield and others, amid a broader temperance context.
A seismic event shook the southern shore of Lake Erie with distant tremors felt far inland. Multiple reports described the quake as sharp but not highly destructive, with isolated damage and warnings from scientists about subsurface activity beneath the lake region.
Terre Haute city council finds Mayor Richard J. Bidaman guilty on impeachment charges. He refuses to recognize the ouster and continues to claim authority, while council takes no further action and the case concerns alleged failure to enforce city ordinances.
Violent tremors hit south Wales causing wall items to topple and dwellings to shake. Residents were evacuated as fear spread and reports described widespread panic with injuries and casualties. Shocks were also felt in Bristol and nearby towns.
Mayor Dempaes of Cincinnati orders Salvation Army workers to stop street solicitation and directs police to enforce the ban. He criticizes the charity methods and questions why after obtaining property worth $73 they still demand payment for food and lodging.
A.F.E. Jiarvey of the Temple Electric Light Company was killed at Fort Worth Texas when his foot slipped on a revolving belt and he was crushed before officials could stop the machinery. The tragedy occurred as he attempted to pass through the belt, leaving a mangled scene.
The figure known nationwide as the Immortal J died at the State Hospital for the Insane in Toledo Ohio. He traveled across the United States without paying hotel bills or railroad fares and had been a patient at the insane hospital for several months.
John Burke his wife and infant child traveling from Indiana to visit relatives in Bucyrus were fatally injured when their wagon collided with an Ohio Central train west of Bellefontaine. Their horse was killed and the wagon wrecked. A girls' dormitory at the Knox County Industrial School in Knoxville burned completely. 58 girls escaped unharmed.
Frank D Haddock and his sister sue widow Cynthia Haddock in Los Angeles county claiming Chicago millionaire Charles C Haddock was influenced by spirit mediums to alter his will. They seek their share of real estate in Chicago and California including Santa Catalina Island holdings and other properties. The suit alleges mediums manipulated Haddock into disinheriting his children and diverting all assets to his widow.
Vie Kohala irrigation project, described as the largest of its kind in Hawaii, opened last Monday with Acting Governor Atkinson and Secretary Atkinson in attendance. The ditch covers fourteen miles today with nine mountain tunnels, planned to reach twenty one miles and deliver about 40 million gallons daily to cultivate vast lands now dry. The project cost around 400,000 dollars and aims to attract settlers as President Roosevelt pledged support for immigrant settlement.
Eastern settlers flood Crow lands in Billings Montana registration drive with hundreds flocking to the reservation. Burlington trains bring 200 settlers from Missouri Nebraska towns while Northern Pacific delivers newcomers from Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. Many set up camps to inspect the lands as registration nears 10 000.
Eight year old Peter Copeni waded into a swamp near Seventh Street Hoboken to save two year old Marjory Haines from drowning. He carried her to land and escorted her to the police station where she was returned to her mother.
Jan Janowicz, a young Polish laborer at the new St Paul auditorium, plunged seventy six feet to the ground but landed in a wheelbarrow of mortar. He escaped instant death with only severe head cuts and a back injury.
A violent coastal storm wrecked a yacht likely Buena Vista of Sked Bank and another unknown schooner. All aboard are feared drowned as wreckage and debris drifted along the New Jersey shore.
The current Congress is projected to appropriation totals approaching one billion dollars for the session, surpassing all prior years. Missouri Governor Folk grants a respite to Mrs. Aggie Myers and Frank Hottman to September 3, delaying their June 20 execution.
Exiled San Domingo opponents plan an August meeting in New York to coordinate overthrow efforts against President Ramon Caceres. Gen. Berroa arrives from Turks Island and says leaders Juan Jiminez and Carlos Morales will attend despite past disputes. He describes a brutal, rights-denied regime with starving citizens and political killings.
Former Judge George W. Brown died at the Briggs House in Chicago after a long romance with Miss Florence Williams of Warrenville HL. She receives 1000 under the will. Brown leaves 150000 to his half sister Caroline Scofield, long his Wheaton housekeeper. Brown and Williams had been engaged for thirteen years with multiple postponed weddings due to her care for her aging mother.
Deputies arrest two men named Edward Wonk and Thomas Rowley in Murray Utah for attempting to pass counterfeit money. Authorities seize $1,000 in five and ten dollar bills hidden in a shoe and a necktie. The notes allegedly originate from the Merchants and Planters Bank of Savannah Georgia.
Harry Thaw, husband of Evelyn Nesbit, fatally shoots architect Stanford White at Madison Square Garden during a performance. Three shots ring out as a crowd panics in the venue in New York.
Friends of the children raise concerns about tainted money and refuse John J Rockefeller’s offer of seven million dollars to fund a national juvenile improvement association after a Denver Juvenile Court judge suggested fines.
The body of Dr. C. L. Spaulding, a prominent physician, is found at the bottom of an elevator shaft in an uncompleted Kansas City office building. Authorities believe the death resulted from an accidental fall into the unprotected shaft.
The American Magazine long known as Leslie's Monthly has been sold to Phillips Publishing Company. The new owners include John S. Phillips Lincoln St ffens Ray Stannard Baker Ida M Tarbell C A Hayden Peter Finley Dunne and William Allen White.
Inquest on William Brasch, arrested in Cleveland, charges murder of his wife by pushing into the Erie Canal near Rochester. Coroner holds Brasch for further proceedings.
Secretary Arles actions in Panama quelled disturbances and kept American marines in the canal zone. The republic reports quiet throughout the region following measures. In Wilmette Illinois Dorothy Jordan aged five died after her clothing caught fire from her twin brother during a bonfire attempt.
Bryan assessed for seventy five thousand dollars in his home township near Lincoln Nebraska. William Jennings Bryan lists seventy five thousand dollars for property with the assessor.
The Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen concluded sessions in Montreal and ordered a 10 cent monthly assessment on each member to cover arrears. High rate jurisdictions must enact new scales by Oct 1, with rates rising to 9.65 per month at age 70. The guarantee fund was abolished. Elected officers included W. Narvis as Supreme Master Workman and W. Colvin as Past Supreme Master Workman.
Miss Delia Zedden faced a furious doe in the Thomas Blagden park near Paul Smiths New York. She saved Miss Lydia Davidson from injury by striking the animal with a water bottle as bystanders arrived to drive off the beast.
William Hrasch of Rochester New York is arrested in Cleveland after confessing to killing his wife due to love for Mary Gilmore a 23 year old widow. Mrs Gilmore was arrested with Brasch and the body of Brasch s wife was found in a Rochester canal.
Italian police uncovered an assassination plot against King Victor Emmanuel III and Queen Elena during their Rome to Ancona journey. Anarchist Aurelio Landi’s Casa near Fatconara yielded three loaded bombs hidden in a floor hole. Landi and two alleged accomplices, plus seven others, were arrested.
In Amity New Jersey Rose May Cowley 19 is killed and suitor Cleveland Longcore 21 dies by suicide after a jealous plot. The Cowleys lose their house and farm goods in a fire started by Longcore. In Michigan John Collins 28 and sister Clara 11 drown near Terbrush Lake while a boat capsizes during a water lily gathering.
George H. Stetson son of John B. Stetson and Helen G. Lewis daughter of the Widener stock farm manager elope and marry in New York. The elopement is the social sensation of the hour in Ogents, Pa., with news just reaching public notice.
Richard Ivens was executed for the murder of Mrs. Bessie Hollister in Chicago County Jail. The trap dropped at 11 03 p m as the penalty was carried out under state law.
An ammonia tank exploded in the condensing room of the Polar Wave Ice Company in St. Louis, igniting fumes and causing about 70000 dollars in losses. Five Toledo ice dealers from local companies were sentenced in Common Pleas Court to 5000 dollar fines and one year in the workhouse.
The Senate adopted Gun Follette’s resolution to extend ICC investigations to the grain trade and considered multiple bills. Major actions included passage of private pension measures, naval and public works appropriations, and a controversial immigration bill with reduced educational tests.
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