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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
3
The Tribune from Denver Indiana reports brief notes under the DICE & LACRY header. The fragment highlights local notices and short mentions without further detail or context. Entities named include the Denver newspaper and the unknown DICE & LACRY tag.
The Prohibition national convention in Columbus Ohio nominated Eugene W Chafin for president and Prof Aaron Watkins of Ada Ohio for vice president both chosen unanimously. Chafin leads the party this year and has Wisconsin roots and Illinois running mate ties. The endorsement followed three ballots.
A trolley car on the Johnstown passenger railway struck a traction engine at a crossing a mile from Johnstown, Pua, then leaped backward and plunged over a steep embankment. One man was killed and twenty-five to thirty others were injured, some fatally.
An explosion on Pier 47 at Mystic Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts, killed two laborers and injured several others. United States Appraisers Examiner C. F. Atwood was among the injured and died at the hospital shortly after.
Steve Adams, member of the Western Federation of Miners, was acquitted of the murder of Arthur Colling by a jury at Grand Junction, Colorado.
A plan spun by Secretintry Wilson involves bleeding pig tails at Iowa State College to extract serum immunizing other hogs against cholera. The venture, to be staged after a Washington departure, promises reduced meat costs and positions tail-donors as heroes in pigdom. The scheme hinges on blood from immune pigs and the tail as the source for serum production.
Delegates from around the world will attend the international congress on tuberculosis in Washington from September 21 to October 12. Attendees originate from Cape Town Newfoundland Denmark Spain Russia Kin gland Scotland and France. Denmark will be represented by Professor Bang who will lecture on cattle immunization. His method, adopted by Denmark, separates tuberculosis cows from the herd rather than killing them, watches calves with sterilized milk, and gradually weeds out the disease.
In New York City Judge Buredo Humphrey imposed severe sentences under the habitual criminal act on 39 prisoners, including Robert Winfield who received a life term at Sing Sing for stealing a gold watch and clothes from John Pappo of Flushing, and Stephen Ingalls who drew 30 years for arson after his Bayside reign of terror and the Bayside Yacht Club house fire causing about $20,000 in losses. Ingalls, 82, admitted past arson terms.
Nine year old John Sovick of Moren near Pottsville Pa placed an iron pipe and stones on the railroad track just before the Pennsylvania flyer. He was caught in the act and committed to prison in Pottsville. He offered no denial and said he was only playing.
President Roosevelt designates the San Jacinto forest reserve in California as the Cleveland National Park in memory of former President Cleveland. Interior Department directions issued. The Mae San Jacinto reserve was one of thirteen created by Cleveland during his presidency.
Alfred Millet, 48, and his 11 year old son John drowned when a boat freed from its mooring floated to the pond center. They went after it in a flatboat. the father toppled the craft, the boy went under the boat, and both perished after Miller dove to save him.
The Northwest faced extreme heat Friday with Pierre South Dakota record at 102 degrees and St. Paul reaching 92. One death and several prostrations were reported in St. Paul, with additional deaths in Duluth. Fargo and Huron hit the upper 90s, and Minneapolis logged three prostrations amid the heat wave.
Lewis Hoenigschmidt, 44, father of eight, died after being struck in the temple by a pitched ball during a scrub team game at a Minneapolis picnic. The blow allegedly caused him to go violently insane.
A new bridge under construction over the Rhine at Cologne collapsed trapping workers. By noon fourteen bodies were recovered and nine men were critically injured. Rescue boats and police aided salvage as divers searched under wreckage and strong currents.
Mrs. Grace Goodsall of 103 West 63d street in New York branded her 6-year-old son George with a hot iron on the forehead and throat during a religious frenzy. Four burns on the forehead and a ring around the throat were reported. She admitted the act to police and hospital authorities as she cried that her son was the long looked for Messiah of the Jews. The child was removed to Bellevue Hospital and said to be recovering.
Miss Anna S Cammack, daughter of the late John Cammack, declares she will not contest her father's will. She seeks only $50,000 in trust income for life, with the remainder passing to the estate upon death. The $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 residue goes to her stepmother and half brother, while she continues her nine years as a government clerk earning $660 yearly.
George Swanston, who finished a one year sentence in 1860 for violating pension laws, received a full pardon from President Benjamin Harrison and Secretary William S. Wharton. The pardon, dated September 3, 1890 and sent from Washington, was received in Columbus via St. Louis, with a late September stamp. The letter likely sat in a post office for years.
Mrs. Jeremiah Sheppard of Bridgeton watched as her husband drowned after wading into a deep hole near a boat off Somers Point. She chose to save her five-year-old son but could not reach the husband before he disappeared beneath the water, leaving the family in a terrible position.
Joseph Duff, a San Jose carpenter, went berserk at Lick Observatory in San Jose California, rout the astronomers and a large group of San Jose State normal summer school students on a excursion, seized control of the observatory and its priceless instruments for hours until H E Smith a Stanford student alerted the sheriff from Smiths Creek seven miles away for assistance.
Giuseppe Alla, the slayer of the Denge priest, died on the scaffold in Canyon City Colorado on Wednesday after cursing the Roman priesthood.
Samuel Gompers declares support for Bryan and Kern as labor friendly nominees. He says he will not tour or stump under conditions, maintaining independence while backing the ticket aligned with labor interests.
The Mexican rubber shrub guayalo faces rapid depletion after years of investment. Americans and Mexicans have sunk over 20 million dollars into rubber factories and lands. Experts say cultivation from seed can yield commercial shrubs in three to four years, but the plant is being ruthlessly exterminated. Federal botanists and agricultural experts are sent to the guayule region to conserve and replenish supplies.
Edward W. Parker of the United States Geological Survey says at the current rate consumption will exhaust anthracite by 2055. He notes U S usage could reach 2 3 billion tons annually by then and predicts average output around 600 million tons in the coming decade with 1907 production at about 480.45 million tons. Future generations may rely on alternative energy as coal wanes.
Federal officers, with Dr G W Counterman of New Albany Kansas age 70, were taken into custody on the confession of Adam Teter age 60 now jailed at Fort Scott after being arrested while passing a counterfeit coin. A search of Counterman’s New Albany home uncovered a large quantity of counterfeit money and a full counterfeiting setup with molds reportedly used for ten years.
Enrique Llamas a former Purdue student was discharged in New York on charges of stealing 12400 from Mrs Elizabeth Washburn who ran a Lafayette boarding house. Mrs Washburn and Llamas went to New York together and were arrested. Mrs Washburns husband testified and the complaint was dismissed after the money was recovered and returned to Mr and Mrs Washburn.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt will celebrate her 17th birthday next month at Oyster Bay. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt plan to present her to society at an unusually early debutante age to serve as a White House bud, potentially in the East Room ball, following in the steps of her elder sister Mrs. Longworth.
Austrian miner Pete Gallach was fatally wounded in an ambush near Brigham Utah while returning from Frisco mine. In four days two miners have died in sectarian clashes at Bingham, creating terror in the settlement known as Austrian town two miles from Bingham.
Rev. GE Mullins of Toursville Kentucky was re elected president at the recent Cleveland session. Vice presidents include Rev. G W Truitt Dallas Texas Rev W J Williamson St Louis and Charles Senior Toronto recording secretary EH W Reed Rock Island Indiana treasurer H B Osgood Chicago.
In Colorado Springs Colorado a bulldog leaped at a live electric wire to shield George Bradbury 17 and tore the wire from the boy's hands. The dog died instantly while the boy escaped with a severe shock. The act saved the youth from potentially fatal electrocution.
Developments are mainly favorable for future trade in Chicago as the government crop report matches expectations and harvest prospects improve. Retail holiday sales rise, stocks shrink, and clearance sales attract buyers in seasonable wares. Wholesale attendance grows. dry goods, footwear, woolens, clothing and furnishings demand rises. furniture is well received and advance bookings improve. Bank clearings five days total 214,464,019, down 20.1 percent from 268,404,801 the prior year. failures in Chicago district number 25, with liabilities over 5,000 six firms.
New York notes general calm in trade and industry with rising confidence about fall business aided by expectations of good crops. Filling orders from jobbers is high but small, retailers cut prices to spur demand, and western buyers plan excursions. Industry slightly steadier after holidays, though inventory and shutdown effects offset resumptions. Bradstreet's reports 246 US failures for the week ending July 0, 89 in Canada, with prior year comparisons.
Market roundup lists Chicago and Indianapolis cattle hogs and sheep ranges, grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and barley, plus sugar butter eggs potatoes and other farm prices. Entries include city and item with price ranges and quality grades, reflecting regional trading conditions.
Over 150 loaves allegedly underweight are under investigation by WW D McCall, inspector of bakeries in Minneapolis. The inquiry targets bakers suspected of furnishing customers with short weight bread, prompting inspections and regulatory scrutiny.
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