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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
2
Panic in the Mott Avenue subway area as a dense smoke filled the station. Fifteen people fainted and two were seriously injured while only one elevator remained to the street sixty five feet above. The blaze stemmed from a pumping station and fueled by circulating fumes.
A man named Gioanni Jacob Wieving faces Pottsville hearings after a cigarette caused forest fires above St Aly Pa. Fierce winds fanned the flames destroying thousands of acres as wardens struggled to halt them. In Utah a quarry explosion at Union Portland Cement Co. at Devil's Slide killed 25 workers. Most victims were Japanese and Greek, with around 20 injured. the blast damaged poles and telegraph lines.
An unknown man about ten feet from the brink climbed over and went over Niagara Falls. He is described as six feet tall, medium build, 45 to 50 years old with a dark moustache, wearing dark clothes a sack coat and a soft hat.
The second annual workhorse parade by the Youngstown Humane Society drew at least 20 000 spectators. The event showcased carts and traditional equine displays as community attendees enjoyed a day of exhibits.
Twenty five western railroads were temporarily restrained by U S District Judge David P Dyer in Hannibal Missouri from enforcing a general interstate freight rate increase The action filed by the United States government alleges the rates were fixed by agreement in violation of the Sherman act The petition named Attorney General Wickersham and others as signers and listed the involved lines including Missouri Pacific Panhandle Chicago and Northwestern and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe among many others
Edison advances toward a color moving pictures device while Minols manufacturers plan to buy the Iinoss coal with gauge charges for operators. London observer Moreton Nrewen describes the Spain America episode as an accident with Baron Holleben Lord Pauncefote Wayne McVeigh and Senator Lodge among those noted. Glenn H Curtiss piloted an aeroplane from Albany to New York covering 137 miles in 2 hours 32 minutes earning $10 000 from the New York World and setting a new air speed record.
Reports outline a New York to Chicago aeroplane race for 25000 dollars and a large set of political and legal developments. Taft reviews troops in New York, Roosevelt plans a nationwide tour, and a Denver court orders rail rate cuts while Chicago brokers face graft probes.
Alma Kellner, 8, disappeared December 8 after leaving home for St. John’s School in Louisville. Police say Lena Wendling, wife of church janitor Joseph Wendling, arrested as accessory. body found incased in carpet in a cellar with bones broken and skull fractured. quick burial attempt evident. Wendling identified by crimson stains on clothing. discovery by Richard Sweet, a plumber.
State Senator C. W. Holstlaw of Iuka Marion County is indicted on two counts for perjury in grand jury testimony from an oral bribery probe. Four other women are under investigation as more indictments are contemplated by State's Attorney Mdhmund Burke. The perjury charge concerns a sworn statement denying writing a letter to W. Knox of Derby Desk Co, while Burke holds a letter from Nolshaw to Knox related to a contract.
Julia Ward Howe celebrated her 92nd birthday with a family gathering at her Beacon Street home in Yeston. Relatives and friends sent flowers telegrams and letters from around the world as no public observance was held.
A meeting near Geneva organized the Geneva Elevator Company to serve local farmers. Mrs. John Cummings runs a 400 acre Boston area farm employing 36 men with wages around 1000 dollars monthly. Omaha Road seeks state approval to build into Superior and to ore docks on St Louis Bay to compete with Great Northern and Northern Pacific in ore transport.
The battleship South Carolina set a new world record in big gun shooting with forward 12 inch guns, hitting 16 targets in 4 minutes 51 seconds and achieving 16 bullseyes from 16 shots. This display emphasized United States naval marksmanship superiority.
German bacteriologist Professor Robert Koch died in Baden Baden after a year of declining health. His work included a tuberculosis coloring method, diphtheria antitoxin, sleeping sickness research, a rat-killing gas, and preventive lymph cures. He was in his seventieth year and held high Kaiser favor.
A flamboyant Pittsburgh indiscipline case alleges Dallas C Byers, a wealthy steel magnate indicted for graft, faked death in France last August. Report claims he vanished with $14 million from assets, avoided wills, and lapsed life policies, while a sealed casket in a Pittsburgh cemetery supposedly marked his burial. Proponents cite detectives’ France Switzerland arrests and a French stroke death notice as proof.
A blaze in Minneapolis began around 1 am and raged for hours destroying four large implement warehouses the Great Northern Implement Company Rock Island Northwestern and Waterbury and injuring one man Christ Madison in serious condition. The Sixth Avenue Hotel suffered near total loss. Three engines from St Paul aided the effort. Principal losses include Northern Rock Island Plow $200000 Great Northern Implement $250000 Waterbury stock and building $100000 and Wright building Saginaw Michigan $200000.
Special report submitted to Census Director Durand notes the average annual salary of gospel ministers across denominations was about $663. The document, prepared for the 1906 census, sketches financial figures for religious missions and bodies represented.
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