Tribune Denver In Editor Proprietor A Gordon
The Tribune published in Denver Indiana notes A Gordon serves as editor and proprietor.
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1905
Page
4
The Tribune published in Denver Indiana notes A Gordon serves as editor and proprietor.
A gas blast wrecked the Mossman building in Huntington West Virginia injuring three fatally and burying at least two. Four other people were hurt and six rescued, all badly injured with three believed to die. Rescuers labored to reach those trapped under the debris. Cleve and Frank Rude were identified among the bodies recovered. The disaster caused about 100000 in damages.
An excited crowd on Main Street Lafayette Indiana stripped a trading stamp company's store of stock and household furnishings within thirty minutes after being warned the stock was moving. No arrests were made and the manager is missing.
A serious crash on the Cincinnati and Indianapolis traction line near Acton Indiana followed an open switch. A streetcar traveling at speed crashed into a work car, splintering the car and injuring about fifteen passengers. Motorman Louis Rita is fatally hurt and Henry Oldman county auditor is in critical internal condition.
Three men named Waller Qher, Charles Jackson, and Charles Miles were executed in Pittsburg for the murder of Ivan Kluzer at Leetsdale on May 5 1904. Jackson and Obey faced the scaffold together, bidding the crowd farewell and promising to meet in heaven. Miles followed soon after as the sentences were carried out.
Special dispatch from Banff BC reports a disastrous coal mine fire raging for days near the town. Flames burst from the inner shaft two miles into the mountains as timbering set by a two year landslide burned. Damage is heavy and there is fear several persons have perished or are missing.
John M. Welker a prominent young business man shot his sweetheart Miss Minnie Melehing twice at ex-Sheriff Melehing's home on East Wayne Street Fort Wayne. He then shot himself and cut his throat with a penknife. recovery unlikely.
Forest fires have destroyed thousands of acres of blueberry marshes near Black River Falls Wisconsin. The Winnebago Indian remnant already afflicted by disease and poverty loses a key sustenance source. Rains fail to stop the flames as Northwest Wisconsin counties report dangerous fires.
A three masted schooner TH. L. Whiton bound from South Amboy to Boston with coal was run down and sunk by four masted schooner Charles A. Campbell off Orleans Massachusetts. Two Whiton crew members are reported lost.
An engine pulling a freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern fell into a washout near Caseyville Illinois. Engineer Charles Cottam of Washington Indiana was pinned beneath the overturned locomotive and killed.
Shanghai dispatch reports the British steamer Yuen We destroyed by fire at Tung Chou with 150 feared dead among Chinese passengers and crew.
A devastating blaze leveled the Hansen Fur Company building in Milwaukee, a six story brick structure. Origin of the fire remains unknown and losses are estimated at around $200,000. Firefighters battled the flames through the night, preventing spread to adjacent properties.
The weather bureau notes a cool week ending April 24 across east of the Rockies harming germination and growth. Frosts reached the south Atlantic Gulf states on the 17th, rains hindered Indiana work, and droughts pressed Missouri. Corn planting slowed except Missouri and Kansas, while spring wheat and oats faced slow growth but favorable prospects in northern regions.
Grover Cleveland criticizes certain women's clubs for undermining home life and motherhood while linking suffrage to moral decay. He argues sensible men fear not public participation but the effect on family character and social order, citing radical rhetoric and miscast punishments for voting women.
The Emperor of China honors President Diaz with the first grade Order of the Double Dragon. The Wing of Portugal is celebrated as an amateur painter with multiple exhibition medals. German traveler Robert Friesen claims Teelanders are the world’s most educated. The Sultan of Turkey is a night-active, frail figure with a hard agenda and a heavy smoking habit. Reschad Bey is described as a drunkard. Sir Frederick Bridge notes cabmen’s critic insight. Prince Charles of Denmark shows diverse skills from binding books to photography.
Milwaukee financier Frank G. Bigelow, president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, confesses a defalcation of 1.4 million dollars amid speculative losses in wheat and other ventures. The collapse epicentered in a prominent city figure, noted for philanthropy and mentorship to youths, ends with a dramatic fall from a trusted public role.
A historical list details defalcations by bankers and cashiers from 1884 to 1900. Entries name Ferd inand Ward of Grant & Ward, John C. Eno of Second National New York, Gideon W Marsh Keystone National Philadelphia, and other officials with losses ranging from 100000 to several million dollars.
The teamsters strike against Montgomery Ward in Chicago collapsed Monday night at garment workers request. The garment workers will continue their broader strike against 28 wholesale clothing houses with Chicago Federation of Labor backing. President Shea would drop the contest only if employers promise to reinstate all striking or discharged teamsters, a condition employers may reject, prompting continued action.
A messenger turned assistant cashier Goll fled, arrested Monday for collating national banking laws and posting a 25000 bond. Mayor Rose and bankers rally to avert a potential financial catastrophe as deposits surge and Chicago bankers arrive with 1100000 in cash to stabilize the First National Bank amid the Montgomery Ward strike context.
An analysis notes that divorce rates rise with urbanization and education. It cites 1881 national divorces at 20 762 and 1901 figures for cities with populations over 30 000, suggesting a shift in marriage stability and social norms.
R.G. Dun & Co weekly Chicago trade review reports seasonable progress and diversified activity with higher working forces and capital use. Grain marketing rose about 50 percent from last year, shipments nearly tripled, livestock and hides arrivals strong, and packing vigorous. Provisions ample, farm conditions excellent, mercantile collections prompt, and cash buying rising.
Daily market snapshot lists Chicago prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains including No 2 wheat at 91 to 8c, No 2 corn 45 to 4c, rye No 1 78 to 84c, hay timothy 8.50 to 13.50 per ton, butter 22 to 25c, eggs 18 to 15c, potatoes 20 to 29c. Detroit shows cattle 3.50 to 5.50, hogs 4.00 to 5.40, wheat No 2 99c to 1.00, corn No 3 48 to 49c, oats No 8 white 82 to 83c, rye No 2 83 to 84c. Milwaukee reports wheat No 2 northern 68 to 97c, corn No 3 46c, rye No 2 white 83 to 82c, barley No 2 80 to 82c, pork mess 12.10.
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