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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
4
Chaotic OCR prose recounts violence, disasters, legal notices, convicts shot, a Alaska fire, a free alcohol bill, robberies, a cyclone, and planned openings in Robinson Park with scattered names and places like Mississippi, Madrid, Grensboro, and Bunker Hill.
Margaret Rhoads, aged around 50, is described as the oldest tollgate keeper in the United States. She has tended the Springhouse and Sumneytown Turnpike gate for over fifty years with her husband, John Pent Rhoads, and continued solo after his death.
Federal reports detail how consular compensation is fixed by Congress and how fee structures affect applicants. Officials note several fees may be reduced, while current schedules show charges tied to specific services and sections of the foreign office.
Alexander Berkman, who attempted to assassinate Henry Clay Frick during the 1892 Homestead strike in Pennsylvania, was freed after thirteen years in the western penitentiary and one year in the Allegheny workhouse. He declined further confrontation and planned to lead a quiet, honest life in St Louis.
Irwin Tucker, president of the Savings Bank of Newport News, Va, killed himself in his bank room just as Chief Reynolds prepared to arrest him on a warrant for a $10,000 default. A mirror scene and a porter outside preceded Tucker's fatal shot through the temple as the door opened.
U S Senator Joseph Burton of Kansas is ordered to serve six months in jail pay a 2500 dollar fine and be forever barred from holding public office by a federal Supreme Court ruling. Colleagues move to strip him of his toga as reaction spreads. Coroner Jerom suspects a Philadelphia death at the Colonnaide hotel involves Prof Enrich Muenter the missing Harvard professor linked to a wife’s poisoning case in Massachusetts.
In Des Moines a temporary platform gave way during a Presbyterian assembly, sending 600 church officials to the ground. Many were injured, five seriously, but no deaths were reported amid a miraculous absence of fatalities. Also, British torpedo boat No. 56 capsized near Port Said in a storm, seven crew members drowned.
Fire leveled Fairbanks business district in a three story building, threatening the town’s food supply. Officials estimate losses around 1.0 million dollars. warehouses of Commercial Northern Company burned to hinder food stocks. No lives were reported as lost.
Janes Theodore Walker a young club ten and reputed millionaire of St Louis died at his estate near Clarksville after a gasoline line explosion. A servant and the bride of a year witnessed the blast while rescuers fought the flames. the bride escaped unharmed.
Locals report drivers in a New York area union conflict over funerals payment. Officers rejected a collective settlement after meetings. Attendants planned a banquet and funeral banquets to protest while undertakers continued service delays.
Two street cars crowded with G A R veterans collided near Lafayette Indiana as the state soldiers home stood two miles away. Charles Ronderush suffered severe injuries including loss of limbs and is not expected to survive. Many passengers were killed or injured in the crash. A gallows death sentence was upheld for Frank Alett and Mrs Agede Moyers for the murder of Clarence Myers during a scheme to remove him and secure an inheritance.
Summer vacation schools opened in Golden Gate Park San Francisco to shelter refugees. The militia supplied seventeen tents at the school board request. Tents are scattered across the park and 1500 pupils are expected to attend GUG pupils already enrolled.
At Berkeley California during a rites of Tagan fire worship exhibition Priest Paulin Apihannis and his wife attempted to walk barefoot across a pit of white hot stones Their clothing caught fire and they were severely burned.
Commissioner James N. Garfield says he will submit to the President further information on the inquiry into the industry. It is not yet determined if the output will be a single report or multiple separate reports.
Eleven general military prisoners serving two to five year terms escaped from the Fort Oglethorpe guardhouse in Tennessee Sunday night. They slipped past sentries by sawing through steel bars, triggering a search by authorities.
John McCormack of Brooklyn stopped a mob led by his wife that aimed to kill the motorman whose streetcar had fatally struck his young son. The father cited bitter regret and memory as the motive for shielding the man, preventing further violence.
A verdict of death by own actions was returned in the case of Charles L. Spier of New York confidential agent of H. H. Rogers of the Standard Oil Company. Spier was reported killed by a burglar, but the finding clarifies he died by his own act.
A blaze at Washington avenue Ogden Utah wiped out about half a block of business houses causing estimated losses around 350000 dollars. Fire officials say damage covers storefronts and contents and investigations are ongoing.
The cruiser Columbia departs Philadelphia with 600 marines bound for Santo Domingo guarding customs houses as Washington weighs armed intervention. Veterans among the contingent foretell hard fighting and a potential broader move with additional ships en route.
The Rio Grande treaty ends a long dispute over water sharing between the United States and Mexico. Secretary Rout and Ambassador Cassius sign for the two governments, awaiting Senate approval. The agreement aims to allocate river water fairly while recognizing U S costs for thawing and canal work. about ten thousand acres may be irrigated as a result.
An aged farmer John Deviney of Buttermilk Hollow near lbuquesne La sought suicide by rope. His horse Ol Bill kicked, knocking him through the stable wall. Deviney was injured but expected to recover while the horse saved his life.
California Governor Pardee declines to honor extradition papers from Governor Pennypacker for R. V. Mitchell, accused of swindling Wilkes Barre residents out of $60,000 by selling stock in a worthless gold mine. A detective delivering the requisition asks exposes Pardee’s stance.
Robert Waldrit a baggage boy at Hotel Jefferson St Louis survived a thirteen floor fall when an elevator cable broke while he rode up with freight. He is injured internally with multiple broken bones and doctors at city hospital express hope for recovery. In a separate case Judge Landis rules no misappropriation found in Zion faction struggle Tiowie investigators report assets exceed liabilities and no receiver will be appointed.
The torpedo boat Vesuvius was testing a 21 inch turbine torpedo off Coddington Cove in Narragansett Bay when the torpedo worth about 10000 dollars was lost. Only two torpedoes of this kind have been built for the navy.
Four people are dead as fires sweep across Michigan and Wisconsin counties. Towns are wiped out and others severely damaged. Millions of dollars in standing timber are destroyed by the wildfires.
The Senate reviewed amendments to the rate regulation bill, with shifts on pipeline and anti pass provisions as the House passed the naval appropriation bill at 9,764,000. A late amendment favored Pacific coast bidders and the naturalization bill reform stalled progress. The Senate passed railroad rate regulation and the legislative appropriation bill later in the week, while immigration and consular debates dominated in both houses.
In the National Capital Senator Beveridge of Indiana will introduce a bill for stringent federal regulation of the meat business. House Democrats led by Williams of Mississippi mounted a prolonged but unsuccessful filibuster against the negro bill. Pennsylvania railroads paid rebates to coal shippers as testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Bernard S. Rodey of New Mexico as United States district judge.
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