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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
4
Reports from Cincinnati Ohio describe a massive eleven story blaze at Fourth and Race where more than twenty were injured, many severely. Firefighters rescued survivors as victims were taken to hospitals or homes. a heroic boy saved his mother but died in the effort.
Chang Chung, reputedly among the wealthiest oriental residents, dies after a pneumonia attack in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Two of his four wives were with him. his passing follows alleged political entanglements and countrymen policies.
Edward English, wealthy lumberman of Mount Vernon, was held by a lone robber about three miles from town. The bandit forced him to write a $5,000 ransom note and a letter to his wife. English escaped, alerted Henry Day, and deputies pursue the kidnapper as a bungled escape plan unfolds.
The storm cut rail service for six days starting Saturday night near Medicine Plat Sask. Riders from the district south near the U S border report fearful conditions and scarce shelter. Travelers William Mitchell Danial Chaperon and others faced peril as sheep herders were stranded with several feared dead. two sheep herders survived after sixty hours without sleep and nourishment. A band of horsemen were driven into Many Tshindi Lake with only two saved.
Harvard economist Thomas Nixon Carver argues in a recent article that men earning less than 15 dollars weekly should not marry or raise a family in Boston. He warns unskilled workers would flood the market, harming skilled labor and proposes restricting unskilled foreign labor to improve economic conditions.
Chicago veteran Ossian Guthrie, famed as the father of Chicago's drainage systems and a notable geologist and engineer, died Sunday after a 15 week illness. He was 50 years old.
The article notes President Roosevelt turning TQ years old on Tuesday and reflects his view of nearing the end of his term. He says he has no regrets, has done some things, and has many years ahead, including a planned year in Africa.
An indictment returned by the federal grand jury in Omaha charges Theodore Kharsn with using the mails for fraudulent purposes connected to a mechanical street car advertising device. Kharsn was arrested. Eight years ago Kharsn ran for governor on the Socialist ticket.
Heavy rains raise the New river district water level allowing shipment of over 1,000,000 bushels of Kanawha coal to Cincinnati. Local packets between Gallipolis, Cincinnati and Louisville resume trips. Lunny men who have been ill for three months will be given employment.
D. Z. Lennessy, chief steward at the Norfolk naval station, shot his wife after her refusal to live with him. He then fired at her sister Ida Chippendale as she entered the room and killed himself, dying instantly.
Silas C. G. McFarland, consul general at large for the European district, shot himself on a railroad train between Adamburg and Berlin, Germany, and died instantly. The body was removed at Ludwigslust.
A conference of governors from tobacco and cotton states likely soon after the election will discuss measures to curb night rider violence. Sparked by incidents in Kentucky and Tennessee, the plan may broaden to Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Missouri Ohio Indiana Illinois and other states with attendance proposals circulating.
Report by Vice Consul Chanter of Dalney notes over 500000 people migrated to Siberia in 1907. Colonists receive 57 acres each with tax exemptions for three years, while mining leads growth. Siberia’s trade with China favors China. imports remain low as exports to China reach around one hundred thousand dollars.
Gases from Mexico's large oil field about sixty miles from Tampico have killed several workers and forced others to flee. Captain Michael Tharichsen reported the scene after steamship City of Mexico reached New Orleans. American mine owners fought the fire and, after spending over a million dollars, extinguished the flames. Gases burst forth again when the blaze was stopped. Mexican government is urged to act as soldiers replace laborers who refuse to stay.
Mrs Winifred Henry aged 40 or 0? and her 11 year old Basil were found suffocated by gas at 400 West Madison Street Chicago. Detectives Barry and Bowler from Desplaines Street station made the discovery while chasing a fugitive. Coroner's jury finds Mrs Henry temporarily insane and gas was turned on to kill herself and her son.
Jay Cooke rector of St Stephen’s Episcopal Church Schuylerville N Y collapsed from heart disease in the Schenectady Railway Company waiting room. He was carried inside and died. He reportedly came to the city to hear W U Taft and was on his way home when stricken.
Albert Wesner, foreman of pipe-fillers at the Standard Oil plant in Sugar Creek near Kansas City, was arrested on a charge of buying votes in the August primaries. He was indicted by the grand jury recently. Wesner serves on the school board and is described as a man of considerable influence in the oil company’s service.
Ross Keefer of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania took a beagle hound for a woods try out. The dog barked at an old uprooted stump and Keefer, gun ready, uncovered a pocket book containing $670.
A Bluefields cable reports a disastrous hurricane swept Nicaragua’s coast last Sunday causing ruin in Illo Grande and Pringapulka and heavy interior damage with significant loss of life.
Wallace H. Hopkins, a broker who vanished from Chicago last April amid mining stock and merger scheme concerns, has been arrested in Seattle drawing reactions from investors involved in the case.
Mrs. Randa Johnson of Chicago confronts her husband Henry T. Johnson and Blanche Bobba in a Kansas City county jail corridor. Johnson, a chef, eloped with Bobba two years earlier. Johnson’s wife pursued him through Detroit Omaha Buffalo and Michigan towns until a warrant led police to apprehend them.
Congressman J R Mann and a standing timber inquiry team visited St. Paul to press the national pulp supply issue. They questioned Frederick Weyerhaeuser about standing timber and future forest reserves, with emphasis on fire prevention and the West as the source of future timber.
Captain Peter C Hains Jr U S A will claim temporary insanity after shooting William E E Annis at the Bay Mule Yacht Club landing last August Supreme Court Judge Garrettson overruled a defense demurrer in the case of I Jenkins Hains brother of the captain Jenkins Tains pleaded not guilty MeIatyre for defense entered not guilty for Capt Hains Travis was argued insane at the time of the killing District Attorney Varvin offered no objection to the plea
President Ding of Mexico denies retirement rumors at the end of his term. The letter states the reports are premature and unfounded and implies he will run again, noting the statement reflected a personal desire rather than a formal decision.
A Neosho man identified as Tee Nutt shot and killed his wife Tianche and his cousin Jacob Nicely inside a Joplin shoe store after meeting them unarmed. Nutt surrendered to authorities without resistance and was later moved from Neosho where the couple had left prior to the confrontation.
A major fire at Salisbury Beach Mass burned over 100 sunlit cottages, causing heavy losses. The blaze, which began at the New Era hotel, raged for hours before crews from Amesbury and Newburyport brought it under control after the hotel closed for the season.
A man mortally wounds his wife and attempts suicide by cutting his wrists. Knox, from Knoxville, Tennessee, is linked to the case amid fears of contagion spreading to the brain.
A severe earthquake shock was felt in Cairo Illinois at 6 28 o clock Tuesday evening. The quake produced a rumbling sound and lasted four or five seconds with the epicenter or general direction from south southwest to north northeast.
Marriage of L. C. Edenfield and Miss Leslie Carter of Millwood reported after a feud between groom’s supporters and bride’s relatives. The clash left two dead and several wounded.
Edward P. Moxey, federal bank examiner, cites lax enforcement and laxity in the Great White Way as key factors behind a wave of bank failures. He points to high finance and weak judicial enforcement as contributors.
The Chicago Weekly Review notes early signs of recovery with higher bank payments and lower commercial mortality versus 1907 and 1906. It reports broader distribution of goods, favorable agricultural conditions, but warns that a healthy future requires stronger underlying momentum. Bank clearings dip slightly year over year.
New York reports show retail trade steadier due to warm weather and election nerves, while manufacturers buy more raw material expecting a year end upturn. Wheat movement lifts Northwest distributive centers, drought cuts Ohio river traffic and coal flows, and textile activity shows cautious improvement. US weekly business failures total 231, versus 244 prior week. Canada 51, vs 29 last week.
Commodity quotes across Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee list cattle hogs sheep and grain futures with prices for wheat corn oats rye timothy prairie butter ergs potatoes and pork. Figures show bid ranges per market and grade precise to cents per bushel or hundredweight.
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