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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1909
Page
3
Telegraphic notes report Edward H. Harriman leaving all real and personal property to his widow Mary W. Harriman. Filed in Goshen New York the June 8 1903 will is extremely brief and public in New York City. Estimates place the estate between 76000000 and 100000000 with Arden estate costing about 2000000 and not yet finished.
George A. Astry of Indianapolis, deputy great commander of the Knights of the Maccabees of Indiana, shot himself three times in his barn. He is alive in precarious condition at 60, with a recent divorce for his wife. Eight are killed in a Nashville railroad wreck near Pegram Station, Tenn, with others hurt as cars burned. Mrs Rebecca Zisel Mandelbaum leapt overboard from the Dutch steamer Ryndam and drowned en route from Lotz Russia to Chicago to join her husband. Evansville flour mills and elevators owned by Inglehart Brothers burned, likely $200000 loss. origin in stable where twelve mules were laid.
Sunday reports Glenn H Curtis won Brescia grand prize while Paris rumors link Katherine Elkins with the Duke of the Abruzzi. Halley’s comet sighted by a Heidelberg astronomer and Edward Harriman buried on his Arden estate. US rail rebates to steamship lines allegedly billed for $46 million fines. John W. Castles of Union Trust dies by his own hand. Interior charges on Indian lands in Wisconsin fac.
John W. Castles president of Union Trust Company, 80 Broadway, cut his throat with a razor at the Grand Union Hotel in New York. He had suffered months of nervous prostration from overwork. The Union Trust, a major New York bank with deposits over 60 million, elected Castles in December 1908 and began duties in January after leaving Guaranty Trust. The panic era and heavy workload contributed to his decline.
Abdul Hamid recovers from threat of throat abscess. the deposed Persian shah to reside at the Dalstein villa in Odessa. Three plague cases and one death reported on Hawaii. Honolulu shows no cases yet. Hupeh gentry protest Hankow Sze Chuen railroad loan to American bankers. Enrique Creel offered US interior secretary post by Diaz. Paris Matin buys Bleriot monoplane for museum. Richard Croker and niece Stella Bowman host large Dublin show party. Croker plans America visit. Morocco war interest seen by King Alfonso and Maura party. royal household silent on any entertainments amid the war.
Tuesday James J. Hill warned bankers that a farm decline threatens prosperity while the Northwestern road advances 277 miles to cut Milwaukee from the Twin Cities. Taft in Boston urged harmony as he begins a 43000 mile tour and Peary challenged Cook’s pole claim.
Maj Gen Edward M McCook died at Chicago Baptist Hospital after months of Brights disease. Born 1833 in Ohio, he served as Colorado Territory governor, US minister to Hawaii, and a Civil War Major General. He helped organize the Kansas legion and gave funeral oration for Gen Thomas. He lived in Denver. body returned to Steubenville, Ohio.
Theresa Tracopolo, seven, was found dead in Utica with a bullet in the head. Fanny Infusino, six, was shot in the stomach and cannot recover. A little Infusino brother is gravely wounded from a arm wound. The three had been missing since Sunday evening and were last seen with a man about forty. Their bodies and the wounded were found in a deep hollow under masonry arches after an all night search. The grocer father of Fanny is in the Italian quarter.
Three thousand pressed steel car company workers at the McKee's Rocks plant struck anew as management discharged several leaders. Unrest erupts over wages and conditions, signaling deeper labor tension at the works.
Canada asserts ownership of all Arctic land north of North America up to the pole in response to a House of Commons question. The claim covers territory between the Canadian boundary and the pole, with possession of Arctic islands attributed to explorer Captain Bernier, who is reportedly lost in the north.
Gasoline stove explosion and filling of the tank ignite flames at the Walsh family summer cottage. In all thirteen people were in the home. three Walsh children Constance 9 months, Robert 4, John 5 die. William 9 and Sarah sustain burns aiding siblings. father injured while trying to refill a burner.
Italian instructor and religious teacher at Fletcher Place Methodist Episcopal Church in Indiana was badly beaten by a masked assailant armed with a club after receiving threats. Authorities report the suspect may be Italian and tied to ongoing tensions.
Unclear OCR fragment reading as a brief item. It mentions an event or object labeled Oate with terms bantiers drop and nome, but lacks dates, places or identifiable actors to confirm a fuller report.
On his fifty second birthday President Taft began a 13 000 mile tour with a Boston to Albany train segment. He spoke to 3 000 in Boston prophesying greater commerce and detailed proposals for monetary reform, praising Senator Aldrich while warning against central bank abuses and political manipulation. The tour will end with a Nov 10 Richmond address.
Frank Bilnine of Washington D C was discharged from Casualty Hospital after suffering a center brain bullet embedded for more than two weeks. Doctors say no ill effects are expected and he talked rationally during recovery. An X ray confirmed the bullet’s position in the brain.
Omaha cotton glove factory manager Guy Anderson confessed he staged a fire Saturday night to cover a safe robbery. Fire damaged the plant valued at about 10000 dollars and the unlocked safe was found among the ruins. Police found Anderson at the scene and arrested him on arson charges. He did not reveal the amount robbed.
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