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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
3
Orville Wright and Lt. Thomas Selfridge crash during two man flight at Fort Meyer. Selfridge dies from injuries, Wright seriously injured but to recover. Propeller failure caused airframe to overturn and plummet to the ground.
Former Cleveland banker A. P. F. Bonelli charged with stealing 30000 dollars arrives in New York as a prisoner aboard the Afghan Prince from Brazil. He disappeared June 18 and faced complaints of remittance failures to Italy before his arrest in Sao Paulo. He will be sent to Cleveland immediately.
A shipment from the MII stream Stud at Lexington Kentucky owned by Miller Bishop and Painter of New York includes the $80,000 stallion Adam and twenty three brood mares valued at $200,000. The lot leaves for New York to be shipped to France for sale, the most valuable consignment ever sent from Lexington by one firm.
A one month old chicken owned by Miss May Deitrich of Columbus Indiana hatched seven chicks from eggs laid by the hen. The incident shows no race death by own action affecting the poultry industry.
Marion Warner of Warsaw Indiana reports a hen egg with raised shell letters W H T. He interprets the inscription as a sure sign that William H Taft will win the election. The tale ties to Taft campaign folklore in a local light.
The body of Mrs. Ashton Harvey wife of a New York lawyer was found in Stewart Hartshorn estate lake at Short Hills New Jersey. Dressed in white and jeweled she wore a 25000 dollar pearl necklace a diamond tiara and sunburst brooches. Her husband and daughter reported odd behavior and bloodhounds led to the body with believed suicide.
Fires along the Duluth extension and east of Port Arthur threaten timber assets. The blaze reaches near Hymers and torchs the camp of George Mooring on Pigeon River. Thunder Cape area is reportedly fully burned. Thousands of dollars in timber damage reported.
Premier Heemskerk delivered the throne speech at the states general opening noting only brief differences with Venezuela. The government seeks to overcome a recent interruption in friendly relations and mentions Curacao’s trade loss due to the interruption.
The Chicago New York Limited on the Erie line wrecked in Geneva Pennsylvania injuring thirty four. Erie officials blame wreckers and have brought bloodhounds from Greenville to trace them after a switch left open caused the accident.
A warrant is issued for Mrs Carriet KE Munroe of Washington DC owner of the copyright for The Scottish Reformation. The play at Rhoads Opera House Havertown Pa last January caused 171 deaths. She allegedly employed incompetent help leading to the disaster.
Acting under instructions from Cow doxy, Attorney General Jackson appeared in the Circuit Court of Kansas City, Kan, and asked that the appealed case of malfeasance in office against Assistant Attorney General W. W. Trickett be dismissed. The court complied with the request. Trickett was recently convicted and fined $500 in the north city court.
A burning newspaper dropped into a well in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, revealed the body of William Booth of Williamsport. Booth had been missing for a week and likely fell into the well, dying from injuries and starvation before being discovered.
Mrs. Mary I Logan widow of Gen John A Logan files suit in District of Columbia Supreme Court seeking 43 400 damages for alleged personal injuries from being thrown to the ground while alighting a Washington street car on May 29.
Dr. George F. Shrady coroner of Manhattan states the electric chair does not always kill and cites a case where a man recovered consciousness after shock.
Orville Wright establishes another aviation record by staying aloft in a tent aeroplane for one hour and ten minutes at Stort Myer, Virginia, demonstrating remarkable endurance and machine reliability.
Adjt. Gen. Wood and Minnesota naval militia report Beven and six Indians killed while attempting to rescue homesteaders at Nester near Grand Marais. Fire girdles Grand Marais. Lutsen faces extreme danger as flames threaten homes and supplies.
Graves county laborer Charles Wellh prepares to start a bank and real estate business after selling a Ballard county kettle of coins. The haul dated 1800 to 1804 and valued at 1200 after selling all but $100 in silver to Grayles E. Clark & Co of Cincinnati. Local tale says Civil War era hoard buried by a man named Keith.
Mystery surrounds a ranch crime near Spokane as a fire razes all buildings and the owner is found murdered beside a country road a half mile from the house. Coroner notes the body mangled and investigators consider robbery. motive remains unclear while Mrs A 8 Thoms of Spokane reports the chilling message.
George Sands, 79, is jailed in Kansas City for counterfeiting after five glass jars hidden in his yard contained 46 fake silver dollars. Police say he admits a prior arrest in New Jersey. A neighbor found the first jar while potting flowers.
Nine people die and thirty are injured when a car carrying black powder explodes in Windsor Missouri after John Wesley, a Black man, throws a lit match into spilled powder. Wesley is killed in the explosion, his body horribly mutilated.
Miss Beatrice Woods, part of a six bear troupe, was attacked by the largest bear during a fair performance in Fort Plain New York. The bear bit her shoulder and clawed her face before handlers drove it away. Spectators panicked and several women fainted.
Eleven Black residents arrested in Ninety Six South Carolina are jailed in Greenwood on charges of insurrection amid racial tension. An intercepted letter shows a band planned to shoot up the town Sunday night September 6, but flood delays halted rifle delivery.
Congressman J. Adam Bede of the Eighth Minnesota District loses renomination after a hard race. In the First District James A. Tawney initially seemed doomed but late returns show he survived the Republican primaries. Both contenders fought hard and expected re election.
Captain Nathaniel Keeney and two companions hauled aboard an eight-foot, 1200 pound man eating shark captured while fishing for sea bass from a power launch off Race Rock New London Conn. The team knocked the shark on the head before securing it.
A severe forest fire in Muskoka Ontario has engulfed Rosseau and surrounding areas. The blaze has caused extensive damage as crews suspend work to contain the spread and protect lives and properties. Emergency measures are in place and authorities urge residents to stay clear of affected zones.
Smoke from forest fires in the Northwest traveled about 470 miles to Chicago on Sunday, enveloping the city with a hazy air. Local residents reported reduced visibility and a noticeable odor as skies remained hazy throughout the day.
Detectives from Lackawanna, Wic, and Ontario and Western railroads hunt a third member of a brutal trio accused of torturing William Hartley, an elderly Glenwood farmer, after robbers entered his home and found only 8.50. Two suspects, William Wundell and Oscar Platt, were captured. the remaining assailant remains at large.
Mrs. Nellie Agnes McDougie, 22, of Cincinnati, killed herself with chloroform after a day with husband Samuel Edwin McDougie, a Parkersburg lawyer. The couple had been separated for some time. no divorce. He left to seek a train and disappeared, while authorities investigate her death.
The Vicksburg National Military Park commission reports state appropriations totaling $260000 for memorials, monuments, and markers to individuals and organizations. Illinois leads with $200000, followed by Towains $150000 and Wisconsin $120000, as various states fund Union navy and Confederate memorials in the park. An additional $200000 is proposed for a park memorial to Union navy services in the Vicksburg campaign.
A rear end collision on the Myrtle Avenue line in Brooklyn killed motorist George Novilner and injured about twenty five passengers. Firemen used ladders to rescue trapped riders as trains halted after a blaze caused panic and cars were thrown from seats.
Election returns show the Democratic State ticket victorious in Arkansas by large majorities as city election officers allegedly ignored poll tax receipt requirements. Prohibitionists had bitterly opposed the ticket and attacked the State board.
A Tuesday blaze caused about 400000 dollars in property damage and destroyed over fifteen acres of lumber yards along with more than twenty tenement homes, several factories, and railroad property on both sides of the Saco river in Saco and Biddeford Maine.
Victor and Louise Trosch an elderly New York pair who just celebrated their golden wedding were found dead from gas. Gas tubes were placed in each mouth and the couple were clasped in each other’s arms, each having tied the tube for the other.
Fred Schroeder aged 63 a well known character in Hastings Minnesota was killed by the Hastings and Dakota train at Vermillion while crossing the tracks.
Lewis Stuyvesant Chana, lieutenant governor of New York, was nominated for governor by the Democratic State convention in Rochester. The nomination was by acclamation.
Official and unofficial returns indicate the Prohibition party carried Arkansas in the election by about 110000 to 32000, despite a strong saloonist vote among Black voters. The report notes the dry triumph amid contrasting support.
In Chicago the labor holiday and heat temper business with lower commodity movements and a sharp drop in crop markets. Bank payments stay low, but overall conditions remain encouraging as fall buying expands, dry goods and apparel sell well, and outside buyers set new records. Mercantile credits stay healthy and bank clearings total five days at 195,553,000, down 19.5 percent from 1907. five large liabilities.
The Bradstreet’s Commercial Report notes a moderate expansion in jobbing and retail trade driven by fall crop prices and broader movement of cereals and cotton tea. Western, Pacific coast, and southern centers lead, while agricultural areas outperform large industrial cities in retail activity. US weekly failures total 191, down from 210 prior week. Canada reports 24 failures.
Market roundup lists prices for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Prices include wheat corn oats rye and hay with ranges in each city and grade.
Heavy rains across the Northwest are said to have aided corn and late potatoes. Fire destroyed the Patterson Brothers yellowware pottery works in Wellaville Ohio causing about 50 000 dollars in losses.
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