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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
3
William T. Ellis surveys Indian sentiment toward Great Britain and the reach of Swadeshi and nationalism. He notes missionaries attract converts mainly from the lowest castes, the role of schools and industrial training, and the impact on modern Indian consciousness while predicting growing mission interest amid political agitation.
The article details the extreme physical hardships faced by missionaries in India including heat up to 150 degrees, plague seasons with high death tolls, and the danger of snakes. It notes few converts despite years of effort as seen at Benares and by a British veteran with only three converts in 16 years.
Real estate talk features a man praising Manhattan land value on a crowded isthmus route. He recalls buying a single vacant lot at 227 and a million-dollar price for a front foot, planning instant deed delivery but facing a $70 million cash requirement. The piece ties to Tampico cattle shipping and a Monte Alto ranch with 398 cows and bulls, valued around $1.5 million.
In New York on January 7 1907 Harry K Thaw faced a second trial for the murder of Stanford White Justice Victor J Dowling presiding Nine jurors selected including Charles Gremmels with scruples against capital punishment noted Thaw appeared pale and cautious entering the courtroom while his wife Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and sister Mrs George Lauder Carnegie observed proceedings
Nine men aboard a skiff working for Kansas Natural Gas Co. overturned near Kickapoo Kansas. Seven drowned. two survivors Ralph Hill and Elmer Hundley were rescued by Ernest Schweitzer risking his life. Victims include Frank Hill 54 and Charles Baker 42 with families. The group, residents of Kickapoo, were constructing a pipeline under the Missouri River and were returning to the Kansas side when the accident occurred.
An ordinance introduced by Councilman Sullivan at the new board's first meeting would bar women from smoking in cafes restaurants and other public entertainment spaces. It calls for a public hearing and sets a maximum $259 fine and 10 days imprisonment for proprietors who permit tobacco use by women. The measure cites a Fifth Avenue incident on New Year's Eve as triggering the reform.
Rome January 7 King Victor Emmanuel knighted Nelson Day of Boston Magnate now living in Rome, a Knight of the Crown of Italy.
In a Ford's Station collision between a passenger car and an express car on the Evansville Mt. Vernon line, J Niederhurst of Mt. Vernon was killed and seven injured. Motorman Delvan Brown is missing and sought by police. authorities say the crash stemmed from disobeying orders as Brown attempted to transfer cars and rammed the express train. Brown is believed to be injured and at large, with authorities calling the act possibly crazy.
Winchester Indiana William H Demery aged 82 longtime private valet to Commodore Perry died in the county infirmary. He once worked as a steward in Astor and Broadway hotels and sailed with Perry on the Japan expedition. He also served on the Washington the first American steamship and owned farms in the county. He married Martha Scruggins daughter of his mother's former master.
A 65 year old Crawfordsville man with gray hair and chin whiskers, wearing a light overcoat, was stricken with paralysis as he stepped from a Vandalia train at Waveland. He was found unconscious and in critical condition with no chance of recovery.
Evansville Indiana W J Wood member of the state railway commission began an investigation into the wreck on the Evansville and Mt Vernon traction line where one person was killed and eight injured. Dalton H Brown motorman has not been found.
A blaze destroyed St. Anne's Orphans Home in Terre Haute Indiana. About one hundred orphans were inside when the fire began, causing panic but all escaped unharmed. Loss is estimated around 10000 dollars.
An open switch on the Big Four railroad at Weisberg Indiana triggered a rear end freight collision. Two box cars were partially destroyed and an unknown German, who was driving toward Cincinnati, died in a box car. In Jeffersonville Indiana a rumor that Bailee L Burtt withdrew from the Democratic primary for county commissioner First district is denied.
In Evansville Indiana the railroad shops will cut the working line from eight to five hours starting Monday. About 230 men will be affected by the change.
A circuit court suit seeks to prevent the Pennsylvania Railway Co from removing and altering track switches in the Barth Tannery Co yard. The action centers on proposed switching changes and their effect on the tanneries operations and navigation of the yard.
Fire damaged the Indiana Farmer building at Court and Delaware in Indianapolis with two blazes an hour apart causing several thousand dollars in losses. The first basement fire affected Palmer & Cornelius, then a larger fire damaged Fred C. Victor’s cigar plant Mose Wolf’s factory and Oxydem optics. Insurance covered the losses. Residents on Prospect Street remain terrorized as fires destroy nearly a dozen houses and barns in weeks with fires peaking at similar hours.
Marion anderson and muncie strikers urged 75 Marion street car men to join, or lose their Amalgamated Association charter. Fred Faye said the decision followed a day of waiting for a walkout. One crew refused work. police stood by on early cars. Union Traction Co. holds hundreds of strike breakers. Local workers show reluctance to quit amid national union pressure.
The Muncie situation improved as cars ran on all lines without major incidents. Major General W J McKee, commanding troops, said the city was much better and expected no new outbreaks beyond small boy provocations.
J E Hedges of Iesey county narrowly survived a 40 mile an hour train ride when he, asleep, walked to the platform and stepped off the St Louis Flyer from New Albany to Milltown. He suffered only a scalp wound. Indiana National Guard units are ordered ready to move to Muncie amid street railway strike tensions. A L Behner, Amalgamated Association vice president, is asked to leave Muncie as authorities push for settlement talks.
Old soldiers of New Albany sign a petition urging Congress to support a recently introduced bill that would grant Civil War veterans who served in the army an 18 month pension of two dollars a day.
Local officers report nitro glycerin stolen from the Moon Powder Co plant in Wharton City. Authorities suspect sympathizers of the striking workers at Muncie.
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