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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
2
A grim Formosan tale portrays Japanese tactics in their occupation. Head-hunting insurgents are said to be cornered by electrified barbed wire fences and rifle fire. The piece frames this as a medical treatment against savage enemies and ends noting the head hunter's demise.
Mme Breshkovekoya, a 70 year old aristocratic convert to terrorism, has been imprisoned in St. Petersburg for distributing terrorist literature. She was exiled to Siberia in the early seventies, escaped, and the experience further strengthened her revolutionary resolve. The piece notes relentless zeal of revolutionaries as a sustaining force.
Princess Louise of Orleans marries Prince Charles of Bourbon in England in a ceremony attended by the king and queen of Spain and about 44 other royals. She is the youngest daughter of the late Comte de Paris, whose family served with Gen. McClellan in the American Civil War. his war history has been translated into English, though they never rival Lafayette in capturing public imagination.
A commentary notes apples shipped from Port la ud to Vladivostok show per bushel prices around 7.50 and suggest expanding U S exports. It also mocks sausage quality tests by New York health officials and praises naval fleet diversions and piano provisions aboard ships.
A Friday blaze in Portland Maine destroyed city hall and police buildings and endangered over 700 people at a Western Maine Knights of Pythias jubilee in the auditorium. The Greenleaf Law Library suffered $10 608 in losses. Chief Engineer Melville Eldridge led firefighting efforts with two assistants with no fatalities reported. In Sharptimore Maryland a separate fire killed three firefighters and injured 16, including Fire Chief George Horton, as Mayor Mahool estimated damage at $100 000.
New York's National Bank of North America ends its operations under the comptroller of the currency. President Havemeyer cites persistent rumors and deposit outflows as the cause and expects full deposit repayment. Comptroller Ridgely appoints Charles W. Hanna as receiver to liquidate assets and pay creditors. The bank, once the Morse chain's flagship, had undergone reorganizations including Havemeyer becoming president and Morse retiring.
Washington reports a near unanimous push in the house for an amendment to the penal code bill making it a criminal offense for any government officer or employee to disclose advance crop statistics. Debates featured Dalzell and Randell over public service corporation bans and Clark claiming Bryan would be nominated in Denver while Boutell hailed Cannon as the Chicago nominee.
W T L Bockemohle, cashier of the Bank of Ellinwood in Ellinwood Kansas, killed himself Friday night after bondsmen surrendered him and prepared to leave. He had been jailed for making a false statement about the bank’s condition and shot himself on his porch as they approached. The Ellinwood bank was founded 23 years ago by his father, now deceased.
Mary Baker Eddy founder of the Christian Science Church moves from Pleasant View Concord New Hampshire to the Lawrence estate in Brookline Massachusetts. The public statement notes she aims to be nearer the mother church and headquarters while detailing companions and the measured relocation.
Mrs George Stetson of Burlington Wisconsin gave her nine year old son Kenneth a large dose of laudanum and drank the remainder from the vial in a suicide attempt Friday. The boy is dead and the woman is likely to die. Since her husband left for Arkansas for health reasons she has lived with her father Richard Ball. Despondency over finances and her husband's illness is cited as the motive.
Lestie M. Shaw resigns as president of the Carnegie Trust company in New York. He says he had small differences with founder Charles C. Dickinson and will not discuss future plans. He hints the move may affect his political prospects.
St. Petersburg reports the death of chess master T. Tchigorin born 1850. He played in numerous national and international events and repeatedly ranked high among winners.
Police report a burglary at a Kalamazoo jewelry store on Saturday with entry noted but few details available. No arrests announced as investigators review surveillance and witness statements.
Fire at the Evans cafe adjoining the Grand Opera house Sunday evening triggered a theater alarm and caused a small panic. Several women fainted and a number were injured, though likely no one was seriously hurt except for a woman in the balcony.
Three men died instantly and five others were seriously injured when a premature dynamite explosion occurred in the Bergen Hole section of the Pennsylvania tunnel at Home stead New Jersey on Sunday.
A division of Argentine torpedo boats greeted the American torpedo boat flotilla as it entered Buenos Ayres harbor after leaving Rio Janeiro January 21. Commandant Moreno of the ministry of marine boarded the Whipple and welcomed the officers on behalf of Argentina. The voyage was pleasant and all men are well.
Nevada legislators said a meeting of Mine Owners' association leaders led to abolishing the card system. They announced the police measure will be reported favorably with amendments and pass the assembly by about 31 to 7.
A Thursday night explosion wrecked the front of Pasquale A. Pati & Son Italian bank on Elizabeth Street exposing about 40,000 in silver and gold. Police say the act was a robbery attempt but suspects fled after losing nerve.
Italian novelist Guida also known as Lome de la Romee died Friday night at the home of her maid Joling Cervelli near Florence. The cause was old age hastened by privations after the disappearance of her fortune. Her writings are not detailed in this fragment.
The January decision in Adair v United States held the 1898 act restricting railroad employers from firing workers for union membership unconstitutional. Justice Harlan wrote for the majority, while Justice McKenna dissented. The ruling addressed master mechanic Adair of Louisville & Nashville and engineer Coppage in Kentucky.
In St Louis on Sunday three youths Thomas Olsten age five Frank Olsten eight and Harry Arter twelve confessed to breaking into Anton Opperman’s saloon. They used a hatchet to gain entry and stole cigarettes wine whisky and tobacco. Arter admitted taking the hatchet and hiding it under his coat and that they crawled through a floor hole to reach the cellar. The burglary occurred early morning.
In Chicago a fifteenth bombing in three months hit the roof of Edward W. Brennan's saloon at Cottage Grove avenue. No one was hurt but damage occurred. In Aurora a fist fight at Gilchrist left Delbert Walcott dead at age 20 and Frank McNess 21 after a dispute over a pool game.
Thousands of American women sacrifice daily to duty, keeping homes neat and children dressed while suffering in silence. A female weakness or displacement haunts them, yet they seek help to overcome the pains and aches that burden life.
Reports from Mrs F Ellsworth of Ma N Y and Mrs W P Boyd of Beaver Falls Pa say Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased their female troubles restoring strength to perform work. The ad touts thirty years of use as a standard female remedy curing dyspepsia inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and related symptoms and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
Mrs Lillie Wilcher of Chattanooga Tennessee reports a running neck sore and facial tetter cleared after using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment. She notes a hand and wrist flare and mentions cures for her uncle's baby and another child.
A poem like reminiscence notes a Des Moines youth asking for a T bone sirloin and a waiter’s quip about Des Moines. It then mentions many old people suffering bronchial affections this season and advertises Brown's Bronchial Troches for relief.
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