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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
7
A Sunday morning fire at the New Aveline Hotel in Fort Wayne Indiana traps guests on four floors. Ten dead, three missing and many injured amid failed ladders and rapid interior flames.
In Brooklyn a professor displayed a clay tablet letter from an Assyrian lover to his beloved. The 3000 year old missive laments a promised meeting and sorrow caused by the woman. Discovered by German students digging in Assyria, it was displayed for study.
Everett Robling, once of Logan township, returns from Kansas City to spend his remaining years with his wife of his youth after 31 years apart.
London report from Stepney on a barge steerer found drowned. The widow contests suicide claims noting he wore a new pair of boots. The case prompts questions about circumstances and cause of death.
A St Louis special reports Henry Watterson urged allowing some women to mate with monkeys, claiming happiness with negro husbands. He spoke at Cosmopolitan Club dinner in Brooklyn where wealthy white girls sat with negroes and endorsed racial equality and intermarriage.
Mexico reports preparations for hostilities among Central American republics as states show willingness to fight but fear US and Mexican interference. Nicaragua faces broad jealousy as tensions rise across capitals.
Oklahoma City special reports the first case of a prisoner advertising for liberty leading to parole. Silber offered a 3 dollar want ad in the Daily Oklahoman for “WANTED YOUNG MAN IN JAIL WANTS OUT” and was pardoned after legal help and legislative appeal. Silber, jailed May 17 1907, was released after seven months and plans to seek railroad work in Lincoln Nebraska.
After a 48 hour deliberation the jury found Harvey Hinkle not guilty by reason of insanity in the killing of John R. McClintock. The incident occurred on the night of August 8, 1907, when Hinkle shot McClintock who was escorting a young woman home.
Special Prohibition has swept three major Massachusetts saloon towns Worcester Haverhill and Lynn within a year. Worcester stands as the largest U S city where prohibition has prevailed by local vote.
Special Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana will relocate with his family to a grand estate on the North Shore of Boston after the Washington season ends. He plans to spend summers in Massachusetts, strengthening ties with the region.
Members of the court entourage report that the two queens continue their opposition to the marriage of the Duke of the Abruzzi to Miss Katherine Elkins.
The training cruiser Matsushima sank soon after a sudden explosion off the Pescadores Islands. Only about 141 of 300 aboard survived, including officers and naval instructors. Boats from Itsukushima and Hashidate aided rescue as officials in Tokyo mourn. A US cable expressed sorrow to Japan’s Minister of Marine.
Reports show Charlotte drug stores filled 39,645 whisky prescriptions in 1907, totaling 35,011 quarts and 210 dozen bottles of beer. Fourteen liquor-licensed drug stores paid $1,400 in licenses. whisky value estimated at $43,780. Physicians earned about $20,000 from 39,645 prescriptions at 50 cents each.
Washington dispatch notes a flood of letters urging President Roosevelt to run again. Supporters argue his reform crusades must continue to succeed, with many writers insisting he must not retire from the presidency despite his willingness.
Special lumbermen representing firms with holdings totaling 4,000,000 acres near St. Louis discuss forming a holding company or merger to control most yellow pine timber in the south. The proposed organization would be capitalized at 300 million dollars.
The five year old son of Ernest Dillday drowned after falling into a jar that held about five inches of water. The water was barely deep enough to cover his head.
Miss Evelyn Murphy aged 22 daughter of John J Murphy a Woodstock Ill banker died by her own hand at Pennoyer Sanitarium in Kenosha Wis She suffered from an incurable nervous disease and ended her life.
Atlanta special citizens of Roswell Georgia, the home of President Roosevelt's mother, sign a petition urging the Republican National Convention to nominate Mr Roosevelt.
The NY tale shows Helen Gambles, later Mrs Helen Gambles, saying she paid her husband with a $200000 check from her father William Gambles. He objected and tore up the check after the couple announced plans to marry. The groom waited as the daughter decided to wed despite the offer. The bride and her husband are honeymooning at the Plaza in New York.
A ten year old girl, Rosie Barcelli of 64 Wells Street, was sheltered by a burglar who posed as her uncle for two hours. He coaxed her, helped him ransack the house of clothing jewelry and silverware, then fled as police search for him.
In Vienna the mother and three sisters of Siczinski, who killed Count Potocki, governor of Lemberg, have been arrested. The mother confessed she urged and funded the crime, portraying the count as oppressor of Ruthenians. Potocki’s vast English bank fortune and a son aged eleven are noted.
Admiral Sah orders Shantung and Chi Fa officials to cooperate in arranging a plan of reception for the visiting United States fleet in Pekin and China.
In New York a special report reveals Charles Coster the broker was found dead after an alleged loss of one million dollars in speculation. Friends say his heavy involvement was unsuspected even by his closest associates.
In Tsarskoe Selo, Prince Wilhem of Sweden wed Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna in a grand imperial ceremony. The event combined Orthodox and Lutheran rites with lavish processions, bindings by emperors and crowns, and a imperial salute signaling the royal union.
Berlin reports a match plan linking Prince Adolph heir to Schambur Lippe with Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia. Adolph, 25, Hussars lieutenant, rules a tiny realm of 131 square miles and under 45,000 people, yet is billed as the continent’s wealthiest royal catch. Victoria Louise nears 17, dowry cited at 25,000 dollars.
Floyd Frazier, the youth who murdered Mrs. Polly Flanery by throat cutting, is sentenced to be hanged Friday July 3 in Whitesburg Kentucky. It marks the county's first legal execution.
Baroness von Ruex leben shot and killed her husband at their Buddenberg chateau near Dortmund as he prepared to retire. She then shot herself, surviving the self inflicted wound. No motive or explanation has been provided.
In Temple Texas evangelist George Cates preached a remarkable sermon declaring his firm conviction that the second coming of Christ is imminent. The address highlighted apocalyptic expectation and urged listeners to prepare for the prophesied event.
Miss Gertrude Wearn of Southampton meets A. H. Griscourt, a Boer war trooper, aboard the Oceanic after six years apart. He sent a ring as the recognition token and wooed her while with his regiment en route to South Africa. After the war he prospered at a Pine Cliff Colorado ranch and sent for his bride.
Liverpool reports Tero announces two steamers to be laid down in Belfast next June. Olympic and Titanic will be among the largest vessels, about 40 feet long and 78 feet wide with 45 000 to 50 000 gross tons, powered by combination turbines and reciprocating engines and speed at least 21 knots.
In Newark New Jersey a man named Giuseppe Gentile appeared in the Court of Common Pleas for citizenship. When asked who is the chief executive he spoke of Roosevelt as emperor and said he would rule until he dies.
Mrs W E Corey formerly Mabelle Gilman sails on the Deutschland with her husband to Paris to study for an operatic career. She plans a private theater in New York to produce operas by American composers lacking hearing opportunities.
In Kiel Bay, during gun practice on the German battleship Ebsass a cartridge exploded prematurely. Two sailors were killed and six wounded, four seriously. A launch had been cut from the ship to test blasting obstructions in the water as maneuvers continued.
Jean Templeton Reid daughter of ambassador Whitelaw Reid is betrothed to John Ward second son of the late Earl of Dudley. Ward is a favorite of King Edward. The wedding is planned for the summer with no date yet set.
St. Louis actress Miss Hazel Moran who appeared in the production Louisiana at the World's Fair is reportedly engaged to Henry Standing Bear, a Sioux chief and U S interpreter for the Ogalala. Standing Bear is rushing to New York to claim his bride.
Special Policeman Morris of the sixth district sought to arrest Mrs. Alice Longworth for speed law violation. Assistant Corporation Counsel Pugh refused to issue a warrant of information, saying the offense was not flagrant.
Police hunt a dangerous criminal named Jack the Poisoner after he gave poisoned cake to a five year old girl on a city street, leaving her gravely ill and dying.
Special Manager C. W. Sells of the Pike's Peak Dog Railway signed a contract with a Chicago photographer to capture three photographs of Pike's Peak taken from a balloon at a height ranging from one thousand to one thousand five hundred feet above the summit.
Petersburg tradesmen ordered to furnish proof of the genuineness of any sale before advertising it to the public, according to police. The measure aims to curb false promotions and protect consumers. Authorities require verification of sale legitimacy from merchants.
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