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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
3
A Clinton, Illinois letter reveals intimate love notes allegedly written to Colonel Tom Snell. The missives are tied to a will contest with Attorney Edward J. Sweeney noting writers extracted large sums from the “peculiar old man.” The letters allegedly fueled his diseased mind and sparked gossip about the lovers.
Ten people killed and nearly one hundred injured in a late Sunday trolley wreck on the Chestnut Hill line outside Philadelphia. Debris and derailed cars blocked a steep grade as multiple motormen lost control, causing a chain collision and fatal tramway crush near the cars doors.
St. Louis Special Secretary W F Saunders of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway Association issues notice for the third annual convention in Chicago on October 6. Saunders mails 10 000 notifications and more than 2 500 delegates are expected to attend.
Frank H. Buck, president of the California Fruit Distributors' Association, says there is no shortage in the California fruit crop this year except in prunes. He expects an abundance of all other varieties and prices to remain reasonable.
Springfield Illinois Special: After one year and five months the Forty fifth General Assembly of Illinois adjourned shortly after noon Saturday ending a prolonged session and turning to routine duties with final votes and ceremonial deployments completed.
The Atlantic battleship fleet's world cruise hinges on coal use estimated at about 5 million dollars. Moving the fleet from San Francisco to Hampton Roads via Honolulu Manila and Suez is put at 2,039,000 dollars. Australia offers free coal during its waters tour, but the Navy will use American coal.
In London the Aero Club of the United Kingdom plans a balloon race at Hurlingham on May 27 as part of the International Aeronautic Federation meeting. Thirty one balloons from Great Britain Germany France Belgium and Switzerland will start at two to three minute intervals.
Washington reports that Attorney General Bonaparte filed a suit to separate the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad from its trolley holdings despite the President's wishes. The move caused cabinet friction and spurred talk of resignation and political bargaining ahead of the Chicago convention.
West Point begins the first physical examinations for cadets since a presidential order raised entrance standards. Col. Charles Richard, Col. Charles M. Gandy, and Capt. John W. Hanner will conduct the tests at West Point. Officers say the current cadet corps is superior to previous groups as minimum height and other physical requirements were increased to match weight and overall standards.
In Bridgeport Connecticut a last resort hypnotism session was tried to save the life of Mrs O L Mas singer wife of a prominent physician who had suffered hiccoughs for three weeks In the presence of several doctors Drs Godfrey and Smith induced her to focus on the idea she could not hiccough A partial hypnotism stopped the attack but the hiccoughs resumed when the spell wore off.
In Clinton Illinois a criminal case centers on Colonel Tom Snell whose $8,000,000 will faces contest. A young wife’s downfall is linked to a fur coat valued at $50 as she writes of costly gifts and fear of her husband discovering the deception. Letters reveal temptations and a system of affection tied to material gifts and emotional risk.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw plans to withdraw her divorce suit this week as a step to gain a share of the Thaw millions. Rumors say she may seek guardian control of Harry Thaw’s estate if Judge Morschauser finds him insane. The Thaw family reportedly promised a settlement in exchange for annulment but has not fulfilled it. Mrs Thaw reportedly withdraws annulment to secure income as Harry Thaw’s wife.
A Chinese school will be built in San Francisco to educate local Chinese children in Chinese, the only school of its kind in the country.
Paris plans to double license fees on all saloons selling absinthe to raise about 2 million dollars as part of the 1909 deficit remedy. The move targets the absinthe trade to help cover an estimated 8.8 million dollar shortfall.
Brigadier General Charles A. Whittier U S A retired of New York died aboard the Mauretania after a bath accident at Queenstown. He was not dying of heart disease as first reported but was scalded and drowned when a fit in the tub caused the hot water tap to flood the tub with boiling water.
Eastern papers hail Fairbanks as a likely vice presidential pick and Chicago ticket contender. Senators, seeing his fair leadership, advocate his candidacy and hope he will join Taft if the convention supports the first place.
Antwerp officials report a disastrous collision at Contich six miles southeast of Antwerp. An Antwerp to Brussels express crashed into a pilgrims train on a siding, telescoping cars and causing at least fifty deaths and more than one hundred injuries. Rescuers rushed aid while priests and nurses were dispatched from Antwerp and Brussels. the signalman attempted to warn the oncoming train but failed.
A heavy spring snowstorm blanketed Sheridan Wyoming and neighboring parts of Montana and Northern Wyoming with up to three feet of snow. The storm caused extensive damage, ruined fruit crops, and worsened livestock suffering, marking the worst such storm in fifty years.
Copenhagen Lieges Folkes group adopts a bill authorizing the state to spend 14 million dollars over 16 years for new railway construction. The plan includes a Copenhagen to Kruege line to shorten the international route via Gjedser.
Simla reports Major General Sir James Willcocks led a punitive expedition against Mohmad mountaineers who offered stiff resistance. Two British officers were killed and one wounded. About twenty Sikh troopers were injured, with Mohmads suffering over two hundred losses.
A street car strike incident in Cleveland left four year old Yetta Wolinski decapitated by an inexperienced motorman. Two morgue attendants removed the head and body as parents searched for the remaining portions while a crowd threatened the driver who fled at full speed.
A compact reflective line notes a spiritual view equating human life to a sacred stewardship under divine guardianship. The phrase evokes a devout sense of responsibility and reverence. It presents a poetic meditation on purpose and higher meaning.
The Morrell airship the largest ever built burst during a trial at Berkeley California after reaching 300 feet in the air. Sixteen men including five engineers and inventor C A Morrell were injured as the vessel toppled and crashed into a crowd of about 10 000 spectators.
The National Association of Piano Dealers sent a pure Havana cigar twenty inches long and two inches in diameter to Speaker Cannon with a request he smoke it on Congress closing. The $40 item prompted Uncle Joe to admit uncertainty about lighting it on the last day while noting he might delay.
In Indianapolis at the Cold Storage plant the eighteenth butter scoring contest drew 33 entries under Purdue University dairy, with H. A. Meyer of Logansport earning 97 percent, W. F. Maddens of Dyer Creamery 96 percent, and E. J. Martin of New Carlisle at 95 percent. All top winners are former Purdue students and entries hailed from across the state. The next Purdue event is planned for July, followed by a State Fair contest.
Mayor Mc Bride ordered City Counsel Merrey to sue Broadway Magazine and Broughton Brandenburgh for libel over disparaging statements about Paterson in an article titled The Menace of the Red Flag in the current issue.
In the Elkhorn and Pocahontas districts more than 2,000 miners idle due to slack business will return to work. About 1,000 men will be employed in the Thacker and Matewan field after five months of idleness.
Walter Grierson of Manchester reports a colt marked with eight rattles and a button in the center of its nose. A large rattler supposedly rose from the grass near the mare before foaling.
Figures from the annual summary of vital statistics for England and Wales show London’s birth rate declining while marriage appears to be gradually falling out of use.
In Butte Montana a special report notes heavy losses of sheep from a raging blizzard in Dawson County. Snow depths reach two feet on the level and five to six feet in drifts, with cattle perishing amid the severe storm.
Dr W W Chalfant, Philadelphia cancer expert, cites authorities of the past century and his own research to claim that field buttercup contains the origin of cancer, attracting attention in medical circles.
In St Louis a Co manche squaw Co-Ash-Cho-Nah Ta Yer-Vitty has obtained a divorce from Orion Ta yer-vitty after charges of cruelty and desertion. The decree was issued in the District Court. In New York dynamiters wrecked a bridge on the Earlem branch of the New Haven Hartford line at Baychester with fifty pounds of explosive, following a failed prior attempt on a different bridge over the Elarlem river.
An attache of the Duke of Abruzzi has returned from America claiming a pact with Senator Stephen B Elkins of West Virginia on a marriage between Katherine Elkins and the duke. Negotiations continue on whether the wedding will be held in Rome or the United States.
A rat in Wapakoneta Ohio was killed by a dog while escaping through a hole. A large steak bone ring encircled its body, the hind part smaller than the front, the bone worn and the rat likely became fastened young and could not free itself.
Early morning blaze in Lewis Place, St. Louis, started by an electric iron igniting draperies. Led by Er A Damm, the family including Mrs Damm and the children escaped the burning house in night clothing.
At a Brooklyn Royal Giants game in Buffalo a grand stand collapse sent 800 spectators fleeing into mud in front of about 4 000 onlookers. Ambulances and police rushed to the scene but only sprains and bruises were reported as the worst injuries.
The New York Herald’s week end summary on the Democratic Presidential race shows William J. Bryan maintaining a lead with 747 possible votes, 75 above the two thirds needed to nominate, in the Denver convention in July.
Government rangers extinguished a forest fire on the Long Pine Forest Reserve north of Jellefourche South Dakota. The blaze scorched 10,000 acres of virgin timber and burned 24 square miles before being contained. Campers are suspected as the ignition source.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, seen at the Lakewood Hotel, reports the ex president has made excellent progress after weeks of illness. She expects to return to Princeton this week but fears he may not travel as soon as she.
Oklahoma endures thirty hours of rain with rising streams and widespread flood damage. Railroads including the St. Louis and San Francisco Rock Island and Santa Fe report abandoned traffic as bridges over the Cimarron River are washed out and lowlands flood. The damage is described as extensive and costly.
A reflective statement asserts that religion touches every facet of life, guiding personal choices, social norms, and global events through a perceived connection to the infinite. It emphasizes spirituality as a pervasive influence rather than a separate domain.
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