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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1909
Page
2
Baltimore April 7. A meeting of the Burglary Insurance Association included representatives from major burglary insurers. They discussed raising rates in New York City to 12.30 per $1000 and unifying policy clauses. The night hold up rider on bank policies is to be eliminated. A standard residence policy action is expected this afternoon.
Chicago wheat prices jump with May wheat reaching 1.25 the highest in five years and Patten interests selling above 1.24. July contracts trade heavily as bears cover before settling day. James Patten leads the campaign denying a corner while admitting to holding a large wheat position.
The Journal of Commerce reports that railroads and industrials must meet at least $731,921,000 in short term notes and bonds between March 1909 and December 1910. About half falls due in 1910, including $327,560,000 notes. Financing has been arranged for almost half the obligations, but capital demand will be heavy as long term bond flotations offer lower interest.
Washington April 7 The House committee kept the barley duty at 15 cents a bushel as in the Payne bill. Tawney of Minnesota and Miller of Kansas offered amendments to raise the tariff but the proposals were defeated.
In Dillsboro Indiana an elderly man, James Courter, born in Kentucky, lives in a cabin he built 67 years ago. He turned ten years old today and has a long life story from migration to Shelby and Switzland counties.
New York reports the trans continental race set to start in June boosts road projects with Washington’s $120000 Eastern Washington funding and Idaho’s $50000 for Boise and Pocatello. Exposition leaders and motorists see the push as turning a dream into practical highways across the West.
Pierre reports a call for half a million dollars of state warrants tied to revenue warrants, with smaller sums expected soon, drawing wary response from banks that bought the premiums. Berlin endures a severe Baltic storm, wrecking ten fishing vessels and drowning crews. An iceberg near the Gulf of Riga is observed drifting with 1,500 fishermen missing.
The Civil Service Commission announces exams this month in Buffalo, Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca, Jamestown, Ogdensburg, Plattsburg, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Syracuse, Troy and Utica. Today and tomorrow applicants may try for the assistant geologist post in the Geological Survey. Examinations for mechanical and top graphical draftsmen for the Panama Canal service on April 14 and 15. Exams for assistant electrical engineers wireless telegraphy and telephony on April yet to be announced.
In Washington on April 6 a committee of the whole removed the countervailing duty on lumber from the Payne bill. The action alters the tariff plan and shifts focus to remaining tax and trade provisions as lawmakers adjourn.
New York on April 6 Rosa Stahl who recently sailed for England performed at the Grand Opera House in The Chorus Lady marking her third appearance and the play reaching its usual number of representations.
A Baltic Sea tragedy reports 1,500 fishermen on an iceberg driven away by a gale in the Gulf of Riga. Initial bulletins claim all perished, while later reports say 37 reached shore.
Reports from Aberdeen say four are dead after yesterday's storm damages. The deceased include W. C. McMillan president of the Bank of Aberdeen and T. C. McMillan a cotton buyer. Victims were in the Illinois Central depot when the structure collapsed. Later reports suggest higher damage and possible deaths at West Point and Cotton Plant Arkansas.
Chicago, April 7 discusses rapid shoe production by machinery. It notes a cobbler once took a day and a half to make a pair costing about four dollars, now machines make a pair in four minutes with thirty five cents labor, with specialized workers and automated button sewing enabling factories to turn out ten thousand pairs daily.
In St. Louis on April 6 Frank B Kellogg leading counsel for the government in the Standard Oil dissolution suit accused the defense of wriggling free by technicalities and lacking law to justify their position. He criticised the court of appeals reversal of a 29 million dollar fine. Morrison presented printed schedules showing shipments of independents alleging secret through rates. Public interest remains light and sessions are sparsely attended.
A severe cyclone struck parts of Illinois including Marion and Pittsburg today. The storm caused extensive destruction and left multiple injured, with two men killed at Pittsburg and extensive damage reported across the region.
Wreckage fills streets after a tornado cuts through the area. Buildings collapse and injuries occur as debris rains down. Rescue teams assess hundreds of homeless in the damaged zone and request aid from nearby towns outside the storm perimeter.
London Foreign Office informed Washington that at Secretary Knox's urging the British will permit Cipriano Castro to land at Trinidad. Castro travels to Venezuela to raise forces and topple the authorities governing in his absence.
Former president Theodore Roosevelt was greeted by King Victor Emmanuel III and Queen Helena of Italy at Messina. He expressed astonishment at the devastation, calling the disaster greater than anticipated from photos and articles as royal escorts accompany guests touring the ruined district.
Residents of Custer advance plans to secure 640 acres for a State Tuberculosis Sanitarium site. The State Board of Charities will visit around July 1 to select a location and outline building plans.
Rapid City opens the season with a game between the School of Mines and the Titian school on Saturday. Whipple will pitch for the Indians and Saville or Tolson will start for the Miners in a fast contest.
Des Moines April 6 the City Union debates the stocking duty as Mrs Mattland president of the Logan Mothers' club plans to address the group with other women. Maitland leads a club of thirty one with twenty visits by the stork in one year.
Miss Sutton and her sister Florence arrived in Mexico City for a major tennis tournament starting yesterday and running to the 10th. They will compete in singles and doubles with chaperone Simpson Sings bang and Matt Po Brown listed in attendance.
St Louis. April. Candidates for city offices faced a push from the Retail Leavers Association to vow that clerks and staff will be required to pay debts for groceries and other necessities. Circles called for pledges to back an ordinance closing groceries and butcher shops on Sundays.
J B Milburn chief counsel for Standard Oil Co denied monopoly claims and said sellers received fair value for their holdings The remarks followed government warnings of disaster to consumers if Standard Oil prevailed Pop Anson Colts meet Athletics and Quakers in Philadelphia after a cross country trip with further dates listed for Springfield Hartford and Worcester
Wheat crop condition in April shows 82.7 percent of normal versus 86.1 last year. The rye crop stands at 87.2 percent of normal, lower than the prior year’s 86.1. Data imply broadly reduced yields for the period.
Milwaukee April 7 Almost every city voting on prohibition measures yesterday rejected the dry ticket in Beloit Appleton Eau Claire Oshkosh returns. Wets claimed victories along the line as Democrats gained modestly amid dry Republican alignment.
The Atlantic City Horse Show Association launches its 11th annual exhibition at Young's Pier in Atlantic City New Jersey. The event runs through April 10 featuring 71 classes across harness saddle pony and jumper divisions with novice saddle and trophy classes highlighted. Free accommodations for 200 horses and ample make ready space with separate ring access are provided.
Kate Foley a 19 year old Berkeley resident eluded three policemen by escaping to a cramped attic space between a wall and chimney. Officers contemplated smoke to force her out but backed off when her father offered bail for her appearance. She faced a battery charge over an incident with Mrs Hallahan.
In Lyons New York on April 6 the jury for Mrs Georgia Sampson to be tried for the murder of her husband Harry Sampson on November 1 was completed District Attorney Gilbert delivered a formal opening with no sensational forecast. The defense may collapse within a day and Mrs Sampsons mother Mrs Frank Allen is seriously ill and not expected to live. Mrs Sampson is unsettled and has had little sleep for forty eight hours.
The Hughes Wall Street commission may not be ready by April 10 and is expected to fill a full page. It will discuss conditions on exchanges in detail, including buying and selling practices, with possible reforms limited to metal and maritime markets. The report may oppose abolishing short selling and futures while aiming to curb wash sales and more orders.
A Japanese-born architect student named Gilbert Pudji and Miss Annice Smith of 2234 Valentine Avenue married at St Joseph's Church Fordham after a long courtship sparked by his sketches of her. The couple met in New York while Pudji studied architecture and traces his heritage to his Paris-born father. Annice Smith is sister to composer and songwriter Miss Emily Smith.
The State Railroad Commission holds a hearing on Mulay the petition by the Milwaukee and Cox River Valley Railroad company for a certificate of public conveyance and necessity. The route starts from Milwaukee Avenue and proceeds northerly and northwesterly to Kaukana, Menashi and Appleton.
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