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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
2
A bomb exploded in the elevator shaft of a New York tenement on East Sixty third Street injuring nine seriously and many more. The Italian occupants were shaken as windows shattered and a panic spread for blocks. Authorities suspect Black Hand linkage but no suspect identified.
In a thick fog the Berkeley ferry lost course at Oakland mole and struck the pier end. Ten passengers were injured and one, Kate Crowley of Berkeley, is fatally crushed. Michal Crelli, 22, nearly lost an arm. Calm crew kept passengers from panic and ensured no one jumped overboard.
Elias Fritz a 23 year old unmarried man was killed by a snowslide on the Red Mountain wagon road near Riverside Ouray Colorado early today His partner Adolph Osserman escaped when the slide buried Fritz and the six horse team while Fritz cleared a small slide A C McBride’s wagon sheltered by a rock Osserman rode to Ouray for help Fritz had lived in the area five months coming from Sweden He is survived by three brothers and two sisters in Ouray
Governor Crawford issues proclamation calling elections to organize Perkins and Harding counties and appoint temporary county seats. Election set for January 26 with ten polling places in Perkins and six in Harding. Precincts will be large. voting sites listed in Ada Bixby Meadow Seim Lemmon Larson's Ranch McClean Davidson Dale Camp Creek Grand River Belle Ranche Clarkson's ranch Cave Hills Slim Buttes. Governor must select a supervisor from outside the counties to oversee voting and returns.
Abbie Rice testified amid bitter attack from the defendant’s counsel as the Davis murder trial nears a jury verdict. After a day of arguments, lawyers concluded last evening with the case expected to submit to the jury late this afternoon in Omaha Nebraska.
The state leans on Abbie Rice's repeated statements in the Charles E. Davis murder trial of Dr. Frederick Rustin. Defense attacks her account of 3 to 4 am and claims she might have guilty knowledge or advance warning of the crime.
Francis D Mirsehhere a Roman Catholic leader and Louisiana Purchase Exposition director was shot in his St Louis home. Police say no intruders and a blood trail on the stairs suggests he was shot upstairs then moved to the second floor. His wife awoke to find him unconscious and dying. she did not hear the shot due to long standing deafness.
The Black Hills Traction Company reports its new steam plant in Deadwood’s First Ward, part in operation since the month’s start, is nearly complete. Intended to aid the Redwater water power plant, it has a capacity around one thousand horsepower but likely runs six to seven hundred. It will supply electricity to Homestake at Terraville, with motor lines beginning tomorrow as power is turned on later this week.
In Oskaloosa Iowa on December 10 the foundation for Shirley Fry's monument to Chief Mahaska, set to be erected by J D Edmondson of Des Moines, faced ridicule as a fake statue. A prankster from What Cheer attempted to steal it, was caught after help from accomplices, and paid a bond while claiming police would stay silent. The genuine bronze statue, a Paris award winner costing a significant sum, is planned for display early next year.
Draw Color Line reports white farmers allied with the Farmers' Union oppose Negro agriculturalists in the state attempting to form a parallel union. Fears of conflict grow as white farmers threaten action if necessary to halt the Negro organizers. The issue likely to be raised at the state union's next meeting.
President Castro of Venezuela arrived in Madrid and will depart for Bordeaux for a serious operation. After recovery he plans to spend time in Europe settling international disputes in which his country is involved.
Charles A Ekstromer Swedish vice president in St Louis died by his own hand at home. West Disinfectant Company president Emil Taussig says Ekstromer’s books show a probable shortage in the St Louis office possibly running into thousands. Family denies financial trouble.
Chicago reports Pat Crowe, the long time public figure linked to the Eddie Cudahy kidnapping, is converting to religion. He plans a soul saving campaign under the W C T U and Pastor E L Eaton, with his first talk at St Mary's Hall Evanston, on Thursday evening.
A federal order abolishes the office of Indian agent and renames officials on reservations to bonded superintendents and disbursing agents under civil service rules. Major Brennan of Pine Ridge remains in office under the new title, and Col James A. George reports Pine Ridge in excellent condition with good crops. The annual land allotment distributes about 389,000 acres among 900 Indians, with heads of families receiving 640 acres, married men 320, and younger individuals less.
Six million dollars of a 15 010,000 bond issue and 1,000,000 new stock will be spent in Spokane and nearby to extend the Washington Water Power company's railway, power and lighting system. A New York Boston syndicate has taken over the bond issue at an undisclosed price. Projects include a large power plant near Spokane, underground wires, and a three story power and passenger station. Work on the plant is underway and other improvements will start soon. Robert Starhorn of Spokane is president of the North Coast Railroad.
A company that has invested over 5 million in Spokane right of way and terminal land plans car shops and round houses in Spokane to serve hundreds of miles of line likely in the western city. It is building a steam railway from Spokane to Puget Sound and owns several central Washington electrical plants, though the identity of the corporate backer remains unclear.
A family in Missouri traded two pet raccoons for a quarter section of timber land. Years later the land value rose, the coons died, and the deal proved wildly profitable. The story claims to be true and highlights the trader as a local figure now living in another city.
Washington December meeting of the National Council of Commerce, opened by Secretary Straus, aims to extend U S domestic and foreign trade. Delegates from about sixty commercial bodies join to elect officers, adopt by laws, and plan ongoing council work. The effort seeks a permanent bureau in Washington to liaise with government departments and confidential business matters.
The Servian government issued an official denial to Russia concerning a report that two officers, arrested near the palace, were sent to assassinate Emperor Joseph Francis.
John L. Sullivan the ex-champion prize fighter filed a suit for divorce from his wife in Chicago today. The complaint alleges infidelity as the grounds for dissolution of the marriage.
Sioux City leader F Jackson once prominent in real estate and public life faced a string of family illnesses after moving to Cable Montana to run a mine and cyanide mill. His wife and seven children were struck by typhoid fever and rheumatism with several deaths reported among kin.
Ex heavyweight champion James J Corbett will referee the December 7th bout in Los Angeles between Hugh Kelly and Billy Papke, bringing a storied officiating presence to the event.
A report from New York December states seven men perished when a schooner capsized off the Nova Scotia coast last week. Corroboration remains unavailable and details are unconfirmed.
Spokane dispatch reports three masked men hijacked an eastbound Great Northern train at dawn. They targeted the mail car and escaped with an unknown sum, but the express car containing twenty thousand dollars in currency escaped robbery.
Three weeks from tomorrow on January 2 the Republican members in the Ohio legislature will caucus to pick a candidate for United States senator. The field narrows to Foraker or Charles P. Taft as Taft gains key support from Hamilton county and other counties drift toward his column. The vote is set for January 6 with attention on the final decision.
Camele Rock, fresh from Goldfield Nevada where he managed mining ventures financed by Lead Omaha and Chicago investors, predicts strong output for the Goldfield Consolidated mill. He notes ore valued at about thirty five dollars a ton, compares it favorably with the Robinson mine, and cites a three kilometer ore body a hundred thirty feet wide opened to seven hundred feet with mill fuel ready.
Goldfield notes report the Consolidated mill nearing operation to cut debt and pay dividends. The plant, praised as up to date, will use amalgamation concentrating and cyanidation with a filter press. The site includes Mohawk Jumbo Red Top Consolidated and Lagunas properties and a shaft reaching 185 feet three miles from Goldfield. operations resume early next year.
In a crowded Paris courtroom at the palace of justice M Julesmier spoke for Princess Lic Sagan opposing Count Boni De Castellane's request to custody of his three children by his former wife Anna Gavid De Castellane. He claimed motive was hatred of De Sagan and sought to discredit the De Sagan household.
Carl Turner of Fifth Street died after a spear in a plate glass window pierced his neck at the Headquarter saloon on Fourth Street. Turner toppled backward striking the glass, four foot spear driven four inches into his neck severing a major vein. Nead and Khludin aided, physicians delayed, Turner died about a half hour later. He was about 35, survived by a wife in Sioux City and a brother-in-law in St Joseph Missouri. Burial was arranged for St Joseph after telegraphic notice.
New York December speech before Dickinson University alumni quotes Leslie Shaw declaring that about half of the nation’s preachers are socialists and that some hold beliefs bordering on anarchy as he spoke on religious conditions nationwide.
Dallas hosts a city novelty named Little Monte Carlo described as a direct reflex from the river region opening. The event drew attention from eastern social circles with its planned spectacle and celebratory atmosphere amid a city famed for its Indian reservation west and civilizational landmarks.
Reports from the northern section describe a fresh uprising with meagre details. An army was dispatched to quell the disturbance after news reached the area that night.
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