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Newspaper
Ladysmith News Budget
Location
Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
4
Washington reports call for a government wide postal service directory to aid mail delivery, with opening set for November 6. White House orders pay for clerks traveling to vote on October 29.
A february Gazette notice will publish Queen Wilhelmina’s hoped for child. Pekin ends opium monopoly with a license system. Meilla telegram says Riff tribes unite against Morocco. France proposes King Victor Emmanuel of Italy as arbiter over Clipperton Island claims. France Aero Club plans 1909 Grand Prix with 2000 dollar prize. Turkish constitution aids Zionism and Palestinian land buys. Archangelski of the Russian duma jailed six years. Duchess Alexandra Victoria wed Prince August William of Prussia.
A Buffalo business fire causes 300000 dollars in damage. A Chihuahua brewery owned by Ambassador Creel is destroyed with 150000 dollars lost. Amarillo roundhouse and shops burn, losses reach 200000 dollars. Napier, a Chinese customs official, dies after leaping from a hospital window. Bryan event in Steubenville features a hotel floor collapse injuring several. A New York tenement fire endangers 100 tenants. Brooklyn rope maker John Karle dies at a carding machine. A Norfolk shooting wounds H H Smith fatally injuring him. Belle Plaine Iowa suffers 25000 dollar fire loss with 12000 insurer. Gas schooners Enterprise and Osprey encounter a storm. all survive. A stray cat blinds Mrs Gene Stanard. Newark trunk factory burns. losses may exceed 100000 dollars, spreading to a nearby brewery.
A blaze started by vagrants wrecked ten business firms in Dayton Ohio resulting in about $100000 damage. In Alabama near Decatur a mob lynched a Black man named Stower after abducting him from two deputies. In Iowa typhoid fever patient M Montague cut his throat with glass and died. In Chicago Jennie Dempsey fatally shot Joseph Georgeopolis during a dispute. A Chicago girl Elsie Lenhardt 12 committed suicide by gas after leaving a note. Ontario court sentences Thomas and Milton Crozier for uttering counterfeit notes. A St John jeweler H T Butterworth was found murdered with valuables missing. Mason City widow Catherine Nelson survived a choking assault by two men and remains in serious condition. Four suspects were released.
The article notes Princeton University marking its 162d founding anniversary and highlights other items including a memorial tablet unveiling in Alton Illinois for the Lincoln Douglas debate on October 15 1858. It also mentions a Nevada ranch sale and various society and political notes.
Detroit man J H Kotcher earned hero status as he kept calm and helped carry infants from the Canadian steamer Iroquois after it struck West Rock in smoky Georgian Bay. Tug rescued all 27 aboard as life boats leaked and valuables were left behind worth thousands.
Japanese Ambassador Komoro Takahira thanked President Roosevelt for sending the fleet to Japanese waters. He spoke at the White House after luncheon and said the visit greatly strengthened friendship between Japan and the United States. He noted the emperor’s gratitude for the gesture and the role it played in mutual goodwill.
Chicago police say Joseph King of Evanston was shoved from the Kinzie street elevated platform. He lay dying beneath the structure with a fractured skull and multiple injuries after attackers beat him. Investigators believe King went to catch a train when he was attacked.
A fire yesterday in St. John's Newfoundland destroyed Blair Gordon and Co. block a wharf and two vessels. The total loss is estimated at about 500000 dollars. The block housed the firm and several mercantile houses.
Mexico City reports President Diaz in an open letter dismisses retirement rumors and states he will be a candidate for the close of his term in 1910. He labels rumors premature and unfounded.
Trinidad Colo Oct 27 Despondent after being charged with stealing money from the Hoehn post office Roen Smith shot himself at his parents home five miles north of Hoehn.
Mount Pleasant Texas October 27 James Seale owner of a gin near the town and two negro workers were instantly killed four other negroes injured when a boiler exploded at the gin, authorities said.
In New York, prosecutors rest case against Charles Morse and A H Curtis after witnesses recount overdraft coverups at the National Bank of North America. Directors deny authorizing overdrafts while Morse bore influence and sought collateral securities to cover a 211000 deficit.
Capt. Peter C. Hains, who shot William E. Annis over alleged wife betrayal, will plead insanity as did Harry Thaw. He and his brother T Jenkins Hains appeared before Justice Garretson in Flushing Supreme Court. Claudia Hains allegedly confessed to her husband. a letter to William details an imminent revelation.
The world’s first temple built as a single reinforced concrete piece on the Edison plan opened yesterday at Lake Street and Forest Avenue, Oak Park. The structure has continuous material with no seams, featuring walls, floor, and roof as one unit.
Bruce Wisconsin October 28. William Jordan a farmer two miles south of town slipped while digging a well and fell thirty feet to the bottom. He grabbed the windlass rope as it gave way and the windlass toppled onto him. Doctors hold slight hopes for recovery.
Jackson Mich Oct 27 Frank Brannum 30 and Ernest Fitzgerald 20 waterloo were drowned in Washtenaw county when their duck boat capsized on Joslyn lake.
Maj. Edward Robinson a leading Mobile lawyer and political figure killed himself with a weapon yesterday evening. He was regarded as one of the state’s foremost orators and a prominent local figure.
Forty members of the night riders are named by Ted Burton in a confession detailing depredations around Reelfoot Lake. He links leaders Tom and Garrett Johnson and William Watson to raids and the killing of Capt. Rankin. About forty raiders named, many in custody at Camp Nemo. Ten more arrests reported as Gov Patterson tours the region.
William H. Lemasters of Chicago was beaten to death in Freeport after a dispute with rival in love Andrew Johnson. Johnson severely struck Lemasters with a club fracturing the skull in three places and breaking the left arm. Lemasters later died after regaining brief consciousness and naming Johnson, who confessed to police.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr a Hartford Carpet employee in Thompsonville promoted from sorting to the worsted room. He will not receive higher pay until he learns more about the business. Foreman Bill Hines called him a mighty ambitious worker.
Will H. Pettis former Sac county treasurer pleaded guilty to embezzling 27000. Judge Church sentenced him to ten years in the penitentiary and Pettis was taken to Fort Madison last night to begin serving his term.
The South Dakota Y M C A will hold its annual convention in Aberdeen on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, starting next week. The event brings leaders from across the state to discuss programs and plans for the year.
The Illinois Central Railroad stockholders authorized electrification of all Chicago tracks within city limits at their annual meeting held yesterday. Illinois Central officials expect a faster, cleaner service and reduced street congestion once implemented.
Barnesville Minnesota October 25 The jury in the case of Joe Kasparek charged by the First National Bank with embezzlement returned a verdict of not guilty for the defendant.
Friedrichshafen reports Prince Henry of Prussia rode the remodeled airship with Count Zeppelin for hours guiding the craft from Uberlingen toward Constance and the Swiss frontier. Five aboard including two mechanics, the ship reached 600 feet before returning to moorings at sunset amid crowds and hazy skies. The AP correspondent trailed by motor boat but the airship reached speeds near 37 mph.
In Indianapolis on Oct 29 a large crowd gathered for the unveiling of a bronze statue of Gen Benjamin Harrison. Vice President Fairbanks presented the monument as a parade by the Tenth U S Infantry Indiana National Guard and Civil War veterans preceded the ceremony. Little Elizabeth Harrison unveiled the draped statue and presented a laurel wreath from President Roosevelt to her mother as dignitaries looked on.
Inspector General Garlington released a report exonerating Chairman Goethals of the Isthmian Canal Commission from accusations by President Brothers of Balanced Crane Cable Co. of unfair treatment in Gatun cableway contracts. No collusion found. award deemed in good faith. Lidgerwood contract recommended. device deemed unsuitable for Gatun work.
Lee Nutt of Neosho Missouri shot and killed his cousin Jacob Nicely in a Joplin shoe store after trailing his wife Blanch. Nutt surrendered without resistance as Nicely died at once. The shooting stemmed from a long-running dispute including Nicely’s earlier presence in Neosho with Mrs Nutt.
In Poseyville Midland county Bay City Mich Oct 25 Charles Smith an elderly farmer shot and killed neighbor William Duchan at Duchans home where Mrs Smith had sought refuge and then died by suicide.
A rain storm turned to snow on Tuesday and persisted through the day across Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri, with flakes melting as they fell. The change began Monday night and continued yesterday in Kansas City and surrounding regions.
Two masked highwaymen held up a saloon at Huron and Wood streets in Chicago. Henry Kern was killed resisting the robbery. a robber and a policeman were wounded in a running gun battle. The robbers escaped with $500, watches, and a revolver after a chase involving Fitzgerald and King.
John A. Pothurst killed his wife and daughter Kathleen after a quarrel about divorce during a public automobile ride in Seattle. He fatally shot himself after wounding their infant son John, who remains critically ill. witnesses and papers found at the scene suggest motive.
A Belgrade dispatch to the Daily Mail says Servia has called out all first reserves and ordered kaiki for the troops 300 Maxim guns and 400 military automobiles. King Peter informs the Turkish minister that an alliance with Montenegro may have been formed, yet it does not affect Turkey friendship.
A reader recalls a friend with notable public spirit despite faults and notes he did not boast. The speaker adds that the person never habitually got his hair cut on Saturday afternoons, a small personal detail in the portrait.
Mr Lowell visited the Al linger and Calkin ranches in Oregon last Sunday and claimed two wells were enchanted or “witched” to yield ample water at about 125 feet. The report notes anticipation of sufficient supply from the wells.
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