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Newspaper
Lemmon The State Line Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
3
A weekend review from Washington details Treasury and War department discussions, with calls for appropriations and notices of personnel changes. It notes a memorial for Brig. Gen. Henry Jackson, veteran of multiple wars, and mentions bankruptcy actions in New York and the death of several officials and public figures.
Reports detail multiple deadly and injuring incidents: a fire at Mutnuin causes major damage with losses and a $7 figure mentioned. an explosion at Mason City threshing engine injures Theodore Mantes and George J. Fister. a deadly freight engine blast near Alimanker, Iowa. a near-miss collision near Amarillo, Texas. a Milwaukee train strike kills two, injures others. two children drown in Boston suburbs. a missing 15 year old Pattie Lincoln sought by police. a Rock Island passenger train derailment near Little Rock killing two and injuring two. widespread fatalities from rabbit hunting near Mason City. fire-engineering casualties including Fireman W H Horn fatally burned.
Foreign affairs report introduces an ADM prohibiting hop substitutes in Lorr manufacture. The British House of Commons discusses a federal guarantee of $75,000,000 for Santa Fe station. Nobel prizes awarded to Arneldson of Sweden and MF Ilger of Denmark. Berlin hosts international aeronautical contests in 1409 open to various classes of flying machines. A German technical high school exchange proposal appears in Werin Techniker Zeitung following M Weltzel. London board of trade November figures show a drop of $36.18 million in imports and $825.673 million in exports, led by raw materials and manufactured goods including cotton and textiles. French Chamber endorses government move to review Admiral Germnet after remarks about French warships’ ammunition stocks.
A chaotic digest reports multiple crimes and trials including a man shooting himself in St Louis, a $57 hold up in Bronx City, a store owner attacked in Hubbell, and a youth sentenced to a year in federal prison for a crime in Storm Lake. It also covers a draft of indictments, a genuine court verdicts, a revolutionary movement in Say Salvador, and a Wright brothers gold medal design meeting in New York. The piece mentions land office proposals in South Dakota, Wright brothers recognition, and a dramatic farewell cable from the Abruzzi duke to a woman named Katherine Itkine.
Edgewater New Jersey town reels as a man claiming to be John the Baptist roams streets with a revolver for an hour. Oscar S. Pomeroy, 55, is wounded by a pursuing posse, taken to Morris Plains asylum. police report no serious injuries. He had previously stormed Walks Hotel kitchen, chased residents, and commandeered a horse and wagon before being captured.
The rivers and harbors congress adjourned after adopting resolutions including a proposal to issue 50000000 in bonds for waterway improvements. Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana was re elected president and J F Ellison of Cincinnati as secretary treasurer. A commission to study waterways and a larger engineering corps role were urged.
William Crandall walked into a Chicago police station declaring conversion on his way to commit a robbery. He claimed he was wanted in Cedar Rapids Iowa for forgery. He surrendered two revolvers he had prepared for the robbery to a charity worker as police notified Cedar Rapids authorities.
United States Senator H C Hansbrough of North Dakota deteriorated after a long stay in Minneapolis. He suffered a relapse of an ear condition and was moved to Asbury Hospital as his condition worsened prompting the transfer for care.
Ad Wolgant of Milwaukee outfought Abe Artell the featherweight champion before the Pacific Athletic club in Los Angeles. The ten round bout had no official decision permitted under the law.
New York December 13 Katherine Clemmons Gould lost a bid in the appellate division for a jury trial in her divorce from Howard Gould. The ruling limits a trial by jury in the divorce case and sets the stage for further court action.
Chicago police solved the "Kidelite of the Waite Death" scare after William Pollard, 22, a grocer’s driver, confessed. He admitted creating the Knights of the White Death and sending skull adorned notes to elicit money, inspired by Conan Doyle tales. Pollard was arrested in Evanston and held for further inquiry.
John R. Hegeman, president of Metropolitan Fire Insurance, freed as appellate division sustains habeas corpus and dismisses him for perjury in a 1906 verification to Metropolitan Life. District Attorney Jerome says case will go to Court of Appeals. Case hinges on sufficiency of evidence to prove wilful perjury.
An anti Austrian protest erupted during a Moscow opera performance last night. An Austrian officer was hissed as cries of Down With Austria rang through the audience. Police arrested several people including two Czech women, amid the crowd disturbance.
Anna Willard of Chicago chosen vice president at a convention in Alton with about fifty delegates and wives. Other delegates named include Miss Elizabeth Maloney of Chicago and Miss Murl Kelly of East St. Louis, reflecting a notable shift in leadership.
Words of praise for the American battleship fleet and its officers and men were uttered by Lord Northcote, retiring governor general of Australia, at a luncheon in his honor at the Lawyers' Club yesterday.
Miburn Ellison, 70, was struck by a North Western passenger train yesterday while attempting to cross in front of it near Nevada. He died fifteen minutes later. He was survived by his aged wife.
Two members of George Van Horn's family in Mendenhall Chester County are dead and three others are ill from ptomaine poisoning. The illness is traced to sausage bought at a local grocery store.
At the Imperial theatre last night, the first performance of The Leader was staged. The drama draws on the early career of Count Witte. Its author is Prince Zymbatoff.
Dec 13 Patton a small town in Green county suffered a 60000 fire at night. The flames began in a millinery store from a defective flue. Ten business blocks were totally destroyed.
Brussels report says Savanteen personnel perished and more than a score injured in a collision yesterday between a workmen's train and a freight train at Tourtarix station.
A massive dynamite blast near the Panama Canal construction at Obispo derailed work, killing fourteen and injuring about fifty. A 90 ton steam shovel was wrecked, rocks and earth covered the cut, and a train carrying laborers narrowly escaped devastation. Three Americans were killed along with two Spaniards and several West Indians. An official inquiry has been ordered to determine responsibility.
Minneapolis dispatch notes North Dakota Senator H C Hansbrough of Devils Lake is recovering slowly after surgery at Asbury hospital. He did not gain strength rapidly but doctors see no immediate danger. He had a fairly comfortable day yesterday and rested last evening though he remains very weak with considerable fever.
Paris reporter questions Archbishop Ireland about becoming a cardinal during his brief stay. The prelate replied with a cautious smile and promised to share his thoughts on his return, avoiding a definitive answer in this moment.
Pittsburg December 15 The American Steel and Wire company issued orders for immediate firing up of two blast furnaces and six open-hearth furnaces at its Donora plant. The departments have been idle for a year and the move will employ about 1,500 men.
Four young children of farmer W J Schartto were burned to death in bed as flames swept their Hawbit milee from Ottawa. Parents watched unable to aid, danger and tragedy unfolding.
In Meveland on December 1 a laborer shot and killed John Clifton an excavation contractor after an argument over 2.25 dollars. Police say the assailant fled and remains at large.
Colombo reports a large local crowd on the southwest coast as the U S battleship Connecticut enters harbor escorted by Rear Admiral Sperry. The fleet, including Met Tele Manis, sails past Singapore in a uneventful voyage marked by ceremonial salutes and planned social entertainments.
Belgrade reports King Mev IV weighs abdication as a foggy political mood grows over the Servian throne. The crown prince is tied to the war party, while factions fear delay could provoke Austria. A possible apoplectic stroke is mentioned as a factor in the king’s frail condition.
Fragmentary 1910s style dispatch notes Bonaparte asserting he will honor a Taft cabinet member. It mentions Baltimare and an attorney general, with unclear dates and garbled phrasing about inquiries and March. The readable elements reference public service and official affiliation without clear outcomes.
Dec 15 reports from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee and Chicago show grain futures for wheat corn and oats with various No 1 and Northern grades. Cattle hogs and sheep prices listed across markets with bids for grades and stock steers cows and heifers. Sioux City and South St Paul price snapshots include grass steers yearlings and lambs with bulk hogs at prevailing bid.
In Two Harbors Minnesota on December 1 health officials announce a week of lectures by Dr. Budd and other speakers to combat the so called white plague. Lectures are set for December 17 18 and 19 with Saturday designated as Mothers Day at the event led by Mrs. J M Hickox.
King Edward Well Agein at Siignton England departs for London to resume his engagements after a short illness. The notice notes his return and expected schedule in the capital today.
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