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Newspaper
Lemmon The State Line Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
3
Washington report notes the death of Admiral Berbardea and a pending White House naming of a new war secretary. It covers Roosevelt’s upcoming address, wartime plans, payroll and civil service issues, and a broad array of personal notices and foreign affairs items from Japan to China, plus tax conference news and local politics implications.
A chaotic report details a deadly incident at the Mount Olive and Braunton Coal Company's mine in Mont Olive Missouri. Workers Herman Herron and Monroe Yanischke were hurled to their deaths after a plunge into a hoisting elevator shaft. Mrs Mary Hitler, an elderly Clemens resident, was fatally injured when attacked during the disturbance. Rescue efforts followed as colleagues attempted to reach the trapped victims.
In Lexington Kentucky the court dismissed cases against Kilvert Bavdis Edward Callahan Alex Margie and Tensiy Splert tied to a bank robbery in Newcone Ned where $2500 was stolen from the State bank. Mary Johnson of California was sent to Ely Island after being held for wearing men's clothes under the alias Frank Woodhull for fifteen years seeking to earn a living as a man.
Amid warnings from Britain and France, Servian protests surge in Belgrade demanding cabinet resignations and King Peter’s abdication. Austria-Hungary readies 14,000 troops along the Drina. 24 hours could see 14,000 more moved into Servian territory. Montenegro backs Servia as a British fleet heads to the Aegean. Turkish Albanian and Greek tensions rise with reforms in Crete and Bosporus shots fired at new Bulgarian royal flag.
Report from Wisconsin Chicago dated October 11 notes traffic coalitions on the Wisconsin Central road have improved to the point of creating a shortage of workers. Wheat movement from the West and Northwest is driving the increase, with coal moving in the opposite direction.
In South Chicago a freight train backed into a group of three track repairers and one more man, injuring another fatally. The train crew was arrested amid claims no warning signal was given.
Railroads to Head of the Lakes report heavy traffic both ways. Coal movement west is strong and grain flow to Duluth is at record levels, averaging about 1,400 cars daily over the last two weeks.
Philadelphia hosted a Founders week pageant drawing 750000 spectators. Some 5000 costumed participants represented seventy floats and seventy boats depicting Pennsylvania history from early settlement to the Civil War. Highlighted by scenes of Penn and the Quakers, the Liberty Bell, and leaders like Washington Jefferson and Lafayette, the parade revived the nation’s past with vivid color and living imagery.
Col George W Goethals general director at the Panama canal work testifies in an inquiry before Inspector General Garlington into charges of discrimination and favoritism in awarding canal cableway contracts. He defends the process saying contracts were awarded as fairly as possible after earlier sensational hearings.
Hongkong Oct 11 report says Sir Robert Hart went to England to seek a three way alliance among China the United States and Great Britain to protect nations interests in the Far East. The move aims to secure stability and counter external pressures in the region.
Oct 11 a prominent Cutbank businessman Fred Lawler was killed while moving a house in Cutbank Montana. Authorities investigate the accident as a fatal mishap during a relocation operation at the business district.
An international balloon event near Schmargendorf Berlin drew at least 80,000 spectators as two American aeronauts in the Conqueror survived a near-fatal burst at 4,000 feet. A parachute formed by torn silk slowed the descent. the craft damaged a roof but pilots Forbes and Post escaped with slight injuries. The race involved 23 balloons from multiple nations.
John Dolan aged fifty five blind man escaped a blaze that consumed the building housing his family and the Schaichs in Oakland. A pet dog bark woke him and saved his life as flames spread through the structure.
Jim and Frank Davis, both African American, were accused of shooting a railroad conductor John C. Kendall of the Mineis Central. A mob seized them last night near the fall and hanged them, scenes of vigilante justice reported in Mobange Mississippi.
In York Pennsylvania on October 1 a man shot and killed his wife as she walked to church in Dubla and then killed himself. Police say jealousy sparked the crime.
Cholera in St Petersburg shows 72 new cases in the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday and 37 deaths. Recoveries total 153. The report notes a decreasing trend amid ongoing outbreaks and public health concerns in the city.
Washington October 13 The army board found Col William F Stewart coast artillery was finally retired from active service Secretary of War informed Col Stewart he would receive a reduced salary of 251 25 per month while on the retired list He had been living at Fort Grant Arizona and was ordered to appear before the board for a test but could not complete the prescribed walk due to illness The board refused to grant an exemption and ordered him to report for retirement on medical grounds
In New York a tense scene unfolded as a man climbed a 35 foot iron tower above the river near Williamsboro. A maniac clung to the tower and, as two others ascended the stairs, the struggle drew a crowd below. Police intervened when the assailant turned toward guards, ending with the suspect being restrained and taken to a cell in Brooklyn.
Horace Taylor a former assistant secretary of the treasury retires to Washington after two years abroad. The Wisconsin native will reside in Minneapolis before moving to his new home in Washington.
Latest quotations show stock and grain figures across St Paul Minneapolis Chicago and Sioux City. Cattle hogs oats corn and wheat prices listed with buyers and grade notes, including No 2 Northern and White wheat data, plus market totals and daily shifts.
A large summer resort at White Bear Lake near St. Paul was destroyed by a fire caused by a live wire. Estimated losses reach $80,000 with most buildings burned. In Austin Minnesota, Lampkin, a lineman for the light plant, was killed after touching a live wire.
Explanation demanded as Lisbon protests assertions about Charles Pize American minister to Portugal and the war minister. Government officials are pressed by West Africa authorities over an expulsion tied to the recent removal of an American missionary.
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