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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1908
Page
2
Railroads plan to comply with the nine hour law amid fears of large layoff and station closures. Officials warn service reductions may cause temporary travel and shipping inconvenience while seeking to reduce operating costs.
Tens of thousands in Paterson and Denver remembered Rev. Father Leo Heinrichs murdered by anarchist Giuseppe Alto. Viewings drew police crowds in Paterson with hours of patience amid snow and rain. Interment followed at Holy Sepulchre as bishops and monks attended the solemn rites.
Police dispersed a gathering in Rochester New York amid suspicions of archistic tendencies and Italian unrest tied to a memorial for Giordano Bruno. Matteo Teresi a New York lawyer who planned to speak protested the action but the meeting broke up without incident.
Vienna March 2 The Austro Hungarian government circulated to foreign representatives that the emperor asks foreign princes not to visit Vienna for the emperor’s jubilee marking sixty years of his reign.
Fred Dolph, 26, was murdered in his sleep in Clinton Iowa on March 2. A shotgun was placed against his heel and fired. The wife of the victim is in custody on suspicion.
An advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets promising to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. each box bears E. W. Grove's signature and is priced at 25 cents.
In the Bazar valley British troops under Maj. Gen. Sir James Willcocks completed a punitive campaign against the Zak kakhels. The tribe submitted after forts were destroyed and many killed. 300 high chiefs petitioned to spare them. Willcocks accepted terms and the expedition ends as troops head toward Peshawar.
Advices from Gen. d Amade describe a long clash with Madakara tribesmen near Moroc co lasting from morning until night. The French suffered 11 killed and 36 wounded as they repelled ferocious attacks and broke through a surrounding effort with a brilliant cavalry charge.
Peking reports the Chinese government will surrender the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru seized Feb 7 by Chinese customs off Macao while unloading thousands of rifles and ammunition. It was charged that the cargo aimed to aid revolutionists in China.
Anthony Schultze aged 55 and his children Nellie 13 Joseph 11 and May 8 died in a house fire in Depew New York on Sunday. Firefighters battled the blaze but the family perished in the flames. The tragedy occurred ten miles from Buffalo prompting investigations by local authorities.
Reported fleet sighting off the north end of Oahu at sundown proved to be a mirage. The naval observers had initially described unknown warships on the horizon near Honolulu.
The Independent Telephone Company of Goshen purchased the Bell company interest and immediately raised rates, affecting local customers and signaling a shift in regional telephone service pricing.
Albany residents mourn Andrew Hamilton a former counsel to New York Life and other firms and longtime insurer and legislative expert found dead in his Albany home He had attended to affairs the day before his passing an autopsy showed acute dilation of the heart causing instant death He was 54 born in Lansingburg and once Albany County district attorney known as Chief Prober for his role in insurance investigations.
A Sunday avalanche struck near Goppenstein in Berne killing 13 and injuring 15 of 30 hotel occupants. An American engineer Mervart was among the dead. the hotel, built for tunnel workers, collapsed trapping occupants. nearby post office and police station were damaged.
The New York Public Service Commission rules that scrip dividends cannot be authorized under the public service law and rejects Erie Railroad Company’s request to issue such dividends on its first and second preferred stock. The Erie board previously declared 2 percent and 4 percent dividends in 1907 with warrants tied to the payments, awaiting commission approval.
Papers formalize transfer of 16 Nebraska elevators from Blenkiron Bros of Sioux City to McCaul Webster Elevator Co of Minneapolis Minnesota. Consideration not disclosed.
Des Moines reports an American car broke down at Belle Plaine just east of Marshalltown and remained there overnight on March 2.
Charles Seli of Hazelton was severely slashed by a knife during a quarrel with Arthur White. The incident occurred late in the evening, and authorities are investigating the motive and seeking further details from witnesses.
The Interstate Commerce Commission writes to the Senate committee opposing Senator Fulton's bill that would bar railroads from advancing rates after a shipper protest until the commission rules on reasonableness. It argues such a rule would unfairly limit railroad actions and could skew public interest.
The Marquis of Linlithgow, formerly Lord Hopetoun and governor general of Australia at the founding of the commonwealth in Sydney on January 1, 1901, has died. He was known for his clashes over finances with the first commonwealth parliament.
Minneapolis report says four year old Clif ford Ek lund was killed when a large bottle of potash exploded at his home on Sunday night. His brothers Herman eighteen Conrad eight and Richard eleven were seriously injured as the roof of the house was partly wrecked.
Gas leak at Green Avenue Baptist Church on Sunday left 40 worshipers temporarily asphyxiated. Several unconscious members were revived after evacuation to the open air. Pastor William Walker his wife and daughter were among those affected.
E V Munn aged 56 died Sunday in Beloit Wisconsin from paralysis. He long served as secretary and treasurer of the Fire Underwriters Association of the Northwest with offices in Chicago. At his death he was manager of the Milwaukee bureau for the Western Fire Adjusters and Inspection Company.
Frederick George and Harry Tucker died after being struck by an express train on the Baltimore and Ohio line Sunday. George lost his life while attempting to save Tucker in Baltimore Maryland.
Local columnist feature highlights cooks who prepare meals at home and in community kitchens, celebrating their skill, creativity, and contributions to neighborhood food culture. The piece profiles several notable individuals and their signature dishes across various neighborhoods.
A February fire in Tampa, Florida destroyed 308 buildings over 55 acres between Twelfth and Michgan Avenues and Sixteenth and Twentieth streets. One woman died, many out of work, and St Josephs convent opened to shelter the homeless as four cigar factories burned.
Seven men condemned by a court martial for involvement in a plot against Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch and Minister M Chtcheglovitoff were executed at dawn Sunday on the ship Lissy Ness opposite Kronstadt. One condemned man Calvino, an Italian, held a passport tied to the real Calvino. Three women, aged 18 and 19 among them, were among the deceased.
Lexington Kentucky March 2 W B Hawkins founder of the tobacco growers movement and first president of the Burley Tobacco association issued in a card a warning to growers about their likely fate if they disobey the Equity society ultimatum for the 1908 crop.
In Brooklyn on a Sunday night Constantine Pellegrino seventeen shot and killed his father Angelo Pellegrino while defending his mother during a bitter family quarrel. The youth was arrested.
London March 2 Sir Dominic Ellis Colamaghi former British consul general at Boston from 1896 to 1899 died Sunday He was born in 1834 and knighted in the same year as his passing Lordships and officials remembered his service and public life.
Dr. Edwin Holt Hughes of DePauw University warned students that failure to follow social rules could lead to expulsion, signaling strict campus disciplinary expectations.
The writer promotes Map!Flake made from pure Vermont maple syrup and wheat. It emphasizes 96 hours total processing with steam cooking six hours and 30 minute toasting at 400 degrees. The aim is to persuade parents that children benefit from the digestible starch and richer nourishment.
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