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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
1
Hartford City Indiana February 26. Mayor James Lucas has posted lists naming nearly all women card players and prize winners since the prohibition on prize games five weeks ago. He says the lists were supplied by a clubwoman and will be used as evidence if prosecutions proceed, though he does not plan to file affidavits.
Henry Newman aged eighteen and Ed Richardson nineteen attempted to shoot up the town firing about fifty shots at random. Patrols and citizens pursued them nine miles into the country and the pair rode their teecree to death before capture. One police horse also died. The youths surrendered after exhausting ammunition.
Pur due university experiment station findings show seed corn vitality in Indiana seriously reduced by a cold wet season in 1997. Much corn remained immature through October and suffered from hard freezes, causing many ears to test weak or dead. Readers urged to select and test each ear and discard weak ears.
Winchester Ky Feb 26 The Frankfort report that the American Tobacco company would take over all 1906 and 1907 burley crop at Equity prices is denied by G A Brooke Kentucky Burley Tobacco Society secretary He says the rumor may have circulated to kill the McChord tobacco bill.
Lexington Kentucky February 26 final action centers on the ether question for the 1908 crop era. The report notes the district debate and pending decision on the reener plan and its potential district impact.
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee heard Rear Admirals Converse and Capps deny a magazine attack by Henry Reuterdahl. After extended refutations, Senator Perkins apologized for summoning them, and Chairman Hale called the charges absurd. Senators joked about Reuterdahl.
The Hudson river tunnel linking New York City and Hoboken New Jersey officially opened with President Roosevelt's button press and speeches by the New York and New Jersey governors. Public service began at midnight with eight car trains running under five minute headways.
A coroner jury in Denver declares Father Leo's death the result of the anarchist Allo Alfio's act. Alfio remains jailed in Colorado Springs and was not brought to the inquest. He allegedly admitted mistaking Father Leo for a priest from Sicily in a feud.
Washington February 26 The Southern Railway company failed to secure a wage reduction deal with its workers and has asked the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Bureau of Labor to mediate under the Erdman act.
Washington on February 26 Charles A Stillings will not be restored to duty as public printer President Roosevelt disclosed this decision to friends discussing the government establishment position.
Paris dispatch reports General Da Amade, commander of French forces in Morocco, confirms plans to resume operations against the tribesmen on Thursday. The government has received the update as French military actions continue in the region.
J Pherpont Morgan departed today for Europe with plans to head directly to London. The New York stock exchange turmoil remains unresolved as fires cause heavy destruction in Pittsburg. Fort Reno ceased to be a military post with garrison moved to Fort McKenzie.
W. H. Truesdale president of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad attributes the general indiscriminate abuses of the railways and their management to the alleged plans of the two great political parties to make railroad sins the leading issue of the coming campaign. The remarks were reported from New York on February 26.
In his annual stockholders report Mr. Truesdale warned that 1908 earnings outlooks for railroads are bleak. He said parties’ presidential campaign plans weaponize railroad issues, eroding management trust and signaling harsh reforms. He noted laws on hours and wages curb control, while public boards could threaten future efficiency. Mr. Truesdale, ex-president, cited Fahnestock’s election as director succeeding Samuel Sloan.
The article presents opposing views on feathered headgear for women. It notes that supporters and opponents both argue, with the piece highlighting that public attention reveals two sides to this fashion issue.
Washington reports Congress debating the army appropriation bill with Republicans attacked on tariff policy and finance. Parker and Kustermann spoke for pay raises and canteen restoration as seven hours of central debate loomed. In the Senate Owen led currency talks on the Aldrich bill while the Indian appropriation bill was read and considered.
Lima reports the Yankton tender will search the Gala Islands for American sailor Frederick Jeffs of the ship Indefatigable. Jeffs, a former crewman of the Alexandria, survived the wreck near 150 islands after a storm. Others were rescued by a merchant ship as authorities order Rear Admiral Ev to recover him.
Seaman Herbert L. Pregton was killed after a fall on the battleship Maine during coal loading at the fleet dock in Lion Peru. The skull fracture and fatal injuries were reported from the incident dated February 26.
A special jury panel of seventy five names is drawn by the jury commission for the Harry Brunaugh trial. The case charges him with presenting a false and fraudulent claim to the county regarding asphalt repairs. Also listed is George Huggins, father of Mett S. Huggins, who faces forgery charges tied to courthouse scandals.
In Harrisburg on February 26 former Auditor General Snyder became the first defendant to testify in his own defense. Under cross examination he said he had never done anything knowingly wrong about payments on capital contracts and again placed responsibility for weights and measurements and pricing of furnishings on Architect Huston.
Portland Indiana February 26 Mrs Thomas Cheek of Dunkirk returns from Wheeling West Virginia to learn her husband was convicted of attacking a girl and jailed while creditors raided their cottage. Items such as china silverware carpets sewing machine were taken to cover his debts and the prosecuting attorney investigates the seizure.
Washington, Feb 26. A Senate committee finds eight Republicans and four Democrats agree the shooting at Brownsville in 1906 was done by some of the Twenty-fifth Infantry’s black soldiers, though guilty parties remain unidentified. Foraker leads anti administration push with plans to bring the issue to a Senate vote and to propose restoring discharged soldiers proved innocent.
The first of the racing cars carrying General Grant's message to Fort Leavenworth arrived in Chicago after three days on the road from New York to Paris. The American car remained a day ahead, but slowed for a midrace dinner with escort pilots, allowing the army machine to reach the city first. Crowds in drizzle greeted the arrivals as traffic halted and police cleared the way.
Chicago gambler D. H. Dillon, fined $100 for running a poker game, is chained to a city pole in the lockup yard by Chief Bridwell. He endures the day with shackles and a wooden block as onlookers jeer. Bracketing plans to chain him daily until he pays or works with the street gang.
John W. Elliott, accused of kidnapping his child amid a Fayette county Kentucky custody suit, allegedly escaped pursuit by hiring a special train. Mrs. Elliott obtained a habeas corpus writ in West Virginia, and the chase stretched through Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia before he vanished.
John Holmes, a recent arrival to Henderson Kentucky, believed T. J. Brown insulted his wife by saying she would be on Easy street. He hunted Brown and stabbed him in the back and side, then fled. Brown is expected to die.
Champaign Feb 26. University of Illinois College of Agriculture faculty tours towns along the Chicago & Eastern Illinois line on a seed and soil special. Lectures of thirty to forty minutes cover seed corn selection and proper soil care for many stops.
Night riders allegedly struck near Kirke Eye farm of Brandon Hurt in a February incident. About fifty masked men visited the property, burned the barn after Hurt had recently removed his last tobacco load amid rumors of non membership in the local association.
In Frankfort on February 26 a faction proposes a county unit bill in the senatorial contest. Ex Governor Bradley receives a letter from Beckham. the dispatch hints at efforts to unseat two Democrats amid party maneuvering.
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