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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
1
Washington March 4 The secretary of commerce and labor issues a sweeping order to immigration commissioners and inspectors directing them to work with police to deport alien anarchists and criminals under the deportation law.
The Department of Commerce and Labor orders swift deportation of alien anarchists and criminals. Police and federal agencies coordinate with the city police, with Watchorn and Commissioner Bing ham seeking expanded detective powers. Archbishop Farley reportedly warned. no evidence yet of Western anarchist links to New York or imminent outbreak.
Chicago authorities expand raids through the ghetto to root out anarchists suspected of ties to the attempted assassination of Chief Shippy. The police say Lazarus Averbuch acted under a commission from Chicago anarchists seeking to kill Mayor Busse and Detective Captain O'Brien. The main plotters remain undiscovered. insanity evidence is noted. Giuseppe Alis in Denver is declared sane by four experts in prior case.
A daughter of Ed Harriman and a son of Commodore Gerry wed yesterday at a Broadway church. The procession blocked Broadway and cross streets for over half an hour as mounted and unmounted police tried to control the throng and clear a route for the wedding party amid women spectators pushing past officers and passing vehicles.
An eastbound Big Four freight two miles from Litchfield exploded when two cars loaded with powder blew up. The blast wrecked about twenty cars and tore up track for 1000 feet. Two men, Lloud Gaw of San Antonio and Paul Daugherty of Paxton, were injured but survived.
Dubno town of about 12 000 inhabitants was sold by Countess Shuvalov to Count Offendorf for 2090000 dollars. The deal includes the site of the Russian fortress at Dubno. Founded in the tenth century the fortress has never fallen to invaders in Cossack or Tartar invasions.
Representative Lloyd of Missouri charged in Washington that railroads carrying the mails since 1880 cost the government more than 70 million dollars. He cited the post office weighing system as proof of past fraud and asked why suits to recover funds were not brought, referencing the retirement of an assistant postmaster general and a proposed expenditure.
An investigation pledge was made by My Hauser of Pennsylvania as chair of the committee to control department expenses. Senators McCumber and Newlands urged modifications to the emergency currency bill and backed plans to bolster depositor confidence to prevent panics. The Senate passed Tilman’s resolution seeking attorney general information on Indian Territory court actions involving the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, along with several minor bills.
The long struggle for control of the Illinois Centre railroad ended temporarily as stockholders elected four directors. Stuyvesant Fish backed interests won, with J. Orden Armour to join the board when shares transfer. Minor reshuffles followed, including A. G. Hackstay and Joseph F. Witus joining.
A Washington survey of Senate mood on the Aldrich currency bill shows more Democratic than Republican senators backing the measure when it comes to a vote.
A passenger train on the Tillio Central was wrecked five miles north of Belleville Illinois last night causing a single trainload of passengers to have a narrow escape. The wreck occurred while the train was moving at a good rate of speed with four coaches torn from their trucks and lying on their sides.
John and Shia Conrad of Tonville Indiana are held in Vermillion county jail charged with causing the death of their nine year old daughter Eunice by refusing medical care during diphtheria illness. They claim martyrdom and cite Church of God teachings from Anderson Indiana as justification.
Washington March 4. Mr Humphrie of Mississippi denounces a twelve year press driven slander campaign against immigrants. He cites sensational stories of peonage and slavery tied to Mississippi and claims Italian agents circulated them. He presses for a tribunal to hear witnesses and convict libelers or force substantiation.
The Republican convention for Tennessee's Tenth district ended with white and black delegates forming separate conventions after a factional dispute. The white faction backed Taft in resolutions, while the coloured faction endorsed Foraker for president. A Shelby county delegate seating dispute sparked the split.
Perry Oklahoma March 4. A deadly family feud incident occurred leading to injuries and police involvement as investigators seek details about the dispute and any suspects.
A Liverpool convict who served his sentence later became a colonial editor after a chance reformation. A tornado revealed old English papers listing his trial and conviction, discovered by staff as they salvaged derelict material for printing.
A reflection on language class and social performance contrasts liking words with honest speech. It condemns insincere phrasing and social pretense as craven acts, likening them to uncomfortable fashion and tasteless wine choices as anti culture.
The article surveys how terms for books and writing echo plant origins. It notes beech rooted boc in Anglo Saxon links to book and buchstaben meaning beech slaves. Liber and liberary tie to inner tree rind, biblon to bible roots, codex as wood block, and leaf as literal leaf.
A private soldier, taken to the guardroom for drunkenness, argues with a sergeant. The man insists he is only half drunk. The sergeant orders him to remove boots, then allows him to take off one boot, maintaining the lighthearted exchange.
A brief philosophical aside notes that mad houses rarely show subordination and are inhabited by kings, poets, and philosophers, as observed by Medora in Messenger.
Four naval officers testified before the senate naval committee defending American turret design and gunnery. Prof P R Alger of the Naval Academy and two lieutenants detailed safety upgrades, shielded powder handling, and improvements since the Missouri accident. Alger praised U S gunnery at Santiago and blamed prior misfires on training, not capability.
Ohio Republicans in a state convention redeploy the party machinery to William Howard Taft and allies, ousting the old central committee. The move eliminates Foraker and Dick supporters, naming Taft loyalists to the new committee. Delegates at large to the national convention were no contestly chosen, with Harris I. Vorys Taft and Herrick as selections.
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