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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
3
A daybreak landslide on the Lievre River near Notre Dame de la Salette in Ontario devastates the French village. Thirty-one people confirmed dead, with many families wiped out, and 11 bodies recovered as rescuers search for others amid remote conditions.
Rameses II influences this year’s tea gown style and a war dress inspired design is shown at the Dress Designers' exhibition in the Dudley gallery. Critics call it one of the season’s most artistic creations despite its 3000 year old design roots and loose cut with a crossover bodice.
Indianapolis special notes Governor Hanly will announce Vice President Fairbanks as the Republican nomination contender at the state delegation meeting next Friday. Friends expect the governor to perform this service, given his position and oratorical skill.
Harold C. Magrew dies suddenly at home in Indianapolis after an attack of acute indigestion. He was a Spanish American War veteran, twice elected to the City Council, and a former President of the Board of Public Works. Magrew served as Commander in Chief of Spanish War Veterans in 1903 and helped unify war societies.
In Parrsboro Nova Scotia on August 8 James Rector entered Lewis Smith’s butcher shop and spoke to Smith who allegedly looked unwell. Smith drew a pistol, killing Rector and then shot himself, leaving both men wounded psychologically and physically.
A portrait of Caroline Williams then Caroline Scott inspired the design of the Uncle Sam silver dollar and she has been admitted to the Broome county almshouse as a county charge in Kirkwood New York.
Not a Million Dollar Baby Kansas City special notes that ex Senator W A Clark of Montana was rumored to have offered a million dollars to his first grandchild. John M Foster claims Clark gave only 1000 at birth and sent 1000 each birthday, totaling 4000.
Lamont Alberta hosts the world’s largest buffalo herd after a successful Montana roundup. About 1144 percent loss is cited, with plans to move 400 head by wagon drive eighty miles to the Canadian preserve. Government tenders seek an 70 mile wire fence costing around 80000 dollars.
The Senate held a lively exchange over Senator Beveridge’s book The Russian Advance with Hale and Aldrich challenging his forecast that Russia would dominate Japan. Beveridge admitted human error while defending his early prophecy of war, and the discussion continued through the afternoon.
In Chicago area reporting from Waukegan two men died two were seriously injured and several others lightly hurt when a flywheel flew from its bearings after a belt burned at the North Shore Electric Company plant. The wheel caused extensive damage and the plant sustains an estimated loss of 135000 dollars along with damage to several other buildings.
Special Representative Landis declares opposition to restoring the canteen in national soldiers homes and the army. He rejects pleas to permit handling intoxicating drinks, asserting Congress will not grant the privilege directly or indirectly.
Reports claim Tangier based Moroccan bandit Raisuli was killed by Leymes tribesmen while returning from a feast. The outlaw had seized the Perdicaris captives and sparked a long international crisis with ransom demands and shifting alliances involving the Sultan, Britain, and the United States.
Four charred bodies found on Belle Gunness farm including Myrtle Lucy and Philip. Ray Lamphere, once employed there, is arrested after collapsing at the Laporte jail amid mob tension. Gunness had sued to have him declared insane but a jury ruled him sane.
Princeton report notes Judge George Gray of Delaware refused a offer to head a large insurance company in New Jersey. He said no citizen should earn more than the President, turning down $200000 yearly pay to preserve democratic equality.
Miss Minnie Cox, a prominent society girl in Martins Ferry Ohio, died after a spider bite three days earlier. Her body swelled and she suffered greatly from the bite.
Mary B. Keeler of Poughkeepsie sues the Harlem Railroad Company for damages claiming her husband was killed near Millerton by a train whose engineer flirted with a village maiden. The case seeks compensation for the loss.
In Helena Arkansas a showboat named Marion capsized eight miles above the river mouth. Twelve persons drowned including a woman. Captain W A Joyce of Newport Arkansas, in charge, returned to Helena with details.
One thousand chorus girls are stranded in Chicago as the theatrical season closes. Only forty four positions remain open in the entire city.
President Roosevelt expresses regret over a pledge and hints he may seek the nomination to force Congress to pass his program. He assails tariff revision limits and the four battleship plan, as Congress ignores his messages and opposition grows amid a contentious political climate. He weighs stepping into the race if Taft falters.
A pink message from New York to Ft Worth railroad officials seeks the whereabouts of Stuyvesant Fish Jr who has vanished and is said to be in Texas. town rumors allege the multimillionaire’s son ran off with E. H. Harriman’s daughter.
Dispatches from Simla India describe a clash between Mohammed tribesmen and British and British Indian forces. The British side suffered 60 killed and 80 wounded while the natives reportedly had over 200 killed and many wounded and captured.
Ottawa Ont special notes since 1900 about 300000 Americans moving into the Canadian northwest. The emigrants are described as well capitalized vigorous and law abiding and are said to become good Canadian citizens. They move not from failure but to seek better opportunities in Canada.
Charles W. Miller of Goshen announces his bid for the Republican nomination to succeed the late congressman A L Brick in Indiana's Thirteenth District. He says he announced only after thorough canvassing of the situation.
Washington correspondent Raymond of the Tribune predicts Secretary Taft will secure the Republican nomination on the first ballot in Chicago Special: Taft on the first ballot is the focal forecast with party leaders eyeing decisive victory.
Curator Raymond Ditmars performed a dangerous extraction in the Bronx Zoo to obtain 17% grains of venom from a lance snake. The poisonous fluid is diluted with milk and sugar to create a serum claimed to aid insanity epilepsy and related nervous disorders. The operation yielded enough venom for millions of doses.
In Buda Pesth Countess Szechenyi and her husband faced a deadly boating mishap on Easter Sunday when a storm toppled their boat on the Laborcza river. They swam 500 yards to shore near Pussta farm before being aided by Ferenczy. The Countess later received medical care for throat trouble.
Chicago girl outlines ideal husband traits with emphasis on practicality and American gentility. Miss Myrtle Bascom of Chicago awarded first prize for proposing a man who is a reliable provider and well matched to modern domestic life. she cites Mayor Jim Dahlman as a model but seeks a different partner.
Hundreds of mounted men scour the prairie around Medicine Hat Alberta seeking the two year old son of rancher James Norquay who vanished last Saturday. No trace found and authorities fear an eagle may have carried him off matching a prior similar disappearance of a four year old last year.
Judge J. F. Elliott imposes a life sentence on Worley Osborn, convicted of killing Fairy Mae Clain Miller in Kokomo Indiana. Osborn says he accepts prison life and intends to be a model prisoner.
Alton Illinois special report notes that Shurtleff College faculty claim to have found a man described as a perfect Greek scholar working as a barber shop bootblack and have made him a faculty member.
A Friday spree of six tornadoes struck Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama killing an estimated 225 people. Black and white residents died across plantations homes cabins and towns including Amite City Arcadia Independence Belle Grove Melton Lorman Pine Ridge Quitman Landing Fairfield s Creek Purvis Lumberton and Dora Alabama. Dozens injured and property wrecked across the Deep South.
The Duc de Chaulnes married in February in New York to Miss Theodora Shonts was found dead in his bed at the Hotel Langham Rue Boccador. Officials said death from embolism, a natural cause, after an inquest begun following the widow’s discovery. The couple had lived at the hotel three weeks awaiting their private residence completion.
President Roosevelt defies Senate rejection of his shipbuilding plan by sending a special message urging Congress to back four battleships, broaden corporate controls, curb injunction abuse, and push financial and tariff reform amid a broader call against class consciousness.
A Skidoo California camp band of citizens overpowered the sheriff's guard and hanged Joseph Simpson, a gambler who shot and hired James Arnold last Sunday, shortly after dusk Wednesday. The incident occurred about 55 miles south of Rhyolite Nevada.
In Peoria county this week a 75 year old bride and an 81 year old groom became the oldest couple to obtain a marriage license. The ceremony noted John H. Faulhausern and Mrs Amelia Behrends as the couple in question.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman former British premier and Liberal leader died Wednesday after a lingering illness of more than two months. The passing ends a long career dating to the Gladstone era with widespread tributes from political figures and the public.
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