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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
1
Two masked assailants gagged and bound Wilbert Frampton and Rob Station during a city robbery, taking about $200 before fleeing the scene. Police调查正在继续。
Wilbert Frampton, night operator at Ellwood City Balti and Ohio station, was surprised by two masked robbers who forced him to gag with paper and bound his arms and legs. The men looted about $200 as a freight train passed, then fled before local authorities could reach them. suspects were later arrested on trespass charges and await further investigation.
Sheriff Waddington levies on 100 shares of Washington County Coal stock held in Patton name and on Patton’s 94 acre Hickory township farm. Sale of stock set for Friday August 16, while the farm faces a September quarter sessions sale if unresolved. Patton linked to a Cuba plantation, Wallace identity unclear but believed a farmer.
Francis Elder 28 died when struck by lightning Wednesday evening near Harlansburg Mercer road. Inquest ruled accidental death. body found Thursday morning half a mile north of town. Funeral set for Friday at the family home with burial at Rich Hill cemetery.
Mary Burkena, 16, of Bessemer, was badly burned Thursday while trying to start a fire with kerosene in the kitchen stove. An explosion occurred, oil splashed over her face hands and body, and family members smothered the flames. Her condition is serious.
Abraham Oppenheim, heir to a vast fortune and noted practical joker, shot himself at the Belleview Hotel on upper Broadway. He telephoned Miss Eth el Saxe after the act, asking for a doctor as investigators probe the head wound and assess motives amid possible romance rumors.
A heavy wave of selling pushed stocks down in early trading amid bear raid rumors. The report that Standard Oil backed the bears with the $29 240 000 fine was denied by Standard. traders later recovered most losses as prices firmed noon. Union Pacific dipped to 127 1 2 then rose to 130 3 4 with others following.
A posse of farmers and deputy sheriffs pursues three bank robbers after an attempted heist at the Farmers and Merchants bank in Strongsville near Cleveland. One robber is seriously wounded as townsmen with shotguns drive the gang from the rear door. the robbers flee south with a stolen rig while the posse closes in.
George Wallace Delamater, 58, prominent Western Pennsylvania figure and former Crawford County state senator, ended his life by shooting himself in Pittsburg after turmoil from his father’s death in Meadville and the June death of his son James in Connellsville. Announcement appeared in Wednesday’s News. He was tied to the Prudential Insurance Company and left a comfortable fortune to his family.
Samuel Stillwagon aged 50 of Center ville, James Harvey Cooper 59 of Har bor Bridge, Russell Burlet 4 months of 9 Hays avenue, Frank M. Kretchlow 25 of Titus with Mrs. John B. Emery 54 of Pittsburg, Francis Elder 28 of Harlansburg, Wayne Boak 71 of Shenango township, Francis A. Hoffmaster 3 months of Hillsville, Carlo Gatamaula 18 of Ellwood.
Mrs. Clyde Seamons of Lorain Street was taken to the hospital on Wednesday for an operation. She is reported getting along well and expected to recover.
Agricultural reports depict improving crop yields and favorable weather aiding farmers. Officials note rising production prospects across regions with steady markets and cautious optimism for the season ahead.
Central west railroad managers report abundant crops and rising grain traffic. Leaders from the Chicago and Alton, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, Chicago Burlington and Quincy, Santa Fe, Illinois Central, Rock Island Frisco and other lines forecast solid yields, growing cultivation, and continued prosperity into 1907 and 1908.
Officials of Midland Steel Company near Beaver on the Ohio River deny a report that their plant has been sold to a steel corporation. They state there is absolutely no truth to the story.
Chicago lecturer Prof. Charles Zueblin denounces Rockefeller Harriman and Morgan as leading dyed in the wool socialists accusing Standard Oil of business chicanery. Attorney General Bonaparte says sending magnates to jail would deter crime more than costly lawsuits. A government suit to dissolve Standard Oil proceeds in Washington with testimony underway in St Paul.
Nancy Miller of Indian Territory was freed from Columbus U S penitentiary after five years. A dispute over goslings led her to shoot a neighbor. her clean prior record saved her from first degree murder. The president commuted her sentence. she would have been released in 1911.
About 41 000 workers from eastern railroads held secret talks at Cambridge Springs Pennsylvania for ten days. Leaders from locomotive engineers conductors firemen brake men switchmen and telegraphers pressed for a substantial wage increase due to higher living costs, seeking action from major lines including Pennsylvania New York Central New Haven Hartford Central Railroad of New Jersey and Chesapeake and Ohio among others.
A young Italian worker, Gatamaula, 18, was killed at the Ellwood Glass company plant when pulled into a belt. Fellow workers found him unresponsive. life extinct. He left two brothers employed at Ellwood as parents resided abroad.
Jay Updegraff, a Sheridan avenue railroader, frightened a burglar trying to force a window late last night. He reported the attempted break in after the intruder fled, with marks on the window showing a possible entry.
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania at a South Side Polish hotel two brothers Andrew and Stephen Starzynsky who run the place were shot by Ludwig Szeziel a Polish priest who arrived from Chicago ten days ago. Stephen died hours later and Andrew is in critical condition. Szeziel spoke with a woman who accompanied him and pretended she was his housekeeper and the woman Francesca Shrock is detained as a suspicious person. He had been drinking heavily since his arrival.
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