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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
1
Clara Kanter, 18, was abducted Monday afternoon and held 24 hours in a lonely hut before being found unconscious at her home near Shousetown. Doctors say she was drugged and assaulted. a large search by county detectives and about 600 farmers is under way for suspects.
The American Thomas car arrived in Paris after a world around-the-world race. Drivers Shuster and Miller are hailed as winners. the Thomas finished 2 1/2 days ahead, with a 30 day allowance for the Vladivostock to Paris leg.
Obituary notice reports the death of C. G. Rodgers aged 84 in Covington Kentucky. The record lists burial arrangements and surviving relatives per local customs.
Mrs. Anna Hilizabeth Lynch of McKeesport died from elephantiasis weighing 540 pounds. The case, the only known elephantiasis instance in the United States, drew physicians worldwide. Her legs swollen for 19 years, the left calf measured 85 inches around and the right 65 inches. She could not move from a bed built inside her bedroom for over a decade. Doctors say the heart failure caused by the disease led to her death.
In Philadelphia on July 31 a Reading railway train fatally struck an auto carrying Samuel B. Roop and Charles Humphrey, both police department clerks. The auto stalled on a crossing as a watchman signaled, but the two men were unable to stop and were ground to pieces between the wheels.
New Yorkers will gain a grand opera roof garden atop the Manhattan Opera House. Oscar Hammerstein filed plans for a large steel structure hosting concerts by the Manhattan and Philadelphia opera houses orchestras. The design includes a 40 by 8 foot stage and seating for over 1,200 on the lower floor plus 40 private boxes and a rear venetian garden.
Albany's 1908 quarterly report by State Labor Commissioner John Williams shows 138131 workers out of 387440 in New York were jobless in Q1. Major cause is lack of work at 89.6 percent with other factors including weather and labor disputes.
The News outlines a contest offering special prizes to the top vote gainers among young ladies in districts 1 and 2 and elsewhere for new subscriptions. The four week deadline looms with plans for a Niagara Falls factory tour and the illuminated park as part of the trip. Winners will be decided after the next standings are published.
Chairman Harry Good reports Beaver county Democrats have appointed congressional conferees from Beaver Washington and Lawrence counties. They will meet at the Monongahela House in Pittsburg on Monday to nominate a congressionable candidate, likely Attorney C H Akens. If nominated, preparations for the fall campaign will begin with headquarters and a marching club planned.
George Bell of the Brooklyn team pitched one of his best games while his dying baby haunted his thoughts. He shut out Pittsburg, then wept in the locker room as manager Patsy Donovan urged him home to Knoxville to be with his child. Bell insisted on pitching and delivered a heroic win.
Evelyn Thaw visited Harry Thaw at the Dutchess county jail and taunted Sheriff Chanler over his treatment. The couple spoke through bars as Thaw opposed being kept apart, and he failed to gain access to his wife in his cell.
Leonard Hendricks aged 31 a brewery worker killed his two daughters Anna five and Lillian three and died by gas in Cranston suburb after growing insanely jealous of his wife who had left for Hartford on a visit.
Mexican ambassador Senor Creel has appealed to the state department for U S support in suppressing revolver bands that have been raiding Mexican territory from the American side of the border for several weeks.
A detailed account from The News covers a Trades and Labor Assembly session with many unions present. The discussion touched on union and non union merchandise, out of town bands, vacations with pay, and the impact of economic confidence on labor. References include the Sheet Metal Workers and labor day plans with Butler and New Castle unions.
Word from New Castle says Mrs. Ousley of Youngstown mother of Mrs. E W Beadel of Lincoln Avenue was seriously injured by a fall Thursday. She tripped on a rug while walking in a room. no bones were broken, but her age makes her condition serious.
New York reports 60 policemen acting under health board orders killed all unmuzzled dogs running at large to prevent rabies. Dog licenses offer no protection. prior rabies cases prompted the action though a cruelty society protested. A legal opinion later sustained the health officers’ broad dog-killing order.
W H Raymond of the federal Department of Commerce and Labor says New Castle manages finances satisfactorily. He praises Controller Hughes and city officials for economical operations and notes a forthcoming census will compare New Castle with similarly sized cities.
The third annual reunion of the Fifteenth regiment N G P and P V I was held in Greenville Pa with large representation. The regiment organized in 1874 with Colonel P B Carpenter as first commander. Officers elected for the new year include Captain C B Smathers president James Rodgers third vice president and Captain J H Martin chaplain.
Five guests aboard the naphtha launch West Wind escape serious harm after the West Wind is crushed by the steamer Grayhound in Toledo bay. Richard Mueller of Toledo is missing, presumed at the bottom, as the launch is torn apart and the surviving men are rescued nearly naked.
Austro-Hungarian police pursue Count Erwin Batthyany amid charges of sedition after an anarchist article linked him to a European terror network. Investigators cite evidence of criminal plotting within the organization. The hunt follows a published critique of government policy in the Hungarian anarchist press.
Vienna reports the death of four more workers bringing total fatalities to 23 in attempts to extinguish the Borislav district oil well fire. The giant well spills thousands of barrels daily into a surrounding oil lake as workers inside a narrowing barrier struggle amid heat and gas. A three ton extinguisher is prepared to cover the mouth of the well, though proximity dangers loom.
In Minneapolis on July 31 authorities announced the bodies of George A Raisbeck and his wife found in Lake Silvia. Officials abandoned murder theories and ruled Mrs Raisbeck's death as heart failure and Mr Raisbeck's as accidental drowning.
Rev. C. G. Leatherman will lead the cornerstone ceremony for the new Bethany English Lutheran Church on Sunday August 9. The handsome structure is expected to cost about $4000 and the exercises will be in charge of the pastor.
Bryan plans a sensational attack on Hearst motivated by the Independence party formation. He will publish letters from Hearst agents and allege a dealer to secure Independence delegates and a future Hearst nomination. Bryan declined further comment while he finalizes acceptance remarks.
George Fetterman, a blind street musician long familiar in New Castle, killed himself in his Harrisburg hotel room Thursday morning after reportedly being robbed of $50 at Gettysburg. He often played in New Castle until an ordinance barred street music in the business district.
Mrs Fortney of 12 Florence Street was rushed to the hospital today by Sutton's ambulance after suffering a severe typhoid fever attack.
In Washington on Wednesday night Charles Marthinson a wealthy lumber dealer and two companions beat tarred and stripped F E Bliss Jr after Bliss tried to woo Mrs Marthinson and invade the home Bliss friends and Bliss are charged with assault and battery bonds for the three men are set at 500 and raised to 1000 on the US Attorneys request Bliss and his partner Albrecht smile grimly as the case opens in police court.
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