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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
6
A joint postal commission report in Atlantic City shows six months mail handling may cut mail payments to railroads. Contracts based on two weeks' data. overloading alleged. Plans to reform accounting could save millions. up to 50 cents paid to collect one cent due.
Thomas Aiken a longtime county resident died suddenly Wednesday at about 11 o clock at his home half a mile from Oak Grove U P church on Butler Road. He was 42, never married, son of the late Judge James Aiken, and survived by five sisters and one brother. He belonged to Oak Grove U P church. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
D J McFadden learns of his sister Mrs Sarah Delegrange's death in Danburn Arkansas. She leaves husband five children and siblings in New Castle and Youngstown. John Steen of Wilmington Township Mercer died at 80, survived by three daughters two sons and two sisters. funeral Friday at 2 interment West Middlesex.
A fund of five thousand dollars is to be presented to trainer Mike Murphy of the American Olympic team. The drive, started by J E Sullivan, aims to show appreciation for Murphy's role in the team’s success. About a thousand persons have been asked to contribute five dollars each.
George Weber a 63 year old former Hamilton county sheriff and retired iron operator shot himself at his country home. His daughter Mrs Heneck found him in a bloodstained bathroom with a crushed skull from a bullet after days of intense pain and growing despair.
Harrisburg Sept 9 The J Washington Savings and Trust of Pittsburg was authorized to reopen to pay off depositors and to not receive new deposits or engage in other business after agreeing to meet banking department requirements including payment of time deposits.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Gibson and others from Pittsburg visited Mt. Jackson Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Steele. The funeral of Walter Patterson was held from the Wellar home at 10 o'clock Wednesday with interment at Neshannock church.
Chafin and Watkins, the Prohibition standard bearers, stage a grueling national drive. Chafin leaves Chicago August 18 after notice, racking up over 2,200 miles and six states in two weeks with up to a dozen rallies a day en route to the Pacific coast. Watkins, after audiences in seven eastern states, returns home to Chicago then Ada, Ohio, for more campaign events before September 3. A novel Chicago talk uses a phonograph, potentially reaching millions as records circulate to 5,000 agencies.
In Peoria Illinois the Democratic state convention opened with William J Bryan present. Bryan and Adlai E Stevenson addressed the crowd as about 40 000 listened. The platform was expected to endorse the Denver program with anti injunction emphasis. Governor John A Johnson of Minnesota and John H Atwood of Kansas were scheduled to speak later at the Coliseum.
London crowds fill Catholic churches for the nineteenth international Eucharist congress the first in a Protestant country. Cardinal Gibbons leads with Cardinal Vannutelli as papal legate and talks of a U.S. visit. Protestant protests cause hisses and heavy police guard at the events. Rain dampened the opening at Westminster Cathedral but drew one of its largest ever crowds.
Washington reports the comptroller of the currency stating that Cosmopolitan National Bank's condition justified its closing. Judge F Oldham, head of the insolvent division, said no reopen proposal had been received and no officer connected with the bank charged Mr Cunningham with intoxication during the examination.
New Haven Conn Sept 9 Congressman George L Lilley was nominated for the governorship by the Republican state convention, receiving 402 votes of 577. Lieutenant Governor Lake had 133 and Governor Woodruff 42. A unanimous nomination was urged and passed. Frank B Weeks of Middletown was named lieutenant governor by acclamation.
Molten lava from Kilauea crater rose after Friday’s slight quake and now lies about 300 feet below its former level. Scientists watch with interest as eruption activity continues.
Fire alarms sounded at 2 15 this afternoon at the New Castle Savings and Trust company building on Washington street. The Central fire department dispatched a chemical engine to extinguish a small blaze among rubbish and logs in the basement. Gov Hughes faces likely renomination on the first Republican ballot at Saratoga next Tuesday, according to reports from New York dated Sept 9.
Frederick A. Salamon a Memphis broker arrested in a $65,000 property swindle is described by police as an old offender previously arrested under the name Salmon. James Henry Bryan of Knoxville says he met Salamon in Memphis to sale lumber property in Marion South Carolina and agreed to bonds and notes as payment but later learned the bonds were not guaranteed.
Des Moines reports that Cummins supporters claim six stand-patters shifted to back him in the joint session, potentially giving Cummins 70 votes of 77 needed for election. Opponents say deadlock possible if others stay firm, as yesterday's separate vote showed Cummins 64, Porter 45, with 43 scattered.
In Reims France on September 9 the champagne belt suffers a brutal mildew and cocylis insect attack. Mayors warn that fifty four fifty fifths of the Midi Sillery and Epernay crops are irretrievably lost with little chance of saving the remainder. No bottles of France's famed wines may be produced this year.
Harrisburg September 9 The select castle Knights of the Mystic Chains of Pennsylvania elect S B Drake of Center Square select marshal and W W Koechler of Allentown select outside guard. Higher officers were chosen last June.
Pekin notes the first punishment under new opium sale regulations was a ten year banishment for a seller. The government remains determined to curb opium use.
Omaha dispatch reports Charles Davis, named by Mrs. Abbie Rice as the man who agreed to kill Rustin and himself, testifies about his whereabouts during the night of the shooting. He claims to have taken dope from Rustin and to have slept at the Chatham hotel, while officials prepare to present the case to the grand jury.
Strikers tampering with signal boxes on a Southwestern Traction line caused a head-on wreck near Penrose ferry bridge. One man was probably fatally injured and 25 people, many women, were severely hurt as fog hindered crews from spotting mislaid signals.
Lea Nora Lloyd through her attorney Harvey Martin seeks a divorce from Albert Lloyd. They married October 1 1906 and separated August 20 1908 after cruel treatment. Grace Cunningham through attorney James W Rhodes seeks a divorce from John J Cunningham. They wed September 1 1906 and separated November 3 1906 after gross indignities and threats of shooting.
Herbert Par sons, chairman of the New York county committee, backed Governor Hughes for re nomination on the Republican ticket. He said a test vote showed some opposition but the controlling county sentiment favors Hughes and most delegates to the state convention will likely back him.
On Staten Island Richard Ager tried to catch a ferry. Henry Schumacher was killed, Elmer Myer unconscious, John Terrena with both legs broken. Ager and chauffeur Herbert Leach held on a homicide charge.
The Western Union Telegraph company declares a dividend of one half of 1 percent for the quarter ending September 30, matching the June payout. The firm reports a current surplus after interest on bonds and dividends of 769,148 dollars, versus a 1,961,581 dollar deficit in the prior year’s quarter.
Boston on September 9 reports a legal fight over a new sun temple. Mrs Ellen M Shaw of Lowell plans a 50 thousand dollar donation but Mabelle M Dutton, Shaw's niece, petitions for a guardian to supervise Mrs Shaw and her estate amid the dispute.
A historical price slate shows dairy eggs and butter offered as strictly fresh. Lambs and beef cattle are priced per pound with dressed calves and hogs also listed. Vegetables and fruits include Cauliflower Carrots Lettuce Beets and more with per dozen or per bushel rates.
Oliver McClung of Frizzleburg was badly injured when a threshing machine component ran over him. A picnic event occurred next, hosted by South Side United Presbyterian and Tabernacle Presbyterian churches at Robert McClanahan’s farm one mile south of town.
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