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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
1
J. Chalmers will assume control as receiver with a $50,000 bond. Much of the Concern's financial paper is held by Chicago banks. The receiver states operations will continue as usual under the new management.
TheFish Trust shows assets of 8,000,000 against liabilities of 5,896,500 with total capitalization at 6,500,000. It operates fisheries packing plants and steamers employing thousands, pays 8 percent dividends semi annually, and has seen stock fall from 70 to 43 in the past week while fined 10,000 in federal court.
Chicago reports ancillary proceedings for the $6.5 million A. Booth & Co. fish trust as a receiver is appointed. W. J. Chalmers named receiver with a $56,000 bond after court action prompted by Linen Thread Co and Alfred E. Booth. Liabilities total about $5.9 million with $8 million in assets. Local banks ready a creditors committee as Chalmers vows normal operations under new management.
Beaver Falls resumes Old Home Week starting September 13 with a church day. Thomas Kirk leads the executive committee. The schedule includes Glad Hand day, horse races, college events, water carnival, parade day, and Friday veterans and farmers activities with a Geneva campus event in the morning.
Lisbon authorities order halt to killings as 12 000 to 14 000 maniacs roam rural Portugal with few asylum options. Vigilante bands shoot suspected lunatics, causing multiple murders including misidentified victims amid severe financial strain and no state protection.
Markets offer a wide array of fruits and vegetables with lower prices. Creamery butter 32 cents, fresh country 27. potatoes $1 per bushel. grapes 15 cents per basket. peaches 1.50 to 2.50 per bushel. pears 1.25. apples 1.00. eggplants 10 cents. beets turnips carrots 30 cents peck. roasing meat 15 cents a dozen. radishes onions two bundles 5 cents. tomatoes 1 per bushel. lettuce 10 cents per pound. Chickens 25 cents. cabbage 5–10 cents. onions 1.50 per bushel. sage parsley 5 cents. honey 20–22 cents. popcorn 50 cents per peck.
Orville Wright added a threefold record at Fort Myer as his plane flew one hour five minutes and 52 seconds. He reached heights near 200 feet above the parade ground while facing a 15 mile per hour wind. Wright praised the breeze for boosting his confidence and control of the machine.
Pittsburg reports Dr John A Brashear notes suns storms of unusual intensity causing many sun spots. He warns magnetic distortions may affect wireless telegraph service and mentions naked eye sun spots visible in parts of New York state.
Tentative proposals outline a joint debate in Cincinnati on September 23 between William H. Taft and William J. Bryan. Both campaigns acknowledge Cincinnati events that day, with Bryan open to a forensic clash and Taft weighing engagement options. Major logistics and club gathering plans face questions over scheduling and carrier-rate hurdles.
About 50 delegates from United Presbyterian churches attended the semi annual convention at Center U P church. Mrs J Elmer Campbell presided. Scott Thompson spoke on life in Egypt. Next convention set for Rochester in June with officer elections.
The American fleet stops at Albany West Australia after a seven day voyage from Melbourne. Hundreds of sailors and officers come ashore while Albany prepares for long coaling ahead to Manila. Premier Moore and the Gibraltar cruiser aid in hospitality as the crew reports good health and no major sickness.
United Press report from Bellefontaine states the boilermakers strike against the Big Four railways collapsed. About 500 workers in eight shops across Ohio Illinois and Indiana were idle since June 15 as New York Central workers did not join. Unhappy with the company push to use piece work, the strike ended with workers free to seek re employment.
The death notices list Paul Fenton aged seven of McKees Rocks C N Ashton 47 of McKees Rocks Captain Joseph Seifert of Youngstown Infant Pratt of Pittsburg Emma Urrach five months old of 2 Levine alley and Infant Kneram of West Washington.
A court sentenced Chas and Quimby to be hanged following the afternoon judgment. The ruling confirms the execution date and related legal actions.
A prisoner awaiting trial in the Christmas day murder of his wife shows signs of nerves and poor health as he broods over the fate awaiting him. Authorities report no new updates on the case.
The court sentences Charles Quimby to death by hanging and orders him to be taken to Lawrence County Jail to await the governor's execution order, with a prayer for mercy.
Charles Quimby received his sentence this afternoon from Judge Por ter after a Christmas morning murder of his wife. Quimby, pale and trembling, stood as the court spoke the fatal general verdict. He was returned to the county jail to await the date for the execution by hanging. The killing described as one of the county’s most brutal crimes.
James Quimby confessed to shooting his wife near Union station after years of separation. He fled but was captured near Leesburg coal mines. insanity defense failed, attorney Aiken seeks commutation to life, with Quimby ill from brooding over imminent execution.
About 200 members of Chicago high school fraternities and sororities will meet in Columbus Memorial hall to organize a legal challenge to the board of education anti-frat rule. Parents in Hyde Park support the secret societies as leaders vow to seek writs to prevent suspensions.
On board the steamer to Toronto the News Outing Party travels from Montreal to Prescott and tracks time changes as they visit Brockville, noting a French town’s tourism boom, a postcard spree, and a fort at Prescott before continuing.
Amsterdam reports no successor will be named for the Dutch throne as Queen Wilhelmina regains health after disappointment over an heir. A royal statement at Het Loo in Apeldoorn says the hope was premature and a successor would be chosen by the queen with a joint convention of both houses.
P. J. Adams aged 36 lies in a city hospital with a broken back after attempting to board a moving street car on Pittsburg street near Hotel Pearce. Adams, a surveyor for Pittsburg and Lake Erie, fell from the rear step as the car sped up the hill. His home is Bulger, Pennsylvania.
Rev G S W Phillips arrives to occupy the pulpit at Grace M E Church and will come with his family to take residence next week. He comes from Fredonia Pennsylvania where he served two years and previously led Minerva Ohio and later joined the Erie conference. Rev and Mrs H M Burns depart next week for Spartansburg where he begins a new pastorate.
It is reported that Perry Barge, nine years with Cascade park, plans to resign as manager. A rumor could not be verified, and Superintendent Smith of the traction company said no official word had been received. It is also said George G. Rose of Idora park may take over.
New Castle’s Silver Bay club organized at Beechwood camp during a corn roast hosted by Dr. Elizabeth McLaughrey for YWCA girls who attended the Silver Bay conference. Eight members joined including Rose Stewart as president and Mary Browne as secretary treasurer, with Grace Cook as corresponding secretary. The group plans social meetings at members’ homes and to promote attendance at the Silver Bay convention.
Paris Sept 11 German opposition to the Franco Spanish Moroccan plan is reported as isolated. The foreign office says all signatories except Germany have accepted the program. France demands Mulai Hafid reimburse French Moroccan war expenses, running into millions, to bind him as a French vassal.
Indignation rises in Boston after two Marines were ejected from a cinema for standing at attention during the Star Spangled Banner. Colonel P Wood investigates and plans to report to Washington. Theater owner claims the marines behaved obnoxiously during the national anthem.
In Copenhagen on September 11 Mr and Mrs Jerome Elmer Murphy recently married here received congratulatory telegrams from President Roosevelt the Danish monarchs Cardinal Gibbons the pope and others The groom is a member of the Washington staff of the United Press and the bride is Maurice F Egan's daughter the American minister to Denmark
In Edenburgh court Thursday, a desertion and non-support case involving Jacob and Mrs. Smith of Ellwood concluded with the couple reconciling. The narrative centers on marital strife caused by the defendant’s sister and domestic tensions, ending with union and hopeful prospects.
Chicago authorities ban Joseph Medill Patterson's Little Brother of the Rich and Robert Herrick's Together as forbidden reading. Librarian Hild says they belong in vaults and may not be purchased, joining Elinor Glyn's Three Weeks in the restricted category. Directors to decide next Monday night.
Cumberland Maryland September 11 Western Maryland endures a water famine after a long drought. Mountain streams are dammed to supply drinking water for towns. The Potomac River is at its lowest level and navigation on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal is crippled. Strict water waste rules are in effect across the region.
In Willimantic Connecticut physicians report repeated false death indications for Mrs John Barnum. Though pronounced dead yesterday by undertakers she revived as officials order health examination before burial.
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