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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
5
A copper vein was found on Frank Boyer's farm in Fairview township York County causing local excitement. The report includes assorted items: a rug sale in Hanover, four measures pending in Congress, card party legality under U S law and a railroad collision injuring no one.
More than 12 000 pounds of oleomargarine shipped by Narragansett Dairy Co of Narragansett Rhode Island to Eastern Provision Co in Philadelphia were confiscated at the freight station by U S internal revenue agents. Officers say the oleo is artificially colored but handled as uncolored and taxed at one quarter of a cent per pound instead of the 10 cent tax for colored oleo.
Malvern Hill, the historic colonial house in Charles City county Va below Richmond on the James river, owned by William H. Hall of New York, was completely destroyed by fire. The house was built by Governor Randolph about 270 years ago and was occupied during the Revolutionary War by General Lafayette. The farm was the scene of the battle of Malvern Hill.
A two year old child of Mathew Morgan of Greenwood Delaware slipped from a bench and struck its head on a nearby tub. The tub contained about four inches of water and the child drowned while the mother was busy washing clothes.
The Nimrod whaler leaves for the Antarctic with Lieutenant Shackleton aboard. He plans a dash for the pole using a specially equipped ice work auto. The vehicle, designed to train dogs unnecessary, will cover about twenty five miles daily.
Benjamin Gordon, a newborn in New York, is in Mount Sinai Hospital as his limbs stiffen and ossification seems to spread. Dr. Karl Goldstone notes the rare condition began days after birth and the prognosis is poor.
J. A. Holt, a Southern railway engineer, was instantly killed by an assassin near Durham North Carolina as the locomotive moved. The sniper emerged from the woods and fired, striking Holt in the cab while he attended to his duties.
Daniel J. Keefe of Detroit Michigan appointed commissioner general of immigration succeeding the late Frank P. Sargent. Keefe is president of the International Longshoremen's Association.
Adolph Schultze aged forty shot seventeen year old Mark Killgalen after being tormented by snowballing from other youths. Killgalen died two hours later. Schultze was arrested.
In Haiti the faih republic rebels led by General Antoine Simon take Port au Prince. Nord Alexis abdicates and seeks refuge aboard the French ship Duguay Trouin. General Legitime proclaimed president while crowds demand removal of the deposed leader amid a hostile march of about 5000 men.
In Richmond Virginia on December 8 a chancery court decision awarded two and a half million acres of land in Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky to D W Armstrong former counsel for Mrs Florence Maybrick and Baroness von Roque The decree also orders Armstrong to account for lands and money handled as their attorney The case began over a decade ago and involved the title to a vast fortune tied to the first husband of the baroness The matter attracted wide attention across continents with testimony in Europe and the United States and an anticipated appeal to the US Supreme Court
A well dressed man found at North Philadelphia station with $600 in his pocket is hospitalized with amnesia. He cannot identify himself or his connections though a card bearing the name W. O. Mackey and Marlboro Ulster County New York is found with him. He denies knowing Mackey.
Bridgeton New Jersey December hearing before Mayor George Hampton on the charge of murdering William Read, a retired contractor, near Vineland on November 13. Detective Frank Love testified. Walter Zeller Cline Wheeler and Herbert Grigg were recommitted to jail awaiting December court action.
Rev. John P. McCloskey assistant rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception told his congregation that he has cancer of the esophagus and doctors expect survival from a month to six months. He said an operation would be useless.
In New York on December 8, the court record in the Standard Oil dissolution case included profits figures, showing a company capitalized at 1 million earned 55 million over seven years. John D. Archbold resumed testimony and Henry S. Tilford of Standard Oil California testified for the defense as the government questioned figures.
Father Joseph Murgas of Wilkes Barre has patented an aerial wireless telegraph system and plans a Binghamton New York station. He will erect an underground wireless station there once patents issue, with Rev. John Porubsky in charge. Experiments show underground links of half a mile using silver coated aluminum tubes sunk 30 feet deep. He claims messages could span from New York to San Francisco with three stations.
In Pittsburg on December 8 Edward Jones, later revealed as using multiple aliases, was sentenced to ten years in the western penitentiary for smashing a north side jewelry store window and stealing about ten thousand dollars in diamonds and jewelry. He refused to reveal his real name to protect his wife and child, saying he was driven to crime after reform.
President Roosevelt names Rufus Thayer of the District of Columbia as judge of the United States court at Shanghai China succeeding Lebius S Wilfley who resigned. Wilfley faced long standing charges by Americans in Shanghai but was exonerated. Resignation considered voluntary.
In Mahanoy City Pennsylvania officials say rain did not fix the water crisis. Tank trains will run day and night to supply collieries including Beaver Brook and Morea, which employ about 1100 men and boys and were closed for lack of water. Other mines such as Mill Creek Buck Mountain Vulcan and New Boston run on reduced hours.
Fourteen year old George Coppy in Crawfordsville Indiana is suffering from lumpy jaw a disease usually found in cattle This is reported to be the first human case in the city The lumps are in the abdomen near the appendix Physicians say the case is hopeless and it is believed he contracted the illness from diseased meat
A fifteen year old girl, daughter of Andrew Hendrickson of Tidbute, was accidentally shot by her younger brother while he examined a shotgun. The load shattered her knee and she bled to death before physicians could arrive.
The Sixtieth Congress resumes with Speaker Cannon and Vice President Fairbanks presiding as the Senate and House open for the second session. After prayers and swearing in, limited business is transacted and both bodies adjourn to honor the late Senator Allison of Iowa, whose successor Albert B. Cummins is sworn in.
All fourth class postmasters in states east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio have been placed in the classified service by executive order. Future appointments to these postmasterships must pass civil service examinations. Incumbents are exempt. Applies to Maine to Michigan.
County physician Frank G. Scamell plans to attempt resuscitation of the next inmate electrocuted at the Trenton state prison to counter a New York physician’s claim that electricity is not lethal and that deaths occur during autopsy or burial. The upcoming execution is set for the week of December 21 with John Mantasanna slated to die.
George Samp sell of 1017 West Third Street Chester Pennsylvania aged forty five is reported to be dying from persistent hiccoughs. Six days earlier he fell ill with erysipelas in his right arm and began constant hiccuping. The interval between hiccoughs shortens as he wastes away and cannot eat while his heart action weakens and pain grows excruciating.
The infant ruler Pu Yi is crowned in Beijing as mandarins and officials from across the empire gather in ceremonial display to pledge loyalty to the new regime. The enthronement showcases centuries of imperial ritual and governance.
Miners Steve Kaczort Joe Warnicki and Julian Budny employed by Bessemer Coal and Coke near Tarentum are jailed without bail in Allegheny county awaiting trial on mining law violations after the Marianna explosion.
Joseph H. Painter aged 30 a botanist at the National Museum and his companion Robert Wallace aged 16 were drowned while trying to shoot the rapids in the Potomac River about ten miles north of Washington.
On December 2 burglars blew open the Port Huron state bank vault and fled on a handcar with nearly 5000 dollars in gold silver and currency. Police chief Biggy of San Francisco drowned after falling from a launch near Alcatraz. A Dec 12 meeting of Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence was scheduled in Philadelphia. A Charleston West Virginia fire killed twenty horses at Goff Brothers livery. Obituaries include J H Sharer of Alliance Ohio and musician John Francis Gilder of Bordentown New Jersey. Other items report executives and officials dying in Georgia New York Pennsylvania and Chicago.
Baltimore wheat futures firm with No 2 at about 1.08 to 1.09 dollars and steamer at 1.03 to 1.04, corn steady with mixed contract quotes, oats firm with several classes up to around 55 cents, butter steady around 31 to 33 cents, eggs firm in Maryland Pennsylvania and nearby states at about 32 cents per dozen.
At Pittsburg Union Stock Yards cattle markets were steady with best steers around 6.50 to 6.75 and prime heifers 6.10 to 6.40. Sheep held steady with prime lamb prices 4.25 to 4.50 and veal calves 8.60 to 9.50. hog prices showed active trade with primes at 6.10 to 6.15 and mediums 4.50 to 4.76.
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