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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
2
Fire sweeps Fernie British Columbia and nearby towns cutting off communications. Dozens are killed or presumed lost as flames engulf 100 square miles, destroying coal mines and railway property while refugees seek safety on prairie camps three miles from town.
A vast fire roars through the Sparwood and Michel region with many buildings destroyed and air thick with burning debris. Firefighters struggle as heat overwhelms crews. Peter Campbell and three others arrive from Sparwood badly burned while attempting to save Soapwood Lumber property. Forester and about thirty workers are missing near the mill as flames block escape routes. Pete Miller and four others die in efforts to save local infrastructure, including the Great Northern bridge over Elk river. communications south are cut by destroyed bridges.
In Pensacola Florida July 30 two men died and nine were wounded as a mob attacked the county jail to seize Leander Shaw a negro accused of assaulting Mrs Lillian Davis. After a first volley by sheriffs deputies the mob grew to about 1000 men and later overpowered officers. Shaw was dragged dragged to an electric light pole and hanged amid a hail of bullets.
Attorney General Jackson files ouster and quo warranto actions in Lyon county district court against the Yellow Pine association of St. Louis to expel it from Kansas and block a holding company. Missouri Texas and Oklahoma AGs file parallel suits in their states to break up the alleged megacomination raising lumber prices to an claimed artificial level.
After an executive session the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad switchmen grievance board appeals to U S Labor Chief Charles P Neill and Inter State Commerce Commission head Martin Kutino seeking Roosevelt intervention in the conflict with the Lackawanna company. If no relief comes, the board vows to issue the quit order.
Four Black men named Virgil Jones Tom Jones Robert Jones and Joe Ripley were taken from Russellville jail and hanged from a tree on the Nashville pike. A note warned whites to stay safe or face similar fate. The lynching followed a recent lodge meeting tied to a white farmer’s killing. Local mob reportedly gathered from Logan county southern area.
Cincinnati July 24 Officially notified today of his nomination for the presidency by the Republican party William H Taft standing on the porch of his brother's home in this city of his nativity formally accepted the honor pledged anew his allegiance to President Roosevelt policies and said the next administration must clinch what has been accomplished while noting efforts to preserve business integrity and restrain departures without undue interference He attacked the Democratic Platform saying most of its declarations are inconsistent or disingenuous.
Vienna reports severe thunder storms in Tyrol with high casualties. Bukovina and Ziller valley hit hardest as floods wash away houses and stock with corpses seen in swollen streams. Death toll estimated at about fifty in Bukovina and over twenty in Ziller valley.
Market brief records prices from Minneapolis and Duluth for wheat and flax, with on track and arrive values. St Paul yard reports cattle, hogs, and sheep prices, while Chicago lists wheat, corn, oats, pork, butter, eggs, and poultry figures for Aug 1. Notable entries include Sept wheat around 2.54 to 2.55 in Chicago and Minneapolis around 1.01 to 1.14 for various wheat grades.
Chicago Union Stock Yards market report shows varied livestock prices including cattle stockers and feeders cows calves and calves with bid values around 2.50 to 6.95 per unit for mixed and heavy categories. Sheep and yearling prices appear with lambs and soy figures and broad ranges across categories.
A historic meditation argues perfect bodily balance between elimination and renewal could yield physical immortality. It cites Hammond and Allen on self renewing bodies, notes aging as unnatural, and links diet, mental science, and eternal life through scientific and theological perspectives. It concludes that matter is indestructible and life endures in new forms.
Former California governor James H. Budd recalled a deadly leap from a cliff while fishing near a secluded pool on the Stanislaus River in Calaveras County. With a rattler within striking distance as he jumped forty feet, Budd landed in deep water and survived with only bruises, while the snake disappeared.
James L. Parsons, a Washington builder, completed a novel summer home near Chevy Chase lake known locally as the Merry Widow house. The design emphasizes cooling, wide windows and doors, even levels, high doors, and a breezy, airy plan across three floors with concrete formation and corrugated iron attic.
Dr Rickard proposes using very high temperature dry steam to disinfect books, claiming it is cheaper more penetrating and less destructive than formaldehyde. Boston health officials attending a MA health boards meeting were impressed and the Barton Library may trial the method. A separate note describes John Wolfe in Montclair NJ using box kites to deter hawks from a chicken yard, inspired by his nephew.
The Roosevelt dam portion of the Salt River irrigation plan now shows a reduced estimated cost by 31,000,000 after the government establishes a cement mill on site. Electricity will be used to power future irrigation and material production.
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