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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
2
Old line life and health insurance ad lists Safe and reliable coverage from Fire Tornado Hail Insurance with an office at Strickler Block and contact phone 165.
Dr H James discovered a Calcutta herb cure after failing remedies for his daughter’s consumption. The child recovered and is healthy in America. The doctor offers the recipe for two two cent stamps and sends it from Crad Dock & Co 1032 Race St Philadelphia.
An ad fragment touts relief for women with back pains and urinary bladder or kidney trouble. It promotes Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a certain pleasant herb remedy with a free sample offer and address for the Mother Gray Co. Leavy.
Senate approves sections 818 to 317 of the tariff bill changing cotton duties from ad valorem to specific rates. Aldrich gains key support from New England Far West and South factions, while La Follette Bristow Colliver and Nelson oppose. Final margins show Republicans split with two Democrats McIlhenny and Foster voting with finance, others opposing on various roll calls.
President Taft cancels his planned August Western and Alaska tour because of Mrs Taft illness. He may try a fall visit to the West and potentially attend the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition only if health permits.
Five men were killed and three injured at the North Packing Company slaughter house in Somerville Massachusetts when a worker named Thomas Murphy allegedly attacked with a knife. He reportedly seized with mania while at work and wounded or killed eight men before being subdued.
Governor Hadley vetoed a railroad headlight bill passed by the legislature requiring electric headlights of 1500 candle power on locomotives. Rail officials agreed to install lights capable of outlining a man 800 feet away, with installation to be completed by June 1 1910.
Sudden revival in New York trading centers on Southern Pacific stock with almost six point rise. Rumors of dividend hike and preferred stock retirement circulate, inside sources drive buying alongside gains in United States Steel ahead of Paris exchange listings. Market overall remains strong though not as vigorous as SP and Steel.
The Roosevelt expedition set out from Kijabe heading for the Sotik district. A waterless stretch lies between the start and objective point, requiring about two days and a half to cross. Water is carried in ox wagons led by a guide, with nights illuminated by a full moon allowing continuous travel.
A massive forest fire across hundreds of miles in the North Saskatchewan region threatens farmers away from rail lines. Estimated $1,000,000 in property destroyed including the Ruby Lake Lumber company plant and Huison Bay saw mills. Passengers report extreme heat felt in train coaches as the blaze advances from Crooked River to Bowsmuan toward Hudson Bay Junction. The district largely comprises United States immigrant settlers.
Newport Kentucky June 2 burglars blew open two safes using astro glycerin. One safe hid $50,000 in cash behind a thin steel partition. No vent was gained and residents mistook the blasts for rock work, watching burglars flee after peering from windows.
President Taft transmitted to Congress a special message with the report of Charles W. Magoon, provisional Cuba governor, praising his services to the United States and Cuba. He also commends Major General Thomas H. Barry who commanded U S forces.
G. W. Woods Fred Torgensen and James Gordon bound over to the next grand jury and held on $25,000 bonds each to answer charges of holding up and robbing the Overland limited mail car on the Union Pacific railroad May 22 in a United States district court session presided by Judge W. H. Muninger.
Albert T Patrick’s application for a writ of habeas corpus to release him from Sing Sing, where he is serving life for the murder of William Marsh, was denied by the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court in Brooklyn on June 4.
Philadelphia rail workers end a week long strike as street car service resumes on all lines. Delegates backed the 22 cent per hour deal by a vote of 2 702 to 1 097 with some dissatisfaction among a few. The agreement stems from talks led by state Senator James P. McNichol and chairmen Pratt.
Lewiston Idaho June 2 National Bank Examiner Claude Gatch confirms a shortage in Lewiston National Bank funds. Stockholders have made the shortage good, but details are not discussed. Reported loss about 187000 over five years due to manipulation of an adding machine. The case is with the comptroller of the currency to decide on arrests.
The New York chamber of commerce annual report notes sharp gains across many metrics from 1858 to 1908. Population up 193 percent. wealth 563 percent. public debt 2075 percent. per capita debt rising from 1.51 to 10.76. bank deposits 3460 percent. government receipts 1186 percent. war and navy expenditures up 829 and 45 percent respectively. Imports per capita climb from 8.35 to 18.70. exports per capita from 9.14 to 21.04. wine and liquor consumption up 266 percent per capita.
President Seth Low and National Civic Federation members left Cleveland after an unsuccessful push to get vessel owners on the Great Lakes to arbitrate with striking engineers firemen seamen and other crews. Union leaders like William Kelly said they did not seek federation arbitration and remain disappointed.
William Darragh, a New York chauffeur, received an indeterminate term of seven to twenty years in Sing Sing for driving down and killing Ingyaard Trimble on March 27. Motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment were overruled.
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