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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
2
Dr H H Long, who autopsied the body found in the Gunness house ruins, states the remains are not Mrs Gunness. He cites size, proportions, and facial features, noting the body weighs 150 to 160 pounds and is about five inches shorter than Mrs Gunness would be, while describing her as large and formidable. More bodies have been unearthed on the Gunness farm with three identified.
In Laporte Indiana May the Guinness farm yields another corpse as authorities tally ten gruesome relics. Coroner Mack misread remains earlier, later confirming the latest body is part of the first, with severed limbs, a shattered shoulder blade and a skull near the feet. A woman is suspected, with a pair of Oxford ties and a metal purse frame found in the grave.
Chicago reports a sinister link in the death of Mads Sorenson, first husband of Mrs. Gunness. He died one day before a policy expiry and two days after a second policy became active. Sorenson held $2,000 with the Independent Order of Mutual Aid and $3,000 in the North American Union. The widow reportedly collected both policies, raising questions about timing and motive.
Comely widow in Laporte County advertised in Chicago on May 7 seeking a well provided gentleman to unite fortunes with, demanding personal visits over letters. The ad hints at joining tortures and is linked to a death case, suggesting a fraudulent or dangerous scheme to attract victims.
Seventy two crewmen from the German ship Peter Rickmers were rescued after a 24 hour battle with a gale off Fire Island. The vessel broke apart, with bow and stern torn away, masts gone, deckhouses stripped, and the ship partly submerged on the bar. No lives were lost and authorities doubt tow operations will recover the wreck.
Four young women aged sixteen to twenty died when a gasoline launch carrying Kaye Griffith Mary Griffith Carroll Lytle and Emil Steinhouse and Howard Lyon capsized above Hartford dam on the Neo Sho river. Engine failure left Steinhouse unable to swim and Lyon exhausted trying to beach the craft as the current swept the party over the dam.
Washington reports three senators received letters from President Roosevelt within days asserting his supremacy as commander in chief over army and navy matters. The letters stir debate and may trigger Republican conference amid defense of his actions in Brownsville Texas and the banishment of Colonel William F. Stewart to a desert post in Arizona.
Two blocks in Atlanta lie in ruins after a major fire threatens to destroy the downtown area. Estimated loss reached 1,500,000 dollars. The Terminal hotel, among the largest, burned with 200 guests registered when the fire began nearby. No deaths occurred. nearby small hotels also reported no casualties.
A gasoline launch with nine young men aboard became disabled on the Ohio River near East Liverpool. The boat drifted toward Babb's Island as a fleet of empty coal barges anchored offshore. Five men drowned despite rescue attempts as the current swept the launch beneath the barges.
The Democratic state convention in Boston on May 7 instructed its four delegates at large to vote for William J. Bryan for the presidential nomination. The chairman declared the resolutions adopted amid doubt, and a reconsideration motion was jeered and not submitted.
In Kielce Russian Poland on May 9 the governor general ordered the shutdown of all private Polish schools in the province following the assassination of M Afanas left, the superintendent of schools for Kielce.
Admiral Robley D. Evans relinquished command of the Atlantic Fleet and Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas succeeded him. A simple transfer ceremony featured a downing of Evans pennant, thirteen-gun salute, and Thomas’s assumption of duties aboard the Connecticut with music and formal welcome from the fleet.
Alarming reports from Peking reveal three clashes between rebels and provincial troops in Yunnan on the Tonkin border. Rebels seized Laohu pass and threaten Mengteze, with French minister C E Bapst urged to aid suppression. Rebels allegedly wield French arms and have fallen on hard times due to French involvement. Mengteze is a treaty port with about 12,000 population. In a separate item, a Minnesota court voided banker Thomas Crumbaugh’s $500,000 will to the Spiritualist church after a trial citing undue influence by mediums. In Montana, outlaw J R Brown nicknamed Pigeon-toed Kid was killed by Deputy Calderwood. his body sent to Culbertson.
Pittsburg financier William Montgomery, long-time cashier of Allegheny National Bank, arrested on charges of embezzling 429000. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner Lindsay and held for the federal grand jury on 50000 bond. Bank notes the loss does not threaten its solvency. allegations stretch back years. Montgomery, once a political and social figure, was a friend of late Senator Quay.
Wheat prices listed for May and July contracts with gains shown. Prices range from No. 1 Northern at about 1.10 dollars to No. 3 Northern near 1.01 dollars. Futures referenced include May, July and Sept with slight improvements and on track for standard deliveries.
In Columbus Ohio the Democratic state convention nominated Judson Harmon of Cincinnati for governor with strong factional support. The party endorsed William Jennings Bryan for president and instructed delegates at large to back Bryan at the national convention. A full state ticket was named and former Governor James E Campbell was endorsed for U S senator with delegates and alternates chosen.
Charles Matthias, a renowned journalist and former Chicago Chronicle editorial writer now with the Chicago American staff, shot himself in a Hot Springs hotel as his wife temporarily left the room. He had suffered years of nervous troubles and despondency.
St Paul Union Stock Yards offers cattle prices in May with good to choice steers at 6.75 dollars, fair to good at 8.75 dollars, cows at 3 dollars, hogs and sheep at 5.25 dollars, and good to choice lambs around 6.50 dollars.
Duluth Wheat and Flax reports show wheat futures on track with values for No 1 hard at 1.12, No 1 Northern around 1.10 to 1.11, No 2 North ler near 1.07 to 1.08, May 1.0844, July 1.08, Sept 1.0. Yc flax arrives as May 1.214, July 1.23, Sept 1.24, Oct 1.224. Chicago cattle and hogs list Reeves at 4.75 to 7.25 for cattle, Texans 4.60 to 5.50, Western cattle 4.65 to 6.00, stockers 3.70 to 5.75, cows 2.50 to 6.60, hogs 5.30 to 5.66, sheep 4.00 to 6.10, yearlings 6.15 to 6.75, tanibe 5.50 to 7.65.
The May wheat and corn futures show fluctuating values with May June and July positions. Pork prices for May to Sept rise from $18.48 to $14.90 per hundredweight, while butter, eggs, poultry, and turkeys appear with varied dairy and meat pricing across creameries and dairies.
In the matter of the estate of Ferdinand Thistle deceased the court fixed May 3 at 10 AM to examine the final account and hear petition for allowance of claims. Notice to interested parties to publish weekly for three weeks in the New Ulm Review. Dated New Ulm Minnesota April 28 1908. By the Court GEO. Ross Judge of Probate. A medical advertisement follows urging Kodol for stomach related heart pains with local seller Hugene A. Pfefferle.
A Washington scene during Secretary Hay's era features a courteous man trying to reach the secretary of state by telephone. After a muffled greeting, he asks who is speaking and finally deciphers the message with a humorous miscommunication about dried grass. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are advertised as safe gentle pills.
An article extols Electric Bitters as a cure for climate related maladies and general weakness, noting its price and seller. It also recounts a Denver hotel anecdote about a widowed socialite and two masculine admirers, ending with a practical room-merge tale after a tennis match.
An advertisement extols Kodol as the only preparation that thoroughly digests all classes of food and acts promptly to relieve indigestion. The claim is attributed to Eugene A. Pfefferle as an endorser.
E Humphrey of Omega Ohio says the cough medicine reached the cough spot where others failed and saved his vice. He notes pain and weakness in lungs and chest improve with Dr King s New Discovery. Sold at Olsen s drug store with a trial bottle offered.
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