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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
2
Wm Pfaender Jr offers fire hail tornadoes accident and death coverage with top companies. Real estate bought and sold legal documents executed loans negotiated steamship tickets sold by the agent in one service package.
Fire tornado hail life health and accident coverage offered by John E Bobleter Insurance Agent. Office located in Strickler Block with phone number 165 for policy inquiries and quotes.
A Philadelphia doctor used Calcutta herbs to cure his only daughter of consumption. The physician now offers the cure free with two stamps for postage to Crad & Co at 1032 Race Street, Philadelphia. The preparation is claimed to also relieve sweats nausea and break up a fresh cold in hours.
An advertisement touts Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a safe monthly regulator for women with back pain urinary bladder or kidney trouble. It claims a pleasant herbal remedy available at druggists or by mail for six cents with a sample package and instructions from The Mother Gray Company LeRoy New York.
In Washington on May 14 the Senate adopted by 61 to 24 the finance committee’s plan for a 25 cent per ton duty on iron ore. The House had placed it on the free list and current law imposes 40 cents. Party lines collapsed with 17 Democrats and 12 Republicans crossing as Bailey signaled support as a revenue measure.
Speaking on antitrust enforcement, Bailey urged imprisonment of Steel Corporation leaders to deter violations. He argued fines fail because the fines are shouldered by the people, while only penal sentences deter greed and curb illegal conduct. He predicted jail would pressure officers to stop breaches of interstate commerce and antitrust laws.
In Washington on May 19 the senate rejected Cummins amendment to lower the duty on round iran and upheld the house rate as recommended by the senate finance committee. The session dwelt on profits and featured sharp exchanges, especially toward the end when personalities flared as Senator Root defended the committee and Mr Money from New York challenged the lengthy debate.
Manila reports Captain Rhodes with two troops of the Sixth Cavalry engaged outlaws led by Jikiri near Bam Ho last Wednesday. In the ensuing fight five natives were killed, including Jammang, a trusted lieutenant of titcri.
Tulsa on May 1 reports Judge Afar dismissed the federal grand jury that had been reinvestigating the Muskogee town Jot framda caves case.
President Taft sent a special message to Congress urging legislation to amend the Foraker Act governing Porto Rico. He warns of a grave situation caused by the island’s assembly failing to pass appropriation bills, risking June 30 funding, and says U S power has advanced too quickly, calling to remove absolute appropriation authority from irresponsible leaders.
A storm over Northwestern Missouri and Eastern Central Kansas and into Oklahoma caused three deaths, five missing, and fifty-five injuries. Hollis and Mount Washington suffered near total damage, with many houses ruined. A Santa Fe engineer William Ackerly and conductor Frank Nicholson died as a work train derailed. Railroad traffic disrupted by washouts.
An evening quake at 9 o clock startled Butte residents and rattled Glendive Helena and towns including North Glasgow Havre and Great Falls. Dishes fell walls collapsed and telegraphers fled as tremors extended into Dickinson and Pryburg North Dakota and beyond.
In Boylesville Illinois on May 15 Henry Williamson a prosperous local farmer killed his wife and two young children as they slept then set the room afire with kerosene and took his own life. A neighboring girl sleeping in the room escaped unharmed and recalls waking to the shooting. The motive remains unknown.
The jury in New Orleans found William Adler, president of the defunct State National Bank, guilty on misapplication counts in a U S court. Indictments spanned eighty four counts with misapplying funds cited as the key charge. Sentence was deferred. Adler’s attorney hinted at an appeal.
In Youngstown Ohio May 15 workers at the Republic Iron and Steel Company received notice of a wage re adjustment. It is believed the men will be set back to the scale in force before the 10 percent cut of April 1 affecting about four thousand workers. The readjustment will reportedly be general across Republic plants.
Pittsburg May 12Twenty men are believed drowned when a gasoline launch sank in the middle of the Ohio River near Schoenville four miles below Pittsburg Of the thirty aboard only ten escaped All men were workers from the Pressed Steel Company McKees Rocks plant They had worked overtime and crossed the river in the boat which was believed not to carry more than twenty five yet crowded with thirty The boat sank suddenly at twenty feet depth causing a suction dragging others down John Deer of the riverbank saved nine lives by rescuing them in a skiff Others attempted to swim ashore but were exhausted by the cold water One man swam to the bank and was saved
A premature dynamite detonation at Callanan Road Improvement quarry near South Bethlehem seventeen miles from Albany kills at least twenty men. About 1000 pounds of charges detonated after a percussion cap misfired, blasting rock and mangling workers as 13 holes were prepared for a 40000 ton displacement.
An arbitration agreement between the central labor body and the Great Falls board of commerce, backed by Cascade County trades and labor assembly, covers 21,000 union men. It pledges no wage changes for three years, mandates union labor by employers, and submits all disputes to a three year arbitration board.
In Columbus on May 16 two rival committees with automobiles surrounded William J. Bryan at Union station. The board of trade group led by former Congressman Lentz and ex-Sheriff George Karb escorted Bryan to a car, then were intercepted by the Seber son club committee before he was taken to National Committeeman Harvey Carber's car.
Salina Kansas May 13 AP says A P Riddle former lieutenant governor of Kansas was killed in an automobile accident during a pleasure trip. He rode beside four companions when the car struck an embankment near Hyemifez north of Salina and plunged into a ditch.
Paris reports the government views the strike by state workers, especially postmen, as virtually over. Leaders’ fiery rhetoric fades, more strikers return to work, and the General Federation of Labor withdraws support. A new bill to regulate state employee associations excludes the right to strike and will be submitted. The cabinet plans early June Senate action on a workers’ pension bill.
Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. of Flushing New York faces a prison term ranging from one to twenty years after jurors convicting him of first degree manslaughter in the killing of William E. Annis at Bayside Yacht Club last August. Defense testimony on insanity was submitted but not enough to prevent conviction. The jury deliberated under three hours.
Right Rev. John Lancaster Spalding, former bishop of Peoria, is named titular archbishop of Scyphopolis by a Vatican decree in Rome. The acquittal outcome mention appears in a separate court note noting surprise from District Attorney Dewitt as jurors anticipated longer deliberations.
Minneapolis wheat prices for May and July futures range around 1.26 to 1.30, with No 1 hard at 1.29 and No 1 Northern near 1.28. St Paul yards report cattle at 4.50 to 6.50, hogs around 7.05, sheep with wethers 5.50 to 6.00 and lambs 7.60 to 8.00. Duluth posts rising wheat values to on track 1.29, while Chicago quotes May wheat at 1.277 and July near 1.180. Futures for corn, oats, and butter are listed with varied figures. stock yards in Chicago show Texas steers at 4.00 to 6.10, western steers 4.75 to 6.00, cows and heifers 2.40 to 6.25, and native sheep 4.00 to 6.50.
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