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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
16
Tokio reports Washington’s final reply on the immigration question greatly pleases Japan. The note stresses the U S stance and the hope for smoother bilateral movement between the two nations.
A bandit posing as a post office inspector robbed the Great Northern Oriental Limited between Bonner’s Ferry Idaho and Spokane Washington. He overpowered clerks, bound one, and escaped with six registered mail sacks after a six hour run. Bloodstained mail and hounds tracked but failed to halt him.
Eight miles southwest of Ochelata three bandits from Tyre Kansas bank robbery captured three of a posse of six men. The outgunned trio surrendered rifles, bandits destroyed them, kept revolvers and seized the best horses. Henry Starr, leader, is tapping the telegraph to learn pursuers plans.
The Minister of Public Works and American engineers attended the Chillan section event of the Transandine tunnel linking Arica to La Paz. Upon completion the high altitude tunnel will be the world’s highest and shorten Buenos Aires travel by about six hours.
Miss Addie Elling adopted daughter of George Elling of North Wale N J was struck and killed by a work engine on the eastbound track near the town at about 7 this evening as she guided two companions away from danger toward the Northern Railroad station. The engine appeared to be on the eastbound track while Miss Elling urged her friends to jump but she was struck before she could free herself.
Four men were found unconscious in Brooklyn near 42nd Street Avenue to First Avenue. They were taken to Norwegian Hospital, revived, and identified as Ferre Andrew Wilson Patrick Brady Charles An Steen and Hans Jorgensen. Hyman Jacobson was arrested as a suspect. Brady and Jorgensen reported in critical condition.
Chattanooga March 15 James Johnson a capitalist and politician of this city died by his own hand tonight by cutting his throat aboard an All Great Southern train between Chattanooga and Birmingham. The suicide followed reports of financial troubles and mounting political strain in the city.
Baltimore March 15 United States Senator William Pinkney Whyte lies at his home in Sisecity with erysipelas and a bladder disorder His physicians say the condition is not critical but somewhat alarming Whyte, aged eighty two, was brought to Washington on Thursday and has since grown worse His chances of improvement are uncertain
A Port au Prince dispatch reports serious disturbances in Hayti with multiple deaths and numerous arrests of prominent men. Rumors of summary executions circulate though not confirmed at filing time.
In Paterson New Jersey authorities review a translation from the Italian anarchist weekly La Question Sociale urging gun seizure, armory breach, police killings, dynamite use and city-wide fires to trigger an uprising. Prosecutor Emley weighs legal options but doubts state laws cover such action. federal alert anticipated.
A Mexican ranch in Chihuahua near the Texas line has been disputed as cavalry is sent to quell natives resisting dispossession by an American syndicate led by James R. Keene and William R. Hearst. The squatters and forebears have occupied the 200000 acre ranch for over a century while Keene and Hearst pursue oil prospects and report several good wells.
Timothy Donahue, veteran customs inspector, found a small leather case containing pearls worth more than 8000 dollars in G B Umsted’s overcoat pocket aboard the American liner New York returning from Southampton. Umsted claimed no declaration. Acting deputy surveyor sent pearls to the Appraiser's Stores to determine if they are American.
Chattanooga report says about 75 percent of Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway shops will lay off indefinitely starting today. Ludlow Kentucky Oakdale and Chattanooga Tennessee and Birmingham Alabama shops affected. over a thousand workers impacted after union rejects a 10 percent wage cut and takes case to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington.
Two boys Frank Rowles aged ten and Jacob Sagovitch nine died of hydrophobia within twenty four hours. They were among fourteen bitten by a pet collie that attacked a crowd of school children and adults on the street about a month ago. All bitten received Puesteur treatments.
Seabright New Jersey March 15 bloodhounds captured a prisoner after a chase from Rumson to a coal schooner along the pier. Philip Roher, seized aboard the Buena Vista, had previously faced chicken stealing and cow killing charges. Authorities marshaled and a warrant issued by Mayor Packer led to his confinement in the borough jail as he awaits arraignment.
Secretary Taft arrived from Washington to stay with his brother Henry W. Taft at 36 West 48th Street. He plans to attend a Yale Corporation meeting in New Haven, then speak at the Brooklyn Armstrong Association gathering in Plymouth Church where Dr. Booker T. Washington will also speak. He will dine with Grosvenor H. Backus at the Hamilton Club and may attend the Friendly Sons of St Patrick dinner at Delmonico's, with Governor Hughes possibly present. Taft said little on the political situation and expects to return to Washington Wednesday.
A Catholic priest administered last rites to another Parker Building victim amid a blaze that killed three. Andrew McDillis, 40, of 31 East 2d Street, fell into an elevator shaft while clearing debris on the seventh floor, struck walls and dangled on sixth floor planks before rescue. Dr. Simmons of Bellevue attributed a fractured skull and probable death. McDillis was taken to the hospital unconscious. Patrolman arrested the labor foreman John Richards.
Trinidad Colo March 15 Fire believed caused by crossed electric wires destroyed the coke washer tipple engine house and laboratory of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company mine at Sopris. The blaze caused 150000 in damage and left about three hundred men unemployed.
Sharon Penn March 15 announcement states the entire Sharon Steel Hoop Company plant will resume next Tuesday. The open hearth blooming mill and eight nine ten inch billet mills will start. About a thousand men are affected.
Spectators at the Galerie des Machines cycle races in Paris rioted over umpire calls. They wrecked and set fire to the grandstands, requiring 300 police reserves to restore order.
Marlboro Massachusetts March 1 physicians proved that patrolmen sleep on their beat not out of laziness or shirking but due to illness. C W Curtis former city marshal had the habit of sleeping too much on his beat. Yesterday he died and an autopsy showed a saucer of the pancreas.
St Petersburg March 15 Minister of Justice M Chtcheglovitoff asked the Douma for 1 000 000 to enlarge prisons as overcrowding grows. Official figures show an 111 percent rise since 19 with January prisoners 159 537 and February 165 588. Thirteen thousand are political prisoners.
Immigration officials at Long Wharf ordered capturing and bottling every flea found on immigrants for later microscopic examination. Each flea must have a separate bottle labeled with the host name, host home, and captor name.
Dewitt Fuller of Hancock, long time Erie Telegraph repair man and reputed private operator for President Lincoln during the Civil War, was struck and killed while riding his track velocipede on the Erie tracks at Narrowsburg on Friday afternoon. He was about seventy years old and had forty years of service with the railroad.
Five thousand workers return to full operation as Valley Bessemer and Frown Bonnell plants, Carnegie Ohio Works mills, and Ohio Sheet and Tube resume tonight at midnight in Youngstown. First full operation in seven months.
In Barcelona on March 15 a bomb shattered the central market injuring a woman. A second device was discovered nearby and sent to a laboratory for analysis.
Governor Willson offered 44 reward for tips on a night raid in the barley tobacco district and 500 for the arrest and conviction of two or more persons who intimidate tobacco growers or destroy property. He seeks punishments for bandits who poisoned cattle, burned barns, and shot into houses in Fayette and Woodford counties last week and calls Kentuckians to defend home liberty and property.
A sudden thunderstorm capsized a rowboat off Lordship Park Stratford. Peter La Croix aged 50 and his son Wilford aged 16, both of Bridgeport, and Henry W Ellison also of Bridgeport, drowned and later found ashore.
New Orleans reports indicate a severe outbreak of violence amid wage cuts for African Americans in Grant Parish lumber camps. A murder, robberies, and multiple arrests surged as police raided saloons. one Fulton Street raid fatally wounded a suspect. Hundreds of black residents were detained in a rapid crackdown following a spate of offenses by alleged gang members.
Mrs Lizzie Dickson a nurse at No 67 West 15th Street crazed by a thunderstorm yesterday tore furnishings and tried to jump from a third floor window after partial wrecking the apartment. She was restrained by the Schuehard family and removed to Bellevue observation ward.
A heavy thunderstorm in Greenwich Connecticut damaged St Marys Roman Catholic Church when a bolt buried its cornice in the street. A bolt injured Rev Richard Morrisey briefly but he later led vesper services. Additional bolts split an elm in front of the Brush House and another tree in front of the News Building.
A severe thunderstorm in Massachusetts caused two powder magazines owned by the American Powder Company to explode in South Acton. The blasts damaged only the storage buildings and destroyed the powder. Additionally a Wakefield house and a Malden house were struck and set afire during the shower.
Joseph Bassnelie, who tunnelled out of the state penitentiary, was shot and killed by Sheriff Beck of McLean County after being brought to bay near the Missouri River sixty miles from Bismarck. Alfred Woolen, the other escapee, was recaptured. The two convicts built an 18 inch diameter, 44 foot tunnel beneath the prison wall, concealing excavated earth under their cell floor.
A telegram from Liberty Texas reports Dr. J. Lovett wealthy banker and Smyley bank president was shot and seriously wounded by his son-in-law J. G. Beavers former Smyley bank cashier. The motive remains unknown.
Lyons March 16 Fire swept from a bi biscuit factory to nearby houses. By late hour the blaze covered twenty two acres and the surrounding district was heavily involved. Local fire brigades fought the flames through the night with extensive damage anticipated.
The Americas battleship fleet anchored in Magdalena Bay, San Diego, prepares for serious target practice tomorrow. Ranges will start at 100 yards, then reach 2,000 and up to 7,008 yards for small targets, with 9,900 yards as the distance to see distant specks. Scores from Pacific fleet ships highlight Tennessee and Washington, amid changes to heavier guns and armor.
At a Sydney gathering Premier Alfred Deakin announced that the American fleet of battleships would visit Sydney and Melbourne. He urged stronger national defense spending, proposing nine thousand dollars annually for an army of twenty thousand men and fifteen coast defence vessels, and noted broad Australian support for the United States and its navy.
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