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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
2
Giathrie Oklahoma floods from Caitenwead river raise alarm as authorities report missing bodies and rising water. Across Europe and the U S reports touch politics, postal reforms, bank robberies, arson trials, and ship collisions with multiple fatalities and ongoing investigations.
After years of night rider depredations the American Tobacco Trust closed a five year deal with the Burley Tobacco Society for about 14 million dollars. farmers in northern and central Kentucky pooled crops to force higher prices, curbing production and causing local unrest in several counties.
Charity organizations in New York plan drastic action to rid the city of hundreds of hobors who refuse to work. Capt. Ivan de Nazimoff, chamberlain to the Czar and vice director of the Russian printing office, departed New York to inspect large American printing firms. The Ixelliher Sask business district on the Grand Trunk Pacific line burned, nine firms reporting losses totaling 75000 dollars.
Postmaster General Meyer presents the annual report for the year ended June 30 showing receipts of 101,665, and expenditures of 91,665, resulting in the largest department deficit to date with an added loss from fire and burglary. He predicts the deficit may exceed 10,000,000 next year and calls for improvements in business methods, better roads to support rural free delivery, and a parcels post limited to rural routes. He also advocates postal savings banks or depositaries linked to post offices.
A wartime style accord binds the United States and Japan to consult on Pacific affairs, respect each other’s territories, and defend China's independence and integrity. The five article declaration emphasizes free commerce, peaceful development, and equal opportunity in China, with mutual assurances against aggressive aims.
Professor Walter P. Wilcox of Cornell warned before a sanitary science class that without changes, death by self-inflicted actions could erase births across the civilized world within a century. He blamed modern voluntary birth control for depressed birth rates and urged greater regard for social welfare over private gain.
A growing bloc forms in the Pacific with a broad strategic accord described as near an offensive and defensive alliance. nations positions and aims remain focused on countering regional threats and safeguarding maritime routes.
Kenora Ontario reports the death of Gen Sir Trenry Wilkinson a prominent Canadian with extensive Lake of the Woods mining interests. He served in the Indian Mutiny with the Sixteenth Lancers and later acted as inspector of cavalry at Aldershot. He died at Kenora aged 69.
Herman Biltek, convicted slayer of the Vizal family in Chicago, has only a few days to live. Current plans set the execution for Friday December 11 at Cook County Jail.
Ray Lamphere was found guilty of arson by a twenty six hour jury verdict in Laporte Indiana. Judge John C Richter sentenced him to an indeterminate term of two to twenty one years in the penitentiary and fined five thousand dollars. The jury, after a split initial decision, reached a compromise verdict aligning with arson and a lighter outcome than a life sentence.
The article describes a fifth agreement where two governments pledge to communicate and seek mutual understanding in case of threats to the status quo or equal opportunity principles, outlining the framework for discussions on potential measures. It emphasizes direct dialogue to maintain stability.
The Cottonwood river overflowed flooding half of Guthrie Oklahoma Sunday. About 3 000 people lost their homes and hundreds sought rescue as water rose rapidly. Twenty cattle drowned and five thousand dollars of cotton from Farmers oil mill washed away. Streetcar service halted and the water plant submerged.
In the San Francisco zoological garden two elks fought resulting in the death of one animal. Lombroso's nephew Guglielmo Ferrero will visit the President when he lectures in the United States. Florida ponders camphor tree cultivation as a substitute for orange crops. Mrs. George W Heimrod, wife of the American consul at Berne and former Omaha resident, dies in Bern.
Carl Loose a 57 year old baker returns home after an all night absence on the upper Fast Side New York and opens fire on his family at breakfast. His 17 year old daughter Meta is killed and his 24 year old son Frederick a Lutheran minister is fatally wounded. The son John 19 stops a third shot. Frederick had just been notified of a church call from Yale South Dakota and planned to wed an Illinois girl before leaving for the West.
Private William A. Bonney of the signal corps died while hunting alone in central Alaska. He embarked on a five day trip from Minto and was found frozen eight miles from the post the day after his departure.
In Washington County miners at the Rachel and Agnes mine complex are dead after a massive explosion. The cage was blown away from the shaft mouth and several bodies were found in the debris. Ventilation and rescue operations followed as workers searched for survivors.
The coasting steamer Poonting carrying laborers from Narva Can to Pangasinan rice fields sank after striking a rock in a storm near San Fernando Union province. About a hundred passengers and crew are believed drowned. The Viscaya rescued fifty five, while a constabulary patrol recovered fifteen bodies. many more were seen ashore. It is unclear if any Americans or Europeans were aboard.
A Tokyo based Japan Advertiser report claims Tang Shao Yi seeks Roosevelt as confidential adviser to China in the effort to remodel its government on constitutional lines. The Pekin rumor links Roosevelt to guidance on Chinese constitutional reform.
Pr. NR Copeland resigns from the University of Michigan faculty and Prof Richard MacLaurin of Columbia becomes MIT president. Southern Minnesota teachers form bipartisan committees to push winter school legislation. Minnesota regents approve a new anatomy building replacement after the fire. John D Rockefeller offers Richmond College 150000 dollars with a 350000 dollar state match to transform it into a major Baptist university in the South.
The steamer Sardinia, en route from Malta to Alexandria with 44 crew and about 70 passengers, is destroyed by a fire and explosion amid a ferocious gale near Grimd harbor. Nearly 2000 aboard reportedly perish or are lost, as panic, heavy seas, and winds prevented rescue attempts. Many passengers, including Levantines Maltese and Egyptians, sheltered on deck as the ship burned.
The listing shows varied prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across multiple markets including St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York and Toledo. Values cover wheat corn oats rye butter and rye with ranges and quality notes such as No 2 and mixed grades.
A Washington bureau of manufactures report notes cotton stalks can yield paper. An Atlanta company with $500,000 capital is formed to pursue this, claiming a cost of about $15 per ton for cotton stalk paper.
Peter E. Hellwege of Hellwege & Co. was struck and killed by a railroad train near Elysian Fields avenue and North Prior street in New Orleans. He was about 85 years old.
Three African Americans were tried at a special court session in Tiptonville Tennessee, convicted and sentenced to death, and then executed by a mob amid threats of further lynching.
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