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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
3
Wawaka a 300 resident village reports fear after a letter signed Anarchist and mailed from New York City demands 750 dollars or the town will be blown to atoms. Police guard the town and officials have sent the letter to Washington postal authorities as residents consider it a crude extortion attempt.
Indiana miners vote unanimously to urge the national convention to seek a higher wage scale for the coming mining year. Delegates pledge support to officers and threaten to back a suspension of coal mining after April 1 if operators do not grant the raise.
Edward Bingaman, 11, touched a match to a dynamite cap in a vacant Lucerne house. The explosion blew off his left hand and torn flesh from his arm and chest. He lingers between life and death as others nearby were also injured.
Grubbs, a Black man arrested for the murder of William Colwan near Rushville, confessed that Mrs. Colwan aided him. He said she embraced her husband as the hatchet struck Colwan. A mob then held Grubbs for transport to Indianapolis for safety.
John Wickliffe a 69 year old resident of Xenia Ohio walked to visit his daughter Mrs Joe Sleck in Jasonville to avoid riding railroads due to his religious scruple. Last year he walked to Moberly Missouri to visit a son and may go there again from Jasonville.
J Monroe Anderson a 60 year old farmer of South Muncie was crushed while changing cars at the Lake Shore railway station in Waterloo en route to Detroit Michigan. He suffered injuries deemed probably fatal as a train passed.
Kille Big Moccasin, Thomas Horn, while duck hunting near Petersburg, shot a water moccasin nearly five feet long and six inches in circumference. Several other snakes have been killed in the area this spring, but this one is the largest.
A large blaze in Newbury endangered the town and caused about 50000 dollars in damage. A tobacco warehouse three store buildings and one residence were destroyed, with insurance covering the loss.
The Southern stove works at Evansville was destroyed by fire causing an estimated loss of 35000 dollars, covered by insurance.
Illinois citizen Hart Brown of Leesburg has sold his Kosciusko county farms to Baumgartner Brothers of Bloomington Illinois for seventy one thousand dollars.
Henry Gruffs, a negro, is jailed in Rushville on murder charges for Charles Coleman. A mob threatens entry, with Sheriff King pledging to shoot anyone who tries. The St Joseph river floods northern Indiana, threatening hundreds of families in Elkhart, Mishawaka, South Bend, and nearby Michigan towns.
The American battleship fleet completes its historic voyage with an unanticipated Magdalena Bay arrival. The U S ships beat schedule by finishing the final leg from Callao ahead of time while all guns and machinery remain in peak condition under Admiral Evans readiness proclamations.
Giuseppe Alia is found guilty of murdering Father Leo Heinrichs at St. Elizabeth's Church in Denver. He is sentenced to be hanged in the courtroom near the crime scene.
A jury sentenced the prisoner to death eighteen days after he shot and killed the priest during the sacraments. The defense denied anarchist motives and blamed insanity. The sentence cannot take effect for sixty days, and Alia asked if there was any appeal.
At a Minneapolis convention, Minnesota jewelers voted to continue their war on catalogue houses. Five bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal church filed a complaint with the interstate commerce commission alleging discriminatory and unlawful treatment by several interstate railroad companies in the South. The commission is asked to order an end to discrimination and to require first class accommodations for Negro passengers. Lake Superior ore shipments for the coming season are estimated at twenty five million tons, versus more than 42 million tons last year, with some forecasts as low as 20 million tons deemed too small. Suburban electric railroads will pay Minnesota taxes based on the value of their property and lines within the state.
An unknown man entered Merchants National Bank of Omaha brandishing a nitroglycerin bottle and demanding money. Bank officials urged breakfast while detectives and the bank president lured him into a restaurant where they restrained him before he could harm anyone.
The school savings bank program founded by J. H. Thiry on Long Island has grown to about 200000 participating pupils in 1098 schools across 22 states. Children save from one cent weekly, earning interest on larger deposits. total saved since inception amounts to $5,485,514 with nearly $1,000,000 remaining in the accounts of 177,972 depositors.
National speakers will campaign in Louisiana to push the state into prohibition. Three Italians assaulted Joseph Piraino in California, robbing him of 165 dollars and tossing him into the Sacramento River before he escaped and was treated in a Sacramento hospital. Jacob Schilb of Minneapolis gains custody of his 10-year-old daughter on the condition he relocate to Los Angeles. London preacher R J Campbell aims to start a new religious sect based on a new theology denying Christ's divinity.
Former Kentucky governor William O. Bradley was elected to the U.S. Senate after weeks of legislative balloting and Democratic defections from Beckham. Bradley, a renowned criminal lawyer born in Garrard in 1847, has long been a fixture in Republican politics and once declined an appointment to Corea.
A movement to create a National Junior Republic Association aims to spread the idea across states. William R. George, founder of the George Junior Republic, will lead the project. A Freeville New York farm will train colonists and head workers for new republics, with junior colonies planned for youths under 15 to test self government and economic ideas.
QDS and LNMOS won the Norfolk stakes four mile race. Meelick by S. C. Hildreth captured the California derby at Oakland with ease. Pete O'Brien named Minneapolis captain for the season. Drake University Des Moines nearly finishes next season football schedule. Frank Bain, a leading Oakland bookmaker, quit Derby day $5,500 in the red. Webb retained the Wanganui sculling title by defeating Ressider. Chris Kirschbaum led Emeryville’s riders with five wins in a week. John W. Rogers, trainer for Harry Payne Whitney, died of pneumonia in Aiken. Cincinnati League plans include usage of players for play and contract discussions.
John R. Walsh a Chicago banker was denied a new trial by Judge A B Anderson and sentenced to five years in a government prison at Fort Leavenworth The sentence runs concurrent on all counts and the court overruled defense pleas while citing Walshs age and former standing as a factor in choosing the minimum punishment.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw files for divorce from Harry K. Thaw with a charge of insanity at the time of marriage. Mrs. William Coffey Thaw co-defendant. witnesses likely include alienists and experts from Thaw trial. Attorney denies settlement of 50000 dollars or life annuity and says Evelyn has no immediate stage plans.
Mrs. Lydia A. White, 80, self described daughter of the American Revolution, dies of pneumonia in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Fire in Sewell mining town on New River causes unidentified loss with damage in the town.
The weekly Dun report notes improving production and distribution, larger movements of breadstuffs and livestock, and better general demand. Bank deposits rise, discounts bidding strengthens, and heavy construction resumes though rail projects pause. Employment edges up, ore and pig iron markets show mixed signals, and building materials and packing stay busy amid improving shore and dock activity.
New York business activity shows larger booked volume by jobbers yet weaker in price and earnings for workers. Demand for iron and steel stalls, cotton goods face ongoing cuts, and several mills cut wages by ten percent in the eastern region. US weekly failures rise to 276, with Canada at 31.
Daily price ranges from Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati Buffalo New York for cattle hogs and sheep. Grain values include wheat corn oats rye and barley No. 2 and standard grades with prices in cents and dollars across regional markets.
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