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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
2
The North Judson News is listed as second class matter at the local post office in North Judson Indiana indicating its mailing status and city distribution.
The article discusses pennant races in major baseball leagues and the branding strategies of clubs. It highlights team rivalries, sponsorships, and the increasing public interest in seasonal standings and club identities.
Norman White, 15, told Niagara Falls police his mother had long suffered abuse from his father. After his father threatened more violence, Norman used his savings to buy a revolver and fired five shots. Four missed, the last struck the elder White in the right lung. he died hours later.
Camp Crooks, a 400 resident town on the Little Missouri River north of Deadwood, S D, was destroyed by fire with a loss of about 200 dollars. A Belle Fourche courier brought the news. Merchants held large stocks, but cash was moved to safety as the Little Missouri bank was saved from the blaze.
A group of school children in Las Vegas New Mexico stole a large quantity of dynamite and caps from a warehouse. The stolen explosives threaten to destroy the city while much has been recovered. Stores were wrecked by caps found in fuel and fear grips residents. Authorities believe pounds of dynamite remain dispersed.
The State Miners Union reports 21,107 votes for and 19,146 against the operators' 143 scale proposal. All Illinois mines able to resume have reopened operations.
Seldon P Clemmons father of Mrs Howard Gould of New York died at Central hospital for the insane in Jacksonville Illinois at age seventy He was brought to the hospital March 6 in a pitiable condition stone blind His home was formerly in Milton Pike county He has another daughter who married a Chinaman in San Francisco
Clyde Reed, jailed in Platte City for the Bank of Camden Point robbery, escaped by sawing through cell bars during a storm. Darry C. Neeal is under arrest and Louis H. Thayer was captured in Chicago in connection with the case.
Nine men from Newburyport Massachusetts on a pleasure cruise in a naphtha launch were capsized by a large wave while crossing the bar at Plum Island near the Merrimac River. Five perished in the incident.
A Chicago mother, believed suddenly insane, threw her infant daughter and a three year old son from a high window. The children were injured and likely fatally harmed.
James Brown a stockman was shot and killed by tenant R M Cotterman during eviction near Galveston Indiana. Cotterman surrendered to a deputy sheriff who accompanied Brown.
The House of Representatives approved the Senate amendments to the bill restricting gambling in the District of Columbia. The measure now heads to the president for final action.
A major Atlanta fire destroyed the Terminal Hotel and two business blocks, injuring no one. The blaze began at Schlessinger Meyer bakery, worsened by high winds, causing two explosions at the Liquid Carbonic Company and spreading to Madison and Nelson streets, wiping out several firms including the Southern Suspender and MecClure’s store. Estimated loss stands at 1.5 million dollars.
Charles Kuppe, 60, a Cleveland music teacher, killed his invalid daughter Mollie 27 by chloroform then hanged himself with a clothes line. The daughter’s long illness left her mentally deranged. He left letters to the county coroner and others saying he was driven by unfortunate conditions to end both their lives.
Oklahoma marked a legal holiday as Gov. Charles N. Jaskell urged public meetings and resolutions to push Congress for direct senatorial elections and other reforms. The governor’s call was largely followed, though the Legislature met as scheduled due to urgent measures before it.
Heads of the princely houses of Germany led by Emperor William convened in Vienna to present congratulations to Emperor Francis Joseph on the diamond jubilee of his reign and to inaugurate a series of jubilee festivities across Austria Hungary.
The Hill committee report on state institutions was presented in the House at Springfield. It denounces management of the institutions and sparks partisan conflict when a plan to print the document at a cost of $10,000 was proposed.
A five inch Civil War era shell exploded in Armory Hall Riverside California injuring three people and damaging walls and ceilings. The shell had long been with Company M and powder was believed withdrawn.
Two men, Jacob Lewitzky of Boston and Abraham Wolnitz of Chelsea, were arrested and charged with arson in connection with the Chelsea fire of April 12.
W. T. Brady a Democratic national committeeman from Oklahoma fell from a swiftly moving street car in Tulsa and sustained serious injuries though not necessarily fatal according to reports.
A Washington correspondent reports Roosevelt has steadied his Chicago convention position by backing instructed delegates for Taft, countering any stampede threat. The move aligns Roosevelt with a Taft favored slate and aims to curb consolidation of anti Taft forces.
Miss Marie Smith sues R. J. Gunning of Chicago for breach of promise seeking 100000 in damages and accuses him of blackmail in the disputed engagement.
Max Crockett Jr., 15 months old, died in Lewisburg Tennessee from injuries after a large rooster attacked him in the yard. The rooster sank its spur into the child's head multiple times leading to fatal wounds.
Pearl Taylor died after being attacked by her brother in law Bert Taylor in Minden Nebraska. He eluded a posse and his whereabouts are unknown.
The Rev Henry S Dawson Yale class of 1894 deals with a New York heiress Miss Alice T Booths will leaving nearly $20000 to his estate on condition he join the Catholic church His Canton Illinois parish and High church leanings intensify the dilemma as friends expect conversion to secure the fortune
A gasoline launch carrying four young women aged 16 to 20 capsized above the Hartford mill dam in Kaw. Elma Webster Edith Webster Grace Lytle and Bessie Lawnce died when the boat overflowed the dam after fuel ran out. Survivors Kate Griffith Mary Griffith Carroll Lytle and Emil Steinhouse were rescued. Howard Lyon saved Carroll Lytle while a passerby rescued Kate Griffith.
Towerman reports two foreign men attempted to wreck the Royal Blue express on the Philadelphia and Reading line near Nice Town by jamming a switch with old iron. A railway policeman found and arrested Weneys Koowl, a Pole, after the tower man identified him as one of the switch tamperers.
George Bicking of 1081 North Forty fourth avenue Chicago shot and killed his wife then killed himself in the family home with their 17 year old daughter Lulu and friend Dear Gausties present. Police say liquor intoxication drove the crime and the girls escaped.
Ten members of the Protestant Episcopal church council of the diocese of Texas suffered ptomaine poisoning after luncheon served by the women of Christchurch in Houston. Agonizing pains laid them low on the lawn and five were moved to beds in the parish house, among the victims Judge Simpkins of the University of Texas.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet, ends a long sea career as he boards the flagship Connecticut for a final review ceremony in San Francisco with Secretary Metcalf presiding over the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
From UMWA headquarters in Indianapolis the two year wage contract between western Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana miners and operators, agreed in Toledo last month, is ratified by locals by a vote of 77 000 to 7 000.
Mrs. Christina Lipscomb was acquitted of murder after arrest for the February 27 street shooting that killed her husband while they walked together. The case followed an initial arrest and trial proceedings in Cleveland.
Governor Gooding grants a reprieve to Harry Orchard who was scheduled for execution on May 15. The reprieve delays the death sentence to July 4 and allows the case to be reviewed by the board of pardons, which has postponed its meeting.
A blaze in Coalton Ohio destroyed the mayor's office and town records. The fire consumed the police station the fire apparatus building and several business district structures.
A million spectators watched Admiral Evans command the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets as they passed in review in Frisco, with Secretary of the Navy Metcalf aboard Wednesday.
A reunion in New York will mark the Rough Riders tenth anniversary with an invitation to President Roosevelt. Every Rough Rider who can be located will be asked to attend next month.
In Baltimore the Methodist Episcopal general conference approved an amendment to the constitution prohibiting polygamy, led by a prominent woman delegate. The vote signals a formal stance against plural marriages within the church.
In Lowell Indiana Ernest Kern once known as George Baker and married to Deda Cobb, confessed to killing George Flanigan in Circleville Ohio three years ago after a rivaling love triangle. He was arrested with the aid of a betrayed friend and faces extradition. Kern and his wife have a young daughter.
A 16 year old Carmello, a barber shop employee in Brooklyn, attacked employer Antonio Peraso, his wife, and three barbers as they slept, using scissors and a razor. Peraso and his wife were fatally injured while the boy fled. police suspect Black Hand blackmailers used the boy to punish Peraso. The assistants fought back and forced him into the street before aid arrived.
A night fire in San Francisco destroyed several one story wooden buildings in the block bounded by Market Geary and Kearney streets and Grant avenue. Loss set at 200000 with Mentone restaurant kitchen as the origin. Affected firms include S. M. Wood Clothing Bahr Drug J J Gildea Market Street restaurant Fishers United Cigar Stores Lundy Wichman Waterman Royal Union Transfer and Mentone.
Howard Eliott, president of the Northern Pacific, said in Helena that 200000 acres near Glendive would be opened immediately to settlers with deeds conditional on residence, and 500000 more acres near Billings to follow for genuine settlers.
The Somerset Inn near Bernardsville New Jersey was destroyed by fire, with the servants quarters and the laundry burned. Eight connected cottages survived with firefighters struggling to save them. Insurance coverage totaled $246,000, while the total loss cost remains undetermined.
Bert Devaney shot and killed Miss Lida Bird in her home on John Street. He wounded Mrs. Bird, mother of the slain girl, and killed Slias Shackleford before fatally shooting himself. The incident occurred in Washington Court House Ohio.
Express messenger Charles E. Wright was murdered by train robbers near a Rio Grande train in Colorado. The bandits looted $100 from his car and escaped. The victim's body was found when the train arrived in Denver.
An explosion at the American Maize Products Company plant in Roby Indiana, formerly the Western Glucose plant, killed one man and severely injured four others while five suffered injuries. The blaze, caused by spontaneous combustion, caused about 100000 dollars in damages.
Irene Dolph, aged 17, convicted of manslaughter for killing her husband in Clinton Town. The sentence was eight years in the penitentiary.
Ohio Democrats in a riotous convention rejected Tom L. Johnson's candidacy for governor and nominated Judson Harmon, with a nod toward Bryan.
Belle Gunness is believed to be the woman behind a string of murders near La Porte Indiana Nine bodies including those of her family have been unearthed in the case authorities say she led a deadly spree.
Sullivan aged about 45 died in a house fire in Glenwood Minnesota while asleep. The blaze left three small children at home and no other details are provided.
The Senate debated the forestry provision of the agricultural appropriation bill with Teller opposing and Depew supporting forest reserve extension. Carter urged postal savings banks. Culberson cited press on rail rate deals, prompting questions on executive and ICC powers. A Pocahontas monument appropriation passed. House finalized sun dry civil measures. total bill $106,966,369. Panama canal pay limits defeated. Senate closed week with forest reserve advocacy and pension funding deadlock. House later advanced army pay increase and other measures before adjourning.
A U S Spain treaty on arbitration is signed. The House approves the conference report reorganizing the consular service. OConnell introduces a compulsory savings bill for enlisted personnel. Justice Dept discusses a test case for the commodities clause of the Hepburn act. Townsend injects bridge bills into an omnibus measure to speed passage. Smith introduces a resolution directing Commerce and Labor to study Western Union Cable communications.
Heavy May settlements and interest disbursements boost bank payments while commercial defaults stay elevated. Weather slows retail, construction, and farming but winter wheat outlook improves. May deliveries of breadstuffs heavy with higher prices. money lent cheap but discount offerings scarce. Real estate investment rises and high grade bonds strengthen, while local security sales lag last year. Freight down from last year. iron and steel show some gains. quarry, hardware, cement, plumbing materials absorb more. Chicago district failures total 36 with liabilities over 5000 at 9.
New York reports little change in weather and industrial conditions with heavy rains and bad roads delaying farm work, retail, and old crop shipments. Most sectors show caution, textiles dull and leather quieter, shoe shipments 30 percent below 1907, collections backward, and weekly business failures: 288 in the US and 22 in Canada.
The report lists livestock and grain prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit New York Milwaukee Buffalo and Toledo. Cattle hogs sheep and various grain grades show wide ranges with No 2 wheat around 99¢ to $1.08 and corn around 63¢ to 74¢ per bushel plus assorted dairy and butter figures.
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