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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
2
North Judson News Printing Co proprietors erect and postemies at Herbh Juisen Ind as second class matter.
Ernst Terwiliger, who admitted killing his wife by strangling her in their Newark room, is jailed in Newark Ohio as crowds threaten violence. A police reserve guard is on duty after the discovery of Mrs Terwiliger aged 18.
New York and Cleveland tied at 18 wins each atop the circuit while Philadelphia 18 Chicago 15 Detroit 15 St Louis 15 Boston 12 Washington 11 in the latest standings update from WwW New York.
Immigration Agent Louis Adams leads a statewide probe into removing criminals and foreign suspects. Officials say as many as 500 undesirables could be shipped out once Washington authorizes action. In Denver jails nearly fifty foreigners face various charges amid a described desperate criminal class.
J C White a 56 year old New York City man was released from the Pennsylvania State Prison after serving a year and a half of a five year sentence for forgery committed by an alleged double. White had not been in Greensburg where the crime occurred until his trial in 1906. The man who committed the deed is identified as James Riley a known criminal. White’s pardon came after Detective Ira Bar ry traveled to Michigan to show evidence White was there while the swindler operated in Greensburg.
The body of Joseph North was found near Turtle river Minnesota by Indians and ruled a drowning. It is believed Alfred Kitson North's companion also perished after they parted in a rowboat a month earlier. Kitson, son of late Commodore Kitson, squandered his patrimony and became a northern guide.
Rev Rufus R Fletcher a Methodist minister based in St Jospeh with a Fairport charge took carbolic acid as death by his own hand. He had two daughters on stage and faced domestic troubles.
Peter F Dailey, a renowned American come dian famous for three decades, dies of pneumonia in his apartments at the Auditorium annex in Chicago. The long celebrated stage figure left a lasting mark on the chorus and musical life of the era.
The bodies of Ralph McCabe and Chester McCormick were found and initially believed to be kidnap victims, raising the spring drownings in Chicago to seven.
Representatives of southwestern coal operators and miners gathered in Kansas City to formally sign the two year working scale and agreement governing conditions in the mines.
Mrs. Vanderbilt secures a five million dollar cash settlement in the divorce case as part of a compromise with her husband. The agreement ends the marital dispute with the terms disclosed in this report.
A Morrell airship failing at Berkeley, California, collapsed from 300 feet above a crowd of 10 000, injuring all 16 aboard including inventor John Morrell. The 450 foot long craft contained 32 000 cubic feet of hydrogen and burst as it descended toward Armory Park. In Toledo, Ohio, A Roy Knabenshue and two assistants barely escaped when their airship plunged into center field bleachers after engine failure.
Mae C. Wood's divorce action against Senator Thomas Collier Platt was dismissed by Justice O'Gorman in New York Supreme Court. Wood was jailed for a $5,000 perjury bail after the judge said the marriage claims were false and that she had perjured herself.
The open Senate session ended after a lengthy dispute over Congress power in interstate and foreign commerce with a failed 23 to 32 vote on the Foraker substitute for the time when the Hepburn rail rate law penalty takes effect. House actions included rejecting mail subsidy provisions for ocean steamships and sending the post office bill back to conference, while various conference reports and bills were approved or referred.
New York Supreme Court Justice Morschauser denies Harry K Thaw habeas corpus release and upholds Thaw s commitment to a state lunatic asylum. He finds Thaw insane and unsafe for liberty, and confirms the prior commitment as legal despite defense arguments on due process and notice.
The drought in the Rio Grande valley of Texas has ended and farmers rejoice. Oklahoma cattle losses due to a new disease prompt a state veterinarian investigation. Government crop report puts April 1 wheat yield at 493,898,000 bushels. At a Wisconsin Shorthorn sale forty seven head averaged 417 dollars, top price 2750 for a ten month old calf.
Daniel Frohman, president of the Actors Fund of America, announced in New York that over 27 years the fund had disbursed more than $1,000,000 to the needy but recorded a deficit of $27,000 for the last year.
The Carey act offers 1,000,000 acres of arid land to be sold at up to 50 cents per acre and irrigated by private companies. Settlers pay small annual installments from 8 to 4 dollars per acre and gain water rights. a short residence suffices, enabling a teacher or businessman to acquire title. In Wyoming the Big Horn Basin Development Company opened 245,000 acres, requiring only a 30 day stay.
The Continental Express Company plans to operate its own express service for the Chicago St Paul and Milwaukee road and has filed articles of incorporation as required. In Chicago a non union woodworker Charles Kirchner narrowly escaped injury after dynamite destroyed his home front stairs and windows. Kirchner had left the union for a rival organization. A labor colony is being established by the Corn Products Company with a ten foot fence to insulate workers from walking delegates near Summit as a $4,000,000 plant expansion proceeds.
Conferees reach an amended report striking the provision that enlarges homesteads from 160 to 820 acres on non irrigable lands and would have applied to Idaho and California. The change narrows the bill's scope while maintaining its broader intent.
Miss Sophia Kittleson of Evanston Illinois writes she suffered catarrh for about twenty five years and saw little relief until Peruna. She says her throat soreness and cough improved as her health strengthened after using Peruna and recommends it to others. Peruna Tablets offer the same medicinal ingredients in pill form from the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus Ohio.
Mrs Lane’s decorative crafts draw sudden attention from a neighboring shop owner. Mr Lane, in night attire, requests a kite shaped item with ribbon tail and safety pins, offering fifty cents, explaining all his union suits were washed.
A philanthropic tourist notes a bareheaded worker turning a windlass hoisting a sand filled bucket. He questions sun exposure and the worker’s mental state, the man replying that brain matter is useless for his task.
The president of the Board of Health credits Grape-Nuts with preventing malnutrition and improving heart rhythm sleep and digestion after years of overwork. He cites personal use with milk, noting remarkable recovery and a strong endorsement of the cereal as part of a scientific feeding system.
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