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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1909
Page
1
Nineteen Italians, arrested in a raid, go on trial before Judge Mason in Fairmont West Virginia as Grazio Parabetti testifies he was forced to join the Black Hand under threat of death. He describes threats, a $25 payment, and promised future shares from illicit funds.
Chicago detectives tracing the murder weapon used against Dr. John Binkley linked a revolver found in the Wellington hotel to a pawn shop in Evansville Indiana. The pistol matches a February sale for 28 but the dealer cannot confirm it was the same gun.
June S-Aita session of the Society for School of Nursing Education reports nominees for office. Adelade Nutting is named first vice president and Is helm Frampton Ret second. Councilors include Nevine and Tarneapolis. Election is today with receptions for visiting nurses. convention ends tonight.
Tudge Burdett today enjoined Attorney General Conley and Prosecuting Attorney Avis of Kanawha county from enforcing the two cent fare law on the Cake and Coal railway. The line runs 73 miles north through the state from Charleston, known as the Davis and Elkins road.
The torpedo boat Winslow, with Massachusetts naval reserves aboard, returned to Beaufort North Carolina after two accidents in two days. Machinery was badly damaged with a bent port shaft and boiler out of commission. pumps the crew labored at incessantly were operating poorly.
Denver reports floods across the state from heavy rains and melting snow. Four deaths occur as swollen streams destroy property and disrupt train service in many districts over the last twenty four hours.
Jefferson City Mo June 8 Governor Hadley signed a bill banning smoking by persons from ten to eighteen years old in public places. The measure aims to curb youth tobacco use across the state.
Detroit notes the opening of the biennial movement of the Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the World, as John Yates reports strong growth for the year 1008. The Sovereign Cup governs the order and sessions will run ten days with Emma J. Manchester reporting growth for the Supreme Forest and Women’s Auxiliary in session.
London reports the second Imperial Press conference with Reginal McKenna and Foreign Secretary Grey stressing naval strength as essential. Officials warn that armament costs threaten temperate global policy while pledging imperial unity and defense of empire seas. A Melbourne telegram notes an imperial offer of a Dreadnought or equivalent naval addition is accepted.
At the Atlantic City AMA convention Col William C Gorgas praised for his Panama Canal Zone sanitation work. He recalled Dr Weir Mitchells Washington monument idea honoring Civil War army surgeons and urged its realization. He detailed sanitation efforts in the canal zone before delegates.
The Georgia railway firemen formally enter arbitration under Congress member Thomas W. Shirdwick as arbiter. The union says the railroad refused compromise on the negro question. The Hatters strike near Danbury ends with a near complete settlement after five months of closure.
Fond du Lac Wis June 8 Charging that his wife owned five race horses raced under fictitious names and that she wore $1 000 in diamonds on her person John Jambor Jr asked a county court to null their marriage Abandonment is also charged claiming she deserted him in St Louis in 1968 The papers show he wished to return to Fond du Lac but she refused saying she wished to paddle her own canoe The matter was taken under advisement by the court.
The General Synod and General Council of the Lutheran church in Indiana agreed to form arbitration committees to resolve differences over mission work in Ontario Canada. Both sides will appoint committees to determine field appointments and unite the men’s organizations within two years.
Lexington Kentucky reports Edward Callahan, feud leader, shot during an attack on his family. He survived the initial attempt but is paralyzed from the waist down and may die at any moment as supporters gather at his home amid renewed feud tensions.
Constantinople June report details expulsion of Abdul Hamid era ministers and high officials. Exiles boarded the steamer Banderina for Bouddrum Blunkenz Ithodes with destinations including Mitylene and Hejaz as Schehad Pacha and other officials face removal.
Senate begins woolen schedule debate after cotton hours. Dolliver opposes a twenty to thirty cent rise on top waste and dingy wools, opposing the finance committee plan to restore Lingley duties. Warren defends higher rates as Wool market expert, Smoot notes mill closures from fashion shifts.
News from New York reports the engagement of concert singer Miss Mary Adla Case to Claus Spreckels III of California has been broken. Miss Case has departed for Seattle alone after the couple arrived from Europe on Sunday and the couple publicized the engagement prior to its dissolution.
Paris dispatch says E. H. Harriman arrived in Paris from London today aboard a private party train. The report notes Harriman's presence in the French capital as part of a business or diplomatic visit, with no further details provided.
The Purley Tobacco Society meets in Lexington to decide on forming a pool for the white Burrey product. Delegates from forty two counties attend as growers must join by a high participation threshold or the plan will be abandoned. Officials warn production could reach two hundred million pounds this year if rail disruptions do not interfere.
The Agriculture Department releases crop conditions with spring wheat at about 18 397 4 percent, winter wheat 80 7, oats 87, and rye around 93 percent. Spring wheat acreage up 6.9 percent from last year and area sown corn and barley higher by roughly six thousand acres.
President Lennon of the St. Paul American Association team announced Sunday games will resume when the team returns from its tour. Arrangements for using the Livingston park grounds for Sunday games last year are completed. Lennon has directed his attorney to discontinue the suit to dissolve the injunction against playing baseball in the downtown park.
Washington D C Juna 4 Senate debate features resolution from the Indiana Republican Association endorsing Senator Beveridge. The measure supports his stance on tarff policy amid criticism of Republicans who did not back the executive committee.
The steamer Main arrived in Bremerhaven from New York carrying 200 members of the National Schuetzenbund who will participate in the International shooting contests to be held at Hamburg starting June 40.
The Indiana balloon Indiana landed six miles north of Dickson, Tennessee, at six o'clock Monday evening to end its 48.5 hour flight. Pilots Carl Fisher and Baum reported clear weather until Nashville, with a 14,000 foot altitude and eventual descent to water take on, overcoats worn, and no contact with the earth. Fisher denied reports of a landing near Ashland City and confirmed the ship’s safe return to Indianapolis.
Link and J Irvine of the Indianapolis balloon learned they had won first prize only after reaching Louisville yesterday. The pair, living locally, described their voyage as thrilling and color filled with episodes. Link credited a well shaped balloon and careful handling for success. Foreign balloon race in Essen ends with all thirteen balloons landing. the record holder remains undecided for the International cup to be contested in Switzerland next fall.
An Associated Press report notes a quake recorded by the weather bureau today, likely originating in the northern Chile region or the Aleutian Islands. The tremor began shortly after midnight and lasted over an hour with moderate intensity and small oscillations. The second tremor reportedly started at 10:00 pm.
Report from Grafton Hall lists prize winners including Muriel Hales in gold for a reed ing Bath and Yves Mawroe in gold for best slant reading. Milas Garvey wins several categories in drawing and athletics. Additional honors go to Louise Poyster and Adelaide Evans in literature and domestic sciences.
Madison Wisconsin July 8 1901 Judge Martin Keek rules C Dike state dealer was not entitled to reinstatement at the University of Wisconsin after expulsion. He sought a writ of mandamus to challenge the action but the court denied the request and held that state authorities may govern university matters without court intervention.
The Missouri Supreme Court held that the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church lacked authority to unite with the Presbyterian Church in the United States without first amending church creeds and constitution. The ruling favors Cumberland adherents on property at Warrensburg, Missouri.
In Milwaukee Wisconsin a man named Bayar is accused of causing his wife’s death through a hasty act. Mrs A Miller reportedly told her husband not to go for a drink of water before he returned to find her dying from a ruptured vessel. The scene, described by a Northwestern special correspondent, notes the fatal consequences of impulsive behavior.
Andrew Trebbie, former president of the Crave ton Milling company, was found guilty of forging Bellamy’s name on a note for 6909 dollars. He received a sentence of two years in the state penitentiary.
Judge William Tf. Moore of New York earned second prize with Berkeley Bantam in a class for small horses in the international show this morning. The event judged seven non Italian foals under fourteen hands, with tendon comprising a noted entry.
The Willam H B Corey loaded 10 234 tons of iron ore at Northwestern docks in 63 minutes breaking the Great Lakes record by seven minutes. Ashland Wiscon sin special notes the event as breaking a long standing record.
Weston the pedestrian won the race against Sergeant Walsh, clocking twenty eight miles ahead as Walsh left Denver this morning. Rawlings and Tane reported Weston in fine condition at five o'clock this morning.
New York reports arrivals as of June 8 with the steamer Krong Princess entering Cecelle from Bromen per Associated Press.
Madison Wis June session moves key measures including oil inspector E I Tracy salary raise to 500 dollars and a pension bill for state teachers shifting to a general fund appropriation. Large maintenance and penal and charitable institution appropriations loom with Milwaukee home care bill facing heavy opposition and potential final passage.
Rain drenched Driving Park mud will likely hamper the game between the Indians and George Rubser's Mockford team. Pitching was to be by Young or Struve Nout for Redstings with Manager Hawley and Dug Knight of Wisconsin lines. Knight, once a top Cardinal hopeful, joins term at Juln and brings noted batting promise but sore hand has slowed spring form.
A public election in LaGrange County aims to decide if licensed liquor stores will operate for the next two years. Proponents favor dry sentiment, while opponents fear the outcome. Local saloonkeepers plan to close early tonight to avoid disruption as voters prepare.
Four men were killed with five shot at Froman Farm after a picnic at Oakland Park near Uniontown. Charles Mroman was fatally wounded reportedly by gunfire, with Mrs. Fapir Rodgers arrested as an accessory. Police say the incident occurred during an outing with her companion, age unknown.
New Haven date June 8 Frederick H Brigham head bookkeeper of Merchant's National Bank was arrested on embezzlement charges. Shortage rumored to total forty thousand dollars. Brigham about forty seven, married, with eighteen years at the bank. Dr T P Allen traveled to Atlantic City to attend the American Medical Association meeting and expects about ten days of fines.
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