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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1908
Page
12
Secretary Taft returned to Washington from Panama and spoke briefly with the president about his isthmian trip. He planned to meet with Secretary Root on the boundary dispute and to address the Tennessee Bar Association on May 22.
Louise Weyenberg daughter of Martin Weyenberg of Appleton plans to marry Peter Gonnering a Freedom farmer. She toured Notre Dame nunnery in Milwaukee to test the vocation before her lifelong commitment, with six Weyenberg sisters in support.
Visiting six sisters at Notre Dame and Miss Weyenberg met Cupid. Miss Werenberg will manage the Gonnering household and not take the veil. A wedding is planned at St Joseph church Appleton, believed to be the first marriage on record from the circle. Preliminary romance began in a nunery.
Br James Monaghan, former Wisconsin and Notre Dame professor, received the Laetare medal in Laetare ceremonies at Notre Dame. Solemn high mass was sung by President Warinaugh at Sacred Heart church, with Rev John Talbot Smith delivering the Jubilee address and a banquet held after the conferment.
The submarine torpedo boat Octopus, towed by the tug Orion and convoyed by the steam yacht Starling, has reached Newport to undergo several tests before final acceptance by the Navy Department. The Board of Inspection will conduct trials after which Octopus is expected to join the second submarine division.
Reports from Porto Cabello Venezuela via Willamstad Curacao May 18 claim the bubonic plague outbreak tied to La Guayras may have spread. Three new malarial cases with one fatal, some insisting yellow fever symptoms. Vessels detained as authorities in Maracaibo Porto Cabello enforce decrees stopping transshipment of Venezuelan goods.
The exalting task of packing paintings and drawings from public schools of exica for shipment to London begins today. About 3500 works will cover a wall 2000 feet long, five feet high, ranging from the time of packing to the Paris and Berne exhibitions. The collection sails next Saturday with Walteries of Boston as curator. The exhibit, patronized by the prince of Wales, is expected to be opened by King Edward and will travel to France Germany Italy and Japan. The fourth exhibit may be staged in New York in 1910.
Commander Robert E. Peary, in Washington after a conference with the president, appeals for about 40 000 dollars to finance his ninth attempt to reach the North Pole this summer. He says 50 000 dollars is needed in total and expresses confidence funds will arrive, noting twenty years of work and experience.
In Chariton Iowa on May 18 Associated Press reports that in the years before his death cashier F R Crooker of the defunct First National Bank paid over a half million dollars to a Chicago New York firm for stock trading. Most was in the final days of his life as he invested 20000 to 40900 dollars daily hoping to salvage the bank.
Matawan authorities report Frank Zastera, a Polish farm hand, has allegedly confessed to killing Mr and Mrs William Shepherd and Jennie Dendy at the Shepherd farm. He claims to have acted to obtain money and hid it on the property. Officials seek corroboration, noting discrepancies and fear public reaction.
Vienna dispatches report Emperor Francis Joseph is gravely indisposed yet court officials state there is no reason for anxiety. After the recent visit to Vienna by Emperor William and the German princes, his majesty must be cautious due to fatigue and slight fever symptoms impinging on today’s engagements.
American minister W. W. Russell and his family landed in New York today aboard the Caracas. Details on conditions at Caracas were scarce as Lat SGUArY remains under tight quarantine due to a bubonic plague outbreak. Reports also note tensions and differences in coverage of the situation.
Mr Russell states Castro maintains power and loyal army backing despite not being in perfect accord with Sin ister Rudi. He notes no serious trouble in their relations and describes Castro as securely in control with officers as his friends.
William Tomkins aged sixty three, dean of the bar of northern Wisconsin, died of stomach cancer in Ashland. He was considered the most learned attorney in the region and a top tax expert. Reverend Lawrence Traub, pastor of the German Lutheran church in Cumberland, died suddenly of heart disease. Wenceslao Bulnes, Chilean general, who held a prominent role in the Peruvian campaign, died in Santiago. News reached Boston of the death on the steamship Minnesota of Dr. B. W. Cale, formerly of Boston but longtime head of university missions in Japan.
The body of Bertha Vanderbilt, assistant in Princeton University Library, was found in the Raritan canal near the Carnygle Lake aqueduct. She had vanished last week after glimpses of her with two others, including a Princeton graduate suitor. Police note a car sighting with a woman and a man the night she disappeared.
An appellate court on May 18 affirmed a lower court ruling that the Chicago mayor cannot be compelled to close saloons on Sundays under the statute. The decision cautions that such power lies with the executive branch and not the courts, preserving checks and balances in government.
Paris dispatch says General d Amadi with three brigades conducted a night march and daylight assault on May 10 near the Mdaléa villages. French forces surprised the tribesmen, driving them to the mountains and forcing abandonment of the town and war materials. French casualties were three killed and twenty two wounded.
Frederick Meg Hovland, 72, Concord Massachusetts author of reviews essays and pamphlets died yesterday at his residence. He was a member of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences PROP J A Coyner Hopkinsville Kentucky died aged 70. It takes more than a pet name to pacify a woman when she's in a pet.
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