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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1908
Page
1
Poughkeepsie reports that Harry K Thaw is found insane and will stay in asylum custody. The court orders continued confinement at Maltby state hospital due to risk to public safety and ongoing concerns about his mental condition.
The report summarizes Thaw's comments after a writ dismissal and remand order. It notes defense attorney James G Granain and Dr Jacoby testimony, cross examination by District Attorney Jeromets, and Thaw's lack of fear regarding Evelyn Thaw or a commissioners action. Mrs Thaw and Mrs Carnegie visited him in jail.
Rev Mark A Matthews proposes a Protestant church union with a supreme president and executive committee during the Presbyterian assembly, stressing denominational education over public and state institutions. He cites educational shortcomings and notes the college board twenty five years old as a result. Rev James D Moffatt underscores denominational schools amid strong public funding for public schools and state universities.
Representatives of southwestern coal operators and miners signed the two year scale and agreement governing mine conditions, with 25 090 miners set to return to work by Wednesday. In West Virginia, about 240 miners resumed work in Elkhorn and Pocahontas fields, and 1 000 more were reemployed in the Thacker and Matewan area after five months idle.
The Associated Press reports the conspiracy to defraud the state over metallic furniture contracts for the new state capitol resumed in Harrisburg. Defendants include Architect Joseph M. Huston Congressman H Burd Cassel and W P Snyder plus former officials W L Matthae s K J Shumaker and F L Irvine.
The trial of Theodore S Whitemore of Brooklyn began in Jersey City on May 25 charged with the murder of his wife Lena Whitemore whose body was found in the damp black swamp near Harrison New Jersey five months prior.
Paris May 2 Murat Hafid the usurping sultan of Morocco is quoted by The Mafin correspondent saying he would, if necessary, have several German subjects killed to secure intervention by France's rival in Morocco and resolve the crisis.
Morning death reported from heart failure of Mrs Pravila age seventy born in Germany. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 1 30 at the house and 2 at Gerypin MOE church with Rev ELJ Peter Wahl officiating. Interment Doty street cemetery. August Straich funeral held at house on Seventh Street with Rev John W Greenwood officiating. Surviving relatives include three sisters and two brothers with several named. Interment Riverside cemetery for Straich. Funeral for Tilton to be held at 493 Algoma Street Tuesday at two o'clock with Rev Edward H Smith and Rev J W Bailey officiating. Arrangements request tributes.
An Oshicosh man died Sunday evening after a fox encounter near Luis Di An. The incident occurred during dusk as locals reported the man was hunting or wandering in the fox’s territory. Authorities are investigating the sequence of events surrounding the death.
The body of 46 year old carpenter Baldwin was recovered from the Fox River near Oshkosh on Sunday evening. He may have died from heart failure or drowning after losing balance while fishing from a boat. Witness W J Hay steamer Anni M aided the search. doctors failed to revive him. He resided at 259 Main Street with his wife and belonged to the carpenters union. Funeral plans are pending.
Floods across Dallas and surrounding areas floodwaters force residents from roofs and trees, drown six men after a Texas and Pacific railway bridge washes out. Traffic halted, gas supply cut, and Oklahoma reports rising rivers and isolated communities amid heavy rainfall.
Fragmented OCR text hints at a report or speech from a House setting. No clear people, places, or events are readable to identify a concrete news item or outcome. The readable fragments suggest a formal discussion or notice but lack specific entities or dates.
Baltimore May 25 The Methodist Church general conference endorsed anti saloon league measures and local option while maintaining prohibition. Bishop election ran eleven ballots with no result. two corresponding secretaries to Freedmen Aid board planned as white and black. Columbus invitation extended by delegate David S Gray.
A clews rich but fragmented report indicates police inquiries into dynamite actions. Officials reference a Homer era incident and unnamed individuals linked to a company involved in arson or sabotage. The text is garbled but points to an ongoing investigation and possible arrests.
The Floride left Norfolk Navy Yard for Hampton Roads to prepare for the gunners test in Florida. Unknown fragments mention the ship’s departure and testing plans.
A body of a woman, believed to be under forty, was found floating in a barrel between Ward's and Randall's islands in the East River. Her color and the injuries suggest blunt force trauma, with a deep facial gash implying possible hatchet use, hindering identification. The scene lies near areas where Italian outings are held.
Special dispatch reports three fires in Milwaukee setting a record for the city. The fires include a Leclair firm undertaking and a cold storage building, with damage and injuries noted as authorities investigate.
Damrow, a mason, was plastering when a scaffold collapsed, throwing him to the floor and injuring his eye. Doctors fear possible lasting damage to the other eye as he sustains bruises and facial injuries.
Death notices report Mrs. Charlies Hathaway age seventy four at 423 Seventh Street from heart failure. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs Alfred Klein of Milwaukee, and son Benjamin F. Hathaway. Services Tuesday at home with Rev Edward H. Smith officiating. Interment Riverside cemetery. Other obituaries include Bernice Mildred Anger eighteen months at 76 Hudson Street, convulsions. Emma Carlina Paffenroth six days at 2 Seventh Avenue. Verney Clarence Diacon two years old at 526 Sixth Street. Sophia Pravitz wife of August Pravitz at 1710 Michigan Street. Funeral notices set for Tuesday services or residence, Riverside cemetery.
Miss Wood of Omaha was released on $5,000 bail in a perjury case arising from her suit against Ben Stor Thomas C Pratt for divorce. She testified she was secretly married to Pratt in 1901, and signed the bond as Mae GC Wood-Platt.
Portland will mark its rose festival week from June 7 to 6 with the first automobile road races of national interest ever held on the Pacific coast. Officials promise a event that will draw wide attention and feature speed and spectacle during the celebration.
Milwaukee correspondent reports Touls Sorenson, 51, found dead on the river bank in Waukesha with six head wounds from a rock. Authorities suspect murder given the head injuries. Sorenson lived on St Paul Avenue. the article notes uncertainty about any money on his person. Ancesa 3 woman is described as a first class artist with a good complexion.
President Fallieres sails from Boulogne aboard Gambetta to Dover for a grand welcome as part of Anglo French state visits. British and French dignitaries greet him. he lands and proceeds to London with Foreign Minister Pichon amid ceremonial honors.
Edward H. Smith preached on Witnessing for Truth, urging believers to live for God’s plan and to bear uncompromising witness to the truth of life and conviction. He called for steadfast testimony in truths about God and man that illuminate liberty and enlightenment.
After four hours of deliberation the jury could not agree on the guilt of Mrs. Cora Hinkle accused of poisoning her husband. The court discharged the jurors and remanded Hinkle to jail. A new trial is set for the October term in Benton Missouri.
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