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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
3
Washington special reports probation officer Zed D. Copp claims a germ turns black skin white and could be used to whiten the race. He cites three observed cases and argues isolating the bacillus might inoculate Negroes, with questions about heredity and permanency of whitening.
Dr Jose Maria De Alpoim claimed the February Lisbon regicide was planned by leaders of the Progressive and Regenerator parties in a House of Lords expose. He alleged Republicans attended and that Manuel Silva Buissa and Alfredo Costa received money to kill King Carlos and Premier Franco, triggering a broader slaughter and the prince’s death.
Special Commander Robert E Peary launches a new expedition from East Twenty fourth street aboard the Roosevelt aiming to plant the stars and stripes at the north pole. He plans Greenland coast work and Grantland studies using the drift method with Eskimos and dogs aboard.
The last spike of the Mexican section of the Pan American Railroad was driven last week at Suchiate on the Guatemalan border. President Cabrera announces that Guatemala will soon complete its section of the line.
New York Special Mae Wood of Omaha has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of perjury and forgery in connection with a divorce action against U S Senator Thomas C Platt. She is out on five thousand dollars bail.
The Idaho State Board of Pardons commuted Harry Orchard's death sentence for the murder of ex Governor Frank Stellenberg to life imprisonment. Orchard had been sentenced to hang.
Edward Wawerinski of Sweden warns Milwaukee readers that the prohibition movement is an unstable surge driven by eloquent speakers. He cautions that without public education the reform may not endure in the United States.
In Atlanta Joseph M. Brown wins the Democratic nomination for Georgia governor, overtaking Hoke Smith who was long viewed as the party’s leading figure. The nomination essentially seals the election in Georgia.
Indianapolis special report says Henry W. Marshall former speaker of the Indiana House and Western Construction Company president is indicted for conspiracy to defraud the city over inflated street repair claims. County Auditor Cyrus J. Clark is indicted for padding a county contract, while the grand jury also condemns county jail conditions and prisoner food.
New York special reports John Quincy Adams secretary of the American Flaghouse and Betsy Ross Memorial Association issues a strong denial of the claim Betsy Ross did not make the first American flag. Adams cites exhaustive Philadelphia records and traditions showing the first flag was made at Betsy Ross's home, 229 Arch Street.
The Friedrichshafen airship completed a six hour and twelve minute test staying aloft at an average speed of 34 miles per hour. At one point its speed reached 38 14 miles per hour the highest recorded during the test.
Termites or white ants have honeycombed wooden structures in Manchester New Hampshire business area. Several buildings risk collapse as owners unite to combat the widespread damage from the pests.
Alfred Soderman grows both vegetables on one vine at the state agricultural experiment station in Worcester Massachusetts. Above ground the plants are tomato vines heavy with fruit while underground potatoes the size of eggs develop on the same root system.
Oyster Bay special president Roosevelt asked Secretary Loeb to deny a report he was negotiating for a New York City site to build a city home.
A Paris article by an unnamed French officer attached to the mission in Japan argues war between Japan and the United States is unlikely in the near term. It contends Japan aims to dominate China, fears Western advances, and would avoid a conflict that harms its growing commerce and industry. The piece cites Japan’s China trap, the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the Philippines as strategic considerations shaping restraint.
The 16 battleships of the Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry left San Francisco two months after entering the harbor to begin the second half of a world cruise. The voyage includes Honolulu visit by July 16 and remains plans for Auckland Sydney Melbourne and Manila with return to Hampton Roads in February. The fleet measures improvements since leaving Hampton Roads last December.
A fox led a lively chase through Baltimore on Pennsylvania Avenue attracting many amused spectators. A dozen dogs and about a hundred men and boys pursued the animal past the Northwestern police station to a nearby livery stable where the fox hid its tail under straw.
Twenty thousand people attended the Beaussines-Lalaing village fete with about five thousand yielded bachelors. The reception committee of spinsters believes the engagement total will top last year's, though figures are not yet released.
A serious fire swept Port au Prince with high winds spreading flames across the city. More than 100 buildings burned, including the courthouse and the prison, as the blaze grew to alarming proportions.
An exclusive Atlanta reception hosted by Colonel W L Peel ends in chaos after two prominent couples are allegedly snubbed. An undertaker and doctors attend to a reportedly dying Mrs Peel as police arrest burglars and the Fire Department scenes unfold. Prosecution talked of.
National Convention names Martin R. Preston for president and Donald Munro for vice president. DeLeon defends Preston now jailed in Goldfield Nevada for a 3 year old strike shooting, claiming he acted to defend girls. Telegrams sent to nominees as platform mirrors four years earlier.
Washington reports a revolution in full swing in Asuncion led by Jara against President Ferreira amid claims of misrule and national bankruptcy. Telegraphs impaired, communications limited to Buenos Aires sources with ongoing fighting for several days.
Fitchburg and nearby towns enforce a rule allowing one drink per person only when the drink is for refreshment and not for intoxication. Saloon keepers brewers and police share a reform effort to change liquor practices.
Benjamin T. Nixon, famed marrying squire of Jeffersonville Indiana, who united 3600 couples during his term, died last week at age 81. He was born November 19 1827 near Salem in Washington County.
Fred Murray, balloonist, likely fatally injured in Culver Indiana on July 4 when the balloon ascended and the parachute snagged on guy ropes, hurling him about fifty feet to the ground during the ascent.
Probate Court hears the will of Benjamin Rose who leaves nearly all of a 35 million estate to establish institutions for the aged and for deformed children in Cleveland. The document aims to fund charitable institutions and care programs.
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