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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
3
Court records reveal a newly found love letter said to be written by Colonel Tom Snell to a Clinton innamorata. Attorney Edward J. Sweeney notes the letters served to extract three sums of money, fueling an erratic, unhealthy fixation.
Ten people killed and about 19 injured in a late Sunday trolley wreck on the Chestnut line twelve miles from the city. Cars derailed on a steep grade, causing pileups as drivers lost control and passengers attempted to escape through narrow doors.
St. Louis secretary W F Saunders of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway Association issued a call for the third annual convention in Chicago from October 6 through 8. He is mailing 16 000 notices and expects over 2 500 delegates.
Frank H. Buck president of the California Fruit Distributors Association says there is no shortage in the California fruit crop this year except in prunes. He notes an abundance of all other varieties and that prices are not likely to be high.
Springfield Illinois—After a year and five months in session the Forty fifth General Assembly adjourned shortly after noon Saturday marking the end of the long legislative period.
The estimate places coal use at about 85 thousand tons for the Atlantic battleship fleet's world cruise. Costs to move the fleet from San Francisco to Hampton Roads via Honolulu Manila and the Suez Canal are put at around 20 dollars per ton. The Australian offer to supply coal gratis was declined with arrangements for American coal maintained.
In London the Aero Club of the United Kingdom plans a balloon race to cap the International Aeronautic Federation meeting on May 27. Thirty entries from Germany France Switzerland and Britain will start at two to three minute intervals.
President opposed a Boston filed suit to separate the New York New Haven Hartford railroad from its trolley holdings amid a political clash. Bonaparte reportedly defied White House wishes prompting cabinet alarm and possible resignation discussions.
The first physical examinations for West Point cadets under the presidential order will start tomorrow. Col. Charles Richard, Col. Charles Mann, Capt. John Wy, and others will conduct tests at West Point. Officials say the cadet corps now compares favorably with past classes, with higher minimum height and weight standards and other raised physical requirements.
In Bridgeport Connecticut a last resort hypnotism session was used to stop Mrs O L Mas singer wife of a local physician who had suffered hiccoughs for three weeks. Drs Godfrey and Smith induced focus on inability to hiccough creating partial hypnotism but the attack returned once the spell ended.
A Clinton Newfoundland story centers on a young wife lured by Colonel Tom Snell with a fur coat and expensive gifts. Letters described show the wife’s temptation and fear of discovery as evidence in a contested $2,000,000 will, illustrating alleged manipulation and the peril of costly luxury in romance.
Washington notes a brisk renewal of vice presidential talk around Fairbanks. Eastern papers push a Taft and Fairbanks ticket and Senate leaders favor him as a running mate if Taft wins. Senators praise his fairness and hope to see him as presiding officer for another term.
New York reports Evelyn Nesbit Thaw plans to withdraw the divorce case as a tactic to gain access to Harry K Thaw’s share of the Thaw estate. Rumors say she may seek guardianship of Harry for estate control if insanity is determined. Her withdrawal would shift financial leverage to Mrs Thaw and the Thaw family.
A Chinese school will be built in San Francisco at once to educate local Chinese children in Chinese. It will be the only school of its kind in the country.
Paris government proposes to double license fees on all saloons selling absinthe to raise about 2,000,000 francs for the budget deficit in 19u9. The move targets finance from liquor sales as part of the fiscal plan.
Brigadier General Charles A. Whitier retired U S A of New York died aboard the Mauretania. On arrival at Queenstown officials learned he did not die of heart disease as first reported but was scalded and drowned in a bathtub after a fit caused him to turn the hot water tap.
A high speed express from Antwerp to Brussels collided with a pilgrim train at Contich station six miles southeast of Antwerp. Dozens killed and hundreds injured as cars telescoped and ground to pieces. Rescue teams, doctors, and priests rushed to the scene. a signaling error reportedly caused the crash. The engineer and fireman of the express were killed.
Snow blanketed Sheridan Wyoming and parts of northern Wyoming and Montana. Three feet fell in many spots all day Wednesday causing extensive damage to fruit crops and severe hardship for livestock. It is described as the worst spring snowstorm in about forty years.
The Folkes bill, already passed by the Landsthing, authorizes the state to spend fourteen million dollars over the next sixteen years on new railway construction. It includes a Copenhagen to Kroege line that would shorten the international route via Gjedser.
In Simla, Mohmad moun taineers resist Major-General Sir James Willocks punitive expedition. Two British officers killed, one wounded. About twenty Sikh troopers injured while Mohmads suffer over 200 losses.
In Cleveland Ohio a four year old girl, Yetta Wolinski, was decapitated by a street car driven by an inexperienced motorman. Two morgue workers allegedly removed the head and body as the parents searched for the remainder. A crowd formed and nearly lynched the driver, who fled at top speed.
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