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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
2
A collage of trivia including coal production claims, taxation figures, and social observations. It cites 68 percent coal advantage for the U S, 17,000 Russian education gaps, France tobacco and match revenues, New Zealand wealth, Louisiana drainage plans, and debates about anarchy naturalization, with remarks on literature and the next U S president’s court appointments.
Experiments with aeroplanes and other flying machines continue at home and abroad. Professor Alexander Graham Bell is quoted predicting a limitless field of usefulness and that U S mail may be carried by air soon, signaling remarkable changes ahead.
Iowa delegates resist a Dolliver bid and back Governor Singhs for first on the ticket. Ohio and Indiana conferences urge avoiding a New Yorker candidate while New York favors no vice presidential pick. The shuffle reflects a broader move to keep Dolliver out of state politics and to delay second-place selections.
Washington June 16 The administration shifts toward Dolliver of Iowa or Cummins of Iowa for the vice presidency as Sherman of New York loses favor for second place. Dolliver and Cummins are described as vigorous campaigners aligned with Roosevelt policies and likely to win western and Pacific coast support.
Stampede for Roosevelt in Chicago on June 16 sees promoters claim a delegate from a state other than Alabama will be secured to prevent the president’s name at the convention. Roosevelt boomers count on Taft delegates stamping to Roosevelt if his name is announced forcefully before the convention. Mr. Phillips said the Roosevelt boom is growing as he engineers the move.
Orvill Whitford shot at Edith Matthews on Craig Wright's porch after she refused marriage, then killed himself. The pair knew each other in Fremont Nebraska where he had proposed. she had agreed to answer later, but her rejection led to the fatal act.
Nine men of war are at the Golden Gate as Atlantic fleet ships gather in San Francisco for the long voyage home. By July 7 the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets will depart for Hampton Roads, with schedules setting ships from Puget Sound and San Francisco to depart between June 20 and June 29, while experiments tow destroyers toward San Diego if successful.
Ney Dunne, captain of the University of Minnesota football team, shot himself in the breast after a quarrel with his former sweetheart and died at his Jackson home. Police report the tragedy occurred in Jackson, Minnesota, on a June day. The incident ends the life of a noted college athlete amid a sorrowful chapter for the program and town.
A slight earthquake shock was felt in Montreal Canada on June 16. Witnesses described it as more of a rumble than a real quake.
James Kiser known as Joseph Keser, a Chicago convict, escaped Monday from the penitentiary at Joliet Indiana. He is described as about five feet eight inches tall with dark hair and a medium build. Authorities are seeking information on his whereabouts and any aiding accomplices.
New York City and Pine Plains in northern New York host a three day mimic war starting Wednesday. 3000 Regulars plus Massachusetts militia, New York National Guard units and coast artillery regiments simulate defense of harbor forts. Scout ships and searchlights illuminate nightly bombardment as 12 inch guns and mortar batteries practice against a simulated enemy.
Albert H. Patrick, serving life at Sing Sing for the murder of Texan William Marsh Rice, had a writ of habeas corpus denied by Judge Lacombe in the U S circuit court Monday. Patrick alleged a conspiracy to plunder the Rice millions to thwart his claim to the Rice will and its large fortune.
Bloomington Indiana June 16 Developments Monday indicate City Treasurer Harry A Ax tell is short in his accounts by about $60 000. Irregularities as secretary of the Real Estate Building association account for $40 910 and city treasury books are short $7 200. Securities signed by his mother in law total $11 300 and questions arise about the genuineness of some signatures to his bond.
A Portland report notes the transport Sherman arrived in Astoria and went to quarantine. A Navy sailor, returning home from Honolulu, died of smallpox before the ship reached its destination and was buried at sea.
Darius Hicks aged 50 a farmer and stock raiser from Macomb Illinois died by his own hand at his home north of Blandinville Monday He was worth about 100000 dollars and left the area in mourning for the community and his family.
San Bernardino on June 16 rancher and stockman Hieronymous Hartman of Rio Grande desert station on the Santa Fe was shot and killed there by Justice of the Peace Stanley O. Houghton.
A Jonesville Louisiana dispatch reports 6 to 10 feet of floodwater on fields with residents living in second story rooms and rafts built from drift logs for livestock. In Kansas City Missouri flood levels ease as Kaw at 29.6 feet and Missouri at 30.2 feet recede, Union Station remaining above water while trains skirt waterlogged tracks and signaling becomes primitive.
Evelyn Thaw and her husband Warren Thaw are reconciled and will not be separated, said Daniel O Reilly her counsel. O Reilly added that despite opposition from Mrs William Thaw and other Thaw family members she will remain his wife and stay in New York to stay in touch with him. Evelyn Thaw later visited Warren Thaw in jail in Poughkeepsie taking dinner with him in Sheriff Chanler's room. officials tried to keep the visit private at Thaws request.
A ferocious storm tore through the Pine Plains federal camp and National Guard enclosure near New York on June 16. Wind and rain flattened hundreds of tents and mess shelters, with over 100 horses escaping from corrals across seven miles of territory.
At Roosevelt Hospital two physicians repaired a heart injured by a dagger thrust. The victim, Susan Crane, a Black woman, was stabbed by another woman. Doctors report the patient has a chance to recover.
Mrs 8 F Marbury, cousin of Mrs John Hay of Washington and sister in law of Miss Elizabeth Marbury, daughter of Andros B Stone of Cleveland, has disappeared in New York on June 16. Police asked to search without unnecessary publicity.
Six men were seriously injured Monday when their automobile went over an embankment in Hayes borough near Pittsburg. None of the injuries were fatal. Authorities reported the accident occurred early in the day and responders rushed to aid the victims.
A jumbled condensed notices bundle reports various items: a plantat in Hoboken New Jersey died. the Geological Survey finds coal beds near Controller Bay Alaska. Frederick Arthur Stanley Earl of Derby, former governor general of Canada, died in London at age 67. Henry Phipps gave 500000 to Johns Hopkins for mental health care. Frank Work, linked to Mrs Burke Roche Batonyl, ill in New York from cancer linked to smoking. White House denies Attorney General Bonaparte will resign over Idaho removals. Sir Charles Fitzpatrick named to Britain’s delegation at The Hague. Mrs Anna Kisella of Paterson NJ, who announced death, is still alive after prodding to eat.
Washington reports that Alcazar garrison killed its commander and declared for Mulai Hafid, sending the governor to Fez as a prisoner. Tangier details describe a mutiny by 4000 troops of Abd el Aziz’s army as Mulai Hafid is proclaimed sultan with officers imprisoned.
A man named Bellanger attempted to shoot the French Minister of War Piquart at the war ministry in Paris on a Monday. He drew a revolver to present a petition, firing several shots. two bullets hit an upholstered chair and one struck the attacker’s arm. Bellanger was arrested.
The Democratic state convention met in Glenwood Springs on Monday to select delegates for the national convention. Resolutions instructing delegates to vote for William Jennings Bryan had no opposition.
The June 1 Chicago markets report shows weak flour with various wheat futures. Spring wheat prices range around 5.75 to 5.20 for hard patent and export grades, while winter wheat patent and straight varieties trade near 4.60 to 4.40. Wheat futures firm at July 884 59 64, September 8534 86 1?c. Corn and oats are dull to firm with oats at 35 36c. Butter prices rise in creamery and dairy lines from 17c to 25c per pound, while potatoes move 90 to 95c for choice to fancy and 1.10 to 1.25 for standard. Live poultry markets show varying prices for turkeys, chickens, roosters, geese at 1.00 0.00, ducks at 9 to 11c.
Dull wheat opened higher on cables then eased on favorable weather, later recovering on forecasts of more rain in the southwest. Rye No 2 western quoted at 8 cents. Corn market declined as good weather and large Chicago receipts pressured prices. Market conditions centered in New York with July and September futures cited.
Chicago and Omaha cattle and hog markets show varied demand on June 15 and 16. Cattle prices range from strong to plain with steers, cows, and yearlings listing at multiple levels, while hogs move unevenly from heavy to light porkers. sheep prices remain mixed with steady tendencies.
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