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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
1
Vice Presidential candidate Congressman Sherman left Cleveland for Utica in weak condition accompanied by his wife and physician. Former Gaye Herrick assisted to the train in an auto. Sherman said he would not engage in campaign work until he regained his strength.
A Texas Pacific passenger train struck a washout 130 miles east of here near Beho Texas. The engine and two coaches plunged over a high embankment. An undertaker and physicians headed toward the wreck from Toyah Texas as relief trains departed to the scene.
July 2 at the Rikovsky Coal mine near Yuzovka Russia a gas explosion is believed to have killed more than one hundred miners. Details are scarce but it is thought all men in one gallery perished. The mine employs over five hundred workers.
Washington July 2 It was decided today that the formal notification of Taft of his nomination will occur at Cincinnati on July 28.
Chicago July 2 identity of a woman found dead in a rooming house on Michigan avenue was established as Mrs. Fannie Thompson formerly of New York City. Oak Park residents testified she had worked there. Her husband, a New York school teacher, reportedly visited Oak Park seeking to persuade her to return east. Police have so far found no clues on the slaying.
Four people were badly injured early today when alleged Black Hand Society members tried to dynamite the home of Geo. Deavotoria, a prominent shoemaker, in McKeesport. Deavotoria’s residence was partly wrecked and a neighboring house damaged.
From St. Petersburg dispatches dated July 2 indicate revolutionists hold Tabriz but near collapse. Shahist forces and riders under Rachin Khan press the gates after night clashes, with the revolutionaries short of ammunition and provisions offering conditional surrender to avert a battle today.
A baffling case in Philadelphia centers on the cyanide murder of Dr. W. H. Wilson. Police say two women and a man, husband of a woman accused of criminal operation by the doctor, remain under surveillance and could be arrested at any time. One woman is described as the man's sister and the other as a relative of the doctor.
Columbus July 2 Senator Foraker denies reports that he would campaign for the Republican ticket in exchange for Taft influence to re elect him to the Senate He says there is no foundation for such stories and will consider the senatorial question after Ohio's Republican legislature is secured.
Washington notes showers and cooler conditions tonight and Friday. Grain market reports Chicago close show wheat at 86 and a half cents, corn 70, oats 47 1/4, pork at 14 dollars 80 cents.
Victoria B C July 2 Six hundred persons are reported drowned in a fearsome storm off Java. Advices received by the steamship Empress of China say the disaster occurred in Batavia harbor when a sudden terrific squall capsized many heavily loaded vessels. Fishermen rescued many but over six hundred perished and some were eaten by sharks.
Sedalia, Missouri July 2 A head on wreck in heavy fog between the California Limited on the Missouri Pacific and the St Joseph Express eastbound near Knobhouse killed seven passengers and injured many more. Fire followed the debris as a relief train rode out with nurses and physicians. Wm F Harding of St Louis is identified among the dead.
Claims to a 90 million distribution from Aaron Springer’s Delaware estate are multiplying across the valley. Heirs include Mingo claimants James Cox, Sheridan Cox, Mrs Ida J Boyd, and others such as Elizabeth Smith, Mrs Alice Amick, and Annie Whittacker. An organized effort forms to prove lineage and secure shares as the 200 million estate remains in Springer descendants’ possession.
The independent sheet mills across the country are near full conformity with the Amalgamated Association scale. Vice President Llewellyn Lewis will send the scale to Whittaker Glessner Company, the largest independent, which has agreed to sign. Word indicates Newport mill in Kentucky, Middletown plant in Ohio, and Granite City plants are ready to sign, nearly completing the list of independents employing union labor.
The Ohio Valley Scenic Route between Steubenville and Beaver Valley, built by Valley Trac and linked to Pittsburg transit, starts service after three years of construction. Eighty-five pound rails, heavy steel bridges, and modern cars back a half hour Steubenville Beaver, Rochester service with connections to Pittsburgh and Ohio Valley towns. 20 P&LE trains stop at Beaver, 41 westbound and 32 eastbound on the Pennsylvania lines at Rochester, enabling integrated trips via multiple rail systems.
Tom Dawson of Ohioville Pennsylvania has drilled a wild cat well about five miles up Brush Yellow creek near Hammonds ville on the Russell farm. The well will be brought in today after some casing pulls caused delays. Dawson and the company expect to tap an oil zone and open a new pool with leases in Brush Creek territory.
Boise Idaho July 2 The state board of pardons yesterday commuted the sentence of Harry Orchard who was under sentence to hang next Friday for the murder of former Governor Steunenberg to imprisonment for life.
News from Pittsburg reports Dr W B Diloretta an Italian physician who married Miss Lillian P Llewellyn left his bride at the Hotel Henry and disappeared. Inquiries from the Henry and the Llewellyn home confirm the couple and doctor departed town, with speculation he may relocate to Denver or Detroit.
Police chased and captured Mike Haney and Barney Grant after a theft at the Carnegie Riverside plant. A boy named Snyder escaped. officers continue the search. Meanwhile crews repair cyclone wreckage on South High Street with slaters bricklayers carpenters and plasterers restoring normalcy.
Complaint to Mayor Porter about odors from garbage wagons leads to orders for daily washing and disinfection. Residents complain collectors are irregular and late in hot weather, prompting calls for timely service and improved pickup schedules.
Miss Mina Foutts, a longtime esteemed resident of East Liverpool, died suddenly at 8 30 last evening from heart failure in a local store where she had gone to make a purchase. Clerks could not reach her in time to aid.
Charles Paul, Ruby Davidson and her son return from a Clear Fork Harrison County turtle expedition. They caught 117 snapping turtles and one terrapin, the latter described as rare in the area.
Sent to Canton, Mayor Porter, by yesterday afternoon, and hurried parties off by train this morning, increased the Steubenville colony at Canton workhouse by three. Hettie Chappel, who caused a disturbance on Church street, drew three months as did John Henry, colored, and Nan Gallagher, white, living together in violation of law.
The Record of the Great Council of Ohio Improved Order of Red Men G. S. D. 417 A. D. 1908, held in Dayton on Flower Moon, has been issued in a 205 page volume containing full state proceedings. Also La Belle Iron Works stock may list on the NYSE with a 2 percent cash and 331 1/3 stock dividend.
Cyrus Ferguson, buyer of the old Brown homestead between Holliday’s Cove and Cumberland Junction, has remodeled and enlarged the residence, creating one of the area’s most impressive houses.
Ira Davidson, seven, son of Jerome Davidson of South High Street, fell from a first story window Wednesday evening. His weight crushed his right wrist, snapping the bone. he ran to tell his parents of the pain.
Margaretta Marion has filed suit against J H McKee and obtained an injunction preventing entry onto her premises and any cutting or meddling with shade trees. She alleges neighbors, including McKee, conspired to wrongfully enter and cut trees, with threats to remove more. Other docket items include foreclosure action on $1,327.35 mortgage, continued cases, and alimony-related property settlements.
The text describes complete and elegant homes in the countryside with large rooms and modern conveniences. Expanded porches create a charming summer retreat, set among Cove hills with prime forest trees surrounding the plan. Mr Ferguson is noted as a successful oil promoter in Holliday's Cove field and valued on the winning side of the million line.
J P McGee of Permar's Run was bitten twice on the hand yesterday by a snake while removing fence in an oil field near New Cumberland. Home remedies of salt and water aided recovery and he is in good shape today.
The Postoffice squad, rattled by a rough week, suffered a 16 to 45 defeat to Armour on the hill. Flannagan missed the game and mourns, while Bob Adams lacked his typical form and weak fielding doomed the Postoffice. Armour delivered a strong, deserving win with Schaefer in the lineup.
Mrs Walter Taylor and her daughter from Cincinnati are visiting the city as guests of Mrs Lewis Wells.
Ellsworth Williams, suspected Erskine residence burglar, captured near League Park by Followingbee marshal and later brought to Steubenville. He says he is an oil well worker from Flushing, 35, barefoot claim and tan shoes mix up. Hearing before Mayor Porter ongoing as officers seek shoe identification.
The Bar Association met to decide on accepting oil portraits of Judge Wright by C. P. Filson and Judge Tappan by E. S. Andrews. They will be hung in the fall with a ceremony. President John McClare appointed Finance and Arrangements committees.
The National Telephone Co which absorbed the Phoenix Co of this city reorganized at Wheeling yesterday. Dr John Dickey and Samuel W Harper were reelected directors. John A Howard was named president and 5 W Harper treasurer and vice president, with William C Handlan remaining secretary and manager. Old policies will continue and Howard and Harper now control the stock. Planned extensions and improvements to the National lines will proceed as planned.
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