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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
3
A sensational, poorly legible report alleges a wife claims her life was endangered by police and associates in a plot connected with ex marriages, detectives, and city authorities. Names like Gould, Hummel, Byrnes, and McLaughlin appear with accusations of surveillance and intimidation.
New York May 30 Mrs Howard Gould publicizes part of her threatened tale of persecution ahead of her divorce suit with George Gould. The article cites anonymous letters, police surveillance claims, and alleged manipulation by the Gould family and detectives, including mentions of Inspector McLaughlin and Byrnes.
In Chicago a juvenile arraignment exposes a cocaine theft by a 14 year old and ties to a broader family ruin. The father Willbald Doser died by suicide last March, the mother wrecked by drug use, and four younger brothers in a reform school or juvenile facility. The boy, Willie Doser, now 14, is held in the juvenile home after working for Hill & Leffingwell where his mother secured him access to cocaine.
Mrs George Miles reveals she never loved her husband after three years of marriage and now seeks her brother in law Roland Miles. Roland, jailed in Danville for tampering with US mail, sent letters and a photo that led to a mistaken marriage in Creal Springs and Jewett New York.
May 30 reports from Shanghai and Hongkong say rioters destroyed the German mission at Lienchow near Pakhoi. missionaries escaped. The German gunboat Isis left Hongkong for Pakhoi and a British gunboat is expected to follow. In Wong Kong Swatow a rebellion has killed all civil and military officials and burned their camena. local forces moved to scenes as police acted. Missionaries report further aid from Honored at Lien statement by Join S Cunkle and his wife.
The murder victim Rev. Mather Kaspar of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Hoboken is found inside a trunk used as rent security. Two Greeks who rented the apartment at 338 West Thirty-seventh Street three weeks earlier are suspected. Police think the trunk was shipped from Chicago, using an expressman tied to S Ermoylan Bros at Hallsted Street West Pullman. A Chicago link and a meal ticket found in the trunk connect the case to the restaurant’s former owners, with motive suspected to be robbery.
Way Cross Georgia May 20 W E Bronson claims the world’s largest groom weighing 570 pounds while his bride Lucia Allen weighs 105. Their courtship lasted by letter due to distance and the wedding required the bride to travel to the groom. Bronson’s wardrobe and measurements are unusually large.
The eight dismissed board members filed before Judge Windes seeking an injunction to stop Mayor Busse from appointing replacements until their terms expire and to bar other officials from blocking their continued service as city trustees. The action targets the mayor and remaining board members.
President Roosevelt critiques army horsemanship and demonstrates riding with Mrs Roosevelt on a trip from Washington to Mt. Vernon. Wheat prices set new tops with July at 103 1 2, September 104 1 2, December 105 amid frost warnings in Kansas Nebraska and Iowa. Stock market declines follow frost reports as Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Reading fall.
Matilda Lewis, 16, of Walling Rutherford suburb, is arrested and arraigned on the charge of sending obscene matter through the mails. Post Office Inspector More G. Duryea testifies letters addressed to her at Rutherford High School linked to her, though handwriting experts found disguised but identical writing to Miss Lewis.
Ten medals and decorations belonging to Lieutenant Mori of the Japanese cruiser Chitose were stolen from behind a blouse in the officers quarters while the ship was anchored in New York. The medals include the Rising Sun for courage at Port Arthur and honors for actions in the Yellow Sea and the Battle of the Yalu, plus a gold medal for bravery during a perilous rescue at sea.
Karlsruhe report says Ottmar Mergenthaler jr., son of the Baltimore inventor of the linotype, was held on $25,600 bail after being charged with dangerously injuring another student in a motor vehicle collision.
St Louis records 42 degrees at 11th anniversary of the 1896 tornado. Weather bureau notes it as the coldest May 27 in seventy one years. Separate reports: Michigan reports snow in lower peninsula with winter blizzard over Saginaw valley. Reading Pa sees near freezing thermometer in Schuylkill valley.
Washington May 29 The Interstate Commerce Commission has no knowledge of the rumored merger led by Morgan and Pennsylvania interests in a coalition of Pennsylvania New Haven Boston and Maine and southern systems. The report claims a plan to dominate transportation in the Alleghenies and beyond but is described as highly improbable and circulated in a sensational manner.
In Seaford Delaware Mrs Aminda Caroline Allen widow of John H Allen dies in a freight car once used by track workers for sleeping and caring. The car later housed John H Allen until his death. Seven children born to the couple, four daughters and three sons, were raised in the car.
Riverside New Jersey May 29 George Shelleus a 9 year old arrested on theft charges and jailed briefly. Judge Horner released him as a victim of circumstances. With stolen money he travelled to Jamesburg to attend the reform school Ike predicts he faces further action from the judge.
Police suppress riot at Beotoraber church council meeting where supporters of Deacon V. V. Burnes and Overseer J. McCulloch clashed with followers of Vollva over opposition to a general conference. About 800 gathered at Zion college buildings with plans to pass the general overseer. Vollva stated his right to name a successor and said he would pursue the matter in U S courts.
May 2 1900s Philadelphia report says Misa Katto Kirs and Charles Miller wed after charges withdrawn and differences settled. Miller testified Lux the employment agency proprietor had taken money with a promise of marriage. both couples emerged from Magistrate Boyle's court in a reconciled mood as detectives moved to arrest others.
Paris notices the death of Theodore Tilton a noted author and journalist born October 2 1885 in New York He edited the Independent Golden Age and the Brooklyn Union between 1860s and 1876 Tilton sued Henry Ward Beecher for 100000 damages in 1674 trial lasted 112 days ended in a disagreement He had lived in Paris since 1888 and his last work a poem Fading of the May Flower He suffered pneumonia and heart trouble before death
Detectives spotted August Belmont boarding the Cunard liner Garman bound for Liverpool in New York. Excitement rose until his identity was confirmed.
A farmer living two miles north of Peniwaa in Vienna township, Weld County, was struck by an automobile on a public road and hurled about fifty feet. He is not expected to survive. the driver of the machine is un identified.
British sailors insult the Stars and Stripes on Victoria Day, tearing down the American flag at the Ariifega consulate as Dr. Jones, the newly appointed consul, pays respects to Canadian peers.
Chicago May 23 The state and federal inspectors push new rule affecting packers buyers refuse to purchase cows and heifers under post mortem rules. Pack houses push back with warnings to shippers while country buyers hold back cattle leading to lighter stock and higher dressed beef prices in some lines.
In St Paul a Memorial Day sermon by Arch Bishop John Ireland denounced an ignoble peace and urged righteous sacrifice for a warlike national spirit. Boston reports wage hikes of 10 percent for mill operatives across Rhode Island and parts of Massachusetts with a 50 percent raise expected next month in other districts.
St. Paul May 29 An order from the War Department announced the abandonment of Fort Agelnniboine and Fort Keogh Mont Troops A B and D Second Cavalry will move to Cox Main while Keogh troops head to the Philippines
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