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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1909
Page
6
In October near Mojave Desert trails, a rancher finds a camp wagon, buggy, and a dying horse. He follows tracks of a man a woman and three children, showing a desperate race for water. Searching parties are sent from San Bernardino but no word has come back.
Chicago October 23 John R Walsh co banker may be sent to Fort Leavenworth within days if government plans are upheld District Attorney Sims and Walsh attorney John Miller argued in the circuit court of appeals over the 50000 bond Walsh now posts Sims seeks bond set aside and immediate mandate while Miller seeks to keep current bonds until Supreme Court appeal is decided Final arguments loom Walsh’s case to reach the Supreme Court on certiorari as admitted by Miller
President Taft, four days on a Corpus Christi area ranch, arrives in Houston to a large reception. He speaks publicly, then proceeds to Dallas by 10:30 AM, with a Dallas Chamber delegation guiding him. Echoing children cheer at the station as citizens welcome him.
About 3000 attendees fill Convention hall with 500 delegates as National WCTU opens with Lillian Stevens delivering the opening address. Highlights include World Night with Mrs. Dilon M. Stone and sermons by Mrs. Mary Harris Armor and ex Gov Glenn. Public meetings at Convention Hall. executive sessions at the Hotel Rome.
National Geographic Society will study Commander Peary’s records to verify his April 6 1909 pole claim. A subcommittee including Henry Gannett Colby Chester and O H Titman will examine notebooks and papers brought from the Arctic. Copenhagen refuses to waive first examination of Cook records.
London report states King Edward warns Lord Lansdowne that a general election on the budget could threaten the house of lords and trigger its abolition. He fears a socialist agitation over Ferrer’s Spain execution could spark a European upheaval and endanger hereditary institutions.
Alarming dispatches from Lisbon report King Alfonso's health failing after the Ferrer execution. He lacks appetite and sleep, fears of uprisings and assassination. His dispute with Premier Maura over the Barcelona case deepens his unease abroad and at home. Paris reports a Barcelona prosecutor who demanded Ferrer’s death was shot and killed.
Madrid reports the Spanish cabinet formed January 25 1907 under Antonio Maura resigned after bitter attacks by Moret y Prendergast. Mor et y Prendergast to form a new ministry with himself as premier and interior minister. The resignation stems from the Ferrer execution and royal pressure.
A severe typhoon crossed northern and central Luzon cutting wire communications beyond Dagupan. Reports say many lives lost and the storm flooded large areas. Rail lines and stations were damaged with the destruction potentially greater than first feared.
Six killed and several injured in a head on crash near Collinsville C two trains collided after an open switch on to a siding. Victims include BE Webb Richmond fireman C A Johnson Eaton mail clerk C O Raines Kokomo mail clerk Lewis Marshall Richmond engineer R H Hatfield Greensfork mail clerk and Elmer Brown Logansport passenger engineer.
Wells-Fargo Express Company office in Springfield reports a robbery with losses over 9000 dollars. Detectives traced the break in as skilled, and police asked other cities to help arrest drivers Percy Smith and Hamilton Gaston who vanished the night of the burglary.
Washington reports that officials attribute high meat prices to large amounts condemned as unfit for human consumption. At the American Public Health association in Richmond, Mrs. D Barnett Crane accused inspectors of incompetence, while an Agriculture Department official defended U S meat inspection as the most careful in the world.
President Taft telegrams approval for teaching rifle shooting to advanced grade school boys under proper regulations. The note to National Rifle Association secretary Jones cites a rifle shooting tournament planned for Gregory Texas on November 6 under the organization’s auspices.
United States Senator M N Johnson died in Fargo on the night of October 21 from Brights disease. Elected to the senate last January, he previously served eight years in the house. His death requires a party replacement at the next primaries with Senator McCumber up for re election and Governor Burke to name a Democrat to fill the vacancy.
Delayed dispatches report the insurgents advancing into Cape Haytien and a costly battle at La Lobo where rebels seized the town after a sharp clash with government troops. Insurgent movement continues to spread amid ongoing fighting.
Harbor salutes mark the empress birthday as every vessel of sufficient dignity joins the German cruiser Arcona in a 21 gun salute. In Hammond Indiana Mrs Barbara Kolisely aged 90 dies in Lowell after a long life beginning with marriage in 1836 and progeny totaling seven daughters four sons 44 grandchildren 71 great grandchildren and eight great great grandchildren.
Copenhagen reports Count Holstein Ledreborg's cabinet resigns following a defeat in the Danish chamber of deputies over the budget deficit. The government formed August 16 faced sharp criticism amid fiscal shortfalls.
A collage of snippets includes a letter about declining an invitation, a servant's comment, a remark on primary interest and secondary consideration, an ad for Hamlins Wizard Oil, and a quip about fear of a mouse versus fear of a husband.
An old newspaper ad promotes Pettit's Eye Salve with claims of eye disease relief and lung healing with Lung Balsam. It lists prices 25c, 5c, and $1 and mentions Allen cough lozenges and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething.
Town of Cambridge Springs swept by cyclone across French Creek wrecking the iron bridge water works filtration plant dozen houses and part of Hotel Riverside. Property damage estimated as high as 250000 dollars with the worst storm in state history.
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