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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
5
A compact roundup of home and foreign news gathered from quarters of the civilized world. Prepared for the busy reader, it concisely covers notable developments across continents and sectors with a focus on timely, accessible reporting.
President Roosevelt with Mrs. Roosevelt and guests depart aboard the naval yacht Mayflower from the Washington navy yard for Hampton roads to lead the Pacific fleet on its cruise. Other items note Postmaster General Meyer on Santa Claus letters and various political developments.
A relief appeal for $200000 to aid widows and orphans of the Fairmont Coal Monongah mine disaster. A Kan sas City grocer Louis B Stenberg killed and his wife mortally wounded during a robbery. Korea crown prince arrives at Tokyo amid ceremony. Abraham Hummel near death in prison. Ned H Starmer executes a child in St Joseph Missouri. Immigration to America in the year to June 30 1907 reaches 1285849. Michigan state treasurer Frank P Glazier reported near death. Sunday closing laws poorly observed in Omaha and Kansas City.
Assistant Secretary Murray Charles P Neill and Herbert Knox Smith left Washington for Goldfield Nev to inform the president. Gen Funston will keep troops in the area until danger passes. Other items: Mills burned in Manistique and Saginaw plant fire injuries. Various deaths and incidents across the country including courts and politics.
A Chicago brewery fire caused over 100000 in damage and collapsed walls hit nearby buildings injuring several. Francis E Leupp urges intermarriage between whites and Indians. In Cleveland George P Harpst shot a widow then attempted suicide. he may die while she survived. The pope met Archbishop Riordan in San Francisco to discuss Catholic matters. Richard E Walton was hanged in Chicago for murder. A baby’s cry helped eight escape a lodging fire in Allentown. two died from asphyxiation. Col A S Colgar, 90, a noted jurist and author, died in Nashville. A New York stable fire killed a man. a chestnut box fraud alarm in St Petersburg surfaced. A Sioux City recruit attempted to enlist for the Philippines. New York brewers plan beer price rise after Jan 1. Eight hundred Singer agents vote to strike for closed shop. Michigan’s Gov Warner asks charges against Chelsea treasurer Glazier. The body of George Whitney found after deer hunt in Canterbury. William H S Wood, Bowery Savings Bank president, dies in New York. Providence police seek missing actor Frank Losee. A fatal fire in Ontario kills two young girls. Hampton Roads fleet ready for Pacific cruise. J Dalzell Brown confesses bank fraud. A bank cashier in Herschel commits suicide. Queen Carola suffers nephritis relapse. Prosecutors consider immunizing Abraham Ruef. Union College’s Uncle Billy dies at 87. A dynamite accident in Bristol kills a 15 year old and two women. Maj Gen Alexander Hamilton dies in Tarrytown at 92. Steamer Glenfarg reaches Callao with beriberi cases. Blackwell’s Island to end stripes and lockstep. Danville farm residence damaged by an ancient machine.
Advices from Yolande Alabama report about 60 miners died in a Monday explosion at the Yolande mine. Rescue work slowed by heat and gas, 14 men escaped within an hour with severe burns noted. The Yolande mines were once cited as model collieries in the Birmingham region.
In Brooklyn last night a cab scene ended with Eslie Kerlin and E. Wallace dead from gunshots. Wallace aged about 18 left a note suggesting a lovers quarrel before fatally shooting Kerlin and killing himself after the car crossed the Williamsburg Bridge. The mother of Wallace is reported critically ill from the shock.
The Chicago and St Louis express on the West Shore railroad narrowly escaped wreck after striking a 1500 pound boulder on the tracks north of Highland. The locomotive pilot was wrecked and the pony wheels derailed as the engineer applied emergency braking.
In Shenandoah Pottsville district Mrs Mary Perkatis aged 49 and her 4 year old son were murdered Monday at their home. The victims were found by the couple’s 8 year old daughter who discovered them in a pool of blood in the cellar. Police seek John Rodgers a boarder at the Perkatis residence.
Senator Tillman denounces the president, secretary of the treasury, and the justice department along with financiers and captains of industry. The senate's main topic on the 16th, while the house adjourned to January 6 after stipulating recess through December 21.
New Philadelphia Ohio December 17 Hearing in disbarment cases against attorney Henry O Bowers opened before Judge Shotwell. Bowers a prominent local lawyer for over two decades faces allegations arising from a breach of promise suit by Minnie Goldthwaite of Anderson Indiana. The petition cites 16 marriage proposals and 94 letters bearing his name.
Mrs Martha A Campbell president of the W C D U and superintendent of a Steuben Congregational Sunday School was arrested in Sandusky on a secret indictment for incendiarism. The charge says she burned Miss Lou Mather’s dwelling in October and both women are out on bail. Miss Mather is also indicted. The plan allegedly involved insurance money and paying a mortgage to transfer the property.
Cleveland report of George W. Harpst a 42 year old real estate dealer who shot Mrs. Marie Volek 35 twice at the corner of Lake avenue and West Eighty first street and then killed himself. Mrs. Volek is a widow and Harpst left his wife over his love for her. The woman will recover while he dies.
In Ashtabula Ohio on Sunday night a fight at the Tulian home left Policeman Reuben Redecker with a broken hand Frank McKenzie badly hurt and Jake Tulian jailed with serious head injuries Tulian threw his mother from the house injuring her and resisted arrest with his father aiding him Redecker and McKenzie arrived and were beaten but Tulian was arrested.
Arthur L Vorys resigned from leading the state insurance department in Columbus Ohio on Monday. Judge C C Lemert, formerly of the governor's office, succeeds him and will retain Vorys’s office staff. A farewell dinner for Vorys was held in the evening by his subordinates.
The daily market report lists Flour Minnesota patent at 5.20 to 5.60, Wheat No 2 red at 1.03 and three quarters, Corn No 2 at 7 1/2 cents in elevator, Oats mixed at 54 to 54 1/4 cents, Hay quiet. Cattle steers 3.60 to 5.95, veals 5.00 to 9.75, sheep wethers 3.00 to 5.00, lambs 6.10 to 7.50, hogs nominally lower.
Regional commodity prices for flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes and hay. Live stock values for cattle sheep and hogs are listed with the latest cash prices across Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburgh areas. The data capture daily quotations for futures and spot markets with ranges for steers calves wethers lambs and pigs.
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