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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1908
Page
2
Local meeting of the United Presbyterian denomination opens in Pittsburg next Wednesday with discussions on union with the Presbyterian church as a leading topic. The congress will also tackle preparations for the centennial and other vital questions amid an elaborate gate display.
The battleship Michigan, first all big gun design, will be launched at Camden New Jersey on Tuesday. Displacing about 16 000 tons, it features eight 12 inch rifles two submerged torpedo tubes and a central plan of ten guns across five turrets. Secondary armament includes 22 three inch rapid fire guns along with smaller anti torpedo weapons and semi automatic gunnery. Built by New York Shipbuilding Co at a contract price of 3 585 000 dollars, it is about 40 percent complete with Corel B Newberry as sponsor and quarters for 61 officers and 818 men.
An amateur player John KR. Parry attempted a long throw from deep left field to home plate during a game between local teams. He burst a blood vessel and collapsed dead as the ball reached the catcher, denying a steal.
Early Sunday morning robbers boarded a Scott Haven trolley near Mok Ko port and, at gunpoint, relieved the conductor motorman and 11 passengers of jewelry and money. In Washington Pa a murder trial climaxed with John Shumaker acquitted after three minutes of deliberation. key witness Alexander Warger testified he stabbed Alexander Suumater, amid dramatic courtroom moments.
A May 26 accident in Chestnut Hill Germantown area left three dead and at least five fatally injured with 45 others hurt. Mrs George D Wagner of Cornwall Pa among the dead. unidentified man and woman also reported injured. Emergency responders rushed victims to Chestnut Hill and Germantown hospitals after a trolley car derailed and two cars collided on a steep grade.
News items note Peter F. Dailey’s death in Chicago and broad workforce cuts planned for Arlington cotton mills affecting about 6,000 workers from June. Other items report mine-work conditions talks failing in Pittsburgh, a balloon race in London with 31 balloons and limited American participation, a fatal lightning strike on a St Louis golf course, and the American car leading in the New York to Paris race nearing Vladivostok.
New Orleans reports a deadly gun battle near Big I Mine in which two men were killed and a third at risk of death. a fourth was wounded. The scene involved revolver and shotgun fire as police and bystanders witnessed the incident. Meanwhile at Fairmont West Virginia a wedding led to riot violence including a death and injuries as police moved to quell unrest.
In Ballabury Missouri 400 worshippers witnessed Father Joseph Luboley struck twice by pocket knife as he left St. Joseph's Church. Joseph Schuette, said to be demented, felled the priest and wounded a parishioner and another man before being overpowered. The attack followed mass, authorities report no clear motive. Castro Decree Triggers Suffering in Trinidad Gulf ports. shortages and famine prices rise as Venezuelan vessels are barred from Trinidad ports and conformance orders affect cocoa and provisions.
New York railroads east of the Minveriston river will refuse to accept shipments lacking plainly marked consignee name station city and state destination after July 1. Four hundred sixteen railroads will enforce the rule to curb losses from disguising shipper identities.
Mayor Whitlock authorizes enforcement of an order in Toledo on May 25 restricting beer gardens and dancing halls after dusk, citing compliance with city regulations. The action targets late night venues as part of broader nightlife control measures.
In Walkerton Ontario on May 25 three people drowned when a canoe overturned in the Sangen river. Victims were Frederick Clark age 2 Gertrude Obrecht 19 and her sister Bartha Obrecht 22. In Columbus Ohio on the same day One Ream assistant manager at a local mercantile firm drowned when a boat capsized near Big Party Creek.
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