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Newspaper
The State Line Herald
Location
North Lemmon, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
6
Major military and political items headline this week from Washington and abroad. Mentioned are changes in command in the Philippines, a Panama canal bond option, court martial outcomes, personal notices, and notable deaths and appointments.
A series of destructive incidents includes a fire destroying Winter Brow and Nelson Morris plants causing significant losses, two trainmen dead and two injured from an 8 Frisco freight engine explosion in Harti Missouri, sixteen freight cars demolished, six injured in Oakland and San Jose crashes, a fatality from a Hampton Iowa machinery accident, Fireman Quick killed in Nebraska Burlington freight incident, and twenty three cars destroyed with a long damaged track.
Mrs Rutnot Sage of New York contributed 26000 for a college branch for colored youths in Kentucky. Other notes mention Taft as speaker at the North Carolina Society of New York dinner, a Winnipeg damages action against Vulcan Ironworks, and various local reports on Jim Crow seating, cave river passage, and a rich gold ore discovery in the Smoky Mountains.
An underground gas leak sparked a blast on Gold Street between York and Front in Brooklyn. Fifteen workers were buried, ten more missing, as debris and earth ripped through a fifty foot deep excavation. Four warp men escaped, others feared dead as rescue teams dig through fifty feet of rubble.
Alarming results after a Foot and Mouth outbreak hits New York and Pennsylvania leading to state shipments being halted. Four children in Danville Pennsylvania contracted the disease prompting a rigid investigation. Officials fear rapid spread though expect containment with grave implications.
An explosion at the Stinson mine near Brownsville Pennsylvania fatally injures infanty aged Facolle Campbell and seriously injures five workers, including a man blown halfway up a 100 foot shaft. The blast occurred during blasting with dynamite and one victim is expected to die while others recover.
Cleveland November 21 Mayor Tom L Johnson says he has lost his fortune and will abandon his Euclid Avenue mansion for a smaller home. He will sell luxuries and focus on civic service as debates over his brother Albert's estate push creditors to collect on notes. Johnson cites devotion to charity and vows to run again after his current term.
Peter Van Vilssing, accused forger, is hurried to Joliet Penitentiary after a $700,000 indictment. He leaves Chicago with Sheriff Straneheim and Deputy Sheriff Morriecon, aided by Charles Andrews of Cook County GOP. He is assigned to a broom factory as guards fear for Hinapeter’s safety.
Waco Texas yesterday federal court convicted Charen A. Gee on three counts for robberies of mail pouches and stealing $50 000 in money orders and checks. Case ties to December gulch incident and involves police testimony and court actions.
Bishop Scannel of the Omaha diocese announced he will leave Omaha on Monday to join Archbishop Ireland of St Paul. The two will sail from New York on Thursday for Rome to present congratulations to the pope on the fiftieth anniversary of his priesthood.
Danville reports a sudden mental break leads Hugh Thompson to kill his 18 year old nephew Frederick Garrison. The incident occurred yesterday with authorities investigating the deteriorating state of the farmer.
Dr. Thomas M. Wilson of Atwood Ontario died at the Presbyterian hospital yesterday after contracting a glandular disease during an experiment. The report notes the illness is rare in humans and mentions Branders Kire Physician in Chicago.
A Mississippi river steamer My M Carter exploded while en route from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Elect per vers are dead and many injured, some fatally. The vessel burned to the water’s edge with loss of cargo and passengers. Captain H M Carter and his wife and child survived. rescue efforts by the tug McTongal and nearby towns aided dozens. An investigation by U S inspectors will follow.
Eleven deaths and 304 injuries mark the season closure after sixty nine days of play. The tally rises from earlier reports as players suffer broken legs, fractured bones, and other injuries across schools and programs nationwide including Urbana, Illinois and Shurtleff College.
Memorials in Japan marked by observances in Tokyo and at the Chinese consulate. Services reflected mourning as officials and mourners gathered, with ceremonies noted on Saturday and across venues in the capital.
Nov. 24 reports Cummins will be elected United States senator by an Iowa legislature in a special session to accept a resignation from Governor Schooner Binks. Five sailors aboard the schooner Hugh GO perished after a collision off Broad Sound. three men survived.
Fragmented reports from Peking describe rumors of rebellion among detachments and guards at the foreign legations. Officials vow strict measures to suppress violence while reforms near the palace and the Dowager Empress Yehonala’s circle are scrutinized as power shifts loom with Prince Chen’s stance unsettled.
A collision near Mount Desert between two steamers led to a catastrophe avoided by Captain Davidson. About 590 passengers, including 20 women and 45 children, were aboard the Mount Desert and Admiral Dewey, with many thrown overboard as the ships nearly sank. The captain’s quick action kept the vessel ahead and prevented a total disaster.
Unclear dispatch reports Castro preparing to sail abroad for Europe with naval units and artillery. Preparations underway at La Guaira with possible departure around November 24, aboard the steamer Guadeloupe linking Havre and other ports.
Fire rages spread across Evansville Indiana and Dubois County with days of heat and drought fueling the blazes. Authorities report Amber flame dangers and describe the era as possibly the worst in memory for local residents and trappers facing fines tied to trapping violations.
An official despatch notes Queen Rei Lamon of Sweden departing from the city with English guests en route to Portsmou th and Cherbourg.
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