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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
2
A collage of remarks on marriages and nobility, finance in Denmark, and European elites. It cites social norms, royalty, and culture amid mentions of trust failures, a Hungarian count, and a French archduke coffin, alongside brief notes on moonlighting drivers and Alaska gambling laws.
Preliminary hearing for Frank Benson in the Byrand Boddy murder case postponed from May 6 to June 10 in Marshalltown. Suicide cases include Milo Adams and Rose Aleck. Mrs. Haddeman sues Illinois Central for 10000 over Henry Haddeman’s death. Boone rail shops shut indefinitely. clerks protest. Otumwa jury convicts Leroy Edwards in a clash with Mrs. Clara Erwin. Multiple accidents, lawsuits, and a major horse sale in Bedford. Muscatine courthouse cornerstone laid. big fire at Laurel Farmers’ Exchange pavilion.
A House District of Columbia committee inquiry concludes after Attor ney Py By Whitney admits writing anonymous letters. Richard Bartholdt attacks prohibition. Vreeland introduces a currency bill. President's message read. pension and DC appropriation bills pass. Cleveland rumored ill. multiple legal cases and a governor’s injury noted.
The Atlantic battleship fect arrived in Monterey California. In Verden Oklahoma a failed arson by lawless elements aimed at Sheriff Gillespie damaged Verden’s main business district. Attorney General Bird of Michigan seeks a receiver for Detroit’s American Health and Accident. Robbers seized 63000 in Mexican currency from a Wells Fargo car near Torreon Mexico. National Prosperity association formed by St Louis merchants. Cleveland conductors vote on strike after wage demand denial. Panama reports Honduras ready to attack Guatemala. Michigan Supreme Court confirms contempt convictions of Detroit lawyers McGaff and ONeil for stalling a murder trial. President and Mrs Roosevelt host 600 New England workers in Washington. A receiver appointed for Boston leather dealer Wm A Stetson. Miss Georgia Bible admits diamond theft from Herbert Loeb in Philadelphia. British cruiser Gladiator collided with American steamer St Paul. crew deaths and disappearances. New York archdiocese opens centennial week. New Jersey Democrats back Bryan. Colorado and Arkansas Republicans back Taft. Rockford alderman Carty jailed for booching. other council members resign. Lordsburg shooter Garrison kills wife and wounds another before suicide. Sultan of the South Mou Morocco suffers illness and fled.
A scattered, long list of incidents includes a shipboard robbery on a northern line, a sinking cruiser Matsushima, floods near Baraboo Wisconsin, frosts hurting fruit in Missouri Illinois, political clashes in Fort de France, a duel killing in Alabama, confiscated coffee at Nashville, bomb threats in Cincinnati, a murder case in Indiana, and Armenian massacres reported in Persia. Other items mention fires in Joliet and St Paul, a bank closure in Cayuga Indiana, Taft endorsements by party conventions, earthquakes of violence in San Francisco, a warship fleet moving toward Monterey, and tornado damage across the south with hundreds of lives lost.
Fort Wayne city reports a devastating hotel fire with several dead and many injured. Notable victims include F O Donnell and James A Foster. emergency crews and National Guard units work to clear debris and identify victims amid charred ruins and collapsed interiors.
A northwest gale swept the Atlantic fleet causing near collision as the battleship Alabama and the ship Thin drifted under tow. Helmsmen steered apart after a near miss while damage included a torn port gangway and emergency anchors. Thousands of mariners were ashore seeking shelter.
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