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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
9
WAHPETON ND and national briefs recap an assault spree and crimes across cities. A twelve year old boy is murdered. a man shoots his wife, and others face gun violence, suicides, and jail terms. Includes postal, diplomatic, and political notes from Washington to New York.
Detroit April 12. Immigration authorities face slim chances of catching three Canadian Chinese smuggling rings. A.McMann held after three Chinese found in a Wabash box car bound for Chicago with a dead horse hidden under straw. Plan involved Detroit freight cars and ferries, masking shipments with a blind load and transfer to special cars for western trains.
Senator Stephen B. Elkins asked media to cease publishing rumors about his daughter Katherine Elkins and the reported engagement to the duke of the Abrazal. He said the matter has attracted excessive press attention and promised to issue an authentic announcement if any news occurs.
In Pensacola an importation of strikebreakers from St. Louis sparked a riot that left fifteen injured. The clash occurred near Penateota street as workers and union supporters confronted strikebreakers and police. The unrest lasted about an hour with scuffles and property damage reported.
Sulphur Springs Arkansas April 12 Ed H Galloway of New York City a noted athlete was killed yesterday during a wagered attempt to ride a dam in a frail rowboat on Butler Creek before hundreds of spectators. The fatal accident followed a sensational stunt with the crowd watching closely. Carl Hedtelst and Earl Gustavson cousins both seven years old perished when a dugout collapsed while they played Indian on Sheridan road near Waveland avenue yesterday.
Winnipeg report from April 12 states settlers Charles Hamilton and Andrew Walker drowned while crossing Knee Hill creek on rotten ice near Barbop in Cilsary county. The tragedy ends a failed crossing event and highlights dangers of icy waterways in spring.
Chicago reports a bomb in front of H. E. Doose's grocery at 163 Larrabee street injuring nothing but glass and stock. Police suspect a mistaken target for neighbor Peter Schmec ke amid threats to local Italians. Doose denied threatening letters. investigations continue as Italian districts reel from the blast.
Cleveland April 12. Vessel owners on the Great Lakes will adhere to an open shop policy this season. The move is intended to standardize labor practices aboard operating boats and promote organized labor principles within the fleet.
In Paynesville at night criminals dynamited the Lind department store and escaped with $26 in cash. They also entered the Young saloon and took a whisky consignment, while an attempted break into the post office failed.
A massive fire starting in Chelsea swept across Greater Boston on April 14, destroying from 50 to 100 dwelling houses and public buildings. Four lives were lost, including a woman who shot herself amid property loss. Thousands homeless, losses near ten million dollars, with fire departments and militia guarding the devastated zones.
Reports from Lead physicians accuse parents of delaying reporting scarlet fever cases to avoid time loss, a tactic blamed for spreading the illness. In Minnesota, Shevlin residents organized a creamery association after a local meeting to diversify farming and boost prosperity. Also, a San Francisco theft nets about $50,000 in diamonds and jewelry from Lundy store.
Washington April 14 President Roosevelt may spend his first year after retirement traveling overseas with plans to see both remote and tourist areas abroad He may also pursue big game hunting with Alaska offered as an option and discussed at a Boone and Crockett Club dinner He warned that such a trip would affect foreign travel timing and that Taft’s election could influence his remarks while abroad.
Peter Verein, leader of the Doukhobors in Canada, says Western Canada is too cold for his people and proposes settling them in the Kootenays near Nelson. If space runs out, the remainder would go to the Pacific coast near Vancouver. He left for Vancouver yesterday with about 7,000 people in 1,200 families.
Daniel R. Noyes, head of Noyes Bros. & Cutler wholesale druggists in St. Paul, died at his home after a sinking spell. Illness began Thursday. heart ailment cited as the cause. He had been in poor health for months.
Charles Underliter of Iowa was sent to the insane ward of the state penitentiary at Anamosa after a trial where he was found unable to understand the crime of murdering Nathan Taylor. Judge Evans ordered confinement in the insane ward following the two month trial.
Ten year old Nicollet County ladie Fred Weiner, a Lafayette farmer, was instantly killed when a cement wagon ran over him on the highway near New Ulm. His body was moved to a nearby farmhouse where life was pronounced extinct.
Chippewa Falls April 14. After two years in session with only one pupil the Sampson school closes. The lone student will be sent to a New Auburn school with tuition paid by the school board.
Mrs. Joseph Harback, about eighty, a pioneer of New Richmond Wisconsin, drowned accidentally in Willow River near her home southeast of the city. She leaves a husband and two grown sons.
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