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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
7
Dr. Zimmerman of Mikeche and Bene Building in Breckenridge faces scrutiny after a Kansas City Journal quote criticizes overlong office hours. The piece notes staying ten minutes after hours can impress clients yet may trigger suspicions of manipulating records.
New York reports the collapse of the brokerage firm A. O. Brown & Co after a stock run on Saturday trading. The failure, estimated above 1 million dollars, sparked intense market chatter, with Lawson tied to rumors but officially denied. Delays in stock deliveries and the bank's refusal to certify checks compounded the panic as clients sought relief.
The Hague August 27 hope for a peaceful settlement in the Venezuela Netherlands dispute faded with a second note from Jose de Jesus Paul Venezuelan foreign minister. The note says the removal of Dutch minister M de Reus was a personal act against him and cites alleged grievances against him as undermining friendly relations.
Gov Folk of Missouri was traveling from Merom to Sullivan Indiana when a farm wagon forced his auto off a seep embankment to avoid a collision. He was badly frightened and declined to speak at the Sullivan courthouse. A separate report notes Rev Albert Trick shot himself in the Mills hotel in Newark Illinois after condemning church insincerity.
In Lakeville Minnesota on August 27 a barn owned by Michal Murphy burned to the ground along with hay four horses harnesses and stacks of grain nearby. The loss reached four thousand dollars and the fire damaged surrounding fields with lower portions of many corn acres destroyed. At Amenia Wisconsin on August 27 the body of a man was found on the railroad tracks after trains passed over him leaving remains scattered for about twenty rods.
Desperadoes set fires in Lowry and Akaska early yesterday. Authorities expect an arrest soon as mounted men were seen fleeing. Sheriff stays in Alaska and Lowry braces for further raids with neighboring counties alert. Fires destroyed a bank, stores, a millinery, saloon, and meat market. all losses insured.
Duluth reports George Hamilton, held in county jail, may not face trial on fourteen forgery charges if grand jury action is invoked. Officers and others view suspicions as having substantial foundation and believe he may be implicated in placing an infernal machine in Sheriff Beek's possession in Houghton County, Michigan. Two corroborating witnesses identified him as the man who delivered the box from Iron River, Wisconsin.
Tyler Minn Aug 27 The new fireproof brick store and concrete building of the First National Bank at Tyler collapsed as workmen removed the framework for the concrete roof. One workman was injured but not seriously.
Alex Milton, paymaster for the eastern section of Canadian Pacific railway double tracking, and his two assistants were killed by a train at night sixty five miles east of Kenora. The train approached unexpectedly and struck them.
Minneapolis reports Oscar Gardner known as the Omaha Kid, former boxing champion now running a saloon, arrested on a warrant by the father of Joseph Kerrot for selling liquor to a minor. The item also notes several other local incidents and political notes from various states.
Mrs Morris Stein and her mother Mrs Mary Bayard are freed in Des Moines on bonds of 1000 dollars each after being held on alleged involvement in the Stein Porter murder mystery at Loudonville Ohio. The case centers on the Loudenville crime with authorities pursuing further action.
Minneapolis Aus 27 A kick in the groin while hitching his horse Sunday night left W L Gariner forty seven a hardware merchant dead Monday night in a fatal accident.
Aug 27. Jar ait, a Brookings resident, was killed in a Wolsey mill twelve miles west of Huron. Robbery suspected as motive. One arrest reported.
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