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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1908
Page
3
In a daylight assault near the water an unidentified shooter stepped from brush and fired on a boat, wounding two people including Williams and Mr Hughes but not seriously. Officers probe motive and identity as witnesses discuss the incident. Washington reports also note new battleships to be Florida and Utah with Wyoming as the next name.
Washington June 8 The arraignment of Representative Heflin of Alabama on the charge of shooting Lewis Lunds a negro on a street car weeks ago will not take place until next fall. An agreement to this effect was reached today by Heflin's attorney and the district attorney. Local notes report lightning striking Clarence Cummins in Harrisburg Illinois as he waited in a barn doorway during a thunderstorm. Further items describe political tensions in Lexington Kentucky over Beckham loyalists and preparatory tensions for a four-four vote sailing through. Additional reports cover an engine accident near Council Bluffs Iowa when engineer Elj Starling fell unconscious after a Burlington train passed. In Prescott Arizona a five-year-old lost his left arm to a great Dane hound and J T Wheldon suffered a severe hand injury from a wolf trap. New York reports a Baptist conference keynote by Rev Dr Rufus P Johnston criticizing money worship and noting his departure from Fifth Avenue Baptist for study at Heidelberg University before joining Washington Heights church.
A gang member was convicted for attempting to extort $6,000 from Italian merchant Raffael Guglielmo and received three years for the charge. He also drew prison time for separate theft and was to endure ten lashes at the whipping post by Warden Crawford at the corn workhouse.
Captain Robert Watson of Company B in the agricultural battalion of the Dakota university cadets was wounded by a bayonet during a sham battle and died hours later. He led his company in an attack on pursuing skirmishers and ordered men to scale an eighteen foot wall to separate a detach ment from the main force, but he fell on his own p ayonet after losing footing.
A partially completed apartment building under construction collapsed today in Washington injuring two workers and killing two instantly. No cause is given though the crew were experienced and had followed precautions. In Peru Indiana a man committed suicide by arsenic after his wife’s death and his father had done the same two years earlier.
A premature dynamite blast during excavation for an apartment house injures six workers and fatally harms another in New York. The chaotic scene prompts safety warnings as investigators assess the cause of the blast.
Officials report no law requiring the government to pay civil service debts while a note from Secretary Loeb states the president wants heads of departments warned that nonpayment of groceries by civil service workers may justify removal. In Evansville, George Pregge awoke to find $50 stolen from a shoe under his bed after dreaming of burglars.
New York reports American consul Thomas Proffat, stranded in La Guaira Venezuela, unable to aid his country or communicate except by telegraph or telephone as bubonic plague blocks all commerce. He survived nine days cooking, with scarce provisions and no meat while two compatriots remained.
Reports include a Kentucky priest’s reception in Can Nerburg and his first mass, a Michigan City jail escapee identified as a killer, union label conflicts over one cent ice cream sandwiches in New York, and relief efforts for ghetto children. A Spokane reunion of deaf spouses ends in remarriage, while Montana land open for settlement and charitable aid from Dr. Jansen aid the needy.
An interurban electric train connecting McKinley and Staunton collided with a Wabash coal train at a crossing south of Guthrie. Charles Boshmer of Litchfield died, five passengers injured. Injured were taken to a nearby farm house. some will recover. Governor Haskell to sign anti trust bill. W. H. Hoghen named for state loan department.
Washington reports a new effort to curb systematic importation of women for fusmoral purposes. Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent says a well known woman will act as special agent to gather evidence and travel to Europe in the coming weeks. The agent's name is not released.
Buclaire Wisconsin dispatch links Christian Hilkven, missing since 1906 after selling his rearm, to Mrs Bella Gunness of Indiana. Post editor and Laporte postmaster confirm mail changes and delivery to Gunness, suggesting foul play in Hilkven’s case.
The year ended with net revenue figures under 300000,600 dollars, marking a sharp drop of 15000000 from the prior year. Officials attribute the decrease to market softness and cost pressures across divisions.
Washington reports the program to relocate immigrants away from large cities is showing results. Last month 52 percent of newly landed foreigners were directed to areas outside ports of entry where work could be found immediately.
Pittsburg based Lackawanna Steel Co receives contract to supply 7,000 tons of sheet steel piling for the federal government's $1,000,000 Black Rock ship canal lock project. United States Steel Corp was a bidder. The lock will allow navigation from the Great Lakes to Tonawanda.
Washington reports no decision to withdraw American troops from Cuba at present. The War Department notes that Governor Magoon and General Barry recommended possibly reducing forces before the February date for establishing the Cuban republic, to boost regulars for summer maneuvers in the United States.
Report of a Walt Whitman banquet where a Chicago gentleman wore pajamas instead of evening dress, hailed as a fashion breakthrough for formal wear in warm weather. Commentary notes pajamas as cool and versatile for dinners balls and garden parties with varied colors. A second item from New York describes a purse snatching allegation at a baseball game, with William H. Post held for alleged theft of Miss Harriet Brett's $8 and a commutation ticket.
Plans propose consolidating the Enterprise and Empire plus four other lead and zinc mines in Platteville Wisconsin into a single company with a 31 million dollar capital. The move would unite six plants under one ownership.
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