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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
2
Jehi Shacp Williams voices Democratic minority guidance in the House and a Louisiana senator elect backs focusing on established issues. He urges avoiding new issue ploys, pushing tariff reform for revenue, curbing corporate privilege, halting federal overreach, clean elections, and labor justice.
The notice urges Daviess county Democrats to meet Saturday to choose delegates for state and county conventions and to elect a member of the county central committee. It warns township meetings to select precinct committeemen who will promote party activities to polling day next November. A separate item notes the Vincente distillery dispatch fed 1,006 head of longhorn Texas steers with distillery waste. Friday the thirteenth raises superstition concerns.
The Rev. Dr. William McKee Hester aged eighty, longtime M B Church pastor in New Albany and elder of several districts, died Wednesday after a long illness. He leaves six children, eleven grandchildren, one great grandchild, and a brother in Los Angeles. Hester entered the Indiana M E conference almost sixty years ago and was highly respected for piety and service, presiding over multiple districts and serving as a general conference delegate three times.
An old newspaper blurb touts Dr King s New Discovery as a remedy for coughs colds and lung trouble claiming it helps even hopeless cases. A Rushford Pa man J P White credits it with saving his life and a trial bottle is offered free with purchase.
The inquiry before a special House committee examines efforts to influence votes on submarine boat legislation. Representative Lifley reads a long statement while being questioned by Representative Olmsted. Hobson testifies about approaches from Electric Boat, noting no plant or assets and detailing alleged overtures to gain support for naval contracts.
The transcript describes conflicting accounts as a detective reports near doorways and entrances while officials discuss crowding at a house office and hotel. A chief of police is described as wanting more stringent measures and the witness mentions delays to protest actions.
A new aeroplane named Red Wing by Prof Alexander Graham Nell performed a flight over Lake Keuka near Hammondsport reaching about ten feet height and 313 feet distance before a tail failure. Separate news notes cover Raymond Hitchcock’s indictment case with Ellen You Hagen detailing alleged misconduct involving three young girls. In Indiana, Martin County Republican ballot deadlock on the eleventh district nomination leaves Lockwood leading after withdrawals.
Market quotations for Indianapolis and Chicago grain and livestock show No. 2 red wheat prices and cattle hogs sheep and lambs with bid ranges. Includes Toledo wheat, local death of wealthy Liberty farmer Micheel Witt, a bond note on a pawnbroker store robbery case, and a brief Delphi incident of two boys burning down a building. Also details an 1886 notary public declaration and advertisements for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Lon Hily, a Choctaw from Hurlingian Texas, is described as the world richest Indian with an estimated fortune of 3.5 million dollars. He owns over 50,000 acres in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, all irrigatable at premium rates. the article notes a potential land value of around 300,000 acres. Hily asserts he has never received government aid or allotments, has built his wealth in six years, and once practiced law in Beeville Texas before moving to Brownsville.
J C Hoskins aged eight and Mrs Rachel C May aged fifty two wed after a brief courtship. Hoskins, a farmer south of Herald’s Prairie township, admits this is his seventh wife. Mrs May, who says her husband is older and may rival rivals’ records, will reside on a farm owned by the groom.
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