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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
6
The state Agriculture Commissioner announces prizes for the largest and best collection of grains and grasses raised in North Dakota during 1908 to be exhibited by any one person or firm. Prizes will be paid by the department, and entries should be shipped in light weight airy wooden boxes to prevent dampness.
Endurance balloon Ville de Dieppe and other craft faced peril over Lake Michigan. Col A B Mueller and seventeen year old George Schreeneck landed near Benton Harbor after dumping ballast and rigging to escape a perilous ascent of 7000 feet. both were soaked but uninjured. Other balloons, King Edward and United States, landed near Port Huron and Bruce County respectively, with crews injured by barbed wire and trees.
George Brewster reports his tobacco warehouses burned at 1 am with incendiary suspicion. Authorities seek state fire marshal investigation. Local tales implicate Kentucky night riders or a roaming gang tied to recent arson. Insurance on Brewster’s firm canceled. new policy sought but not yet secured.
Wool buyers in the state offer about 14 cents for cipe but slow sales occur as growers hold out for higher prices. Some Belle Fourche sales reach 16 cents yet volume remains limited. Local growers expect better offers before season end while awaiting higher bids. Nelson defeats Gans to claim lightweight title in seventeenth round. A gasoline explosion injures Theodore Johnson at Hotel Columbia in Bisbee. John Welsh is declared insane after stabbing his wife and is taken to Mendota. Mrs Welsh remains in critical condition.
Secretary Cortelyou explains the apparent 60 million dollar deficit is a bookkeeping artifact. He notes a 7 million dollar net new debt for the year and 84.8 million spent on public works, with 75.9 million deficiency in extraordinary receipts.
In European Russia, July 4, a gas explosion in the Rikovsky mine triggered a fire that hampered rescue efforts. From the interior galleries 150 men remained trapped while 53 bodies were recovered and 75 wounded were moved to hospitals. Ten of the injured died that day and several others were in critical condition. Families of trapped workers collapsed from shock.
Joel Chandler Harris known as Uncle Remus died at his Atlanta area home on Friday night. Born December 9, 1848 in Eatonton, Georgia, he married Essie La Rose in 1873 and joined the Atlanta Constitution in 1876. He later edited Uncle Remus Magazine before retirement.
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