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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
2
A bomb shattered the front of the Pasquale A. Pati & Son bank on Elizabeth Street New York exposing 40000 in silver and gold. Salvatore Pati, inside with a guard, was cut by glass but helped move money to vaults. Robbers unseen by the banker fled into the crowd.
Falls of Schuylkill residents celebrate the complete return to work at the Dobson carpet mills in Philadelphia. About several thousand workers who had been idle or partially employed are affected by the revival. Valet commits death by own action in Chicago. George Canty, valet to William Faulwersham, died by gas inhalation with no motive learnable by police. Joe Ullman, racing figure, dies in Amityville sanitarium from long illness. Edward Niedling, the so called living skeleton, dies in Ansonia Connecticut at age 35 after years of display.
Edward Colgin aged 21, famed among local youth, fell down a stair sight at Miller Hall Brandon Ohio and died instantly after landing on his head. A lance was in progress in the hall at the time.
China places an important urgent order for quick firing guns in Panis amid unclear motives. It is uncertain whether the purchase stems from tense China Japan relations or domestic issues within China.
John Hart of the cruiser St Louis dies in Vallejo California after drinking wood alcohol taken covertly. He is the third death in a week from the same poison, with two other sailors rendered totally blind and five others unfit for active service.
Orders by the Pwyte burg Steel Company resume full operations in the wire rod and tube mills at Monessen Pennsylvania. About 2000 workers are affected by the restart.
A Washington correspondent notes the sixteen ships voyage reveals the coast’s vulnerability from Lower California to the Canadian border. He cites Seattle and Tacoma as at risk, urges San Diego protection and a harbor, and warns none of the Pacific coast ports have adequate drydocks or naval facilities for a major fleet overhaul and provisioning.
Rudson Wisconsin unions organize a new machinists group while the Glass Workers Union reports 6000 members and one hundred thousand dollars. Across continents a London Canadian labor party branch forms and miners in Great Britain gain wage increases.
The piece surveys looming presidential conventions, noting expected GOP battles and a unified but unsettled field in the Democratic camp led by William Jennings Bryan. It discusses potential nominees, campaign dynamics, and the prospect of a six year presidential term proposed by Senator Cullom, shaping a pivotal 1909 political year.
Washington correspondence reports a Republican National Gathering to determine the nominee with observers calling the 1908 campaign underway. In the Democratic field, analysts deem William Jennings Bryan a certainty, as coverage concentrates on party contenders and the convention scene.
The piece describes an intense nationwide drive from California to Maine as successors to Theodore Roosevelt loom in 1908. It cites Secretary Taft, Senators Foraker and Knox, Cortelyou, Gov. Hughes, Vice President Fairbanks, and Speaker Cannon as key players. The Chicago convention is seen as an open race with all major figures backed and actively campaigning.
An editorial sketches thirteen campaigns by Republicans and Democrats, listing ticket pairs from 1856 through 1904, and notes electoral votes and party splits. It previews a four month contest with renowned orators like Roosevelt, cautioning on presidential campaigning while in office.
Director Hornaday of the New York Zoological Park shows a spadefoot toad he believes is at least 1000 years old, found months ago in a silver mine at Butte Montana 50 feet underground. The toad appeared dead but revived in a jar in New York, surviving in a suspended state for centuries. Feeding it now could kill it.
Chicago passes ordinance to revoke a baker's license immediately if they fail to meet cleanliness standards amid ongoing agitation over filthy bakery conditions in the city.
The Supreme Court of New York heard the dispute over exclusive rights to the Salvation Army name. Gen. James W. Duffin, head of the American Salvation Army, contests General William Booth’s leadership of the group.
A sweeping Indiana page reports coal oil stove accidents, a jailhouse legal move, and a rash of deaths from heart failure gangrene and suicide. It also notes quarry proposals near Evansville, a Bengal tiger chase, ferry fee debates, a prison escape rumor, and local wedding and bank news amid broader regional notices.
Prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Highlights include Chicago hogs 4.00 to 6.20 per cwt cattle 4.00 to 6.20, wheat near 1.00 per bushel, corn 5Sh to 59c, oats 49c to 52c, rye 82c to 85c, butter 24c to 31c, eggs 20c to 23c, various regional ranges for each commodity and city.
The weekly Dun's Review reports banking improvements lifting industrial prospects. Payment volumes rise for the eleventh week, factories provide jobs, and greater commercial activity stabilizes the economy. Iron and steel demand grows while construction costs and railroad plans look more favorable. Chicago district failures total 47 with liabilities over 5000 at 1.
The weekly summary notes further easing in finances and general collection improvements. Trade lines show colder weather aiding retail distributions, with price reduction sales driving expansion. Wholesalers report improved sentiment and collections, though overall trade demand remains below normal and a late spring trade is anticipated in some areas.
Judge Mazel in Buffalo overrules Standard Oil demurrers to seven Jamestown grand jury indictments. The cases total over 1,700 counts. In Chicago the U S district attorney seeks higher supersedeas bond as Standard Oil appeals a $29,240,000 Landis fine.
Police Commissioner Lingham in his annual report declares New York is in the hands of criminals and many magistrates and judges are aligned with politicians to shield offenders. He questions police independence as election machinery is politicized and notes tawbreaking as the easiest crime in the city.
Interior Department bulletin reports American mines kill three times as many miners per 1 000 as Europe. Of 22 840 deaths in seventeen years, half occurred in the last six, while Europe reports falling rates. Chief Holmes cites weak enforceable safety rules and poor information about explosives as factors.
A London cable states Lord Curzon will face strong opposition in vying for the Irish representative peer vacancy caused by Lord Kilmaine’s death. Viscount de Vesci and Lord Ashtown emerge as his rivals in the contest.
N. L. Storrs, bookkeeper for the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, is said to have confirmed a confession detailing a one million dollar scandal.
A portion of Mount Vesuvius' cone sank into the crater, sending large columns of smoke billowing from the volcano. The event was observed with alarm as residents watched the plume rise above the crater.
Congress moved through a flood of pension bills as the Senate and House debated the criminal code revisions. The House pushed to codify penal laws while adding an offense for leaking crop statistics, and a clash over amendments to curb corruption in public appointments intensified. The Senate discussed inquiries into the Hitchman Coal and Coke case and considered potential restraints on judges, with Hansbrough pushing a probe halt into the International Harvester matter before deferring to a committee.
A Meuse measure by Mr. Burton of Ohio seeks free art funding and is referred to Ways and Means. Other items include railroads offering free transport to officials, prohibition praise for Senator Tillman, a banking depositor guarantee tax bill by Senator Owen, and a joint resolution on militia organization. The House approved bridge projects at Council Bluffs and Burlington, and nominations were sent to the Senate.
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