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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
2
The new bridge over the Rhine at Cologne collapsed during construction. Fourteen bodies recovered by noon and nine men seriously injured. The central span crane scaffolding failed, sending several workers into the river. Rescue boats and Cologne police joined firefighters in salvaging workers and pulling survivors from the strong current.
Standings show Indianapolis leading with a 52 to 49 edge over Louisville as Toledo and Columbus hover around mid table. Minneapolis and Milwaukee push toward the top, while Kansas City and St Paul slip. Sioux City and Denver trail, with Omaha and Des Moines also in the mix amid tight scoring totals.
Enrique Llamas once student at Purdue Lafayette Indiana was discharged in New York on larceny charges involving twelve thousand four hundred dollars from Mrs Elizabeth Washburn who ran a two student boarding house. The Washburns testified and recovered the money which was returned to the couple after the complaint was dropped.
A nine year old, John Sovick of Morea near Pottsville, Pa., placed an iron pipe and stones on a railroad track to derail the Pennsylvania flyer for fun. He was caught in the act, jailed in Pottsville, and confessed, saying he was only playing and did not grasp the offense's gravity.
Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan married at a registry office in Ilenrietta street London with a public ceremony at the French Protestant church Soho square. The wedding was conducted openly and featured a formal registry and church rites.
Jack Gallagher a Kansas City saloon keeper and former policeman attacked Albert H. King reporter for the Kansas City Journal. King is in critical condition with small hope for recovery. Gallagher is described as involved in politics.
John W. Kern of Indiana was nominated for Vice President by the Democrats at the Denver convention as the gathering concluded.
The Lusitania has logged 643 nautical miles in a day, breaking its own record yet only advancing a few notches. Cunard officials in New York report the speed feat as a modest gain in the vessel’s performance.
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska was chosen as the Democratic standard bearer at the national convention in Denver, nominated on the first ballot amid wild enthusiasm. The platform, largely drafted by Bryan, included a strong anti trust plank and was adopted unanimously with Bryan and his running mate poised to present their ticket to the electorate.
The Democratic convention chose Nebraskan William Jennings Bryan as its standard bearer after a long, tumultuous night of speeches and platform debates. Cheers surged through the arena as Bryan received an overwhelming ovation, with delegates and spectators filling the hall and streets in support.
The record lists Bryan's life from birth in Salem Illinois through 1908 a string of speeches elections and roles. It recounts his 1896 cross of gold moment the 1908 presidential nomination and a vivid description of the Denver convention and a spectacular celebration with diverse crowds and Indian regalia.
The Denver convention hall hosted a cowboy band and twenty five cowgirls in buckskins as they marched in single file across the main floor. Diplomats from Greece and others watched the spectacle while many eastern visitors stayed in sleeping cars, drawing protests from local hotel keepers.
A summary of platform contrasts on injunction law reform, trust busting, anti trust amendments, federal oversight, and economic policy. It notes calls for jury trials in indirect contempt, clearer procedural rules, faster notices, Sherman anti trust enforcement, tighter director controls, public disclosures, interstate commerce reforms, tariff revision, emergency currency, elastic banking, and railroads value changes under Roosevelt era policy critique.
Denver reports that John Worth Kern of Indiana was nominated by acclamation as running mate to William Jennings Bryan. After a long deadlock a four-candidate final slate emerged, with Kern, Towne, McNeil, and Howell. Kern’s selection ended the convention amid enthusiastic cheers as the 1908 Democratic National Convention adjourned sine die.
Large Midwest corporations joined in the drive to restart production on July 1, promoted as re employment day by the Prosperity Association. Illinois Central Railroad employed 5,500 workers at Burnside and other plants, Illinois Steel back to full capacity, International Harvester operating night and day, with Hariman line extensions resumed.
Illinois figure CG O Drayton is authorized to hold seventy dollar wheat rallies in the River valley as part of economic agitation. Frederick Arthur Stanley, Earl of Derby and former Governor General of Canada, dies in London at age 67. In Britain, John B Lonsdale proposes starting the penny post between Britain and America on July 4, but Oct 1 remains preferred by the house.
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