World News in Brief 1908 Drowning Losses and Global Events
A wide survey of events lists 1908 imports as record highs, numerous drowning deaths, and China lifting objections to the Antung Mukden Railroad reconstruction. The August crop outturn surpasses prior years while July totals lag. Treasury efficiency tests begin, irrigation congress opens in Spokane, and railroads face persistent rebate disputes. Headlines cover political, industrial, and social highlights from around the world and United States.
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United States
China
Antung Mukden
Thaw Declared Insane by White Plains Supreme Court
Justice Mills ruled Harry K Thaw insane and a chronic paranoid with no recovery. Thaw was ordered returned to Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane immediately, with Westchester authorities notified.
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Harry K Thaw
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
White Plains
Matteawan State Asylum
Mills
Westchester County
Thaw
Matteawan
Justie Mills
Thaw’s mother and sister shaken by return to Matteawan
After realizing he must return to Matteawan, the prisoner collapses on his cell cot. His mother Mrs Mary Copley Thaw and his sister the former Countess of Yarmouth nearly collapse from shock as Alice Thaw tries to comfort them.
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Matteawan
Mary Copley Thaw
Yarmouth
Alice
Chronology of the Thaw Case 1906 1909
Timeline of the Chivington Thaw case from the 1906 Madison Square Garden shooting of Stanford White to the 1909 Matteawan asylum order. Key dates include the Jan 3 1907 murder, Feb July trial phases, lunacy commission, not guilty verdict on insanity, and eventual commitment and later orders of insanity.
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Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Gard
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
White
Cane
Martin W Littleton
Dowling
Matteawan
Mills
Rioters Attack McKees Rocks Plant Amid Steel Strike
Seven thousand strikers at the Pressed Steel Car Company plant in McKees Rocks Pennsylvania riot after eviction threats. They hijack streetcars strikemates distrust, troopers fire warning volleys. Steve Harvat is killed amid clashes with a group of striking foreigners.
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Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Steve Harvat
Major Smith
Fight for the Pennants in Claba League Standings
In the Perincipal Base Ball Leagues the Claba circuit holds a tight pennant race with leaders narrowing the gap as teams vie for first place. Claba teams push for wins to secure a late-season edge and division title.
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Claba
Milton H Clark Dies Prominent Horseman Leader at Lake Erie Circuit
Milton H Clark a leading horseman and former president of the Lake Erie and Mayhawk Valley circuits has died. In Tulsa Oklahoma a fire destroyed fifty five stalls at the driving park injuring many horses including Toboggan Pat Ornus and Arvid Ladd, with no American starters winning at SB Sandoun Park in England. Canadian Athletic champion George H Goulding of Toronto set a mile walk world best near 6 minutes 25 seconds. The sport faces a stall shortage of good steeplechase horses and relies on aging names across Canada and beyond.
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Milton H Clark
Lake Erie and Mayhawk Valley
Toboggan
Pat Ornus
Arvid Ladd
Driving Park
Tulsa
Oklo
SB Sandoun Park
England
H. P Whitney
J Ro Keene
Ritchard Croker
Winnipeg
George H. Goulding
Toronto
Judge Rules Against Government in Indian Land Suits
Federal Judge Ralph E. Campbell in Muskogee Oklahoma sustained the demurrers of 30 000 defendants in Indian land alienation suits brought by the government on behalf of the Five Civilized Tribes. The court ordered dismissal of the actions and held tithes collected before the act removing restrictions were valid. About 2 000 000 acres were involved with defendants scattered across the United States including Scotland and Mexico.
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Oklahoma
Ralph E. Campbell
Muskogee
Okla
United States
Scotland
Mexico
Son Kills Rich Duluth Father Over Funeral Bills
Bjorn Ostby, eighteen, killed his father John Ostby a Duluth grocer in a family quarrel over paying the funeral expenses for a dead child. The crime followed a note from the undertaker and a locked door scene. police arrived after a rifle shot was heard and the son had telephoned for help.
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John Gostby
Duluth
Minn
Bjorn
Ostby
Fire Loss at Monticello Resort Destroys 36 Buildings
Fire swept Monticello burning 36 structures on main street including three hotels the Rockwell House Palatine Hotel and Bolsum House. Guests from New York City escaped with few possessions as Union National Bank two newspapers and all but one store were destroyed. Dynamite halted further spread and the Monticello House survived.
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Monticello
New York City
Rockwell
Sullivan County
Palatine Hotel
Bolsum
Union National Bank
Land Drawing At Spokane Draws Large Crowd
Crowds gathered Monday for U S led land allotments at Spokane for Coeur d Alene, Spokane and Flathead reservations. About 105000 Coeur d Alene applicants were allotted one chance in 0.333, 100000 Spokane applicants one in 400, and 87000 Flathead applicants one in fifteen to win deeds.
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U. S
Spokane
Coeur d'Alene
Flathead
Spokane Lands
Flathead Land
Amateur Aviator Pites In Curtiss Plane Flies at Mineola
Charles Foster Willard, a amateur aeronaut, made two successful flights at Mineola Long Island in a Herring Curtiss aeroplane. He described a circle about two miles in circumference in the first flight and a figure eight about four miles long at eighty feet altitude in the second.
New Head of G A R Elected Commander in Chief at Salt Lake City
Former Minnesota Governor Samuel R Van Sant won the GAR commandership over Judge William A Ketcham by 587 to 156 in Salt Lake City. Other officers named include Senior Vice Commander W M Bortaphogden Utah and Judge Alfred Beers Bristol Conn. The Fiftieth Infantry led the encampment parade through Salt Lake City.
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China
van Sant
Minnesota
GAR
Joseph Furay
Warsaw
Io Flathead Reservation
Samuel R. van Sant
G. A. R. Fhuraday
Salt Lake City
William A Ketcham
Indiana
W M Bortaphogden
Utah
Alfred Beers
Bristol Conn
W. H B. Lemon
Lawrence
Kan
Jennie &. Berry
Des Moines
Woman's Relief Corps
Belle Harris
Kansas
Flying Squadron Naval Association
John C Black
Com. van
Illinois
Wisconsin
Pennsylvanie
Henry
J i. Neyve
Chietse
Georgia Reelects Senator G W Clay and Taft Tax Support
Georgia Legislature reelects United States Senator G W Clay for a term ending 1915 amid Taft's unwavering support for the corporation tax. The Democratic committee outlines early plans to win the next House. Speaker Cannon intends to purge a few insurgent leaders while allowing others to keep their committee assignments.
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United States
G. W. Clay
Georgia
Taft
Democratic Congressional Committee
Cannon
Congress
Cure for Eczema Promises Comfort and Recovery
A Newark New Jersey reader recounts brutal eczema attacking head to foot. She credits Cuticura remedies with stopping sores, healing flesh, regrowing hair, and ending weeks of agony after initial skepticism.
Her Gifted Relative Amphibious Remark Echoes Family Skill
Mrs Lapsting discusses a cousin on her mother’s side who can do anything with her left hand that she can with her right describing her as amphibious and gifted the remark adds a quirky family talent note.
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement Claims Quick Foot Relief
A testimonial from Sire W J Walker of Camden New Jersey endorses Allen's Foot-Ease for curing burning itching and painful feet. The ad claims the product provides quick relief and prompts readers to ask their druggist for the remedy.
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Allen
J Walker
Camden
N. J
Realistic Music Critics and a Wandering Composer
A critic notes a chilling passage in a composer’s last piece while the performer plays. The composer explains the effect as a wandering man facing a hotel bill, a line recalled from Fliegende Blaetter.
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Fliegende Blaetter
All Can Work and Try
Milton said who best can suffer best can do. The progress of others looks easy but only they know all about it. We cannot all work the same way. Brilliant minds leap. timid ones plod by nature. The old saying what others have done I can do is not strictly true. A strong man can lift great weights. weaker men can work and try.
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Milton
Automobiles and Airships Controversy Reflected in Yonkers Debate
In a Yonkers Statesman exchange, Greene argues car prices are high while Redd predicts a drop later. Greene retorts that airship prices may rise first as prices for new technology recur risks and shifts.
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Redd
Greene
Yonkers Statesman
Postum A Coffee Alternative Cited In Health Letter
A reader states coffee caused sleepless nights and irritability and credits Postum with restoring peaceful sleep and steadier nerves. The letter claims others improved after switching to Postum and mentions reading The Road to Wellville. It ends by noting new letters appear and vouches for authenticity.
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