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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
1
A massive Hyde Park demonstration in London draws about 500000 participants as suffragettes march from provinces to meet London leaders. Speakers advocate voting rights and parliamentary action amid Processions, crowds, and sporadic clashes requiring police reinforcements. Ambulances treat faintings and minor injuries.
An engine hauling a heavy trainload of excursionists from Indianapolis plunged through an open draw bridge in Sandusky Ohio after a Cedar Point day trip. Engineer J J Perrish of Lima suffered two broken legs and internal injuries. Fireman Fred Sullivan of Lima was cut and injured internally. Yard clerk Charles Schults was lightly cut. The gatekeeper said the train departed at 9 instead of the scheduled 9 30.
Mrs James Comstock of Sunbury, about 60, threw herself on a south bound passenger train on the Cleveland Akron and Columbus Railway. Her decapitated body was found after the engine traveled from Columbus to Cleveland and back as far as Condit.
A Rome dispatch reports that French Deputies and Senators who backed the separation law have been excommunicated Latae Sententiae. French Bishops are said to be required to refuse them Christian burial unless they repent before death. The excommunication is immediate and automatic by the law’s wording.
Erma Rudell a 8 year old from Aurora Indiana died by drowning in a creek near Pleasant Ridge Ohio on June 20 1908. Her cousins Viola Paris and Hazel Paris aged 8 and 6 admitted hiding her clothes and watching her drown after entering the creek. Divers recovered the body and coroner Cameron will hold an inquest.
On the Detroit River the Brittannia ferry collided with the City of Alpena after signaling confusion. The Brittannia carried thousands, but only minor damage occurred to the Alpena. Panic and fainting were reported among passengers before order was restored.
In Prairie du Chien Wisconsin and McGregor across the Mississippi a severe storm caused extensive damage. Four inches of rain fell in forty minutes with walnut sized hail. Teams hitched on the streets were drowned and losses reach two hundred thousand dollars in Prairie du Chien and three hundred thousand in McGregor.
Dispatches from Southwestern Michigan report a fierce wind rain and electrical storm across the region. Lightning struck the German Lutheran Church in Kalamazoo tearing the steeple while Benton Harbor saw heavy damage to fruit trees corn and wheat. Fires started by lightning ruined several barns near Hillsdale and crop damage was extensive.
John Kelley 75 fatally wounded wife Margaret 73 in their Cleveland home then fatally wounded himself with a hatchet. Mrs Kelley hospitalized with a fractured skull. Kelley severely hurt but to recover. The couple planned their golden wedding anniversary within days as a quarrel over savings sparked the tragedy.
John G Wooley of Chicago candidate for President on the Prohibition ticket in 1900 spoke in Saratoga date June 21 before the World Temperance Congress. He addressed the liquor traffic issues as churches open pulpits to temperance workers and noted upcoming debates on the army canteen and the Intercollegiate Oratorical Society contest with contestants from New York Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Michigan and Louisiana.
Madrid reports Senor Salazar says foreign powers will dispatch a warship to Tangier to protect non Moroccans and their property with possible troop landing if requested by Moroccan boards. Diplomatic corps receive Hafid proclamation seeking recognition. Morocco City dispatch notes Hafid forces routed after the bloodiest battle. 100 killed and 150 wounded.
London delegates held a partial holiday with meetings on lighter topics. The Bishop of Massachusetts preached at St Pauls and Westminster Abbey. The Cathedral services featured judges including the Lord Mayor and Lord Alverstone. Bishop Wilkinson of Minnesota spoke at an open-air Victoria Park gathering.
Ole Nordahl, 84, was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the January 17 killing of Mrs. Bertha Schleuter in the Mussel Shell Valley near Stub, Montana. The Schleuter home burned January 18 with Mrs. Schleuter and four children killed. footprints and blood on Nordahl’s clothing linked him to the crime.
President Theodore Roosevelt enjoys a quiet vacation day at Oyster Bay. He attends Christ Church services with Mrs Roosevelt, sings along with the congregation, and bows to locals as photographers record the moment.
St Petersberg June 21 Mme Tschaikovsky says her husband Nicholas Tschaikovsky a revolutionary figure in the fortress of St Peter and St Paul has completed examination and must now appear before a court martial on high treason charges. She says he is unaware of the indictment contents and police have tied him to several terrorist plots though evidence is lacking.
Secretary Taft escapes possible disaster when the Pennsylvania Flyer, traveling at fifty mph, loses a piston rod and stops before a signal tower near Coshoc ton. Engineer credits luck and quick brakes as Taft and Kellogg dine aboard the halted train. Taft's Pittsburgh stop delays two hours. he proceeds to New York and Yale commencement with plans to visit Oyster Bay.
James Cantillon of Marinette Wisconsin a professional baseball player connected with the Des Moines team regained sight in his right eye at Bellevue Hospital after a hysterical fit following news his case was hopeless Surgeons had planned an operation but Cantillon cried out that he could see tests showed near full restoration of vision and specialists hope for a complete cure The left eye had been removed after a Chicago accident and the right eye had failed from sympathetic affection The transformation is attributed to a nervous system effect and the hysterical episode described by hospital staff
A violent wind hail and rain storm struck Lacrosse Wisconsin wrecking the Chautauqua tent at the La Crosse Interstate Fair Grounds and burying about 1500 people though few hurt badly Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson had already left the site. Trees bent and roads disrupted as Burlington and Milwaukee lines face delays for two days.
The International Sunday School Associations hold its twelfth triennial session in Louisville with a large temperance mass meeting at the Armory, sessions of the Superintendents and Teachers Congresses, fifteen missionary mass meetings citywide, and sermons in 100 Louisville pulpits by visiting ministers despite extreme heat.
A man and a woman were condemned to death in Warsaw for involvement in an attempted assassination of General Skallon, Governor General of Warsaw. Seventeen other death sentences were announced from various Russian towns.
The National Congress proclaimed General Ramon Caceres re elected President of the republic for six years. A twenty one gun salute marked the ceremony and the nation celebrated the proclamation.
Evansville Indiana June 21 A telephone from Mount Carmel Illinois reports Ora Havill editor of Havill s Every Morning in serious condition after Norman Dobell struck him with a brick and beat him after Havill s editorial. Havill skull fractured left eye bone caved in doctors fear death and Dobell is under arrest. Havill son of late Frank Havill prominent Illinois Democrat and former Supreme Court reporter. Havill a Spanish American War captain has been waging war on county officials.
New plague cases rise to four with three deaths since June 15 in Port of Spain. Isolation steps include rat destruction and city cleanup. About 150 contacts are under observation with no infections yet. Medical authorities remain hopeful for early eradication.
The battleship Georgia, after leaving Bremerton Navy Yards, traveled along the California coast achieving a sustained speed of 19.5 knots for four consecutive hours. Officers and crew insist it is the fastest battle ship in the U S Navy.
Secretary Taft travels from Cincinnati to New York and New Haven to attend Yale commencement events and class day exercises. He plans to witness the Yale Harvard boat race and may return to Washington for a Republican National Committee subcommittee session. He intends three to four weeks at Hot Springs then summer in Cincinnati with headquarters at the Linton hotel.
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