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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
1
A heated contest between McKinley and Bryan highlights a battle for support. The article notes large mobilization of five million men and claims Hanna backed Ohioan by spending to educate the farmer and offset Democratic popularity.
PARIS September 17 Surprise in Berlin statements hint Germany will seek a role in settling costs of French and Spanish Moroccan military operations. France and Spain planned to settle with Mulai Hafid after recognition, but Berlin faces no binding obligation. Germany’s stance is to stay independent in readjusting claims.
A dusty throng of Oyster Bay residents lined Cove road to bid President Roosevelt farewell before his Washington departure. Every vehicle and pedestrian joined the procession to Sagamore Hill for a reception hosted by the President and Mrs Roosevelt. Forty members of the German Saengerbund of Hicksville performed during the event and guests met the Roosevelts, exchanging handshakes and brief good wishes. Light refreshments were served on the lawn.
President Samuel Gompers admitted hastening the January 1908 issue of The American Federationist to circulate before a DC injunction halted the Buck Stove and Range Company We Don’t Patronize list. The hearing focused on Gompers role, the 1906 Minneapolis and 1907 Norfolk conventions, and attempts to avoid court interruption.
The jury found Congressman Laning not guilty after less than an hour of deliberation. He cried with emotion, thanked jurors, and planned a campaign for re election in the Fourteenth District. The case charged misapplying funds at Ohio Trust and embezzling Norwalk Savings Bank stock.
In Decatur Illinois on September 17 farmer John Cook 78 shot and killed Mrs Edna McClelland in front of her four year old child then wounded himself in an attempted suicide Mrs McClelland mother of three was housekeeper for Cook Cook a recently returned traveler is conscious and likely to recover but refuses to talk
Edward Quick, a penitentiary guard, was murdered in his home in Michigan City Indiana as a burglar shot him in the head after his wife awakened to a noise. The killer fled the scene.
The Great Council of the United States Improved Order of Redmen closed its session naming Detroit as 1913 host, Cleveland for 1910, Columbus for 1911, and Cincinnati for 1912 as the future council venues with Cincinnati, Ohio, chosen for the 1912 meeting.
A heavy frost across Gallipolis Ohio today damaged late fruit and vegetables marking the first frost of the season.
Miss Hele Maloney daughter of Martin Maloney of Philadelphia was granted a final decree annulling her marriage to Arthur Herbert Osborne of New York City. The decree by Justice Gerard followed Miss Maloney's application after she eloped to Canada and England with Samuel R. Clarkson and returned with her father pursuing the action.
Judge Taft spent most of yesterday drafting the speeches for his Western trip. He worked two hours at his Linton office and dictated from his brother's library on Pike Street. No notable visitors came by, aside from a morning call by Carrie Nation at the Taft home.
Kentuckians testify in the Gardner Hunt murder trial admitting night riding with Vaughn and Earl Bennett. Witnesses describe masking, a Port Royal pursuit, shots fired, and the plan to whip Welch, with several involved but denying direct property destruction beyond cut telephone wires and a damaged gutting.
A note left at R. H. Barton’s Knob Lick tobacco barn warns he must not buy tobacco or his farm buildings will be burned and cattle whipped. Supposedly from night riders or sympathizers, Barton says he will ignore the threat. He resides in Glasgow but owns the Knob Lick farm.
Mayfield Kentucky September 17 A large tobacco barn owned by George Duncan west of town was burned last night with about ten thousand pounds of produce and implements. The blaze started from smoldering logs under hanging tobacco. Loss is around 1700 dollars with no insurance.
A two man Wright aircraft collapses during a test flight at Fort Myer. Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge is fatally injured and Orville Wright sustains multiple injuries but is expected to recover. The propeller blade failure triggers the crash and debris envelops the pair as soldiers and bystanders rush to assist.
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