02 Mar 1908
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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1908
Page
1
William T. Magee, after twenty eight years on the bench, received heartfelt tribute at a Waldorf Astoria dinner in New York. Speakers praised his judicial service and leadership. peers and officials called him a stalwart who strengthened the state’s legal system.
A 45 year old man from Faure and a Port Ranging resident were fatally injured in a vehicle collision near the city. The incident involves a worker and bystanders as responders arrived after the crash near the car. Authorities are reviewing details and identifying missing information from the garbled report.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals plans a fundraising fair on March 14 at Association Mall YM to establish a shelter for stray animals. Homemade cake and candy, fancy articles, and a garden theme with punch will be featured. Mrs E Bagelay Pricots leads the event with tables and activities.
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders strict enforcement of a nine hour workday for rail laborers including telegraphers and dispatchers. The ruling, effective soon, comes amid union pressure since the recent strike and aims to limit overtime while expanding job protections.
A priest, Father Leo Heinrichs, was killed at his church in New Jersey as mourners gathered. The funeral rites were held as a large crowd filled the area, with reports noting the unnatural circumstances surrounding the clergy member’s death.
Tieteattes Belly Yates of the Journal sid Cherewe ami if the series will be.
Delegations from the city departed for Trenton to attend a hearing on the Local Option bill. About a thousand people gathered at the station, many wearing white anti Local Option buttons, while Governor J Frank Haply and other officials were present in the waiting room.
The Porto Rico liner, inbound from San Juan and Mayaguez with fifty passengers, ran twenty miles off course and struck in heavy fog off the inner harbor between Lone Hill and Fire Island Life Saving Station. Captain J. Dalton commanded the vessel, which is believed to be the former Beale of California from the Old State Line, now renamed. No injuries reported. exact position uncertain due to dense fog.
In Water Township Wisconsin a trial resumed before Judge Atwater as the jury heard testimony surrounding a theft involving brass lamps and a bragg image. Gold, indicted for receiving stolen goods, was acquitted after deliberations that stretched into the afternoon.
Report from Plainfield states Morris, aged 12 or 13, suffered a severe facial injury after a mishap while handling a load. Doctors fear loss of sight in one eye. Police estimate the incident occurred yesterday afternoon.
Readable fragments indicate a Meridin College event or notice with unspecified details. Names and exact actions are unclear, but the brief notes point to a regional college activity involving students and staff. Further text needed for clear summary.
The Voorhees case remains continued as a motion to inspect Grand Jury minutes related to indictments for perjury in a Banker's Life Insurance Co. matter is scheduled for decision. Former officers Blanch, Foster, Voorhees, and Coombes are named in the proceedings with Perrence J. McManus and Judge Claott involved in motions.
A telegraph report says Chicago Chief of Police George H. Shippy was stabbed in the right arm at his Lincoln home. His son Harry, 19, was shot twice in the chest and driver James Foley wounded in the hand as an unidentified man, believed an anarchist, attacked the chief and ran. The body was taken to Bentley's morgue. the assassin is unnamed.
Indiana's J Frank Hanty denounces local option opponents as driven by greed and avarice in a St James church address. He blames railroads, insurers, and internal corruption for public ills, warns liberty can be misused as license, and calls out wealthy enablers as the real threat to republic. He cites dangers from within and urges citizens to defend constitutional gov ernment against treasonous influence.
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