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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1908
Page
2
Honorable Thomas R. Marshall, nominee for governor, visits Elkhart Wednesday evening October 28 and Nappanee Friday afternoon October 30 to rally support. Local crowds expected as Marshall campaigns across Indiana.
A political notice lists candidates for local and state offices including Henry A. Barnhart Henry A Steis Robert E Proctor David D Rodibaugh Frank W Brown William Kray James H Matthews Dr A C Mast Charles C Witt Elias Fisher Herman B App Orin H Markel Allen R Bemenderfer Isaac Bigler and recalls Tafts Ohio tour where he encountered an idle factory while praising prosperity A Bryan bank guaranty remark is quoted as a counterpoint to Tafts stance and campaign rhetoric
A discussion argues that security of deposits is needed for laborers farmers and merchants. It criticizes Tafts stance defending coercive tactics used by Republicans claiming to frighten voters with factory shut downs and scare tactics 12 years ago and this year. The piece urges moral leadership and repudiates such methods.
Florence Roberts and her company arrive from New York for the first ever stage performance of The House of Bondage in Goshen next Friday evening. The drama on English divorce law features Roberts in a highly praised emotional role with Arthur Forrest in the cast. Seats go on sale Wednesday morning.
Friends of Nicholas Tschaikovsky, detained in St. Petersburg for eleven months, raised funds in London to guarantee the $25,000 bail demanded for his release, sending telegraphic confirmation to the Russian authorities.
Richard Le Gallienne noted journalist and author is seriously ill in a private sanatorium in New York with double pneumonia and jaundice. News reports from IL state his condition is grave as doctors treat complications in the city residence.
The treasury announces a purchase of 125000 ounces of silver at 6 17 per fine ounce. Rear Admiral A B R Conden will retire October 30 due to age. Cleveland street railway franchise backed by Municipal Traction faces defeat at referendum with unions opposing the deal. Senator Eikins. his daughter's engagement news denies knowledge on telephone. Ohio River improvement association seeks 63000000 for a thick water system. Five blacks hanged for murder. US emigration to Canada totals sixty six thousand in nine months. Russian military courts executed 27 for murder or robbery with violence. Joseph John Button dies in Brooklyn after 55 years in the post office. Balkan talks hinge on negotiations. Snow falls in Kansas and Missouri. Dengler's oysters shipped.
Taft’s Indiana tour drew vast crowds despite drizzle and rail delays. He spoke in Indianapolis and Crawfordsville to large, cheering gatherings, praising Republicans and contrasting with Democratic ideas. The day ended with a massive Newark audience and a late-night departure to Jersey City.
William Jennings Bryan spoke to large audiences across New Jersey, stressing the labor question and contrasting Democratic platform pledges with Republican positions. He noted Roosevelt's labor stance, defended his own speeches, and described travel from Philadelphia to New Jersey with remarks about his vocal endurance.
Louisville reports editor Watterson stating he first read the Cleveland letter in the New York Times on August 30 and finds it fraudulent. He argues Cleveland had limited official dealings with Taft and that the letter could not be genuine. He urges Crutishe to verify and expose any falsity.
National AFL president Samuel Gompers sent a Washington telegram dated October 7 to Bryan, stating he will prepare a reply to Roosevelt’s criticism. The message notes labor’s fight for justice over office and counters claims of cabinet appointments. Donations to the Democratic National Committee totaled 3,560 from Massachusetts, Virginia, South Carolina, and Brooklyn contributors.
Jefe spoke briefly in Milwaukee praising the Republican ticket. His first speech backed a Taft section and criticized the Republican candidate. The second address focused on tariff and trusts in a broad national context.
In Newark on November 24 a report states the Republican National Committee arrives in Chicago for a final personnel conference addressing police conditions in the West. In Morristown three masked men cut telephone wires, entered Perkins Home, knocked down a domestic worker, attacked the occupants, and ransacked the house, injuring Mrs. Miller and the sisters Misses Jenkins.
Manila Oct 24 The storm toll in the Cagayan valley from Oct 13 swells as fuller reports arrive. Tubeguro capital constabulary reports about 500 persons drowned and most houses were destroyed by the disaster.
On a Texas and Pacific Cannonball ride from Alexandria to New Orleans Mrs. Fred Van Engen watched as her husband Professor Fred Van Ingen was shot while seated beside a former suitor I. S. Beauve of Plaquemine was arrested after a gray haired uncle jammed the revolver hammer with his thumb. The bride, twenty four, daughter of James M. Rhorer of Baton Rouge, was unharmed between them.
The rebuilt Zeppelín dirigible No. Two made a triumphal reappearance at Friedrichshafen on October 24 with ten passengers. The flight lasted about three and a half hours, passing without a fault and achieving an average speed of 29.31 miles per hour at an altitude near 200 feet. Movements were alternated between a single motor and both motors, controlled easily from either seat as crowds watched from Lake Constance shores from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Articles of incorporation for the Minnesota and Ontario Paper company capitalized at 7 million dollars were filed in St. Paul Minnesota. Completion of plants at International Falls and Fort Frances and a ground wood sulfite and newsprint plant will make International Falls and Port Arthur one of the world’s largest paper producing centers.
Report from Nanking notes women of all classes adopting cigarettes as quickly as men. In other U S notices, a court in Missouri orders sale of a large canned staples shipment after labeling violation under the Pure Food law.
The Pere Marquette railroad annual report shows a deficit of 393067.48 for the year ended June 30, 1908, compared with a surplus of 492222 the prior year. The release was made public in Detroit on October 24.
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