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Newspaper
Hamilton Democrat Sun
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1907
Page
1
New York reports suggest continued improvement in the financial situation. Large overseas gold engagements total twelve million dollars and support securities markets at low prices. No new bank runs, no failures, and pressure abating as Wall Street returns toward normal.
Notices say cleared instruments will back withdrawals in many cities including New York St Louis Cleveland Milwaukee Indianapolis Cincinnati Omaha Philadelphia St Paul Minneapolis Kansas City and more. Chicago banks report no police needed as reserve plain clothes guards held back crowds while bankers remain optimistic about soundness.
The Bankers Trust company in Kansas City closed temporarily with deposits of 800000 to prevent potential runs after the clearing house association refused to extend their clearing house certificates. No run occurred and the action aimed to protect depositors.
Oklahoma City Oct 28 All banks in Oklahoma and Indian Territory shut down under orders from Territorial Governor Frantz after Kansas City and St Louis banks refused to forward cash. Bankers in Oklahoma Territory Arkansas and Northern Texas held a telephone meeting to decide on similar action to prevent runs.
Pittsburg directors decide not to open the Pittsburg stock exchange and report no other notable changes in the local financial situation.
Akron Ohio October 28 Fred A Baron cashier and treasurer of Dollar Savings Bank shot himself in his library after a bank shortage was revealed. About $25,000 reportedly missing. Baron a former county treasurer candidate, died Sunday. his wife and son were in Cleveland. The bank will remain closed until after the funeral.
Developments over the past week show no decisive change in Cleveland mayoralty politics. Voters expect Mayor Johnson to be re-elected as Republicans attack city hall graft claims, while the mayor counters with requests for specific instances of mismanagement. The campaign remains focused on fare issues and graft accusations with uncertain impact.
James Harris, a seven foot, 300 pound farmer in Enon Ohio, died when a hillside buckeye tree crashed on him as he tried to fell it. He was found hours later by a family member. He leaves a widow and several grown children.
General Weyler was unseated when his horse bolted in Madrid after a passing tree struck the animal. He sustained bruises but no serious injuries.
Bert Brady survived a deadly shooting after his wife fired a revolver rifle and shotgun at him while he slept. He fled to a barn and sheltered outside as she kept firing from the yard until a patrolman arrested her on a minor charge of discharging firearms within the city limits.
New York on October 28 reports a nervous friend of a stock broker muttering stock updates by phone. The calls include mentions of a Brooklyn bridge suspension the subway sinking and the Singer Building rising as the exchange buzzes with chatter.
A Friday blaze in Nome Alaska caused about 300000 in property damage. The Pioneer Mining company on Second Avenue, the finest office building of its type in town, was among the structures destroyed, with a loss around 50000. The fire raged for four hours.
Census bureau report shows 4 407 055 bales of cotton ginned by Oct 15 with 24 934 active ginneries. Compare 1906 figures 4 931 621 bales and 26 125 active ginneries. Round bales counted as half bales in the tally.
London observer Labouchere warns that Roosevelt may seek a Pacific fleet showdown against Japan and hints that a third term or dynastic succession could threaten self government. He notes past presidents show risks of aiming for a second term and fears a president for life undermines democracy.
Washington October 28 reports rear admiral Robley D. Evans may helm the Atlantic to Pacific battleship fleet if Congress approves the new rank proposal. Evans would lead the most powerful American fleet, commanding more modern battleships than any other officer, rivaled only by Lord Beresford in fleet breadth and rank at present.
Edwin Bogen aged 10 of S10 Franklin avenue slipped 50 feet down the elevator shaft at the Wheeler building on Oak street and Parsons avenue. He climbed out unaided then fell into a ditch and was ducked. He escaped with bruises and a wrenched shoulder. Two years earlier he fell 45 feet from a nearby roof and broke his right collar bone.
Colonel Thomas Haupt of Columbus Ohio has bought a controlling interest in Shawnee Daily Herald and will take active management on November 1. The paper is Democratic. Rumors say Haupt may head a syndicate aiming to control several influential Oklahoma newspapers regardless of their politics.
In London the Five O Clock club plans an elaborate Thanksgiving meal sent from the United States. Randolph Mordicai of Baltimore hosts at his London home with terrapin and Lynn Haven Bay oysters. Judge Glasser of Boston supplies mince pies from Parker House and Marcus Mayer seeks a large Rhode Island chestnut fed turkey. The menu remains distinctly American from California sherry to gum for the punch.
Cincinnati firemen battled two blazes on Saturday night. A minor blaze at Second and Sycamore caused about 500 in damage. The main fire gutted the four story Cincinnati Carriage Goods building at 840-842 West Sixth Street, destroying stock and leaving total losses near 16,000 for stock and structure.
Burglars robbed the Southern Pacific station in Santa Monica of skeleton tickets valued at over 15000 dollars along with stamps punches and inkpads. The theft could enable stamping hundreds of transcontinental tickets and trigger a wave of fraud through brokers nationwide.
Census officials report that nearly three thousand clerks and agents processed data showing approximately 1,300,000 married couples requested legal separation from 1897 to 1906. The rate averages about 130,000 per year.
In St. Petersburg on October 28 General Maximoffsky, head of the prisons department, was shot and killed by terrorists.
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt has issued a proclamation admitting the new state of Oklahoma effective November 16. The announcement confirms Oklahoma’s admission following congressional action and sets the date for statehood ceremonies and governance.
Birmingham telegraphers who have been on strike since August 11 will resume work today after a large majority voted to return.
Rumors of a separation between the Earl of Yarmouth and his wife, formerly Miss Alice Thaw of Pittsburgh, sister of Harry K. Thaw, spread as Pittsburgh lawyers received a request from English barristers for full copies of Pittsburgh marriage documents. The British request came with a bundle of English bank notes.
James Reddick, chairman of the Republican county central committee and public administrator, was killed when the automobile he rode in overturned near Libertyville, a Chicago suburb, after skidding on a muddy road. Mrs. Reddick and other occupants escaped serious injuries.
Major Don G Lovell collapsed and died of heart disease in Tacoma Washington on October 28. A Civil War veteran, he served with Michigan troops and later with Custer. He was a prominent member of the G A R and the Loyal Legion.
Newark Ohio October 28 Frank Patroska is jailed charged with inflicting serious injuries with a knife on Saloon Keeper Craig and Willie Lex Lex is reported dying at the City sanitarium A button on Craig s pants deflected the knife blade saving his life
Oscar Felton a Black man was found wandering Sunday morning in a state of intoxication and distress. He could not provide a residence and was locked up at the police station to recover.
The Ben Franklin balloon with 92 000 cubic feet gas capacity the largest in the world landed in Belchertown after a successful trip from Philadelphia. Five persons all from Philadelphia were aboard during the voyage on Sunday.
Police were summoned Sunday afternoon to Lane and Minster streets to transport a Polander to Mercy hospital. The man could not speak English or German, so his name could not be determined.
The Buckeye Republican Club held a Saturday night meeting and adopted resolutions expelling the Ohio State Journal from the party for refusing to back the party city ticket.
Mrs Barbara Rumstick, 53, leaped from an open bedroom window after finding a burglar in her room. She suffered a fractured wrist and internal injuries, becoming unconscious. The thief warned the husband at gunpoint, gathered valuables, escaped via the window, and disappeared as Mr Rumstick aided his wife. Local police were alerted.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Wilson predicts higher farm crop values in 1907 than 1906 totaling 6.794 billion dollars. He cites wheat scarcity abroad and rising prices while noting no expected nationwide hard times, with farm prosperity seen as the country’s real economic barometer.
Dr. M J White of the US service received authorization from Surgeon General Wyman to fumigate all vessels on Puget Sound at 11e% ferry boats and any vessel large enough to hold a rat. No new bubonic plague cases reported in Seattle.
President Roosevelt disclosed via Senator Flint that he will use his influence to push separate statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. He cautioned that Congress is unlikely to act on this in the upcoming session.
A forecast shows fair and colder conditions tonight with freezing temperatures likely. Tuesday remains fair and cold with continued chilly conditions expected across the region.
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