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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
1
London reports a June 30 suffragette riot near Parliament. Mary Leigh declared in police court, The next time we come out you can expect wombs. Twenty seven of 29 suffragettes charged faced police court for obstruction. sentences ranged up to two months hard labor.
Illinois Central Railroad plans to reemploy 5400 workers after eight months idle on July first. Steel demand fuels payroll growth across big firms with Illinois Steel expanding at South Chicago. International Harvester Company has rehired all staff and operates multiple shifts.
A massive gas explosion at the Rikovsky mine in Yusovo European Russia traps miners. One hundred fifty seven bodies recovered, death toll feared to reach 200, seventy three rescued but many gravely injured. Ten rescued died after extraction as troops guard the scene.
After days of talks the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company and the Amalgamated Association of Tin, Steel and Tin Workers reached a wage agreement. The deal cuts pay 5 percent for tin workers and 2 percent for sheet department workers, affecting about 10,000 employees.
The Pennsylvania Staureau Company reported a May net earnings drop of $772,000 from 1907. For the five months ending May, the overall shortfall compared with 1907 totals $2,985,500. A notification event for Mr Taft’s nomination was set for Cincinnati on July 28.
An Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition telegram reports Seattle has raised 1,000,000 by subscription to trigger congressional funds. The drive proceeds irrespective of federal or state aid, with 600,000 awaited as the congressional appropriation. Secretary Cortelyou must assign a treasury official to review the exposition's securities.
A Missouri Pacific fast train from St Louis collided with a St Louis Kansas City bound train two miles east of Knobnoster Missouri. Nine killed, fifty injured. Names include Michael Burk Western Union lineman and several others from Missouri and Kentucky. An El Paso Texas incident reports an eastbound Texas Pacific train wreck near Boracho with one engineer killed and several injured.
The Chicago to Ocean balloon race finished near West Shefford Quebec as the Fielding owned by BF Jd. Fielding of San Antonio Texas landed after about 800 miles from the start. It traveled roughly 100 miles farther than its next rival and likely won for longest airborne duration. Daring escapes from drowning marked the event as the Ville de Dieppe and pilots A. E. Mueller and George Schoeneck rode Lake Michigan early, then rose to 7000 feet before Benton Harbor Michigan.
News from Victoria B C recounts a violent sea storm that wrecked boats at Bata via. Overcrowded vessels collapsed in the harbor causing hundreds to drown or be eaten by sharks. Fishermen rescued about 30 with 359 corpses found in the following week, many mutilated by marine predators.
Mrs. Louisiana Hobbs Douglass, wife of the alleged bogus “Lord” Oswald Reginald Douglass, was granted an absolute divorce by Judge White on desertion grounds after three years. She secured the custody of their infant child. Douglass, who claimed English estates, reportedly married several women across the United States and deserted them.
In Cleveland Ohio the intercity spelling contest saw Cleveland class take first with 41 errors, Pittsburgh 47, New Orleans 56, and Erle 79. Miss Mae Thursby of Pittsburgh and Miss Marie Bratton of Cleveland achieved the only perfect scores. Miss Bratton is identified as a negro girl.
Five more associations in New York filed secretary of state statements detailing expenditures opposing Agnew Hart antirace track gambling bills during the last legislative session. The total reported spending nears $30,000, with several reports previously filed showing about $43,000 in expenses.
Washington reports the death of Sylvanus EB. Johnson a former Ohio State Journal New York World and long time Washington correspondent and editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer He was born in Jefferson county Ohio in 1841 The piece also notes Murat Halstead a famed journalism teacher died aged about 74.
In New York Grover Cleveland received commendations from the executive committees of the association of life insurance presidents. The resolutions lauded his public service and contributions to the preservation and elevation of the life insurance business. Cleveland served as chair and counsel of the committee.
Count Zeppelin’s airship remained aloft for 12 hours traveling roughly 220 miles over northern Switzerland from Lake Constance to Zurich Winterthur and Lucerne. The craft averaged 34 mph, reached 2,500 feet, and landed back at Friedrichshafen after a series of precise maneuvers with 14 crew aboard.
In New York a government suit hearing described Standard Oil of New York pension plan. William R. King testified that few employees leave because they can retire at 65 with 25 percent of their 10 year average salary for life, or at 60 after 20 years service with 50 percent of the 10 year average then 25 percent later.
At a Washington conference Attorney General Bonaparte Assistant Secretary Winthrop and Internal Revenue Commissioner Capers pledged to resist any attempt to nullify or suspend the new internal revenue rules marking packages containing spirits. They discussed counsel for liquor interests in Cincinnati seeking an order to restrain local revenue officers from enforcing the regulations.
The forthcoming 1908 statement to June 30 shows marked receipt decline and large spending rise. Deficit about 60 million appears, one of the largest since the Civil War, with total receipts near 600 million and disbursements around 659 million. Major increases include Panama Canal costs and land reclamation, while postal deficits reach record levels.
Since June 21 six new plague cases have appeared in Port of Spain with three deaths. Four patients remain under treatment, three showing improvement. A special commission continues active measures. the first white patient was a young French girl removed to the camp hospital three days ago and expected to recover.
At Palomas Chihuahua a 50 man revolutionary party attacked the garrison at 4 a m on June 20. One assailant was killed and another captured after a one hour fight. Telegraph office bombs failed to explode and officers saved the HQ. guards numbered 14 as the attackers fled into the hills.
Walter J. Bartnett, former vice president and general counsel of Western Pacific Railway and of California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, butler faced a ten year term in San Quentin Prison after a November failure that cost about 9 million dollars. He promptly appealed the sentence.
St. Petersburg reports the duma approved the finance minister's bill authorizing an internal loan of 100 million dollars to cover the expected budget shortfall. The move signals a new step in financing government operations amid deficit pressures.
Charlotte North Carolina State Democratic convention instructed delegates to attend the Denver national convention for William J. Bryan.
New York report states Mae Wood of Omaha, who sued Senator Thomas C. Platt for divorce, was indicted on forgery and perjury charges. She allegedly signed Platt’s name to a document naming her his wife, with the perjury tied to her 1901 divorce testimony claiming they wed at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Wood holds a $5,000 bond and is held in Quebec?
Railroads in the Middle West will restore old package freight rates with former minimum charges. The shift is expected to save shippers thousands of dollars annually. Medford canoe tragedy claims three lives after canoes capsize when hitting a hawser across the Mystic River.
B N Springer of Ukiah once a county surveyor candidate now runs a business in Potter Valley asserts he is the heir to a Delaware estate valued at about 90 million dollars. He plans to begin legal steps immediately to prove his descent.
New York Justice Dowling denied Harry K. Thaw’s application to be moved from Mattewan State Asylum for the Criminal Insane to another institution.
President Roosevelt orders troops to Del Rio El Paso and other Texas points to aid civil authorities and enforce neutrality laws. Mexican government dispatches 1600 troops to Torreon Juarez and Chihuahua cities as government forces clash with bandits and insurgents. Las Vacas gains control and pursues fugitives with cavalry.
The Chippewa Indians of Northern Wisconsin report $3,000,000 on deposit across Ashland Hudson and Duluth banks. They also hold $300,000 in government claims, reflecting the deficit between wartime treaty payments and gold value. Lipton challenges for America’s Cup are outlined with conditions for a cutter rig and NYYC design choice.
Government officials locate dam 26 in the Ohio River at Teens Run eleven miles south of Gallipolis. When finished the dam will create the largest pool in the river and enable year round coal shipments from Great Kanawha valley and Pomeroy mines to Cincinnati and Louisville. One and a half million dollars are appropriated for the project. Five hundred men will work five years to complete it.
LA officers charge the California Limited wreck near Winslow Arizona Sunday night was deliberate, a bridge fire blamed for the crash that killed three and injured more than thirty. A Norfolk & Southern receiver appointment follows a Trust Company of America petition. In Bombay a collision on the Baroda line killed fifteen and left 270 injured, with multiple cars burned.
Prof William Osler of Oxford University is named as an independent candidate for the lord rectorship at Edinburgh University. His bid positions him as a non party figure in the university election.
Bangor, Maine Bert M. Fernald of Poland was nominated by acclamation for Maine governor by the Republican State convention. William Haines of Waterville moved to dispense with ballots and make Fernald’s nomination unanimous amid great enthusiasm. The platform endorses Roosevelt’s administration and Republican principles, including a plank on prohibition supporting faithful enforcement and opposition to re submission.
Graceville dispatches report a tornado striking Clinton Minnesota killing seven people and injuring over sixty with two hundred left homeless. Clinton with 400 residents saw 33 houses destroyed and 25 ruined while outside aid is needed. In Pukwana South Dakota Brule county the town wiped out, 12 to 15 stores and homes destroyed though no injuries.
The Wall Street Journal estimates U.S. railroad gross earnings for the year ending June 30 at 2,477,304,656 dollars, down 108,608,346 from last year. Net earnings are projected at 718,542,578 dollars, down 121,273,302. May and June show ongoing net losses, with gross losses at 600,000,000 annually and net losses at 200,000,000.
In Cettinje 36 prisoners accused of revolutionary activity tied to last year bombs. The court delivered six death sentences, three life terms, and 27 imprisonments ranging from six to twenty years, including five ex-ministers, amid testimony implicating Crown Prince George of Serbia.
The Mexican Herald reports railroad workers across Mexico plan a union aimed at excluding Americans from all railroad jobs. It cites Herald figures that 90 percent of railroad workers are Mexican, with Americans holding about 10 percent of positions.
Washington reports the Republican campaign to open in Youngstown if not vetoed by the national committee. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. earned a Harvard bachelor's degree after three years of study with extra courses. St Bonaventure's College at Allegheny New York, valued at 115000, burned, insurance 15000. rebuilding planned. Minneapolis livery stable collapse on Seventh Street South kills two and injures three during demolition for a theater. Money congestion in New York grows as gold outflow to Europe ends, deposits surplus at 66098800, the largest weekly total this year and above any year since 1894.
Receivers of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company have placed a 12000 ton order for steel rails with Maryland Steel Company. Delivery is to occur within the next six months and the rails will be used on the northern end of the system.
The Swiss Aero Club balloon Cognac completed a historic Alpine crossing from Brig over the Alps, a feat long sought after but never achieved prior. The mission highlights aviation progress and marks a milestone for Swiss air exploration.
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