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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
1
Orville Wright and Lt. Thomas Selfridge perish in a Wright Flyer crash at Fort Myer after a propeller blade snaps. Wright survives seriously injured. Selfridge dies from skull fracture. Witnesses, medical staff, and observers describe the dramatic fall and emergency care, with Wright later dictating cables from the hospital.
The acting secretary of the interior issues sale regulations for 1 000 town lots adjoining Lawton Oklahoma with no purchaser limitations. James W. Witten, chief law officer of the general land office, is named to supervise the sale to be held in Lawton on November 1.
The ancient Capulets palace at Verona linked to Romeo and Juliet was completely burned. Flames started in Saint Angelo Cancello village center and were put out by abundant wine rather than water.
City health officials inspected Booth & Company warehouse after reports of stale stock. Samples were taken for bacteriological testing. Inspector J F Blehn reported discovering fish ruined for sixteen months amid varied sanitation concerns.
St Petersburg battles a severe cholera outbreak as authorities consider martial law. City officials vote to expand hospital capacity, buy disinfectants, and speed infant burials. schools shut and students sent home while War Department provides supplies and army kitchens dispense free food. The virulent surge has led to rapid fatalities after early symptoms.
Washington reports the interstate commerce commission faces resistance from East coast railroads over the 436 hour service cap for employees. Carriers appeal to courts for injunctions and one road bans employee questions until managers approve replies. Some lines ignore the reporting duty under oath while others seek exceptions amid lawsuits. Secret service aids may be used to obtain withheld information.
Cincinnati Senator J B Foraker has canceled all campaign speaking engagements. He asked National Chairman Hitchcock to relieve him from appointments made by the national speakers and informed Ohio officials of the same. He indicated he would leave the choice of a successor to the legislature but support a Republican majority. He plans to respond to Hearst charges and then campaign statewide for his senatorial candidacy, but not under any political committee.
Rear Admiral Sperry announces by cable that the Atlantic battleship fleet, after leaving Albany, will proceed to Manila via Lombok straits, Mackasar, Celebes Sea, Basilan straits, and the Sulu Sea. The waters are seldom used by ships, but the path is the shortest link between Albany and Manila.
The jury in the Joseph James murder case found James guilty and sentenced him to death. He remained unmoved by the verdict as race riots in the city were attributed largely to A Ballard, whom the crime targeted. No public demonstration followed the verdict.
Rochester report that the Democratic State convention selected Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler of Dutchess county as governor with backing for Denver platform candidates. Philip P. Farley of Brooklyn lands State Engineer and Surveyor amid McCarren opposition. Ticket also includes Tyler, Broughel, Mischier, Avery, and Chanler’s platform endorses Denver candidates.
Hartford Conn In a notable state convention the Connecticut Democrats named Judge A Heaton Robertson of New Haven for governor after former Governor Thomas M Waller faced a physical constraint from accepting the nomination. Delegates approved a lengthy platform with fifteen of sixteen planks devoted to state issues.
An explosion of 230 gallons of gasoline aboard barges moored beside the submarines Grampus and Pike at Mare Island navy yard killed Chief Machinist J. S. Townsend and Chief Gunner’s Mates W. H. Jeahy and Morrin. The tender Fortune and tug Unadilla were injured and both submarines were searched. Flames swept across the scene forcing men to jump overboard as fire took hold.
The stock exchange house of R. Chapman & Co. declares $30,000 was forged and uttered by a manager at a branch office. The culprit has vanished, and the firm issued the notice to inform clients and authorities.
The Erie Railroad Company was fined $400 in a United States district court for four violations of federal laws mandating air couplings and grab irons on freight cars. The grab irons allow trainmen to reach the tops of cars, and the government brought the action.
A violent quake hit Guayaquil on the 17th when panic spread through the city. No lives were lost and damage remained trifling, with residents reassured by officials.
A private message from Nicaragua states Senor Corea resigns as Nicaraguan minister to Washington. Rodolfo Espineag is appointed as his successor and becomes Nicaraguan minister of affairs.
The U S circuit court of appeals in Richmond reverses a Maryland ruling in Pit Cairen Coal Co et al v Baltimore & Ohio et al. It holds interstate commerce law requires equal distribution of car facilities whether a carrier owns all or part of the cars. The decision remands to Maryland court with instruction to apply a uniform fuel car policy for B&O and other lines.
Mrs. Carrie Nation visited Judge Taft at his Pike street residence and sought a discussion on liquor. Taft declined further talk, Nation launched a reform speech, and both faded from the doorway as the interview ended.
In Neenah Wisconsin the Eastern Wisconsin Methodist conference reports no young men applying for pastor positions across the district. Leaders warn that continued scarcity will soon deplete ministerial ranks as aging pastors leave the conference.
The National Petroleum Association charged that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad favored Standard Oil by enforcing a rule that shipments other than carload lots could be carried only one day per week. The testimony was given before Special Examiner George X. Brown of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Cleveland, Ohio.
A. F. Bonelli, former Cleveland banker and steamship ticket agent, arrived in New York as a prisoner aboard the Afgahan Prince from Brazil. He is charged with theft of thirty thousand dollars and disappeared June last. Remittances failures triggered investigations leading to his Sao Paulo, Brazil, arrest in Sao Paulo.
Concord NH Henry B Quimby of Laconia secured the Republican nomination for governor after a split party convention vote requiring two ballots He won by a narrow margin of five votes Also noted Utah Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway declared a 4 percent dividend payable October 1.
Saratoga N Y Charles Hughes of New York was renominated by an overwhelming majority on the first ballot to succeed himself as governor The opposition failed to unite and brought 827 votes to 461 for James W Wadsworth Jr and 31 for John K Stewart The renomination followed a defeated bid by county leaders. the Republican ticket also includes White Koenig O Malley Gaus Williams Dunn Haight with Haight renominated as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals.
A massive blaze in Saco from a lumber yard fire at G A Crossman & Son destroyed 85 tenement houses, burned 9 million feet of lumber, and left 600 people homeless. The Diamond Match Company suffered the largest loss as Biddeford and Portland aided in containment. Most families found shelter with the French Institute. The cause is believed to be a careless match in shavings at the box factory.
Phoenix posses scour the country near Kelvin mining camp seeking two Mexican highwaymen who used an Apache torture method after a highway robbery. James Martze, 70, a prospector, was bound and blinded then escaped and was recaptured, later bound to a stake with a can of water beyond reach before wriggling free and alerting Kelvin authorities.
The President since July 1 has acted on 96 pardon applications through the pardon attorney at the Justice Department. Of these, 46 were denied and 60 granted, with many petitions seeking restoration of civil rights lost due to penitentiary convictions.
The Allegheny River hits its lowest stage since 1846 with marks at Logansport cited as evidence. Michael McCure, who made the marks, remains the authoritative source for the statement.
The Civil Service Commission announces sanctions on several employees for political activity. Denver letter carrier J. H. Rhinehart is reduced in rank while Goldsboro North Carolina clerks EB Hill and W R Phillips are warned to cease political activity or face dismissal.
Carnegie writes from Sidbo Castle Scotland to Representative Bartholdt urging Berlin to lead a three nation peace effort. He argues the Emperor of Germany could end war among civilized nations by inviting Britain France and the United States to declare arbitration as the method to settle disputes. He asserts such a move would be a historic service to the world and make war unnecessary.
Chief Justice Fuller and two circuit judges concur in upholding Judge Pritchard’s injunction against South Carolina dispensary commissioners over a creditor’s claim against a bankrupt institution. The court rejects the Eleventh Amendment argument, ruling it was never meant to bar a state from liquor traffic.
A car of dynamite placed on the track in front of Windsor Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad station exploded with great force. The blast demolished the car and platform. Five people died including Frederick Yakes the railway agent. Eighteen others were seriously or more than lightly injured. A man named Wall and an unidentified laborer and an unidentified negro were among the dead.
City reports 305 cholera cases and 115 deaths in 24 hours as St Petersburg municipal administrations come under fire for alleged criminal inefficiency. Authorities are criticized for failure to prepare hospitals ambulances and sanitary services despite advance warning.
In Brookshire Texas David Newton a Black man was hanged by a mob after being charged with involvement in the murder of John Buchkin a white man. His father and brother are under arrest and efforts to curb violence include ordering all idle Negroes to leave town.
Wilbur Wright, the aviator, soared for 39 minutes and 18.35 seconds in Auvours near Le Mans, eclipsing European records for sustained flight and signaling a major breakthrough in longer duration airplane endurance.
Sedalia Missouri reports five more deaths from the Windsor blast reaching twelve total at the local hospital. Puig’s figures confirm the grim toll as emergency crews continue aid and investigation into the accident.
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