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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
4
In a state lecture, Root defends Taft for the presidency while attacking Bryan and the Plains candidate. He argues for reform, questions bank protections, trusts, tariffs, and the need for practical experience over theory, amid audience reaction and rhetorical questions.
A Kalispell dispatch reports Senator Dixon claiming the Atlantic fleet was sent to Japan to deter unrest among Japanese subjects at the emperor's request. The move, he says, influenced sentiment toward war and helped Roosevelt clear the way. Also covered are Du Pont Powder Company price cuts to crush Chattanooga Powder, and William Montgomery's second federal conviction for misapplying bonds.
Taft spoke briefly in Madison Square Garden after a long rally schedule, his hoarse voice drawing laughs as he praised Roosevelt policies and challenged Bryan. He later addressed Cooper Union on labor questions, defending wage decisions and noting opposition to the secondary boycott.
Pittsburg Oct 20 a huckster Frank Sanders thirty four a Northside family member was shot in the Stag hotel bar by George Foulks forty five a Baltimore and Ohio railroad detective as they drank over a past quarrel Foulks fired four shots at point blank range Sanders cried Oh you coward then slumped dying as bystanders watched Policeman Harry Nealy arrived Sanders died before help could reach him Witnesses said the fatal shot ended a feud while Foulks held the smoking pistol at close range
Thomas E. B. Watson, People's party presidential candidate, assailed a standout Republican Senate as blocking remedial laws and criticized Bryan for his record on race. A second item reports James Thorn killing his son with a stone while moving a mule, in Russellville Alabama. A third note says heavy rains end Altoona drought.
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