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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
5
Thirty persons were injured in a head on collision on the Aurora Elgin and Chicago trolley line four miles north of Aurora Illinois. Several of the injured were feared dead as doctors rushed to treat the injured in local hospitals.
Spokane judge sentenced E. T. Montgomery to no less than five and no more than twenty years for assaulting Esther North 15. His former hotel partner H. M. Montgomery received 1 to 14 years. Bribery via stock warned of alleged murder instigation as trial moves to next term.
Judge Gould of the district supreme court issued a writ returnable September 3 against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison secretary of the Federation of Labor. They must show cause why they should not be punished for alleged violation of an injunction banning further reference to Buck's Stove and Range Co of St Louis as an unfair concern.
Rebels with Turkish troops stop a military train bound for Salonica in V ienna. Crew and escort killed, ammunition looted. Turkish commander orders eastern Macedonia troops to Salonica, but they refuse to move and threaten the officer.
Aerial warfare development moves to Fort Myer as the army signal corps tests Captain Baldwin’s dirigible and prepares for Nenmg and Wright aeroplane trials. Planned demonstrations aim to extend air endurance to about an hour and reveal the Weight machine’s role in aviation.
The trials aim to prove air navigation practicality and secure funding to build an aerial fleet. Langley’s prior efforts inspired faith, and army officials see vast inventor interest. If aeroplanes and dirigibles meet army needs, Congress may fund earnest development for U S aerial capability.
The article recalls past rabbits as a pest, then notes a shift to a cash asset. It cites 1906 exports to England of 2.9 million frozen rabbits and 2.3 million rabbit skins, praising Tasmanian trapping and freezing plants at Hobart and Launceston that provide extensive employment.
International balloon race reports from Minneapolis and St. Paul. A. E. Mueller of the United States describes a perilous 50 mile first hour before a rapid descent through trees. The Bloomingon pilot Coey from Chicago completes the longest Minnesota prairie flight at 73 miles.
John Martin of Oak Park delivered a greeting from New York's mayor to Chicago's mayor at 6 40 this morning. A large crowd welcomed the runners as Chicago carried the message 115 miles in eleven hours, the fastest average pace of the race. M William McCabe delivered the message to Vernon L Nean, the Chicago representative.
United States District Attorney Simms says a petition for rehearing will be filed within thirty days. If denied, he will pursue all Standard Oil cases. The Tennessee case starts November 8 in Jackson ville with 1,500 counts, prosecuted by Special Counsel J H Wilkerson. Attorney General Bonaparte commends the efforts of the team.
President Roosevelt plans to remove the label Land of the Undesirables from Taft’s Philippines by ending the practice of shipping vagrants to Manila. Consular officials have been ordered to stop sending American wanderers to the islands, a costly burden on Manila. Last year at least 223 vagrants were provided transport, with 140 subsistence costs covered by the insular government. Some were sailors discharged or deserting from ships at Manila, Hong Kong, or Singapore on their way home. Manila tires of being the capital of undesirables and pressures from the issue have grown louder.
In Lincoln Fairview on July 20 Bryan urged voters to fund the campaign directly to empower rank and file influence. He criticized presumed limits on corporate contributions and urged widespread small donations, arguing people must bear the funding burden for democratic control.
Washington July 13. A reflection on the match and its role in progress and civilization as a small yet pivotal tool used worldwide. The piece considers how seemingly humble items influence daily life and development.
The piece notes that fire making by rubbing sticks persists, citing Consul General Anderson in Rio de Janeiro. It highlights vast global matches production, forest loss to wood for matches, and Brazil’s 1997 output of 202,041,400 boxes generating $1,218,384 in tax revenue, equating to about $1.50 per person.
Washington reports carnotite from Blue Mountain Colorado yields uranium and vanadium with traces of radi um. Ore contains a yellow vanadate of copper and a copper selenite, first such selenite found in the United States. The deposit includes other rare minerals and forms a canary yellow crust.
In Spokane a Kansas sunflower and an Oregon rose wed in a county courthouse ceremony. Charles Eaton, formerly of Wichita, and Mrs. Blanche Snyder of Portland joined hands before Justice George W. Stocker as Col. Emory P. Gilbert officiated.
J. D. Diesbourg arrived in Vancouver after a three days tramp lacking food and reported that Walter Broneweg of Council Bluffs Iowa drowned in the Nechaee river. Diesbourg, swept from a raft, barely saved himself but could not rescue his companion.
Constantinople July 2. The sultan decided to grant a constitution to the empire as the only means of suppressing the Macedonian rebellion. He reportedly said it would be easy to annul the constitution once order was restored, despite counsels’ warnings.
Bryan and entourage plan speeches in Chicago Omaha and Des Moines while touring Iowa Nebraska and Illinois. He will retire from active editorial duties at the Commoner with Charles W. Bryan preeminent. A Missouri farmer delegation supports him and a Negro clubs delegation visits Bryan. The Prince of Wales visits Quebec with Laurier praising loyalty to the crown as Vice President Fairbanks lauds US Britain and Canada.
C H Rudge president and Secretary Miller of the Nebraska Agricultural Society urged Bryan to guest as August 30 week guest of the association at Fairview. Bryan promised to attend and possibly speak and denied any office promises. He also denied reports that ex Senator Pettigrew was slated for treasury secretary if elected.
Porter from the American team clears 6 feet 3 inches to win the running high jump in London setting four Olympic records. Somoti of Hungary places second at 6 feet 2 inches. Moffatt of the United States is third at 6 feet 1 inch. Melvin W. Sheppard of New York wins the 200-meter floor race final in 1:54 4-5.
The United States court of appeals reversed Judge Landis decision fining Standard Oil nearly 1,000,000 and remanded for a rehearing. The opinion attacks the judge for imposing a fine on a corporation not named in the complaint and not on trial.
Federal grand jury returns twenty nine indictments alleging schemes to defraud via mail the public of five million dollars. Twenty eight railroads face white slavery charges under anti-pass law. Rhodes Brothers and Central Life Securities tied to fund transfers to shield stockholders from losses.
Secretary Loeb announced that President Roosevelt would not participate in the state fair campaign events in Lacrosse Wisconsin in September. This marks the first definite statement of the president’s approach during the current presidential contest.
Colorado Springs July report notes an informal morning session of the Republican conference atop Pike's Peak. The delegation returned to the Antlers hotel at 1 PM and resumed talks after lunch, but the plan to establish a western headquarters was not decided this afternoon.
In Milwaukee on July 23 T H Cleary permanent chairman of the democratic state convention heard of his mother's death before speaking. He delivered a lengthy speech but broke down near the end. The convention adjourned without endorsing any candidates yet endorsed Bryan and the national platform.
A Berlin dispatch from Badenheim denies reports that Admiral Rojesvensky is dead. It says a man with that name died a few days earlier and a report was sent to St Petersburg suggesting the admiral’s death.
The one year old son of Mr. and Mrs. I L Ackerman fell from a second story window onto the ground Wednesday afternoon. He sustained only bruises and no bones were broken. Dr. Robinson examined him and found no definite internal injury. he should recover in a few days.
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