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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
4
Mistaken identity caused J. O. White of New York to be imprisoned in a penitentiary for 18 months after being convicted of forgery. He had never been in Greensburg Pennsylvania where the crime occurred and was released after the truth emerged, illustrating how innocent men can suffer under the law.
O Brien has again been refused admission to the bar marking his fifth denial. He is not easily discouraged and plans another application, while reportedly holding a lucrative position with the prohibitionist party to support him in the interim.
A letter urges thorough and frequent milk inspections by the state board of health. The writer condemns sellers of impure milk as dishonest and calls for severe punishment to reduce complaints and protect public health.
The article notes that though some presidential aspirants may decline a vice presidency, a large pool of nominees will be detectable at the conventions. It emphasizes the expected abundance of possible vice presidential nominees when conventions occur.
Congressman Sperry declares he will seek re nomination if the Republican Party wants him. At 81 he remains unusually active and shows no plan to retire from public life.
Burglars visited a Union City store the other night and helped themselves to suits, clothes, and new shoes. They showed nerve, and if weather were colder they might have donned overcoats before leaving.
The New Haven Leader notes a feature of large align labor population with two homes both in the United States and Europe. This enables foreigners to move between sides of the ocean as business rises or falls, maintaining balance amid slack periods.
In this day of germs diseases spread through many channels from currency to food traces. The bulletin notes rats and pollen as vectors and warns plans to control fever distribution and environmental spread.
Miss Marjorie Bourne daughter of Commodore Frederick Bourne races a Long Island Express train between Islip and Oakdale. The motor car leads briefly before the train overtakes at a dangerous bend. Passengers cheer both rival speeds. Bourne vows to try again.
Dr Wilfred Grenfell battled hunger and freezing 10 below zero for forty hours on drifting ice off Labrador. He killed three dogs for warmth, used dog skins as protection, and fashioned a pole with a flag to signal rescuers who sighted him near Lock's Cove. His revival earned royal honors and American support.
Washington June 4 The railroads abandoned their plan for a general rate rise and did not file the notice with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The filing was due thirty days before the July 1 effective date, but no filing has been made nor any notice to expect one. Consequently the new rates cannot take effect by July 1.
Baseball results from Boston New York Brooklyn Pittsburg and Philadelphia with batteries listed. Standings show Chicago New York Pittsburg Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn Phila St Louis and more with win percentages and games back. American League results include New York Boston Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland Chicago St Louis and Philadelphia standings.
A rank outsider Signorinetta owned by J. Ginistrelli with 100 to 1 betting defeated all major rivals to win the Derby stakes valued at 6500 sovereigns. The Italian horse led by two lengths over Primer owned by the Duke of Portland at 40 to 1 and Linngwm tied for third at 100 to 8.
Bernard Bowser seven years old was struck in the head by a baseball during Columba s practice in Pittsburgh. He collapsed and died minutes later. This marks the second baseball death in the city within two weeks, with two other boys badly hurt.
Baton Rouge June 1 The joint judiciary committee of the Louisiana house reported a favorable bill prohibiting bookmaking and gambling at race tracks. If enacted the measure would abolish the long winter racing season long associated with New Orleans racing.
Elizabeth New Jersey May 4 The Elizabeth and Brooklyn Union league teams failed to play as scheduled. The Elizabeth and Reading clubs have applied for admission to the Atlantic league.
The south marked the birth centennial of Jefferson Davis with ceremonies and holiday observances. States including Kentucky Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Texas South Carolina Louisiana and Virginia carried varied closures and commemorations across the day.
Bishop Edward Wilson of the Reformed Episcopal Church died at his Metuchen home. Born in Liverpool in 1820, he came to America in 1840 and was licensed to preach by the Reformed Episcopal Church. He served several churches as pastor and retired earlier due to ill health.
In St Louis on June 4 Judge Foster in the circuit court dismissed a suit to appoint a receiver for the Beer Drivers and Stablemen's Union No. 43, charging it as a trust.
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Jackson Smith, member of the Isthmian canal commission and manager of the department of labor, water and subsistence with headquarters at Culebra Canal Zone. Smith has served three years and was commended for his work.
Albany June 4 The Dela yvare and Eludson company applied to the public service commission for permission to issue 50000000 bonds secured by a first mortgage on all property rights and franchises to mature in 1943 bearing not more than 4 percent interest The company also seeks approval to issue immediately 20000000 of such bonds
Savannah dispatch reports Ida May Gordon a Negro woman shot J. W. Astarito an Italian through the lung. Believing she had killed him she went to her sister's house and shot herself through the heart dying instantly. She left a note claiming intent to kill Astarito. He will recover.
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