16 Aug 1908
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1908
Page
1
Amid Springfield unrest Gov. Deneen declares martial law as a mob hangs George Donegan, a respected Black shoemaker, after dragging him from his door. Fire tears at his home as militiamen clash with rioters in a chaotic scene at the State Arsenal and nearby streets.
Yonkers police found the Waldo home open while the family was away. Rhinelander J. Waldo, former Deputy Police Commissioner, told reporters from the Waldorf Astoria that he left the house open himself, believing locking is pointless. Letters, papers and milk bottles were on the rear porch, the cellar door wide open and only light screens on first floor windows remained.
Henry Marquand reported a bold burglary at his Mount Kisco estate to Sheriff Lane. Thieves stole silver plate ivory carvings and bric a brac valued in the thousands while nine sleeping servants heard nothing. A white horse and wagon were sighted nearby, and local fear rises as a $250 reward is offered.
Special to The Times reports the first moonlight balloon excursion in Philadelphia lifting at 10 34 p m from United Gas Improvement grounds aboard the Philadelphia with Mrs M E Lockington and Miss Minnie Appellbach joined by Dr George E Simmerman pilot and Dr Thomas EB Eldridge club president. Four pigeons and wireless gear were aboard to signal above the clouds as the balloon rose toward the moon expected to clear at about 9 30.
Four people die when a newly launched 25 foot boat named the Sturgeon bursts into flames after a lamp bottom fails. Mr and Mrs Carl Pankops, Catherine Ward, Haldon Davey and W H K Davey perish near Congress Street Newark as guests and family members had enjoyed a first ride. The host Davey could not save all aboard. a search for bodies continued.
Local residents and summer visitors in Southampton employ burning cylinder oil to fumigate mosquitos. Dozens of motor cars from Ellis Root and other households churn clouds of smoke along Jo's Lane and surrounding roads. Homeowners such as Elihu Root and Col. Robert M. Thompson see relief as pests retreat while drivers extend the spray to keep up the campaign.
The Ohio political scene was stirred as Chairman Williams mailed invitations to Senators Foraker and Dick to speak at the presidential campaign opening in Youngstown. A state committee had initially barred Foraker from speaking but reversed course, inviting both men, though the Youngstown event may be excluded. Foraker’s camp doubts acceptance.
The armored cruiser Colorado of the Pacific Fleet ran ashore at Double Bluff near Whidby Island while en route from Puget Sound Navy Yard to San Francisco. She was floated at high tide and is not badly damaged. The ship will return to Bremerton for drydock repairs after the incident reported around 10 o'clock today.
Gen. David K. Wardwell a Civil and Mexican War veteran who abducted his leper wife from a Los Angeles hospital died in a Tombstone quarantine cabin. His last hours included memories of war and pledges to care for his wife. He will be buried at Fever Green Cemetery Tombstone by Burnside Post GAR.
Lancaster Aug 15 Judge Landis voids the Garb law in Commonwealth v Board of School Directors Mount Joy Township. The suit arose after Miss Reisser, Mennonite teacher, wore church dress in class and Directors refused to constrain her. Prosecutors argued the act violated rights and the court sustained the directors.
The U S gunboat Wasp arrived with forty two members of the First Battalion New York State Naval Reserves from Gardiner's Bay. After a voyage and naval maneuvers, Lieut John P Barnard granted shore liberty. A six man party caused a stir by riding in an automobile in kimonos and goggles.
A pair of new woman’s shoes and a pair of silk stockings, one blood stained, were found in a ledge in the rocks around the English drive at East Rock. Detective Donnelly leads the investigation. The shoes were made in New York, size 6, and the number 6,790. The stockings are tan.
Capt Peter C Hains and his brother Thornton Hains shot William E Annis, advertising manager of Burr McIntosh Magazine, aboard the Bayside Yacht Club float during a race. Annis died hours later. The brothers were taken to Flushing Police Station. Hains seeks divorce from his wife, Claudia Libby. Continued on Page 2.
Special to The New York Times James J Hill chairman of the Great Northern Railway suffered a serious accident at Creston Minnesota his hand was caught in rotating wheels nearly tearing from the wrist he was conveyed home by train under medical care.
Arthur Jenkins, a young U S seaman at Norfolk Naval Training Station, was arrested by order of the Secretary of the Navy and placed in the brig on the receiving ship Franklin awaiting a preliminary trial Monday on charges of sending an offensive postal card to President Roosevelt in Washington.
A massive fire at the Lee Hotel threatens the entire business district of Oklahoma City. Aid has been called from Guthrie and El Reno. Casualties unknown. expected losses near 250000 dollars.
Fire swept the handsome villa of A. S. Denman of Elizabeth New Jersey on the Sound bluff north of Southold last night. Miss Henrietta Frost, a niece of Mrs. Denman, was the only family member nearby and had left in a bathing suit for a swim when the blaze broke out. by the time she returned the house was practically destroyed and only the bathing suit remained.
George Henry Smith, a New York advertising man who leaped from a moving train near Knoxville last Wednesday, was captured about five miles east of the city and jailed. He appears demented and may be kept until relatives decide his fate. His home is in Gear Grove, New Jersey, and his New York office is at 3 Park Row.
A slight earthquake was felt across towns south of Boston on August 15. Buildings trembled in Brockton Randolph Tyedham Medfield Slvyde Park Hingham Stoughton North Easton Quincy Canton Needham Norwood and nearby areas with no reported damage. Dorchester West Roxbury areas felt the quake while Boston itself did not.
Crambrook report from Aug 15 notes a forest fire near Kimberley with risk to the Sullivan buildings. A CPR fire ranger seeks fifty men to battle the blaze as smoke drifts toward Cranbrook. Fernie relief contributions total $90,000 and CPR contributed $100 yesterday.
A cool Minnesota air mass moved into New York yesterday lowering humidity and temperatures. New England and the Middle Atlantic saw notable cooling with a high near 85 and a low around 71. Prostrations were reported in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn, with five in the first two boroughs. The forecast calls for cooler weather with possible showers today.
Referee in Bankruptcy William R. Blair said no meeting date was set for creditors of Harry Thaw and denied any relation to the Thaw family. He dismissed reports linking him to the Thaws and noted he would recuse if such ties existed. Rumors stemmed from a Blair-named son in the Thaw line.
Advertisement from H. Dewey & Sons Co. at 138 Fulton Street New York urges readers not to be without Dewey's Wipes and notes shipment by express or freight steamer.
Washington debates a firmer Far East policy amid Western distrust of Japan. Merchants fear a Japanized China while Germany is viewed as a potential ally and England France and Russia are not counted on. US merchants push for measures to safeguard American rights in Manchuria and China.
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