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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
1
Balloon fire and weather complications cause a fleet of racing balloons to crash land near Pictou Bay in Canada with four vessels reporting incidents including a yacht rescue of others and surrounding areas noting multiple landings in Michigan.
The listing shows various place names and numbers likely from a transportation or shipping notice. It includes Benton Harbor Michigan Cincinnati Covert and Port Huron Michigan entries with amounts and codes. The fragmentary data suggests a schedule or inventory across several towns in the United States and Canada.
A flotilla of nine balloons launched Saturday to chase a new long distance mark landed safely across Canada and Michigan after dramatic survivals. The Ville de Dieppe and its crew endured lake drifts and a 7,000 foot ascent, with Capt. Mueller and teen crewman George Schoeneck nearly lost to Lake Michigan before a field landing near Benton Harbor. The present record stands at 872 miles from St. Louis to Bradley Beach, New Jersey, set by the Pommern in 1907.
A major blaze in Port au Prince near the palace and Senate Building destroyed 400 buildings including the Court House and arsenal. Firemen and a French naval force fought the flames as explosions echoed from the arsenal. prisoners were moved and communication feared.
The cadet training squadron led by Olympia and including Chicago Hart ford Arkansas Nevada Aberanda may depart New London for Newport after manager W H Wordell refused to allow sailors in uniform on his floor. The clash began after ships arrived and Washington signaled a change of station.
Two Freeport brothers Clem and Fred Johnson narrowly escaped drowning off Point Lookout in heavy easterly wind. Their canoe capsized and surf prevented swimming. volunteers from the nearby life saving station assisted, with Wallace and Lloyd Cutter maneuvering a larger craft to reach them before a life boat arrived.
F N Deland president of National Mahailwe Bank sprang from bed to confront a burglar with lights on. The intruder fled—no theft. Deland recalls a 20 year prior gagging at gunpoint and safe access ordeal. Nearby Follett’s summer home was also broken into with a purse theft thwarted by a dog. Hendrick Hudson Poughkeepsie boat departs at 10 AM via West Point connection at 2 PM.
Frederick Gies, a Curtis Publishing press foreman, was detained at City Hall after detectives Tate and Wood tied him to the murder of Dr. William H. Wilson. Police theorize motive by revenge for the death of Gies' wife, who died after visiting Wilson. she was buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery.
Pittsburg district awakes to a mass return to work as Carnegie Steel, Jones & Laughlin, National Tube, Pressed Steel Car and Standard Steel Car restart mills from half to full time. Thousands of miners and coke workers also return amid a labor shortage as railroads boost repairs and anticipate higher car demand with fall crops.
The Rev Dr James Y Boice preached amid snubs at a Philadelphia church with the organ played in defiance of his wishes. George Jenkins occupied the organ as Boice preached and refused to stop. Only six of about 200 in attendance spoke to him afterwards while two reporters did. Boice condemned instrumental music as inappropriate for the service. Police attended after an anonymous threat to bombshell the church.
An about seventy five to eighty five year old man who registered as N. P. Toulson, City, at the Central Hotel on Friday night was found unconscious in his room by a chambermaid yesterday morning and died at Bellevue Hospital. A glass with white sediment was found beside the bed and later disappeared from Bellevue. A Missouri Kansas Texas baggage tag and a Mallory Steamship trunk receipt suggest travel from Galveston, Texas. The body was taken to the Morgue.
James Hayes 28 of Crosby Street is in critical condition after being shocked by 11,000 volts on an New Haven locomotive roof in Stamford yards. He survived initial blast but hospital surgeons expect he will not live. police investigate.
The SS Minnetonka arrived from London southeast of Fire Island at 12 40 A M. The harbor arrival notes indicate a routine port entry with no incidents reported.
Fare for a round trip to Cleveland offered at 19 dollars via Pennsylvania Railroad. Travel dates July 6 to 8 with return eligibility through July 15. Tickets available from ticket agents. Ady.
Col. James M. Guffey Pennsylvania National Committeeman issues a stern reply to William J. Bryan accusing him of treachery. The statement signals Bryan and Guffey locking arms in a bitter party fight over Pennsylvania strategy and future leadership.
Mrs August Sieb, who posed as a man, was taken to Roosevelt Hospital after collapsing from heat. In Night Court Magistrate Corrigan ordered five days in the workhouse for disorderly conduct. She wore men's clothes in court and at the island visit, and did not speak. She has passed as a man for nine years.
A young woman in an abbreviated bathing suit drew a crowd on the Atlantic City beach. She sought protection from a policeman who enlisted a nearby bather to signal for help. The officer then used the beach surgeon's rain coat to cover her and sent her home by cab.
Nicholas Longworth, Roosevelt son in law, was cheered by a Democratic crowd in Omaha as his special car with the Longworths passed en route to Denver. Spectators shouted for Nick and for Bryan and Roosevelt with broad approval.
SPEZA July 5 The armor plate from Midware Steel Company of Pennsylvania for the Italian cruiser San Giorgio withstood tests and was accepted by naval authorities. San Giorgio launched March 1908 at Castellamare. Contract covered 2106 tons, valued at 1 000 000 dollars. Midware tendered 180 000 less than Terni factory. Italy protested but Terni later lowered its price.
St Petersburg reports Count Sumarakoff Elston the eldest son of Prince Yussupoff was killed by Count Manteuffel an officer of the Horse Guards in a pistol duel on Krestovsky Island Nova due to a family quarrel.
Senator Thomas C. Platt has retreated to the Oriental Hotel at Manhattan Beach for the season. The longtime Republican power broker once hosted politicians on the veranda there, but now his former political aides are gone. He has since moved to the Elmendorf Apartment on West Eleventh Street.
Bernard Dierkes city of St Louis auditor aims for the Democratic nomination for State Auditor by singing at Clinton Missouri following a political address by Governor candidate W S Cowherd. Dierkes, who has sung in grand opera and composed an opera produced in Cincinnati, performed from The Bohemian Girl.
Sophie Johnson a Swedish girl living at 09 Columbus Avenue was arrested in Central Park after taking a rhododendron from Mrs Sage's plant and spent time in Yorkville Court awaiting disposal of her case. She wore white and wept in court pledging not to return to the park.
Denver reports the Democratic National Convention scene with Bryan supporters insisting on a radical platform and allies rejecting a conservative alternative. The vice presidency debate grows with many names suggested, including Gray and New York delegates, while Bryan seeks a New York ally for a united ticket. Col Guffey’s clash with Bryan escalates over past campaign ties and Hearst support.
William J. Bryan weighs his stance with conservative Democrats in Denver. Followers threaten a radical platform and warn against interference, while plans to rewrite some Nebraska planks begin as Resolutions Committee readies to meet Tuesday afternoon.
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