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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
17
The text describes a debate on how newspapers should handle political neutrality and editorials. It notes General Taylor’s toast and Senator Knox’s remarks on press responsibility toward public opinion, urging balanced representation and nonpartisan news. It also covers speeches by Mark Cross and Bryan, plus dinner tributes and convention actions.
William Jennings Bryan addressed nine hundred NYU Law School students at Washington Square then spoke to the Business Science Club in the Aldine Association rooms at Fifth Avenue. He urged truth telling and high ideals, noting his own changed plans while keeping core principles intact.
Albany April 22 Senator P I McCarren said he would attend the conference of Democrats to be held at Utica on Saturday but advised against a second state convention The Murphy Conners matter can be taken care of through the regular channels
The New York Merchants Association water pollution committee urges early season action to curb fly bred disease. Inspectors will uncover filth hotspots before hot weather, arguing cleanliness and disinfection beat costly screens and poisons.
Justice Morschauser in White Plains issued a writ of habeas corpus at the request of James G. Graham for Harry K. Thaw. The writ directs Matteawan State Hospital to produce Thaw on May 9 in Poughkeepsie. Thaw contends his commitment was illegal and seeks release, noting a prior sanity finding bycommissioners.
Lieutenant John A. Pearson of the 7th Cavalry at Fort Slocum New York was found guilty of disrespect toward a superior officer by a court martial on the first charge. He is sentenced to confinement within the post for six months and a formal reprimand in orders by the reviewing authority. General Grant condemns the defense and urges improved conduct to protect his military record.
The Old Guard marked eighty two years with a parade, church service at St Thomas’s, and a dinner at Hotel Astor. Notable attendees included James Wenman and Captain Billy Search. The event featured memorials for Guardsmen James Thompson and John Deering, a parade with Governor’s Foot Guards, and speeches by General Grant and other officials.
William Farwell, grandfather of Mrs. Roy Hosmer McGibbon, hinted at possible actions to annul the marriage of his granddaughter to McGibbon. He said the couple were too young, while McGibbon remained separated from his wife at the Hotel Manhattan after a Tuesday shopping trip. Mrs McGibbon refused to reveal plans and reportedly had not arranged to leave her private school. The husband believed no parental objection would arise once explanations are given.
Stanford University in Cal is shaken by the exhuming of a steel coffin found in a yard on campus. The buried woman’s identity and the motive remain unsolved as investigators probe why a grave was disturbed. A French exile named Peter Coutts is linked by legend to the eerie site and the unproven speculation surrounding the case.
A general order from Burlington Fathead shuts all company shops west of the Missouri River. About five thousand workers in Havelock Plattsmouth Wymore McCook and Alliance Nebraska and Sheridan Wyoming are affected. The company says the stoppage is temporary and global.
The Hudson Fulton Celebration Commission trustees met at the Tribune Building to review committee reports. Plans include purchasing Inwood Park, restoring depictions of the Half Moon from Dutch archives, modeling the Clermont as Clermont, and using the Metropolitan Opera House for literary exercises. The event runs September 25 for eight days with religious, reception, historical, military, dedication, Hudson River, carnival, and old home week activities through October 3.
W E D Stokes buys the Chesapeake Western Railway Company along with all its bonds and stock in an auction yesterday for about 3.0 million dollars. The deal includes first mortgage bonds, preferred stock, and commercial paper totaling 286 thousand par value, plus $300 thousand Freemounts Company first mortgage bonds. The Chesapeake Western, a Virginia small road leasing another line, runs about sixty eight miles from Bridgewater to North River Gap.
Solomon Ratsier of 1517 First Avenue won $2 in Part II of the Supreme Court yesterday against Julius Benjamin and healer of 357th Street for loss of his left toe. He paid $76 for treatment and later needed his leg amputated below the knee at Presbyterian Hospital. Benjamin claimed Ratsier joined a religious cult that trusted pram cures and denied fraud, saying he did not pose as a practicing clan.
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