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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
1
In Syracuse Taft received a massive welcome with torch parade and four thousand at the Alhambra as Bryan spoke elsewhere. Taft lauded Governor Hughes, defended labor policy, attacked Bryan's record, and contrasted Republican governance with Democratic proposals amid a German-leaning crowd.
Representative Henry C. Loudenslager of New Jersey and secretary of the Republican National Congressional Committee released an estimate of the 61st Congress. Based on thousands of letters and interviews, he forecasts 227 Republicans and 164 Democrats with a net gain for Republicans expected.
Betting odds on Taft and Hughes in the financial district lengthened. Taft odds 10 to 4% to 1, Hughes 10 to 7 to even money. Bets on Taft included $200 to $20 and $100 to $10 on the Cotton Exchange. a $5,000 Taft bet at 5 to 1 was reported. Hughes saw about $5,000 placed of $30,000 offered, with bets like $2,200 against $2,000 and $2,500 against $2.50 on Chanler.
Telegraph reports large wagers on Governor Johnson and on Taft versus Bryan in Minnesota. About fifty thousand dollars wagered at odds, one hundred thousand posted Johnson will win and Taft fail to reach a thousand vote margin over Bryan. Roosevelt carried Minnesota by 176,000.
Telegraph report from Denver notes even money that Taft will win New York by about 60,000, with little betting activity. Bets show Bryan leading in Colorado at even odds, while Indiana backs Taft at 1 to 1 with no takers.
John P. Caddagan 61 died at 19 40 after three days unconsciousness from cirrhosis of the liver. Born in Springfield he rose from a Broadway Central Hotel clerk to Hoffman House manager. He toured with Dion Boucicault and later led the Union Hotel in Saratoga before returning to New York. He leaves a stepmother and two sisters at his bedside. He was a member of several clubs.
Sayville residents recount a novel sport in which oyster dredgers caught a full grown buck swimming in ice cold water nearly a mile from shore near Great River. The Beebe brothers' dredge hauled the deer aboard and released it on the George Taylor Reserve shore after it was driven from the bay by hounds.
Louis Minell returns home to find wife, 19, and their year-old son dead with throats cut. Woman allegedly killed child then killed herself with husband’s razor. She left a letter saying she loved him but could not be a housekeeper.
The Tribune reports five month expert inquiry on the Blackwell's Island Bridge reveals serious defects and potential need for reconstruction. Officials remain silent as Burr and Boler & Hodge reports await release while costs rose from 6.13 to 7.44 million dollars and four tracks were planned but none installed.
Four sailors arrested after a haul from passenger baggage on the steamship Adriatic was recovered by police. A diamond brooch valued at 3500 dollars, fur, a pearl string and dog collar were among items found. Captain Blagrave’s trunks revealed a jewel case. several passengers, including Mrs. Davis, Miss Gregg, and George Wheeler, were named in the list of robbed travelers. Investigation continues as police identify more victims and potential cargo values near ten thousand dollars.
Rome New York October 29 William J Bryan denounced Taft for threatening a panic and criticized Republican spending on a New York parade while noting many unemployed men sleeping on benches in city parks and lacking lodging. He argued prosperity rhetoric hides hardship. There is also an advertisement for Great Bear Spring Water.
President C. C. Schneider of the Chicago Board of Education condemns football basketball and American sports as a national disease. He criticizes high school physical culture programs prompted by Superintendent Cooley and says school sports promote arrogance and demigod status rather than education.
Police swooped on two basements used as social clubs on East Side streets arresting 200 men on gambling charges. The operations led by Deputy Commissioner Bugher targeted sites on 7th Street and Second Avenue, one hidden behind a fortified wall. A stationery store raid later found an empty poolroom with a roulette wheel and gambling gear.
Immigrations officials in Washington order a temporary division in the Bosman family. Hong Kong millionaire Robert Hu Tung Bosman may stay with one wife while the other is deported. Mrs Clara Bosman, with four children, remains with her husband who is treated in a German Hospital for nervous disorders.
The State Federation of Pennsylvania Women approved a $15,000 fund to support a domestic science scholarship at Pennsylvania State College after debate on the value of persistent cleaning. Titusville delegate Mrs. Anna Tillinghast urged consideration of the moral impact of constant scrubbing and washing on a person’s soul.
Paris dispatch says Young Turks deny secret understanding with Tewfik Pacha and plan to dethrone the Sultan. They will place his third son on the throne while Salonica troops are sent to overawe the Albanian guard and fanatical reactionists.
Snow fell across western Virginia throughout the day, with Roanoke reporting five inches in the mountains. The first snow of the season covered southwestern Virginia as of Oct 29.
Mrs William Astor aged about seventy eight at 842 Fifth Avenue is critically ill after a recurrence of an old heart trouble diagnosed four weeks ago by Dr Austin Flint. Immediate family J Laurens Van Alen expected to reach the house as the bulletin notes continued quiet rest.
The merger of twelve telephone companies from New York to Kansas City and south to the Gulf is said to be assured with a $200,000,000 capitalization. Long distance service will quickly link New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio towns. Bart C. Hubbell of Interocean Telegraph says the project, started by major company owners, is nearing completion with over twenty thousand miles of poles and wires involved.
Two men died and a third was burned when a match dropped in a barrel of celluloid at No 164 Duane street last night. David Mahoney and Henry Jones perished escaping from the cellar, while William Settgast was burned in the blaze. All three worked for Stillman and Engle, celluloid novelties makers.
Brussels reports from R D Mohun leader of the American expedition in the Congo that rich deposits of gold tin and copper have been discovered in the Manyyema district east of the Congo river and south of the Stanley Falls region. Copper deposits are noted near Lake Tanganyika and Katanga is cited as the principal Congo copper region.
Taft campaigns in Central New York urging Hughes re election with a Syracuse grand demonstration. Hughes wraps a busy day campaigning in Fredonia Oswego Fulton Batavia Dunkirk while Sherman attacks Bryan on foreign commerce in Albany. Cortelyou blasts Bryans record in Murray Hill. Loudenslager predicts bigger GOP House majority. Bryan speaks at Cohoes Utica Oneida Rome and two Syracuse events. Chanler delivers eleven speeches at Plattsburg Ogdensburg and nearby. MackCast Democratic confidence in New York wanes.
Gov Hughes rallied crowds in Oswego Genesee and Chautauqua counties with promises of a triumphant re election. He rebutted Chanler on railroad gains citing the Fourth Avenue subway project and urged fidelity and capable governance while touring by train and automobile.
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