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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
7
A dense fog and smoke cover New York Harbor paralyzed ferry and ship traffic. Vessels including the Cunarder Mauretania and Deutschland faced delays in Gravesend Bay while other steamers waited for lifting mist. Forecaster Gariot warns of continued dry spell with rains likely next week amid ongoing forest fires across multiple regions.
Albany Sept 24 Colonel Fox State Superintendent of Forests said he received word from Chief Fire Warden Emmons that fires on Half Way and other islands in Lower Saranac Lake are under control A fire was reported today in Dr Webb's park near Nehasane Four fires in North Creek region on Blue Mountain and Gage Pine Mountains and Chatiemac are now under control Water scarcity hindered firefighting Sommerville reports a fire between Round and Indian ponds Thurman near Mill Creek expected to be water controlled soon North River Garnet Company reports a fire in Essex County near their works under control in Township 138 Beaver River fire also under control Big Crooked Lake fire not serious.
Trace rain fell in Rochester at about 3 o'clock this morning with two slight showers noted as the first outburst of precipitation in the area.
The report says September lacked sufficient rainfall for crops in Western New York. It states that a week of soaking rain would materially aid the crops, underscoring limited rainfall impact and the need for extended precipitation.
A massive forest fire near Eureka California, fanned by a fifty mile gale, destroys Kelstrom Lumber Company plant worth 60000 and threatens Redwood Lumber Company’s 1000000 facility between Kelstroms and Trinidad. Refugees flee camps as a Samoa train brings evacuees from Luffenholz and Field Brook amid flames.
Miss May Powell of 172 West 130th street was attacked by a black man on St Nicholas avenue near 143rd street in dense fog. He grabbed her watch and chatelaine purse, fled, and was captured after a pursuit by Patrolman George Leis. Powell and her mother identified the suspect, who confessed and discarded the jewelry in a vacant lot on 142nd street.
Foggy eve near Kane's roadhouse at Clason's Point led to a brawl as sophomores and freshmen clashed. Mounted cops called it a draw as freshmen “busted” a sophomore smoker and were beaten back. Early morning, sophs abducted freshmen in Morningside, held them at a house, and a van of freshmen were seized as “Fresh Beef.” Ernest Bosch, a freshman, injured escaping and taken to St Luke's. Three hundred sophomores gathered at the roadhouse and forced a captive to perform a Salome dance before the proprietor intervened.
Chief Justice O Rear of the Kentucky Court of Appeals affirms the judgment against Adams Express Company for transporting whiskey between counties. He says common carriers must obey the law like other persons and act with knowledge, prudence, and accountability, making corporations more humanized and amenable to statutes.
In Franklin Park Chicago suburb the women, after a sixteen year fight, held a dinner in the new concrete sewer conduit begun by lottery to lead the way. A long tunnel stretched with coffee cups sandwiches and candles marking the unique celebration on the Des Plaines River bank.
Pierre September 2. Kermit Roosevelt and hunting party with guide Seth Bullock arrived this evening from a weeklong hunt west of the Missouri River. The President’s son will depart tomorrow for the East. The party reports a good trip with fair success.
Andrew Carnegie plans a 1.25 million dollar Hero Fund for Scotland after success in America. Trustees of the Carnegie Dunfermline Fund will oversee bonds and aid widows and children of heroic acts, including doctors and nurses, rail workers, and others in peaceful vocations across the British Isles, with King Edward's approval.
A powerful typhoon swept through Samar, Northern Leyte, Eastern Luzon, Northern Panay, Masbate, and Romblon, leaving prostrated wires and widespread damage. A Masbate town reported all buildings razed except the postal building, while Romblon dispatches warn of great property loss and likely numerous deaths as the storm moved toward the China Sea.
Advices from Acapulco report two heavy shocks felt yesterday at port. The Cosmos Line steamer Radmes, bound from San Francisco to Hamburg, was tossed by massive waves, throwing passengers and crew to the deck. Four people were killed and several wounded by debris. the quake was barely felt on shore.
Augusto B. Leguia, newly elected president of Peru, was sworn in this afternoon in Lima. He pledged to modernize civil and penal codes, fight bureaucracy, and boost revenues without tax increases. He identified aims in sanitation, immigration, irrigation, education, and railroad construction as priorities.
Peking reports Wu Ting-fang to retire in November and Chung Men-Yew to succeed him as Chinese Minister in Washington. Chung Men-Yew, educated at Harvard, long active in U S diplomacy, previously consul general at Manila and Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in Madrid. In Washington, Wu said he had not received official confirmation but would defer judgment until word from Peking.
Wilbur Wright achieved a long flight at Le Mans despite an eighteen mile per hour wind. He stayed aloft for over fifty four minutes and covered about thirty nine kilometres officially, roughly thirty five miles after wind adjustment. The flight surpassed his Michelin prize distance from Monday by about half a kilometre, though wind forced wide turns.
Registration days this year are Monday October 5 Tuesday October 6 Saturday October 10 and Monday October 12. All who intend to vote must register on one of these days between 7 a m and 10 p m.
Cholera statistics issued this day show a drop in new cases to 369 with 172 deaths in the past twenty four hours, though deaths rose from yesterday. Pavlovsk Military Academy adds fifteen cases. Semenoffsky Hospital hosts forty five patients as concern grows in court circles after the School of Pages master at arms dies.
Tang-Shao-Yi began his global journey from Peking today with Chung-Men-Mew, who will become Chinese Minister at Washington. The imperial edict directs the tour to thank the United States for Boxer indemnity remission and seek American help in developing Northern China. He will travel to Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and then return via Siberia.
Secretary Metcalf dispatches to Cavité warning of cholera in the Philippines and directing Manila and Cavité shoreside access be restricted to official business, prohibiting visitors aboard ships until the fleet returns from Yokohama.
Manila reports the cholera outbreak easing with about thirty new cases daily. An American infant, Josephina Hall, died after several days of illness. No Americans sickened recently. In Washington, Governor General Smith cites thirty-six cases in the past day, plus sixteen more by afternoon, compared to twenty nine yesterday.
The steamer Majestic reached Plymouth from New York at 12:09 AM twelve hours late after a three day gale. Mountainous seas topped the bridge and the vessel was driven to reduce speed to seven knots.
Sir Anthony Patrick Macdonnell resumes political activity leading a secret conference of the Irish Reform Association and new Imperial Home Rule Association. Lord Dunraven and William O'Brien not present. Galway meeting sought a moderate basis for home rule. Nationalists wary while supporters include many converted Unionists and powerful interests. Macdonnell proposed introducing in the Lords a private Councils bill offered earlier by Campbell-Bannerman's government.
Emperor William acknowledges greetings from the International Press Congress in Berlin. He hopes attendees enjoy themselves in his capital and says they should place the new ties formed there at the service of the great civilizing mission of the international press.
Shelby Ohio September 24 Congressman J F Laning announced at a 14th District committee meeting that he would withdraw from reelection for the good of the Republican party He was recently found not guilty on embezzlement charges involving twenty shares of Norwalk Savings Bank stock F W Owen of Ox County was nominated for Congress in the 11th District
Washington dispatch reports deserter hunts near army posts with rewards and shows police pursuit limits. It lists Army and Navy transfers, staff moves, and vessel movements including the Nero and Tecumseh, plus the Castine to join the submarine flotilla in Cuban waters.
Melbourne reports the British Admiralty has broadly approved Australia’s plan to form a naval nucleus with six torpedo boat destroyers, nine submarines, and two depot ships. The push follows the American battleship fleet visit and anticipates Parliament approving about 6.25 million dollars for construction.
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