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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
2
William J. Bryan addressed a large labor meeting after reviewing the Labor Day parade in Chicago. He urged government to ensure fair rewards for effort, defend individual liberty, and promote justice in the distribution of toil profits within a Democratic framework.
Taft left for campaign activities and proposed a speaking itinerary covering Missouri Nebraska Kansas Iowa Illinois Indiana and New York. He may end his Cincinnati stay by Sept 21 to extend his services for nearly six weeks and travel coast to coast.
President Roosevelt plans to leave Sagamore Hill on September 22 and return to the White House for the winter and spring. Oyster Bay loses its summer capital status as the president cuts short his vacation to stay in closer touch with political developments.
Nelson and Gans set to clash in San Francisco Wednesday for the lightweight championship in a third meeting. Maine and Alabama arrive at Suez as part of the fleet voyage around the world. Drowned Galveston merchants John S. Moore and John Goggan. Campaign booklets for the Democratic party being distributed nationwide. Fleet to coal at Albany and proceed to Manila. Hitchcock to retire after Maine election. Boston garage explosion damages autos and building. Hisgen and Hearst lead a rally on Apex Island. Bryan tours the Midwest and East before Dakota trip. Connecticut GOP opens with New Haven convention. Democrats to meet in Hartford a week later.
Thousands homeless as Chisholm on the Mesaba range is nearly wiped out by fire. Governor Johnson appeals for aid, with 12,000 homeless reported. Fires in St Louis Carleton Itasca counties and parts of Wisconsin cool but threatening to rekindle. Hibbing shelters refugees as Duluth road mobilizes tents and supplies for immediate relief.
In Terre Haute Indiana on September 7 John Smith shot and killed Alexander Chrisman over a water dispute at a neighborhood well supplying several families. Chrisman died near the well platform. Smith, a minor, was arrested after the shooting as tensions over water access rose.
The Hague demands Venezuela revoke President Castro's May decree by November 1 that halted Curacao trade. Holland presents the ultimatum in polite terms and indicates a blockade seems unlikely before then, relying on a temperate approach to seek a solution.
Indianapolis Sept 7 Managers of both parties hustle for the upcoming special session of the general assembly set to begin Sept 18 Plans cover local option taxes repeal of Vincennes University claim and changes to the appropriation act Democrats oppose local option and seek bank deposit guarantees while Republicans push governor removal powers The crossfire includes temperance debates and possible shifts in support for Thomas R Marshall Kern Bryan and the national committee prepare campaign tours and meetings across states with plans for stump speeches and advisory committees.
Melbourne dispatch reports American fleet patrols still seeking eighty five men who did not board ships when they sailed Saturday morning. Most stragglers left behind at Sydney have returned to the fleet.
In Chicago on Sept 7 the fair national committee will meet with all sub committees to put the final touches on Democratic campaign plans for the city.
David Forbes rescues Marion Hillis during a coal mine pocket collapse on a summer berries trip. The incident sparks a romance as the couple emerge from danger and the farm setting draws Marion to settle near the Forbes home.
An old peer seeks marriage counsel after learning his sister favors a modestly renowned man of science. The suitor asserts lineage from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, only for the peer to concede that their family’s prestige pales beside that claim, and suggests the match proceed.
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