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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
3
The report notes Bryan secure the Democratic nomination for presidency on the first ballot. Paris cable dispatch mentions French bailiffs may restrain all debtor property over small sums. A disabled worker fights government pension of 100 dollars yearly. Gray and Johnson appear in a stage show titled Alov.
Denver reports a wild scene at the Democratic national convention as W. J. Bryan is nominated on a first ballot amid tumultuous enthusiasm. The article also notes Kern’s unanimous nomination for vice president and the overall celebratory mood, with details of roll calls and key intraparty moves. A Chicago river drowning incident concludes the dispatch with bystander neglect.
Enrique Llamas, a Purdue University former student, was discharged on larceny charges involving $12,400 from Mrs. Elizabeth Washburn, who ran a students' boarding house. Mrs. Washburn and Llamas were arrested after traveling to the city. Washburn's husband testified. the money was recovered and returned.
Winsted Connecticut special reports millions of bees in the two upper floors of C. E. Messenger’s Main street apartment block. Each hive yields 48 to 52 pounds of honey with an expected total around 1000 pounds. Messenger notes bees are cleaner, require no repairs, and prove more profitable than human labor.
A young woman in Atlantic City fascinates officials and crowds as she smokes gold tipped cigarettes on the boardwalk. City authorities study current ordinances to determine if they can curb her activity attracting mobs of men for several evenings.
Morgantown Kentucky residents celebrate repeal of the street horse trading prohibition. The ordinance, long objected to by country people, is officially removed.
Report from La Paz says during fighting in Ascuncion the American minister Edward C. O'Brien, attempting to offer mediation, was fired on three times by government troops. His escape is described as miraculous as several nearby deaths occurred. Troops stopped firing after realizing the mistake, and an officer explained the incident to the minister.
Henry Bergh was authorized to travel to Chicago as treasurer to test humane cattle killing methods sent to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Some forty inventions competed for a $500 prize. Bergh favors the airgun noiseless gun and several cutting devices as the best options.
Washington announces Congressman James S. Sherman will remain Chairman and direct the Congressional Campaign Committee this fall and will not resign his seat in Congress regardless of the November election outcome.
Twenty persons die and about forty are injured when a large building under construction collapses in St Petersburg. Rescue teams search the debris as officials declare a disaster scene. Local authorities investigate the cause and safety lapses.
Tokio protests the Democratic national convention platform calling for excluding Asiatic laborers from the United States. Tokyo argues the plank infringes treaty rights and humanity. Observers say most Democrats are not anti Japanese and the exclusion clause aims to appease labor voters.
Hamburg trials of Herr Schlicks gyroscope aboard the Silvana of the Hamburg American North Sea Service show reduced list from 15 to 1 degree in rough weather and evidence of sea sickness disappearance among passengers. The device will be used regularly on the Silvana in rough seas.
Four prominent residents of Marion and Falmouth died when a 45 foot launch exploded off Marion Saturday night. Two survivors endured 12 hours in the water before rescue.
President Stevens of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway states the company will not enter politics this year. He says the road’s employees may vote as their conscience dictates and that the spirit of 1896 is dead.
A flood on the Yeshil-Inmak river in Asia Minor wipes out Tokal, drowning about one thousand people, per a news agency report. The disaster devastates the Asiatic town and surrounding areas, prompting relief and rescue efforts.
Athletes from twenty countries prepare for the Olympic Games in London as preliminaries begin. Nearly 2,000 competitors from around the world enter twenty five events with a grand parade and stadium capacity for 68,000 plus standing room for 50,000. The grounds feature three tracks a swimming bath and facilities for 2,000 competitors.
Eighteen years after finishing a one year term in the penitentiary for violating pension laws, George Swanster received a full pardon from President Benjamin Harrison and acting Secretary of State William F. Wharton. The pardon, sent from Youngstown, Virginia, arrived at the Columbus institution last week.
From the Pole to Pole, New York Special reports Commander Robert E Peary, returning from his north pole search, plans a national American Antarctic expedition with presidential approval. He will not join the southern voyage.
Indiana will provide two candidates for vice president in the national campaign. Charles F. Holler of South Bend is practically assured of the nomination by the Prohibitionists meeting in Columbus.
New York report: Lusitania breaks distance record for the transatlantic route of 2,891 miles and arrives at Sandy Hook lightship after a passage of four days, nineteen hours and thirty six minutes.
In Petersburg Indiana special report Charles Morton fifteen, son of William Morton, living with uncle Washington Morton near Winslow, was shot by his seven year old cousin, also a son of Washington Morton. The boy returned with a shotgun and fired into the abdomen, causing death within hours.
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