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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
2
A busy reader's digest theme notes global reports from every quarter. The item emphasizes wide coverage of politics, commerce, and society with a focus on concise, readable dispatches for the modern professional.
Senators Piles and Beveridge urged four battleships with a Pacific fleet aim. The House passed pension bills and approved 7 million dollars to start two ships. Roosevelt warned he would veto if the army navy funding was not matched. A paper trust probe panel was named. The Oregon land grants suit moved forward. Bonaparte declared the employers liability bill constitutional.
Louis A. Gourdain, once a lottery king, escaped from St. Elizabeth's asylum in Washington. Jennie A. Call, a Chicago matrimonial agent, sentenced to a year in Bridewell for mail fraud. Gov Davidson of Wisconsin involved in floor-polishing incident. Haywood dismissed from Western Federation of Miners. Taft prepares for Panama trip in May. Rev Russell J. Wilbur deposed after converting from Episcopal to Catholic. Bishop Grafton of Fond du Lac confirms Wilbur’s Catholic status. Habeas corpus granted for Harry K. Thaw at White Plains. Ford Warner of St. Louis delegates convicted of bribery, two years.
Returns from southern districts report at least 350 deaths and 46 towns wrecked by tornadoes. In Ontario a small hamlet Notre Dame De Salette near Buckingham is buried after a landslide killed or left 30 residents. Great BritainEnduring blizzard causes damage. In New York Bronx Zoo performs rare venom extraction from a dead lancehead snake with promising long term medical supplies.
A beached liner near the Isle of Wight reportedly perished with 23 missing. Mail from the voyage valued at 500000 dollars was stolen in New York. Fires in Joliet and Boston caused 210000 dollars in losses. A Huntington family was killed by lightning. Centennial celebrations begin in New York for the New York archdiocese. An alderman in Rockford, Illinois, was arrested amid resignations. Port Huron’s Herman Peters died by suicide after financial losses. A wife killed by her husband in Lordsburg, New Mexico, followed by a double tragedy. Tornadoes devastate parts of the Deep South with hundreds dead or injured. The battleship fleet sails from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara for a five-day stay. A Minneapolis attorney faced disbarment for criticizing the Minnesota Supreme Court. Dynamite injuries in Eagle River and a stock exchange failure in New York shake markets. Allis-Chalmers plant in West Allis targeted by arson. Robberies in Pinckneyville and Butler. Churchill new business leader defeated in Manchester election. A New York engineer commits suicide. Tornado and destruction widen across several states. Illinois votes to support Bryan at the Denver convention. Guatemala reports executions of conspiracy leaders. Illinois supreme court upholds local option law. A man wounds a fiancée then commits suicide in Belvidere. Coal mine explosion in Pennsylvania kills four. Lubin m poland unrest follows a police murder. Russian women seek emancipation from husbands. European treaties signed among major powers. Skidoo residents lynch a murderer. Cape May Point fire destroys buildings. Theodore Roosevelt Jr leads army balloon experiments. A huge AP and newspaper banquet draws editors and publishers. A pastor drowns while rowing near Hamel.
Police in atertown New York report that Mrs Sarah Brennan was killed in her home and her body concealed in a trunk. Neighbors James Farmer and his wife are under custody amid alleged confessions and a motive of robbery. The case follows a disputed property transfer and a missing wife since Thursday.
A Georgia poet recounts rising at 5 a.m. to write odes to spring but faces a stubborn mule and farm chores. He quarrels with plowing, the daisies, and the mule’s lack of appreciation for poetry, joking about becoming a mule keeper under vagrancy.
The message to Congress calls for stronger anti trust measures and curbs on injunction power, urging postal savings banks and continued support for navigable rivers and tariff investigation. It cautions against demagogy and class consciousness while advocating greater national control of corporate wealth and oversight of interstate commerce.
President Diaz and cabinet meet over two hours to discuss the Guatemalan crisis. Mexican artillery heads to Tapachula and frontier regiments prepare for possible action. Ambassador Creel and envoy Buchanan arrive aboard the Albany to consult with Central and South American republics.
The justice department aids an escape inquiry at the government hospital for the insane. Louis Gourdain, known as the lottery king, and Marion M. Parker, a soldier patient, fled using duplicate keys with suspected outside help. Dr White, the asylum superintendent, cites possible external assistance. Gourdain had been committed after a Chicago conviction tied to his lottery operations.
Trinidad Col report says Steve Troth described as an Anarchist and suspected of involvement in a plot to assassinate Emperor Francis Joseph. He was arrested Monday at Cokedale and sent to Denver for extradition papers after being tracked from Austria by an Austrian government agent.
Westfield Correspondence reports Charles Nicholson Sr who, born a slave in 1855, built a small farm in Texas and grew pecan trees. One tree yields the largest pecans in America and is exhibited at the Washington Agriculture Department. Last year he sold $54 from that tree and now offers young trees at one dollar each with rapid sales.
Early fall will see a telephonic marine intelligence system operating along the St Lawrence between Montreal and Quebec. It will inform vessel owners of vessel movements and allow orders to captains. Cabins keep posted on river conditions and stations will rise along the stream with 65 foot masts and 25 foot cross spars.
Emma Westbrook, in charge of the Salvation Army bar racks in West Pontiac, Mich., is one of seven women who came with Commissioner Ratiton from England in 1880 to found the Salvation Army in America. She has just celebrated her fifty fifth birthday and has served 32 years in the army, declining pension or retirement to continue her duties as long as she has strength.
Reports from New York Cleveland and Toledo dated April 28 show varying grain bids. Wheat No 2 red around 99% to 106% cents, corn mixed yellow 70% to 68 cents, oats 54 to 64 cents. Livestock prices steady with steers 6.25 to 6.50, lambs 6.75 to 7.00, hogs around 5.80 to 6.10, and butter and cheese steady in regional markets. Cloverseed cash 13.00 dollars per unit.
East Buffalo on April 28 reported cattle prices with steers $6.50 to $7.00 and fat cows $3.00 to $5.50. sheep wethers $5.65 to $5.80 and lambs $6.00 to $7.25. hogs Yorkers $5.85 and pigs $5.40. Pittsburg on April 28 showed best steers $6.60 to $6.85. fair $4.75 to $5.65. prime wethers $5.50 to $5.75 and lambs $6.00 to $8.00.
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