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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
2
A sweeping digest reports Sonny Bridge killed at Paterson New Jersey. Slayings include Arthur Neidlander and wife in Columbus Ohio. Benjamin de Gilde shoots de Felix and wounds others in West Chester Pennsylvania. A coal firm to receivership and major transport incidents across the U S and Europe are noted with multiple fatalities and legal actions.
Springfield Illinois endured hours of mob violence after a Black man attacked a white woman. A man died, another likely to die, several injured, Lopez's restaurant wrecked, and many shanties burned. Governor Deneen mobilized 4200 Illinois National Guard as National Guard troopers quelled outbreaks.
Count Richard von Arkovy, tied to Laszlo Szechenyi, survived a failed suicide attempt after losing wealth in Wall Street while James Wickersham won Alaska's congressional seat. Also, Mrs. Alice Webb Duke was convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses in Chicago. Harry K. Thaw was declared bankrupt in Pittsburgh. William J. Bryan received formal nomination notice in Lincoln. Evansville mayor John W. Boehne ran for Congress. Mehmed Ali Bey admitted recall advisories from Turkey.
William E. Annis of New York, owner of several magazines, was shot six times at Bayside Yacht Club by Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. Annis died later at Blushing hospital. Hains alleged Annis broke up his home amid a fatal confrontation. Two Evanston men plan a Viking dragon-ship voyage. The Baldwin airship set a nine- figure flight record of two hours five minutes. Rosa Grazino of New York killed, alleged by husband to force her into life of shame.
In Springfield Illinois a race riot left five dead and refugees flocking to the arsenal. National Guard units from Chicago occupied the city as violence continued with mobs, arson, and looting around Allen and Spring streets.
New York City police court hears arraignments in the Hains Annis case as District Attorney Darrin vows a quick indictment. The two brothers Capt Peter C Hains Jr and Jenkins Hains are jailed after the Bayside yacht club shooting with a local feud over alleged conduct and letters. The DA cites a possible accessory charge for Jenkins and plans for a grand jury by September. Jenkins Hains previously killed a man at Forts Honroe 17 years ago.
In Los Angeles Fred Yockey vice president of Union No. 44 Western Federation of Miners was arrested on conspiracy to blow up Yellow Aster mine. Detective Alice G. Clark alleges she signed statements under duress and says the plot targeted the Miners' union amid a long running Yellow Aster strike since 1903.
Maude E Forgie of Leesburg Virginia writes that after months of feminine illness Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health and strength. The letter urges other suffering women to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts and notes the remedy's long history of aiding displacements inflammation and related symptoms.
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