Weekly Digest of Global News Highlights
A broad survey reports S J Small arriving in New York to support telegraphers strike with a peace mission seen in Chicago. Western Union appeals to Mississippi Governor Vardaman for protection and troops are discussed. The piece notes mass meetings, union fundraising, and various violent incidents including an attack on a Postal Telegraph office and a fatal train collision near Sapulpa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S J Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
New York
Chicago
Sylvester J. Small
Supt. Terhune
Western Union Telegraph Company
Gov
Gen. Bell
Ashfork
Ariz
Postal Telegraph Company
Aziz
Small
Multiple Fatal Accidents and Political Notes Across the Nation
A stock broker Waldo Merrill of Boston and chauffeur Erick Landstrom of Mattapan were killed when their car hit a stone wall at Narragansett Pier. Benjamin Franklin Rees of Chattanooga died in a crash after his auto went over a 15 foot embankment. An examination of Panama Canal appropriations for 1909 will be conducted by the next Congress as part of the sundry civil bill. Brig Gen James Allen urged strengthening the army signal corps in his annual report. European powers seek coal in America for growing navies. The Anarchist congress opened in Amsterdam. A Toledo fire at the More ton Truck and Storage building caused large losses. A Cleveland resort panic injured several women and children during a lion incident. Capt James F Briggs, a tamer, injured. A Denver Rio Grande wreck west of Pueblo injured twenty. ten killed. W A Farren alias M D W Adams, ex cashier of Taylor Iowa bank, arrested in Kansas City for embezzling school funds. Algin Thomas shot at Mrs Brumet. she killed him. A headon train collision killed ten and injured twenty five between Bordeaux and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Merrill
Boston
Erick Landstrom
Mattapan
Wash
Narragansett Pier
Benjamin Franklin Rees
Chattanooga
Panama Canal
Taft
James Allen
Army
America
Amsterdam
Moreton
Huron Street
Toledo
Cleveland
James F Briggs
Denver & Rio Grande
Pueblo
W.A Farren
M D W Adams
Farmers’ Bank of
Clearford
Ila
Kansas City
Taylor
Algin Thomas
Kentucky
Katie Brumet
Bordeaux
Paris
Trust magnate blamed for property losses and more
The report cites William J. Bryan on trusts harming small manufacturers and retailers. Rome grants countess to Mrs Thomas F Ryan for church charities. Rome notes Pope Pius X honors her.
Navy plans Atlantic to Pacific battleship cruise via Magellan
Acting Secretary Newberry announced after Oyster Bay talks that Admiral Evans will finalize the voyage itinerary for the fleet's 13 772 knot cruise from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific. The schedule calls for December 1 to 15 departure window with liberal coal carriage by colliers and repairs along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Newberry
Oyster Bay
United States
Straits of Magellan
Evans
Atlantic
Pacific
Trinidad
Rio Janeiro
Sandy Point
Magellan Straits
Callao
Peru
Magdalena Bay
Panther
Glacier
Explosions Kill Three in Maryland Lumber Camp
A boiler blast at a Hayette farm lumber camp near Hagerstown killed three men and injured a fourth. George W. Beard foreman, Samuel Shirley, and Elmer Stevens died, while Edward Ridenour was gravely injured. Local officials attribute the disaster to low boiler water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Hayette
George W. Beard
Middiesburg
Samuel Shirley
Lancaster
Elmer Stevens
Smithsburge
Edward Ridenour
Cavetown
Beard
Scranton
Robbins &Spencer
Armour & Co
Charles Robbins
Fred Stevens
Hilda Zeigler
Samuel Seimalla
Lynching of Loris Higgins in Bancroft Neb
Loris Higgins who killed W. L. Copple and his wife near Rosalie Neb was lynched in Bancroft Monday after Sheriff Young of Thurston county delivered him from Douglas county jail. Twenty men forcibly removed Higgins from the sheriff and hanged him to a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
Loris Higgins
W. L. Copple
Rosalie
Bancroft
Young
Thurston County
Douglas County
Higgins
Trade school idea gains European interest abroad
Alfred Mosely sent 200 teachers to the United States last year to study public schools with aims to reform English education. Observations shared by British teachers influence Germany Austria and France. German Boards consider innovations while praising American schemes but criticizing female teachers in boys classes and lack of technical training. Trade schools seen as essential to prepare boys for commerce and industry and to prevent unskilled outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Mosely
United States
England
Teachers’ Commission
Europe
Germany
Austria
France
Herr Ullmann
Berlin
Stockings and Mosquitoes at an Army Post
An officer's wife recalls mosquitoes rarely bite through white stockings and suggests women wear white hose to avoid bites. She notes black stockings attract mosquitoes and shares that this lesson came from experiences in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Proposals revive Scotch Canal plan for ship route
Edinburgh and Glasgow business interests push revived cross Scotland canal. Glasgow favors a $40,000,000 route while Edinburgh promotes an $85,090,000 plan. Earlier ideas called for enlarging the Forth and Clyde barge canal at $70,000,000. Costs delay progress, but the canal could greatly aid commerce and is expected to happen eventually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Forth and Clyde
Markets Summary from New York Date Aug 27 190
Prices for grains and livestock shown with varying bids. Wheat No 2 red around 98 cents a bushel, corn No 2 about 67 cents, oats clipped white 6.74 to 7.0, hay firm. Cattle steady with steers 4.55 to 6.65, veals 5.0 to 9.0, sheep wethers 3.50 to 5.50, lambs 6.50 to 7.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
East Buffalo
Commodity Prices and Livestock Quotes Across Cities
The report lists grain and livestock prices from Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Chicago on August 27. Wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay cattle sheep and hog prices are shown with bid ranges and grade designations for each market.
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the Gazette
Dock Barnes
Tulsa
Dublin
Fontenoy
Belgium
Sapulpa
St. Louis & San Francisco
Common Council
Highmore
Glencove
L. I
Clinch River
Tennessee
William Tyler
Glasgow Thompson
Kewanee
Ill
Montana
Elihu Root
William C. Muldoon
White Plains
Muldoon
Raisuli
Morocco
Card MacLean
Alcazar
Frank Peknolas
Samuel Ambrose
Coaldale
Loeb
Roosevelt
Ame Agnes Lake
Jersey City
Somerville
Mass
Star Masterpiece
Wisconsin State University
Whitehall
Kirksville
James C Monaghan
William J. Bryan
Rome
Pope Pius X
Thomas F Ryan
Macon
John F. Gaynor
Syracuse
Savannah
Toulon
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Traction Combination
Public-Service Commission
Evander McIver
Fred Kersters
la Crosse
Wis
Robert E. Bundy
Pepin County
Wisconsin
Frank L. Taylor
Sheriff Taylor
United States Military Service
Nelson Morris
Chicago Packer
Standing Rock Reservation
South Dakota
Northwest
E. C. Hazard & Co
Della Fox
Comedienne
Lincoln
Pittsburg
Central Illinois Distillers
Peoria
Interborough Company
August Belmont
New York Public Service Commission
Nebraska Railway Commission
Burlington
William H. Edwards
Utica
N. Y
Adirondack Woods
James A. McLain, Jr
Rutland
William W. Prosser
West
Belle Street
St Louis
la Porte
Empress
Fran Frances von Bredow
Francis G Newlands
Nevada
Leopold von Bredow
Cuirassiers
Guard
James M Shumaker
Harrisburg
Capitol Investigation Commission
State Hospital
Dannemora
A. D. Berg
Washington Regiment
Camp Perry
Bonaparte
British India
Admiral Evans
Pacific Ocean
Trade Schools
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