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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
2
A sweeping summary reports monarch violent death in Portugal and royal changes, fires destroying plants and homes, railroad and transport accidents, political shifts, legal cases, and notable deaths. Foreign and domestic incidents include revolutions, railway disasters, fires in Cleveland and Kansas City, union and policy speeches, and court actions.
The U S Supreme Court ruled that the Sherman anti trust law applies to labor unions in the case of bawley versus Loewe. The decision holds unions cannot boycott to interfere with interstate commerce and awarded treble damages for plaintiffs. Chief Justice Fuller announced the opinion with no dissent.
The crop reporting board of the Bureau of Statistics reports national farm animals on January 1 1908 by class including horses mules Milch cows other cattle sheep and swine with numbers values and year over year changes. Total value of all listed animals 4 331 230 000 down 92 468 000 from 1907.
A father avoids corporal punishment and uses a small alarm clock strapped to Walter with a belt and padlock as a timekeeping punishment. The device rings before dinner, reprimands the boy for lateness, and the method leads to Walter not being late again. Walter agrees to wear the clock, leaves home, and complies to avoid further embarrassment.
In a blizzard off the Nova Scotia coast the steamer St Cuthbert burned to the water's edge. Fifteen crew members drowned when a small boat swamped during evacuation. The remaining 37, including the captain, were rescued by the White Star liner Cymric, which then departed for Boston after saving survivors. The St Cuthbert sailed from Antwerp January 19 for New York, while the Cymric departed Liverpool January 24 for Boston.
The house on the third passed a bill increasing to twelve dollars a month the pension of every widow of an honorably discharged soldier who served in the United States army. Much of the day was spent on political debate as the senate tackled calendar bills.
The British Admiralty orders warships with wireless sets to telegraph weather data to meteorological stations at sea. The new sea weather service already proves valuable and is expected to grow in importance. Sea reports help track storms approaching the British Isles from the Atlantic, unlike inland storm paths in the eastern United States.
The queen has begun fencing lessons with a top master who previously trained household cavalry swordsmen. The master calls her a born fencer and says she could have become prominent if she had started earlier.
A condensed market summary from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburgh shows dull or mixed trading in flour wheat corn oats and hay. Live stock prices cover cattle calves sheep hogs by city with ranges for steers wethers and lambs and pork values.
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