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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
2
Notable 1900s Headlines Mix of Politics Crime and Honors
Frederick Gies a Curtis Publishing foreman is held as a murder suspect in Philadelphia. Secretary Wilson tours the west to promote department work. James Sherman welcomed in Utica with parade and speeches. Hapgood and Kilby arrested for fraud in New York. Joel Chandler Harris ill at Snap Bean Farm outside Atlanta. Peary plans another Arctic attempt. Prouty nominated Vermont governor. Taft hands over War portfolio to Luke Wright. Bert Fernald nears Maine governor race. Dudenhofer found guilty of $66,000 embezzlement. Robert Jardine charged with murder in Lesueur Minnesota. Mrs Philip N Moore elected president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Gies
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
William H. Wilson
Wilson
West
James S. Sherman
Utica
N. Y
Herbert J. Hapgood
Hapgoods, Incorporated
Brain Brokers
Broadway
New York
Ralph L. Kilby
North Pole
George H. Prouty
Vermont
William H. Taft
Luke Wright
Bert M. Fernald
Poland
Maine
Ferdinand Dudenhofer
New Orleans
Global headlines recount revolutions and disasters
Reports from the era note Paraguay's new government with Dr Naveiro as president and about 500 killed or wounded in Asuncion. Haiti losses totalled four hundred buildings burned in Port au Prince. A duel in St Petersburg ends with Count Sumarakoff-Histon slain. Balloons make historic flights from Chicago with dangers and rescues. Battleships reach Guam ahead of schedule. An electric car kills four in Los Angeles and a Springfield man dies after a home invasion. Caruso’s wife elopes. A Oakland wreck kills six and injures 30. Panama politics shift as Arias resigns. A royal balloon ascent over Fried richshafen marks a record first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paraguay
Dr. Naveiro
Asuncion
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Sumarakoff-Histon
Yussupoff
Manteuffel
Horse Guards
St. Petersburg
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Quinte Bay
Lake Ontario
Bishop Potter
New York
Alabama
Maine
Guam
Los Angeles
Cal
C. A. Ballard
Springfield
Ballard
Enrico Caruso
Oakland
Senor Arias
Panama
Senor Obaldia
Wilelm
Charlotte—of
Wurttemberg
Count Zeppenlin
Friedrichshafen
Multitude of 1900s Disasters and Celebrity Sports Losses
A tumult of early 20th century events: bleacher collapse injures many at New Bedford ballpark. Joe Gans loses to Battling Nelson in San Francisco. Treasury Secretary Cortel optimistic. 214 bodies recovered from the Rikovsky mine in Yusovo. fire and explosion tolls mount across cities. political shifts in Japan and Ohio. numerous crimes and accidents reported with scattered details across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Joe Gans
San Francisco
Nelson
Hegewisch
Ill
United States
Treasury
Cortelyou
Rikovsky
Yosovo
European Russia
United Box Board and Paper Company
Chicago
San Diego
Cal
Mexico
Ida May Wolff
St. Louis
Willian Howard Taft
Taft
Charlie
Hot
Fort Summers
Guadeloupé County
N. M
Marquis Saionji
Japan
Coldwater
Mich
Libro
Lombardi
Giascanzo di Gio
Sheriff Beck
Houghton
Yusovo
Russia
Milwaukee
Adams Claus
Windsor
Col
Ohio
del Rio
Tex
Las Vacas
Texas
Bischoff
New York Supreme Court
Batavia
Denver
National Education Association
Francis G. Bailey
Export Shipping Company of
New Jersey
Albert W. Bailey
Charles H. H. Myers
Albert Oxley
Ut- Stein
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
P. W. Beery
New York Police Department
Minnesota
Jacob
Switzerland
Frances Thompson
Fargo
N. D
Walter J. Bartnett
Ellen M. Colton
Convention preliminaries signal Bryan challenge grows
Denver reports show Bryan sentiment rising and Nebraskan nomination deemed likely. Pennsylvania delegates caucus named Col es M. Guffey as national committeeman in open defiance of Bryan. A minority held a rump caucus amid tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Bryan
Pennsylvania
Coles M. Guffey
Bryemand
Guffey
Democratic National Committee Hears Pennsylvania Idaho Contests
The Democratic National Committee settled most contests from Illinois New York Pennsylvania Idaho and DC while Pennsylvania and Idaho were carried over. Roger C Sullivan won 20 Cook County seats. Tom Johnson won in Ohio's 19th district. Pierce McCarren of Brooklyn faced adjournment amid clashes. Mayor Johnson of Cleveland lost a bid to remain a national committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kerr
Pennsylvania
New York
Alton B.parker
Democratic
Idaho
Illinois
District of Columbia
Roger C. Sullivan
Chicago
Cook County
Robert E. Burke
Fred T. Dubois
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
Rockwell
E. E. France
A. C. Holloway
Johnson
J. F. Flaherty
E. F. Reinoehl
Murphy
Coler
Joseph Howley
Thirty-first Pennsylvania
Guffey
Howley
Bryan
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Charles Daly
Charles P. Donnelly
Thomas J. Ryan
Tom L. Johnson
Chioans
Harvey Garber
Columbus
Crop report shows dip in wheat prospects statewide
Buckeye state crop summary reports a sharp decline in wheat prospects for July. The June outlook stood at 94 percent of average but July drops to 86 percent after three weeks of drought at heading time. Corn condition remains strong at 87 percent of average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Board of Agriculture
Fire destroys frame apartment. two dead amid stairs blaze
A Monday fire on Kinsman Street destroyed a frame apartment house trapping residents on upper floors. Two people died and four others faced danger as occupants either jumped or were rescued by firemen. Mrs Nettie Kay 32 and her husband Albert Kay occupied the front-suite on the second floor and were badly burned before rescue by Fireman Malone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Kinsman Street
Nettie Kay
Albert Kay
Malone
Cleveland Detectives Charged With Murder and Manslaughter
Coroner Burke ruled on Monday that Mathias Jurkick a Big Four railroad detective is charged with murder for shooting Joseph McNulty who was accused of trespassing on railroad property. John H Leap a Lake Shore detective faces a manslaughter charge for killing John Price who was alleged to be breaking into railroad cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Burke
Railroad
Mathias Jurkick
Big Four
Joseph McNulty
John H. Leap
Lake Shore
John Price
Injunction Stands Over Collinwood School Site
Cleveland judge refuses to dissolve the injunction blocking the Collinwood board from building a new schoolhouse on the fire site where 164 children died. The court decision preserves the order pending further action as local mothers protest the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Collinwood_board_of education
Keeler
Collinwood
Three Jail Breakers Are Sentenced
A $1500 reward was paid to Detective Butcher of the Pennsylvania Railroad for the capture of three pickpockets who escaped from the county jail here three weeks ago by sawing bars with outside help from a woman not yet captured. Judge Robinson sentenced each offender to four years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Butcher
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robinson
Medina Man Stafford Found Dead in Livery Barn
Medina Ohio 83 year old Harry Stafford was found Monday hanging from a rope outside a second story window of a livery barn. Investigators cite old age and domestic trouble as motives. Stafford had run the hotel here for 25 years and recently told friends his life was a failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina
Harry Stafford
Stafford
Beck Pleads Guilty to Bribery in Columbus Case
Columbus Ohio Arthur A Beck former assistant city engineer pleaded guilty to taking a bribe of 175 dollars from Nelson Cannon former agent of the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Co Beek released on 5000 dollar bond with sentence deferred until related city hall bribery cases are disposed of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
Columbus
Arthur A. Beck
Nelson Cannon
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Co
City Hall
Threat From Foraker Delays in Salem Postmaster Case
Senator Foraker issues a warning to Congressman Kennedy that if Salem postmaster appointment considerations are not addressed, all district appointments will be stalled in the Senate. Several post office appointments have already been held up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Robbers Loot Home in Cleveland Area Torture Attempt
Four robbers looted Mrs. Nancy Grant's North Dover residence in Cleveland area after torturing her to reveal money. They locked her in a room and tried to burn her with rag and oil fuel, but a wind blew the flames away, saving her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Nancy Grant
North Dover
Hot Weather Triggers Probate Complaints in Court
Probating filings in Cleveland on Monday cite heat wave conditions as the cause. Insanity claims arise from extreme temperatures affecting residents under the probate court’s review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
McKinnon Ordered to Surrender State Bonds
In Columbus the trustee for the defunct Savings and Trust Co of Wauseon revealed it held state money loaned by State Treasurer McKinnon. The bank had $10,000 and ten Cleveland sewer bonds as security. Receiver George W. Close sold the bonds for $10,225 and sought $10,102 from McKinnon. McKinnon refused, and a federal mandamus by Judge Tayler compelled surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Savings and Trust Company of
Wauseon
McKinnon
Cleveland
George W. Close
Clése
Federal
Tayler
Murder and Robbery Suspected in Cleveland River Death
Police seek suspects in a murder and robbery case after a well dressed man’s body was found in the Cuyahoga River near the C B docks. A rope was found, heavy head bruising suggests blunt force trauma, valuables missing, and identification removed by assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cuyahoga_river
Buffalo
Finley Aims to Defeat Johnson for Ohio Committeeman
Finley and followers plan to unseat Mayor Johnson of Cleveland as Ohio member of the national committee. William S. Thomas of Springfield seeks Johnson’s seat. A special train carried 150 Ohio delegates left for Denver. Denver supporters vow to oppose Congressman Mat Denver for vice presidential nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
W. L. Finley
Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
William S. Thomas
Springfield
Denver
Mat Denver
Wilmington
Six People Injured In Norwalk Collision
In Norwalk Ohio the Lake Shore Electric limited car wrecked two miles west on Friday on a curve at a hilltop, colliding with a work train. About 50 passengers and 20 workers were aboard. six were seriously injured but none are expected to die. Conductor and motorman calmed panicked passengers, preventing additional injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Lake -Shore
Here
Remarkable Rescue at Alma Cement Plant Accident
John Peoples saved Clarence Smith from a fatal entanglement on a revolving shaft at the Alma cement plant. Smith was hurled through the air with a severe head wound and unconscious after the shaft struck Peoples, who escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
John Peoples
Clarence Smith
Alma Cement
Peoples
Smith
Murderer Zuber Pardoned by Governor Harris in 1900 Murder Case
Frank Zuber serving life for first degree murder in the 1900 killing of Enos Booth, Hicksville marshal, received a Fourth of July pardon from Governor Harris. His accomplice Floyd Rumbaugh was imprisoned for the same crime but paroled a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Frank Zuber
Sheriff May Not Draw More Than Three Hundred Dollars
In Defiance County the attorney general rules that under the county salary law the sheriff may claim his costs but cannot exceed 300 dollars in total for this item. The sheriff must show aggregate costs reach the limit to receive the maximum amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
D.~. F. Openlander
Defiance County
State to Pay Costs for Probation Release
Attorney general says when convicts gain liberty under the new probation law the cost bill goes to the warden with the judgment and is approved by him. The state will pay prosecution costs as if the person had remained in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Train Hits Auto In Dorset Fatal? No, Injuries Reported
A New York City duo S H Sweet and W W Gidley were struck Friday by a Lake Shore train at Dorset Ohio forty five miles north of Youngstown. Both men suffered serious cuts and head injuries. They were rushed to City hospital by train after the wrecked automobile they rode in was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
H. Sweet
W W. J. Gidley
New York City
Dorset, O
Here
Lake Shore
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Gazette
General News
Democratic National Committee
Foraker
Finley
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